Games that you felt just weren't worth the hype

[notsoaveragejoe]

Ok, everyone once in a while a game is released that is surrounded by truck-loads of anticipation and excitement, but when you finally get your hands on a copy and begin your play through, you find it completely dull and not worth the cash.

My most recent example of this was Dragon Age: Origins. I'd heard a lot of good things about the game, and fancied another RPG after months of playing FPS's. Two days after purchasing it, I found myself trading it in and buying Prototype. The same went for Farcry 2.

So, what games did you buy that you felt were seriously over-rated, and equally, what games did you enjoy that you felt deserved much more attention?

 

[onewheeled]

In before the barrage of people saying MW2...

Anyway. I'd say that DS game from a few years ago, Spectrobes. Back then, I was a GameSpot freak, and they were posting a ton of previews and content about it before it was released, and I bought it basically the day it came out.

It ended up being total crap. You run around and try to dig for tiny minerals and things like that, it was just so tedious. And the battles were repetitive, simple, and it just wasn't fun.