Most OVERHYPED games

[LiangHuBBB]

1. Destiny

I mainly got this game for the story mode.
Remember Bungie’s PR. When asked on numerous occasions how long it would take to complete the story, Bungie would not say. Did they know how long it would take? Of course. Then said that we may “never truly finish it.” Actual time for story: 6-12 hours.

Size Matters. Over the last year Bungie has said that this game would be bigger than anyone can imagine, hyping the scale on numerous occasions. In reality, the scale is smaller than almost all similar games like Borderlands.

DLC in advance. Going along with the sparse content, it’s clear that large portions of this game were left out for future DLC. This is the result of preordering, and is a cute way of making us pay more for the game. See every other thread on DLC for more.

Release Embargo. They had a clear choice, they could either allow reviewers early access to the servers in time for a review before release, as almost all AAA games do, or they could not. They chose to put the servers up less than 24 hours prior to release. This speaks volumes to their fear of potential bad reviews. They are forcing people to follow the hype, or make an informed decision by waiting- many of us mind being manipulated. Even if you’re enjoying the game; this should bother you.

Required Pre-order to play Beta. Not too many seem to mind this much directly, since you could cancel afterward; but I assure you all, the consequences to this will be felt for years to come. Because thanks to the financial success that this game has had, we can now expect to have to pre-order for Beta access going forward. Congrats everyone- we did it.

Story Buildup. They just recently compared their story inspiration to…and I’m not kidding, Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings. When nearly zero story presented itself during the Beta, people gave the benefit of the doubt and assumed that they took some out. In reality- there is no story. A cool $20 goes to anyone that can sum it up with a straight face.

You may not agree with all of the above, but even staunch defenders cannot defend all of it. Bungie/Activision marketing is the real problem here. In trying to appeal to every type of gamer, they have pissed off quite a few for not living up to the expectations that they set.

No one can deny that the game is gorgeous, and that the shooting mechanics are great- but everything else they sold was not accurate.
A good rule for business and life: Under promise, and over deliver.They have done just the opposite.
I think Gamespot's review is on point.


2. The Conduit

Wii consoles sold like mad, but the Big N's waggle-controlled machine always had one major problem: Outside of Nintendo's own franchises, real gamers didn't have much to play. All of that was going to change, breathless media reports explained, when High Voltage's The Conduit found a publisher.

It was a hardcore shooter on the least hardcore of consoles! It would push the limits of the Wii's hardware to create a truly next-gen experience! The controls were remarkably intuitive, and adjustable to boot! At last, the Wii would be something more than a child's toy!

The Conduit, needless to say, was not the Wii's Halo. Instead, it was yet another FPS that had you fending off a generic alien invasion. And while the graphics were good for the Wii, they paled in comparison with even the more mediocre offerings on next-gen consoles. To its credit, though, The Conduit sent gamers an unmistakable and valuable lesson: If you want to play good third-party games, buy an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.

3. Fable III

It's practically a foregone conclusion: Game designer Peter Molyneux is notorious for hyping his games so much that anything short of perfection would be a disappointment. But even keeping Molyneux's penchant for exaggeration in mind, Fable III just didn't cut it.

Yes, the storytelling was pretty impressive. But the combat was simplistic and easy, and the various minigames could be annoying at times. Worst of all, the second half of the game was a rushed mess, forcing you to accumulate a certain amount of money in a certain amount of time even though time moved forward at abrupt, uneven intervals. Even the good/evil dynamic, a hallmark of the series, didn't make much sense, because much of the story assumed you were good, and the decisions you made in the second half were tradeoffs between different kinds of good (saving your kingdom vs. keeping your promises).

The Fable series never quite lives up to its ambitions, but Fable III fell short by a greater distance than usual.

4. Bioshock Infinite

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Happy new year everyone!

[igotskiz]

Watch_Dogs turned out to be a flop according to everyone who supposedly played it. I didn't, so I guess I wouldn't really know.

 

You wouldn't be able to read a single game article or site without being bombarded with advertisements and promotions for that game.

 

Happy New Year to you too, dude. Also, I like how informative you are with your post and how much you know about your topic.

Edited January 1, 2015 by igotskiz

[SpooferJahk]

1. Saints Row The Third - It was being billed as that amazing sequel to the second game with a lot of laughs, insanity, and just overall plain awesomeness... too bad the final product was more sterile than the second game with very hit and miss humor in the mix. I was expecting something like the second game but got something that makes the first game seem more open in comparison.

 

2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - The words I heard about this game were that it was the definitive Elder Scrolls experience with improved combat, story, and a fantastic world to explore. This is the last time I listen to those who's first Elder Scrolls game was this or Oblivion because just like with Saints Row The Third, I got a game that was sterile compared to the previous entries. Shame too since the very Nordic world and the dragons make the atmosphere quite cool. In all other aspects though... it just doesn't feel like Elder Scrolls, it feels more like an average action RPG than the CRPG that the Elder Scrolls games usually are. I also was not a fan of the dragonborn concept either, really removes that whole be who you want to be ordeal from the other games. Instead of playing a character with a blank slate that just happened to be lucky and have a bigger task to accomplish, being a nobody in the beginning doing whatever they desire, here it feels like your character has one role, to be that hero that everyone loves and praises. Also don't get me started by that beginning point where you create your character... it makes replaying the game to try new character builds a nightmare.

 

3. Watch Dogs - I actually enjoy this game but come on, the next generation of video game entertainment? Give me a break, Watch Dogs is only slightly better than those enjoyable, but above average GTA clones from the mid to late two-thousands. In that context it is fairly enjoyable but in the next gen context? It is so under par it is laughable.

 

4. Halo 3 - The second game was a disappointment in the campaign department, but the multiplayer was a lot of fun, I was hoping for something that would be at the same level of the first game with fun multiplayer with a good campaign to boot. The hype made me thing that, it was incredible at that time. I was wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, the campaign was Halo 2.5 and not in a good way either. It was longer, but it was still not near as fun or engaging as the first game's campaign. Sure the multiplayer was fun but I honestly expected the overall package to be good, not one half.

 

5. Bulletstorm - This was being hyped as a return to form for the dried out FPS genre, the one to make the genre fun again like it was when it was fresh. There was one problem though... People Can Fly made Painkiller before this and unfortunately that was not understood when making this because it felt more like Gears of War FPS than an actual old school silly rollercoaster ride. The humor was way too crass to the point it was just annoying, and it was insanely linear. The point system was cool but it was very underutilized with the game's length with not many bosses to fight. Again, this came from the team responsible for Painkiller, which does the whole old school but somewhat new approach much better.

 

6. Dark Souls - I enjoy this game a lot actually, but I really do not like how people go on about this game being perfect just for it being difficult. Yeah, it is challenging but it isn't always from the game's actual challenge, but from some of the idiosyncrasies in the gameplay itself. The lock on can die, the camera is really weird, and sometimes the movement speed and collision detection of your character is off. Also on that challenge, this is not the hardest game ever made, challenging sure, but it still has a long way to go before it reaches Gradius III levels of brutality. The arcade version of Gradius III I might add, not the slightly easier SNES version. This game is just a good spiritual successor, great even, of From Software's King's Field series, not some relic from the video game gods to challenge the hand holding video games of the last and even current generation.

 

7. Silent Hill 2 - Scariest game ever made? Best Silent Hill Ever? One of the best stories in a video game? I will give the latter merit, the story of Silent Hill 2 really is a depressingly beautiful tale but everything else? Where was everyone when the first game came out? I will admit, I like Silent Hill 2 and played it a bit after its time but I just find this game to be incredibly overrated in the series. I loved and enjoyed the first game, it just felt like this descent into hell that you had to escape, almost like Twin Peaks meets The Shining. While it never spooked me, even during the time of its release when I was a grade schooler, it still had a pretty chilling atmosphere that I can definitely see being scary. Silent Hill 2 is not even that scary, it's more disturbingly depressing than anything considering the story of the game. I just did not feel the scares and the gameplay on the other hand was a bit lacking compared to the first game considering how easy it is to survive in 2. Just make sure to explore the town and get all the ammo you can get. You can still do this in the first game but you still had a lot of danger that was a massive threat that all the bullets you had will not always be of help to you.

Edited January 1, 2015 by SpooferJahk

[Ezza.]

1) Watch_Dogs. I remember watching the first trailer. Yes! I thought, a game that includes intelligent AI, a good stealth feature, and a game where you weren't just in the city, you could control the city's power and infrastructure, that looked absolutely beautiful. However, when I started the game, what I played was not what I expected. Terribly stupid AI, lack of particle affects, terrible driving physics and hacking was really more of a gimmick. Yes, the gunplay and the stealth was nicely executed, but the negatives could not be overlooked, nor could the game be considered living up anywhere near to the hype. And the Everything's Connected spiel? Yeah, everything except Uplay it seems...

 

2) GTA V. When we first found out that the 5th installment in the Grand Theft Auto franchise was due to come early 2013 (lol) this forum erupted into excitement. The fire was only fueled by these amazing trailers showcasing amazing AI that reacted dynamically to everything (those two women talking to each other over the buff runner that ran by them), cool cars and a beautiful HD rendition of San Andreas. I guess overhyping this game was the fault of the fans, (I remember saying to myself that I would NEVER get bored of this game) buuut I did. GTA V was an amazing game, but it just didn't FEEL like GTA. I mean, yes, the world was beautiful and the cars were indeed cool, but it was just missing something. The story was too short, and the NPC's just seemed to be staring at their phones, not going throughout their "daily schedule" as was said before release. In fact, I can't tell what's more realistic, everyone ignoring everything and just staring at their phones, or people actually doing things....

[Hit by Lightning]

The Last of Us.

 

[SixteenValues]

Minecraft.

 

I see the idea in the unlimited world and the limitless opportunities, but it's still just so damn lame actually.

 

Just a bunch of pixels and blocks, worshipped by pre-teens and immature adults.

[Dottie]

Minecraft.

 

I see the idea in the unlimited world and the limitless opportunities, but it's still just so damn lame actually.

 

Just a bunch of pixels and blocks, worshipped by pre-teens and immature adults.

Play on PC with mods. Youll change your mind

 

Back on topic.

Watch_dogs. Graphics enhanced during launch trailers, which is a no no. The game ended up being a flop. Online was bad, especially with the terrible COD like host system.

 

Every Call of Duty past Modern Warfare 2. The commercials are literally nothing like the gameplay. One of the most overhyped franchises out there, but still ends up being the same recycled content as the previous.

 

GTA Online. A ton of broken promises and "bug fixes" later, and we still have terrible server stability and game-breaking bugs. It is still good, but the bugs really hinder gameplay

 

GTA V. It is good, but the terrible driving performance, terrible combat and firearm performance, and storyline (for some) just make it a good game, not a great game.

 

Halo series past Halo 3. The series ended at 3. Master Chief is dead. no need to keep going

 

Battlefield 4. Its broken (unplayable at launch) and the game balancing ruins the realism aspect of the game. It does not make sense that a .50 cal turret is weaker than a 9mm pistol

 

Forza Motorsport 5. Great game but a huge lack of vehicles and tracks compared to previous titles. any decent vehicle is DLC and costs more $$. Also great features from previous titles were left out (selling cars, auction house, gifting cars, etc)

[iiConTr0v3rSYx]

Not sure if thats a mistake but Master Chief is not dead.

[Gnocchi Flip Flops]

Grand Theft Auto V - I honestly enjoyed the buildup and the hype more than the game itself. So many features feel lacking, so many opportunities were missed, and they didn't even bother adding anything groundbreaking to the current-gen versions. There's no excuse, this generation is capable of so much and yet all they did was add a couple of new features/vehicles, give us pretty grass and reflections, and nothing else.

[HaythamKenway]

Assassin's Creed III and Saints Row: The Third deserve a mention. Both games were far too overhyped, both had a tremendous potential and ambitions and both of them turned out to be unfinished messes. Neither of them is really a bad game, just flawed, but the absurd hype before their releases puts them in more unfavorable light.

[Nick1020]

1. The Crew

 

While the world is openly huge the game feels a bit like the beta. Can't go at the story since most racing games focused on illegal street racing are cliché. The driving is a bit too arcadey, annoying A.I, unlock system and the push of micro-transactions. They aren't bad and you can easily make a 300k a day.

 

2. Watch Dogs.

 

Not gonna go at with the story but I will say Ubisoft screwed up by downgrading the graphics for consoles and PC (I'll join y'all one day). While the shooting and Parkour makes the game shine, the driving, story and the hype killed it. The game sold well but was like The Crew was unfortunately overhyped.

 

3. GTA 5 and Online

 

Personally I believe game sites like ign and the community overhyped it. And not to mention cut content that would of prabobly make the game better. The story could of been more focused on Franklin than Mike and Trevor. And don't get me started on the ending.

 

Online: 2015 no heist. And not to mention the awful community it created.

[Zondar]

Grand Theft Auto V - I honestly enjoyed the buildup and the hype more than the game itself. So many features feel lacking, so many opportunities were missed, and they didn't even bother adding anything groundbreaking to the current-gen versions. There's no excuse, this generation is capable of so much and yet all they did was add a couple of new features/vehicles, give us pretty grass and reflections, and nothing else.

At no point have R* overhyped the new gen release. They were pretty clear what would be in it and delivered what they promised. In fact, there was even additional content that was not mentioned prerelease. (The peyote plants)

[Gnocchi Flip Flops]

 

Grand Theft Auto V - I honestly enjoyed the buildup and the hype more than the game itself. So many features feel lacking, so many opportunities were missed, and they didn't even bother adding anything groundbreaking to the current-gen versions. There's no excuse, this generation is capable of so much and yet all they did was add a couple of new features/vehicles, give us pretty grass and reflections, and nothing else.

At no point have R* overhyped the new gen release. They were pretty clear what would be in it and delivered what they promised. In fact, there was even additional content that was not mentioned prerelease. (The peyote plants)

 

Did I say they overhyped it? Fanboy alert.

[don ovdi' island]

GTA V - For all of the reasons mentioned above and many more. a totally lame edition to the GTA lineup.

[Zondar]

 

 

Grand Theft Auto V - I honestly enjoyed the buildup and the hype more than the game itself. So many features feel lacking, so many opportunities were missed, and they didn't even bother adding anything groundbreaking to the current-gen versions. There's no excuse, this generation is capable of so much and yet all they did was add a couple of new features/vehicles, give us pretty grass and reflections, and nothing else.

 

At no point have R* overhyped the new gen release. They were pretty clear what would be in it and delivered what they promised. In fact, there was even additional content that was not mentioned prerelease. (The peyote plants)

 

Did I say they overhyped it? Fanboy alert.

Well if you don't think they overhyped it, why bother posting it in this thread? Didn't you read the title before posting?

[iBUCKEYE]

Halo 4: Took everything Reach did wrong and ran with it.

[Lock n' Stock]

There's so doubt in my mind that GTA games have been overhyped in recent times, not that they don't deliver.

 

Not that I've played them, but I guess games that were very hyped up but under-delivered and were later forgotten about (Titanfall, Watch Dogs, Destiny e.g) would count.

[RedDagger]

Well if you don't think they overhyped it, why bother posting it in this thread? Didn't you read the title before posting?

I think he's saying (albeit not in the politest manner) that Rockstar didn't hype it up, the fans did.

 

Although this is the case for lots of games/updates (notably EOtL, more on that), a nice example of the developer hyping their game up far too much is Destiny, and in a lesser sense Watch_Dogs. It's not entirely their faults, considering there's a lot of evidence pointing to the game basically being scrapped and made again a year before release - and yes, they were advertising lots if things before that. They had the features, they were planning for the features to be put in, it was essentially a different game - then something happened during development, meaning they started from scratch but the hype didn't. Yeah, that didn't turn out too well.

 

As for EOtL, a trailer for a fan-made animated short for TF2 was released in summer 2013. Soon after, Valve took notice and decided this would be part of a major update centred around the short, with the possibility of new weapons and maps - something of a rarity in TF2. People hyped the sh*t out of this update, thinking it would be so amazing with new weapons for every class, multiple snow-related maps and an epic short, not to mention the 'ducks' meme. They thought it would be a game changer for TF2. It released a month ago, and was literally a decent short with a few hats. That's overhyping for you - the creator of the short even said that likelihood of new weapons and maps isn't certain, and not to expect them.

 

The smissmass update released soon after, and brought much-needed demo changes and 3 new weapons - it wasn't announced prior, it just suddenly dropped. Everyone loved it. Yeah, hype i pretty powerful.

[Death Magnetic]

1. The Crew

 

While the world is openly huge the game feels a bit like the beta. Can't go at the story since most racing games focused on illegal street racing are cliché. The driving is a bit too arcadey, annoying A.I, unlock system and the push of micro-transactions. They aren't bad and you can easily make a 300k a day.

 

2. Watch Dogs.

 

Not gonna go at with the story but I will say Ubisoft screwed up by downgrading the graphics for consoles and PC (I'll join y'all one day). While the shooting and Parkour makes the game shine, the driving, story and the hype killed it. The game sold well but was like The Crew was unfortunately overhyped.

 

3. GTA 5 and Online

 

Personally I believe game sites like ign and the community overhyped it. And not to mention cut content that would of prabobly make the game better. The story could of been more focused on Franklin than Mike and Trevor. And don't get me started on the ending.

 

Online: 2015 no heist. And not to mention the awful community it created.

Where'd you get your profile picture? GTA myths wiki?

[OysterBarron]

Minecraft.

 

I see the idea in the unlimited world and the limitless opportunities, but it's still just so damn lame actually.

 

Just a bunch of pixels and blocks, worshipped by pre-teens and immature adults.

You've no idea what you're talking about you stinky poo poo head!

 

@op a few of your points on destiny make no sense. Game servers were up over a month prior to release. You had an alpha and beta of the title that allowed players to make an informed purchase desicision. So why a review embargo witch I'm not even sure was even actually a embargo for this title like you say would effect your final buying choice anyhow after having some hands on time with the game.

 

Paying for alpha and beta I don't know why this is a big deal a massive portion of developers have been doing this for years now why does it make any difference that it was bungie doing it? At least you could cancel it if it wasn't to your liking without spending a penny unlike most of the other devs. They also opened the the beta up to anyone towards the end so you didn't even have to pre order to have a go.

 

You can't really use the campaign length against them if they never actually really defined a time. And at the end of the day game length is really down to the user people who rush through the storyline will get 6 hours fun but I myself didn't finish the last mission until 3 weeks after release.

 

The most overhyped game for me this year was farming simulator 15 and that was because I got hyped for it. It was all my own doing and it delivered in every single way.

Edited January 2, 2015 by OysterBarron

[Shenmue18]

GTA V. By Rockstar's standards, the story was incredibly bad and while the online is actually becoming moderately fun and will probably become even more fun once heists are finally released, it was plagued by glitches and modder issues for months and months after its release. Which is usually when you really want to play a game, when you first buy it.

[bahraini_carguy]

GTA V: Which is something i don't want to admit as gta is always and still will be one of my favorite series.

 

 

Almost Every (with exception of some few great one's) RPG MMO. I don't understand the fun of it really with building army with dragon's and sh*t then just watch it fighting without doing anything really and then waiting for hours to get something done.

 

Something even worse: Mobile games both with microtransaction "yea lets spend a price of 2 console & PC games for some money and xp" and non microtransaction games. I mean games like candy crush or angry birds or cut the rope or some "RPG" games get for a trailer more views and likes than whole gta, cod and other games combined! Those aren't even games, those is ether money grabber or waiting using a calendar!

 

COD and other modern FPS: Do you remember good o' Doom or Halo or the mighty master king Half life? Now it's all about some Racist, Bland, Dull, repetitive, recycled bullsh*t with lobby's and servers full of 9 year old racist squeaker's .

[Gnocchi Flip Flops]

 

 

 

Grand Theft Auto V - I honestly enjoyed the buildup and the hype more than the game itself. So many features feel lacking, so many opportunities were missed, and they didn't even bother adding anything groundbreaking to the current-gen versions. There's no excuse, this generation is capable of so much and yet all they did was add a couple of new features/vehicles, give us pretty grass and reflections, and nothing else.

At no point have R* overhyped the new gen release. They were pretty clear what would be in it and delivered what they promised. In fact, there was even additional content that was not mentioned prerelease. (The peyote plants)

Did I say they overhyped it? Fanboy alert.

Well if you don't think they overhyped it, why bother posting it in this thread? Didn't you read the title before posting?

 

Obviously because the fans overhyped it. So it was overhyped. Common sense. Use it.

[Zondar]

 

 

 

 

Grand Theft Auto V - I honestly enjoyed the buildup and the hype more than the game itself. So many features feel lacking, so many opportunities were missed, and they didn't even bother adding anything groundbreaking to the current-gen versions. There's no excuse, this generation is capable of so much and yet all they did was add a couple of new features/vehicles, give us pretty grass and reflections, and nothing else.

 

At no point have R* overhyped the new gen release. They were pretty clear what would be in it and delivered what they promised. In fact, there was even additional content that was not mentioned prerelease. (The peyote plants)

Did I say they overhyped it? Fanboy alert.

Well if you don't think they overhyped it, why bother posting it in this thread? Didn't you read the title before posting?

 

Obviously because the fans overhyped it. So it was overhyped. Common sense. Use it.

That was far from obvious , given that that your post bitched about the developers and not the fans. The English language. Use it.

[Fireman]

Everything by Peter Molyneux.

[MurphyPen43]

Watch Dogs was really overhyped by many people before it came out, they said people would stop playing gta because of it. And it turned out to be utter garbage.

[ABCDOGGY ginette]

The Last of Us. This game is worshipped as a present of the gods but it's pretty boring and repetitive as f*ck.

[a20characterusername]

Old, but possibly the most overhyped game EVER

[Flachbau]

TLoU was built up with hype and then it literally killed itself with mediocre gameplay and storyline, as well as sh*tty repetitive multiplayer

[Corndawg93]

The Walking Dead by Tell Tale, Hyped as the greatest thing since sliced bread, But instead it was a just giant pile of cliche riddled zombie crap

 

The Last of Us did what Tell tale couldn't do, Make an interesting father\daughter post apocalyptic game