Game's with Fame.

This week's article is about over rated games, in my opinion. Those games that earn the stardom but purely through prequels and hype.

Metal Gear Solid 1-2
I actually haven't played MGS3 so I can't really comment but after renting both 1 and 2 when they came out, I thought while it was moderately fun for around half an hour, I got completely sick of it. There is only so much knocking out and throwing in a locker I can take. The ridiculous amount/longevity of cut scenes also was a put off. The fact I played these at quite an early age my have been a harmful factor in the enjoyment area as I've experienced with more complex games, over the years I enjoy them more.

Gears of War
I bought Gears of War when I bought my 360 and I found it to be highly enjoyable, especially in co-op mode. People though have christened it the best FPS ever and the best 360 game. I personally rate Dead Rising as the best 360 game. Anyway, underneath the gloss of GoW is quite frankly a basic FPS game. To say the duck and cover system is ingenious and innovative is quite frankly, lying as it was introduced first in one of the Tom Clancy games. It's highly enjoyable in co-op but it's relatively basic and nothing new.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
GTA: SA is a groundbreaking, free roaming and highly violent game. Rockstar introduced many many many many many new aspects to the game making it the biggest and most intense GTA yet. Unfortunately most of the additions are novel (Working out and eating become a chore) and some practically cheating (Through gambling I gained $7m). Don't get me wrong, It's one of my favourite games and my favourite GTA but many websites and magazines went crazy and got sucked up in the hype too much and overlooked it's many problems. There is a ton of glitches in GTA:SA, the aiming is still crap and the mission structure isn't too bad until towards the end where it gets stupid trying to protect CJ's brother.


Street Fighter 2
I actually think Street Fighter 2 is one of the best beat-em-ups games of all time. I don't think that there needs to be 20 copies released each year in different compilations or on PSNetwork/Xbox Live/Virtual Console. How does this fit in then, well I think its a fine game but it doesn't need the ridiculous amount of updates etc. It seems more overused then over-rated... Get a move on and release SF4 plx!11.

Devil May Cry 3
Well to be honest, I haven't played this a great deal but so far I've been highly disappointed. Upon the first and most awesome cut scene I've ever witnessed in a video game, I unfortunately find out that I can not do half the things in there. Yes I know it's a cut scene and they can make Dante do loads of cool stuff in there that's possibly too complex to do all the time in real-time... But still I hate it when that happens. Games show ultra cool moves in the intro then you move around like as though Dante has a broken leg(compared to the opening scene). I also fail to see why the combat is apparently amazing but maybe that's because I've only just really started..

Virtua Fighter 3tb
This is actually an old game (Dreamcast) but I remember reading magazines saying it was amazing and 9/10. So on release day with Power Stone and Sonic Adventure, this arrived. Steaming pile of crap. It felt so clunky and wooden, the fighters moved about as fluidly as a McDonald's milkshake as soon as they give it you. We were happy to trade it in you can bet.

Crazy Frog Racer
I can't believe this actually received 11/10 on C4 Teletext. Surely only worth a 10/10 for it's originality and ground breaking graphics.