And by this I mean, a new, popular IP has just came out and you see gameplay footage. You are simply amazed. Then, you buy the game, and that sense of wonder is lost. This was the way I felt with L4D and CoD4. I watched single player walkthrough vids on CoD4 and I thought it was so futuristic and had all of these new things added to it. I also watched gameplay of L4D and I thought that it wasn't so linear and you could basically destroy or do whatever you wanted.
Can't say that I've ever felt that way about a new IP before. Happens all the time though with sequels. I remember when Ultimate Alliance 2 came out, was so excited to play it. Got out of class and drove over to Gamestop, picked it up and went home, popped it into my 360 and got the hardest smack across my face that a game has ever given me.
Ditto on Ultimate Alliance 2. I also agree with the sequel thing. When a new IP comes out a lots of people take their time and see what everyone else is saying about the game. When a sequel to a good game comes out people already have their expectation set high so it's easier to be disappointed.
Exactly what happened to me with Assassin's Creed I.
I thought it was going to be amazing.... but well it was just too repetitive. I only finished it because I wanted to see how it ended, it was worth it though.
Assassin's Creed II is repetitive by a bit but not that much it's funner. The story was kinda disappointing but still awesome.
Well I was like that with Uncharted Drakes Fortunes mainly because Naughty Dog was the dev and the graphics looked really good. It was until I started to play the game that I thought (Damn this is amazing!).:P
Not for me. Been gaming for a while so my discerning eye has gotten pretty good. Most of the games that I allow myself to get hyped up to the point saying it will be amazing usually turn out amazing.
Not really. It seems to me that my level of hype in my eyes is great but everybody else is hyped multiple times more so when the game comes out I'm not usually disappointed. But yeah there have been times where the game I was looking forward too turned out to be average.
The last time I was really hyped for a game was MW2. Oh boy, I wish I can see 15 year old me's face as I read the features being taken out of the PC version.
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