Games that you felt just weren't worth the hype

[notsoaveragejoe]

Ok, everyone once in a while a game is released that is surrounded by truck-loads of anticipation and excitement, but when you finally get your hands on a copy and begin your play through, you find it completely dull and not worth the cash.

My most recent example of this was Dragon Age: Origins. I'd heard a lot of good things about the game, and fancied another RPG after months of playing FPS's. Two days after purchasing it, I found myself trading it in and buying Prototype. The same went for Farcry 2.

So, what games did you buy that you felt were seriously over-rated, and equally, what games did you enjoy that you felt deserved much more attention?

 

[NeedAUserName]

Almost every game really, if a game isn't hyped to the point of the second coming, then the PR team hasn't done their job...

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

Metro 2033 needs waaaaay more attention...

Also GTA4 wasn't that great to me...

 

[Marter]

Portal, although that might have been because I had to play it on the PS3. Still wasn't the greatest game ever.

Another is The Sands of Time. The platforming was really fun, but when 50% of the game, (the combat), doesn't work well, it can't be classified as a great game.

 

[Shovel]

AvP for me personally, being a massive fan of both franchises I was very disapointed.

 

[Crayzor]

Modern Warfare 2.

 

[AlternatePFG]

Fallout 3.

Wasn't terrible, but it definitely wasn't what it was hyped to be.

 

[wooty]

To be honest, MW2(obvious), Halo 3, Gears 2, Portal, GTA4, Dantes Inferno.

Yeah, it takes a lot to impress me

 

[L4hlborg]

GTA IV got a lot of hype. I couldn't get through the beginning, since nothing had happened for over 5 hours. When I finally got a gun, I ended up in some motorcycle tutorial mission. In it, you have to kill a bunch of bikers from your bike. The bike controls being horrible, I decided it was logical for me to switch to a huge ass truck to mow down those fools. I thought that this was possible, because of all the "sandbox do what you want" bullshit, but no, the game gave me an instant mission failed. That was the point where I just simply stopped playing the game.

 

[notsoaveragejoe]

Fallout 3.

Wasn't terrible, but it definitely wasn't what it was hyped to be.

Personally I rather enjoyed the game, that may have been because I had no prior knowledge of the fallout series and received it as a gift and was pleasantly surprised.

 

[notsoaveragejoe]

Fallout 3.

Wasn't terrible, but it definitely wasn't what it was hyped to be.

Personally I rather enjoyed the game, that may have been because I had no prior knowledge of the fallout series and received it as a gift and was pleasantly surprised.

 

[Blizzarded Soul]

Metro 2033 needs waaaaay more attention.quote]

Good god yes.

OT: Anything with Peter Molyneux's name attached to it.
I swear he lives in faerytale castle land.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

Call of Duty 4, Call of Duty 6 (Modern Warfare 2), Battlefield Bad Company and most things that Peter Molyneux talks about (fable 3 might be an exception)

 

[ApolloSoldier]

Prey and Alpha Protocol. Prey just irritates me, so un-inventive and standard, and yet people were screaming "It's original! Look at these weapons!" Oh, right, an alien version of Quake 2's laser pistol, an alien choking a chain gun... shall I go on? Stupid game, stupid button hunting, so much hate.
Alpha Protocol is different. So much hype on a game that is essentially a really, really well told story that someone forgot was going in a game.

 

[Sn1P3r M98]

MW2.I really overhyped it myself, not to mention the parade of 9 year olds now crawling in every playlist...[small] keep your eyes open [/small]

 

[Get_A_Grip_]

Super Mario Galaxy, Modern Warfare 2, GTA IV, Halo 3, Resident Evil 5, GTA San Andreas, Bioshock 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Crysis, Gears of War, Half-Life, Goldeneye, Final Fantasy 13, Super Mario 64.

I really could go on and on and on. I'm not easily impressed by videogames.

 

[The Machine King]

Super Smash Brothers was not worth the hype

More attention should have went to Ace of Combat 6: Fires of Liberation and the F.E.A.R games(except Perseus Mandate).

 

[Blue_vision]

How bout spore? I found that game to be a huge pile of bollocks, even after it even got tonnes of hype in the non-gaming media.

Otherwise, MW2, which only got it's hype from the countless CoD4 fanboys looking for $60 to burn. As a non-MW fanboy, I honestly don't understand it.
Fable 2 was a similar thing too. Actually, I guess most sequel games have been pretty bad to me, especially when you're basically repackaging the same thing as before.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Metro 2033 needs waaaaay more attention...

I just finished it and found it to be a mixed bag.

The atmosphere and story were amazing, but the play mechanics were broken in so many areas... those goddamn exploding orbs near the end were a nightmare, as was trying to fend off packs of mutants with the shoddy aiming and inability to strafe fast enough to dodge thier attacks.