MvmntInGrn
Member
This thread is full of weird stuff I still really want to play.
Once-hyped games that are now completely forgotten
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Macapala
Unconfirmed Member
God of War Ascension. Haven't heard much talk about it and it only came out last year.
SaggyMonkey
Member
I love these threads when I realize I was on the PR team for so many of these. I DID MY PART!
Zombies ate my Neighbors was an awesome game and has a strong cult following. If there was hype being generated for that game it must have been solely from that guy as I heard jack about it and didn't know it existed until I saw it on a rental rack.
The sequel is complete trash though.
Dark Cloud. One of my more anticipated PS2 titles. I had a great time with rebuilding the cities, though.
I thought this was well liked... or am I confusing it for something else...
Zevenberge
Member
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
PSASBR
Destiny
Titanfall
That one CoD of last year (applies every year)
PSASBR
Destiny
Titanfall
That one CoD of last year (applies every year)
Dark Cloud. One of my more anticipated PS2 titles. I had a great time with rebuilding the cities, though.
I had been searching for this game for years I couldn't remember what it was called and I only ever played the Demo back in the day. I put hours into it but I was only young so couldn't rremember anything but the game play.
Thankyou!
DeFiBkIlLeR
Banned
Wildstar.
A new MMO with action combat, hardcore dungeons, 40 man raiding, player housing, an emphasis on communication between players and devs, attunement quests, a sci-fi aesthetic, bright graphics that will age well, a path system that lets you filter the sort of quests you want to receive, and mount customization? That all sounds amazing, sign me up!
Then the game came out, and it didn't have the prettiest launch. Bugs everywhere, archaic quest design with bloated kill/collect objectives, gear and attunement progress in dungeons tied to a medal system that put group PvE content on a timer that encouraged skipping mobs and disbanding after a single wipe (seriously!), an abundance of recycled level 50 copies of low-level zones being used as boring daily hubs, only 5 dungeons on launch, scenarios that were piss-easy and lasted unnecessarily long amounts of time, attunement quests that blocked people from seeing the most fun aspect of the game and discouraged alts, pvp win-trading leading to skewed gear rankings from day one, optimization leaving many unable to play a game that wasn't technically impressive compared to its contemporaries, an opening of more servers to stave off long queue times resulting in ghost towns, only 2 battlegrounds, numerous class bugs that ruined raid meters... AHHH! How could you mess up this much?!
Watching the game fall from grace was a trainwreck. The game's subreddit became a goldmine of schadenfreude as diehard fans desperately clung to the sinking ship, vehemently defending the game against its critics with cries of "casual!" and "go back to WoW!". It only continued to implode as the two faces of the game (Frost and Jeremy Gaffney) either ceased their role at the company or transferred completely to a different one, respectively, and a large round of NCsoft firings left the studio crippled.
Now the game looks to be in dire straits. The monthly content drops were delayed to quarterlies, the only segment of the population still intact are the raiders, and there's no new raid content on the horizon.
Poor, poor Wildstar.
A new MMO with action combat, hardcore dungeons, 40 man raiding, player housing, an emphasis on communication between players and devs, attunement quests, a sci-fi aesthetic, bright graphics that will age well, a path system that lets you filter the sort of quests you want to receive, and mount customization? That all sounds amazing, sign me up!
Then the game came out, and it didn't have the prettiest launch. Bugs everywhere, archaic quest design with bloated kill/collect objectives, gear and attunement progress in dungeons tied to a medal system that put group PvE content on a timer that encouraged skipping mobs and disbanding after a single wipe (seriously!), an abundance of recycled level 50 copies of low-level zones being used as boring daily hubs, only 5 dungeons on launch, scenarios that were piss-easy and lasted unnecessarily long amounts of time, attunement quests that blocked people from seeing the most fun aspect of the game and discouraged alts, pvp win-trading leading to skewed gear rankings from day one, optimization leaving many unable to play a game that wasn't technically impressive compared to its contemporaries, an opening of more servers to stave off long queue times resulting in ghost towns, only 2 battlegrounds, numerous class bugs that ruined raid meters... AHHH! How could you mess up this much?!
Watching the game fall from grace was a trainwreck. The game's subreddit became a goldmine of schadenfreude as diehard fans desperately clung to the sinking ship, vehemently defending the game against its critics with cries of "casual!" and "go back to WoW!". It only continued to implode as the two faces of the game (Frost and Jeremy Gaffney) either ceased their role at the company or transferred completely to a different one, respectively, and a large round of NCsoft firings left the studio crippled.
Now the game looks to be in dire straits. The monthly content drops were delayed to quarterlies, the only segment of the population still intact are the raiders, and there's no new raid content on the horizon.
Poor, poor Wildstar.
immortald3ath
Member
Gran Turismo 6.
I loved that series as a kid. It was tough and very punishing at times, but if you scouted around a base, you could find ways to pick bases apart section by section without taking major losses. If you went into through the front gates guns blazing, you would usually lose a helicopter, but taking your time led to success.OK.
Not necesarily hyped but they seem to be largely forgotten...those Strike games:
Desert Strike
Soviet Strike
Jungle Strike
Urban Strike
At first I thought the game was cheating, I was use to cheap deaths due to playing games that were either too easy or had cheap glitchy nearly unbeatable sections ala Battletoads or landing on the aircraft carrier in Top Gun. I would steam roll games with guns blazing, but the series at first forced you to think about how you approached the targets. IIRC fuel was also a concern, so you had to make sure you took things out in a timely manner. Poor quality in later releases is what killed the series for me, but I havent forgotten the earlier games.
A little off topic, Soviet Strike was the first review I read by Jeff Gertsmann and I started to follow his work based off that review. Crazy to think it was almost 20 years ago now.
Same could be said for Drive Club.......does that game actual work now?
This seems well placed here....
And more recently...
But Twisted Metal 2 will never be bested
This is not forgotten.
I really liked Black & White
Yeah and now with Warlords of Draenor i am not going back there but i stopped playing after less then a month another on the pile of worst purchases this year went playing WoW again and everything was great it had some good ideas but the execution was horrible. Also doing the hardcore stuff..sorry don't have time for that also the game was horrible optimized. I know 60 people where laid off not to long ago but to me i played a lot of MMO's but i keep coming back to WoW just because the company's who still try to be them or beat them they need to forget that it will never happen.
Broder Salsa
Banned
Yeah it's pretty incredible what he went on to do afterwards.
Eternal Gamer
Member
Who hyped this game? I remember just a month before release nobody knew something about it, aside from the logo and cover.
Zvonimir Boban
Banned
I'm not sure how forgotten some of these games can be when a dozen people have mentioned then.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Just off the top of my head. All PS2.
Onimusha
I don't get it, it lived up to the hype and spawned a franchise.
Magazines were praising it, it was he PS2's "killer" app.
EDIT: Completely forgotten, my bad
Here's a game that was hyped through the roof and was horrible...Hellgate: London.
Nubian Star
Member
Hell no.
It was already mentioned, but MAN I wish this game would have sold well or people had actually played it. I got it around release and played the shit out of it online and against bots. The gunplay combined well with the limited melee stuff and you could have the Mortal Kombat announcer and play as Raiden.
If only it hadn't come out in the one period in history when no one was making PC Ports. People would still be playing it today.
I've got all of you beat.
Global Operations.
Was supposed to dethrone Counter Strike and had decent magazine coverage.
Oh man, I remember getting caught up in the hype. When demo came out for one of the online maps, every one went mental and played it to hell and back.
Surprisingly enough the demo of the game was good and every one had generally positive things to say, but when the game finally lunched not a lot have bought it and those who did (my self included) did not last long.
There was some kind of change between demo and full game, like there was some kind of modification under the hood that made it feel less tight and more junkie, or perhaps people were willing to overlook it because of being demo and never been fixed for full version. Perhaps both parts?
Its been loooong loooong time......
What?
That's bullshit, it was arguably my and many folks I know most played game on ps1, it was the most successful and effective game as a car carnage game that I know and put Twisted Metal to shame in mechanics and graphics on ps1. It got remaster on x360 o believe and sequel back in the day, but that game sucked tits.
Not sure about the preceding hype because I lived in eastern Europe at the time, but damn that game had warm reception anywhere I went.
A Serious Man
Member
This is probably one of the most well-remembered N64 games out there, at least among the people I know. That Hoth level, those fucking wampas, this game was the shit when I was a kid.
OT:
One (if not the best) of the best trailers of all time, hyped to be like total war in Warhammer! and what did we get!? A game so okay it is just ok. It had indeep way to how you wanted yours troops to look, but the gameplay of it was so meh.
I did not care about warhammer (apart my bro at the time collecting models) nor do I care now, but my god!!!! That hame has most amazing trailer EVER!!!!
HOLY SHIT STICKSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!wegwrgrqgvbevgbiuqe
See for your self:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFGJQIW5ZM
This is the new worst answer in this thread.
L.O.L
Wow, are you for real?
Does this qualify as ban worthy troll post?
If so, I really want mods to take a look at this.
So you are saying Flower and Journey are one of them? Impressive answer there.
I don't recall Flower being that "hyped" prerelease.
More of internal hype by people on the boards. I did not own ps3 at the time of hype but prior and post its release it was widely talked by as representation of video game medium as art. So I defiantly remember seeing a lot of it.
It was akin to peaceful strike as opposed to violent one if one were to but it in that context, ultimately it was Flower this Flower that. Then some time later Journey came to be shown and people went in to full overload....hell even to this day it gets mentioned all the time and that one infamous .gif on character surfing sands in sunset (glorious).
JoeyJungle
Banned
Man, I wanted that game ever since I bought a Gamecube at release and it was on the back of the box. So disappointing.
I would say The World is Not Enough on the N64 (not the crappy PS1 game).
It was hyped hugely at release, at least it was here in the UK, and very few people remember it now. It is a great game, one of the best FPS's on the N64 and had a fantastic multiplayer to rival Goldeneye.
It was hyped hugely at release, at least it was here in the UK, and very few people remember it now. It is a great game, one of the best FPS's on the N64 and had a fantastic multiplayer to rival Goldeneye.
I noticed that as well, it almost feels like they eather have not read the OP or just failed to comprehend what OP was trying to say.
Take this guy for example:
I think 4 of the 6 games he mentions came out this year, and some are as recent as one week. How can Unity be forgotten this soon?
Same goes for that destiny comment which just boggles my mind with amount of traffic this game getting on this forum.
Street Fighter X Tekken.
it probably has a devout scene somewhere, but this game got pushed hard by Capcom before launch with weird programming like Cross Asssault. and it just didn't take. blame it on timeouts, blame it on DLC fiascos, whatever the cause ver 2013 couldnt keep the ship from sinking.
it probably has a devout scene somewhere, but this game got pushed hard by Capcom before launch with weird programming like Cross Asssault. and it just didn't take. blame it on timeouts, blame it on DLC fiascos, whatever the cause ver 2013 couldnt keep the ship from sinking.