Anyone else feel Pikmin is overrated?

I don't really understand all the praise Pikmin gets. As a real-time strategy game it's nothing we haven't seen before or done better.

My biggest problem with it is that you can't move the camera anywhere on the map and control pikmin in various locations at once, ala starcraft. For a game that encourages multi-tasking it's rather troublsesome to have to move olimar back and forth between groups of pikmin.

It would also be nice if you could sort your armies easier than dismissing them in groups and then recruiting them again. Like if there was a button to scroll through the different types of pikmin at your disposal, so you only throw the color you want.

Also, challenge mode is bullshit. I can't stand games where the entire goal is to beat your own score. For me getitng a high score should have some reward attatched to it like bonus levels, unlockable characters, or weapon upgrades.

It's not a terrible game, but just very overrated. The sequel looks like it'll be a lot better with randomly generated environments and more types of enemies and pikmin, and being able to switch between olimar and another character ala the lost vikings sounds like it'll add a lot to the gameplay. But the first Pikmin just feels overly simplistic and difficult to control more than anything. Don't take it form me though, if you haven't played it you might as well rent it just to see what it's like and it's not much of a stretch to beat the game in a few days anyhow.

7/10

(on a side note, one of the biggest complaints I hear about Pikmin is that the 30 day limit makes you feel rushed. As someone who was immensly bothered by the time system in Majora's Mask I was relieved that the time limit in Pikmin didn't bother me much at all. Mainly because if you make poor progress in a day you can just select not to save and try it over again, so it's basically just like dying in any other game and adds challenge.)

Overrated? Maybe. But it is still an excellent game.

I just picked up Pikmin from this recent CC sale and I like it a lot. It's a little short, but was/is a fun game.

In the beginning, I didn't know what the hell I was doing, and ended up wasting a lot of days collecting no spaceship parts and Pikmin. The time limit really made me think about strategies on how to maximize my time so that I could catch up. The first time through, a time limit facilitates a bit of thinking. You should have an option of turning the time limit off the next playthrough so you can just do whatever you want.

I give Pikmin an 8/10.

Pikmin 2 won't have a time limit.

[quote name='Mr Durand Pierre']Also, challenge mode is bullshit. I can't stand games where the entire goal is to beat your own score. For me getitng a high score should have some reward attatched to it like bonus levels, unlockable characters, or weapon upgrades.[/quote]

Man, you must've hated the 80's...

I regret not getting Pikmin for $5 when I had the chance.

Overrated? No.
It's getting the response it does now because it was so underrated when it came out. It's just popular opinion correcting itself.

Of course, at some point people will likely push it to a point where it is overrated, and then there will likely be a correction in the other direction.

severely underrated, and the whole time limit thing is harped on for no real reasion. I don't get the complaints. People are just dumb.

Don't understand the copmplaints about mangina mask 3 days either. People suck.

I think it gets the credit it deserves. It's an enjoyable game with possible flaws depending on the player but overall it's a real good game. It's not the greatest game ever made, but it's certainly better than average.

Edit: Forgot to add "not" between the words "It's" and "the." I felt kinda stupid.

I give the game kudos for originality. Sure, it has a few problems here and there, but nothing unbearable that can't be overlooked. I got the game at launch and am not disappointed at paying $50 for it.

I bought the game. I played it twice, but not for long. I have not played it since.

It's a good $20 game.. but it's IMO the most over-rated game this generation. It's "highly creative", "very influential", "completely different"... bullshit bullshit bullshit. It's RTS with a slightly different character creation system. Oh, and its got weird looking colorful units.. yay.

I think it's got Miyamoto's mark on it, and that's a big chunk of why it's "so extremely different and creative". Again.. bullshit.

The game is fun, but not anywhere close to what people make it out to be.

it's a fun RTS game for a console, thats good enough for me.
Hated the time limit, I'm the kinda guy who likes screwing around and accomplishes nothing.

Animal Crossing is more overrated, that game was dull as hell.

Animal Crossing and Pikmin is as fun as watching fat people .

pikmins fun but animal crossing is just horrible, its so repetitive and boring

I would have to agree that Pikmin is overrated, much like Windwaker, Mario Sunshine, Animal Crossing, Smash Brothers and basically every other game that Nintendo's had something to do with since the launch of the Gamecube.

Pikmin just didn't engage me to well...but Animal Crossing had me hooked for 3 months or so just running around catching bugs and trying to unlock all those NES games..

I thought pikmin was great, very different and original. Breaking it down into oh its just another RTS isn't really giving it a fair shot. From the time limit, to the way you control pikmin, to the different pikmin abilities, to harvesting your enemies to create more units, it's a pretty unique game.

[quote name='WhipSmartBanky'][quote name='Mr Durand Pierre']Also, challenge mode is bullshit. I can't stand games where the entire goal is to beat your own score. For me getitng a high score should have some reward attatched to it like bonus levels, unlockable characters, or weapon upgrades.[/quote]

Man, you must've hated the 80's...[/quote]

*licks finger and presses to WSB*
*steam, hissing noise, etc*

I loved Pikmin (played it at launch) and have been enjoying Pikmin 2. What's not to love? You control tiny minions who have different abilities to solve problems and kill enemies. It is like a real-time strategy but it takes out the often-times boring elements of building. This is more of purely action/platform game.

The game has pretty environments (both titles look great in progressive scan on an HD set). It is on the easy and short side . . . but that is hardly a complaint considering the pile of games I have waiting and the number of new ones coming out.

I wish I could have picked it up for cheap at CC...

[quote name='Trakan']I wish I could have picked it up for cheap at CC...[/quote]

Hey! You're in Oak Creek! I'm in Racine.

I'm sure you can get Pikmin in the $15 range (maybe less used) . . . definitely worth the price.

Have you seen any $10 copies of Castlevania at Target?

We should try to help each other.

Extremely overrated. It's not a bad game, it just can't live up to the reviews that it got.