Made this post a long, long time ago on Gamefaqs, and it got quite a response, so I decided to repost it here.

10.Chrono Trigger

Don't get me wrong, this is by NO means a bad game. In fact, I love it and own my own copy of it. However, it is widely regarded as the best game of all time, which it is far from. It doesn't live up to the hype that people tend to give it.

9.Ocorina of Time

The same as above. Given, I haven't been a big fan of any of the 3D Zeldas(Even Twilight Princess when I got to play it), but I still acknowledge them as good games, just not as good as people make them out to be.

8.Halo

Again, same as above. Widely egarded as the best FPS of all time, and though good, it doesn't quite get to that level.

7.Black & White

The first game on the list that is overrated due to flaws. Given, people(me included) had good reason to absolutely rave about it; raising your own creature could be quite rewarding and fun. However, the game was also very buggy, with lots of micromanagement involved if you wanted to make your creature good. It was terribly slow paced, and the battle system was quite simplistic, albeit original.

6.Metal Gear Solid 2

The first truly bad game on the list. Make a sequel to one of the best games of its generation. Then toss out everything that made it great-in this case, memorable characters, spectacular boss fights, and a great story. Instead, you get crappy, annoying Raiden, incredibly blah bosses like Vamp and Fatman, and a story senseless enough to cause many dedicated fans of the original to give up the game in disgust.

5.Half-Life 2

I'm a bit of a hypocrite for listing this, but I can't deny it. The game is good, phenomonal even, but people list it as a god among games, when in truth it is very linear, with a dissapointing story, boring weapons(Except for the gravity gun), and a buggy multiplayer that wasn't even incorporated until a few months after release. I love the game, but I can't deny that others love it far too much.

4.Kingdom Hearts

Another truly bad game. Take boring, annoying characters from Final Fantasy, old Disney characters that really don't belong in a game, and add in a horribly simplistic and repetitive action RPG battle system, and you get Kingdom Hearts. There is really NOTHING worth mentioning about this game; it gets the majority of its fanfare from fanboys of FF and kids who love the disney characters.

3.Battlefield 1942

Let me point one thing out-I am NOT insulting Battlefield 2 in this-what I say applies strictly to Battlefield 1942. When this came out, it acted like it was a truly unique idea-mass multiplayer shooter(done by Unreal Tournament and Quake 4 already) using vehicles(already done in a number of shooters by then, Halo in particular). The maps were horribly unbalanced, with some sides being EASILY able to completely clear out spawnpoints and make it impossible to reclaim the map. The controls were horrible with the vehicles, and in some cases required switching between control devices to have even decent control over them. The weapons were horribly inaccurate, focused too much on realism and not on gameplay. And then the players, the worst I've seen on ANY online game(And I'm a frequent counterstrike player), filled with teamkillers, racists, and general idiots. There is NOTHING worthwhile about this game, especially not now that its sequel(VASTLY improved) is out.

2.Grand Theft Auto series

OK, you have a massive sprawling city, with freedom to do what you want, and missions taking place all over the city from various gangs, and a large variety of weapons to do it with. How could you go wrong?
Well, for one, your freedom is actually very limited-you can rob and kill people, steal cars, buy buildings, and run from the police, with little else to do. I'm aware that San Andreas added many mini-features in it, such as bodybuilding, but they are just button games, with nothing really to hold your interest through them.
Then the missions, which are boring and repetitive(There were only 2 missions in Vice City, out of hundreds, worth remembering, a chase through an Alley and driving a stunt boat), and make the game get old fast.
Then there are many other problems with the series, including ugly graphics, horrible AI, and flimsy controls. And yet people flock to it from all around, mostly because of the contraversy around it. In reality, these games should just be buried and forgotten.

1.Final Fantasy 7

Not only the most overrated game on the list, but also the worst. Take an already successfull franchise, and turn it into one of the first 3D RPGs out there, as well as one of the first RPGs for a groundbreaking new system, and you have sure success. But you do not have quality.
The first of its flaws is the characters-all of them are annoying, angsty, and overdone characters, with little real depth to any of them. Sephiroth in particular is an unmotivated, annoying villain, who for cool looks and for killing off a fav character has gotten to be widely adored.
The materia system is incredibly boring and linear, especially late in the game where every character gets every skill. And the battles are slow and uneventful, requiring little thinking to be done, just constant selecting.
The plot is hardly even worth mentioning, with little to keep you interested as the game grinds on pointlessly towards the end, with very few memorable moments.
Yet, for the reasons stated above, this series has gotten a large number of mindless fanboys and fangirls rooting for it in the wake of many far superior RPGs.

And there you have it, that is my list of the top 10 overrated games of all time. enjoy :O