Wow, God bless the Sci-Fi channel. Trolling fanboys can be an art form, but Sci-Fi's blog Fidgit has gone all out with its top ten list of the year's most overrated videogames. Including such gems as Braid and PS3 exclusives like Metal Gear Solid 4 and LittleBigPlanet are sure to get the flames stoked.
Here is writer and actor Tom Chick's top ten games that got way too much undeserved credit:
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- LittleBigPlanet
- Braid
- Metal Gear Solid 4
- Mass Effect
- Wii Fit
- Spore
- Burnout: Paradise
- Left 4 Dead
- Civilization: Colonization
Personally, I am shocked he didn't find room for Fallout 3, a game so buggy and lacking in pace that I'm shocked it even got a seven, let alone the run of nines that everyone heaped upon it. The lack of Dead Space is a bit of a shock too. In fact, maybe I should do my own list. No reason why Tom Chick should have all the fun.
In the meantime, go right ahead and call this guy biased or whatever other accusations you boys throw out whenever someone dislikes a game you enjoy.
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6:01 PM on 12.10.2008
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Pff, NG does it better :P
Also that whole article's only reason for existence is getting a lot of clicks. So I'm going to call the Mr Tom Chick an asshole.
:-/
And faces are retarded
Oh and Mass Effect was a 2007 release, by the way.
Jim: I'll bet you could write an article with at least forty times the bias as this one.
The most enjoyable games this year, for me, were Left4Dead, Mario Kart Wii and World at War.
Even if I agree that Braid is a bit overrated.
This list is crap.
LOL WII FIT!
http://blogs.ign.com/Bethesda_Softworks/2008/09/15/101489/?RSSwhen2008-09-15_160100&RSSid=910167
75 minutes.
I disagree with Braid personally. I think it deserved the praise it got while it was popular.
He fails as a writer, gamer and troll. Fail list is fucking fail.
If there are others, I'd love to meet them...so I can fuck them over with my Janson 88 Special.
FLYING CARS BITCH.
I agree with L4D. Nothing special there. Burnout Paradise? It's a pretty good game, but I hardly find myself playing it.
As far as MGS4 goes, it's a tough choice. In so many ways it is a perfect game, in other ways it makes me rage(the long cutscenes aren't one of them BTW).
LBP is fine. It is everything I hoped it would be. The only thing wrong with it these days is the plane switching deal. I don't think that can be totally fixed though.
Anyway, Persona 4 will keep me away from any other game for a while.
Jesus, Jim, it's like we stole your lunch money or something.
ITS JIM STERLING TALKIN ABOUT STUFF LETS GET HIM
I've only pl--watched Metal Gear Solid 4's cutscenes, so I can't say for sure how accurate the list is. I thought it was okay, but y'know, I don't really have much footing to opinionate either way.
The fuck? Clearly this man has never done a proper hog-chase. The best 5 minutes of my life.
MGS4 deserves to be there. Though I'm a fan of the MGS series and appreciated all the questions being answered, doing it all in one game was a mistake.
Fuck you guys that claim this is all for clicks and attention. You're being disingenuous to both the writer and the entire concept of discourse.