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Once-hyped games that are now completely forgotten
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Captain Tuttle
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Vocal Orgasmizzle
Banned
Geist.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Everything I've wanted to post has been posted, but I vaguely remember people being excited about the meta-commentary this game had on video game tropes:
It wasn't hyped to the end of time and back, but I remember there being a good amount of interest in it that didn't seem to exist after release.
Also, for all the fuss people made about Operation Rainfall, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower have gone largely forgotten, while Xenoblade retains all the attention it was getting before its release.
It wasn't hyped to the end of time and back, but I remember there being a good amount of interest in it that didn't seem to exist after release.
Also, for all the fuss people made about Operation Rainfall, The Last Story and Pandora's Tower have gone largely forgotten, while Xenoblade retains all the attention it was getting before its release.
Red Chocobo
Banned
Although people are treating it as a joke, I would say Titanfall. I don't know a single person who still plays it. Despite being one of the most hyped games of all time.
I'll also add Pikmin 3.
I'll also add Pikmin 3.
While Titanfall was overhyped I wouldn't say it's been completely forgotten.
OT: I'll go with Spore. I remember when that was supposed to be the next evolution in gaming.
Winterfang
Banned
Oh yes the game that started the mentally challenged "Green Eyes" bullshit. The hype for project needlemouse was so high that people lost their own damn minds. I myself distanced from the fanbase after that, I keep buying the games but I'm quit every Sonic forum I used to participate.
mcz117chief
Member
Surprised no one posted this.
Finally a game I don't know. Was it really hyped a lot ?
iNvid02
Member
same here, it was refreshing to see.
when the sequel gets announced
cantona222
Member
Watch_Dogs
I beat it and found nothing special or groundbreaking that deserved all the hype.
I beat it and found nothing special or groundbreaking that deserved all the hype.
mcz117chief
Member
Really, this needs to stop now.
Show me a single person who is even mildly interested in video games and doesn't know Titanfall.
BibiMaghoo
Member
Can't think of a more deserving game, for the ''threw all the potential it had down the toilet THEN shat on top of it'' award.
So this.
cantona222
Member
Anyone remember State of Emergency? It was supposed to be GTA on steroids with tons of over the top action and dozens of on-screen pedestrians.
Turned out to be a shitty beat-em-up that would've been embarrassing even on PS1. Rockstar's sure turned it around as far as consistency goes
I enjoyed the game though.
Ganondorfo
Junior Member
Was supposed to be the new Skies of Arcadia, nobody talks about it anymore
Yep, this is a fantastic answer. What an awful mess that game was. It was far worse than Diablo 3 at its worst.
This dates me so hard but I'm gonna go with Ehrgeiz. It was advertised everywhere and all my friends were super hyped for it. A fighting game with Final Fantasy characters?!? Who doesn't get pumped for that??
When it finally came out everyone came over to play it at my place and it was so terrible we ended up just playing Goldeneye instead. So bad. So so bad.
When it finally came out everyone came over to play it at my place and it was so terrible we ended up just playing Goldeneye instead. So bad. So so bad.
Can't think of a more deserving game, for the ''threw all the potential it had down the toilet THEN shat on top of it'' award.
So this.
I loved Mercenaries 2
Still one of my favourite games for destruction, loved the shit out of it.My pick would be the awesome Freedom Fighters by I/O Interactive. Noone talks about that game anymore. (I'm pretty certain it was hyped/previewed to an extent before release too)
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Winterfang
Banned
An "AAA'' first person shooter game for the Wii, by an developer with no publisher. They had their own graphic engine and everything.
It the all the ingredients for a GAF darling, indie cred, AAA status, it's all about the games Etc...
Worst part was people fooling themselves thinking the game looked better than Gears of War. In the end SEGA picked the game up and it was alright, the graphics where ass and it got a sequel.
Was supposed to be the new Skies of Arcadia, nobody talks about it anymore
Is this a joke post?
The real answer
Had the hype-train of the century. Now very few people remember it
It's still one of my favorite games ever.
The ones who played it loved it
But it wasn't played by many.
The hype N64 magazine had for Hybrid Heaven was crazy. The game went from being survival horror to something that seemed to be designed by a comitee. No other way can describe how the game ended up as a cinematic third person action game with turn based rpg battles. Plus Nintendo probably saw MGS and demanded the game be more like that which is probably why a Metal Gear knockoff robot just shows up.
Vocal Orgasmizzle
Banned
The Titanfall mentions are hysterical. The game wasn't that good, and I did stop playing it, but from what I've seen on here and else where it's still rather popular.
As for Watch Dogs, it's successful and I'm hoping for an Assassin's Creed like much better sequel when that inevitably comes out. The hype, release, sales and word of mouth is almost identical to what AC's first installment went through. So I'm hoping for the best out of the franchise despite this mediocre game with fake Batman and C-grade Lisbeth Salandar.
As for Watch Dogs, it's successful and I'm hoping for an Assassin's Creed like much better sequel when that inevitably comes out. The hype, release, sales and word of mouth is almost identical to what AC's first installment went through. So I'm hoping for the best out of the franchise despite this mediocre game with fake Batman and C-grade Lisbeth Salandar.
ComputerMKII
Banned
Bioshock Infinite
This game was getting several magazine covers, and I was completely into the hype. It seemed like such a great idea for a game, then it turned out to not really be what anyone expected.... and then the studio made Evil Genius and closed down.
This is the only game I have ever sold back in my life. Bought for $50, got back $10 only a couple weeks later...
... Put that $10 towards Jedi Academy.
Diablohead
Member
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.
Apart from the second game being a little too off the mark and playing as the pigs was not as fun as time sweeping, I love Blinx and I want to see another game with him in.
At the time Blinx on the xbox looked amaizing and was top end in terms of visuals that year.
Have to agree with Rise of the Robots, first game I thought of as well.
Another game that had quite a bit of hype:
Another game that had quite a bit of hype:
. This game was hyped, since it was around the time Bruce Willis was really popular (Pulp Fiction, 5th Element, 12 Monkeys). Didn't really hear anything about it after it came out.
That is $10 well spent. Good call. Jedi Academy was amazing.
acheron_xl
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These.
paradox121
Member
Murdered: Soul Suspect
Everyone seemed to be effusing about it at E3 last year. Then everyone forgot about it. Including Squenix.
Everyone seemed to be effusing about it at E3 last year. Then everyone forgot about it. Including Squenix.
djplaeskool
Member
This dates me so hard but I'm gonna go with Ehrgeiz. It was advertised everywhere and all my friends were super hyped for it. A fighting game with Final Fantasy characters?!? Who doesn't get pumped for that??
When it finally came out everyone came over to play it at my place and it was so terrible we ended up just playing Goldeneye instead. So bad. So so bad.
GOD BLESS THE RING
jts
...hate me...
Enough to land Sega as the publisher.
It was supposed to the first shooter in years to actually have something to say.
TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
Killzone Shadowfall: May have finally killed the franchise after all the insane hype.
Far Cry 2. I remember being so hyped about it, but when it came out it felt kind of meh.
And at least for me GTA4: I was so stoked to getting that game, but when it arrived it felt way too dark. Quit it after about 10 missions. Still my only GTA game that I have not finished. My copy is gathering dust in some dark corner
And at least for me GTA4: I was so stoked to getting that game, but when it arrived it felt way too dark. Quit it after about 10 missions. Still my only GTA game that I have not finished. My copy is gathering dust in some dark corner
I still remember the insane amount of hype this game got and the full-stories devoted to it in Gaming Mags (much of it due to the fact that one of the girls in the game would be appearing in playboy).
Its apparently so forgotten now that the LttP thread I made it about barely got any responses.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=840404&highlight=
This is the game I immediately thought of when I saw this thread. The hype on this game was over the top and it definitely did not deliver.
blast processed
Member
Enter the Matrix is right there next to Brute Force.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
No, that dates back all the way to Sonic Adventure 1.
