Most overrated industry legend?

[Taurist]

All of Nomura's games are at least pretty good. Compared with the dreck that is the rest of modern Square's output I'd say he's earned a bit of reputation. I've not been a big fan of Kamiya's games to be honest. They are mostly pretty good, but the man has an obsession with shit QTEs.

As for Ken Levine, I'll withold judgement until his next game comes out. Infinite was a big piece of shit, but its also clear it wasnt the kind of game that he meant it to be. It was slapped together from a bunch of assets just to get something out the door. Every other game he's done to is great!

Honestly I think its got to be Iga. His entire career is just mediocre clones of SotN (a game which he worked on, but did not direct). He's made like 12 of them and only one or two of them are worth playing. However Bloodstained wasn't a scam so he gets some points there.

 

[Kaivokz]

Ken Levine, Josh Sawyer, Warren Spector, Hideo Kojima, Hideki Kamiya and Goichi Suda.

I don't think many people outside the Codex know who Sawyer even is tbh

I’m friends with some people in a large dev studio who like Icewind Dale and New Vegas and they don’t know who he is. They don’t know who Avellone is either (but none of them are writers).

 

[deuxhero]

No Todd Howard?

 

[Sykar]

Kojima for sure. Metal Gear games suck hard, never understood the appeal.

 

[Talby]

Kamiya for sure. The best Platinum games are the ones he didn't work on, or had limited involvement with.

 

[JarlFrank]

Kojima for sure. Metal Gear games suck hard, never understood the appeal.

Any game designer who makes half of his game consist of unskippable, lengthy cutscenes should not even qualify as a game designer.

 

[Falksi]

Kojima 100%. PS1 MGS was a brilliant game, but pretty much everything else he's been involved with, the MGS sequels especially, have been total wank.

He's a one hit wonder still churning out album after album of dross.

 

[Ereshkigal]

I'd have said Kojima a couple of years ago but from what I gather in online communities, most people have wised up to his tricks. The answer also depends on where you ask, because Todd Howard still has a good reputation in most sites.

I'd say Igarashi, he's a one trick pony and still hasn't topped SOTN.

 

[Lyric Suite]

No Todd Howard?

He is obviously trolling by only putting Japanese developers there. I called him out on it but it seems some people here didn't get the joke i was making. Like, what the shit.

 

[deuxhero]

Lyric Suite
Sawyer is there.

 

[Lyric Suite]

He is the King Comrade of the poll.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

why doesn't this let me choose multiple

 

[Desolate Dancer]

Sawyer.

His "work" should be buried right next to the E.T. games in New Mexico where it belongs... damnatio memoriae

 

[Üstad]

Kojima for sure. Metal Gear games suck hard, never understood the appeal.

It can be enjoyable but the cringe moments in the game just ruin the appeal for me. I still enjoyed MGS3 when I was a kiddie.

 

[Harry Easter]

David Cage. Kojima is at least fun in his weird, space-outed way. David Cage just wants to be an artist and fails. Not even in a fun way, like the Two Worlds - people.

 

[Biscotti]

No one except Snoytards starved for another cinematic experience likes David Cage games though.

 

[Duraframe300]

David Cage. Kojima is at least fun in his weird, space-outed way. David Cage just wants to be an artist and fails. Not even in a fun way, like the Two Worlds - people.

I still maintain that David Cage is an edgy teen on the inside writing fanfics.

Which is a shame, because as far as C&C goes and some general ideas.... his games are not that bad. At least compared to shit like Telltales catalouge.

 

[Harry Easter]

I still maintain that David Cage is an edgy teen on the inside writing fanfics.

Which is a shame, because as far as C&C goes and some general ideas.... his games are not that bad. At least compared to shit like Telltales catalouge.

Hmm, true. If he would keep the stories simple and consistent, he could create something good. Which is funny, because the best story that David Cage told was the weird Nomad Soul. But this one had a real structure, so the weird mix between Sci-Fi and Demons from hell worked.

 

[Cat Dude]

Nomura. I don't find his game designs appealing to those outside weaboo communities.

 

[Cat Dude]

Ken Levine, Josh Sawyer, Warren Spector, Hideo Kojima, Hideki Kamiya and Goichi Suda.

I don't think many people outside the Codex know who Sawyer even is tbh

Sawyer is always known for his winter dlc or expansion for games he involved in.

 

[Silva]

Between Kojima and Igarashi for me.

 

[Ereshkigal]

Another forgotten name: Brian Fargo. I know this place knows he's a fraud already, but the fact that he still has a reputation in the industry after decades of lying through his teeth says something

 

[Harry Easter]

Another forgotten name: Brian Fargo. I know this place knows he's a fraud already, but the fact that he still has a reputation in the industry after decades of lying through his teeth says something

What did he do, besides the Kickstarterthing and the Codex hating him?

 

[Cat Dude]

Another forgotten name: Brian Fargo. I know this place knows he's a fraud already, but the fact that he still has a reputation in the industry after decades of lying through his teeth says something

What did he do, besides the Kickstarterthing and the Codex hating him?

I think some codexers here already backed his kickstarter campaigns with a lot of money and eventually got hugely upset for such piss poor products in return.

 

[Cat Dude]

Kojima 100%. PS1 MGS was a brilliant game, but pretty much everything else he's been involved with, the MGS sequels especially, have been total wank.

He's a one hit wonder still churning out album after album of dross.

Kojima is obviously a has been. Not many actually got hyped by his riddles.