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EGM's 10 most overrated games

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Well I found this thread in 3DRealms forums, so I don't know where he got it(maybe new issue) so I hope it's not old.

10. Ico ("games as art" folk need to get a grip)
9. Shenmue (glorified point-and-click adventure game)
8. Banjo Kazooie (patterned after Mario 64)
7. FF9 (weak plot, lame characters. Of the three ps1 era FF games, this one is the least essential)
6. Nights (not much to Nights beyond flying really fast and collecting as many colored orbs as you can)
5. Perfect Dark (choppy animations and blurry graphics)
4. Donkey Kong 64 (Cemented Rare as masters of the Collect-a-thon style)
3. Killer Instinct (Laughable characters and braindead combo mechanics)
2. DKC (Pretty plastic graphics?)
1. Battle Arena Toshinden (flashy)
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http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=827862&an=0&page=0#827862

Here goes.

EDIT: turns out it was old.
 
This was in the last EGM, not the new one.

Speaking of, where is the new EGM? I thought subscribers were supposed to get it days ago.
 
1/2 are made by Rare? BTW I really don't agree with most of these. Is this real? Would EGM really say something like "games as art folk need to get a grip"?
 
Mama Smurf said:
This was in the last EGM, not the new one.

Speaking of, where is the new EGM? I thought subscribers were supposed to get it days ago.
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oh ok, but has it been posted before? I did a search.
 
Choppy animation in PD? It had a very choppy framerate at times, but I found the animation smoother than most games at the time. Especially for a FPS.
 
siege said:
FF9 overrated? That game sucked and I think most people agreed at the time of it's release.
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Pbbt. FF9 is great, but it suffers from bad load times.
Rez needs to be on that list.
 
this is old old old. Do we need to rehash this list again?

by the way, I agree that (almost) all those games were severely overrated.
 
Perfect Dark? Uhh, why don't they talk about the innovative features that made is highly rated? Graphics/framerate were not one of them.
 
What a terrible list. Sounds like they are struggling to sound like they know what they are saying (with some of them ;) ).

Where is Halo 2? ;) (Oh! No! We dun wanna put our foot in our mouths this early!)
 
Kuroyume said:
FF8 is the greatest RPG (possibly game) EVER.

Where is Katmari?
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:) @ the FFVIII comment.

I fucking hate you for even suggesting that katamari should be on that list.
 
DK64 clearly doesn't belong there--it was received in a lukewarm fashion.
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Banjo Kazooie was great, expanding on the concepts of Mario 64 with more inventive play mechanics, great graphics (for its time), and Rare's sense of humor.

Oh well, Top 10/100 lists are only crutches to incite controversy and sell magazines anyway.
 
siege said:
Halo is the king of overrated games. I don't expect it to make EGM's list, however, as they are huge fanboys for the series.
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:lol

someone with a Metroid avatar bashing Halo? Inconceivable!
 
I think everybody can at least agree Banjo Kazooie is one great platformer. And to get in on the action, Halo is overrated. UT is underrated. That of which I have said is undeniable.
 
Where's Metroid Prime? Should be #1.
 
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