Hype is an intresting thing, somtimes it can be good for a game but mosyt of the time what people come to expect of the game is to high so they can't appreciate the game even though it may be good. There has been another example of bad hype today as Haze has been reviewed, and after all this time we finnaly know what it gets.

Gamespot gave it a 6.0 and crtisise it for having bad first impressions, bad storyline and bad voice acting and repedative gameplay. At first i thought it was just Gamespot being Gamespot, well in the past they have given good games like Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction and Mario Kart 64 bad scores when actully the game gets good reviews everywhere else. Even though I haven't really followed Haze much I still thought it would get better than that. well I look elsewhere and boy am I suprised. IGN gave it 4.5 criticising the game for a "horrible plot, weak gameplay mechanics and visuals that are truly underwhelming, It also received a 6/10 by Swedish gaming magazine Game Reactor, however Ubisoft requested the magazine take it down from their website. Most Gamespot users gave it lowish scores but Playstation Magazine gave it 9/10 (Kayne and Linch anyone?)

Well as I'm not really a fan of Haze I still expected more, MGS4 has had alot more hype built up on it and it's the most awaited game ever by Gamerankings, so this builds up the pressure. I just hope not too much hype is built over MGS4, or we could have a repeat here.