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[professor_t]

In order:

1. Street Fighter II (NES). My young mind couldn't even begin to contemplate the awesomeness of playing the arcade juggernaut in the comfort of my own home. No quarters, endless continues, and, as it turned out, pretty amazing fidelity to the arcade version)

2. Zelda II (NES). The hype was nearly unbearable, and then those bastards delayed the game. It nearly killed me.

3. Halo 2 (Xbox). Halo CE rocked my world. Unlike most of the ninnies on this board, I liked Halo 2 almost as much.

4. KOTOR (Xbox). Star Wars RPG hotness. I didn't see how it could do anything wrong. It almost didn't.

5. Resident Evil 2 (PS). I thought Resident Evil was sublime, and I figured this follow-up would be even better. It was.

6. Final Fantasy VII (PS). I loved the earlier games on the NES, and at the time this game appeared to promise mind-blowing presentation.

7. NHL2k3 (Dreamcast). True, next-gen hockey. At least, that's what I was anticipating. Still a fantastic game.

8. Halo 3 (Xbox 360). See Halo 2.

9. Double Dragon (NES). Probably my most misplaced hype ever. I just really loved the arcade version for some reason.

10. Ninja Gaiden (Xbox). NG demo probably was my favorite of all time. The full game did not disappoint.

 

[DeadFalling]

1. Halo 3

2. Halo 2

3. Gears of War

That's about it. Most of my favorite games are ones I randomly find out about right when they're released so no time for hype.

 

[Green Tentacle]

I'm pretty casual in my game playing, so I can only think of a few that I've ever been really hyped to buy.

-Any and all LucasArts adventures, and I was way hyped for Tie-Fighter as well.
-Apollo Justice. I got into the PW games around the time that Trials and Tribulations released and finished that one a couple weeks before AJ dropped. Now I'm resisting the temptation to import the Japanese Ace Investigator since I've been playing through these games with a friend of mine who doesn't understand moon-speak.


That might be it! I hardly ever buy games at full-price. i'm-part-of-the-problem-etcetc.

 

[DieNgamers]

I'm glad I wasn't disappointed by a single game I was really hyped for.

Perfect Dark. I wanted this game when I was 14 or 15 (it was released around that time) but my parents wouldn't let me have it. So basically I waited 2 years never expecting to ever get it when one day I saw it in our local gameshop (PD wasn't really available in Germany). I sticked the price label over the "18" sign and bought it when I was 16. The game not only delivered but even exceeded my expectations. Remains one of my favourite games ever.
Conker's Bad Fur Day. Rare really took their time with Conker. :lol Just like Perfect Dark it was well worth the wait.
Banjo Tooie. Basically the same as with the two games mentioned above.
DK64. My first N64 game I owned (I got my N64 some years after the launch) and still one of my favourites. I played it in the gameshop and was hooked.
Metroid Prime. What can you say about this game...Masterpiece.
Eternal Darkness. I waited since the N64 days and was in the shop the second it came out on the Gamecube. Brilliant game.
Resident Evil Remake. I never played any RE titles before and I was hyped from the previews/reviews.
Resident Evil 4. Late but great.

edit: I have to say the N64 was my first console. I never really cared for videogames as a kid because simply nobody had them where I live(d). It wasn't until the mid 90s that people I knew got a SNES or gameboy from their parents.

 

[Feindflug]

This is my was most hyped for list:

Rise of The Robots
Donkey Kong Country
Resident Evil 2
FFVII
Tekken 3
Gran Turismo
The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
Super Mario 64
Turok 2
Shenmue
Soul Calibur
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Metal Gear Solid 2
FFX
Devil May Cry 2
Silent Hill 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Shadow of the Colossus
Resident Evil 4
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Halo 2
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Gears Of War 1/2
Halo 3
Bioshock
Ninja Gaiden 2
Devil May Cry 4
Street Fighter IV
Resident Evil 5
Metal Gear Solid 4
Super Mario Galaxy
The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess

This is my am most hyped for list:

Bayonetta
Crackdown 2
Splinter Cell: Conviction
Uncharted 2
The Last Guardian
Mass Effect 2
Lost Planet 2
Halo: ODST
Boarderlands
Brutal Legend
Super Mario Galaxy 2
FFXIII
Rage

 

[sestrugen]

I will never be as hyped about a game since January 2005...... WoW had released only 2 months before......not living in the US I had to wait a while to get my hands into the game...... I used to fantasize about playing, all the items I could create, the great pieces of armor I could wear, used to dream about what classes to play

When I finally got the game I was not disappointed, played the game for 2 years non-stop until BC came out and my love for the game fainted......

I wish I could still be excited about games that way, sadly I think that feeling is never coming back =(

 

[DieNgamers]

I will never be as hyped about a game since January 2005...... WoW had released only 2 months before......not living in the US I had to wait a while to get my hands into the game...... I used to fantasize about playing, all the items I could create, the great pieces of armor I could wear, used to dream about what classes to play

When I finally got the game I was not disappointed, played the game for 2 years non-stop until BC came out and my love for the game fainted......

I wish I could still be excited about games that way, sadly I think that feeling is never coming back =(

I feel the same. I think the only thing that could change that would be an announcement by Rare...like the next Jet Force Gemini or Conker.

 

[vatstep]

Super Street Fighter II (SNES)
Maybe my all-time most-hyped game. Every day felt like a month, every week, a year. I only pre-ordered a copy a few months before it came out (at the end of summer '94), but the wait just felt absolutely unbearable. Was worth it, though... I loved Fei Long.

Mortal Kombat II (SNES)
Played the hell out of it at the arcade, and was super-excited at the prospect of this one actually having blood (unlike the SNES port of the first one). I was able to score a copy a couple of days before the street date and felt like the coolest kid in school.

Killer Instinct (SNES)
Played the hell out of this at the arcade, too. Not as good of a port as MKII (understandably so), but still really awesome. I recall bothering the shit out of the guys at EB, calling several times a week to see if the release date had changed, and making sure that they would have enough copies for pre-orders. Surely enough, when it did finally come out, they didn't have enough — luckily, my sister was around to drive me to the store right away and I got one.

Super Mario 64 (N64)
I was pumped up for the N64 launch waaay ahead of time, but my hype for SM64 didn't really begin until I got that promo VHS tape in the mail from Nintendo. Holy shit, that got me excited.

Turok 2 (N64)
I had been pretty hyped for the first one to begin with, but I liked it so much that I couldn't wait for the sequel. Plus, the prospect of Expansion Pak-ified graphics had me drooling.

WWF War Zone (PlayStation)
This game looked to be a huge leap over almost every other past wrestling game (and it was), and the Create-a-Player looked awesome. I'm pretty sure that's what my friends and I spent most of our time doing with this game.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (Dreamcast)
I didn't have a PlayStation when THPS originally came out (I had traded mine in), so unfortunately, I thought I had missed out on one of the biggest titles of the generation. But when I found out it was being ported to Dreamcast, I fucking lost my mind. The much-improved graphics were worth the wait, too.

Grand Theft Auto 3 (PS2)
This remains one of very few games that I was hyped for that actually far exceeded my expectations. I don't think I slept the night that I picked up my copy. My friends and I would spend hours raising our wanted level, evading the police and causing mass havoc on the streets.

Metal Gear Solid 2 (PS2)
MGS became my favorite game ever after playing it, so my hype for the sequel started long before its release. I loved the game, but I can't say it left me in anticipation of the sequel as much as the first one did.

Metroid Prime (GameCube)
I bought a GameCube pretty much just for this game. It didn't disappoint — still one of my all-time favorites.

Nowadays, I don't get nearly as hyped for games as I used to, but Modern Warfare 2 has me pretty damn excited.

 

[Arhal_Katarn]

In no order

Halo 2 ( I loved the first but to me the single player in 2 was a huge let down, playing as arbitar and the terrible ending left a bad taste in my mouth)

Perfect Dark ( The only reason i got an n64 was to play golden eye, and i was so looking forward to PD. I just loved everything about it at the time. The story, the setting, the multiplayer and the guns ,oh my god has any game ever matched the complete genius of these weapons?)

MGS4 (This is the game i was most recently hyped up for and i was literally counting down the days even at the age of 24 lol. The MGS series will always have a special place in my heart but tbh this was slighty dissapointing. I was expecting a huge twist in the story and nothing ever came)

Halo 3 ( Once again i was hyped for Halo even going so far as to book some time off work luckily this one is ace and the series is redeemed)

FF8 (After 7 how could i not be hyped, i loved it at the time though in hindsight it's not a patch on 7)

MGS 2 ( I must have played through the demo 100 times and i loved the game until Raiden came along. I kept hoping that Snake would become playable again but i was fooling myself lol)

At the moment i am trying not to get too hyped over

FF13
MGS Rising
Halo ODST
Halo Reach
Mass Effect 2

 

[BobsRevenge]

My memory isn't good enough to rank order these, but this is probably decently accurate.

Quake 2
Max Payne 2
Command and Conquer Red Alert
BF 1942
Rock Band
MGS 2
Final Fantasy 10
Supreme Commander
Soldier of Fortune 2
Fallout 2

I got much more hyped for games when I was younger, but Rock Band was a huge deal for me. I was obsessed with Guitar Hero for a while there in college and Rock Band came out right at the tail end of it, and I've been playing it at least a few times a week ever since.

Supreme Commander got me back into computer games after a 2 year hiatus from video games in general. I was a huge Total Annihilation fan and SupCom was like a dream come true.

edit:
games I'm currently hyped for:
Mafia 2
Alan Wake (apprehensively)
Heavy Rain

 

[Steeven]

Black and White
Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun

 

[Oblivion]

1. Twilight Princess - Seeing the trailer from E3 04 made me think that Nintendo was finally back, after several disappointing years on the GC. The TRUE spiritual sequel to Ocarina of Time was finally here. Sadly, the game didn't deliver on all fronts, but it was still pretty great.
2. Super Mario Galaxy - The true sequel to Super Mario 64 finally here? YES PLEASE. I was a tad hesitant at first, but as more and more trailers kept coming, my fears were relieved. Nintendo's best game since Ocarina of Time.
3. Smash Bros. Brawl - I LOVED Melee and couldn't wait for this. Sadly this disappointed as well.
4. Smash Bros. Melee- I also loved Smash 64 and was dying for this to come. I didn't have internet at the time (well, much access to it) so I couldn't get AS hyped up, but when I did see screenshots and such, it was hard not to. Still the ONLY big name Nintendo game that I felt was better than its N64 counterpart.

 

[NZNova]

Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun

I was SO hyped for this game. Too bad it sucked ass.

 

[Jokergrin]

 

[CecilRousso]

1. Psychonauts - epic!
2. Fable - despite its flaws, I enjoyed it.
3. Fable II - truly enjoyed it, even though it also had it flaws.
4. Black & White - often epic, despite its fault.
5. Little Big Planet - a truly remarkable and enjoyable game.
6. Oblivion - didn´t live up to my expectations, but I still gave it around 100h. It was good, not great.
7. Republic: The Revolution - fail.
8. Shadow of the Colossus - epic!
9. Star wars: Rebellion - didn´t even play it after every single review destroyed it.
10. Star wars: Galaxies - didn´t play it.

 

[TacticalFox88]

1) Kingdom Hearts 2: I don't think I ever was hyped for a sequel as much as this. I fucking LOVED the first one, I read every preview religiously to the point where if I wanted too I could type out the EGM cover story 3 years ago, word for word.

2)Killzone 2: Fell into the GAF hype....wasn't disappointed. Best FPS on Consoles for me. Probably will change with MW2

3)OOT: GAF has said enough. I think I almost literally crapped my pants when I bought the game at Wal-Mart. Soooo Good.

4)Uncharted 2: Naughty Gods.

5)Shadow of the Colossus: Such a simple but original concept that HAS to be remade.