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[SF Kosmo]

Probably S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 in the state it is right now.

It has like a 73 MC, not exactly sky high rated.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I mean Concord was getting like 8/10’s and got shut down in a week. That’s about as overrated as it gets.

I don’t get people saying Stellar Blade. That gameplay is fantastic. How can a story make you hate the actual game part of it?

 

[Madflavor]

I remember when Dragon’s Dogma 2 came out people were praising it to the high heavens. Talking about how immersive and rewarding the exploration was. Some even said the exploration was better than Elden Ring. You pretty much see almost every enemy type by the two hour mark. You couldn’t walk 10 feet without running into more monsters. The combat got extremely repetitive and was piss easy from beginning to end. I thought I was taking crazy pills and playing a totally different game from these people.

Then the honeymoon period ended and the game barely gets brought up anymore. I forget the name of the guy who makes these games, but he learned absolutely nothing from the first DD a decade ago.

 

[Unknown?]

I mean. Come on. It’s obviously Astro Bot. Sony made a solid platformer with tight gameplay and their fans who have to pretend that they like ‘deep narratives’, over the shoulder, walking, talking, press square to inspect gameplay have gone absolutely wild for it.

That being said, it’s still a 9/10. Just not ‘9.4/10 best game eva!’ like our Sony bros would have us believe.

That's the same thing people said about Mario 64... Game, set, match. Point, me.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Me watching my favorite games get roasted in this thread:

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I suspect Zelda is also massively overrated like the vast majority of Nintendo's non-AAA production tier titles. Game looks so mid. Although, to be fair, I have not played it.

Banjo64 you know it's true

Also AstroBot is far better than any recent Mario game and basically on par with the Galaxy series. Top tier stuff. You obviously could not give it the credit it deserves.

 

[Raven117]

Yeah, of what I played this year (so, not concord), gotta be dragons dogma 2.

The best part of the game was the “post game.” The lore was interesting yet hard to get to.

I don’t know…. I had some high hopes it would expand on the first one… but it didn’t.

 

[RobRSG]

It has to be Metaphor.

 

[protonion]

Unicorn Overlord is my choice

Totally forgot this boring auto battler. Good choice.

 

[FoxMcChief]

FF7 Rebirth

 

[nial]

I mean. Come on. It’s obviously Astro Bot. Sony made a solid platformer with tight gameplay and their fans who have to pretend that they like ‘deep narratives’, over the shoulder, walking, talking, press square to inspect gameplay have gone absolutely wild for it.

That being said, it’s still a 9/10. Just not ‘9.4/10 best game eva!’ like our Sony bros would have us believe.

Came to the thread to see an exact take like this. Thanks for delivering, brother.

 

[hyperbertha]

Stellar Blade for sure, I the main protagonist weren't and over sexualised character people wouldn't praise it as much.

Over sexualized? Gtfo. She's perfect. And looks like an actual human girl in the high hotness range. I suppose you prefer taash

 

[Codeblew]

Why is metaphor overrated? I missed all the discussions about the game.

I am 24 hours in, doesn't seem overrated to me.

 

[hyperbertha]

Overrated =/= review bombed by anti-woke snowflakes.

For gaming scores standards, 82 is pretty much a perfect score for a great looking and good playing, albeit, safe game.

It has one of the most boring generic combat systems in existence. It's not great playing.

 

[adamsapple]

reason u dont platinum games is cause u rent em from gamefly so no time to do it

 

[Neolombax]

FF7 Rebirth. The story sucked balls.

 

[bender]

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

FF7 Rebirth.

Bloated mess with bad storytelling. The more you play, the more it becomes obvious most of the reviews were written just after playing the first couple of hours of the game.

How many times did you replay your GOTY about a screaming woman with a mental disorder that has no gameplay?

Not enough bloat, or even a game, for 4 hours of scripted press up riveting action

 

[Valedix]

Dragons Dogma 2.

 

[adamsapple]

For what it's worth, I sold that shit long ago but kept the steel book, the best part of the package.

I agree with your pick, Stellar Blade, as well. A thoroughly mediocre C-grade Nier wannabe with titillation as its only noteworthy selling point.

 

[bender]

For what it's worth, I sold that shit long ago but kept the steel book, the best part of the package.

I agree with your pick, Stellar Blade, as well. A thoroughly mediocre C-grade Nier wannabe with titillation as its only noteworthy selling point.

I made it to Chapter 4 before calling it quits. It doesn't help that I hate finished Remake a few weeks prior. I don't really care for the battle system but I can't properly describe how much I hate the narrative changes that have been made.

 

[Dafegamer]

Black Myth: Wukong is the only answer. Good game, but people make it feel like Game of the Generation or something.

 

[Salmonboy]

FFVII - Rebirth! Pure trash!

 

[Sabejita]

I have two and both should have their metacritics lowered because of DLC practices:
- Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth with a new low: NG+ as paid DLC
- Tekken 8 added an ingame shop after release

Besides that both games were pretty disappointing and don't deserve 89 and 90.

 

[Soodanim]

Elden Ring DLC...

Played well over 1000 hours of vanilla. Played about 60 of the DLC. i came away thinking "At least it gave me new weapons to take back into the main game." I enjoyed myself, but some go on like it's a whole game on its own. It wasn't.

It making it into GOTY awards was the icing on the overrated cake.

 

[april6e]

Stellar Blade for sure. There were two camps:

A. People who are starved for any sort of Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden sort of game and pump up any game in that genre that comes out even if it is mediocre. That genre is dying so they'll take anything they can get.

B. Those who politicize games and think any game that has a woman who isn't a supermodel or a POC character is"woke". From the moment this game was announced, they tried to force this game as the next big thing simply because it was an old school sort of eastern game where every character is a "battle doll" trope where they fight stylishly with no clothing on.

 

[FukuDaruma]

Bloodborne.

 

[Roufianos]

Stellar Blade - good combat weighed down by a dreadful story, annoying voice acting/characters and stupid open world sections. Was also way too long also.

Warhammer - there I said it.

 

[The artful mincer]

Why is metaphor overrated? I missed all the discussions about the game.

It's incredibly long winded. I can play for about an hour and it can literally be nothing but talking.

It's my first experience with an Atlus game so maybe this is expected. It's a bit jarring for me.

I'm 60 hours in struggling to finish the combat system is at least somewhat interesting.

 

[The artful mincer]

It does nothing to advance the 3D platformer genre. A genre that’s been on life support (for good reason) for 25+ years.

The Moana 2 pretty colors and animation presentation is surface level nonsense.

It is, by definition, the most overrated game of 2024.

Have you even played it?

 

[ap_puff]

Stellar Blade - good combat weighed down by a dreadful story, annoying voice acting/characters and stupid open world sections. Was also way too long also.

Warhammer - there I said it.

Don't really think Warhammer is overrated... More like overhyped. I think reality set in pretty quickly afterwards

 

[Heaven Angel]

Astro Bot, felt like a PS5 promo game.

 

[marcincz]

FF7 Rebirth - maybe not overrated, but I feel disappointed; especialy last chapter is a mess and some obligatory mission activites, like push/pull boxes or playing cards

Tekken 8 - good title, but 7 was much better

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Unicorn Overlord
Metaphor: Refantazio
Wukong the fn monkey
Cod BO 6
Hell Blade 2

 

[xanaum]

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad game, it’s even kinda fun. But being nominated for Game of the Year?

That’s just ridiculously over the top. At best, it might qualify as one of the best mobile games of the year, but I can’t even say that for sure since I haven’t played other mobile games in 2024. Either way, I can’t think of anything more absurdly overrated than this.

 

[Mayar]

I really hope Balatro wins game of the year. It'll be a global internet ass-busting, there'll be enough content on negogaf for about two months.

 

[daninthemix]

Veilguard. Such a bland game I can barely remember it just a month later.

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

Erdtree is 0% like Elden Ring, and it’s maybe my least favorite souls product to date.

That said, what is Destiny the Final Shape doing brushing up against 90?

 

[Madflavor]

Stellar Blade feels like a weird one to call out. Game’s got an 81 on MC. Pretty much everyone is in agreement that it had elements that were total garbage, like its story, dialogue, voice acting, and side quest design.

People who love the game enjoyed it for its combat, soundtrack, visuals, and eye candy. It really doesn’t come off like a game that fits the definition of overrated. People like it for what it is and what it did right.

 

[Herbspiceguy]

This thread just made me buy Balatro.

So I'm 4.7 hours in and just landed my first winning run. Well, I feel the game is like digital crack and had me playing nearly non-stop.

I've never played poker (which was my initial resistance to buy the game), but I do like some deck-building/trading card games. I mainly play smaller indie titles, with the odd competitive online title:

Balatro grabbed me unlike anything else I've played this year, so I can totally get behind it being a GotY nominee. The game is extremely refined and polished at what it is trying to achieve.

Saying it's just a little time waster (aren't all games time wasters?) and math game, feels like it doesn't do the game justice and reduces it to just poker or solitaire. The excitement in rogue-lites come from the meta game of creating powerful synergies through skills and perks, or in the case of Balatro through jokers in combination with planet, tarot, celestial cards as well specific upgraded cards. The eureka moment when you've found something that works, that could likely win your run, or even break the game, is extremely satisfying. Well, the dev totally knocked that aspect out of the park.
The presentation, aesthetic and (the excellent) main theme blend very well and feels like it's sucking me into an occult-like alternative dimension.

I think the negative sentiment comes from it being nominated at the Game Awards, being a small indie title, potentially snubbing this year's major AAA+ hits. This just comes down to different strokes; how much do you value production and content as a means to decide the 'true' GotY. In terms of replayability/time spent and enjoyment I feel that doesn't matter.
All in all, I definitely do no think it's overrated and it being a nominee feels deserved, but I'll say I'm also biased because I love quality indie titles and rogue-lites.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

This thread is great. It reassure's me that all the titles being mentioned are NOT worth the asking price and makes me feel amazing about waiting for sales.

 

[Hawkeye2890]

Its a long list.

Astronuts
Stalker 2
Dogma 2
Black Myth
Space marine 2

I bought all of these at full price and I regret every one of them. I feel i'm getting too old and games just aren't for me anymore. Or they just don't make them like they used to. None of these held my interest for more than 4-5 hours. Sucks.

 

[Reave]

Helldivers 2.

Run around a bland procedurally generated map, do some boring ass missions, shoot uninspired-looking enemies, and extract. Oh, and don't forget the awful "balancing" patches earlier this year.

 

[RECTALTORMENT]

Helldivers 2.

Run around a bland procedurally generated map, do some boring ass missions, shoot uninspired-looking enemies, and extract. Oh, and don't forget the awful "balancing" patches earlier this year.

Ding ding ding

 

[midasmulligan]

Hell divers 2 or space marines 2

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Astro Bot without question.

Gameplay from 1997 with a cheap Dreamworks look.

This is a Razzie winner, not a Game of the Year.

Thankfully the market received it much more appropriately. That's what matters at the end of the day.

 

[darrylgorn]

Can't help but notice a lot of the choices here seem to be Playstation exclusives.

I don't have one, so I can't comment but definitely agree with DD2 being a strong candidate.

It's not bad, and certainly an improvement over the first game but there's just something soulless about it.

 

[bender]

I'm not sure which one of these three would be my top choice but I'm debating between Stellar Blade, Indiana Jones, and Silent Hill 2. I'm still playing it but it's probably Indiana Jones as I think it is the worst game of three and often teeters around mediocrity. Silent Hill is the best of those three, but it often overstays it's welcome. Being a third or half of the normal runtime would be a better game which is exactly what the original is. Stellar Blade is an ok'ish character action game with an atrocious story and way too much superfluous side content.

 

[AngelMuffin]

For me it’s FF7: Rebirth. As a huge fan of the PS1 game, I can’t even be bothered to finish it.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

I'm saddened to say it, but Metaphor:ReFantazio for me. Personas 3-5 are some of my favorite games of all time, but I found M:R strangely uncompelling. Might have been partly my fault/burnout because I played through Personas 3-5 and then SMT:V:Vengeance this year prior to M:R.

Regardless, there were lots of good games out there this year like Persona 3: Reload, Silent Hill 2 remake, and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. 2024 was a banger.