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[Shin-Ra]

Seeing as people are posting games people obviously do remember but fizzled out quick: Mass Effect Andromeda.

LA Noire
Who cares about it now?

There's a fairly popular series of GIFs.

Remember My Ass.

Remember My Gigantic Head (they unfortunately changed for a really round potato head)

 

[george_us]

Here's another couple.

Its like the Xbox was an overhyped console full of failed promises or something...

Oof. Those are some excellent choices.

Did Primal for PS2 get any hype? I remember it coming and going without much fanfare but I'm not sure Sony was pushing it too hard either.

 

[khaaan]

successful enough to get a sequel

Nobody EVER talks about The Conduit 2, except for the fact that its ending was insane.

Speaking of High Voltage Software, I remember they showed off The Grinder

They also dropped that hot Wii engine demo .

 

[Frillen]

Off the top of my head, The Last Guardian. So much hype over the years, the waiting, and the re-reveal and everything. All the buzz and hype was mostly gone just a week after the release.

 

[PMS341]

Remember that No More Heroes / RE4 with penises game?

This is one of the best games of the 360/PS3 gen, hands down.

 

[Anticol]

Was there any hype for Evolve? All I remember felt incredibly forced by the publisher to try to get popular in the esports segment.

The only hype evolve got was out of the gaming media, nobody else hyped that game just a bunch of outlets like gamespot.

 

[semiconscious]

good choice. unlike no man's sky, which's at least still un-fondly remembered by many, it's as though quantum break never even existed. i'm still amazed at how completely tone deaf the whole 'game+tv show' approach was, & can't help but wonder if all the effort had simply been invested in the game itself, how much better it may've ended up being...

 

[CharminUltra]

Imagine all the games that haven't been posted because... we forgot about them.

 

[Joey Ravn]

The Nintendo NX.

People stopped talking about it the second Nintendo announced the Switch.

Spoiler

I jest

 

[zMiiChy-]

No Man's Sky better not be forgotten.

It was one of the biggest scams in videogame history, and people need to learn from it.

 

[LNBL]

We all remember the rise and fall of Brink, don't we?!

Great pull BTW OP, I remember the demo for Brute Force way back when. Also literally every FPS after Halo was considered "Is this the Halo killer?!". Same thing with WoW.

Oneee aaand done.

Brink, what an adventure it was..

 

[SirNinja]

EDIT: got a bit carried away, sorry.

 

[Formosa]

No mans ski lmao

 

[Abelard]

Bioshock Infinite. Didn't help The Last of Us came out on its heels.

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04i_k_DaUOQ

I remember the hype this trailer caused back in the day.

 

[Danjin44]

I hate, hate, HATE to say this because for me it was memorable but for most people it wasn't.

It might not be most popular opinion but this my most favourite open world game.

 

[Ruflux]

...sigh...

Well, congratulations to the ~10 of you who actually posted decent answers. As for the rest:


*huge ass list*

Lmao dude, what's this? Are you the arbiter of good taste or something? Posting a listing of why basically every example posted in the thread is somehow "wrong" (based on your personal opinion) makes you look pretty damn condescending. I'm not even saying this to pick a fight or anything, it just feels super out of left field and strange. I mean, you're not even the OP of the thread.


Anyway, for a real answer: Black Mesa. Yeah it's not a game as such and instead a fanmade remake/HL2 mod but it definitely got a fair amount of hype before its release (and a lot of grumbling about the endless delays and sudden radio silence), eventually culminating in a successful launch in 2012 with a lot of visibility and people talking about it, but since then it's just... faded away.

The "mainstream" hype died down after everyone played it and only the more faithful types seemed to care enough to keep tabs on stuff like Xen's release date. After years of more silence, the game finally released as an official product on Steam, to some hype but still missing Xen. This time they included deathmatch multiplayer, and for a while that got a fair amount of players, but now it's pretty much dead too. Sure, the hype didn't just vanish in days, but I think it still fits the general trend. A lot of hype when Half-Life was still relevant, but now that it's not only hardcore fans seem to care anymore. The insane delay in going from the original mod release to the Steam release to Xen's (projected) release date sure doesn't help (five friggin' years!), of course.

 

[More_Badass]

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.

Only forgotten on GAF.

 

[Htown]

That FPS that was going to show us how to use the Wiimote for shooters?

Yeah, about that.

the sequel was great

 

[Freeman76]

No Man's Sky The Thread

You obviously live with your eyes closed.

 

[SirNinja]

Lmao dude, what's this? Are you the arbiter of good taste or something? Posting a listing of why basically every example posted in the thread is somehow "wrong" (based on your personal opinion) makes you look pretty damn condescending. I'm not even saying this to pick a fight or anything, it just feels super out of left field and strange. I mean, you're not even the OP of the thread.

Taste has literally nothing to do with it. Is the game forgotten, or isn't it? Virtually everyone just flat-out ignored that part. I'm used to GAF completely blowing off the contents of a post itself, but surely we can at least do right by the title?

 

[NullPointer]

Only forgotten on GAF.

Ubi's fault. Their DLC was panned, and while they asked for and received a metric fuckton of community feedback, they've made very few changes that people have asked for, and their recent Q&A was just a dozen different ways to say that nobody shouldn't expect anything besides PvP to come either. As a result there really isn't much to talk about.

And then they added an optional end-game light-RPG leveling mechanic where levels affect enemy health and you need to grind to increase the damage on your weapons. Because I have no idea.

Whoever is driving the post-release decision-making over there is a schizophrenic full of woeful ideas.

But the premise is still stellar - they just don't know what they're doing now that the game is out.

 

[SaikyoBro]

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.

I played it religiously for probably 6 months. I'm sure most gamers remember it (even if only as the PlayStation Smash ripoff) but it in the grand scheme of things it fell into obscurity remarkably quickly. It flew from shelves to bargain bins by Christmas a month later, SCR 2013 is the only major I had ever heard of it being played at, and now that Smash 4 is out there's honestly not much of any reason to revisit it. This was supposed to be a highlight of the PS3 library the same way Smash is for every Nintendo console, but I don't think I've seen more than a single request or two to have it ported to PS4. Like the game or not, it definitely came and went without leaving any impact.

 

[MTC100]

This.

The Order 1886 is another one.

I enjoyed it though, was a 7/10 for me. Nothing groundbreaking but entertaining enough for while it lasted...

@Thread: Drive Club...

 

[Majmun]

RIME

 

[Ruflux]

Taste has literally nothing to do with it. Is the game forgotten, or isn't it? Virtually everyone just flat-out ignored that part. I'm used to GAF completely blowing off the contents of a post itself, but surely we can at least do right by the title?

Fair enough, but I feel like you'd be more effective at your messaging if you didn't take every game you thought didn't belong and list it up there. A simple handful of examples would've more than sufficed, and overkill in this case just causes you to look like you're really worked up over this or something. Right now it feels more like you're saying "my opinion is more important than yours" to me. I figure you probably don't want to give off that impression.

 

[WaterAstro]

I really expected more from this game. It wasn't terrible, it just wasn't great.

No one was hyped for that game. It was already declared terrible by GAF when Dyack went on a crusade against us.

 

[sublimit]

Rise of the Tomb Raider

 

[hobblygobbly]

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars.

I enjoyed this game too (I only ever played it on PC). It reviewed well and I always remember it having decent reception by players as well, but everyone just kind of stopped playing it, and no one even brings it up any more.

 

[LiK]

Remember My Ass.


Remember My Gigantic Head (they unfortunately changed for a really round potato head)

This made me crack up LOL 😂

 

[Dr. Carroll]

Cynically, you could say that this happens to pretty much every singleplayer game that isn't from Bethesda within a year or so.

 

[Anticol]

...sigh...

Well, congratulations to the ~10 of you who actually posted decent answers.

Oh m8, let me be the first one to say sorry, I had no idea we had to pm you with our replies and ideas on the topic and get your approval in order to post.

Honestly the rules were not clear and nowhere in the OP says we had to to it that way, but yes forgive us for not considering what you think is right or wrong in order to express ourselves.

 

[Jimnymebob]

Taste has literally nothing to do with it. Is the game forgotten, or isn't it? Virtually everyone just flat-out ignored that part. I'm used to GAF completely blowing off the contents of a post itself, but surely we can at least do right by the title?

By this logic, no game has been completely forgotten. I don't think the thread is that literal.

For my answer, I'm not sure if it was hyped on the internet, but there were always adverts on the TV in the UK for A Moment of Silence for the PC when that came out.

 

[Boney]

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...

 

[Rolling Start]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned it yet but Street Fighter X Tekken definitely fits. It was a combination of two of the most popular fighting game franchises that fell off the face of the earth almost immediately after release. Apparently it still gets played in some side tournaments but I haven't heard anyone talk about it fondly for years.

 

[xeris]

First thing that popped to mind of a recent-ish vintage was Wonderbook. While the thing always looked silly to me, I remember the Harry Potter Book of Spells for it getting some notice.

 

[BassForever]

Spore for me. Such a letdown.

Was gonna be my suggestion

 

[Amneisac]

I don't get it, are we saying Kingdom of Amalur wasn't a good game? Fuck that, game is a lot of fun.

 

[DealWithIt]

How about Bubsy? I remember mill tile big previews I. Gamepro

N64's Hybrid Heaven also got a big push in the gaming mags.

Bloodrayne?

Zelda Triforce Heroes got tons of press and then disappeared.

Hatred?

Manhunt?

 

[FinalAres]

...sigh...

Well, congratulations to the ~10 of you who actually posted decent answers. As for the rest:

Big ass list

Look I appreciate what you tried to do here, but honestly that feels like a lot of effort to set straight a load of people that interpreted a question differently to you.

 

[SirNinja]

Fair enough, but I feel like you'd be more effective at your messaging if you didn't take every game you thought didn't belong and list it up there. A simple handful of examples would've more than sufficed, and overkill in this case just causes you to look like you're really worked up over this or something. Right now it feels more like you're saying "my opinion is more important than yours" to me. I figure you probably don't want to give off that impression.

Yeah, I should have at least condensed things more. Apologies if I came off a bit snarky at times too. Was bored at work.

By this logic, no game has been completely forgotten. I don't think the thread is that literal.

True enough, but when people start posting ridiculous answers like GR Wildlands, I (and many others) took issue.

There are some actual great answers in this thread, but the, uh...not-so-great ones kind of drowned them out. That was my point.

 

[Linkura]

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...

What the fuck. I had no idea they had shit like this in that game.

 

[Mimosa97]

I really expected more from this game. It wasn't terrible, it just wasn't great.

Wow he looks exactly like Zavala from Destiny

 

[Dlacy13g]

I really expected more from this game. It wasn't terrible, it just wasn't great.

I would still like a sequel and proper conclusion.

 

[ghibli99]

Man, most of these weren't even hyped/known when they were new, except within very small circles.

Quantum Break is a great choice, though.

 

[jelly]

I remember Malice was hyped up for the original Xbox then it vanished but it apparently did release.

 

[RyanHardy101]

Rise of the Tomb Raider

.

 

[el jacko]

I remember that cover! I forgot the game it went with, thought it was COD.

Reminds me of that one GAF game, I gots to shoot/slice you: It's Straight-up Dawg Time. Does that count for this thread?

 

[Aaron D.]

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

Ehh...1 in 10 current Steam owners for a 2.5 year-old game sounds like a title that is neither lost nor forgotten.

 

[Little Nemo]

I came in this thread to say Brute Force and was surprised it was in the OP.

I worked at MS when this came out and people at the office had early copies. Everyone was going off on how awesome it was and how it was going to be bigger than Halo. I took a look at it and said it looked like shit and was going to bomb and everyone thought I was crazy.