 Readers reveal the games they got the most hyped about before release, from Halo 2 to Resident Evil 4. The subject for this week's Hot Topic was suggested by reader Gannet, who asked what's the most you've ever anticipated a new video game and how did the dream compare to the reality? The video games industry isn't short of heavily hyped games, both those that lived up to expectations and those that didn't, but as is often the case the anticipation can be more enjoyable than the final product… Perfect hype I'd have to say it's Cyberpunk 2077, which is obviously a complicated issue. I know I was not the only one that was absolutely hyped for the game. Coming off the back of The Witcher 3 and amazing looking gameplay trailers it seemed like this was going to be the perfect game and a major milestone in gaming and it was… a broken, buggy mess that one of the most trusted developers in the world clearly lied about. I claimed my money back on it, it was so broken, but the hype was so strong that I couldn't help but rebuy it later (at a considerably cheaper price) to see how it was when everything was fixed. I'm still not entirely sure what I think, given how it started, but I'm still relatively disappointed. There's a lot to it but I never enjoyed it anywhere as much as The Witcher 3 and never really got into the characters or story. How much of my opinion was affected by the initial bugs? I'm not sure, but first impression count, you know. Worthsom No comparison The most excited I've ever been for a release was DRIV3R. I had really enjoyed the Driver games on PS! but only ever got to play them at a friend's houses. So when I got my PlayStation 2 and saw DRIV3R was announced I simply couldn't wait. What made me anticipate it so much was at the time there had been GTA 3 and Vice City, I was incredibly envious of my mates who owned both games and, again, playing them myself was incredible and gave me the itch f){kind=link}
Readers reveal the games they got the most hyped about before release, from Halo 2 to Resident Evil 4.
The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Gannet, who asked what’s the most you’ve ever anticipated a new video game and how did the dream compare to the reality?
The video games industry isn’t short of heavily hyped games, both those that lived up to expectations and those that didn’t, but as is often the case the anticipation can be more enjoyable than the final product…
Perfect hypeI’d have to say it’s Cyberpunk 2077, which is obviously a complicated issue. I know I was not the only one that was absolutely hyped for the game. Coming off the back of The Witcher 3 and amazing looking gameplay trailers it seemed like this was going to be the perfect game and a major milestone in gaming and it was… a broken, buggy mess that one of the most trusted developers in the world clearly lied about.
I claimed my money back on it, it was so broken, but the hype was so strong that I couldn’t help but rebuy it later (at a considerably cheaper price) to see how it was when everything was fixed. I’m still not entirely sure what I think, given how it started, but I’m still relatively disappointed.