Your most deceived hype game

[Julian]

To answer FF14 in this thread would mean that you were assuming it was going to be a good game. I still don't understand why anyone would ever hype that game at all after seeing what happened to 11.

on topic, I can't think of anything because I don't hype many games. I guess SO4 was somewhat disappointing? But it was still a really good game gameplay wise.

[Oravis]

Uncharted 3 for me was the biggest one. Really felt like I wasted my money on that one.
FFXIV as some others have said and also The 3rd Birthday.

[Charismatic]

also The 3rd Birthday.

So should I be glad that I refused to play this game? I mean, I just knew something didn't feel right about it.

[Insanecyclone]

So should I be glad that I refused to play this game? I mean, I just knew something didn't feel right about it.

Got to see Aya in a maid costume, was alright for me.

[The Stig]

Back when I was maybe 10 or 11, I helped parents and family do various little chores to save up enough money (£49.99) (or approximately $78 ) to buy Sonic 3. Obviously news for anything was scarce and rare then, no internet, etc. The comic I buy every 2 weeks, Sonic the Comic, hyped it up a bit, with bits of reviews, interviews and screenshots of what's to come.

Come beating the game in maybe 1 month, 3 of those weeks were stuck due to this god damn part (which I eventually got through by making sure I had a Water Shield as I got here so I can spam jump to get over the barrel):

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/v...NightZoneA.png

I beat the game. Disappointed to find out you couldn't play Knuckles. I brought the Sonic 3 guide too which revealed a massive 50% of each zone I was never able to get to (only to find out they were meant for Knuckles).

Even more bummed out later as it turned out I had to buy the second half of the game, also for £49.99 ($78 ) to play the rest.

The lockon cartridge was worth it/fun. But the first half? Bleh, I could've waited.

[Kaisha]

Halo 2.

Spoiler: show

I'm not a multiplayer junkie.

[EDIT] On further thinking. Probably Black & White 2 actually. Game was a bloody step backwards from B&W1, and half of the features didn't even make it in, such as weather.

[Oravis]

So should I be glad that I refused to play this game? I mean, I just knew something didn't feel right about it.

It just had some amazingly stupid plot holes. And while the gameplay wasn't terrible it wasn't anything special either. Just... bleh.

[Charismatic]

Back when I was maybe 10 or 11, I helped parents and family do various little chores to save up enough money (£49.99) (or approximately $78 ) to buy Sonic 3. Obviously news for anything was scarce and rare then, no internet, etc. The comic I buy every 2 weeks, Sonic the Comic, hyped it up a bit, with bits of reviews, interviews and screenshots of what's to come.

Come beating the game in maybe 1 month, 3 of those weeks were stuck due to this god damn part (which I eventually got through by making sure I had a Water Shield as I got here so I can spam jump to get over the barrel):

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/v...NightZoneA.png

I beat the game. Disappointed to find out you couldn't play Knuckles. I brought the Sonic 3 guide too which revealed a massive 50% of each zone I was never able to get to (only to find out they were meant for Knuckles).

Even more bummed out later as it turned out I had to buy the second half of the game, also for £49.99 ($78 ) to play the rest.

The lockon cartridge was worth it/fun. But the first half? Bleh, I could've waited.

Disappointed with Sonic 3? Blacklisted.

[Seraph]

Disappointed with Sonic 3? Blacklisted.

Seconded. Sonic 3 was badass. Sonic 3 and Knuckles was more badass. Hype deserved. Now, all the Sonic games after that...

[BaneTheBrawler]

FFXIV, because I had hoped that my old FFXI crew could get back together.

TOR, for the same reason. I ended up not even buying it.

ME3 because of the ending. 95% of the game is awesome, but that last 5% really just killed the story for me. I wish I could erase it from my brain. I was all hyped up because I'd spent hundreds of hours playing through ME1 and ME2 to get the perfect save file, and then ME3's ending just says "Nope doesn't matter, A B or C."

[Pikarya]

Final Fantasy XIII
Final Fantasy XIV
Dead Island
Mass Effect 3 (Didn't buy, wink)
Phantasy Star Universe
Street Fighter X Tekken
Dead Space 2
TES: Skryim
Diablo III
WoW: Catashit
Borderlands
Minecraft
etc.

[Necronus]

FFXIII and FFXIV

[Moridam]

the first 2-3 years of original xbox titles (talking exclusives here, obviously) were almost entirely hyped-up disappointments and shitty games, and as already mentioned, fable was probably one of the worst offenders. it took them quite a while to actually start putting out a sizable selection of games worth playing.

as for my personal picks, xenosaga 2 and star ocean 3 are both high up on the list. i've been a lot more selective with my purchases this generation, don't really have much that's applicable there, but i will echo that uncharted 3, while not bad by any stretch, just didn't seem up to par. i dunno if it really wasn't as good as the first two or if the formula's just run it's course or what.

[Brill Weave]

Homefront and Force Unleashed II were huge examples of hype overshadowing the end product.

[The Stig]

Sonic 3's zones were huge somewhat, but 6 acts alone which left me wanting for more, and I couldn't figure out what the other half of the zone was for (the guide didn't say either), nor did I know Sonic & Knuckles was on the way made me feel like that. S&K of course changed it into a badass game. But hey I worked my ass off for that game -- I didn't feel it lasted as long as Sonic 2 with just the 6 zones ! ! !

[Iku]

Aion. I read some articles about few years ago about how the weather gonna affect the weather and stuff. It got angels, demons, wings, flying combat. Played the damn games. Got to max level in a week or two. Pvp to officer and then start farming Balaur because everytime i died during pvp, i lost a huge amount of pvp points. Every siege is zerg rush and lag the crap out of your computer.

[Amiricle]

Master of Orion 3
Fable
FFXIV
Dead Island

I'll also echo the sentiments on Uncharted 3, but while I was really let down by it, I at least still enjoyed it, and was fine with the $'s I spent, unlike the above four.

[BadKarma]

Uncharted 3 for me was the biggest one. Really felt like I wasted my money on that one.
FFXIV as some others have said and also The 3rd Birthday.

I AM NOT ALONE

[Cleverness]

star ocean 3

How the fuck did I forget this. The actually really challenging gameplay got completely overshadowed by the terrible plot, and that reveal midway is just...ugh.

[Kaisha]

Anyone miss me?