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@ShaneDev said:

And your talking about Call Of Duty being overrated by not actually talking about the games? You called it a great franchise and started complaining about Black Ops 2 which I assume you haven't played. I would have gone with the other guys suggestion of calling it over saturated games instead of overrated games.

I didn't feel the need to pile on and talk about why Call of Duty has been a big disappointment in the past few years. So instead of being as I called it "that guy", I talked about what I believe to be the main reason of the trouble with the franchise, the whole Infinity Ward controversy.

@Totori said:

Well who are you? God?

Yes.

And for obvious reasons, God of War upsets me.

@RenMcKormack said:

I think that Applebees is the most overrated franchise.

Post of the thread.

I will say one thing to the credit of the replies, this thread got incredibly and inexplicably esoteric on the nature of perspective and subjectivity. Some replies read like that god-awful scene from Matrix Reloaded.

@AngelN7 said:

@ERoBB said:

@doobie said:

@ERoBB said:

@crajon said:

Just because you don't like a game doesn't mean it's 'overrated'. I do not enjoy the Halo games one bit, but if I don't like it I don't automatically assume other people shouldn't.

I'm absolutely not saying anyone shouldn't enjoy anything...

are you saying that people are enjoying them too much then

People enjoy these franchises more than I understand, let's say. Now, that doesn't mean anything. I'm not preaching from a soapbox. I'm not saying you shouldn't play these games, or you're a bad person if you do. Or anything like that.

"People like stuff I don't like too much and I don't get it " there's a name for that and isn't overrated ... Op something.

In my Op-inion, these franchises are Over-rated. As in rated higher by the industry than I think they should be.

@doobie said:

@ERoBB said:

@crajon said:

Just because you don't like a game doesn't mean it's 'overrated'. I do not enjoy the Halo games one bit, but if I don't like it I don't automatically assume other people shouldn't.

I'm absolutely not saying anyone shouldn't enjoy anything...

are you saying that people are enjoying them too much then

People enjoy these franchises more than I understand, let's say. Now, that doesn't mean anything. I'm not preaching from a soapbox. I'm not saying you shouldn't play these games, or you're a bad person if you do. Or anything like that.

@crajon said:

Just because you don't like a game doesn't mean it's 'overrated'. I do not enjoy the Halo games one bit, but if I don't like it I don't automatically assume other people shouldn't.

I'm absolutely not saying anyone shouldn't enjoy anything...

@doobie said:

@ERoBB said:

@ck1nd said:

I never understood the mentality of "Overrated." If people want to play a fucking game and it's popular, stop acting like a hipster and trying to bring it down. The same goes for "underrarted" games. There is no such thing. If the game was rated poorly because people deemed it so, than they deemed it so.

Totally disagree. What something's "rating" is, is up for discussion, but these words do have meanings. And as to the last thing, games can be underrated for all kinds of reasons.

where are you getting this 'rating' from though

Like I said, that's definitely a vague, more baseless concept. But in terms of my own perceptions, I feel as though these four franchises tend to be high on pedestals, when I think most of the entries in the franchises don't really warrant it. I don't think my opinions deserve any more merit than anyone else, though.

I do think it's pretty funny/odd that so many have taken to trying to define the meanings of the words overrated, underrated, opinion, subjective. I'm pretty sure those definitions have decidedly agreed upon meanings.

@Dylabaloo said:

Patcher is a guest that's only been on a few bombcasts so doesn't really qualify as a host, Brad on the other hand has recently been catching up on playing through the series and has been meaning to play Brotherhood after taking a break after he beat 2. They may have had a conversation in which Ryan said Revelations wasn't necessary, which I'd agree with having never bothered to play it, but he wholeheartedly implores that people should play Brotherhood.

I agree the model of release for the games had made it stagnant, making me not buy Revelations, however Brotherhood was a significant leap. And 3 looks to be continuing that by adding a lot more substantial content, story-wise and mechanics.

I think it's odd I have to clarify and be clarified so many times as to the gaming habits of of the reviewers. I'm just referring to a specific discussion on the Giantbombcast.

I agree, ACIII does looks great.

@ck1nd said:

I never understood the mentality of "Overrated." If people want to play a fucking game and it's popular, stop acting like a hipster and trying to bring it down. The same goes for "underrarted" games. There is no such thing. If the game was rated poorly because people deemed it so, than they deemed it so.

Totally disagree. What something's "rating" is, is up for discussion, but these words do have meanings. And as to the last thing, games can be underrated for all kinds of reasons.