One and done. Possibly the biggest fall from grace in gaming history
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Once-hyped games that are now completely forgotten
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One and done. Possibly the biggest fall from grace in gaming history
Matrix XII
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Heavenly Sword
Dr. Black Jack
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Mine will always be ONE and Apocalypse, both for PS1. They were all fucking over gaming mags back in the day and now no one bats an eye.
Haunted
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Talking about this generation, Titanfall and Evolve are probably the best examples of organised/forced hype through immense marketing budgets that the final products could not fulfil. No Man's Sky (as much as I like it) is probably the best example of consumer-generated hype that did not pan out as the devs hoped it would.
OP still has the best post because he sources some covers and articles. At this point there must be thousands of archived IGN and Gamespot preview hype fluff pieces that would be utterly embarrassing to read out loud today.
OP still has the best post because he sources some covers and articles. At this point there must be thousands of archived IGN and Gamespot preview hype fluff pieces that would be utterly embarrassing to read out loud today.
You shut your damn mouth, Shadow Man is a fucking classic.Found the game
This game had a big hype at the time
Which is too bad, because that game was pretty dope. Best FPS I played in ages.
Matrix XII
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I'll never forget the fact that I forgot about this title every time until I saw a new article about it up to release. Except that I forgot about that until just now.
GinoFelino
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*Plinkett voice*Final Fantasy Chrystal Chronicles The Crystal Bearers
"They're making a single player CC with an awesome protagonist that has gravity powers?"
Then you played it..
Oh...
Interficium
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I know it's still getting DLC but I can't think of a game that came and went so fast as Ghost Recon Wildlands.
Always amusing to see the NeoGaf bubble in action.
Shhh, don't get in the way of the narrative.
See? If they just keep saying it they can pretend it's true.
"Forgotten". Daikatana is way too infamous for that. And games like Black & White were pretty good and are still loved in the community (B&W is also always cited as pretty much the top of the genre).
In my opinion, Enter the Matrix, Hellgate: London and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning fit the bill really well.
In my opinion, Enter the Matrix, Hellgate: London and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning fit the bill really well.
phoisgood495
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Hellgate: London for sure. I wanted to like that game so badly, and I remember being so excited to get my beta key staying up til midnight to start it, and just feeling my hype pop like a balloon, such a missed opportunity and it ended up being completly DOA.
Plus it was written by an award winning sci-fi author. And I remember hearing such mind blowing things about what was going to happen in the series, how your powers would grow so you could lift mountains and junk, the series was going to be literally unlike anything before. Completely mediocre shooter gets released with some of the most bare-bones storytelling around.
It was supposed to be a trilogy and have a million dollar contest.
Yeah. Some are mixing their own feelings with reality. Which is not surprising around here.
Galactic Fork
A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
My problem was that they had something truly unique and possible epic in the mind hacking mechanic, but they reduced it to one "right" answer instead of a few different outcomes or at least different success options. Not only that, they only used the mechanic 3 or 4 times in the whole game, and it never got much more complex than the first scenario. Why introduce something, and make a big deal about it in universe, but never really give the player a chance to use it. So disappointing.
That said, Remember Me doesn't fit the thread because it was never really hyped. It was sent out to die.
Spukc
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Ubisoft game.I know it's still getting DLC but I can't think of a game that came and went so fast as Ghost Recon Wildlands.
GlassBurrito
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Second Sight by Free Radical
I hardly ever hear anyone mention this game and its better than Haze and apparently more forgotten.
No it wasn't, Eternal Darkness was the first in 2002.
I remember playing Primal. Its good.
I hardly ever hear anyone mention this game and its better than Haze and apparently more forgotten.
No it wasn't, Eternal Darkness was the first in 2002.
Does anybody remember these two?
I thought so
I remember playing Primal. Its good.
Are you sure you've posted this in the correct thread?
Evolve
InquisitorAles
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You know what game was really forgotten?
Dead to Rights. I remember times when it was hyped as "Max Payne with dog", they even released 2 sequels but this series now completely buried and forgotten.
Dead to Rights. I remember times when it was hyped as "Max Payne with dog", they even released 2 sequels but this series now completely buried and forgotten.
JONEZZEEonGAF
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This game was hyped ridiculously by Sony and Free Radical, it was deemed a Halo killer and all sorts. PS fans bought into it and the game turned out to be terrible. Never seen anything else like this in my 30 years of gaming not even NMS which has been partially redeemed through patches.
Heavy's Sandvich
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I think this generation of once massive games/series having absolutely no impact after a couple of weeks.
Lord of Castamere
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Most games... Single player games aren't really meant to be played for 20+ years.
anothertech
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How will anyone forget the GOAT?
And ninja theory is about to release a spiritual successor (Hellblade) so... far from forgotten.
If the gaming Godz smile upon us we could get a remake of this masterpiece lol. This and Vanquish.
SolidSnakex
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Heavily hyped during the PSone-era as a Mario 64 rival. A huge amount of the hype was due to it actually looking really good from a tech standpoint (although the art his horrendous). But that's basically the only thing it has going for it. The controls and camera among the worst you'll ever find in a 3D platformer.
Black Duke
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Titanfall 1, Evolve.
These two. The gaming media would not shut up about them. Every story or coverage was about these games. The forced hype was real and scary and when the public wasn't impressed the media coverage hyped died very quickly.
That reminds me of another "Adventure dev makes a city builder, could be interesting" title:
I seem to remember heavy promotion, at least.
It's on GoG, I notice, might be worth revisiting.
On the subject of Lucasarts, and this one's perhaps more of a personal thing:
It's the one adventure of that era I do find doesn't spring to mind as readily as the Grim Fandangos and the Curse of Monkey Islands - and that's in heavy contrast to the sheer weight of production values and promotion that was sent its way.
Oh, one more that's just sprung to mind:
Devs of Command and Conquer revisiting the very franchise that set them down the RTS path! What could be more exciting?
Dr. Carroll
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I was under the impression Titanfall sales and player retention on Xbox was pretty decent at the time?
RedSparrows
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/allthreads
^ case in point. Titanfall did pretty well on X1 and PC, and still has players on it. TF2 has struggled to catch up, so far anyway. Purely in sales terms, obviously. This is NeoGaf/PS4 bubble par excellence.
Anyway, neither TFs has been forgotten, so not really applicable. Stuff like Brute Force is far more appropriate for this thread.
Coreda
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Was Goldeneye 007 any good? Only just remembering there was a remake.
Screaming Meat
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Second Sight by Free Radical
I hardly ever hear anyone mention this game and its better than Haze and apparently more forgotten.
Ah, it was awesome, especially the story. Double dipped on it. It was let down by some weird controls. The fact that Psi-Ops, a much better controlling and straightforward psychic-shooter, came out at the same time didn't help either.
It's a shame we haven't had many 'psychic power' games inspired by these two. I guess they only came about because of a leap in quality of physics engine at the time (can't remember the name).
No Man's Sky's launch has reached near legendary status, it's not going to be forgotten anytime soon.
The fact it popped into your head just whilst reading the thread title shows that even you hadn't forgotten about it.
Dr. Carroll
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As has been mentioned before, the premise of this thread is kind of bizarre because the reality of the matter is that 99% of games are "forgotten". You can post basically any game older than 5 years in this category. Also, there's this bizarre skewing towards "games insular communities talk about". That's how you get people shocked to discover Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare was the #1 game of 2016. Because their social circle didn't talk about it.
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Like, we are all on the same page regarding the fact that 99% of gamers don't give a shit about the Half-Life series, right? That it's so obscure and forgotten it may as well not exist anymore?
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Like, we are all on the same page regarding the fact that 99% of gamers don't give a shit about the Half-Life series, right? That it's so obscure and forgotten it may as well not exist anymore?
VelveteenTouch
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I'm going to go with Tobal No. 1. I remember at the time it was the new siiiiiiick fighting game that--get this--ran at 60 frames per second on the PSX! Whoa! And with designs by that Dragonball dude! How much more awesome can one fighting game get? How about we give you a demo for Final Fantasy VII? Done deal, right?
Then it came out and it was okay, a bit bare-bones. Most sales were no doubt due to the thirst to get a taste of that FF7 juice. Then Square decided they weren't going to bother to bring over the sequel, which by most accounts was a marked improvement.
Now whenever anybody talks about fighting games from back in those days it's Tekken, Soul Calibur, Street Fighter Alpha, even Bushido Blade, but no Tobal.
Then it came out and it was okay, a bit bare-bones. Most sales were no doubt due to the thirst to get a taste of that FF7 juice. Then Square decided they weren't going to bother to bring over the sequel, which by most accounts was a marked improvement.
Now whenever anybody talks about fighting games from back in those days it's Tekken, Soul Calibur, Street Fighter Alpha, even Bushido Blade, but no Tobal.
Soul of the Beast
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Best answer.
You do know you are talking about a game that is still played a lot and has tournaments etc going on?