Re: What's your most over-rated game? Most underrated?
Over-rated:
Halo, I really liked the first one (Do some research, and you'll find out it was about the only game that kept the X-box alive)
Then came 2, which I was...I didn't know what to say. The Covenant have attacked the Earth?! Oh man, this is gonna be incredibly!Then, you spend two levels on Earth before going to...another halo. Okay, I understand the need for this, sure, the game is called fucking halo. I would assume it would re-appear. But come on?! So soon? And the Flood also re-appear, which was to be expected, but seriously?
I mean, this is all to be expected. The Halo and the flood were both interesting mechanics that had to be re-introduced obviously. But you showed us a fucking trailer of Earth being blown to shit! GOD DAMMIT, I WANN BE IN THE FIGTH! Don't get me started on the Arbiter shit, which really was just confusing. I'm not saying they couldn't have done it, but this game went from simple story, to trying to be deep, and it wasn't implemented well.
As for the Third Halo, it suffers more than anything from the Second Halo. We're on Earth now, but It's more the aftermath of all the figthing insstead of the Key moments. I did enjoy it more than 2, (The Scarab Figths this time around we're pretty awesome) but it suffers from the set backs of 2.
Also very Over rated? And this is gonna get me attacked....
Metal Gear Solid 4.
That's rigth, there, I said it, it's off my chest. Kojima, I really like you, I really liked MGS1, 2 and 3! I mean, we had a small figth in 2, but you more than made up for it in 3! I mean, by god! Sure, some of the story was a little confusing, but not as bad as 2. And boss figths! My GOD! I awaited MGS4 with envy, hoping it wouldn't force me to buy a PS3. So I asked my friend for it, and he lends me his console and I pop it in with such glee!
Then, part 1 ended. In about 2-3 hours. Never the less, part one had pretty much been the only part advertised. Okay, well, the rest are sure to be good right! Part 2 is more of the same, then Part 3. Part 4 is a nice bit of nostalgia, but that's it. And Part 5....don't.
Combined PLAY TIME, was probably 7-9 hours. I;m sorry Kojima, but fuck you. I did not pay for a movie. You did not spend years in development, teasing us with previews, to give us HOURS of cutscenes! Also, what to fuck did you do the plot? I played all the MGs before it, payed attention, but I still couldn't understand a lot of it. There were some incredible moments in there (Rex, Half-gameply-half-cutscene figth, Ocelot figth, Part 1) but WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME?!!?! I WANTED YOU TO BE GOOD, I REALLY DID!? BUT I JUST CAN'T!!!!!?!?!?
Okay, there, now I'll just list the underateds I agreed with....
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem - This game is off the goddamn hook, and still can get a scare out of me to this day despite me having beaten it 3 times for the additional ending. Everyone who's played it will probably tell you how much they love it too, but that's only if you manage to meet the other 7 people besides me who bought it.
Beyond Good and Evil: Hard to describe this game. It has adventure elements, along with a good stealth system, yet you are a journalist who is just searching for the truth. A beautiful story, awesome characters, and wonderful game play kept me playing this for a long time. But it ends with a cliff hanger which would tease fans for a long time. However a sequel has been announced... apparently my threats to Ubisoft worked.
Underrated: Psychonauts. This game was artistically brilliant, smartly written, genuinely hilarious, and really fun to play. It's a crime it didn't do any better financially. I crime, I say!
Also:
I really enjoy my x-box 360, and I don't see why they won't be able to allow players to download new content for Left 4 Dead via x-box live.
Valve has nothing against the 360, and the hope to support it the same as PC. The main problem here, is Microsoft. MS doesn't want to give free updates, It will only allow Valve to update through money. This not only being an asshole move, but it limits Valve. They wait until they have a bunch of updates (Like they tried with TF2) before charging you 5 bucks for it. BLAST YOU MICROSOFT!