Once-hyped games that are now completely forgotten

Baron_Calamity said:
I know its probably early but......

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I think that's sort of the case with a lot of episodic content. There's not a lot of content to talk about for each episode on their own so the discussion happens in spikes as each episode is released. I'm sure we'll hear some more from it as the next episode releases.
 
Hey has anybody said Titanfall yet? If not, then Titanfall.

Outside of Shit Fighter x Shitten then the only other major games I can think of are Operation Rainfall. It's not really a surprise considered the huge shitstorm that surrounded that game. Being in Japan for a while. Then released in Europe (therefore in English). But not available to the Americans which resulted in an well worthy petition. Yet was only printed in limited quantities. On a console that was well past it's sell by date. Yeah. All 3 games, while having a strong following, really did result in the games (Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story and Pandoras Tower) dying off quick but fortunately having a good legacy and reputation.
 
Most of what comes to mind has already been mentioned including:

Brute Force
Rise of the Robots
Dark Sector
Too Human
Daikatana
Enter The Matrix
Street Fighter x Tekken <- Forgotten so hard it seems that Namco has given up on Tekken X SF unless I have missed the news somewhere

But some others that come to mind that I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Hyped as a system seller for the SegaCD:

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Mr.Marston said:
Bioshock: Infinite
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Multi-million seller with tons of media coverage, heaps of praise, hate, controversy, and GOTY awards = Totally forgotten

Jesus Christ, people. I really dislike BSI but it's ridiculous to say that it was "totally forgotten." If anything it'll be remembered for killing Irrational in spite of its success.

Can we have a separate "Smugly say that a popular game was bad/irrelevant so everyone will know you're super edgy and cool and play by your own rules" thread?
 
Star Wars the Old Republic and LOTR Online were hyped up for sure.

Was Age of Conan hyped up? Might just have been in the gaming press.
 
Orayn said:
Multi-million seller with tons of media coverage, heaps of praise, hate, controversy, and GOTY awards = Totally forgotten

Jesus Christ, people. I really dislike BSI but it's ridiculous to say that it was "totally forgotten." If anything it'll be remembered for killing Irrational in spite of its success.

Can we have a separate "Smugly say that a popular game was bad/irrelevant so everyone will know you're super edgy and cool and play by your own rules" thread?
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Maybe because it came out not too long ago and he's not really seeing a lot of people talking about it like they were back then ? I don't even hate that game but I kind of agree to some extent. Lots of games get high praise then fall off the face of the earth.

Bioshock infinite may not be the best example but I can see where he's coming from

That Anarchy game from platinum would be my choice
 
zeorhymer said:
Star Wars the Old Republic and LOTR Online were hyped up for sure.

Was Age of Conan hyped up? Might just have been in the gaming press.
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Fairly hyped, yeah. Still remembered for its rough launch and perhaps as one of the earlier "WoW-killers" that sprang up like false Dragons in the Wheel of Time series.
 
Galacticus said:
I've got all of you beat.

Global Operations.

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

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I did the opening movie on that. Overall it was a really well made game but EA had no interest in marketing it as it was probably picked up by them for peanuts from Crave and then launched beside two other FPS games they had. C&C whatever and something else.
 
MechDX said:
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before anyone chimes in: Mech Warrior is not the same game. MechAssault is a quick jump in/jump out mech shooter. This game was a cornerstone for the LIVE service when it launched. The sequel was meh and then MS just forgot about it.

Yet they are bringing back Phantom Dust......
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Phantom Dust is an underrated game though, not the same case as MechAssault at all.
 
It seems to me that Titanfall is quite (un)Popular according to this thread. I've yet to hear a person IRL rave or talk good about it, heck... i haven't heard anyone talk about it @ all.
 
State of Emergency, 25 To Life, Bubsy, Eternal Champions, Mortal Kombat IV, Blasto, BMX XXX
 
Mostly every MMO that comes out these days.. "The next big thing! The WoW killer!" ...3-4 months later no one cares.
 
Man, for anyone thinking of getting into the dev business, this thread may make you rethink your future. So much hard work put into so many forgotten titles. The gaming industry can be so cruel.
 
Killzone:SF belongs on this list I think. It was hyped pretty big pre PS4 launch and sold pretty well thanks to it being a launch title but it's single player is largely hated and it's multiplayer has an embarrassingly small numbers for a million dollar seller.
 
FaultTolerance said:
Because salt. Same with Watch Dogs.

For two games that are supposedly "completely forgotten", there's an awful lot of talking going on about them...
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No kidding, these games are both constantly at the top of the "most popular right now" lists on XB1. They are hardly forgotten and will likely spawn numerous multi million selling sequels
 
CraigerGamer said:
Man, for anyone thinking of getting into the dev business, this thread may make you rethink your future. So much hard work put into so many forgotten titles. The gaming industry can be so cruel.
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I think it speaks to the hazards of game development and all the ways in which things can go wrong. A lot of these titles were subject to multi-year delays and dramatic changes in direction part of the way through development, both of which can easily cause a game to miss whatever narrow window of opportunity might have let it make more of an impact.
 
Mentok said:
Watch Dogs broke Ubi's day one sales record and to date has sold 8 mil, so I don't see how that's classified as forgotten after the hype. Titanfall may not maintain a large following, but "completely forgotten"? When we know there is dlc and potentially a sequal? I mean I'm not hailing them as masterpieces, but that's not the point of the thread.
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Did you not read? I agreed with him saying Watch_Dogs isn't forgotten?

BruiserBear said:
You are talking out of your ass. You have no idea what the Titanfall numbers are on XB1.

The PC version was unsurprisingly not that popular. No one who pays attention to this industry should have expected it to do well there. The only multiplayer games that are truly successful these days on PC are PC centric. They aimed at a specific audience. Ever notice how COD also doesn't do well on PC?

Just as it was before the launch of Titanfall, we've got a bunch of people here trying to write their own narrative around this game because it wasn't coming to the PS4. Before launch it was all about "manufactured hype", whatever that means, and after launch it was all about "lol no one cares anymore", with the people saying that conveniently ignoring the cyclical cycle almost all games have amongst the hardcore. Most games aren't being wildly discussed a month after launch, and there is still a very active community thread for Titanfall.

Just stop. Titanfall was a new IP that launched early in a console cycle, with a 4 million user base. With those things considered, it sold very well. It's continued to sell too. It's been on the NPD chart repeatedly. Any claims that it's this forgotten game just months after launching is a fake narrative being created be people trying to write their own story. It could just as easily be argued Infamous, which launched at nearly the same time is forgotten, which it is, but people aren't bothering to even say that, because people don't care. Titanfall will end up on more Top 10 lists this year than Infamous, and then we can hear the cries of media bias. It never ends with this game.
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Talk about hitting a nerve, I never claimed it didn't sell well but everything is relative. Given the games colossal expectations it simply did not meet them. CoD doesn't do well anymore on PC but there was a time it did (MW1 -> MW2). Titanfall with more features + dedicated servers + steam would have done significantly better imo. The thread isn't about games that "failed" it's about games which lost the spotlight that they otherwise were perceived to have had. Is Titanfall still bigger than a lot of games in this thread? Sure. Did most of the games in this thread receive the hype levels Titanfall did? Nope. Also lolwut @ the angsty PS4 fanboi writing a narrative.
 
Orayn said:
I think it speaks to the hazards of game development and all the ways in which things can go wrong. A lot of these titles were subject to multi-year delays and dramatic changes in direction part of the way through development, both of which can easily cause a game to miss whatever narrow window of opportunity might have let it make more of an impact.
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It would be interesting to see how many of these titles came out just before, during or immediately after other big named AAA games.
 
FaultTolerance said:
Because salt. Same with Watch Dogs.

For two games that are supposedly "completely forgotten", there's an awful lot of talking going on about them...
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TF is pretty dead on Twitch though for a game that's supposed to be the next big hit title. No one seems to care to watch anyone play it.

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Ricerocket said:
TF is pretty dead on Twitch though for a game that's supposed to be the next big hit title. No one seems to care to watch anyone play it.
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Maybe that's because people would rather play the game than watch people play the game?

It always amuses me when people bring up Twitch as a way to judge a game's popularity. Like "Look, no one's streaming or watching it so that must mean no one is playing it."

Really? That's a stretch and a half.
 
FaultTolerance said:
Maybe that's because people would rather play the game than watch people play the game?

It always amuses me when people bring up Twitch as a way to judge a game's popularity. Like "Look, no one's streaming or watching it so that must mean no one is playing it."

Really? That's a stretch and a half.
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I don't know - TF was marketing as being the next big "competitive" game like COD. Those types of games that spawn tournaments etc are generally popular on Twitch. Just look at COD, LoL, Dota, etc.
 
FaultTolerance said:
Maybe that's because people are too busy playing the game to watch people play the game?

It always amuses me when people bring up Twitch as a way to judge a game's popularity. Like "Look, no one's streaming or watching it so that must mean no one is playing it."

Really? That's a stretch.
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That's a pretty generic excuse that can be applied to any game. You're basically saying no one is playing CSGO, COD, BF4, so they're streaming it and people are watching it.
 
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