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Bioshock was overrated for like 5 minutes, then everyone forgot about it.
Oblivion was also hailed as such and there is more disparity between utter turd and the best game ever than between an okay shooter and the best game ever.Well, for me HL2 is the most overrated game ever. I knew Oblivion was broken and needed heavy modding to be playable, but HL2 was universally heralded as the the best game evah, and nobody said anything about the flaws mentioned in this thread.
But of course it's weird that vanilla/console Oblivion should get such high ratings considering the critical level scaling design flaw.
But I guess casuals just don't care, as long as the graphics look pretty and they can bash some goblins?
Expectations has a lot to say. I had high expactations to HL2 but ended up hating it. I had very low expectations to Invisible War and Unreal 2, but ended up liking them and completing them.
Both were based on the same weapon, looked almost exactly the same, sounded almost exactly the same, had almost exactly the same recoil, accuracy and amount of blam delivered per shot.I can't even remember there was a revolver in HL2... On the other hand about revolver in HL1 I can say exactly the same you said for HL2's revolver.
DX:HR revsploder.I can agree with this generally, but fuck if I can think of a more satisfying revolver to use in any game.
Both were based on the same weapon, looked almost exactly the same, sounded almost exactly the same, had almost exactly the same recoil, accuracy and amount of blam delivered per shot.I can't even remember there was a revolver in HL2... On the other hand about revolver in HL1 I can say exactly the same you said for HL2's revolver.
How can you find one memorable but the other not?
DX:HR revsploder.I can agree with this generally, but fuck if I can think of a more satisfying revolver to use in any game.
Expectations has a lot to say. I had high expactations to HL2 but ended up hating it. I had very low expectations to Invisible War and Unreal 2, but ended up liking them and completing them.
How can you like IW and U2?
And how could you expect Unreal fucking 2 and Deus Ex fucking 2 to be flops in advance?
Slight incline of Metacritic.PS:T is tied with RtCW:ET for 1st with 9.6, 9.5 has games like Alpha Centauri and Thief. Half Life only manages a weak 9.2.
Fucking expectations, how do they work?expectations
Huh? I didn't play them in advance. I played them some years after they were released.
Fucking expectations, how do they work?expectations
Huh? I didn't play them in advance. I played them some years after they were released.
So what the fuck are you doing actually bothering to obtain games like Unreal 2 and IW if you know damn well what to expect?Of course, I'm one of the few gamers with more patience than a 4 year old, so I don't buy and play most games when they are still in beta version. So when I do get around to play a game I usually know what to expect, based on other gamers' comments (I largely ignore what professional critics say).
If you expect to be raped with a piece of a barbed wire, but get raped with a piece of a regular one instead, it doesn't make the act of being raped pleasant.Expect a new Deus Ex and be disappointed. Expect the worst and you may end up enjoying Invisible War.
So what the fuck are you doing actually bothering to obtain games like Unreal 2 and IW if you know damn well what to expect?Of course, I'm one of the few gamers with more patience than a 4 year old, so I don't buy and play most games when they are still in beta version. So when I do get around to play a game I usually know what to expect, based on other gamers' comments (I largely ignore what professional critics say).
It's like ordering a fucking turd sandwich while knowing perfectly well it's a turd sandwich tasting as you'd expect of a turd sandwich.
I've always said that pessimists are in fact happier than optimists, because everything is always better than expected.If you expect to be raped with a piece of a barbed wire, but get raped with a piece of a regular one instead, it doesn't make the act of being raped pleasant.Expect a new Deus Ex and be disappointed. Expect the worst and you may end up enjoying Invisible War.
Great, so I will go order a turd sandwich because it's cheap and surely it can't be as shitty as people were saying.So what the fuck are you doing actually bothering to obtain games like Unreal 2 and IW if you know damn well what to expect?Of course, I'm one of the few gamers with more patience than a 4 year old, so I don't buy and play most games when they are still in beta version. So when I do get around to play a game I usually know what to expect, based on other gamers' comments (I largely ignore what professional critics say).
It's like ordering a fucking turd sandwich while knowing perfectly well it's a turd sandwich tasting as you'd expect of a turd sandwich.
Because they were cheap, and because I suspected much of the negative reactions were based on too high expectations.
Sometimes things are as just bad as expected, though - in those cases what makes pessimists happier is that they know what to fucking avoid.I've always said that pessimists are in fact happier than optimists, because everything is always better than expected.
Great, so I will go order a turd sandwich because it's cheap and surely it can't be as shitty as people were saying.
My point is that people's reaction to a game is often too much based on their expectations based on previous games.
And this.My point is that people's reaction to a game is often too much based on their expectations based on previous games.
Well the point of a sequel and/or spirtiual succesor is to look, feel and play like the previous games, so why shouldn't people base their expectations on previous games? For example DA2 is absolute shit, but part of the shitstorm was that people wanted more RPG mechanics like Origins had. Can you blame them? Part of a games succes is determined by how well it can capture the feel of it's preddecessors.
Sorry, but no. HL2 might be overrated (as much as I enjoyed it it is overrated), but this* honor belongs to oblivion and oblivion alone.Yeah, for me HL2 is the "most overrated game of all time".
Sorry, but no. Oblivion might be overrated, but this honor belongs to bioshock and bioshock alone.
Sorry, but no. HL2 might be overrated (as much as I enjoyed it it is overrated), but this* honor belongs to oblivion and oblivion alone.Yeah, for me HL2 is the "most overrated game of all time".
Sorry, but no. Oblivion might be overrated, but this honor belongs to bioshock and bioshock alone.
Sorry, but no. Bioshock might be overrated, but this honor belongs to FF7 and FF7 alone.
I can agree with this generally, but fuck if I can think of a more satisfying revolver to use in any game. The crossbow was cool too.As has already been mention the gun play is extremely weak (mostly due to the Source engine). How can you have a good FPS with weak gun play?
On /v/ we have a daily thread about how grossly overrated HL2 is. /v/ has mildly popular memes about the daily retards posting that shit trying to look edgy and score cool credits.
Sorry, but no. Most Codexians might be edgy faggots, but this honor belongs to Syril and Syril alone.Sorry, but no. HL2 might be overrated (as much as I enjoyed it it is overrated), but this* honor belongs to oblivion and oblivion alone.Yeah, for me HL2 is the "most overrated game of all time".
Sorry, but no. Oblivion might be overrated, but this honor belongs to bioshock and bioshock alone.
Sorry, but no. Bioshock might be overrated, but this honor belongs to FF7 and FF7 alone.
Sorry, but no.FF7 might be overrated, but this honor belongs to Deus ex and Deus ex alone.
I'm so blunt that I don't even know what /v/ is. Do you have a link to those daily threads?
Don't click on any FNV or F3 threads unless you want to rage and/or are ready to fight the good fight. Especially when kwans are awake. Especially in the summer.I'm so blunt that I don't even know what /v/ is. Do you have a link to those daily threads?
The board on 4chan which theme is games (4chan is most known for /b/, which doesn't have a theme). Links aren't that useful since threads usually expire in a few hours due to big traffic.
While highly overrated, more than most games, Deus Ex pales in comparison with any of those mentioned.Sorry, but no. HL2 might be overrated (as much as I enjoyed it it is overrated), but this* honor belongs to oblivion and oblivion alone.Yeah, for me HL2 is the "most overrated game of all time".
Sorry, but no. Oblivion might be overrated, but this honor belongs to bioshock and bioshock alone.
Sorry, but no. Bioshock might be overrated, but this honor belongs to FF7 and FF7 alone.
Sorry, but no.FF7 might be overrated, but this honor belongs to Deus ex and Deus ex alone.