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Re: Most overrated video game console?
Surprisingly, I have this urge to physically harm people that talk bad about the Dreamcast. :lol:
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Re: Most overrated video game console?
I'm going with the Wii. Not because gamers thought it was a great system but because the sales #'s makes it seem way better than it really was.
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Re: Most overrated video game console?
I don't really see the Wii as being overrated, since I never really hear people talking about how great it was as a system. Yeah it sold a shit ton, but thats different from what people actually think of it. Especially in the last few years of its life. Overrated maybe in it's first couple years on the market, but not looking back in hindsight.
Similar with the XBox One, the way most people I see/hear talk about it it's not like people are calling it the greatest thing ever either or even rating it highly. Something being "overrated" to me is different from just sales, technical ability, power, etc. |
Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by dugan
(Post 12170895)
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Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
(Post 12171044)
Loved the N64 controller. Loved the system. Probably had more couch MP hours on that system than any other. Goldeneye, Mario Kart, Turok, WCW, Quarterback Club, Mario Party, Bomberman, (some seem to like Smash Bros ;)), Mario Tennis & Golf, Waialae Golf...Plus Rare was at the top of their game with Goldeneye, Blast Corps, Jet Force Gemini, Diddy Kong Racing, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo, Conker, Killer Instinct... and then Nintendo games like Mario 64, WaveRace, Zelda: OOT & Majora, Starfox and Lucasarts' Star Wars games like Rogue Squadron, Shadows of the Empire, Pod Racing... etc.
That's a helluva catalog (and just scratching the surface of the entire library) for a few developers. :up: Dreamcast. And speaking of controllers, that controller was good for one thing, and one thing only... carpal tunnel. I'm convinced the only reason the Dreamcast is so revered is because it was so easy to pirate games. |
Re: Most overrated video game console?
In retrospect the Dreamcast had very few "hits" or "classics", it's more of a "cult classic" game console and that's why it has such a passionate following - even its B-titles were pretty fun. The games may not be incredible but they were wonderfully quirky and pretty original. While I'd never argue it had its limitations, I got a lot more use out of my DC in its short life than I did my Wii, Xbox, PS2 or PS3 (Xbox 360 got used a good bit, PS4 is getting decent use).
Most of the good stuff from the DC was eventually ported to other platforms. Plus it was a massive step up from everything else available at the time (PSX, N64, Saturn, etc; ) Spoiler:
Alas it did get a bigger post-mortem following that expected :lol: |
Re: Most overrated video game console?
People voting for the new consoles rotfl
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Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by Kedrix
(Post 12170963)
Nintendo 64, horrible controller and most of the games would give me headaches 30 minutes later. But yet most people I talk to love the system. I don't get it at all.
But yes, the controller sucked. |
Re: Most overrated video game console?
Doesn't the Wii have to be 'rated' before we can call it overrated? The gaming community pretty much hated the Wii from day one.
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Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by slop101
(Post 12171412)
DC's games have aged alright, and a lot of them are still pretty fun, though in retrospect, it's not as great as it's level of reverence would have you believe. |
Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by Noonan
(Post 12171397)
I'm going with the Wii. Not because gamers thought it was a great system but because the sales #'s makes it seem way better than it really was.
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Re: Most overrated video game console?
Nintendo had Wii Bowling.
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Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by kefrank
(Post 12171314)
I'll bite. Those commercials have hardly anything to do with the importance/quality of the Atari 2600 system. The first commercial is for the Jr. model, which was just a mid/late-80s re-release of the 2600 system in a smaller, cheaper form factor. The second commercial has nothing to do with the 2600 so I fail to see the relevance. I've never heard of anyone rating the Atari XE very high.
The Atari VCS/2600 came out in 1977. It was revolutionary. It paved the way for the home video game market and most importantly it had a ton of games that were fun. The NES and Sega Master Systems came out in the mid-80s and represented the bump you'd expect from a subsequent video game generation, but I don't see how that has any bearing on how highly-rated the 2600 was and still is in video game console history. In fact, your Jr. model commercial brings up a good counter-argument. That model sold tens of millions of units while the Nintendo and Sega were dominating the home market, which says something about how great the games for the 2600 were. Full disclosure: I never had a 2600 as a kid, but I love playing it now.
Originally Posted by kefrank
(Post 12171314)
I've never heard of anyone rating the Atari XE very high.
Originally Posted by musick
(Post 12170905)
Intellivision
The times I played a Intellivision it was so laggy as to be almost unplayable. I never understood how anyone could actually play a game on that system and be happy. |
Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by slop101
(Post 12171412)
But the problem with the N64 is that the great majority of that library has aged horribly. No one wants to play those games anyone, and if they do, they'll get a headache and go blind. Now compare that library to the best games for the SNES. Not only do people still play those games, they still sell pretty well as downloadable games on the WiiU, whereas no one is buying N64 games anymore.
DC's games have aged alright, and a lot of them are still pretty fun, though in retrospect, it's not as great as it's level of reverence would have you believe. Chess, N64 was not the first with an analog stick. I believe it was the Saturn. |
Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by chuckd21
(Post 12171441)
People voting for the new consoles rotfl
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Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
(Post 12171524)
The way consoles/games aged is irrelevant.
I strongly disagree with that assertion, because it's with hindsight and seeing how games have aged, that you can clearly see if and how something was overrated.
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
(Post 12171524)
Even at that I'd easily revisit any game on the list I posted over PS1 games. Now those have aged horribly.
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Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
(Post 12171524)
The way consoles/games aged is irrelevant.
Chess, N64 was not the first with an analog stick. I believe it was the Saturn. Some say the 5200 had analog, but I've taken a couple of those controllers apart, and they sure looked digital to me.
Originally Posted by Deftones
(Post 12171531)
i wanted to point out one specific instance of that, but didn't want to get accused of being a troll.
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Re: Most overrated video game console?
I'd say the original X-Box.
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Re: Most overrated video game console?
I wouldn't say the Dreamcast was overrated. Lots of the games still hold up well and I would say it easily beat Nintendo's offering for that console cycle but it fell behind Sony. I do agree with it being somewhat of a cult system however.
For me I think the Wii is the most overrated. It sold like gangbusters and Wii Sports made the console seem like an amazing leap between gamer interactivity and what's on screen making you "feel" like you were really in the game. In reality most of the games were shovel ware that came out(I'd say about 90%) and there is only a handful that were actually any good. Not to mention the waggle controls really showed what a terrible idea it was and how annoying it became when playing a game. I think the runner up is the PS1. It has a lot of classic games and it was the console which finally made Nintendo realize that cartridges were not needed anymore. But the technology really wasn't there for most of the games to be using polygons yet. |
Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by robin2099
(Post 12171590)
I wouldn't say the Dreamcast was overrated. Lots of the games still hold up well and I would say it easily beat Nintendo's offering for that console cycle but it fell behind Sony. I do agree with it being somewhat of a cult system however.
Metroid Prime 1/2, RE4, Smash Melee, two Zeldas, Sunshine, Double Dash, Luigi's Mansion, Animal Crossing, Pikmen, Mario Strikers, Eternal Darkness, Rogue Leader, Wave Race, tons more and a generation worth of cross-platform with PS2. Also, the controller was one of the best of all time. |
Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by chess
(Post 12171579)
He says with no sense of irony whatsoever. |
Re: Most overrated video game console?
Christ, not this shit.
For what it's worth, like I said earlier I don't see how the Xbox One is overrated when (from my perspective, anyway) it's mostly been railed on by people. Maybe it's just me, but "overrated" is different from just "system I don't like." Like I don't see how the Wii U would be overrated by any means, unless you're just addressing LosingMyMind :p |
Re: Most overrated video game console?
No Ouya option?
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Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by fumanstan
(Post 12171642)
Christ, not this shit.
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Re: Most overrated video game console?
Originally Posted by superdeluxe
(Post 12171465)
They have memories of some of the funnest multi-player games for that time in Mario Kart and Golden Eye.
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