Pokemon is the most overrated series? Everyone game is the same except for 100 new monsters and 1 new battle gimmick and yet it makes more money than Mickey fuggin Mouse

I hate the company for the way they enforce their copyrights and how they price games that have been out for a decade or more as if they released last week, but I really like the games, other consoles only have 2 or 3 exclusive games that are worth playing, but Nintendo has so many bangers. Maybe it’s also the fact that I grew up playing mostly Nintendo games that clouds my judgement, but their games just give me such a good vibe.

how do you say except pokemon, it’s like the worst franchise they own

It was a neat Warcraft 3 custom map.

Then it got weird.

Why though?

AI was great until the gaming community does what it does best, dissect the everliving shit out of it. Once the game became known then all the charm was gone because the AI followed strict, easy to bypass rules.

Oh yeh that looked cool I was pretty pumped about that. Is it not so good after all?

Yeah I bought it on GOG based purely on the hype. Mistake. I played maybe 10h, got throught the introductory areas and started the main game. I just couldn’t. I am not sure why it gets so much praise.

It was very pretty, and the soundtrack deserved the praise it received. Nothing too innovative about the gameplay though, and the story was good but typical for this genre.

That being said, I did enjoy it a lot. But that gameplay style is one of my favorites, so the visuals and music were just perks.

I think Skyrim is the perfect answer to this question. It’s a good game. Everyone has played a billion files because while it’s good it’s entirely unfocused and mediocre so people don’t feel motivated to take their character to the end of the game

The fetch quests were particularly disappointing for me, given the history of Elder Scrolls games (cough cough Morrowind cough). I didn’t mind the combat system (being able to equip anything in either hand was an improvement over previous games), but much of it did feel the same.

Bejeweled will always remain as my definitive 3-match game. The only other coming close is Treasures of Montezuma 3 and 4.

A pretty hefty amount of popular mobile games were actually rips of flash games with microtransaction added lol.

OoT benefits mostly from being first for a lot of people. Your opinion is fairly common for people who played more recent Zelda titles first then went backwards.

That is a very hot take.

Glad to know there are people out there who actually prefer TP over OoT.

Botw is the worst thing to happen to games in years. I enjoyed it when it came out, thought it was a good game but bad Zelda game with it’s lack of progression having a single toolset you get immediately.

But then everyone started copying it, Becoming open world games for no good reason, just to pad game length with travel and crafting whether or not it actually supports the central gameplay loop

My problem with BOTW after enjoying many other Zelda games was that my weapons broke and for some reason I was never able to get past that which made me not enjoy the game and quit.

Breath of the Wild seems like it would make more sense if you’re a kid.

I know I would’ve spent countless hours just wondering the world, considering the real one kinda sucks.

I’m also a botw hater. No Zelda dungeons, forces you to explore with shitty weapon health mechanic. I disabled that in the emulator and realized how pointless exploration was when you didn’t need to replace your weapons. I’ll give it the glider but every open world game has a glider now so there’s better choices.

You’re getting one upvote from me.
I also fully agree with everything said in brentalfloss’ song
and I played it when it came out.

Worst thing about the game was the owl that kept the game from being an open world.

It was a step back from Mario64 and it came out something like 2 years later.
Majora’s mask was the expectation. Ocarina of Time was what I got.

There are only 5 games in that category of Zelda game in the first place.

• ocarina of time
• majora’s mask
• windwaker
• twilight princess
• skyward sword

Breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom are totally different formula and the rest are not 3d.

For me it kind of goes windwaker -> oot/majora/skyward -> twilight. So I’d say it’s up there, and the fact it’s so foundational should give it some extra points. I’m amazed they haven’t done a remake to up the graphics and give it modern controls tbh

Agreed. I just don’t like that type of game myself.

This is a reasonable take, though I don’t feel the same way.

OoT felt like an open world game at a time when those largely didn’t exist (some did, but not really on console). The gameplay was still somewhat linear, but it felt like there was a lot of freedom compared to a lot of other games at the time. As a kid, I spent hours just exploring. I’m guessing this has something to do with its popularity at the time.

I prefer ALttP

I tried to replay 2077 and there was just tons of dialog and all the action was over so quickly. I basically just drove around. Listed to dialog. Fought for a few minutes. Listened to more dialog and repeat.

I seriously thought I was the only one who thought this.

Insane take, the stories are so fucking good i creamed all over the tv

i enjoyed cyberpunk but was never able to finish witcher 3

They are rich in story, lore, and world exploration. I love them for this. But! I hate having to revisit locations for new quests. It all feels like “Crap! Forgot the milk!” aaand, back to the store. “Crap! Forgot the eggs!” aaand back to the store. There aren’t many games with full, deep stories, but it’s the grind that wears me down.

I feel this way about all open world/map slop. I liked the first couple i played but after the novelty wears off it’s an entire genre that sacrifices focus for a lot of lower quality content

Hard disagree on Cyberpunk, that game is fun as hell. But I agree with you about Witcher 3. Tried at least 3 times to get into it throughout the years but quit like an hour into it every time. Just not for me.

I agree on Cyberpunk, though I still played like 20hrs.

I finished a mission and just realised I couldn’t be bothered driving to the next one and blah blah blah and just closed the game for the final time right then.

First time I’ve been playing a game and that had happened.

I guess the game might still be worth it’s sale price at 50% off if you can get 20 hours out of it, but it’s still disappointing in my eyes that It wasn’t able to keep me engaged.

The main problem with Witcher 3 is that it’s way too long. Was a real slog to reach the ending. Didn’t even bother with the addons. Cyberpunk was great in my opinion.

Did not expect caves of qud to be on anyone’s list, as I thought it was pretty niche.

I also really wanted to like the game, but it felt oddly empty. I wanted less lost in the wilderness, less static quests, more dynamic stuff to do and explore.

I don’t think X4 would fit as overrated, since even the fans are quick to point out how much jank and questionable design you have to put up with in order to play

Oof. Elden ring is my top 5 for sure. But hey, that’s why we got choices and preferences.

the modern doom trilogy is nonstop demon killing dopamine if you like shooters and is bored by all the toxic cod clones and battle royales, but kinda meh if you don’t.

disco elysium is written by wall-of-text leftists, so it’s more of a book than a game. it’s a great book at that, but an ok game. kentucky route zero is similar but is more like an art piece than a book, if that’s your jam.