Once-hyped games that are now completely forgotten
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DanteGhost
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Does Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City fit the criteria?
Also, Remember me.
Also, Remember me.
Now it is, because of an urban legend. At the time though? I mean if you take what you are saying to the extreme none of these are "forgotten".
It wasn't forgotten. It's long been blamed as one of the contributors to the video game crash.
It just had a tournament at EVO this weekend. That's not forgotten at all.
tokyostomp
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Heard it was shit.
I dont remember that ever being a popular belief. I mean, sure people probably believed that, but that goes with anything. The only popularized thing I've ever heard blamed for the crash was over saturation with no quality controls.
Poimandres
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Anyone remember this "Halo killer"?
So generic and forgotten it took me half an hour to even remember its name.
So generic and forgotten it took me half an hour to even remember its name.
Would Freedom Fighters on the PS2, GameCube, and Xbox fit the criteria?
http://www.gamefaqs.com/gamecube/917888-freedom-fighters
http://www.gamefaqs.com/gamecube/917888-freedom-fighters
From the OP, he added context to the title of the topic.
How does ET not fit that bill? Outside of saying ET sucked, nobody brings it up.
What video game history book says that ET was the reason for the crash? It was part of a very large pool of terrible games.
disastermouse
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My girlfriend would lose her fucking mind if there was a new Echo the Dolphin.
platinum games vectorman?!??! mother of god. damn you for putting that in my head
Lightning4Ever
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I remember Project Snowblind having some hype behind it.
Now no one remembers it even existed.
Now no one remembers it even existed.
Crimson Dragon
Is that the real boxart? Seems like it was done on Photoshop by some amateur.
Axispowers
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Driver 3
figadapaura
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Ugh, worst final boss ever.
eh.
I think they should also just get rid of the bots and re-balance gameplay so they aren't necessary. Instead of just kills (and Burn cards) to reduce the Titan spawn timer, there could always be other things too, like specific tasks, amount of parkouring, objective success rates etc. I feel that needing bots in there to casualise things, and make it so there are easier or cheaper means to reduce that timer, is also a pretty lazy design mechanic.
ViewtifulJC
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Anyone remember this "Halo killer"?
So generic and forgotten it took me half an hour to even remember its name.
LMAO I actually remember this shit
Played that multiplayer demo for like 20 minutes, said "welp this is ass" and went back to Halo 2 XBL
So much Hype for this one. It did look too good.
Also,
Tabula Rasa is a good one. That launched and ended quicker than any other MMO I can remember.
Also this one
Was supposed to be the new Skies of Arcadia, nobody talks about it anymore
Sadly, I don't think it is. I played and beat the game myself; it was really fun and I threw a lot of hours into it, but when I went online to see what others thought of the game/if there were any communities based around the game, there was almost nothing. Quite a shame, really, because other than the plot weakening around the second half
and the terrible ending where Jaster can't see Kisala anymore for stupid reasons and so goes to rescue her with the remaining space pirates and it's a cliffhanger and it's dumb as shit
I've seen White Knight Chronicles and Blue Dragon in here...yep, they were once-hyped and then forgotten. Blue Dragon got some obscure sequels, but I'm stunned at how little attention it's received; it got what felt like countless positive reviews from critics, and...that didn't save it, apparently. It isn't COMPLETELY forgotten, but for what people thought it would be, it really isn't much of anything now, it seems.
White Knight Chronicles, on the other hand, didn't even get the luxury of praise from critics; it got mediocre reviews despite how awesome it looked in previews, and then it vanished into the RPG Abyss.Poor Vectorman did get a sequel on the Genesis near the end of the console's life, and both games were great, but yeah, it vanished and isn't as remembered as Ristar (also an awesome game). I think Dynamite Headdy (ALSO an awesome game, but very hard) is more remembered as well, despite only getting one game. And Vectorman, I believe, WAS going to get a new game on the Xbox, but apparently it was scrapped because it was some kind of Halo rip-off. I think.
Also, we should have a "Once-hyped games that turned out to be complete trash" thread. Might be some overlap with this thread, but there's still a difference between the two!
Infernal Monkey
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Just a mock up. The game never got a retail release which probably instantly doomed it to obscurity.
Kill_la_Chill
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Ragnorok64
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How exactly are people understanding the statement "completely forgotten"?
This one was somewhat hyped. Big budget, big names attached, some TV ads from what I remember, but it really didn't seem to make much of an impact. Not really surprising since it was a cinematic platformer that came out several years after the zenith of that genre.
"I don't like this game so I'm going to act as if it was a total flash in the pan that was actually liked by no one."
I dont think people read the OP either, since he clarified what he meant by "completely forgotten".
Robot Pants
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dark souls 2
I hated how later on they put you in a situation where the only ammo (except the universal pickup thing) was that stupid burst fire plasma gun with that awful fire delay and I was getting really angry with the game so I upgraded the basic assault rifle and was super diligent in sparing any ammo for it just to avoid using that god awful plasma gun. What a stupid game. The story was so dumb.
I cant believe I beat it. Probably just to say it was shit.
Poimandres
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Another good one is Malice. Originally revealed as an Xbox tech demo which garnered a lot of attention for its pretty graphics. Years later the game released on Xbox and PS2 with the vocal talents of Gwen Stephanie... and was promptly forgotten.
shanafan
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Oooh, one more!
I actually really enjoyed this title. I played the demo, and I was sold on its gameplay and mechanics. Even after dropping money on it, I was satisfied with the purchase.
The real answer
Had the hype-train of the century. Now very few people remember it
But I hope those who play it at least can't forget it - It was a great game.
Oh, absolutely, I loved Strangehold. Hard Boiled and The Killer are two of my favorite action movies and I found the game to be very enjoyable. I even went back and replayed it years after it came out and still had fun.
Poimandres
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This one was somewhat hyped. Big budget, big names attached, some TV ads from what I remember, but it really didn't seem to make much of an impact. Not really surprising since it was a cinematic platformer that came out several years after the zenith of that genre
Like a number of games in this topic, this game was really hurt by lengthy delays. Most of the hype was a good year or two before the game actually released and had completely dried up when it actually launched.
Shame though because it was a great game!
Loosely related (because of the Delphine/french platform/adventure game roots) would be failure Fade to Black. Another World quite directly led to Flashback (dev team) and Heart of Darkness (creator). Flashback was pretty popular, and people were very hyped for its sequel Fade to Black. It released and was forgotten as quickly as Heart of Darkness.
Stormhammer
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I remember hearing good things about this game, got hype and bought it. I ended up not really enjoying, trading it in and never really heard anything of it since.
Hmmm, how about Phantasy Star Online Episode 3? It was reasonably hyped, coming off episode 1 and 2, which were admittedly rather niche at the time already. Still, it was still a big name release from Sega.
There was a decent hype going for it, and that was even despite the radical departure from the core gameplay. Then it came out... and nobody cared.
One of these days I will hunt down a copy for the cube. See how it's played, whether it's fun and such.
There was a decent hype going for it, and that was even despite the radical departure from the core gameplay. Then it came out... and nobody cared.
One of these days I will hunt down a copy for the cube. See how it's played, whether it's fun and such.
Corronchilejano
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I remember the magazine coverage (even all the way down here in Colombia) about this next huge Secret of Mana.
It came and went. Nobody cared(s).
TrueGrime
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I remember the magazine coverage (even all the way down here in Colombia) about this next huge Secret of Mana.
It came and went. Nobody cared(s).
Not SoE. ):
You reminded me about Enter the Matrix, does that count too? There was a lot of hype for that game, and when people realised you couldn't play as Neo and it was pretty buggy, it died pretty quickly, at least in my friendship circle. Not sure how it was received / remembered outside of that though.
