"Sonic: The Most Overrated Game Ever?"

[Tasty]

Didn't know Oscar worked for Red Letter Media.

[Steve Contra]

You're taking a pretty big L if you sat through a 16 minute video entitled "Sonic: The Most Overrated Game Ever?"

[Tasty]

You're taking a pretty big L if you sat through a 16 minute video entitled "Sonic: The Most Overrated Game Ever?"

[Steve Contra]

Does your Dad tell his friends that you're an "embarrassment" or a "disappointment"?

[Tasty]

Projecting much?

[Great Rumbler]

Not gonna watch that but the Genesis Sonic games are legitimately fun, had pretty great graphics for the time, and the soundtracks are absolutely stellar. But it's fine if you don't enjoy them.

[Stoney Mason]

Red Letter media guys are great.

Sonic fans suck.

This is a pretty easy choice.

[Great Rumbler]

 

[Joe Molotov]

I've never heard of Red Letter Media, but those guys look like huge dorks, so no wonder they don't understand the radicalness of Sonic's bodacious 'tude.

[Great Rumbler]

Red Letter Media is where that 70-minute review of The Phantom Menace came from.

[Joe Molotov]

Red Letter Media is where that 70-minute review of The Phantom Menace came from.

[Rufus]

It's amazing (in a good way). Watch that shit. All of their Star Wars videos are.

[Tasty]

The Star Wars reviews are a million times more entertaining and worth your time than the prequels themselves were. Great stuff.

[Great Rumbler]

The Star Wars reviews are a million times more entertaining and worth your time than the prequels themselves were. Great stuff.

A hernia is more entertaining than the prequels, though.

[Himu]

Sonic 1 is a classic game and I prefer it to every 2d Mario aside from Yoshi's Island. The other sonics I can live without - sonic 3&knuckles aside - but sonic 1 is a superbly influential and creative game. Stages like Starlight Zone, Labyrinth, Spring Zone, and Scrap Brain Zone pushed what you could do with a 2d platformer that simply had not been seen before.

I haven't watched the video because I refuse to waste my time, but I can think of dozens of more overrated games: Ff7, super Mario bros 3, super Mario 64, f-zero, halo, Okami, god of war, its sequel Sonic 2, its first 3d game Sonic Adventure, and that's just getting started.

[Rahxephon91]

Mike Stoklasa is good. Maybe Jay. The rest of red letter media is pretty ...............meh.

I'm sure there are for more overrated games out there. Like anything Nintendo has made. Demon Souls. Braid. Whatever.

[nachobro]

Red Letter Media is where that 70-minute review of The Phantom Menace came from.

[Himu]

I forgot to list Sonic Cd. Almost ten years of people hyping that for me because no one had a fucking Sega cd, so I buy it for cheap on pc like in 1999 and it's fucking dog shit and boring as fuck.

[Himu]

Red Letter Media is where that 70-minute review of The Phantom Menace came from.

It's good. It's hilarious. It has over 1 million views for a reason.

[Steve Contra]

Red Letter Media is where that 70-minute review of The Phantom Menace came from.

It's good. It's hilarious. It has over 1 million views for a reason.

Aspergers is a growing problem?

[Joe Molotov]

Red Letter Media is where that 70-minute review of The Phantom Menace came from.

It's good. It's hilarious. It has over 1 million views for a reason.

I'll just watch Charlie Bit My Finger instead.

[Himu]

Red Letter Media is where that 70-minute review of The Phantom Menace came from.

It's good. It's hilarious. It has over 1 million views for a reason.

Aspergers is a growing problem?

Naw, the first video is the highest viewed one. The views peter after that, because this was the funniest one. To be fair, he crafts a storyline around it, and tells the review as a character. So you want to know what happens next.

Over 5 million people have seen this review.


http://m.

[Himu]

"Star Wars the phantom menace is the most disappointing thing since my son....and while my son eventually hung himself in the bathroom of a gas station, the unfortunate truth about the Star Wars prequels is that they'll always be around. They can never go away, they can never be undone."

[Steve Contra]

Edgy

[Steve Youngblood]

"Star Wars the phantom menace is the most disappointing thing since my son....and while my son eventually hung himself in the bathroom of a gas station, the unfortunate truth about the Star Wars prequels is that they'll always be around. They can never go away, they can never be undone."

I'm honestly not the biggest fan of the Plinkett character that he created, but I find the reviews entertaining all the same.

[magus]

[Tasty]

I remember when the Phantom Menace review thread was posting on GAF. About 4 pages of "Wtf?" sliding into eventual "Wow, this is amazing" territory.

[Eel O'Brian]

I liked the first two Sonic Genesis games back when they came out, but I doubt I'd ever go back and play them again.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I really like RLM, and Rich Evans is a super solid dude, but Pre Rec is pretty rough. They're awful at games and sound like they have no idea what they're talking about.

[brob]

I like ICO. A quick lil thing with low ambitions and fairytale tropes. 

Def overrated tho, since gamers are garbage people and incapable of anything less than furious yelling. But I don't really hold the game responsible for that. 

[brob]

true. I was more responding to exodust getting all huffy about how it was the literal worst and how he just can't rn

[Himu]

I never found ICO that bad. It's average to be sure, but it's not awful.

[benjipwns]

ICO gets worse with each playthrough I think. And I mean that as in, like, you can't do a third one.

I don't know what the most overrated game is because that shit is hard to quantify, but Sonic 16-bit's rep is as 9.5's when the games are really a consistent bunch of 8's.

I feel like their "scores" at the time were 8-9's more than 9.5-10's. Then sometime around like 2002 there was this revisionist history where they were all-time classics, top ten games ever, etc.

Anecdotally, and the that means it's a fact you can take to the bank, everyone I knew kinda got a Genesis for Madden/NHL/Sonic but the people in the latter camp wound up moving on to other stuff like I dunno all the other platformers or Beyond Oasis or something. Each Sonic game was a cool new thing but wasn't like the next Street Fighter or whatever in terms of mad hype.

[magus]

guys guys

if you want to look at the most overrated game ever, it's either earthbound or a zelda game

either way nintendo fans are twats and need to be slapped in the face!

or alternatively...



and i haven't even played the game so i don't know if it's actualy good or not! i mean... are there even 200 journalist gaming outlet to give an award to the game? please don't tell me that there are that many, my heart would just break...

[brob]

but hey, getting back on topic:

There are two white boys born in boston the 90s*  on the something awful let's play forum who have made (continue to make?) video lets plays of ALL the sonic games.

like, there is a youtube playlist of 198 videos of ALL of your sonic favorites.


*miraculously neither is andrex??

[Tasty]

but hey, getting back on topic:

There are two white boys born in boston the 90s*  on the something awful let's play forum who have made (continue to make?) video lets plays of ALL the sonic games.

like, there is a youtube playlist of 198 videos of ALL of your sonic favorites.


*miraculously neither is andrex??

If a Sonic LP doesn't include Pokecapn, Medibot, Kaz, and Kung-Fu Jesus, it's not worth watching.

[Himu]

Earthbound IS pretty overrated.

[Stoney Mason]

I think Sonic sucks. Was always incredibly over-rated. And people who still pine for sonic games are weirdos.

But then we all have our opinions. I'm sure other people feel the exact same way about the things I like. That's why its the internet. Only weirdos get mad at other people's opinions on videogames.

[cool breeze]

way I see it sega fans hyped sonic and nintendo fans hyped donkey kong country.  everyone was out of their minds back then.

[Himu]

I can understand not liking sonic or finding it overrated. But most overrated game? I can't take that opinion seriously on any level.

[Himu]

way I see it sega fans hyped sonic and nintendo fans hyped donkey kong country.  everyone was out of their minds back then.

DKC2 and Sonic 3k were good though.

[Stoney Mason]

I can't take that opinion seriously on any level.

I could say the same for a lot of the stuff you post. Opinions and all. Same goes for me I'm sure with certain people on here.  And I don't mean that as dickish as it sounds. What I'm trying to say is if a video titled Sonic is the most over-rated game of all time bothers you, then you need to take a look in the mirror. That last bit isn't aimed at you. Just a general observation.

[Himu]

I can't take that opinion seriously on any level.

I could say the same for a lot of the stuff you post. Opinions and all. And I don't mean that as dickish as it sounds. What I'm trying to say is if a video titled Sonic is the most over-rated game of all time bothers you, then you need to take a look in the mirror. That last bit isn't aimed at you. Just a general observation.

It really doesn't bother me much at all. I even listed three overrated sonic games!

[Stoney Mason]

way I see it sega fans hyped sonic and nintendo fans hyped donkey kong country.  everyone was out of their minds back then.

I'm so there with you.

[Tasty]

way I see it sega fans hyped sonic and nintendo fans hyped donkey kong country.  everyone was out of their minds back then.

DKC2 and Sonic 3k were good though.

Trying to get Oscar to leave the Bore?

[benjipwns]

but hey, getting back on topic:

There are two white boys born in boston the 90s*  on the something awful let's play forum who have made (continue to make?) video lets plays of ALL the sonic games.

like, there is a youtube playlist of 198 videos of ALL of your sonic favorites.


*miraculously neither is andrex??

There's some let's play linked on GAF ages ago of Sonic 06 where the dudes are all "you know, this isn't that bad" and then immediately they fall through the floor like ten times and the game goes insane with its physics and stuff.

[Himu]

way I see it sega fans hyped sonic and nintendo fans hyped donkey kong country.  everyone was out of their minds back then.

DKC2 and Sonic 3k were good though.

Trying to get Oscar to leave the Bore? (Image removed from quote.)

I said DKC2 not 1.

[Himu]

way I see it sega fans hyped sonic and nintendo fans hyped donkey kong country.  everyone was out of their minds back then.

I'm so there with you.

Primal Rage and Clayfighters.

DKC is definitely overrated, probably more so than Sonic.  Both of them are more overrated than Zelda games, which are sometimes overrated and sometimes underrated.

TLoU is definitely shaping up to be a strong contender. 

My personal nominee, not for most overrated, but pretty damned overrated, is Half-Life 2.  Good game but people carry on like it's the greatest thing ever.

Agreed with HL2. Haven't played TLOU. Zelda depends on the entry.

For what it's worth, the HL2 Episodes are MUCH better than standard HL2, but yeah, HL2 is pretty fucking overrated.

[Eel O'Brian]

I replay HL2 every couple of years or so. Love the atmosphere and the way you're always moving, even through the story bits. There's a couple of games I do that with - sort of my video game versions of mashed potatoes and gravy, or a big bowl of chili on a cold night.  I never participate in praise threads about them, though.

[Stoney Mason]

The thing is I think time eventually fixes a lot of this stuff. Things tend to be "over-rated" for a good long while and then properly rated years later.

I think the Sonic thing is a correction to the over-analysis and over interest in all things sonic for all these years.

Half-Life 2 was a great single player fps campaign shooter for its time but its no more important than Deus Ex, or Doom, COD 4, or a lot of other important fps games in the genre historically. It's just that game has developed a cult around it because of Valve.

And yeah I definitely feel that way about the Last of Us as I've gone on about time after time. Good game? Yes. Greatest game? No. In time there will be a correction there too. It's just that currently Naughty Dog is viewed as capable of no wrong by a large group of fans and media so the balanced criticism of their games isn't there at the moment.

[Eel O'Brian]

gabe can go fuck himself until he lets me avenge benson, though

[magus]

this is such a GAF topic btw

it's because

[Tasty]

this is such a GAF topic btw

Mission complete.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

The only thing I found entertaining regarding Sonic:

[Fifstar]

I don't know what the most overrated game is because that shit is hard to quantify, but Sonic 16-bit's rep is as 9.5's when the games are really a consistent bunch of 8's.

I feel like their "scores" at the time were 8-9's more than 9.5-10's. Then sometime around like 2002 there was this revisionist history where they were all-time classics, top ten games ever, etc.

Anecdotally, and the that means it's a fact you can take to the bank, everyone I knew kinda got a Genesis for Madden/NHL/Sonic but the people in the latter camp wound up moving on to other stuff like I dunno all the other platformers or Beyond Oasis or something. Each Sonic game was a cool new thing but wasn't like the next Street Fighter or whatever in terms of mad hype.

Yeah, I think most reviews here were around 8.5 for Sonic games during that era.

My personal nominee, not for most overrated, but pretty damned overrated, is Half-Life 2.  Good game but people carry on like it's the greatest thing ever.

Agreed. It's a good game, but I don't understand why it's so often discussed as one of the best games ever. Original game might up there, but not HL2.

[Fifstar]

Do people outside of forums give a shit about Dark Souls though. It's a game that makes gaffers feel like they are teh hardc0re if they like it. Not advancing the medium but the core of the medium or something like that.

[Himu]

They revealed dark souls 2 at the fucking spike vgas, which is a hellhole of mainstream bullshit gaming, so yes.

[Cerveza mas fina]

This is the worst topic here in a while

[Tasty]

This is the worst topic here in a while

You're welcome.

[Himu]

This is the worst topic here in a while

not any worse than any of your sony topics from last year.