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[Galacticus]

I've got all of you beat.

Global Operations.

Was supposed to dethrone Counter Strike and had decent magazine coverage.

 

[Mr-Joker]

For me personally it was Pokémon X and Y, I hyped it and was so excited to play it and then I played the game and was baffled by how disappointing the game was.

It was like Game Freak didn't even bother trying and felt they could hide it with crappy Megas.

 

[Pixel Beak]

Playstation All Stars' problem was that it wasn't hyped (Outside of places like Gaf).

 

[Coffee Dog]

Everyone was losing their shit for XIII when it released because of the art style, but the game was mediocre and it just became another AAA shooter that was hyped and forgotten like the rest.

 

[brett2]

Vectorman is a good choice. That reminds me of a few other late Sega Genesis games that had some hype before release but are forgotten probably because of the new 32 bit systems and the waning 2d fighter scene...

Weaponlord

Eternal Champions

 

[kekke]

I still drink to forget Warfighter, what may have been the single most generic and soulless video game I've ever played.

I thought that MP was great, even thou lacking some polishing.

 

[JoJoSono]

I dont agree its terrible on console at all. The SP campaign is solid and a lot of fun in co-op.

It also definitely doesnt fit this discussion bc there was zero hype.

It runs like shit on consoles. The SP is pretty generic.

 

[Rhomega Beta]

I remember Brute Force, mostly because my dad and I would play it split-screen, and the third-person view really got in the way. Also, the story was boring, and I didn't care for it at all.

I remember these from the list of games that would save the PS3...

 

[Shogmaster]

Microsoft began the original Xbox hype train with screenshots of this game-- oddly enough, it was more or less forgotten by the time of its release, three years later. EGM featured it in an article in early '01.

It's so obscure now, there's hardly any good images of the box art.

Jesustittyfuckingchrist... The character designer, modeler, and the art director should be taken out back and shot.

 

[Finster]

So many people posting games that were hyped and then turned out bleh.

Daikatana? Anyone who was into video games back then or has read "Masters of Doom" (which you SHOULD go read if you have even a passing interest in the game industry) will remember Daikatana until the day they die. DEFINITELY will not be forgotten.

Titanfall? Give it about 9 months. It's not forgotten, yet. And when the holiday titles come out, we'll still remember it because everybody will be comparing COD:AW and Destiny with it. After the holidays, no one will ever talk about it again unless they actually do a Titanfall 2, which I don't think is a guaranteed thing.

A couple people have mentioned this title:

And I think this perfectly fits. It was released just at the end of the Xbox/PS2 generation, mere months before the Xbox 360 was released. And it was easily as good/if not better than KotOR and KotOR II. But it gets kind of lost in the shuffle because it was in that weird cross-gen transition period.

 

[Caayn]

For me personally it was Pokémon X and Y, I hyped it and was so excited to play it and then I played the game and was baffled by how disappointing the game was.

It was like Game Freak didn't even bother trying and felt they could hide it with crappy Megas.

The megas is one thing I wish that GameFreak would've never implemented. Temporary evolutions just don't fit Pokémon, and that some of those evolutions feel too forced.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

After the holidays, no one will ever talk about it again unless they actually do a Titanfall 2, which I don't think is a guaranteed thing.

 

[daegan]

The Movies has to be one.

State of Emergency maybe even though it got a sequel. APB definitely.

If we're counting things that never released: Fear and Respect.

 

[Iva Demilcol]

I enjoyed the first game quite a lot, never played the second, but I had forgotten all about both until seeing that post. Wish these had gotten ported, pretty sure they were never made compatible with the 360.

I think they are compatible with the 360 (haven't checked though). But Otogi games are always mentioned when someone makes a thread about underrated games or when someone says Fromsoftware made amazing games way before the Souls series existed; and so I don't think they are forgotten.

 

[Shrennin]

Yet within 3 months everyone stopped playing. It came and went.

I'm still playing it -- in fact, I've played it now more than most FPS games. It'll be the first Xbox One game I get all the achievements for, too. With that said, it's not a good answer for this thread at all. It's getting a sequel, and it will not be forgotten.

For the thread, I would say Advent Rising. It was a great, albeit buggy game too. :/

 

[Astral Dog]

Dishonored? TekkenxStreet Fighter? maybe the Darkness?

 

[Grief.exe]

I think they are compatible with the 360 (haven't checked though). But Otogi games are always mentioned when someone makes a thread about underrated games or when someone says Fromsoftware made amazing games way before the Souls series existed; and so I don't think they are forgotten.

I also have a hard time believing that Otogi was massively hyped behind a huge marketing campaign.

 

[bitesnintendog]

A good chunk of the early original Xbox titles and early PS3 games seemed to get hyped only to hit with a thud. I think they were all a case of hyping something because we have nothing else worth promoting.

 

[Meffer]

I will have to disagree with you.

 

[Meffer]

I could be wrong, but I say Drill Dozer. Don't get me wrong, I love this game. But it's never been really mentioned since. I want a sequel...

 

[Meffer]

I tried to love this game so hard. It was so sloooooooow. And not "it's a JRPG!" slow. Like...when will the story become interesting I've been playing for hours slow.

It has the best boss battle song though.

 

[The Technomancer]

"Games you dislike that had a lot of hype and sold moderately well"

Its hard to remember stuff that's forgotten unless its a pet favorite. I always thought condition zero was a weird sort of footnote to such a popular FPS. It was pretty much ran over by Source.

I don't think its a matter of how much it sold, its a matter of how much its remembered. Titanfall did well, but it hasn't entered into the gaming zeitgeist the way say, Halo did

 

[Moon_frogger]

People saying Watch Dogs, stop. No one has forgotten it. There's probably a thread every three days at least.

Oh, but it will be forgotten, by Christmas no one will mention it ever again.
Also to the guy who mentioned jade empire, no. Bioware is regularly asked to do a sequel by fans and they even made comments a couple years back that they would like to return to it one day. I've seen at least to lttp threads here on gaf about it as well. It's a part of bioware history that will always be discussed and remembered as their first original take on their unique rpg formula

 

[Meffer]

Nah... All are either fondly remembered or in the case of SFxT, notorious. Dishonored comes up regularly, and The Darkness is a bit of a cult favorite.



Isn't this another cult classic? Underrated, certainly not forgotten. Also never truly hyped before launch.

Yeah, I think you're right. I stand corrected.

 

[mltplkxr]

Bubsy is the quintessential example of fabricated hype for a game and franchise now forgotten. Pages and pages of hype for months in EGM, the biggest magazine of the time. It was supposed to be a Mario and Sonic killer and then fell flat when it came out. It's barely mentioned in retro gaming threads where people typically mention their most wanted games. No one buys a SNES and says "I bought this just to play Bubsy!".

 

[Pixel Beak]

I'm adding Twisted Metal (PS3) to the list.

I never even noticed that it released.

 

[CadetMahoney]

Lair
Haze
Titanfall

 

[jerry1594]

Playstation All Stars' problem was that it wasn't hyped (Outside of places like Gaf).

You can't hype all those boring characters.

 

[SZips]

I remember there being some huge hype for this game, I think because (at the time) everyone kept talking up the game's visuals and unique premise and then come release there was nothing.

 

[Weltall Zero]

People mistaking the thread for most overhyped game that was disappointing.

Worse, they mistake it for most overhyped game that was disappointing to them.

Vectorman is a good choice. That reminds me of a few other late Sega Genesis games that had some hype before release but are forgotten probably because of the new 32 bit systems and the waning 2d fighter scene...

Weaponlord

Eternal Champions

Only worthwhile post in the last page.
Edit: Plus the Messiah post above mine, three minutes ago.

For me personally [...]

Goddamnit. Is it so hard to understand that if you have to preface your post with "for me personally", you're in the wrong thread?

 

[Borman]

Jesustittyfuckingchrist... The character designer, modeler, and the art director should be taken out back and shot.

Malice began life as a PS1 game...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYTvVBPTGPU

 

[Macho Madness]

Had a ton of hype and then it was delayed forever it seems, and then it came out and no one cared.

 

[GRW810]

Is Vectorman any good? It's been on my Wii VC wishlist for years.

 

[TrueGrime]

Is Vectorman any good? It's been on my Wii VC wishlist for years.

Awesome game! This game was Genesis' counter to Nintendo's DKC.

 

[Corine]

Advent Rising which was supposed to be a trilogy

 

[TopGun]

All that pops in to my head now is Spore and Knack.

EDIT: OH WAIT! Ni no Kuni.

 

[Ol No Bones]

I almost want to say bioshock infinite. Game was hyped up big time and didnt seem to make a big impact really. I don't think it met many peoples expectations. Maybe I'm misreading it completely. I was a huge bioshock fan and infinite didn't impress me.

 

[Theecliff]

All that pops in to my head now is Spore and Knack.

EDIT: OH WAIT! Ni no Kuni.

...Knack? I'm pretty sure that Knack didn't have much hype prerelease at all.

 

[tokyostomp]

Crimson Dragon

 

[Daylight]

 

[Makai]

That had hype? I don't think so.

 

[Quixotic7B]

I would be tempted to say Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, except it was kind-of sent out to die in the first place, considering the release date and a certain other game that was released at around the same time... Brink is probably a better example, though.

 

[EatinOlives]

Advent Rising. Hyped based on the writer and soundtrack, came out, was a buggy mess, and is so forgettable these days that nobody even brings it up on the "worst of" lists.

 

[VlaudTheImpaler]

I remember this game getting a lot of hype but in recent years I haven't heard or seen anything about it.

Personally I loved it and I hope it gets a sequel someday.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I remember this game getting a lot of hype but in recent years I haven't heard or seen anything about it.

Personally I loved it and I hope it gets a sequel someday.

I preferred the look of the reveal trailer.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I remember this game getting a lot of hype but in recent years I haven't heard or seen anything about it.

Personally I loved it and I hope it gets a sequel someday.

It did get a spiritual successor though.

Warframe. That game will definitely be not forgotten, and pretty much delivers on the original vision of the game.

 

[gblues]

Hoo boy, I'm gonna show my age here:

Battlecruiser 3000 AD

Derek Smart hyped the shit out of this pre-release. It was supposed to be the game to end all games, a universe simulator. Yeeaaaah not so much.

The N64 Robotech game

Originally an N64 launch title, then a launch window title, then delayed to eternity and finally put out of its misery. I don't think we ever saw anything more than a blurry 72dpi screenshot from the back of the N64 box.

Honorable re-mentions of others listed in this thread:

Black & White - because at first I was like "A Pokemon game completely forgotten?" Then I realized they were talking about the Molyneaux game, which I'd ... forgotten about. Perfect nomination for this thread!

WeaponLord

I remember being hyped about this because it was made by ex-Capcom folks who thought they were going to revolutionize fighting games with their unique command input mechanism (IIRC, you would hold the attack button, do the d-pad motions, then release to execute the move).

Since no other game has ever attempted the same control scheme, I think it's safe to say it failed.

 

[big_erk]

The Heaven's Gate of video games. Yes, I'd say this qualifies.

 

[unbias]

The granddaddy.

 

[jetjevons]

Titanfall thread?

Played it today.