Very true, I remember living through that.
I just laughed out loud on seeing the 'Music by Brian May'! sticker again, I remember what it sounded like. 'Music by the dead corpse of Freddie Mercury' may have been more accurate
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Once-hyped games that are now completely forgotten
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Very true, I remember living through that.
I just laughed out loud on seeing the 'Music by Brian May'! sticker again, I remember what it sounded like. 'Music by the dead corpse of Freddie Mercury' may have been more accurate
eXistor
Member
Appropriately I forgot the name of the game, but there was this platformer on the PSX that was supposed to be the next big thing and then it just sucked and did absolutely nothing. The main character was also the name of the game and was a chiseled guy kinda like R&C's Captain Qwark.
Does FFXV kinda count?
Yeah it was huge when they re-revealed it, but since SE never released anything new i feel like hype is heavily diminishing, fans have never been angrier at SE for their (non)marketing campaign and its probably fallen of the radar of non-FF-fans.
I guess the game is bound to have sudden hype spikes until release (ahahah).
Yeah it was huge when they re-revealed it, but since SE never released anything new i feel like hype is heavily diminishing, fans have never been angrier at SE for their (non)marketing campaign and its probably fallen of the radar of non-FF-fans.
I guess the game is bound to have sudden hype spikes until release (ahahah).
mcz117chief
Member
The real answer
Had the hype-train of the century. Now very few people remember it
Had the hype-train of the century. Now very few people remember it
bobawesome
Member
Blasto can never be forgotten.
I never actually played it, I just remember seeing it all the time in my local Hollywood Video growing up.
I can think of Blinx for the Xbox, was hyped to become the Mario / Crash Bandicoot of Microsoft. However that game ended up gaining very little traction and they quickly scrapped him as a potential mascot.
It had a sequel, but that also went completely under the radar.
RIP in peace brave cat.
The sequel was pretty good!
SkyTurnsRed
Banned
I thought people loved Tiberian Sun?
Great call on Headhunter though. That game had massive hype.
And now it's just used to make dicknimalz.
eXistor
Member
Why do people keep thinking this is actually happening? lol
I don't think you understand what the word "forgotten" means.
Atraveller
Banned
"Have you seen Titanfall" works perfectly in this situation.
Kurt Angle
Member
saying watch dogs and titanfall is absolutely ridiculous. both sold tons and will get sequels
SPORE is what youre looking for.
SPORE is what youre looking for.
snesfanboy
Banned
Rise Of The Robots sucked, played it on SNES - amazing graphics and sound, but the gameplay was a nightmare
funnily, i thought Rise Of The Robots 2, which i had bought, was kind of OK, i want to see that game re-released on XBL or PSN, just with some adjusted control fluidity
Krappadizzle
Member
My buddies and I were hyped for Brute Force. We went and bought two copies and linked our xbox's and smoked a bit and had a great time. It was fun coop and had some cool mechanics that made each character unique. I loved the snipers special move and my friends each liked the other 3 characters. Too bad it never realized its potential.
BumblebeeCody
Member
The Wii.
Yep, same.
Woody Invincible
Banned
This game was not hyped nearly as much as it should have been.
mcz117chief
Member
Exactly, so far I haven't seen a single game I don't know.
I played hours upon hours of that demo disc.. Never got the game though.
Well, you can kinda assume if they were once hyped, then you should actually know what they are. It's more about people actually remembering they exist. For some of these games, this thread's topic is one of the only reasons to ever mention the game again.
What is this shit? Every other thread has people saying these same things with no proof whatsoever, just salty "I don't like this game,IGN editor said his eyes melt so whole media is paid, no one likes it, it has no legs, 792p lol" comments, totally pointless. There is lot to critisize in production of Titanfall and in game itself, but this just needs to stop.. Well at least it's not forgotten by them since there are often same people putting Titanfall down in different threads.
On topic, I would say Brink, it sounded so good and it had interesting art style, but it really was big dissapointment and at least many people wanted to forget it.
Blasto
and those who mentioned Titanfall and watchdogs deserve all the facepalms in the world. Those two games are the most talked about on this forum, i dont know how that qualified as forgotten.
Also in reponse to the OP, i think you can classify any PS3 exclusive that came out in the first year under the category.
QuixoticNeutral
Member
A lot of the submissions here make me glad I tend to avoid getting caught up in hype if I can help it.
Red Steel belongs here, no? It benefited from being the first Wii title the public heard about, some rather optimistic screenshots that might have overstated the graphical power of the system, and considerable interest in how a pointer-controlled FPS was going to work. It sold well at launch as many early adopters' second purchase after Twilight Princess... then nothing. Thinking back to 2006 I can't even remember if I played it.
Red Steel belongs here, no? It benefited from being the first Wii title the public heard about, some rather optimistic screenshots that might have overstated the graphical power of the system, and considerable interest in how a pointer-controlled FPS was going to work. It sold well at launch as many early adopters' second purchase after Twilight Princess... then nothing. Thinking back to 2006 I can't even remember if I played it.
nephilimdj
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Biggest hyped online game I have seen bomb and forgotten within 1month was SiN Episodes
HoodWinked
Member
I like how people rush to point out titanfall as if its even remotely qualifies.
the effort to try to downplay the game in practically every opportunity means its far from forgotten.
i mean infamous (released around the same time) is mentioned even less than titanfall. 99% of games fall off after the first month.
both games are going to get sequels.
the effort to try to downplay the game in practically every opportunity means its far from forgotten.
i mean infamous (released around the same time) is mentioned even less than titanfall. 99% of games fall off after the first month.
both games are going to get sequels.
HellofaMouse
Member
this game was one of the best games of last year, and last year was a hell of a year for games. cant really compare it to tlou, they are both amazing in their own right.
oh man, i remember playing this game as a kid with my cousin start to finish. this is probably the main thing that got me into cyberpunk. dont remember it being bad/forgettable, but again, i was just a kid at the time.
also, does broken age count? or shadowrun returns? probably wasteland 2 too?..
N30RYU
Member
yes... but one of them wasn't aimed to be the new COD
omfg...
The new Call of Duty is talked about less than Titanfall here. Hell, the NEXT Call of Duty is talked about less at the moment.
HoodWinked
Member
did you read the thread title or the opening post?
FataIChoice
Member
The real answer
Had the hype-train of the century. Now very few people remember it
I am sure there are many that were cannot forget some of those death animations.
I wish I could forget that.
BigTnaples
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Anyone who plays Bioshock Infinote and their first thougt is to compare it to TLoU is doing it wrong anyway. Both are among my favorite games, and I've played MANY.
James Woods
Banned
I Gamefly'd Darkwatch last year and looked up Damnation because I saw it at Blockbuster and hoped it was the sequel. It isn't and apparently it is a huge piece of shit.
Ivory Samoan
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Beat me to the punch.
ThoseDeafMutes
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RIP Factor 4.9