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Submitted by hitthegspot 800d ago | article

Den of Geek: 10 videogames that failed to live up to the hype

It's easy to get pumped up over an upcoming videogame, only to have your hopes dashed. That's certainly what happened here...

Hype is as much a part of the videogame industry as joypads, monitors and unpleasant people shouting at you in multiplayer matches. It's no surprise then that sometimes hype machines spin magnificently out of control, writing cheques the games have no hope of cashing (Daikatana, Enter the Matrix, Fable, Haze, Lair, Nintendo DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Shenmue III, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed , Too Human, Wii, Xbox 360)

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