The 5 most overrated video game franchises – Reader’s Feature

metro.co.uk:

A reader names the video games he thinks are badly overrated, from Nintendo classics to long-running favourites like Fallout and Borderlands.

Can I just say, before I begin, that I’m always very impressed by the Reader’s Features and everyone writing in about their various concerns. After years of only reading I wanted to give it a go myself, especially after reading the 6 worst video game developers in the world one, which I particularly enjoyed.

I think it’s pretty obvious from the title where I’m going with this, but these are the five franchises that I have never felt were worth the amount of hype they get. All personal opinions, of course, and tongue somewhat in cheek, but these are the

All of the games listed here are very successful and yet I have never, in all my years, met or spoken to anyone that is a fan of Borderlands. They must exist, as the games sell well and they keep making more, so I can only assume they appeal to young teens or some other group I’d never talk to, which given the obnoxious attempts at humour makes some sense. The game’s not funny, the combat is completely unremarkable, the tech seems stuck in the Xbox 360 era, and the cel-shaded graphics are not nearly as interesting or clever as the developer seems to think. The whole thing gets boring five minutes in and yet seems to last hundreds of hours.

To be honest, I think Bethesda in general are overrated and that The Elder Scrolls isn’t anywhere near as good as The Witcher, Dragon Age, and lots of other fantasy games. Fallout is worse though, because it’s such a disappointing way to move the older games into 3D, losing all the humour and the sense of control in the process. For an open world, non-linear game it feels very