OVERhyped game of the year

Well the reaction to bioshock "only" getting 9.0 should put it in the right league. However I have a feeling (and judging from your avatar you might object) Halo 3 might win. No matter how good that game is the hype is unbelievable for a game which I assume won't radically deviate from being a standard FPS.

However for a game that it's company just keeps banging on about.....Motorstorm. Just let it go Sony, let it go.

Lair.

General thoughts were 8.0 ish (not mine).

Reality = 4.5

Think he means game that was hyped up but didnt meet expectations. Bioshock was always had a bit of hype but its true hype didnt come around till the crazy reviews. So it wasnt overhyped because the majority of players think it met expectations or at least most of them.

Lair perhaps. It got lots of press but apparently it failed horribly according to critics. Honestly though the most hyped games are due out in the next coming months. If Mass Effect, Halo 3, Assassins Creed, or Call of Duty 4 fail then that would get most overhyped cause all 4 of those games are hyped. Though im quite sure all will be good though Assassins creed i am waiting for review before buying.

I gotta admit Halo 3 is overhyped, and I'm one of the people who will probably rack up 1000+ games on XBL playing it.

Halo 3 - it's a slightly better than average FPS. Even online, and yes, I went there. (And yes I have a 360)

Lair - I rented it for my PS3 and it is GARBAGE.

Halo 3, Mass Effect, Strangehold, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. majadamus

I'm just going to pretend that you didn't say Mass Effect.

I didn't notice/. Mass Effect?! You can't be serious! Everything Bioware does is amazingfs_metal

I didn't notice/. Mass Effect?! You can't be serious! Everything Bioware does is amazingfs_metal

Hmm..i dont think everything they make is amazing...Jade Empire anyone?

Do you mean overhyped and turning out to be disappointing? Lair wasn't THAT hyped so I can't say it was that big of a disappointment. Now BLUE DRAGON is one that I'm surprised nobody mentioned: Made by the creators of final fantasy, character design by the same guy who did DBZ and DQ8, supposed to make the 360 a legitimate player in the Japanese market, and then it turns out to be just an all-around medioce jrpg.UT_Wrestler

Have you played it? Sounds like you made up your mind completely from the review alone and weren't going to play the game in the beginning.

The reviewer had it in for JRPG games from the start. It's not an AAA game due to no groundbreaking features, but it's a solid well done beautiful turn based RPG.

[QUOTE="UT_Wrestler"]Do you mean overhyped and turning out to be disappointing? Lair wasn't THAT hyped so I can't say it was that big of a disappointment. Now BLUE DRAGON is one that I'm surprised nobody mentioned: Made by the creators of final fantasy, character design by the same guy who did DBZ and DQ8, supposed to make the 360 a legitimate player in the Japanese market, and then it turns out to be just an all-around medioce jrpg.SemiMaster

Have you played it? Sounds like you made up your mind completely from the review alone and weren't going to play the game in the beginning.

The reviewer had it in for JRPG games from the start. It's not an AAA game due to no groundbreaking features, but it's a solid well done beautiful turn based RPG.

Blue Dragon may be a decent/good game, but I think a lot of people were expecting a lot more, given the names associated with it.

Even though I wasn't overly interested in it, I'd probably cast my vote for Lair. That game didn't turn out so well, did it?

As much as I will probably enjoy Halo 3...I think people are building it up to be the greatest game ever. Eh...I think it will be very similar to Halo 2...fun...but nothing earth shattering.

So....Halo 3 gets my vote...with Lair being a very close 2nd.

[QUOTE="fs_metal"]I didn't notice/. Mass Effect?! You can't be serious! Everything Bioware does is amazingLidve

Hmm..i dont think everything they make is amazing...Jade Empire anyone?

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[QUOTE="fs_metal"]I didn't notice/. Mass Effect?! You can't be serious! Everything Bioware does is amazinganime-2k3

Hmm..i dont think everything they make is amazing...Jade Empire anyone?

I think the whole topic idea is that "Awesome" doesn't cut it when only absolutely amazing will.

Let the possible flaming begin I say Crysis.lucky326

At first I thought so too.

But after seeing game demos and footage, I'd believe this game will live up to the hype... if you have a Cray Supercomputer to run the damn thing.

[QUOTE="fs_metal"]I didn't notice/. Mass Effect?! You can't be serious! Everything Bioware does is amazingsyztem

Jade Empire isn't amazing, but it is great. I have complete faith in Mass Effect.

My pick is Heavenly Sword.

Let the possible flaming begin I say Crysis.lucky326

no, you're right on with this one. I can see the hype that Crysis has if it was a sequel with proven gameplay and fun, but Crysis is just videos and hype right now, and a LOT OF IT.

Crysis will live or die on graphics alone - thats been the whole point since the beginning. So I don't see it flopping unless it has framerate issues or such.matthewjackman

That's why it is more likely than not way turbo-over-hyped... GRAPHICS DO NOT EQUAL FUN

My pick is Heavenly Sword.

_Tobli_

Halo 3 WILL be one of the best games to come out this year unless something goes horribly wrong. I don't it is being overhyped as much as it is well-marketed unless you count Mountain Dew flavors as hype.

Right now, the most overrated game for me is Bioshock. A 9.0 is totally right, but tons of sites and magazines are giving this game 10s and not pointing out obvious flaws like the broken death system, lame AI, and very mediocre combat outside of the plasmids.

Yeah for most overhyped so far I would have to say lair, it really didn't meat expectations. But if i were you I would put lair under "Most returned to EB games for store credit"

lol

Halo 3 WILL be one of the best games to come out this year unless something goes horribly wrong. I don't it is being overhyped as much as it is well-marketed unless you count Mountain Dew flavors as hype.

AtomicTangerine

I agree with that part of it

Halo 3 WILL be one of the best games to come out this year unless something goes horribly wrong. I don't it is being overhyped as much as it is well-marketed unless you count Mountain Dew flavors as hype.

AtomicTangerine

I really don't see how anyone could ask Bungie to shove any more awesomeness into Halo 3, the list of features is rediculous: 4 player co-op online; saved films, maps, screens, gametypes; Bungie Recommends; Forge; the Meta-game; and they haven't even revealed their new Bungie.net features. This is how you do a sequel, couldn't expect any more. So is Halo 3 being over-hyped? I think not, at least it isn't among many of the hardcore who quickly jump to Halo 2 as an excuse as to why Halo 3 will be "mediocre".

As for what I think is the most overhyped, well most of the hyped games have yet to be released so it's hard to judge. Based on what I'm hearing on the boards, COD4 is recieving way more hype then is warrented. "putting the pressure on Bungie", I think not.

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[QUOTE="fs_metal"]I didn't notice/. Mass Effect?! You can't be serious! Everything Bioware does is amazingSemiMaster

Hmm..i dont think everything they make is amazing...Jade Empire anyone?

I think the whole topic idea is that "Awesome" doesn't cut it when only absolutely amazing will.

Well when you can say that Jade Empire is the worst game you've ever made, you've got a damn good track record.

Don't you actually have to play a game to determine if the hype matches the product or not? This just seems like an excuse to hate on the major holiday releases for the most part.

So far I'd say mine is Crackdown (83% @ gamerankings), it got plenty of pub for the whole beta key thing plus people like Luke Smith and Major Nelson rambling about how addicting it was. Despite the fun of jumping around like a superhero it was a positively soulless open ended world with bad music, no story, no variety, nothing to do but lock on and shoot the hordes of thugs that stood in the way of your next thug shootout. Good ideas, incomplete product, not worth the hype.

Overhyped: Halo 3 Underhyped: Metroid Prime 3 Seriously, Microsoft knows how to sell a game. Nintendo, doesn't.Mop_it_up

microsoft... does what... nintendon't!?

@ the crackdown comment above, i found the opposite to be true. that game was anti-hyped with everyone saying it would only sell because of halo. i in fact bought the game and never touched the beta. i enjoyed it. there was a crappy story and the main quest was not fleshed out, but all of the things you could do on the side made the game worth the money to me.