The most over-rated/overhyped game of 2008?

[sammyfreak]

Haze and Killzone 2 definately.

FarCry 2, Force Unleashed and Spore can all be game of the year or overhyped of the year.

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 definately, i cannot fathom what people se in games like that.

 

[wilsonscrazybed]

I also expect the new FF and MSG4 to be over-hyped (Warning: Extreme case of fanboyism detected! )as these games along with blu-ray were the only things that fueled the sales of PS3, until they got some decent exclusives like Warhawk and Uncharted.

Share your opinions.

Trying to start a ps3 fanboy fight?

I never got into MGS because I am not patient enough to wait for the money shot. I expect people who liked the prequels of the game will enjoy it, hype be damned. Those of us who get all bent out of shape when PR people do their jobs will post impotently about how annoying it is to be promised a game that ends world hunger, and actually just is a game about hiding in cardboard boxes. In the end it comes down to something Public Enemy said best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASjH7X-jAY4

Video game hype is a weird thing these days. It seems like too much hype actually hurting gamers perceptions of how good the game is. Take for instance bioshock, which got general acclaim, but led to a lot of negative nitpicky reviews. Imagine in what light games like Deus Ex would be held to today. I am not sure if that's due to the ever growing popularity of independent reviewers (bloggers) who can afford to be sensationalist, or if it's something about else about the era of games we are in. Games perhaps aren't evolving as quickly as our interest in something new.

Edit: I keep getting PE, and NWA confused. Edited for general stupidity.

 

[Mausenheimmer]

I'll play it safe for now and put forward Madden 09. (There is going to be yet another Madden next year, right? I don't care for sports games and haven't been following the franchise myself.)

-- Steve

I'm gonna go out on a limb and agree with you. Odds are they won't solve fundamental problems with the game such as it being easier to throw a bomb 50 yards down field than to spot a man 5 yards away from the QB. And any fundamental problems they do solve will be replaced by equally perplexing ones. About the only change I think we'll see will be the horrible soundtrack they insist on blaring at you.

 

[qbert4ever]

madden

For a game to be overhyped people have to give a damn about it first.

Anyways, I'm going with Killzone 2. The first one was okay, but it didn't make me splooge all over myself like all the fanboys hyping it up said it would, and I can't see number 2 (ya, ya, laugh it up) doing any better.

 

[jaisimar_chelsea]

OVERHYPED GAMES WHICH WILL BE OVERRATED
killzone 2 : better graphics than crysis and and gaylo killer - isnt this what they promised last time.
halo wars : yeah sure RTS on a console
rainbow six vegas 2 : what was in the original that they decided to make a new one, the first ones (rainbow six, rogue spear) wwere waay better than this crap. u only have 3 commands to choose from and then fanboys label it BEST TACTICAL SHOOTER OF ALL TIME.

OVERHYPED GAMES WHICH WILL BE GOOD
Spore, left 4 dead, far cry 2, fallout 3 and minesweeper 2

 

[ripper_hugme]

Mario Kart Wii. Even with online play it will become boring in no time (although if they make a stage creator it may be a different story). The gameplay looks to be pretty much the same as before and no redeeming innovative additions to it. I mean at least SSBB tried to spice things up with final smashes.

I think MGS4 will live up to it and hopefully pull the PS3 out of the ditch and onto the market road, but I agree with everyone one else on Killzone 2, it'll be generic.

And as for the 360... I can't think of any exclusives that are really that hyped that will arrive this year (I doubt GOW2 will make it time for 2008).

Finally for PC I'd say Frontlines, come on people! it's 2142 with a different game mode and AI. Also Starcraft 2.

 

[Asymptote Angel]

I'll start by saying how much I like my PS3, it's great. But my picks are MGS and Killzone. Existing franchises that are being blown way out of proportion.

I'm not so sure that MGS will disappoint (although it WILL be FAR from the best thing ever), but I'm going to agree with you on Killzone. The first one was kind of disappointing, and I have a feeling that the devs are gonna mess it up again.

Edit: Looking at the above posts, I'm also gonna have to agree with Mario Kart Wii (if only because I'm quickly losing faith in the Wii's ability to use its control scheme properly in more than one game per year) and Halo Wars (because as much as I love the 360, RTS just doesn't work on it--for me, at least).

 

[arguskos]

I'm going with Killzone 2 and Far Cry 2 as the most overhyped games ever.

Spore is hyped, but if it lives up to half the hype, it'll be a brilliant game. MGS4 is overhyped, but should still be pretty awesome. FF13 or whatever it is now is seriously overblown. It might be alright, but IMO every FF past 7 has gone down hill slowly. SSBB will just be grand. I'll love it. It is the end of the series though, since they're nowhere to go from there.

 

[EzraPound]

I get a feeling DN Forever is going to prove overhyped. Judged by its development team, I just don't see how it can rise to the level of its predecessor (which shared the title of best FPS with Quake for a time in the mid-90s) - since, in contemporary terms, it would have to be as good as Bio-Shock or Metroid Prime 3 to do so.

 

[Fire Daemon]

lol. It has to be Fable 2. Even though I've heard no hype around Fable 2 but I bet theres a truckload of it somewhere

 

[BonsaiK]

Crysis by a mile. The PC magazines are more guilty of spreading the hype than the company itself. It's a barely average shooter and they treat it like god's gift just because it looks pretty. In the meantime, nobody with a life cares. I thought gaming magazines were over the whole "it looks good so therefore it must be a great game" thing but obviously not.

 

[Saskwach]

lol. It has to be Fable 2. Even though I've heard no hype around Fable 2 but I bet theres a truckload of it somewhere

Man's best friend. Awesome fights using only one button. Those are the ones we've heard so far. Oh and the gumph about choices and good and evil. I'll still probably get it...*sigh*.

 

[REDPill357]

lol. It has to be Fable 2. Even though I've heard no hype around Fable 2 but I bet theres a truckload of it somewhere

There's been very little hype, especially since Peter Molynieux is involved.

 

[Copter400]

Metal Gear Solid 4. I'm really afraid of the fanboys right now, as you'd expect when PS3 and MGS fanboys are warped into one freak of nature. A superfreak. Superfreak, superfreak, she's superfreakae yaol.

 

[PurpleRain]

I haven't seen anything good about Haze yet and somehow everyones droling over it. Did I miss something?
Never liked MGS or FF and the new ones don't look spectacular in my eyes. Overhyped to the point that they're the PS3's saviours.
Killzone 2. The first one was fun and enjoyable. This one looks alright, but still, people seem to be lashing themselves over it.
On the 360 however, we have Fable 2. It looks pretty decent and hopefully better then the first, but the hype is through the roof. Also i have to admit Too Human doesn't look like anything septacular. A God Of War with robots.

 

[stevesan]

A God Of War with robots.

dude..that would be sweet. please SCEA, i dun care wut stupid story you have to make up for Kratos to end up in the future..MAKE HIM TEAR APART BIG ROBOTS. and then maybe he has to fight MECHA KRATOS.

 

[PurpleRain]

A God Of War with robots.

dude..that would be sweet. please SCEA, i dun care wut stupid story you have to make up for Kratos to end up in the future..MAKE HIM TEAR APART BIG ROBOTS. and then maybe he has to fight MECHA KRATOS.

Um, I hope you wrote like that on purpose.

Anyway, when I first heard of Too Human I was a wee bit excited, then I saw the trailer. That blew my mind across the room. Then I saw the game play and simmered down again. Next please.

 

[richasr]

I'd say the new Grand Theft Auto will be way overhyped. OPS2:A (Official Playstation Magazine: Australia) hyped San Andreas up to epic proportions, even going so far as to mocking anyone that wrote in and talked it down. Consistently, they named it to be the best ever game of its year (2006, yes?) and until Unchartered and Assassin's Creed came out, it was constantly marked as 'Best Game EVAR' in all their various lists and relists.

I'd say the new GTA will be no different. It'll be hyped up to epic proportions and when it comes out, it'll just take the old game, add a new protagonist, a same-but-slightly-different plot and all the same types of missions. Oh, and they'll just bang on a bunch of assorted 'side games' to play, like paper delivery, or rubbish collecting, or mail delivery, or running the subway, or sweeping pavements.

I agree that GTA 4 will be the most hyped game this year (lets face it, it's a long awaited, pushed back next installment of the ever popular series) but I dont think it will be a re-hash of the previous games, yes it's got a shiny new engine and such but that's missing the point, it's now a next-gen game and what i've seen/read so far marks it as different from San Andreas quite a bit.

Ah i'm not arguing but I hope you are wrong, we'll soon see

As for other over-hyped games, I agree with the poster about Haze, a lot of noise is coming from those PS3 ass-bandits about how amazing it IS (not even out) and such nonsense. Way overhyped because it eventually became a PS3 Exclusive.

Apart from games, I'd say Blu-Ray; I can just see the pro-BluRay nonsense exploding and I don't particularly hate BluRay, but i'm not ready to 'upgrade' yet either.

 

[Zera]

Every game that isnt Brawl is overhyped this year. Brawl is gonna be great. Some may say its more of the same, but if a system isnt boken dont break it.