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[Rean no Kiseki]

Overrated = a good game a lot of people like that's very successful both financialy and critically but someone doesn't like (ie RDR2, FFVIIR, The Witcher 3) .

Underrated = a flawed game that has mixed or negative reception that the same person above personally enjoy's very much. (ie Days Gone, Nier, Watch_Dogs)

One man's treasure is another man's trash and vice versa.

It's all subjective.

 

[Digity]

Was between RDR2 and Witcher 3 for me, had to give it to RDR2 though.

 

[farmerboy]

Breath of The Wild.

Great game, but not the second coming like it was made out to be.

I'd probably still rate it very high 80's to low 90's

 

[CD'S BAR]

Mario Odyssey and and special mention to Horizon.

 

[GlockSaint]

Uncharted 4 for me, what a piece of garbage that game was. Ultra boring, flat terrible story. They removed what made uncharted special (or heavily decreased it) the cool set pieces and action and made the climbing never ending which was terrible and retarded because it was zero risk and mindless padding. My God fuck that game 3/10.

 

[SF Kosmo]

I was all ready to say Breath of the Wild or Red Dead until I saw the poll and remembered Hollow Knight.

I just don't get it. It's okay but nothing about it really grabs me, and when you put it against games like Monster Boy that are so packed with design and fun mechanics the dull, repetitive minimalism of Hollow Knight is just plain boring.

 

[Bartski]

Metal Gear Solid V.
The only canon MGS game I haven't made it 'till the end of. But neither did Hideo

 

[nani17]

MGSV is so shit even if it was finished open world just made it terrible. The replacement of David Hayter was also a terrible idea for an actor that has no lines. There's also dumb Ai mixed with probably the worst bosses in MGS history.

Let's not forget the missions how fucking boring they were, my god. Land in a helicopter ...... extract a soldier rinse and repeat. in the same area over and over and over. Also, the intro of the missions has credits and it spoils who going to be in the mission. The great Kojima thought that was a good idea I mean come on FFS

 

[Codeblew]

So fare over 50% of the votes got to:
TLOU2
Zelda
RDR2

I disagree with the last one though. I thought the single player was good at least. I wish it had a NG+ mode.

 

[Sander Cohen]

I’m just glad Zelda is getting so much love. That was my vote.

 

[Vawn]

Lol, the top voted picks could each easily be considered for GotG.

Yeah, that's how overrated works.

 

[dwish]

DQXI for me I think. Pretty generic, with shitty music and FAR too long.

 

[-Arcadia-]

Criticism is more realistic now, but for a long time, it was The Witcher 3.

Textbook example of a bunch of nerds discovering something really fun, well done, and enjoyable to play, and getting so carried away, they start listing it off as the greatest thing ever crafted by humanity.

It actually wrecked my first playthrough, as the game I expected was nowhere to be found. Once I realized it was just a good game with realistic pros and cons, I was able to get back on track with it.

 

[kingpotato]

Yeah, that's how overrated works.

I was expressing my personal opinion that they are in fact not overrated, but deserve the praise given.

 

[Kanton]

HZD needs to be on this list.

 

[greenteaforme]

I would argue TLOU2 is actually underrated. Or maybe not underrated by definition, as it got high critic scores, but received way lower user scores than I believe is fair. And after actually experiencing the game rather than just through leaks and angry posts, I would say it's way, way better than what even I had anticipated when the leaks first came out. It really grew on me.

 

[Azelover]

I voted for The Witcher 3, but I thought Uncharted 4 was pretty overrated too.

 

[Greeno]

I think most games these days are overrated. The rating system of modern journalism is simply broken.

RDR2 and TLOU2 are greatly detailed games, but detailed games don't make good games. The pacing is broken in TLOU2 and it becomes a boring game after awhile. RDR2 has a great story, but that great story comes at the expense of sandbox gameplay. These games don't deserve to be rated in the 90s. They simply add nothing new to gaming.

This generation is full of games that build on the previous generation games' philosophy. The only game that I truly feel innovated this generation is Shadow of Mordor with its AI system. Unfortunately, its AI system is not used in other games. That game deserved a metacritic score that is in the 90s. Instead, it got a score that is in the low 80s.

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

RDR2 by far and it's not even fair, what a huge waste time.

 

[MrS]

Either Uncharted 4 or Horizon Zero Dawn. Gonna probably give it to Uncharted 4 because I see a lot of people showing love for it and it always makes me wonder why they aren't more discerning. Garbage game, Sony's worst AAA offering this gen IMHO. Boring as fuck.

 

[Coconutt]

Surprised to not see more votes for Overwatch, to me it got old quick, didn't make it past the 2nd season

 

[noise36]

In my opinion, the only title whose success isn't immediately explained by playing the actual game is Animal Crossing.

In popular for the same reason a slot machine at a dive bar is.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Sekiro. The least impressive, least varied From Software game of the decade sweeped all the GOTY awards last year.

 

[Optimistic Gamer]

Breath of the Wild is not a Zelda game to me.

Fite me.

I have a black belt in Mai Wah'drope.

 

[Justin9mm]

I voted RDR2 but MGS V was also pretty disappointing to me. The controls and response time on RDR2 are god awful, possibly the worst I've ever experienced, I've never been so frustrated.

I'm not surprised TLOU2 is most voted, getting bombed just like the Metacritic Reviews lol.

 

[EverydayBeast]

I don’t know if I’m revisiting any of those games except God of War 2018!

 

[M.W.]

BoTW by a fucking country mile.

 

[fran.fernandez]

The Witcher.

On consoles it looks really meh, side quest are lame (the first ones are good). Main mission? There’s one? Combat is boring. Waste of money and time .

Sucker punch should make the next Witcher.

 

[Freeman]

For all of those who voted TLoU2, you should feel ashamed of your words and deeds.

When your grandchild ask you where you were at the time such a master piece was released, you will have to bow your head in shame and admit you were a hater, too ignorant to understand the intricacies of Drukmann's magnum opus.

 

[GaviotaGrande]

Out of the ones I played: Hollow Knight.

I played it right after I finished Ori and well, Ori was a much nicer experience to me.

 

[GaviotaGrande]

The Witcher.

On consoles it looks really meh, side quest are lame (the first ones are good). Main mission? There’s one? Combat is boring. Waste of money and time .

Sucker punch should make the next Witcher.

/s

Right?

 

[GHG]

I'm not usually a fan of polls/threads that exist for the sole purpose of people tearing apart games that are highly rated/popular but fuck me... Zelda breath of the Ubisoft deserves every vote its receives and then some.

LTTP: Breath of the Wild -Was this baby's first open world game?

This is my first time with a Zelda game and I'm a bit stunned to be honest, not in a good way. I'm 8 hours in and my impressions so far (forgive me, I'm just going to type out my thoughts as I go): Ubisoft Towers™ Old man give me your paraglider Oh look a fetch quest Repetitive shrines Hey old...

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[Abear21]

I don’t have a Switch but almost bought one just for BoTW! Guess I’ll wait for a Nintendo sale, as if that ever happens.

I voted MGSV. I just couldn’t get into it. The world seemed empty and the stealth was just so different being open world. Snake rolling around on the ground was hilarious though. Just a strange setup for a Metal Gear game and I was thoroughly disappointed. Maybe I’m missing something but how this game scored so well I have no idea.

 

[Dr. Claus]

TLOU2, easy. It isn't even a competition. We still have fanboys screaming about how amazing it is and calling those criticizing it homophobes/transphobes here.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Of the ones on the list I can at least see something impressive, whether it be visuals, story, gameplay, etc. The only exception for me on the list is Inside. That game fucking blew. The story was laugh out loud terrible (literally I spent the last 15 mins or so after the 'twist' laughing my ass off, which I'm fairly certain was not the intent of the developer). Add on top that the gameplay was boring and inspired and for me it's the clear winner.

 

[.Pennywise]

For all of those who voted TLoU2, you should feel ashamed of your words and deeds.

When your grandchild ask you where you were at the time such a master piece was released, you will have to bow your head in shame and admit you were a hater, too ignorant to understand the intricacies of Drukmann's magnum opus.

 

[Bonfires Down]

These are not overrated

• Super Mario Odyssey
• Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Everything else is

 

[Madflavor]

Breath of the Wild is probably the most overrated game in recent memory. It's a great game, but the 97 MC score and everyone treating it like the second coming of gaming, was so ridiculous. The game had a real problem with enemy variety, the durability was annoying, the dungeons and bosses (the bread and butter of Zelda games) were boring, too few, and uninspired, the story was barebones, and the big bad had almost no presence. Again, great game, but there was enough there to hold it back from being a 10/10 for me.

 

[Elder Legend]

Last of us 2. Easy.

 

[Entroyp]

The Witcher 3 obviously. How can people even put up with that shitty combat system.

lol TLoU 2 is actually a good game.

 

[Fbh]

From the list and that I've actually played probably Breath of The Wild.

I loved it but I just don't think it's this mindblowing 10/10 earth shattering experience that puts most other games to shame.
The world is great and I loved the exploration and how interactive a lot of it felt, I definitely think it deserves a lot of praise for that. But the combat is nothing special, the enemy variety is rather low and still has to rely on powered up color swaps, weapons constantly breaking is annoying, the shrines have a very monotonous visual design and don't really replace the big classic dungeons, the boss battles are mostly bad, a lot of the sidequests are basic fetch quest stuff, having to go to the stables to get your horse makes them worthless and the item which fixes this is locked behind paid DLC (as well as some other stuff which a lot of other games would have released as a free update), the story is one of the least interesting ones in recent entries and it also has one of the least memorable soundtracks out of all the mainline entries.

 

[Walter Matthau]

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[Jaxx_377]

There isnt a game I looked forward to more than Red Dead Redemption 2 and It was less than the original in every way.
Not a bad game but just a let down from the first for me. I felt them same way about The last of us 2. again not a bad game but did not live up to its predecessor. hers to hoping 3's the lucky charm

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Red Dead Redemption 2.

I voted BOTW originally but I definitely think my answer is RDR2. The story may be good but it's plagued by terribly slow (albeit very well done) animations, slow gameplay, and a campaign that IMO overstays it's welcome. It's a huge downgrade from the original in many ways. It is definitely gorgeous though, I'll give it that.

 

[Esca]

I voted red dead redemption 2. It's a well made and attention to detail is great but I didn't get far at all, I found it very boring and things were tedious with them wanting to be so realistic

 

[quickwhips]

Where the fuck is spiderman with those mary jane and miles segments.

 

[Trimesh]

I voted red dead redemption 2. It's a well made and attention to detail is great but I didn't get far at all, I found it very boring and things were tedious with them wanting to be so realistic

Same here - it's honestly a pretty good "cowboy life" simulator, but just not interesting as a game and didn't engage me enough to want to carry on playing. Pretty like the reason I quit early on in Uncharted 4.

At least TLoU2 was engaging enough that I completed it - even if the writing and characterization was generally somewhere between atrocious and laughable the actual game was pretty good.

 

[Thugnificient]

According to the poll results it’s;

TLOU2
RDR2
TW3
Animal Crossing
GOW
Metal Gear

Disregard BOTW. It’s mostly PS fans who are mad it outscored each one of their games that voted for it.

 

[Mossybrew]

Not on the list but honestly I'd have to say Nier Automata. It absolutely baffles me how many people love this boring slog of a game.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Just based on review scores and some video clips I saw, I don't understand how Undertale is so universally loved.

Even if this game launched on NES 35 years ago, it looks terrible.