Once-hyped games that are now completely forgotten
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Neff
Member
Read my fucking mind, man.
Nintendoga
Member
Dark Void? I remember people getting hyped for the jetpack gameplay and then it just kinda died out...
Vocal Orgasmizzle
Banned
No need for console warrior crap here, man. And naming a highly successful game that's going to turn into a franchise soon enough just because it was on the X1 is rather strange.
All three console publishers have had their flubs, no need to reach far to shit on one.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Maybe it was just hyped in my circle of friends but MAG. Oh my God. How excited we were for that game.
Vocal Orgasmizzle
Banned
Allow me to take you on a stroll down memory lane:
is it time to bring up Oooga Booga as well?
SEGA had some flubs in the Dreamcast era, but for the most part their early 00's output was quite impressive. It wasn't till the Shadow The Hedgehogs did we get to the point of battered wife syndrome.
Which reminds me, I loved the 3D Shinobi game even if it was eclipsed by Ninja Gaiden.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
The Last Gaurdian. There was a ton of hype for this game but it has been completely forgotten by the devs/publishers.
Did it sell well? I remember it getting a sequel that nobody cared about.
Yeah, it was Matt. He really pushed for this game and wanted it to succeed. Maybe it would have had a chance to sell well had it not been constantly delayed.
Don't think so, no. And the only thing people remember about the sequel was the WTF ending with space marine presidents.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
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.
I retract my earlier MAG statement. This is the one. I had literally forgotten Blinx ever existed. Holy cow that's crazy. I genuinely hope they give him another shot on the Xbone.
They won't.
Console warrior lol? Did I say only xbox? Exactly. The games fanbase pretty obviously deserted it for the most part. It's crazy how it gets no attention now.
Allow me to take you on a stroll down memory lane:
Both Floigan and TJ&E 3 were developed in whole or part by Visual Concepts. The Dreamcast era was kind of the last hurrah for an autonomous Sega of America and its second party liasons.
Hard to believe one of the most prominent (and historically, the most profitable) parts of the old Sega is basically a shell now, especially after the last round of layoffs.
Vocal Orgasmizzle
Banned
For a forgotten game, you guys sure kept it in your mind long enough to flood this thread with it.
If you don't see the irony there, I don't know what to tell you.
Tons of people still play Titanfall and the OT is very active here, I imagine there are other communities still going online as well. Sounds like you take one look at the front page on GAF and decide no one is playing it any more, there were topics the other day for the up coming DLC and the other week for the massive new patch. Give it a rest.
Tatsunoko vs Capcom
...as soon as people even heard Marvel was coming it died. Heck at the time everyone was mainly playing Street Fighter 4 so I dont even think its presence was as strong as it truly deserved to be.
Such a good game. So short lived.
It would've had better legs if it wasn't a Wii exclusive.
TouchMyBox
Member
Eh, not that I have anything against titanfall, but I could show you some of my friends if you really wanted. Let's not pretend that it's as well-known as Mario.
dr. apocalipsis
Banned
The Sonic killer for SNES.
alfredofroylan
Member
Haha anyway that wasn't truw the game was released on the Genesis too, it's just the case of "Hey we got a cool mascot here" "Buy our game"
The Sonic killer for SNES.
If I recall correctly, Shaq Fu was pretty hyped up in terms of marketing. Like Rise of the Robots and Bubsy.
Great answer. Did you know that there's a Japanese-only Toshinden reboot for the Wii? Neither does anyone else.
Great answer. Did you know that there's a Japanese-only Toshinden reboot for the Wii? Neither does anyone else.
TouchMyBox
Member
I was going to call you a crazy person for posting KOTOR, and then I remembered that they made an MMO.
So I guess you're right.
The Sonic killer for SNES.
it was also the Mario 64 Killer on playstation (Bubsy 3D)
Shalashaska161
Member
Voodoo Vince on Xbox wasn't crazy hyped, but I can't remember the last time I heard that game mentioned.
Vocal Orgasmizzle
Banned
Strangely enough, it was Phil Spencer's favorite game in that E3 thing they had for favorite games under everyone's name.
Deadpool_X
Banned
This game was much anticipated. For years and years, everyone preached it's upcoming dominance. Then it came out and almost everyone agreed that GT 5 Prologue and Forza had already been better games for years by that point.
Heralded as the next big fighter, and being developed by a co-creator of Mortal Kombat, many were excited about this game. The concept was revolutionary: a fighter in which you could cripple your opponent's limbs, making the fights as much strategic as they were brutal. Of course, upon release, we realized that it wasn't fun, didn't have likable characters, and barely delivered on the original claims in the most basic of ways.
LOL wow... i did not know this
Pixel Beak
Banned
I wouldn't agree with this. GT5 sold over 10 million copies, was one of the most post-launch supported games of all time, constant online population, and was used for competition for several years.
Vocal Orgasmizzle
Banned
One of a number of a Saturn refugees that ended up on other systems when Stolar pulled the plug. Received a lot of middling reviews in game magazines when Core Design was coming hot off of Tomb Raider 2.
I honestly loved that game as a kid. Haven't revisted recently enough to see if it holds up in my book.
Judging most PSX games I loved then, probably not.
Spore immediately comes to mind. Tons of hype....years of hype, and nothing to show for it today.
Sonic 4 is kinda valid. It certainly didn't bring Sonic "back" like Sega hoped.
Kinect (+games) would definitely fall into this category now that there's the $400 XB1 SKU.
Are you new to GAF? These type of responses were so predictable even the OP called them out.
Sonic 4 is kinda valid. It certainly didn't bring Sonic "back" like Sega hoped.
Kinect (+games) would definitely fall into this category now that there's the $400 XB1 SKU.
Are you new to GAF? These type of responses were so predictable even the OP called them out.
Heralded as the next big fighter, and being developed by a co-creator of Mortal Kombat, many were excited about this game. The concept was revolutionary: a fighter in which you could cripple your opponent's limbs, making the fights as much strategic as they were brutal. Of course, upon release, we realized that it wasn't fun, didn't have likable characters, and barely delivered on the original claims in the most basic of ways.
Oh yeah, I remember this. Magazines were tearing it to shreds when it was released.
MoonsaultSlayer
Member
Dark Souls 2. It doesn't seem to have the lasting power its predecessor had as far as being such a hotly talked about, must play game.
Deadpool_X
Banned
I would argue that the sales of the game were based on the hype built from the 6 years of waiting for a new GT game. Perhaps it was still popular amongst the Sony faithful, but I know that in my experience, everyone I have ever known to be a multi-console owner was extremely disappointed in the game. Ridiculously stupid AI, no car damage on 90% of the vehicles, poor textures, and incredibly long loading times were enough to push even the most hardcore GT fans I know to Forza 3 and 4, and they've never looked back.
Masquerader
Member
Yup, it's a rough diamond for sure, but a diamond nonetheless. A pity, nay? I loved how weighty the shooting felt. It never felt like bullets tore through enemies, but in a good way.
Brink can die for all I care, though~
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
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.
I remember a TV show on BBC2 or Channel 4 hyping it and the AI.
Not day one, but exactly the same situation here. Maybe I'll see about playing it again soon.
There were a lot of games on the PSX that had that "Mario killer" tag. The one that springs to mind the most for me is Rascal:
What a piece of crap that game was. Janky early 3D gaming at its worst.
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.
Oh man this was supposed to be huge
Wasnt the guy behind it some math genius?
Pixel Beak
Banned
It stuck in the worldwide charts right up until GT6 released, which is pretty impressive and consistent.
Just take a look at GT planet to see how many people played it until the servers were shut down to make way for GT6. The GT Community dwarfs the competition by a landslide.
It's probably the most polar oposite of a "forgotten about" game.
Vocal Orgasmizzle
Banned
The animation in Rage is something I hoped more games would take note of, it was great and it's sad that barely anything I've played matched up to it since.
It did have a sequel, and the first game just had an HD version released somewhat recently.