Some people need to remember that overrated doesn't mean not good. It just means that the game gets more attention in spite of other games in the same genre that are also good.
Exactly. So like FF7. It gets way more praise and attention in spite of other games in the FF series. I wish FF8 had as many spinoffs, sequels and cg movies as FF7.
Yes, but Pokemon is the one exception honestly. The first gen specifically, it did something that has never been replicated except with other Pokemon games.
I always took the phrase overrated as not as good or doesn't deserve the amount of praise/attention it's getting 🤷♂️ Agree that it doesn't mean the game is bad.
The problem is when people don't know how to play Sonic 1 just wann brain dead Spindash and think S1 has bad level design 😭 Sonic 1 is misunderstood jewel. Even low skill Sonic 2 fans don't understand. Ok S1 is hard but S1 is a far superior game than Sonic 2 when you know how to play the game.. Sonic 2 is my first Sonic I bought with my money. So it's not nostalgia It took me years to understand that.
I miss the old LEGO Star Wars when the characters couldn't talk and the devs had to be creative. Darth Vader showed Luke a family picture of them together to convey that he is his father.
I love when you make a video like this. You’re always so positive, I mean hell, you’re the “Happy Console Gamer” after all. I just enjoy your positive spin on negative topics.
I am going to say that GTA is a bit overhyped in my opinion. I have enjoyed a couple of them but I just don't get as hyped as everyone else for them. I feel like everyone goes into a frenzy about these games and that's fine,but I just am not a big fan of the GTA games so I can't really connect with them like everyone else can.
I was about to say GTA as well and I’m a big fan of the games from Rockstar. The overhyping of GTA VI is getting old and it’s making me less excited especially since I don’t know if it’s gonna be as good as any of the other games..
I always felt the only special thing about the series is how they are proper open world first and quite a detailed one.The missions themselves haven't really changed .You still have to do some tedious task or to drive somewhere (or shoot which is meh),but at least in the older games you had more room to do what you wanted.It defeats the point of an open world.
@@donmondo2479I am looking forward to GTA6 but I don't know if it will be as good as 4 or 5 for me. I liked those characters alot. I hope it turns out well. I don't feel sold on the characters as yet, and with where we are at in the world, I don't know if it will have the same vibe and no holds barred writing. Everyone is so easily offended these days and its all about folk bitching about rights.
@Livingtree32 Me Stupid. Zelda game. Find item. Unlock new area. I CAN DO IT NOW! Oh, now that I have item, now I can go there! Use item! BotW? No Smart, can go anywhere! Do anything any time. Go straight to end of game! SMART
With the age gap, I can understand the lack of pokemon hype. As someone who was five or six when red and blue came out, I can still say I’m happy to see it still going. I just wish we got fewer releases at higher quality.
Same here, I was 9 when Pokémon Gold/Silver came out and it was the perfect gateway for me to the RPG genre. I can see how someone in Film School/College would think Pokémon was overrated. If they had already been playing RPG classics like Mother, Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger etc
@@vitigaymer1053 It was definitely a barebones RPG but I think it was just a great gateway into an all encompassing storm. Between the show, the movie coming out, the games, and the cards it really just took completely over.
My brother. You have clearly never played black ops 2. That shit was amazing. Campaign was great. Online multiplayer was great. Bo3 was great. After that it became terrible
Let's be honest if you want a multiplayer shooter you do not have much in the market besides cod. Battlefield is more than average. Halo infinite is filled with problems. So COD is literally the only shooter left plus it's the only one that's more fast paced, compared to the rest. So yeah....
But nobody cries tears of joy for a new Sonic game. I think more people are worried it will be another dumpster fire. Zelda and Final Fantasy 7 however are both way overrated. Nobody cries tears for sonic, mario or mortal kombat when they are released. But I've seen girls on youtube scream and cry over these two titles. It's sickening
@@Cheeseshredder Just because a game isn't for you doesn't mean it's overrated. I don't like Fortnite, but I'm not egotistical enough to claim that everybody is wrong and only my perception of quality is right. Just look how many people play and like Fortnite. It's not for me, but it objectively the bees knees for a huge number of people. Zelda and FF7 have proven themselves by standing the test of time. You can't redefine reality. Those games are exactly as hype as all the people who support them. No more, no less.
@@Xearrik I never said those games were not for me. Wait, why didn't you write that response to everyone else? Wasn't this the whole point of the video? To be opinionated about games you think are overrated?
Nostalgia plays a big part of what games we like and dislike. For me, when Sonic came out, it was the action platformer on the Genesis and I played the hell out of that game. I didn't get a SNES until many years later. While Super Mario World was good, I didn't have the connection and familiarity to it like Sonic. I think having an emotional connection and fond memories are crucial to how one views games in retrospect.
I agree. I don't actually often go back to many games for that reason as I don't want to ruin the memories. As a gamer form the 80s, I have done that a few times and found myself asking what the hell did I see in a game I previously thought was good. Street fighter 2 turbo, I bought it recently on switch and I hate it now. I used to play that on the SNES and Atari St and loved it. There have been others but that is the most recent. I prefer now just to play a game once or twice and move on and have it as a good memory.
I don't have nostalgia for Secret of Monkey island, I only started playing it last year so I agree it was good for it's time but I find it overrated. Broken Sword was better.
Depends on the game. When a game like Mario world, Mario 3, chrono trigger, FF6 etc continues to find new fans and be put on greatest ever games lists 30 odd years later, it’s more than just nostalgia or having a connection. Those were great games loved my many then, and can be loved by many now. They’ve stood the test of time more than many later 3D games on the PlayStation, certainly. In other cases, there were games that were great back then and introduced new concepts like Secret of Mana, but have aged poorly and only the music stands up today.
To be fair, you were too old when Pokémon first hit our shores in 1996 or 1997. I was part of the first generation of Pokémon at the perfect age of 8. It was a HUGE hit and probably the biggest phenomenon in entertainment during that time. It was monumental!!! It was insane!! Everybody was going crazy about this franchise!
It's not about his age, it's more about the fact that some games just don't appeal to some people like they do to others. For me personally, I've just never been into RPG games at all. Action/RPG's are different though I love those types of games.
I always appreciate your honest opinions. Most gamers are afraid to ruffle the feathers of fans of major franchises, but being open and honest about how you feel is being a true fan of video games. For me GTA is a big one that I think is overrated. I love GTA 1 & 2 and most of 3 when it was released but Vice City was the game that showed me that the game and the series as a whole has no staying power for me. I play them for an hour or two and I'm done, i've seen all i needed to see, had my fill and want to play something else. Now here's a controversial one: Final Fantasy VI Now don't get me wrong I love the game but never understood the religious worship the game has, especially since i was playing rpgs when it was released and thought games games like Shining Force 2, Landstalker and Phantasy Star IV were better games. Hope you are doing well. :)
The early 90's Sonic cartoon wasn't too shabby. I'd definitely take it over the Genesis trilogy no doubt! Great commercials too! Then again, nearly every single video game commercial that came out of the late 80's and early 90's were golden.
Being honest….breath of the wild and TOTK. Amazing physics and open world with creativity, but at the cost of terrible story, no dungeons, unsatisfying combat with the weapon durability and overall 2 games I will probably never want to play again. I’d be curious if years from now people agree with me, but while I appreciate what Nintendo did with the open world and systems, that’s not why I love Zelda. Give me shorter more carefully crafted games, I’m not interested in screwing around and experimenting for 120 hours 😅
@@TheRetroCleric324good point. If they were named something generic like “the great fantasy adventure” it would not be “the greatest game ever made” comments
Being a Sonic fan these days is rough. Sonic Superstars was one of the most lazy releases from Sega in some time and while I enjoyed Frontiers I couldn’t help but wonder why not just give us what we all want with Adventure 3? In terms of trying a game in the series that may change your mind on the series, I think both Generations and Colors hold up really well today especially with the new means of playing them on a Series X or HD re-release.
@@samurizzy Same. After the 9th main mortal kombat (2011) title. I just stopped buying them and started watching the cutscenes compiled into a movie. I'm always interested and excited where the story will take us next. But at the same time when one is finished, I'm unsatisfied with the results. I guess I expect them to go forward but it's always slight alterations of the same events.
I'm nervous about typing this, but for me it's Smash Bros. I've tried to get into every release but it's never clicked. So when I see grown men lose their minds over a new fighter announcement, I'm just kinda meh!
I liked Smash when I was younger and could play it for hours with friends. I don’t see any appeal in playing a Smash game alone, and the online is legitimately dogshit.
I mean its understandable if you don’t click with the gameplay or care about the Nintendo crossover celebration elements (+plus some 3rd party characters)
Ultimate kinda lacks on things to do and feel motivated, Melee and Brawl you had to work hard to unlock stuff, and it felt rewarding and you appreciate it, in Ultimate having everything effortlessly feels like you didn't acomplish anything other than using money to unlock characters. There isn't even a trophy collection to read, barely any platforming sections, the story doesn't even use the characters they got to do interactions between them like brawl did....
The Labyrinth was initially the second zone (marble zone replaced). I imagine the game would not have been as successful with such a steep difficulty curve.
The problem is when people don't know how to play Sonic 1 just wann brain dead Spindash and think S1 has bad level design Sonic 1 is misunderstood jewel. Even low skill Sonic 2 fans don't understand. Ok S1 is hard but S1 is a far superior game than Sonic 2 when you know how to play the game.. Sonic 2 is my first Sonic I bought with my money. So it's not nostalgia It took me years to understand that.
Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild. Both great games, but people lose it over these for some reason. For me they don’t motivate in the way a good epic quest needs to to keep it interesting. A silent protagonist should have a noisy affable party of interesting characters at least. Both those games felt kind of dull and lonely to me.
@chiko_kenWhenever I hear this criticism it always confuses me, BOTW isn't empty at all in fact it's world is famous for being jam packed with tons of things to do and see, it's literally designed that way 😅
To be honest I always found Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. I think the games are decent but definitely not the masterpiece people say it is.
i think for me because even as good as they look it still just reminds me of the limitations and underpoweredness of the switch. the first party games always run the best with the rest being very hit or miss but even at their best it just makes me want to experience what the game coulda been on actual current day hardware.
Use and abuse the roll in Classic Sonic games. Try to press down while running to gain speed on slopes and to kill enemies like this. This is how you master and enjoy Mega Drive Sonic. Way too many people trying to play it like Mario, or worse making embarrassing gameplay videos and excusing skill issues with "it was never good"
@MachFiveFalcon To add to OP's comment, learning the level and its gimmicks will do you wonders. Trying to barrel through them will only get you annoyed and frustrated. Sonic is about speed, but it's earned not given.
Hmm, “making embarrassing gameplay videos and excusing skill with “it was never good”” sounds very familiar. I wonder who could’ve started that stupidity? 🤔🤔🤔
He'd probably like it, but again, he'd probably think it was overrated. It's cool he really enjoys at least a couple of Sonic games, and doesn't hate the rest. Nobody can enjoy everything.
I absolutely can understand how any of these titles can make you feel the way they do. But Pokemon is a very special case of something that objectively deserves every bit of hype it has today. But that is because of what Pokemon USED to be. Pokemon was a social experience disguised as a video game. As you said, you haven't got these games when they originally came out. We were all debating on where to catch Mew, we were all sharing secrets with each other, it rallied people who didn't talk to each other even. For me personally being from Quebec, they even thaught me English when I was 10 years old. I would agre that in the modern environment, Pokemon is but a shell of its former self and is now overhyped. But back then? Especially the first gen, it deserved the hype.
you rule dude! This channel and CGR have given me so many awesome suggestions for pickups. I am right there with Mark from CGR that Truxton is amazing. I absolutely love it.
Hi HappyConsoleGamer. Firstly - Love your videos. Your enthusiasm and honest opinions are refreshing. Would like to say regarding your friends love of Truxton, that the love of old arcade games isn't necessarily based on nostalgia. Some old arcade games have gameplay and design which not only make them fun but also give the game a unique 'feel' to them that is timeless. New game designers try to 'copy' what has been popular from the arcades, but the games just don't have that same quality to them. (I refer to the amount of cheap n nasty games that get pumped out on Steam, generally have the pixelated art style etc. They can look similar but just don't play or feel like the real deal) Design cannot be overlooked as an important part of why these old games hold up. Pinball machines are another example of this. Famous pinball table had a lot of time invested by their creators in getting the slopes, spacings, ramp placements etc all just 'right' through a lot of trial and error. I grabbed a bunch of Arcade shoot'emups on Steam recently (games made by PSIKYO, Seibu Kaihatsu, CAPCOM etc) that have been ported from arcade releases and man they are good. Many of these games I had never played but they are very enjoyable and make great examples of how good gameplay and design make all the difference. I believe it's why games from 20 years ago have been ported at all and also partly why retro gaming is becoming more popular. Also, with modern hardware these retro games can be experienced better than when they were in the arcades. (Would also like to point out that there are a LOT of old arcade games that are pretty crap. I'd say for every gem there are probably 99 old arcade games that are rubbish) (The ones that are good though are worth it) Look forward to seeing more of your content HCG.
Can't agree with Sonic 1 being overrated, especially considering all the criticism it's gotten over the years including claims that the series has never been good. My vote is for The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. It's a fantastic 9 / 10 game for sure but it's often held up as the single greatest video game of all time. I can discuss seriously that it may belong in the top fifty but the sheer amount of people who say it was the best of all time, most of which weren't even alive for the first few video game generations, makes me shake my head.
Great Video! Really fun to hear your take on some of these. Mortal Kombat was one I loved back in the day but just cant seem to get same excitement for the new ones. I honestly wish I was a few years younger so I could have been the right age for Pokemon when those games hit so I could have been a part of that hype. Great stuff man!
I'm going to throw Red Dead Redemption in as overrated. Everyone always talks about how good the story is - but for me it was so boring. Definitely a 6/10 game
I’ve heard a few older gamers speak similarly about Pokemon. To them, it was fine or fun or whatever, but I think for a lot of us that got on that hype train, it came out at the perfect time for us in early grade school when we all love animals and adventure. It was reinforced by the trading cards, and toys, and literally anything they could slap a Pikachu on. And it was complemented by other similar anime inspired collectathons like Yugioh and Digimon. Whereas the slightly older 80s kids had, had their Saturday morning cartoons and toy lines full of GI Joe, He-Man, TMNT, and Transformers. That being said, as an aging gamer, the new stuff is over-hyped and as it’s become more and more mainstream, and coveted by diehards, it has lost its soul.
@@milklordnomadicBoring open world. Their other games, like Sekiro, are much better. If you look at any of the cheese videos or “recommended build guides” that have 1m+ views, you get a sense that the community itself hasn’t really played the game as intended and isn’t rating it fairly.
I had never heard of Ys before finding your channel, and it definitely lives up to the hype for me after only playing 1,2, Origin, and Celceta so far. Can’t wait to do 8 eventually!
Sonic Adventure is an incredible Sonic game. It's not the best game ever, but Sega really had great ambition with it, and it's still fun to play. The parts that really make it shine are the intertwined storylines, the multiple playable characters, and the incredible soundtrack. It really showed Sonic's potential after the Mega Drive era.
@@jaretco6423 I love both, but same. SA 1 Sonic levels were peak 3D Sonic for me, and I enjoyed the other characters on the side in spite of the criticism.
@MachFiveFalcon Not just that. But I dislike how the gameplay style in Adventure 2 was butchered from Adventure 1. Especially the Treasure Hunting & Mech Shooting levels. Sonic & Shadow's gameplay is the best. But there level designs are too linear for my liking.
@@jaretco6423 Very true - they went from what felt like fun "minigames" (even though they're collectively bigger than the Sonic portion) to groan-inducing barriers to get passed in Adventure 2.
As a guy who's played games for almost four decades in almost every genre I can confidently say imo BOTW is in the top 3 games of all time. It excels in almost every department but most importantly is it's world design that melds perfectly with it's systems and mechanics. A bonafide masterpiece made by masters of their craft
Great topic. Thanks for sharing. One's over hyped games list can be very personal. There are so many out there for each of us. It can lead to disappointment for sure.
I played some of the first game, could be the only series where the first game got remastered a year after release and then a remake recently. I feel the supposed remake and remastered of Part II is either unnecessary or did them just for a cash grab. I couldn't get the whole hype behind the games.
Same here, I literally got kicked out of a discord server for calling TLOU overrated. I didn’t even say the game was bad. All I said was that I wasn’t interested in the story, I wasn’t interested in the characters and the gameplay was very bland and slow. People hated me for that. I played through both the 1st game and the 2nd game like 2 times and still never understood the hype. That game has the most sensitive fanbase I’ve ever seen for a game. You can’t say 1 little negative thing about it without people getting offended.
I do feel that way about Pokemon now, I wouldn't have said the same before the Switch. I just wish they still held themselves to the same quality they had when they were doing HG and SS.
Im 36. I got pokemon blue at launch (was always sold out). Its a basic rpg gameplay wise, which is a good thing for me lol. But man it was epic. Music was so awesome.
I think it’s good, but it’s definitely the worst generation of Pokémon games. Mainly because of wrap. Every single time I play this stupid game, I get stuck in an endless wrap combo at some point. Every other Pokémon game is automatically better because they removed that garbage mechanic.
Honestly I stay out of ones like games being overrated. Because it's such a pointless term. It's not overrated for the people that are enjoying it. And people that don't enjoy them aren't underrating them. It's a subjective enjoyment thing.
Its not a pointless term at all. It conveys an idea and does so clearly. Think of all the conversations that involve subjective things. Are these conversations pointless? Hell this whole channel is about subjective things.
I can definitely relate to that statement about being at a certain age where certain games were cemented as special experiences. For me it’s a lot of the games from the Sega Saturn
I remember 10+ years ago, Final Fantasy 7 was absolutely hyped beyond belief to the point where you would think it was the 2nd coming of Christ. Like, if you didn't own it or play it, there was something wrong with you. I bought into the hype. I bought 3 different variants of the PS1 game because people told me I wasn't a "true collector" if I didn't own them. But all these games did was sit on my shelf for 10+ years. I tried to get into the game, but it was always a one time experience for me. Play it for an hour, then don't come back to it until years later. I felt guilty for not playing it. But I slowly accepted that it's perfectly okay to not be into certain genres of games. (I don't like RPGs in general). I've since sold all my variants of Final Fantasy 7 and the guilt has melted away. I am free.
I really enjoyed the original, but I will never play the remake. Too hyped up, too animu, it's everything that's wrong with modern FF despite it having a fun combat system and beautiful graphics
I love both the original and the remake. Both are fantastic and the remake feels like a love letter to the original with how it manages to cater to modern audience's while also staying true to what made the original so special. Don't even get me started on the remakes soundtrack 😅 Instantly became the greatest soundtrack in the history of gaming
I believe it was one Japanese developer that said “Mortal Kombat is really just a race to the cutscene”. I actually have to agree. MK is a game that I just can’t play casually because of the bs input reading AI
I completely stopped paying attention to what you were saying when Sunshine Coastline came on in the background, I'll have to go back and rewatch that part
I love how Rick and Morty talk about Minecraft. You mine to craft things and then craft to mine things to craft. My son likes it but I really don't get it.
@@rangersnut Children are the evergreen audience for Minecraft - a new way to express creativity for each generation. But I'm similar to you at this point - I'd probably get bored of survival mode pretty quickly if I tried again.
@@MachFiveFalcon yeah it is like digital lego with none of the tidying up. I appreciate it teaches kids things and engages them or adults who play it. I wouldn't knock anyone enjoying it, just because it isn't for me. I am creative in real life with art etc, but I would rather sit and play a game made for me, with story, good lore and characters.
@MachFiveFalcon That's fair enough. My eldest son who I gave my PC, I prefer consoles, he started with Mincraft and now he uses unreal engine to make environments and game maps for friends as well as items for the world in 3D. It is amazing what kids can pick up so quickly.
I'm glad you said what you said about Sonic. Sometimes you feel like you're the only one. Adventure rules and I really liked Frontiers actually, but I think Sonic as a character is better than he is as a video game.
They're a really well made crpg that treats star wars universe well. CRPGs are one of the most important historical genres of PC gaming, since they're rules based which make them inherently easy to program. KOTOR represent a big leap in the very rocky transition of CRPGs from overhead 2d graphics to 3d 3rd person. It was enjoyed by CRPG purists, casual gamers, and star wars fans. For Star Wars fans: training to be a jedi, forging your own lightsaber, fighting a krayt dragon, learning the history of the Sith by delving their temple, different jedi classes, roguish smugglers, killer droids, sleek futuristic city. Also, the first game had a twist that rivaled "Luke, I am your father." Having said all that, the games themselves are probably not up to the extreme and universal praise they receive. The second one had serious narrative issues. For me, I loved a well-made, big budget CRPG that moved the genre confidently forward, and I had fun expanding my limited understanding of the star wars universe.
Nier Automata. I still think the game is awesome, but the story left me cold after hearing everyone gush about it. For me it didn't hold a candle to the original Nier's story.
Animal Crossing is massively overhyped and was thrown in the limelight during covid. Its a well-done cozy sim, but it isn't even the best cozy sim out there, yet it sells like hotcakes and has a massive fandom. I like the game, and the soundtrack, but I don't love the game.
I agree, I think it's frustrating because it has the potential to be so much more. Even just letting you properly interact with the countless things you're expected to place around the game world would elevate the game to a whole new level. Like actually being able to hop on a scooter or bike, or to be able to play the pinball machine in your house. The neighbors could really benefit from having some more interesting interactions and dialogues too. Also a pipe dream for me is something of a fantasy RPG (perhaps something along the lines of Fantasy Life or Rune Factory) where you can party up with some of your villagers, each having classes and skills based on their personality and what type of animal they are. With the life sim elements retained of course. Even if the whole thing was like, an in-universe DnD the player and villagers are in on, as long as there's proper gameplay and visuals for how the characters imagine the whole scenario/campaign in their minds.
I'm with you on Pokémon, I think maybe because I was older a when it came out and it felt like a RPG game for kids? I appreciate it for the fun monster designs, but it's just never been very compelling gameplay for me. I get really bored when I try to play them because the combat is so simple and repetitive.
When I read the title I thought of something games that are a bit overrated but in my opinion the biggest one that's overhyped is definitely fortnite lol 😂😂😂
Fall Guys was a game I never understood because the controls were so unresponsive and yet everyone was obsessed with it. It didn't feel good to play, so I couldn't have fun with it.
My hype for the Pokemon series comes from it being one of the few RPG's that i dont need to pull up a guide in order to play. I love Final Fantasy, but there are so many moments where i just dont know where to go, or how to defeat a boss. And thats just never a problem with Pokemon.
I think Elden Ring is a tad bit overhyped it’s a really good game but since I’ve played every Dark Souls game I kinda feel like it’s just Dark Souls 3 but open world I’m kinda burnt out on those type of games too so that probably doesn’t help lol
When I was a teenager, Pokémon was my biggest addiction. My perfect video game weekend was when a friend lent me Pokémon Red, and I rented Pokémon Stadium to transfer my Pokémons to it. As an adult, I finally had the money to buy Pokémon X for the 3DS, but the experience was underwhelming. It felt repetitive and too similar to Red/Blue, as you mentioned. Among the recent games, the only one that stood out to me was Arceus. While not perfect, it introduced some nice innovations.
@@josepartida1711 I played most of themand loved black flag back on the PS3, tried to replay afew of them on PC recently and they don't really hold u, yes they look good maxed out but the movement/traversal is all kinds of clunky
@@spursdynasty7378That's the problem, they all "look good" but then you play them and realise they're all the same formula, bloated and about 50 hours too long. Man what I'd give for a 15-20 hour assassin's creed with great writing and unique quest design
Sonic 3 is where it "clicked" for me, and learning all the different paths you could take blew me away. Memorising the stages definitely meant you could go mega fast and, while I loved 2 too, I can definitely agree with you on 1. There were just too many "stops" on the action.
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the most over-hyped game of all time. Boring combat, constantly breaking weapons and trying to climb in the rain. Boring dungeons and boring characters. Sue me.
I know I’m supposed to like Earthbound but I don’t. I’ve tried 3 or 4 times over the years. I typically don’t like combat where I can’t see the characters. That’s something that has always bothered me.
Yup. Let's talk. Spent most of my gaming hours this year playing through Tears of the Kingdom and Red Dead Redemption 2 and found both to be vastly overrated. Tears of the Kingdom felt like more Breath of the Wild and still had far too few traditional dungeons, I still hated the weapon degredation, far too many meaningless collectibles, etc. Then I played Red Dead Redemption 2 and certain moments were made anticlimactic by virtue of certain characters being alive in the first game. Couple that with far too much time spent riding a horse through wilderness or driving a cart. I especially hated certain mini games like fence building, cow milking and stall cleaning in the epilogue and the gunplay was far too reliant on the aim assist and dead eye and never felt great. Also had a couple hard crashes too. Starting to really doubt new games when it comes to reviews and the consensus of the player base. I just don't see the appeal anymore of most new games
Wow, you are really stepping on some peoples toes!😂 your next video should be about games that got you hyped! Big time! Great video thanks for sharing. Cheers from Ottawa Ontario.
OMG that's exactly how I always viewed the first Sonic game. You believe your going to fly through the levels but your constantly stopped by stuff in your way. Game is good but not as good as they made you think it was going to be!
I liked the game. I played it on my PS3 around the original release. The story was good, but everything else was just ok. It has since been made out to be a must play by most youtubers & given a remaster & then a remake, i don't understand the need for it. It has had a sequel which had much better mechanics but a much more divisive story that has also had a remaster. When is Naughty Dog going to move on from this series & give us something new, we don't need the original on repeat. It had a good story, but it's time people stopped praising it as something that was revolutionary in gaming, good story, everything else was just ok.
I got iton PS3 back in the day, the first couple of hours were pretty slow and yes it gets better and has a good story but once it was done I never went back , it's like one of those movies you remember every bit so no reason to watch it again.
Sorry mate but the writing, visuals, sound design, animations, acting performances and pacing are much better than "ok", they're best in class for the time. I'm genuinely scratching my head how anyone with even a surface knowledge of gaming couldn't see this, no offence
@@philbarton2832 There is more to gaming and a great game than all those things. You can have great va, graphics and animation. That doesn't equate to a great gaming experience or fun to many. Some people enjoy raw gameplay over the cinematic aspects and approach to games.
Getting older just does alot of this kinda stuff to most people, i just turned 40. Im currently playing fallout 4,wrc, mech warrior 5,skyrim,wolfenstein the new order,just cause 3,battle tech,cyber punk 2077,fallout new vegas, street fighter 5 and 6, and iracing.
My favorite game of all time is Earthbound. I had a friend who decided to try it out when he found out it was my favorite, and he was confused afterwards. He said it was boring, that the graphics suck, that it was frustrating to play because he couldn't save everywhere and that the inventory was so small. When I told him how expensive a physical copy goes for and how big of a cult following it has he was pretty flabbergasted, lol. Was he wrong? Not really. If I played the game for the first time today i'd probably have the same gut reaction. But I played it at the right time, at the right age. To me, Earthbound is a part of my soul. It's a game that makes me happy, lets me think back to simpler times, and the music especially hits me with nostalgia like a truck. Imagine going to the Louvre Museum, seeing the Mona Lisa in person and saying "meh, overrated.". I'm sure many have done exactly that, but a lot of those people are missing the point. Artists today can create art that's 100x more detailed than anything Leonardo da Vinci ever drew, but that's not what it's about. It's the history, it's the mystery, it's about what the artist was able to accomplish with the resources he had at the time.
GTA and ZELDA are overhyped for me. It just never clicked for me. Truxton, on the other hand, is such a great early Genesis shmup that it summarizes Toaplan way of making shooters, with its brutal dificculty, abrasive and catchy music, over the top lasers and giant bosses. Toaplan were one of the kings concerning shooters back then.
I love Truxton and nostalgia doesn't play a part. have to admit i did read about the game when it was current, and damned straight i wanted to play it, but did not have a megadive. some 20-25 years later i was mucking around with mame and.......hey truxton arcade lets have a go, i fell in love! awesome game. fast forward to now, a small mod fixing the only issue i have with the md version, the music is wrong! a msu hack exists that updates the sound track, and the game is now perfect. Arcade truxton and even pce versions are very nice too, but SO hard. MD is also hard but def less so :)
@@NLSagat I agree with you, arcade version is the best. I own both the MD and PCE versions, but the PCE I still haven't beat it yet, it's brutal. I also love the way it sounds on the PCE. One of the most interesting thing about 8bit and 16bit generations is that each console sounds are unique :D
Instead of forcing yourself to like Sonic games, I got a much better alternative for you. There's an indie game series called Freedom Planet. The original started off as a Sonic fan game but quickly took shape into its own thing with the best Sonic elements without slowing you down. Freedom Planet 2 it's sequel is something I know for certain you would love. It's got a good story, great characters, fully voiced cutscenes, the sprite work is excellent and basically feels like Sonic CD in terms of sprite quality, the levels are superb and when you get hit, it's not as bad as Sonic and you can get going faster and you the only thing you lose is health which you got plenty of. I would strongly suggest trying those games out, especially FP2. I believe there's a demo on steam if you're interested. But I cannot recommend this game enough. As someone who also couldn't get into Sonic like other people could, Freedom Planet 1+2 is what I wanted from Sonic games, and it takes the best elements while still making its own original mark on the gaming landscape!
Diddy Kong Racing (it just feels so... empty when racing, like you are alone on the track) and Goldeneye (I just can't get used to the antiquated controls).
Sonic is underrated at this point. Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic Mania Plus, Sonic 3 and Knuckles are timeless masterpieces imo. Also I love how they added the drop dash in the Sonic Origins compilation. Makes the classic games feel new again.
I like this video so much I actually went back to run it on the youtube website so it counts as an official view in my watch history, and I literally clicked the like button.
For someone that was more into Capcom fighters, the old MK was always something that felt way too unpolished to play. The current stuff is a bit more refined however.
You right. I almost slept playing it trying to roam the world. It's all open space with little artifacts sparsely spread through the entire land. And the weapon breaking kills the fun for me. I don't want to repair the Master Sword because it has a timer on it and it gets dulls when it runs out. Stupid mechanic
@@handsomedubbledeeI played this on cemu with a pretty beefed up system. It's absolutely gorgeous. That aside, I also used cheats (available in the emulator) for infinite stamina and unbreakable weapons. Stamina in any game kinda ruins it for me and for zelda it's a big part of the game in a sense because you need to complete shrines so that you can upgrade stamina. The way I played it was a great experience. I could climb any mountain and go pretty much anywhere I wanted. One of my favorite Zelda's of all time if not my favorite game of all time.
For pokemon, the hype is all about the late game. Building your team, choosing the best combination of types, moveset and all that stuff. The hype its not about the history, its about the battles (online or with your friends).
I never really understood the appeal of sonic, I've tried getting into the game for years but I never know how to play it. Is it a platformer or a timed trial. I want to embrace the "speed" theme, but it interrupts with the mario-esque game play. Why would you explore when your moving so fast and are expected to dash across the stage. Idk it's just ends up being a headache trying to get into the groove of things. Idk if anyone else can relate with this experience. Have major respect for the franshise tho.
Try to use the roll while you run to destroy enemies and to gain speed on slopes and loops. If Sonic 1 have too many classic platform segments for you, try Sonic 2 or 3&K where the formula is a bit more refined.
I said this another comment but learning the level and its gimmicks will do you wonders. Trying to blindly speed through the level will only frustrate and annoy you. Sonic is about speed, but it's earned not given.
Breath of The Wild. The open world moment to moment is really boring, and all the cool stuff you can find, if you were to just put it together into a more linear zelda would easily be one of the worst. I still liked it. I like finding weird spots and interesting moments in open world games, but man those shrines and the beasts do not even come close to comparing to dungeons in every other Zelda. Also, the items and powers you get in other Zeldas are more interesting than the powers. I didn't even play TotK. Sonic and NSMB are definitely overhyped.
I feel this way about the Kirby series. I've tried so many Kirby games to figure out the appeal, I even bought the Kirby collection on Wii. I feel the exact same way about Kirby as you feel about Lego Star Wars. I get annoyed that Nintendo puts so much focus on something lame like Kirby while ignoring so many other IPs.
"I kinda used to like Star Wars" I think many of us feel that way, you couldn't have said it better.
Some people need to remember that overrated doesn't mean not good. It just means that the game gets more attention in spite of other games in the same genre that are also good.
Even if it means not good for someone ,why would anyone get offended over a video game.
Exactly. So like FF7. It gets way more praise and attention in spite of other games in the FF series. I wish FF8 had as many spinoffs, sequels and cg movies as FF7.
Yes, but Pokemon is the one exception honestly. The first gen specifically, it did something that has never been replicated except with other Pokemon games.
I always took the phrase overrated as not as good or doesn't deserve the amount of praise/attention it's getting 🤷♂️ Agree that it doesn't mean the game is bad.
The problem is when people don't know how to play Sonic 1 just wann brain dead Spindash and think S1 has bad level design 😭 Sonic 1 is misunderstood jewel. Even low skill Sonic 2 fans don't understand.
Ok S1 is hard but S1 is a far superior game than Sonic 2 when you know how to play the game..
Sonic 2 is my first Sonic I bought with my money. So it's not nostalgia
It took me years to understand that.
I miss the old LEGO Star Wars when the characters couldn't talk and the devs had to be creative. Darth Vader showed Luke a family picture of them together to convey that he is his father.
THIS! I loved how characters were silent. One of the only games where it worked.
There's a mumble mode in the new Skywalker Saga one where they mumble like the old ones.
Gameplay is too kiddy/simplistic for me, could never get into the Lego games.
@@-locke-6051I miss Mario and Luigi being silent.
I loved the original Lego Batman and Lego Indiana Jones.
I love when you make a video like this. You’re always so positive, I mean hell, you’re the “Happy Console Gamer” after all. I just enjoy your positive spin on negative topics.
I am going to say that GTA is a bit overhyped in my opinion. I have enjoyed a couple of them but I just don't get as hyped as everyone else for them. I feel like everyone goes into a frenzy about these games and that's fine,but I just am not a big fan of the GTA games so I can't really connect with them like everyone else can.
I was about to say GTA as well and I’m a big fan of the games from Rockstar. The overhyping of GTA VI is getting old and it’s making me less excited especially since I don’t know if it’s gonna be as good as any of the other games..
I always felt the only special thing about the series is how they are proper open world first and quite a detailed one.The missions themselves haven't really changed .You still have to do some tedious task or to drive somewhere (or shoot which is meh),but at least in the older games you had more room to do what you wanted.It defeats the point of an open world.
i love the gta series, but yeah it's definately an overrated series wich everybody gets crazy about😅
GTA is a great series. But definitely overhyped
@@donmondo2479I am looking forward to GTA6 but I don't know if it will be as good as 4 or 5 for me. I liked those characters alot. I hope it turns out well. I don't feel sold on the characters as yet, and with where we are at in the world, I don't know if it will have the same vibe and no holds barred writing. Everyone is so easily offended these days and its all about folk bitching about rights.
you're not gonna like this one johnny but BoTW and ToTk are the most overrated games of all time
I like them but they aint masterpieces like people make em out to be
Open world slop
THANK YOU I 100 % agree. And they are NOT Zelda games by the way
@@BoboBreezOne can agree or disagree about their quality, but to say they’re not Zelda games is just plain stupid
@Livingtree32 Me Stupid. Zelda game. Find item. Unlock new area. I CAN DO IT NOW! Oh, now that I have item, now I can go there! Use item! BotW? No Smart, can go anywhere! Do anything any time. Go straight to end of game! SMART
With the age gap, I can understand the lack of pokemon hype. As someone who was five or six when red and blue came out, I can still say I’m happy to see it still going. I just wish we got fewer releases at higher quality.
Same here, I was 9 when Pokémon Gold/Silver came out and it was the perfect gateway for me to the RPG genre.
I can see how someone in Film School/College would think Pokémon was overrated. If they had already been playing RPG classics like Mother, Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger etc
@@vitigaymer1053 It was definitely a barebones RPG but I think it was just a great gateway into an all encompassing storm. Between the show, the movie coming out, the games, and the cards it really just took completely over.
Thanks!
overhyped game>>>>>every call of duty
I totally agree! COD are the yearly, overhyped games for me too.
My brother. You have clearly never played black ops 2. That shit was amazing. Campaign was great. Online multiplayer was great. Bo3 was great. After that it became terrible
No one is/has been hyping COD for years except for the executive teams producing them
@@MisterLiBRiUMz true, but I work at a high school and those teens eat that shit up
Let's be honest if you want a multiplayer shooter you do not have much in the market besides cod.
Battlefield is more than average.
Halo infinite is filled with problems.
So COD is literally the only shooter left plus it's the only one that's more fast paced, compared to the rest.
So yeah....
Holy crapola, look at how good that Dreamcast footage looks today. Imagine seeing that in 1999 : O
This dude is about to make me drop a fricken frick right away.
Now where is my Sonic themed pitchfork and torch combo pack?!
Don't forget your Mario backpack
Epic reference 🤣
But nobody cries tears of joy for a new Sonic game. I think more people are worried it will be another dumpster fire. Zelda and Final Fantasy 7 however are both way overrated. Nobody cries tears for sonic, mario or mortal kombat when they are released. But I've seen girls on youtube scream and cry over these two titles. It's sickening
@@Cheeseshredder Just because a game isn't for you doesn't mean it's overrated.
I don't like Fortnite, but I'm not egotistical enough to claim that everybody is wrong and only my perception of quality is right. Just look how many people play and like Fortnite. It's not for me, but it objectively the bees knees for a huge number of people.
Zelda and FF7 have proven themselves by standing the test of time. You can't redefine reality. Those games are exactly as hype as all the people who support them. No more, no less.
@@Xearrik I never said those games were not for me. Wait, why didn't you write that response to everyone else? Wasn't this the whole point of the video? To be opinionated about games you think are overrated?
Nostalgia plays a big part of what games we like and dislike. For me, when Sonic came out, it was the action platformer on the Genesis and I played the hell out of that game. I didn't get a SNES until many years later. While Super Mario World was good, I didn't have the connection and familiarity to it like Sonic. I think having an emotional connection and fond memories are crucial to how one views games in retrospect.
I agree. I don't actually often go back to many games for that reason as I don't want to ruin the memories. As a gamer form the 80s, I have done that a few times and found myself asking what the hell did I see in a game I previously thought was good. Street fighter 2 turbo, I bought it recently on switch and I hate it now. I used to play that on the SNES and Atari St and loved it. There have been others but that is the most recent. I prefer now just to play a game once or twice and move on and have it as a good memory.
I don't have nostalgia for Secret of Monkey island, I only started playing it last year so I agree it was good for it's time but I find it overrated. Broken Sword was better.
Depends on the game.
When a game like Mario world, Mario 3, chrono trigger, FF6 etc continues to find new fans and be put on greatest ever games lists 30 odd years later, it’s more than just nostalgia or having a connection. Those were great games loved my many then, and can be loved by many now. They’ve stood the test of time more than many later 3D games on the PlayStation, certainly.
In other cases, there were games that were great back then and introduced new concepts like Secret of Mana, but have aged poorly and only the music stands up today.
To be fair, you were too old when Pokémon first hit our shores in 1996 or 1997. I was part of the first generation of Pokémon at the perfect age of 8. It was a HUGE hit and probably the biggest phenomenon in entertainment during that time. It was monumental!!! It was insane!! Everybody was going crazy about this franchise!
Johnny is never old 😤
@@jeffdlr3056 lol 😆
It's not about his age, it's more about the fact that some games just don't appeal to some people like they do to others. For me personally, I've just never been into RPG games at all. Action/RPG's are different though I love those types of games.
to be fair, pokemon is too basic compare to the section of jrpgs at the time, smt is just better in every way and more in depth
@leadme2thebliss21 In this case, it DOES. It was aimed at elementary school-age kids. Reception from older fans was unexpected.
I always appreciate your honest opinions. Most gamers are afraid to ruffle the feathers of fans of major franchises, but being open and honest about how you feel is being a true fan of video games.
For me GTA is a big one that I think is overrated. I love GTA 1 & 2 and most of 3 when it was released but Vice City was the game that showed me that the game and the series as a whole has no staying power for me. I play them for an hour or two and I'm done, i've seen all i needed to see, had my fill and want to play something else.
Now here's a controversial one:
Final Fantasy VI
Now don't get me wrong I love the game but never understood the religious worship the game has, especially since i was playing rpgs when it was released and thought games games like Shining Force 2, Landstalker and Phantasy Star IV were better games.
Hope you are doing well. :)
Those Sonic commercials. LOL The Singers. I miss totally insane commercials.
The early 90's Sonic cartoon wasn't too shabby. I'd definitely take it over the Genesis trilogy no doubt! Great commercials too!
Then again, nearly every single video game commercial that came out of the late 80's and early 90's were golden.
Being honest….breath of the wild and TOTK. Amazing physics and open world with creativity, but at the cost of terrible story, no dungeons, unsatisfying combat with the weapon durability and overall 2 games I will probably never want to play again. I’d be curious if years from now people agree with me, but while I appreciate what Nintendo did with the open world and systems, that’s not why I love Zelda. Give me shorter more carefully crafted games, I’m not interested in screwing around and experimenting for 120 hours 😅
I agree I loved botw and totk but they felt like another game series not the 3d Zelda im used to
@@TheRetroCleric324I'm right there with you guys. They're good games, but aren't good Zelda games to me.
@@TheRetroCleric324good point. If they were named something generic like “the great fantasy adventure” it would not be “the greatest game ever made” comments
@@patrickwagner6247 greatly put
Agree about the story in BOW but Zelda's character arc in TOTK is captivating stuff.
Being a Sonic fan these days is rough. Sonic Superstars was one of the most lazy releases from Sega in some time and while I enjoyed Frontiers I couldn’t help but wonder why not just give us what we all want with Adventure 3? In terms of trying a game in the series that may change your mind on the series, I think both Generations and Colors hold up really well today especially with the new means of playing them on a Series X or HD re-release.
One of the main reasons i love the mortal kombat series is the lore
Me too I wish there were MK novels.
Same. I've stopped playing Mortal Kombat years ago, but I've remained current with the story and characters.
The lore has gone to sh*t.
@@samurizzy Same. After the 9th main mortal kombat (2011) title. I just stopped buying them and started watching the cutscenes compiled into a movie. I'm always interested and excited where the story will take us next. But at the same time when one is finished, I'm unsatisfied with the results. I guess I expect them to go forward but it's always slight alterations of the same events.
I only play Mortal Kombat for the story.
MKX was the last good one.
I'm nervous about typing this, but for me it's Smash Bros. I've tried to get into every release but it's never clicked. So when I see grown men lose their minds over a new fighter announcement, I'm just kinda meh!
I liked Smash when I was younger and could play it for hours with friends. I don’t see any appeal in playing a Smash game alone, and the online is legitimately dogshit.
Smash is a game to play with friends.
I mean its understandable if you don’t click with the gameplay or care about the Nintendo crossover celebration elements (+plus some 3rd party characters)
Ultimate kinda lacks on things to do and feel motivated, Melee and Brawl you had to work hard to unlock stuff, and it felt rewarding and you appreciate it, in Ultimate having everything effortlessly feels like you didn't acomplish anything other than using money to unlock characters. There isn't even a trophy collection to read, barely any platforming sections, the story doesn't even use the characters they got to do interactions between them like brawl did....
@@retelefe
But you do unlock the characters… you start with only 8 and you unlock the rest by playing the game (or playing story mode)
I love Sonic 1, the pace of the game is what made it epic for me.
Agreed same
The Labyrinth was initially the second zone (marble zone replaced). I imagine the game would not have been as successful with such a steep difficulty curve.
Sonic on Master System I liked more :P
@@joeboo8626 What would've replaced the Labyrinth Zone for Stage 4???
The problem is when people don't know how to play Sonic 1 just wann brain dead Spindash and think S1 has bad level design Sonic 1 is misunderstood jewel. Even low skill Sonic 2 fans don't understand.
Ok S1 is hard but S1 is a far superior game than Sonic 2 when you know how to play the game..
Sonic 2 is my first Sonic I bought with my money. So it's not nostalgia
It took me years to understand that.
I must add - My friend told me Snatcher was overhyped.
I told him it was no longer my round in the pub. He backtracked. Lol
game owns dude. any game with a 'smell' prompt is UNDER hyped!
😂😂 I like that story. I never played Snatcher,always wanted to
Snatcher is so good. Especially on the Sega CD.
@@UpsetN3RD And it was 100% true. It happened at Shrewsbury in the hole in the wall pub.
Weird how remember such things lol
@@ramenlover334 lol hey those are always the best memories.
Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild. Both great games, but people lose it over these for some reason. For me they don’t motivate in the way a good epic quest needs to to keep it interesting. A silent protagonist should have a noisy affable party of interesting characters at least. Both those games felt kind of dull and lonely to me.
Oh snap. This was my two games. They don't do anything for me. The temples were boring too
@chiko_kenWhenever I hear this criticism it always confuses me, BOTW isn't empty at all in fact it's world is famous for being jam packed with tons of things to do and see, it's literally designed that way 😅
To be honest I always found Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. I think the games are decent but definitely not the masterpiece people say it is.
i think for me because even as good as they look it still just reminds me of the limitations and underpoweredness of the switch. the first party games always run the best with the rest being very hit or miss but even at their best it just makes me want to experience what the game coulda been on actual current day hardware.
I agree, I’m a huge Zelda fan and I never enjoyed botw/totk. The lack of real dungeons ruin the games for me.
*fuses torch and pitchfork*
@@TimDespairBear11TotK literally has real dungeons
@@TheLegendOfRetro not at all
Use and abuse the roll in Classic Sonic games.
Try to press down while running to gain speed on slopes and to kill enemies like this.
This is how you master and enjoy Mega Drive Sonic.
Way too many people trying to play it like Mario, or worse making embarrassing gameplay videos and excusing skill issues with "it was never good"
I'm going to try that next time. Thanks for the tip!
@MachFiveFalcon To add to OP's comment, learning the level and its gimmicks will do you wonders. Trying to barrel through them will only get you annoyed and frustrated. Sonic is about speed, but it's earned not given.
This is true, for sure. Most people don't even know you can hit down and roll while still moving and whatnot!
Hmm, “making embarrassing gameplay videos and excusing skill with “it was never good”” sounds very familiar. I wonder who could’ve started that stupidity? 🤔🤔🤔
and learn to use the drop dash ( holding down the jump button mid jump and releasing it as Sonic lands) on Sonic Mania and Sonic Origins!
Just played pokemon red 2 months ago, it's amazing how much that game holds up.... Its so addicting
My dream is to go back one day and catch Mew using the glitch - no external tools allowed.
@MachFiveFalcon Why would you have ever needed external tools? Just use an Abra
@@smileytlj23 Forgot how easy the glitch was - was thinking back to when most kids used a Gameshark.
@@smileytlj23 Forgot how easy the glitch was - was thinking back to when most kids used a "Game + Shark".
I would recommend Sonic 3 and Knuckles. That game has aged like fine Wine.
Only Sonic game I feel compelled to play to completion once I start, and I'm a big Soinc fan.
Sonic Cd is also really good
It’s definitely the best in the series!
He'd probably like it, but again, he'd probably think it was overrated.
It's cool he really enjoys at least a couple of Sonic games, and doesn't hate the rest. Nobody can enjoy everything.
Sonic 3 and Knuckles is legit my all time favorite Sonic game, with CD being a close second, both of them have aged wonderfully ❤
My wife is not a gamer. The Lego games gave us something to play. 🤣
I absolutely can understand how any of these titles can make you feel the way they do.
But Pokemon is a very special case of something that objectively deserves every bit of hype it has today. But that is because of what Pokemon USED to be. Pokemon was a social experience disguised as a video game. As you said, you haven't got these games when they originally came out.
We were all debating on where to catch Mew, we were all sharing secrets with each other, it rallied people who didn't talk to each other even. For me personally being from Quebec, they even thaught me English when I was 10 years old.
I would agre that in the modern environment, Pokemon is but a shell of its former self and is now overhyped. But back then? Especially the first gen, it deserved the hype.
you rule dude! This channel and CGR have given me so many awesome suggestions for pickups. I am right there with Mark from CGR that Truxton is amazing. I absolutely love it.
Hi HappyConsoleGamer. Firstly - Love your videos. Your enthusiasm and honest opinions are refreshing.
Would like to say regarding your friends love of Truxton, that the love of old arcade games isn't necessarily based on nostalgia.
Some old arcade games have gameplay and design which not only make them fun but also give the game a unique 'feel' to them that is timeless. New game designers try to 'copy' what has been popular from the arcades, but the games just don't have that same quality to them.
(I refer to the amount of cheap n nasty games that get pumped out on Steam, generally have the pixelated art style etc. They can look similar but just don't play or feel like the real deal)
Design cannot be overlooked as an important part of why these old games hold up. Pinball machines are another example of this. Famous pinball table had a lot of time invested by their creators in getting the slopes, spacings, ramp placements etc all just 'right' through a lot of trial and error.
I grabbed a bunch of Arcade shoot'emups on Steam recently (games made by PSIKYO, Seibu Kaihatsu, CAPCOM etc) that have been ported from arcade releases and man they are good. Many of these games I had never played but they are very enjoyable and make great examples of how good gameplay and design make all the difference. I believe it's why games from 20 years ago have been ported at all and also partly why retro gaming is becoming more popular.
Also, with modern hardware these retro games can be experienced better than when they were in the arcades.
(Would also like to point out that there are a LOT of old arcade games that are pretty crap. I'd say for every gem there are probably 99 old arcade games that are rubbish)
(The ones that are good though are worth it)
Look forward to seeing more of your content HCG.
Can't agree with Sonic 1 being overrated, especially considering all the criticism it's gotten over the years including claims that the series has never been good. My vote is for The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time. It's a fantastic 9 / 10 game for sure but it's often held up as the single greatest video game of all time. I can discuss seriously that it may belong in the top fifty but the sheer amount of people who say it was the best of all time, most of which weren't even alive for the first few video game generations, makes me shake my head.
I think it is but not sure why
Madden. The only thing that changes is the players each year.
I love how Happy Console Gamer makes a video about “OVERRATED” games, but still has nothing really bad to say about any of them 😂
Great Video! Really fun to hear your take on some of these. Mortal Kombat was one I loved back in the day but just cant seem to get same excitement for the new ones. I honestly wish I was a few years younger so I could have been the right age for Pokemon when those games hit so I could have been a part of that hype. Great stuff man!
I'm going to throw Red Dead Redemption in as overrated. Everyone always talks about how good the story is - but for me it was so boring. Definitely a 6/10 game
It was the sole reason I bought on xbox one x, few games have been as disappointing.
I’ve heard a few older gamers speak similarly about Pokemon. To them, it was fine or fun or whatever, but I think for a lot of us that got on that hype train, it came out at the perfect time for us in early grade school when we all love animals and adventure. It was reinforced by the trading cards, and toys, and literally anything they could slap a Pikachu on. And it was complemented by other similar anime inspired collectathons like Yugioh and Digimon. Whereas the slightly older 80s kids had, had their Saturday morning cartoons and toy lines full of GI Joe, He-Man, TMNT, and Transformers.
That being said, as an aging gamer, the new stuff is over-hyped and as it’s become more and more mainstream, and coveted by diehards, it has lost its soul.
For me its the souls games for whatever reason they've just never clicked with me
You know what to expect with each entry to the series nothing new apart from elden ring but thats just an open world version
Loved the souls games but elden ring still hasnt really ever clicked for me
@@milklordnomadicBoring open world. Their other games, like Sekiro, are much better. If you look at any of the cheese videos or “recommended build guides” that have 1m+ views, you get a sense that the community itself hasn’t really played the game as intended and isn’t rating it fairly.
It’s one of those genres your either all in on it or not haha
Git gud newb
I had never heard of Ys before finding your channel, and it definitely lives up to the hype for me after only playing 1,2, Origin, and Celceta so far. Can’t wait to do 8 eventually!
Sonic Adventure is an incredible Sonic game. It's not the best game ever, but Sega really had great ambition with it, and it's still fun to play. The parts that really make it shine are the intertwined storylines, the multiple playable characters, and the incredible soundtrack. It really showed Sonic's potential after the Mega Drive era.
I actually prefer Adventure 1 over Adventure 2 honestly.
@@jaretco6423 I love both, but same. SA 1 Sonic levels were peak 3D Sonic for me, and I enjoyed the other characters on the side in spite of the criticism.
@MachFiveFalcon Not just that. But I dislike how the gameplay style in Adventure 2 was butchered from Adventure 1. Especially the Treasure Hunting & Mech Shooting levels. Sonic & Shadow's gameplay is the best. But there level designs are too linear for my liking.
@@jaretco6423 Very true - they went from what felt like fun "minigames" (even though they're collectively bigger than the Sonic portion) to groan-inducing barriers to get passed in Adventure 2.
The hill I will die on: "Breath of the Wild" is a good game, but it is absolutely overrated.
As a guy who's played games for almost four decades in almost every genre I can confidently say imo BOTW is in the top 3 games of all time.
It excels in almost every department but most importantly is it's world design that melds perfectly with it's systems and mechanics.
A bonafide masterpiece made by masters of their craft
Great topic. Thanks for sharing. One's over hyped games list can be very personal. There are so many out there for each of us. It can lead to disappointment for sure.
For me I'd say The Last of Us is over hyped.
Get outta here
I played some of the first game, could be the only series where the first game got remastered a year after release and then a remake recently. I feel the supposed remake and remastered of Part II is either unnecessary or did them just for a cash grab. I couldn't get the whole hype behind the games.
Same here, I literally got kicked out of a discord server for calling TLOU overrated. I didn’t even say the game was bad. All I said was that I wasn’t interested in the story, I wasn’t interested in the characters and the gameplay was very bland and slow. People hated me for that. I played through both the 1st game and the 2nd game like 2 times and still never understood the hype. That game has the most sensitive fanbase I’ve ever seen for a game. You can’t say 1 little negative thing about it without people getting offended.
My goodness 😂. That’s some shout, must disagree.
I agree. I’d give it a 8.5/10. It’s good to me. Not excellent. I haven’t beat the second game. That one seems more enjoyable than the first, to me.
I do feel that way about Pokemon now, I wouldn't have said the same before the Switch. I just wish they still held themselves to the same quality they had when they were doing HG and SS.
Im 36. I got pokemon blue at launch (was always sold out). Its a basic rpg gameplay wise, which is a good thing for me lol. But man it was epic. Music was so awesome.
I think it’s good, but it’s definitely the worst generation of Pokémon games. Mainly because of wrap. Every single time I play this stupid game, I get stuck in an endless wrap combo at some point. Every other Pokémon game is automatically better because they removed that garbage mechanic.
Did you play Phelios for the Genesis? I loved the Greek theme for a shooter and the Medusa boss sticks with me all these years later.
Honestly I stay out of ones like games being overrated. Because it's such a pointless term. It's not overrated for the people that are enjoying it. And people that don't enjoy them aren't underrating them. It's a subjective enjoyment thing.
Its not a pointless term at all. It conveys an idea and does so clearly. Think of all the conversations that involve subjective things. Are these conversations pointless? Hell this whole channel is about subjective things.
I can definitely relate to that statement about being at a certain age where certain games were cemented as special experiences. For me it’s a lot of the games from the Sega Saturn
I remember 10+ years ago, Final Fantasy 7 was absolutely hyped beyond belief to the point where you would think it was the 2nd coming of Christ. Like, if you didn't own it or play it, there was something wrong with you. I bought into the hype. I bought 3 different variants of the PS1 game because people told me I wasn't a "true collector" if I didn't own them.
But all these games did was sit on my shelf for 10+ years. I tried to get into the game, but it was always a one time experience for me. Play it for an hour, then don't come back to it until years later. I felt guilty for not playing it. But I slowly accepted that it's perfectly okay to not be into certain genres of games. (I don't like RPGs in general). I've since sold all my variants of Final Fantasy 7 and the guilt has melted away. I am free.
I really enjoyed the original, but I will never play the remake. Too hyped up, too animu, it's everything that's wrong with modern FF despite it having a fun combat system and beautiful graphics
I love both the original and the remake. Both are fantastic and the remake feels like a love letter to the original with how it manages to cater to modern audience's while also staying true to what made the original so special.
Don't even get me started on the remakes soundtrack 😅 Instantly became the greatest soundtrack in the history of gaming
FF7 came out in 1997, 27 years ago.
@@cattysplat I know
I believe it was one Japanese developer that said “Mortal Kombat is really just a race to the cutscene”. I actually have to agree. MK is a game that I just can’t play casually because of the bs input reading AI
Underrated games video next!
I completely stopped paying attention to what you were saying when Sunshine Coastline came on in the background, I'll have to go back and rewatch that part
I feel this way about Minecraft
I love how Rick and Morty talk about Minecraft. You mine to craft things and then craft to mine things to craft. My son likes it but I really don't get it.
@@rangersnut Children are the evergreen audience for Minecraft - a new way to express creativity for each generation. But I'm similar to you at this point - I'd probably get bored of survival mode pretty quickly if I tried again.
@@MachFiveFalcon yeah it is like digital lego with none of the tidying up. I appreciate it teaches kids things and engages them or adults who play it. I wouldn't knock anyone enjoying it, just because it isn't for me. I am creative in real life with art etc, but I would rather sit and play a game made for me, with story, good lore and characters.
@@rangersnut Same. Or if I actually had the skills to make 3D art, I'd rather make interactive environments with tools like Blender and Unreal Engine.
@MachFiveFalcon That's fair enough. My eldest son who I gave my PC, I prefer consoles, he started with Mincraft and now he uses unreal engine to make environments and game maps for friends as well as items for the world in 3D. It is amazing what kids can pick up so quickly.
I'm glad you said what you said about Sonic. Sometimes you feel like you're the only one. Adventure rules and I really liked Frontiers actually, but I think Sonic as a character is better than he is as a video game.
Spaceships of Red, Blue and Green. You can hear the alien ladies scream....WE WANT TRUXTON!
Final Fantasy, Assassins Creed, Minecraft, Fortnite
Mine is Star Wars Kotor games. They are good, but not as good as I heard people claim
I honestly agree. I love them but at the same time I don’t think they’ve aged very well
They're a really well made crpg that treats star wars universe well. CRPGs are one of the most important historical genres of PC gaming, since they're rules based which make them inherently easy to program. KOTOR represent a big leap in the very rocky transition of CRPGs from overhead 2d graphics to 3d 3rd person. It was enjoyed by CRPG purists, casual gamers, and star wars fans. For Star Wars fans: training to be a jedi, forging your own lightsaber, fighting a krayt dragon, learning the history of the Sith by delving their temple, different jedi classes, roguish smugglers, killer droids, sleek futuristic city. Also, the first game had a twist that rivaled "Luke, I am your father." Having said all that, the games themselves are probably not up to the extreme and universal praise they receive. The second one had serious narrative issues. For me, I loved a well-made, big budget CRPG that moved the genre confidently forward, and I had fun expanding my limited understanding of the star wars universe.
Nier Automata. I still think the game is awesome, but the story left me cold after hearing everyone gush about it. For me it didn't hold a candle to the original Nier's story.
Sir!!!!! Why are you triggering this early on a Sunday 🤣😂🤣
Literally any FPS. I'm glad that isn't the flavor of the month anymore, but my god I have so many games/people on ignore because of that genre.
Animal Crossing is massively overhyped and was thrown in the limelight during covid. Its a well-done cozy sim, but it isn't even the best cozy sim out there, yet it sells like hotcakes and has a massive fandom. I like the game, and the soundtrack, but I don't love the game.
I agree, I think it's frustrating because it has the potential to be so much more. Even just letting you properly interact with the countless things you're expected to place around the game world would elevate the game to a whole new level. Like actually being able to hop on a scooter or bike, or to be able to play the pinball machine in your house. The neighbors could really benefit from having some more interesting interactions and dialogues too.
Also a pipe dream for me is something of a fantasy RPG (perhaps something along the lines of Fantasy Life or Rune Factory) where you can party up with some of your villagers, each having classes and skills based on their personality and what type of animal they are. With the life sim elements retained of course. Even if the whole thing was like, an in-universe DnD the player and villagers are in on, as long as there's proper gameplay and visuals for how the characters imagine the whole scenario/campaign in their minds.
I'm with you on Pokémon, I think maybe because I was older a when it came out and it felt like a RPG game for kids? I appreciate it for the fun monster designs, but it's just never been very compelling gameplay for me. I get really bored when I try to play them because the combat is so simple and repetitive.
When I read the title I thought of something games that are a bit overrated but in my opinion the biggest one that's overhyped is definitely fortnite lol 😂😂😂
My youngest son loves Fortnite but he has gotten bored with it.
@@rangersnut shame he not got a good team to follow instead of that Fortnite shite eh 👀😜
@Roger-Bacon I am not reducing myself to being rude. You are what they created the mute button for. Bye bye, troll.
I agree with you guys 👦 💯
Fall Guys was a game I never understood because the controls were so unresponsive and yet everyone was obsessed with it. It didn't feel good to play, so I couldn't have fun with it.
ET is underrated
My hype for the Pokemon series comes from it being one of the few RPG's that i dont need to pull up a guide in order to play. I love Final Fantasy, but there are so many moments where i just dont know where to go, or how to defeat a boss. And thats just never a problem with Pokemon.
I think Elden Ring is a tad bit overhyped it’s a really good game but since I’ve played every Dark Souls game I kinda feel like it’s just Dark Souls 3 but open world I’m kinda burnt out on those type of games too so that probably doesn’t help lol
When I was a teenager, Pokémon was my biggest addiction. My perfect video game weekend was when a friend lent me Pokémon Red, and I rented Pokémon Stadium to transfer my Pokémons to it.
As an adult, I finally had the money to buy Pokémon X for the 3DS, but the experience was underwhelming. It felt repetitive and too similar to Red/Blue, as you mentioned. Among the recent games, the only one that stood out to me was Arceus. While not perfect, it introduced some nice innovations.
X and Y are better though, because they don’t have the generation 1 wrap mechanic so I don’t have to get tortured by that.
I’m surprised you didn’t mention Assassin’s Creed.
i immediately thought of assassin's creed when johnny mentioned "overhyped" lol
The new game looks good though. Time for a change 😂
@@josepartida1711 I played most of themand loved black flag back on the PS3, tried to replay afew of them on PC recently and they don't really hold u, yes they look good maxed out but the movement/traversal is all kinds of clunky
@@spursdynasty7378That's the problem, they all "look good" but then you play them and realise they're all the same formula, bloated and about 50 hours too long.
Man what I'd give for a 15-20 hour assassin's creed with great writing and unique quest design
are assassins creed games even hyped anymore? I haven't really heard anyone recommend or praise an assassins creed game since black flag.
Sonic 3 is where it "clicked" for me, and learning all the different paths you could take blew me away. Memorising the stages definitely meant you could go mega fast and, while I loved 2 too, I can definitely agree with you on 1. There were just too many "stops" on the action.
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the most over-hyped game of all time. Boring combat, constantly breaking weapons and trying to climb in the rain. Boring dungeons and boring characters. Sue me.
I know I’m supposed to like Earthbound but I don’t. I’ve tried 3 or 4 times over the years. I typically don’t like combat where I can’t see the characters. That’s something that has always bothered me.
Yup. Let's talk.
Spent most of my gaming hours this year playing through Tears of the Kingdom and Red Dead Redemption 2 and found both to be vastly overrated.
Tears of the Kingdom felt like more Breath of the Wild and still had far too few traditional dungeons, I still hated the weapon degredation, far too many meaningless collectibles, etc.
Then I played Red Dead Redemption 2 and certain moments were made anticlimactic by virtue of certain characters being alive in the first game. Couple that with far too much time spent riding a horse through wilderness or driving a cart. I especially hated certain mini games like fence building, cow milking and stall cleaning in the epilogue and the gunplay was far too reliant on the aim assist and dead eye and never felt great. Also had a couple hard crashes too.
Starting to really doubt new games when it comes to reviews and the consensus of the player base. I just don't see the appeal anymore of most new games
Wow, you are really stepping on some peoples toes!😂 your next video should be about games that got you hyped! Big time! Great video thanks for sharing. Cheers from Ottawa Ontario.
OMG that's exactly how I always viewed the first Sonic game. You believe your going to fly through the levels but your constantly stopped by stuff in your way. Game is good but not as good as they made you think it was going to be!
I don’t get the hype of The Last of Us.
Played it for the first time last week, the remake. It was enjoyable but I don't get it's best game if all time status ( same with Witcher 3)
I liked the game. I played it on my PS3 around the original release. The story was good, but everything else was just ok. It has since been made out to be a must play by most youtubers & given a remaster & then a remake, i don't understand the need for it. It has had a sequel which had much better mechanics but a much more divisive story that has also had a remaster. When is Naughty Dog going to move on from this series & give us something new, we don't need the original on repeat. It had a good story, but it's time people stopped praising it as something that was revolutionary in gaming, good story, everything else was just ok.
I got iton PS3 back in the day, the first couple of hours were pretty slow and yes it gets better and has a good story but once it was done I never went back , it's like one of those movies you remember every bit so no reason to watch it again.
Sorry mate but the writing, visuals, sound design, animations, acting performances and pacing are much better than "ok", they're best in class for the time. I'm genuinely scratching my head how anyone with even a surface knowledge of gaming couldn't see this, no offence
@@philbarton2832 There is more to gaming and a great game than all those things. You can have great va, graphics and animation. That doesn't equate to a great gaming experience or fun to many. Some people enjoy raw gameplay over the cinematic aspects and approach to games.
Yakuza, I just can’t get into them no matter how hard I try
Getting older just does alot of this kinda stuff to most people, i just turned 40. Im currently playing fallout 4,wrc, mech warrior 5,skyrim,wolfenstein the new order,just cause 3,battle tech,cyber punk 2077,fallout new vegas, street fighter 5 and 6, and iracing.
The Last of Us.
My favorite game of all time is Earthbound. I had a friend who decided to try it out when he found out it was my favorite, and he was confused afterwards. He said it was boring, that the graphics suck, that it was frustrating to play because he couldn't save everywhere and that the inventory was so small. When I told him how expensive a physical copy goes for and how big of a cult following it has he was pretty flabbergasted, lol.
Was he wrong? Not really. If I played the game for the first time today i'd probably have the same gut reaction. But I played it at the right time, at the right age. To me, Earthbound is a part of my soul. It's a game that makes me happy, lets me think back to simpler times, and the music especially hits me with nostalgia like a truck.
Imagine going to the Louvre Museum, seeing the Mona Lisa in person and saying "meh, overrated.". I'm sure many have done exactly that, but a lot of those people are missing the point. Artists today can create art that's 100x more detailed than anything Leonardo da Vinci ever drew, but that's not what it's about. It's the history, it's the mystery, it's about what the artist was able to accomplish with the resources he had at the time.
GTA and ZELDA are overhyped for me. It just never clicked for me.
Truxton, on the other hand, is such a great early Genesis shmup that it summarizes Toaplan way of making shooters, with its brutal dificculty, abrasive and catchy music, over the top lasers and giant bosses.
Toaplan were one of the kings concerning shooters back then.
I love Truxton and nostalgia doesn't play a part. have to admit i did read about the game when it was current, and damned straight i wanted to play it, but did not have a megadive. some 20-25 years later i was mucking around with mame and.......hey truxton arcade lets have a go, i fell in love! awesome game. fast forward to now, a small mod fixing the only issue i have with the md version, the music is wrong! a msu hack exists that updates the sound track, and the game is now perfect. Arcade truxton and even pce versions are very nice too, but SO hard. MD is also hard but def less so :)
@@NLSagat I agree with you, arcade version is the best. I own both the MD and PCE versions, but the PCE I still haven't beat it yet, it's brutal. I also love the way it sounds on the PCE. One of the most interesting thing about 8bit and 16bit generations is that each console sounds are unique :D
Instead of forcing yourself to like Sonic games, I got a much better alternative for you. There's an indie game series called Freedom Planet. The original started off as a Sonic fan game but quickly took shape into its own thing with the best Sonic elements without slowing you down. Freedom Planet 2 it's sequel is something I know for certain you would love. It's got a good story, great characters, fully voiced cutscenes, the sprite work is excellent and basically feels like Sonic CD in terms of sprite quality, the levels are superb and when you get hit, it's not as bad as Sonic and you can get going faster and you the only thing you lose is health which you got plenty of. I would strongly suggest trying those games out, especially FP2. I believe there's a demo on steam if you're interested. But I cannot recommend this game enough. As someone who also couldn't get into Sonic like other people could, Freedom Planet 1+2 is what I wanted from Sonic games, and it takes the best elements while still making its own original mark on the gaming landscape!
Botw and totk
I’ve never played them so i honestly can’t judge
We need a HCG and CGR crossover debating the merits of Truxton. And we need it YESTERDAY.
I consider this video a personal attack lol.
Diddy Kong Racing (it just feels so... empty when racing, like you are alone on the track) and Goldeneye (I just can't get used to the antiquated controls).
Sonic is underrated at this point. Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic Mania Plus, Sonic 3 and Knuckles are timeless masterpieces imo. Also I love how they added the drop dash in the Sonic Origins compilation. Makes the classic games feel new again.
The advance trilogy needs to be re release.😢
I like this video so much I actually went back to run it on the youtube website so it counts as an official view in my watch history, and I literally clicked the like button.
For someone that was more into Capcom fighters, the old MK was always something that felt way too unpolished to play.
The current stuff is a bit more refined however.
Yeah after the GORE wore off I was like man turn street fighter 2 back on! I do like mortal Kombat 2 thought. I find that better then mk3.
To quote SuperDerek, "Hype responsibly!"
BOTW! Far more interesting open worlds
I agree with this strongly
You right. I almost slept playing it trying to roam the world. It's all open space with little artifacts sparsely spread through the entire land. And the weapon breaking kills the fun for me. I don't want to repair the Master Sword because it has a timer on it and it gets dulls when it runs out. Stupid mechanic
How. Dare. You. 😂
@@handsomedubbledeeI played this on cemu with a pretty beefed up system. It's absolutely gorgeous. That aside, I also used cheats (available in the emulator) for infinite stamina and unbreakable weapons. Stamina in any game kinda ruins it for me and for zelda it's a big part of the game in a sense because you need to complete shrines so that you can upgrade stamina. The way I played it was a great experience. I could climb any mountain and go pretty much anywhere I wanted. One of my favorite Zelda's of all time if not my favorite game of all time.
For pokemon, the hype is all about the late game. Building your team, choosing the best combination of types, moveset and all that stuff. The hype its not about the history, its about the battles (online or with your friends).
I never really understood the appeal of sonic, I've tried getting into the game for years but I never know how to play it. Is it a platformer or a timed trial. I want to embrace the "speed" theme, but it interrupts with the mario-esque game play. Why would you explore when your moving so fast and are expected to dash across the stage. Idk it's just ends up being a headache trying to get into the groove of things. Idk if anyone else can relate with this experience. Have major respect for the franshise tho.
Try to use the roll while you run to destroy enemies and to gain speed on slopes and loops.
If Sonic 1 have too many classic platform segments for you, try Sonic 2 or 3&K where the formula is a bit more refined.
Sonic wasn’t about blind speed. It was about mastering the level design and keep a flow with your momentum.
I said this another comment but learning the level and its gimmicks will do you wonders. Trying to blindly speed through the level will only frustrate and annoy you. Sonic is about speed, but it's earned not given.
I remember renting MK1 and MK2, attempting all the finishing moves, and never playing it again.
HALO easily
Truxton is early Toaplan which went on to become Cave and its a fundamental part of the Bullet Hell Shooter history.
Breath of The Wild. The open world moment to moment is really boring, and all the cool stuff you can find, if you were to just put it together into a more linear zelda would easily be one of the worst. I still liked it. I like finding weird spots and interesting moments in open world games, but man those shrines and the beasts do not even come close to comparing to dungeons in every other Zelda. Also, the items and powers you get in other Zeldas are more interesting than the powers. I didn't even play TotK.
Sonic and NSMB are definitely overhyped.
I feel this way about the Kirby series. I've tried so many Kirby games to figure out the appeal, I even bought the Kirby collection on Wii. I feel the exact same way about Kirby as you feel about Lego Star Wars. I get annoyed that Nintendo puts so much focus on something lame like Kirby while ignoring so many other IPs.
Sonic the Hedgehog requires some skill.
It also requires patience
It requires that you go play some Mario
Truly the Dark Souls of platformers.
Agree about sonic, always felt really bad to control to me.
Always a matter of opinion 😎✌️