The Big Question - When Did Video Game Hype Most Let You Down?

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We’ve just had Sony’s State of Play, and we’re staring down the barrel of Summer Games Fest - or as it’s sometimes known, Geoff Keighley’s Summer Cavalcade Of Games And Kojima Cameos - which means hype season is well underway. Games that are already out? Bah! Who cares? All I want to hear about is games that are coming out soon, and how they’re literally going to reach out of the TV, grab me by my shoulders, and yell in face about how fun and immersive they are. Sometimes though, hype lets you down. Today’s Big Question from TheGamer asks - when did video game hype most let you down?

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This is a pretty easy one for me, as getting hype for video games isn’t really my thing. The first time I tried it was Mass Effect Andromeda, so you can see why I didn’t bother keeping it up after that. I preordered the Steelbook Edition, I excitedly played through the EA Access demo, and as a major Mass Effect 3 defender, I was ready for anything. I just wasn’t ready for it to suck. In the end, it was probably better than people gave it credit for, bogged down by bad animation, but aside from stellar combat, everything is missing. The characters are thin, the villain is lifeless, the quarians are absent entirely, and we only meet one new race despite that kinda being the point of having a new galaxy. Hype, not even once.

A few games fell flat on their faces after riding the hype train in for their launch, but I wanted to pick one I didn’t think my colleagues would choose. Does anyone remember Spore? This game allowed you to follow the development of a fictional species from its humble microscopic organism stage right through to evolved space travel. Sounds impressive, right?

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