KamikazePotato posted...
The rest of the series is average to good, and that's what most people agree on.
On B8 and GameFAQs. Look anywhere else, and pro reviewers absolutely lose their s*** over those two series.
When reviewing, yes. When creating "best game ever" lists or similar things though, it's all Call of Duty 4, and then everything else in the series falls by the wayside. It sounds like a Resident Evil or Metroid situation where people only really regard one or two games in the franchise with such high regard, generally.
Heck, Call of Duty 4 barely cracked the top 20 in IGN's top modern games feature.
As for GTA, that is probably a more difficult case since there are at least three to four games in that series held in such high regard. However, that franchise also seems to have a lot more fans on this board compared to most "casual shooters".
I'd consider Super Mario 64 and Super Smash Bros. Melee to be a little overrated because even though they deserve all their praise, later entries in their series don't deserve the loud anti-fanbases that are created by fans of those two. I'm a huge fan of both Mario 64 and Melee though.
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