15 Most Overrated Video Games Of The Decade (So Far)

5. Bloodborne

Let's be clear - as it was mentioned in the intro - Bloodborne is still a phenomenal game. Its combat engine is reliably robust with meaty connections on every weapon hit, and the world around you looks absolutely impeccable.

However, and it's a big on; the general furore around why its being so critically praised - a 'unique and innovative' combat system, multiple ways to play and comments around how incredibly it is to replay over and over, are - quite simply - *ahem* poppycock.

The combat is literally exactly the same as Dark Souls. Fans (including this here author to some degree, take a look) can mention how removing the ability to block 'changes everything', but it doesn't. You'll still dodge n' backstab your way to victory as you always have, and in addition the boss battles are thoroughly uninventive this time round.

There's nothing here on the level of Dark Souls II's Queen Mytha fight where you can drain her area of poison beforehand if you know what you're doing, and in addition precisely because of the weapon balancing, boring colour palette and stringent reliance on melee combat, you won't be replaying this for any length of time after first completion.

It's baffling how high a pedestal this is being put on, and thus it's worth remembering that for everything it does well - 2011's Dark Souls still outshines it across the board.