Over Hyped Games

[metagaia]

Well hype is necessary in the market. It probably helps if you think less of it as hype and more of it as 'advertising'.

Most Game sites/magazines are encouraged to hype a game on preview, it doesn't cost them any authenticity and it makes them look good in the publisher's eyes. Plus a good preview probably means an early review, which is better for us as it means we can buy a game on release with confidence. In theory anyway.

Yes, hype can be disappointing, but when a hyped game does live up to expectations (I'm not going to name an example because I don't want to argue a specific game) it's much better than a game being a bolt from the blue. It's like eagerly awaiting your birthday as a child and then it turns out to be the best day ever, it just gives you a warm fuzzy glow when you're right about a game.

 

[Proto Cloud]

Im gonna go with... oblivion... yeah... oblivion. After it came out I was reading articles that stated, point blank, "What kind of rpgs can be made now that Oblivion is out?" "Clearly the best RPG ever made.", cept, it was so perfect it was boring, so damn boring, like a beauty queen with not even a flake of bad skin, that can't hold a conversation or even do anything but stand around. Damn, can't believe I picked it up for fifty bucks.

It just didn't have personality. It was content to be a FPRPG with typical western RPG cliches. I'm getting tired of seeing elves, dark elves, orcs, goblins, and etc. It was fresh when LOTR came out, it isn't anymore.

 

[Kukakkau]

halo 3, the wii and its games, BF bad company

 

[vasudean]

Since I didn't see it, I'll say it. Sonic the Hedgehog for the 360. The hype machine said it was going to be awesome, but when it came out, it was terrible, controls, story, voice, camera all except for graphics. It was just terrible.

 

[DARKLARK]

concerning the soul calibur hate
this is a bit off subject but i just rented it and man! i havent had this much fun with my bro since the old soul calibur. so oversee the hype and rent it

 

[Aries_Split]

MGS4 lived up to all the hype. All of it.

In my eyes anyway.

An example of an overhyped game was the first killzone. While great, it most definitely was not what it was made out too be.

 

[jdog345]

Halo 3 was over hyped. I liked it anyway. not mind blowing, but not crap either.

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

MGS4 - Not enough hype.

Halo 3 - Too much hype.

 

[AlphaWolf13]

For Fucks Sake I am sure this thread has been made before. This'll likely be locked in short order.

Holy crap you said "Fucks" fucks? AHHHHHHH

*covers my innocent ears* YOU ARE A BAD MAN!!!

 

[ratix2]

MGS4 lived up to all the hype. All of it.

bullshit it did. while the boss fights were excellent (with the exception of the one with vamp), and the gameplay sections that it did have were pretty good, the fact it suffers from the same problem that mgs3 suffered from, aka 10 minute gameplay sections broken up by 30 minutes of cutscenes. not only that but there was so much more that could have been done, in act 5 for example the arsenal gear could have been much larger and more complex, with mutiple routes though the thing, and so many of the cutscenes could have been cut out or at least toned down in how much time they took up by giving you the story during gameplay (for one having the listening device from mgs2), and even then they could have made it so youd have to go to extra lengths to get all the story. it was a good game, but it could have been so much better and there are so many areas where this is just blatantly obvious.

ill agree and disagree with the person who said crysis. disagree because the git doesent know what hes talking about (stop looking at FAR CRY), but agree that it didnt live up to the hype. mostly because few of the things that they promised (and subsequently things that got me interested in the game) were actually in the final release.

 

[mjhhiv]

MGS4 lived up to all the hype. All of it.

In my eyes anyway.

An example of an overhyped game was the first killzone. While great, it most definitely was not what it was made out too be.

I wouldn't say Killzone was "great" so much as it was a "broken mess".

 

[slipfreak]

you want to talk about a game that didnt live up to the hype,E.T. on the atari 2600. With one fail swipe it killed one of the leaders at the time.What other game was so bad they drove the inventory out to the desert and buried it like it was he spawn of satan.

 

[wilsonscrazybed]

A thread about "The most over hyped game ever" has been done (and then some) before. The OP doesn't seem to be asking what you think was over hyped, rather your opinions on hyping games in general. Keep on topic please.

 

[Milkatron]

GTA IV. Hailed as the best game EVARR, I think if GTA keeps up with this crap the series is dead. Although that's only me apparently I'm the smart one and I'm surrounded on all sides by legions of morons who actually believe all of the hype.

 

[geldonyetich]

Seems like the "gun control" argument to me:

Hype doesn't kill games, people who believe in hype kill games for themselves.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

Fable is synonymous with extreme amounts of hype. Now that they're making Fable 2, it might actually live up to what they said was going to be in the original. Fable is still a great game though.

I, like some others on this forum, missed the original Fable hype and I really loved the game. In fact it is one of my favorite games of all time.
I've tried to avoid the somewhat subdued hype around Fable 2 but because I like the original so much I've hyped it up to myself. I'm trying not to get my hopes up but I really want it to be great.

Another game that I avoided the hype over and am now currently enjoying is Ninja Gaiden II. Sure the camera sucks but the action is awesome.

 

[Aries_Split]

MGS4 lived up to all the hype. All of it.

bullshit it did. while the boss fights were excellent (with the exception of the one with vamp), and the gameplay sections that it did have were pretty good, the fact it suffers from the same problem that mgs3 suffered from, aka 10 minute gameplay sections broken up by 30 minutes of cutscenes. not only that but there was so much more that could have been done, in act 5 for example the arsenal gear could have been much larger and more complex, with mutiple routes though the thing, and so many of the cutscenes could have been cut out or at least toned down in how much time they took up by giving you the story during gameplay (for one having the listening device from mgs2), and even then they could have made it so youd have to go to extra lengths to get all the story. it was a good game, but it could have been so much better and there are so many areas where this is just blatantly obvious.

ill agree and disagree with the person who said crysis. disagree because the git doesent know what hes talking about (stop looking at FAR CRY), but agree that it didnt live up to the hype. mostly because few of the things that they promised (and subsequently things that got me interested in the game) were actually in the final release.

Maybe someone *GASP* has a differing opinion? You have yours, I have mine. Let's not turn this into a flame war. There is no need for you to assault someone else because of their opinion. Contrary to popular belief, it does NOT make your argument more valid.

 

[Miles Tormani]

I have to say I don't buy any of the hype for Killzone 2. Yes, I have a PS3. Yes, I like having more games for it. (I miss my 360 and its Too Human preorder. ;. But when the guy at E3 is going "Real is gray!" and "It's like shooting a real gun with real bullets in real life!", for a game that looks like a slightly prettier colorblind Call of Duty 4... well, meh.

As for hype itself, it can be good or bad. I think we can all agree that the week before Halo 3 was the most monotonous and mind-grating week of our lives and that "The cake is a lie" gets supremely old after the 5276th time, but on the other hand, if the Viewtiful Joe demo wasn't by some miracle on the demo disc that I got with my GameCube, I never would've found myself playing such a brilliant sidescrolling beat 'em up (IMO). More games that I wish had more hype were cases like Odin Sphere and Lunar Knights. Again, ownership of both games was a pure gamble. In addition, hype is the only reason I ever tried No More Heroes, and I'm glad I did.

Regardless my personal favorite kind of "hype" is where both the devs and the press come straight out and say "It's the same game as before with minor improvements." This is usually bookended with the obvious phrases of "But the first game was perfect anyway" or "What more do you honestly want?", but at least in those cases I don't have to suspect that they're trying to lie to me and claim that their game is better than BioShock and Super Mario Bros. 3 combined. And of course, if you really don't like the hype, you can just wait until games come out to look up their review scores (or play demos), and in the meantime just play the games you already have and damn well enjoy enough.

(P.S. I have to agree with Proto Cloud about the Gravity Gun. But now every FPS "adventure" has to have a variation of it, or "teh reel liefz," by law, just like quick time events.)

 

[Yechezkel]

Crysis - it doesn't look half as pretty as anyone says

One of these is real life. The other one is Crysis. Pick which is which.

It's not impossible, but there's no way in hell you can do it at a glance.

 

[Yechezkel]

Maybe someone *GASP* has a differing opinion? You have yours, I have mine. Let's not turn this into a flame war. There is no need for you to assault someone else because of their opinion. Contrary to popular belief, it does NOT make your argument more valid.

Now, I have to disagree with this. Some opinions have to be more valid than others. You don't debate facts.