• onlooker@lemmy.ml
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    14 hours ago

    According to this thread overrated means either “games I didn’t like” or “games that didn’t work for me”.

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      10 hours ago

      Yes? I don’t understand this comment I don’t think. Isn’t that exactly what it means, the majority of people like this thing, and I don’t? Making it over rated? It’s not like there’s the “game rater” on earth like you might find a “name rater” in pokemon. Not like you can say “oh this guy objectively got this one wrong”.

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        8 hours ago

        No clue what name rater in pokemon is, but you do have OpenCritic, MetaCritic and the various awards some games get. I don’t think liking a game and thinking it’s overrated are mutually exclusive.

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          8 hours ago

          Okay. So what’s overrated to you then? You seem to have a different view than I do.

          Is it AAA games that don’t deserve all the reviews and attention, so by definition, they’re overrated?

          I’m genuinely curious too, maybe I should think of “over” or “under” rated, as more than just another way of saying “hot take” and expressing a generally contrarian opinion.