ive gotta say cs is the most over rated game of all time because i think its the most popular fps game of all time yet the physics behind the game are pure shit. in fact when viewed in slow-mo the guns shoot bullets in patterns that are physicaly impossible. Nothing like basing a realism game on impossible physics.

Definitely Halo 2. Really could have been better.

Well, a lot of games are seen as over-rated because people expected too much from them. Personally, I'd put Deus Ex 2 on the list (not top of the list, though) for that exact reason.

The original was brilliant (if sluggish), the new version could never be as good as I wanted it, but they could at least have *tried*... The game is slow as hell (even when compared to the original), has very small levels, and really doesn't allow you a lot of choices of where to go or what to do. On the other hand, if only the graphics engine was faster, the levels larger, the game longer, the replay value greater... it could have been perfect.

Kinda like Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines; it's a great game, but it's too short, too small, too buggy at times. I can't wait for a sequel or expansion pack, but I'm afraid that new version will be worse, and it'll become the new "most overrated game of all time"... :(

Oregon Trail drinking game? Dude, you have to post the rules.

And most overrated game? Halo. Good, yes, but not mind bendingly good or good in any way that haden't been done many times before.

Most overrated Game of this year was Doom 3 by FAR. Totally overhyped, made your hardware buckle, that was about it. Eye candy to the extreme.

That being said, FPS games are now about online competition. Playing over broadband ala xboxe live with halo 2 has already been very popular for games like Quake 3, counter-strike, unreal tournament, etc. "E-Sports" is a rapidly growing area of gaming. Don't believe me?

www.gotfrag.com

www.thecpl.com

That's where FPS games are headed.

Umm...CPL and gotfrag.com have been around for a LOOOONG time.
FPS aren't "now" about competition, they've been about competition for like, the past 5 years.


As for the most over-rated game of all time? World of Warcraft.
Oh yes, I went there.