-
Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!
Once-hyped games that are now completely forgotten
- Thread starter Phediuk
- Start date
Jaded Alyx
Member
this game was hyped to hell and back as 'a true console experience on the 3DS' and it was just trash
Trash or not (I disagree), the game later released on Wii U, PS3, 360, PC, PS4, and XBO and also received a sequel. I don't think it fits here at all.
oldsnakebro
Member
No man's sky is my answer without a doubt.
I think I'd argue that "Remembered as a cautionary tale" doesn't fit the thread premise!
Has anyone mentioned Homefront? That game got a massive ad campaign and they were going on about how great the story was going to be. They were comparing it to Half life 2 in some interviews. Then the game came out and the story was awful, the campaign was short , and the mp was half assed. So damn disappointing. I guess it got a sequel so maybe it doesn't belong here but the hype for that game was just crazy.
rakkadakka
Member
Division doesnt really belong in this thread.
If there's a thread for screwed up post launch support that would be the place.
Top selling new IP isn't really the dustbin of history compared to games like Brink.
If there's a thread for screwed up post launch support that would be the place.
Top selling new IP isn't really the dustbin of history compared to games like Brink.
TimeEffect
Member
Last Guardian wasn't hyped. It was memed
The game released and fans liked it. Can't realy expect much else from a story game with no dlc or multiplayer
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
I was hearing jokes within weeks of release that a game called "Remember Me" had already largely been forgotten.
the best example is Fallout 4
this game was hyped like it was the greatest game ever created, and few months after it was released, they forgot it like it never came out
no game has ever reached the insane hype of Fallout 4, not even GTA V
Considering the amount of internet bitching I hear about Fallout 4 to this day, definitely doesn't fit
Always thought this pulled off the hard part (design and netcode to do a reasonable job of 128 vs 128) but was held back by simple stuff like having a poor tutorial that didn't really explain the gametypes, and holding too much behind the upgrade system so the game felt too slow/simple to anyone trying it out for a couple hours. Once you had most of the upgrades, understood the gametypes and had found a decent group to play with it was a lot of fun.
Well it was from the Left 4 Dead guys so there was plenty of excitement right up until the DLC information came out. I downloaded it on GWG and played the intro where you learn each class and Jesus Christ, how do you go from a game as lean as L4D to that. Just seemed like the kind of game where the tactics would end up being pretty much the same every time as well.
I remember people being so excited for this prior to the launch of the 360 but after it came out I barely heard anyone talking about it. It's a shame too as the game is really quite good.
Yep. it's a real shame since there were some great ideas in the game. If only the core gameplay was better then we could have had a great new franchise.
NullPointer
Member
MisterR
Member
I think Warhawk is fondly remembered by lots of folks. Starhawk, not so much.
dragonchild
Banned
Um. . . uh. . . well. . . anyway, it was REALLY hyped. You know which one I'm talking about, right? Yeah.
/ OK, OK. . . Wii Fit?
/ OK, OK. . . Wii Fit?
phoisgood495
Member
I still see NMS everywhere, at worst you could say it's infamous, but it's far from forgotten 
My actual contribution: Dark Void
My actual contribution: Dark Void
JaseMath
Member
Power Blade may not have been a hit, but it was a solid action/platformer. It was just derivative.
Jaguar Victory
Member
it will live forever
LMAO
BakedTanooki
Member
So crazy. Always think "damn, totally forgot it existed!" when someone mentions this game.
Drake
Member
God damn, this was mine.
I also agree on Brink. That game had quite a bit of hype. Haven't thought abut it since it came out.
A ton of games fit this - forgotten to a degree all the way to completely forgotten.
/opinionated rant
Hype works both ways.. it sells magazines..well now it gets clicks and also sells games.
Video game publications are incentivized to hype as are publishers. They are, to a large degree symbiotic.
in my opinion almost all AAA games get a level of hype. I mean if people were like oh yeah Asscreed 18.. is going to suck or hey Anthem really isn;t that good we played it..and it is meh.. games wouldn;t sell and no one would tune in to check it out. People were hyping Mafia 3, Dishonored 2, everything really that was a big AAA. it help pubs and publications. content and game sales.
Generally, things are like OMG Mass Effect Andromeda is going to be the next epic chapter.. endless hype and articles etc.. reports "I played it and it was fun" build and maintain hype. Then a game releases, is scored and if it is realllllly good. The community picks it up. If not it is on to the next one for mainstream games media. the media is run by hype and pre orders.
/end rant
/opinionated rant
Hype works both ways.. it sells magazines..well now it gets clicks and also sells games.
Video game publications are incentivized to hype as are publishers. They are, to a large degree symbiotic.
in my opinion almost all AAA games get a level of hype. I mean if people were like oh yeah Asscreed 18.. is going to suck or hey Anthem really isn;t that good we played it..and it is meh.. games wouldn;t sell and no one would tune in to check it out. People were hyping Mafia 3, Dishonored 2, everything really that was a big AAA. it help pubs and publications. content and game sales.
Generally, things are like OMG Mass Effect Andromeda is going to be the next epic chapter.. endless hype and articles etc.. reports "I played it and it was fun" build and maintain hype. Then a game releases, is scored and if it is realllllly good. The community picks it up. If not it is on to the next one for mainstream games media. the media is run by hype and pre orders.
/end rant
it will live forever
Yeah, I mean, NO ONE is going to forget it... for all the wrong reasons.
dottme
Member
That's my feeling. The publisher was pushing a lot. Some journalist were saying it is great when you play it.
But globally it was a big 'I don't care'.
They shut off the servers, so yes. Great game though. I ended up with a pseudo-clan and we used to organise our assaults in the middle of everyone else running around like headless chickens. I think we settled on SVER in the end.
I've seen Brink mentioned a few times. Deservedly so in terms of sales and quality at launch, but also because I think a lot of people misunderstood what it was.
Case in point, I remember people complaining about the grenades not working since they weren't killing enemies properly; when it seems like the design decision was to make grenades less annoying than in other games, so that the affected gameplay rather than fully interrupting it by anyone hit by a nade.
The game also required a kind of clockwork coordination that one couldn't really find in random games and was hard to get going in groups of friends who played more casually (as I did). Plus because it looked like it was 240p on release and kept dropping connection, it was hard to get people to keep playing.
I remember tweeting to the Dev that it was, literally, the buggiest game I had ever played. They even had a bug in the trailer.
Forerunner
Member
It was supposed to be a trilogy and have a million dollar contest.
Plus, 25000 people are playing that game on Steam right now.
OverdriveOtaku
Member
Blasto went away because of the untimely death of celebrity Phil Hartman, who not only voiced Blasto, but was the Head Creative on the project.
An episode of Fact Hunt by Guru Larry actually talks about this, I've timestamped the Blasto segment. Pretty sad. https://youtu.be/ZrmCf9r5J0A?t=1m11s
I remember seeing an ad for this fucking thing in literally every gaming magazine for at least a solid year.
Never heard shit about the actual game.
Anyone here actually play this?
Holy shit, I cannot believe how much advertising I've seen for this thing yet have never once seen this game in motion. I'm mind blown right now.
TheTylerRob
Member
Have you seen Titanfall?
CharminUltra
Member
I remember back when asking what the gameplay was about, even w/o any snark or malice, would make people go absolutely insane.
Remember it was going to be GOTY, be the biggest indie game ever had a massive marketing push even took key place in Sonys E3 conference
Truth be told I had forgotten about Warhawk and Starhawk until you mentioned them. I think I still have Starhawk shrinkwrapped somewhere.
Give War A Chance
Member
Didn't read the whole thread but surely Evolve shows up here somewhere? It won a lot of E3 awards.
Son Of Sparda
Member
Frank West
Banned
NeonZ
Member
Codename Steam was never really hyped though. It was immediately ignored after its reveal, aside from maybe the FE Amiibo announcements. The art style and general graphical design pretty much instantly killed it, and then the reviews were mediocre when it came out due to some gameplay issues, like long enemy turns and limited customization for the small cast.
Remember it was going to be GOTY, be the biggest indie game ever had a massive marketing push even took key place in Sonys E3 conference
NMS should not be forgotten. It should be remembered by all of the fools who actually fell for it and they should learn from it.
As for Battleborn, I don't think that game got much hype. It was kind of just forgotten from the moment it was announced.
NullPointer
Member
I have. It was amazing.
And now has a sequel that dropped a big new update today, so ...
Just replayed this since I upgraded my PC. It's still one of the best looking game worlds ever created.
Neo Paris is amazing...I just wish you could do more in it.
Would love to see Dontnod given another shot at a triple A title. They're certainly more of a well known entity after Life is Strange.
OrangeGrayBlue
Member
I'm cheating a bit because the game never actually came out (or existed...) but the hype for this was insane.
