What is the most over rated Genesis/Mega Drive game?

[Genesis Knight]

If anyone dares mention Ranger X I will kill them with the joystick from an aftermarket arcade pad.

SUPER AGREEMENTS to many, many imports like Twinkle Tale and Gleylancer, as well as Eternal Champions.

[Black_Tiger]

As tempted as I am to say Sonic the Hedgehog, I can't think of a more over rated Genesis game than Vectorman.

I haven't played all the way through it, so I can't fully judge it as an overall game. But the graphics are certainly over rated enough to make up for anything else good about it and all I ever here about it is talk about the graphics anyway.

Altered Beast is up there. I don't know how popular it would've been if people had paid full price for it. Its still cool for what it is.

I'd say Strider, since I've never liked it and think the gameplay is bad. But the Genesis version is coasting on the arcade original's over-ratedness.

[Aarzak]

Gunstar Heroes, and the crap port of the original Mortal Kombat.

[Mr Smith]

Zero Tollerance is overrated tosh. It's slow it feels like your character has a hangover, you have to explore every part of the ugly levels and it is too easy.

[Dartagnan1083]

Sonic 1 and 3

EVERY Mortal Kombat game ever made (even apart from the genesis), Thunder Force 3, Vectorman 2,


But on one hand, this is highly subjective as not everyone will understand the praise certain titles get. I personally disagree with the sentiments here about MUSHA and Gleylancer. The latter of the two got it's notoriety through its rarity combined with whatever quality was within. The same thing could have happened with Dangerous Seed, which was also quite nice. . .but not nearly as rare. Any rare game that happens to be of some quality will get




These days, just about everything gets praise so the media sources can keep whatever ties to publishers that allow for 'exclusive' features and interviews. With so many people reminiscing about the past, it's easy for some to enjoy one title greatly while others that investigate don't find anything that amazes them.

So I'm just going to go out and say that every single game ever created can justifiably be labeled as over-rated.

[Zebbe]

Thunder Force 3? I wish you a slow, painful death.

[Elusive]

Everything as I only like games that nobody else has ever played because I am a beautiful unique snowflake

[Mr Smith]

All those who said Sonic 1 is overrated are wrong.

Everything as I only like games that nobody else has ever played because I am a beautiful unique snowflake

Sounds like somebody's about to come out the closet...

[megabomberman]

Zero Tollerance is overrated tosh. It's slow it feels like your character has a hangover, you have to explore every part of the ugly levels and it is too easy.

I think games have to be rated before they can be over rated... but again I wouldn't give 2 minutes of the day to that heap of thrash.

Sonic is an utter classic to this day, simple beautiful graphics amazing soundtrack the best ever in my opinion, incredible gameplay, that imaginitive atmosphere and a fountain of nostalgia to indulge in, incredible.

[Vehemont]

So if every game is overrated, does that include Boogerman?

[16-bit]

I also think Earthworm Jim is a bit overrated.

Yeah, I agree. To me the controls seemed a bit stiff, and it moved a bit slow, I think it was a fun game, but it wasn't like "OMGJJL:AJL:KSJadl;j"
kind of good.

Wait a minute, didn't David Perry program this?

So I guess this would be another overrated David Perry game, wouldn't it?

[Genesis Knight]

BTW, just to divert the topic a bit (it IS Sega-16 after all), who agrees that Halo: Combat Evolved is the most overrated game of all time?

[David J.]

I never actually played the first Halo until I bought it a few days ago, and I agree its overrated - I've been playing PC games like Halo, years before it came out.

I still think it's a decent game.

[Gentlegamer]

The Streets of Rage series . . .

[Joe Redifer]

John Madden Football - The first one was great, but any of them that have a year attached to the title is a snooze-fest.