The Most Overrated Games of This Generation

Thinking back throughout the past six years, three editors at Gamers-Association.com considered their personal experiences to bring you what they believe to be the most overrated titles released this generation. What are your picks?

[Whitefeather]

I wholeheartedly disagree about God of War being over rated. It's not the best game series in the world but it is one of the best. Sure Kratos isn't a deep sophisticated gentleman but it gives us a chance to feel the inner most animal instincts a human can have.

As a child I was always interested in history and the greek mythology stuck out to me the most, so getting to see Zues, Hermes, Helios, etc. in HD and get to kill them.....simply amazing to me. I think it's not your kind of game but it isn't a bad one nor is it badly made. Just not to your liking.

[Daver]

That list suck, its not even most overrated games its games that he didnt like...

[guitarded77]

Agreed.

If anything, the first Dead Space was underrated... at least initial sales would suggest. Dead Space grew more out of a cult/underground love of the game, and EA took that passion from players of the first and put marketing behind Dead Space 2 to make it a huge franchise.

God of War III is also not overrated. The game was everything GoW fans wanted, with what is arguably the greatest opening in video games. The game performed beautifully on a technical level, the story was epic and the gameplay was smooth. With those qualities, the game is not overrated.

I'll leave Dragon Age alone... it's hard to justify some of the technical glitches throughout the game, and an argument could be made about DA... although, I don't think it was overrated either.

[thorstein]

If there is one thing we can count on to make it to the top of N4G it is flamebait articles like this one. There are generally two types:
1) [Insert game title that sold millions, is universally adored by critics and fans, and is an all around masterpiece of a game] is overrated.
2) Why The [Insert console name that has an install base in the 10s of Millions and is incredibly successful] has failed.

Both should be reported and taken down regularly.

[Anon1974]

I couldn't agree more that Dead Space didn't receive enough praise. That game was an absolute masterpiece and one of the best survival horror games I've ever played. I also couldn't get enough of Dragon Age. Playing through this game reminded me of all the things I loved about Baldur's Gate back in the day. God of War 3 was fantastic as well. Bitching about fixed camera angles? Please. And I found the story the most interesting in the series, and Kratos' development as well. I love how they took his character completely over the edge and yet were still able to draw him back to his humanity by the end. Well done.

You want overrated games this gen? How about Halo Retch? Halo 3 was fantastic, but Reach was the blandest, least thought-out entry in the series with boring, repetitive missions, zero characters, no story and cookie cutter weapons. For the first time in the series I found myself struggling to finish that forgettable campaign, only to be kicked in the nuts at the end. It was clear Bungie just phoned in this last entry and hurried to move onto the next project, and yet reviewers threw roses at it's feet. Ridiculous.

And I've never understood the fascination with Far Cry games. "Oooh! It's pretty! You can go anywhere." Yeah..except you can't. I tried again and again to get into the first one, got lost in the jungle, stuck against the side of a mountain with no clue what the hell I was even supposed to be doing and that's usually when I called it quits and went onto something decent. Blech!

And Perfect Dark Zero. Don't get me started on that irritating game. Again, I bought into all the reviewers praise only to sit back in my chair after a couple of hours and ask why I'd just wasting my time on this generic, shooter crap.

And Minecraft. Holy crap, I don't even know where to start on that one. Is it even a game? I can sit and build a castle out of legos, but I wouldn't call that a game.

And as for people always harping on GTA4, you just don't get it. That game was an absolute masterpiece from it's huge scale, varied missions to the absolutely superb voice acting and story. The only thing that hurt that game for me was answering your damn phone all the time. Once I just started ignoring the "let's hang out!" calls the game was fantastic. There was even talk for awhile that GTA4 might be the first game to be nominated for an Oscar in the animated movie category on the strength of it's story telling. Now San Andreas, there's an overrated game, but a little off topic as it wasn't this gen. Compared to GTA3 or Vice city, what a step backwards in terms of missions, story and characters. That's the only Grand Theft Auto I couldn't finish. Right around the time you had to start running all over hell to protect your territory the game just got irritating as hell.

[chad22hkd]

I don't know why this author thinks that we care what games he feels is overrated. I mean maybe if so many people felt that way. Like killzone 3 or halo,

It seems a lame attempt at getting hits for his site, or just a very ugly kind of article to write, where he thinks we actually care if doesn't like those 2 games.

Man use your time to write something positive

[knowyourstuff]

Sounds like this douchebag author is just butthurt that he sucks at games.

People who hate God of War hate it for this reason - they're pussies and they suck at it.

People who hated Dead Space? They're pussies and they suck at it (and they're too stupid to know how to adjust brightness settings apparently lol).

People who hated Grand Theft Auto? They suck at it, and they have ADD so they can't get anything done in the story, they're too distracted by all the moving cars and walking pedestrians.

People who hate Metal Gear Solid? Overwhelmingly it's because they're stupid, they suck at it, and they're too used to playing mindless point-gun-shooty games that require little to no thinking or strategy whatsoever. It's called look before you leap, as opposed to mindlessly run around thinking you won't get spotted and strategically gunned down.

Get a life you pussies, and stop hating on things you suck at.

Except motion controls, those are balls.

[hazardman]

I have to disagree, Halo Reach is a very good game, better than Halo 3! Your most overrated list consist of Xbox exclusive and a PC/Xbox Live game, why? I smell f....y!

[snipes101]

Why are people bitching about these articles getting so much attention? You click on the fucking thing and give it all the hits - thereby sending it to the front page.

This stuff gets on N4G and becomes popular because you allow it to.

Also - why is everyone so mad?

[MaxXAttaxX]

Articles reads: "Subjective Rant About Popular Games I Didn't Like"
___

The GOW3 rant was laughable. "Kratos is angry. Camera is fixed".
There's a bigger leap in gameplay, graphics and overall design from GOW1 to GOW2 than the last 4 COD games, Halo 2 and 3... which by the way, where are the on the list?

[Eyeco]

God Of War 3 overrated ....really?

More overrated than EVERY single COD game thats been released this gen ?
More overrated than Halo 3 (the month before that games release was like the media covering the 2nd coming)?
More overrated than GTA 4 ?

The most overrated game i've played this gen was easily Mass Effect 2, seriously what was the big deal with that game ? i thought it was incredibly boring, the emphasis of shooting didn't fit imo the game should have focused on the rpg aspect more than the action.

And im gonna get allot of flak for this but i thought some of the voice acting and parts of the story was incredibly CORNY, my god i thought i was watching a Star Trek parody at one point, i was like..really?

[adamant715]

What would you consider a good game then? Cause Halo 3 and GTA 4 deserved all the praise given to them pre-release and post-release..

And please, popularity ≠ overrated. Get it right sir

[TKCMuzzer]

@adamant715
You must have played a different Halo 3 to me. You are talking about the average graphics, very short story, uninspiring game play and generally no where near as good as the original Halo game? or is there another version your thinking of.

[Eyeco]

i thought Halo 3 was a good game not an amazing one, especially when you go back to the game now its a little dusty, loved Halo 1 and 2 imo those are arguably the best console shooters of all time Halo 3 minus all the robust features hasn't got allot going for it ,the level design is pretty bland you just walk through an empty world at a a snails pace fighting a handfull of enemies its supposed to be a WAR!!

And thats another thing thats always bugged me about the Halo franchise in general is that its supposed to be this epic huge galactic war yet there are like 5-6 enemies on screen, the levels are huge but empty its embarrassing those are a few of my issues with Halo 3 as game.

And now for GTA 4 i'll keep it short and sweet

* Repetitive mission structure, becomes obvious in the 1st 2 hours of the game
*Forgettable characters
*Annoying Characters
*Driving physics suck
*Compared to San Andreas it feels stripped down
*Doesn't expand or refine allot of the gameplay elements that were present in SA, see point above
*Shorter length compared to previous titles but feels longer because of the repetitive missions
*lack of variety
*Soundtrack is pretty bad compared to previous titles

On Metacritic this its the highest rated game of all time, many reviewers gave it a 10 across the board the game felt allot more like a 6-8 bottomline it was overrated.

[2pacalypsenow]

COD 4 was Hyped but for good reason its the best COD game made , after that they went downhill

[AzaziL]

@2pacalypsenow

that's the reason why people are pissed with every release from MW2 through BO2, there hasn't been a major leap for CoD since 4.

[stonecold3]

cod halo wwe halo gears ff games wwe games asc series need for speed

[camel_toad]

I can understand the casual and other players enjoying cod but not people that have been playing fps for over a decade. The massive love for Gears of War though I just don't get. The first one was cool enough but honestly after that it was just more of the same - imo very undeserving of the massive fanbase.

[TooTall19]

I really like Gears of War. That and Project Gotham Racing were my favorite games to play when I had a 360.

[Nimblest-Assassin]

I think its due to multiplayer that people love gears... my problem with the franchise is it has potential to have a great story... I mean, a band of brothers surviving together, in the wake of civilization being ruined

Instead we get jokes, over the top violence, daddy issues etc...

The expanded stuff has all the things the game should... its this jarring transition where the extended universe is more fit for adults... where as the actual game is fit for teenagers

But the mp is great, and I think thats where the following comes from

[MYSTERIO360]

Would have to agree with you camel_toad gears of war started to lose my interest after 2

[tee_bag242]

Well said camel_toa(d) lol...

Nimblest-Assassin - really..really??..you like the Gears story? It's like watching GI Joe from the 80's. How is the story any different or better from Quake or any other game with the tough guy hero talk and alien invasion story? I've seen better voice acting in porno's.

Gears has one of the most unbelievable, uninteresting and unoriginal stories of today.
Seriously, play some other games if you think that's a strong point.

[ALLWRONG]

You should have just said "I hate whatever Xbox owners play"

[Robochobo]

Dragon Age: Origins? If he knew about how old school western RPG's on the PC's were before that, he might just understand Dragon Age: Origins is one of the best current gen oldschool RPG's to date. Heck, it's one of the best games I've ever had the pleasure of sinking 60 hours into.

[Letros]

lol he says Dragon Age's combat was slow, it's pretty obvious he's never played any old school WRPGs.

[coolbeans]

It's within reason to question that portion, but he could simply be driving a point that (in his mind) "old school" to you or Robo ='s "archaic" to him.

Again, it's annoying to see him just give a vague-ish rant rather than going into detail explaining why this or that seems overrated. It's simply impossible for me to decipher what he means atm.

[coolbeans]

While he mentioned DA's 91 meta on PC, I personally couldn't discern if he played one of the console versions or the PC version. I haven't played the game, but I heard 360 version is pretty nasty in comparison to PC (vanilla).

[Robochobo]

The 360 version works amazingly well, I hadn't yet known that Dragon Age: Origins was out for the PC, because I had bought it a year or two after it was released with little insight into what it was. It might have had technical issues/bugs in the early run, but the fully patched game I got played without a hitch. It's going to be better on the PC, but they didn't skimp out at all when making the console version just as enjoyable. I personally recommend you to get the Complete Edition of the game, it's literally one of the best in depth games avaliable. 60+ hours of what reminded me of KotoR, although with even better character dialogue, a huge amount of world lore that almost puts Mass Effect to shame, and that Western Style RPG feel that really puts emphasis on you making the narration suit your style of game play.

[coolbeans]

It's rather funny to see your post already showed a bit more depth than the guy's rant in the article on DA. XD

Thank you for updating on what I had previously heard for the 360 version.

[Robochobo]

I think I should be the one getting paid to be a journalist eh?

Anyways, get *dat* DA Complete Editon for $20, and you can PM me later :D. Warning though, it's true to its roots, and is extremely difficult if not played by an RPG gamer that knows what he/she 's doing. Other than that the rest is a complete blast.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

I would honestly rate Skyrim as one of the more overrated games this gen. Big Giant world you can fully explore in a matter of a day. fetch quest riddles missions with no real variety. And no matter what you did good or bad there were no real consequence or rewards in the world(excluding daedra quest) just, "Thank you, now here's some gold and a crappy weapon you get at the beginning of the game."

[SolidDuck]

Wait what? That's a horrible horrible list those are some of my favorite games this Gen.

[bubblebeam]

I thought dead space was underrated if anything. I have only played the 1st, and it give it above 9.

I like how he says God of war and every game in the series, that made me laugh. They are well deserving of their ratings. They perfected the hack n slash gameplay.

Dragon age looked good, havn't played it.

I'd say GTA4 definitely, and mass effect 2 and 3.

[Roccetarius]

Perfected Hack & Slash gameplay? I hope you're kidding about that.

[bubblebeam]

no, i thought God Of War did gameplay brilliantly. The boss battles were epic. why would I be kidding? it is MY opinion afterall.
you should instead say what you think, rather than try and make me sound stupid :)

[Lord_Sloth]

Personally I believe the DMC franchise perfected the Hack'n'Slash gameplay.

[jdktech2010]

Dragon Age: Origins was an awesome experience and so was God of War III.

I never played Dead Space as I'm not a survival horror junkie but a lot of people seemed to like it so basically.....this guy is completely wrong about everything in my opinion.

More power to him though

[GREW50ME]

The guys who wrote this ahit are straight up crack heads. Call of Duty & Halo FFS!

[ExCest]

I will say only COD is over-rated. Halo is actually fun.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

So were Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, and Call of Duty 4...

[majiebeast]

Read till godofwar and DA then i closed the website. Probably written by tween cod head if it has dialogue or doesnt have guns i hate it more cod please.

[Tokyo_reject]

I have one word to say to this writer.........HIPSTER!!!!!

[jjb1981]

Any Wii game

[Nocturne147]

Dragon Age Origins overrated ? I think DA:O is one of the best games this gen! Atmosphere, music, gameplay is brilliant in DA:O!

Dead Space is overrated ? No it isnt ! Game was good, very good. Scary mutants, awesome atmosphere, when i first tried this game i got heart attack! Good game.

Sorry for my bad English.

[Rockefellow]

What are you apologizing for? You write better than 90% of the people on N4G. Including the writer of this article.

[Nocturne147]

Ow, nice to hear that. XD

[GREW50ME]

Disagree without comment? LoL.. must be the crack head author. COD + Halo... definitely the most over rated POS games ever.

[DanielBryan]

Nobody messes with my Dead Space!
*Smacks the author down the head with a steel chair*

[Hicken]

You're gonna give somebody brain damage one of these days.

And lol @OVOXO_Mike up there, trolling as usual.

[ConstipatedGorilla]

Hahaahaha Good one, Hicken!

[optimus]

1. without question for me it has to be Fallout 3
2. battlefield 3
3. red dead redemption
4. grand theft auto 4

[Perjoss]

The title reads overrated, not underrated.

[optimus]

I stand by my comment.

[Phil32]

I'm not touching this with a 10 foot pole. This is just too subjective of a topic. One person thinks one thing is overrated while the next thinks it gets the appropriate amount of admiration.

[NeoBasch]

This must be one of the only lists where I disagree with everything. Well, okay, I did think God of War II was overrated, but the first and third were nigh on perfect as far as I'm concerned. And I loved Dead Space and Dragon Age: Origins. Two of my favorite games this gen, actually. Weird list, guys.

[StreetsofRage]

Nope, Nope and Nope! These opinion pieces are always a head scratcher.

[MySwordIsHeavenly]

God of War III is the most epic experience available from the entertainment industry.

Overrated? No. They perfected the balance of weapons (so that we used more than the blades of chaos), gave us a straight-forward story (without crap like walking across wooden beams), and penned an epic worthy of the Greek god mythology. Not only do we experience a brutal epic, but we get to, for the first time in the series, have an emotional tie to Kratos. You actually FEEL something for him this time.

[Tsukuyomi]

Overrated Overhyped Underrated plz nobody wants to hear cry baby opinions just play the games the world would be in order so much more if people like this guy in the article shut the hell up nobody needs your two cents in anything its annoying and degrading theyre great games but do you want criticsm to be articles No.1 topic?

[Zha1tan]

Battlefield 3 was way overated and overhyped, they used the PCs pretty graphics to sucker lots of people into buying it for the console and even then it sold 500,000 on PC which for a big blockbuster series like that is pretty bad.

EA thinks the key to PC gamers is pumping out pretty graphics with games like Crysis 2 + 3 and BF3.

No EA PC gamers like myself value gameplay ALOT more than graphics, if its not engaging, immersive, fun, intellectual or a combination of all these things a majority of us dont want to know and if there is no mod support, then please dont even release it on this platform.

[palaeomerus]

Yay! Somebody made a list nobody agrees with and N4G posted it like it was news or something!

http://nerdbastards.com/wp-...

[omarzy]

GTA 4. That game is so plain. Should have stuck with the over the top formula of the others.

[YodaCracker]

Plain? Liberty City is so drenched with meticulous detail that it comes to life unlike any other video game city. I could spend hours aimlessly driving around just to admire the detail. Sadly, I appear to be one of the few that can appreciate things like this. Others seem like they would prefer a bunch of shallow over-the-top crap and don't mind having a bland city devoid of any character, with dozens of the same building (with no more detail than a cardboard box) lining the streets. Saints Row fans, eat your hearts out! I'll take a deep and meaningful, high quality experience like GTA IV or RDR over that any day.

[doogiebear]

I just played gta 4 and lost and damned dlc last night and I immdiately stopped playing after about 30 minutes. It was slow, boring, cars handled too realistically (meaning slow and less fun), the controls are horrible (using a face button to run instead of shoulder button), combat is weak, and still relient on archaic lock on aiming. Saints Row 2 (not the horrible 3rd game) was way better than gta 4 and many have agreed to that statement (look it up online). Gta 4 was a step backwards from San Andreas and Vice City. With little reason to replay it once finished.

[Persistantthug]

In my eyes, no other game comes close to the attention to detail that GTA4 has. From the ads, the radio, the TV shows, the people on the streets. The characters and story are also very well-done. There is no game that captures what GTA4 does. It's as if the game is ALIVE & it still amazes me.

Also, I Still play GTA RACING Online, I just can't get enough of it. Picture Genesis ROAD RASH with cars (bikes too sometimes).

I've heard lots of people complain about GTA4, but I never understood

[MadLad]

I agree with you. GTA 4's cityscape is almost awe-inspiring in its detail. The only other game I can think of that pulled off realizing a living city so well was Mafia 2.

As far as the game goes, it's definitely my favorite of the GTA series.

[Stallion]

The Uncharted series in general… especially Uncharted 2. Dull, straightforward characters, decent story, standard 3rd person cover shooter gameplay, parkour is probably the best part, 0 emotional value. Nothing is spectacular about it.

[NastyLeftHook0]

uncharted craps on anything out this gen. its the highest most awarded game ever made.

[DasTier]

Proof to back up that statement?

Someone above you just claimed that the honour goes to MGS4 (MGS4 sucks IMO).

[Perjoss]

The story telling and characters in Uncharted series certainly blur the lines between gaming and good cinema, the graphics are also quite an accomplishment for a console game. But the climbing/platforming requires very little skill and the combat is basically cut and pasted from most other cover based shooters.

Also, I don't think MGS4 sucks, its just not for everyone.

[omarzy]

It is a fantastic fantastic series, but not the highest rated game ever made. The highest rated game of all time is Ocarina of Time. http://www.gamerankings.com... Pretty fun list to look through.

[deletingthis34675334]

Just like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber? Means nothing to me. Uncharted is the Lady Gaga of video games.

[BlaqMagiq24]

The guy in the article didn't even give good reasons as to why God of War III was overrated. I mean, the camera, really? And the story not spectacular? The dude was just trying to bash the series. I'm pretty sure he didn't finish any of them.

[GaryOak]

I think this guy just sucks at Dead Space.

[OldSnakePS3]

dont click on the troll article

[Ganzi]

This will probably be pretty controversial, but I think Bioshock is the most overrated game this gen. It was pretty great until immediately after Andrew Ryan's office. After that it was just filler and totally killed the experience.

As for God of War 3, I kind of agree. However, I really enjoyed God of War 2 because in spite of its simple gameplay and ultra violence, it was pretty and had kind of an interesting mythology to it (That was when I was under the impression that Kratos was going to kill off all mythology). Idk that is why I am looking forward to God of War: Ascension.

Never really cared for Dragon Age, and I enjoyed Dead Space. Not my favorite, but I would say I definitely enjoyed it.

[ame22]

They hatin on ma Dead Space and GOW.

[_LarZen_]

As I expected..a bullshit list just to get web hits.

[DirtyLary]

People actually still click these.

[Wulfstan]

guy looking for hits move along

[kevnb]

overrated just means other people like the game but for whatever reason you don't.

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

gears, halo & cod.

[NobleRed]

Overrated games are:

Halo
Cod
GTA
Red Dead Redemption

[InTheLab]

The guy with the GoW complaints...lol

The fixed camera angle spares it from the problems many other hack and slash games have. Enemies spamming you off screen or action happening behind a semi visible wall that usually leads to frustrating deaths. GoW's camera works well, and is part of the reason why it leads it's genre.

The sameyness happens with ever game and it's ridiculous to dislike an entire franchise because each game plays the same. That's the point of a franchise. What happens when you change the formula too much? You end up with RE.

The rest seems like he had external issues that cause him to not enjoy GoW. He tries to make it out like Kratos is just unlikeable, but everyone hated the GoDs after the first game. How could you not want them dead? But instead, we hate Kratos for the sake of hating Kratos...or the dreaded, "why's everyone going crazy over this game".

[PCgamer4ever]

1.GTA 4,by far
2.Uncharted 3
3.L.A Noir
4.Gears of War 2
5.God of War 3

[spunnups]

Assassins Creed 2 tops my list by a landslide , oh and every call of duty after world at war

[schlanz]

Totally agree. While the atmosphere and exploration of AC2 is quite good, the combat and quest design was snooze inducing... and don't get me started on the convoluted story.

[spunnups]

my thoughts exactly

[DialgaMarine]

lol Love the comment in the article saying UC2 had dull story, dull characters, and straightfoward TPS cover based gameplay. Sounds more like Gears of War to me. That game has become the definition of dull this gen.

[spacedelete]

Uncharted series is overrated and I only own a PS3. its basically indiana jones rehash and the game is so linear its pretty much a straight line.

[JDcg]

You can take any game and say it is basically a copy of some prior idea. Uncharted has some of the best story progression of all time. It actually keeps people on the edge of their seat.

[spektical]

terrible list.

were is gta4?!?!?!??!?!
hell even la noir. game was borefest. the novelty wears off pretty quickly.

[FinaLXiii]

la noire is actually underrated u need a brain to play that game.

[spektical]

idk, it was really easy for me with hints turned off.

felt more like an add on for a gta game than a game on its own.

have you played crimson room? that game is much more difficult than any of the "investigations" in la noir.

[schlanz]

That's funny, I loved all 3 of those games.

[FinaLXiii]

Crysis 2 by far the most overrated.

Its a fun game but no where as good as other shooters.

[ThePUNisher]

How exactly can a game be overrated? Am I the only one that thinks it's nothing more than an arrogant way of saying "game other people like but I don't"?

In order to be overrated surely it has to be rated on some objective scale that most people don't adhere to, but the quality of a game is a purely subjective matter.

If you don't like a game as much as other people do perhaps that's just a matter of opinion and they aren't all wrong? Maybe you could just say that you don't like it as much instead of using terminology that implies that your opinion is somehow factual and objective?

[Infiny]

I strongly disagree with that list.

Dragon Age is flawed, technically yes, but it's an amazing experience and one of the best RPG i've played this generation.

Dead Space sure is milked now, but when it was released it was freaking amazing and done something new at the tps genre.

God of War 3, oh well.. I'm not going to comment on that. I don't even have to.

There are so many overrated games out there that could and MUST be talked about that makes this a fail list.

Fail list is fail. =[

[smallz]

Gotta love how N4G consistently puts opinion based articles on front page as if its actually serves a purpose. The only true purpose for this type of stuff is to get a rise and clicks out of people.

[gam3fr33k]

GTA4 by far. After San Andreas, GTA4 was a huge let down. Yet got perfect reviews everwhere.

[chukamachine]

Thing is, HAZE was never on most people's radar, was never overhyped. it was perfectly playable though, just like lair.

As for GOW3 and DEADSPACE.

GTFO

[kesvalk]

i agree with the list.

dragon age story was weak, and the system was old and flawed. The only good points of DA:O was Sten and the Dog.

dead space isn't scary, it's just dark, the only ppl that would be scared of dead space is kids afraid of dark places.

GoW is just strange, the only thing it contributed to gaming was Quick time events becoming a staple in this genre, which is not a good thing, the rest is boring gameplay and mindless violence...

[deletingthis34675334]

Uncharted 2 is not on this list. :(

[JDcg]

I think the author forgot about the Halo series. Well after the first one.

[Gamer-Z]

I think COD is the most overrated game in history, don't get me wrong I love MW1 and WAW but after those two games the series turned into the most boring easy casual FPS ever.

[Old McGroin]

Not the greatest article I've ever read but I do agree with God Of War. I bought the God Of War 1 & 2 Collection for the PS3 to try and get in to the series and I slogged all the way through part 1. I started part 2 and just felt like I was playing the same again and quickly became bored. Definitely the most overrated series I've ever played without a shadow of a doubt.

[Xenomorph]

Garbage list.

[capcock]

non of these games are overrated. Where's CoD, Halo, Fifa etc.

[eXclurel]

"There were numerous times during the game where I couldn’t even see what was attacking me."

It's a horror game. It is supposed to be that way.

[WeskerChildReborned]

Who overrates Dead Space?

[bigrob904]

to me the most overrated game ever is Halo, any halo. i could never understand any of the hype. i mean it is literally just like any other shooter out there. i mean, im not gonna tell you thats it's just not a fun game to play or anything like that, but people act like it's some kind of savior. and i have to disagree with the guy about god of war, those games are great, love hack and slash. there brutal and over the top, and i love it. plus i have a thing for Greek mythology so that makes it even better for me. they should put every call of duty after COD 4 modern warfare and maybe ypou have a good list.

[Unlimax]

There's ONLY one game that stuck on my head : CALL OF DUTY !

The most overrated "franchise" i have ever seen in my entire life !

[Machina]

Most games over 90% on Metacritic.

[StreetsofRage]

ps3 fanboys: Halo should be on that list
360 fanboys: uncharted should be on that list.

Every single time....

I have yet seen anybody actually put up a good argument about why these games are over rated.

[MadLad]

Skyrim.

Probably THE most overrated game of this generation.

[MonopolyRSV]

Red Dead Redemption and Skyrim, nothing else comes close.

[annus]

I'm not a fan of Skyrim, but how can you say that was overrated? The game had 100s of hours of gameplay and a HUGE world to explore. Just because you don't like a game doesn't make it bad.

[MonopolyRSV]

Mile wide and an inch deep.

[MadLad]

eyup.

There's nothing to the game. It has the depth of a puddle.

Bethesda are the masters of selling an extremely casual experience as something in-depth and epic. The sad part is, due largely to hype and popularity, everyone claims that's exactly what it is, epic.

[2pacalypsenow]

No gears 2 or grand theft auto 4?

[R_aVe_N]

[Insert Random 1 million+ game seller] Yep most overrated game ever...... I really think we should start banning sites like this if you ask me

[Dead_by_Dawn]

Wow really, this list is overrated? You've got to be fuckin kidding me. Imo this is one of the most underrated list of games this gen. If fact, these are some of the best games on the market. I swear some fuckin people just don't know the difference between good and bad. Take call of duty for example, overrated like a muthafucker, each year the same recycled shit from the last. But you don't see people writing about that do you? Complete and utter bullshit.

[MiamiACR21]

I don't own a PS3, but I damn well made sure I borrowed one from a friend to play GOW3, that game was mind-blowing gritty, with epic music to back up the action that got your blood pumping. This author is just another schmuck who's seeking the attention he never got in highschool.

[Schonn]

This list blows. More so than a whale emerging from the ocean.