Thread 724179732

What are some of the most overrated games/franchises? Not ones that are necessarily bad, but ones that receive far too much praise

>>724179732 (OP)
Dark Souls

>>724179732 (OP)
Assassins Creed
The Witcher 2-3
RE7-8
REmake 2-4
Elden Ring
God Of War 2018
Doom 2016 - Dark Ages
Silent Hill 2: Remake + F
FFXII - XVI

>>724179732 (OP)
You ever think about how FFX must've been massively influenced by the visuals of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace?

Earthworm Jim and Donkey Kong Country

Both the Xenoblade and Persona franchises

>>724179732 (OP)
Halo
Ff
Dbz
Smt/persona
Pokemon
Gow
Souls
Gta
Dragons dogma
Sonic
Nier yes both of them
Touhou
Kof
Shadow hearts
Megaman
Mario
Mass effect
Puyo
Cod
Twewy
Yoshi
Beat em ups
Shmups
Resi
Silent hill
Donkey kong

Fe
Kh
Elder scrolls

Any Sony first party game from the past 20 years.

>>724182257
>>724182257
>SMT
>DK
I cant disagree more.

>>724179732 (OP)
Definitely final fantasy.

>>724179732 (OP)
all the ones v loves, it doesn't help that more than half of them are praised purely due to contrarianism

>>724179732 (OP)
>Overrated
Ghost of Tsushima
Red Dead Redemption 2
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>Underrated
Final Fantasy franchise

>>724179907
People unironically will claim that FF was never inspired by star wars when the very first game starts with "go rescue our princess kidnapped by this evil faceless armored guy"
I think it's more pertinent to think about how the downfall of SW parallels FF becoming a masturbatory clusterfuck

>>724179820
>FFXII-XVI

But I thought everyone agreed these were mid as fuck?

Imagine caring about things being "overrated"

>YES it's good.... but.... people like it TOO MUCH!

>>724179820
>FFXII - XVI
literally by who, all I ever see is people shitting on those except maybe XIV which has its own cult

>>724182257
When has Sonic ever received praise

y'all don't know what under and overated mean

>>724179732 (OP)
Metroid.
Also Samus is by far the most overrated video game character of all time.

>>724179732 (OP)
You posted it. Final fantasy is the same game 15x over.

>>724184447
less than half of gamers play metroidvania types and even less than that played metroid. Samus herself is less known about than the title of her games, youre either a salty fag from smash bros or your favorite waifu lost a poll to Samus.

>>724179732 (OP)
>MGS
>Sonic
>Halo
>Kingdom Hearts
>DMC

I think those are the most overrated franchises.
I can see final fantasy being up there as well, FF fans certainly think the series is a bigger deal than it actually is. I'm not sure if Dark Souls really is that overrated, maybe a little.

For specific games I'd say
>Age of Mythology
>Secret of Evermore
>Baldur's Gate 3
Still fine games, but really don't hold up to what people are saying about them.

>>724179907
shit loads of FF is star wars coded 12 is worse

>>724185419
There are many valid criticisms to be made of the franchise, but that isn't one of them. Final Fantasy reinvents itself all the time.

>>724179732 (OP)
The biggest one is Mega Man.
If we're talking the ratio of good games : bad ones, it's mega man, because there's maybe 1 or 2 7/10 games in the entire series (mega man 2 and mega man x), and the rest are filler.
There's like 140 games in the fucking series and once you've played one, you've played them all coz they literally just copy/paste the AI boss code and the levels have no thought put into them whatsoever.

>>724185419
>the same game 15x over.
The problem with FF is the opposite. They reinvent the wheel and make an entirely different game every single time.
Jesus man, have you even played any or been present in any discussion about them over the last 20 years?

Ocarina of Time
Sonic Adventure
Halo
Goldeneye
Shenmue
FF7
Metal Gear Solid

>>724179732 (OP)
Final Fantasy
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