10 Upcoming 2018 Video Games That Will Struggle To Live Up To The Hype

Hype is there for a reason, though, and while we certainly hope every game coming out next year delivers and then some, it’s simply inevitable there are those who will fall flat on their face. Some because too much was expected, and others merely because they’re just plain bad.

[chrisx]

Whatculture? No clicks from me.

[UltraNova]

What-clicks?

[BrianOBlivion]

click vulture

[_-EDMIX-_]

lol

[telekineticmantis]

God of War has tons of Creativity in the way you get around, the puzzles you solve, and the tools you get traditionally, so I don't know what trends in the previous iterations, we've seen that would make us think this.

[InTheLab]

3 or 4 Sony exclusives on this list....

God of War looks fantastic....but the author has a problem with the name of the title and changing to Norse mythology

He makes complaints about Sony pictures (ignoring 3 good and focusing on the 3 that are trash) which has nothing to do with the game or the legendary developer behind it.

Days Gone looks good. Dude is crazy

Honestly don't care for FFVII.

The insane pick here is Red Dead. It's Rockstar, an open world western, and sequel to one of the greatest games ever made but might not live up to the hype?

Yeah ok Whatculture....

[guyman]

Shitculture

[Freedomland]

Amazing spontaneous response. Loved it. No further discussion needed.

[Jinger]

Of course there will be more Sony games on this list since Sony releases a lot more games.

[InTheLab]

But consider Crackdown. MS is billing it as a triple A title and it is not a triple A franchise. 1 great game. 1 shit game. And who knows what 3 will be considering it's trouble in development.

Sea of thieves is online and probably not going to do well or it could end up doing just ok but will it live up to the hype? Nope.

PuBG might not be the hit it is on pc as players already have fortnite.

Now I can acknowledge that the change in play style might turn some off in GoW but those new to the franchise won't take issue and those returning probably won't care.

As for Spider-Man, the last two games were developed at the Activision Sweat shop and pumped out by am average developer on a tight budget. Spiderman ps4 has the full backing of Sony and is made by one of the best devs around.

So for the author to nit pick seemingly all but TLoU2 and all of MS' small line up , just seems like more agenda than common sense.

[ShadowWolf712]

The FighterZ section was especially stupid.

[rainslacker]

Struggle to live up to the hype is pure conjecture.

Hyped games are often hyped for a reason, and most of these are hyped because of the pedigree of the studio, or the nature of what's first been shown of the games.

Sure, with any highly anticipated game, the more hype it gets means the higher the chance that it won't meet people's expectations, but that doesn't mean they're pre-destined to struggle to meet them. On occassion, they can even surpass expectations. I remember when TLOU completely blew people's expectations out of the water....and I think horizon did the same thing when it released. Despite the hype, they ended up being better than most people seemed to expect....despite those expectations being high.

[guyman]

Hype is there for a reason, though, and while we certainly hope every game coming out next year delivers and then some, it’s simply inevitable there are those who will fall flat on their face. Some because too much was expected, and others merely because they’re just plain bad.

written by a clickbaiting idiot

You can sure as hell bet Spiderman, GOW, DBZ, and RDR 2 will live up to the hype given the credentials of the developers in charge

[Jinger]

Nothing is certain. Remember FUSE from Insomniac? Remember God of War Ascension? Rock Star isn't incapable of making a stinker either.

Not saying that it will happen, but its better to tame the hype then let it take over and make more room for disappointment. For the record I have full faith in Insomniac and while I still have to get past some design changes in GoW, the Norse mythology is something I have always wanted GoW to take on!

[Hardiman]

To be honest I never played Ascension. I don't recall a lot of hype for it. I've played every GOW game on PS2, PS3, PS4 and PSP but I had no interest in Ascension. Now on the flipside when I saw the reveal trailer for God of War I shit my pants and have loved everything I've seen or read since. I'm no fortune teller but God of War will do big business as will Spider Man and Red Dead 2.

[Freedomland]

What's wrong with Ascension, I played it, finished it and loved it.

[roadkillers]

10) God of War will live up to the hype. The original was the best because it had dynamic characters and a very interesting story. This will be up there with the original.

9) Will be the best DBZ since Legacy of Goku in my opinion. Definitely the best fighter DBZ game.

8) Not following Anthem

7) A Way Out. Any split-screen co-op game can pretty much live up to the hype especially since they are so far in-between. The Warriors from Rockstar was fantastic and I am definitely looking forward to playing with my A Way Out with hopefully one of my 3 friends.

6) Not following, but everytime I see something from Days Gone (E3 or whatever), it looks incredible.

5) Red Dead Redemption 2, the only Rockstar game I've played that didn't live up to the hype was Manhunt 2. I am really looking forward to this one.

4) Spiderman looks like fun, but I'm not tracking too closely

3) Metal Gear Survive, all the hype I've heard from fans is negative and the press says it's pretty good. I pretty much know nothing of this game excluding zombies and the fact that Kojima is elsewhere.

2) Quake Champions, wasn't tracking this game

1) Final Fantasy 7, yeah this one will definitely be a toss up. FFXV was good, but not my type of FF game.

[dp5212]

This guy is worried about some of the best games coming out next year. If your not exited about Spiderman, God of War and Red Dead Redemeptiom you need to find a new profession.

[DialgaMarine]

Reasons for picking the 3 of the biggest PS4 exclusives of next year:

Not on preferred platform
Not on preferred platform
Not on preferred platform

There. I rewrote your article with some honesty.

[WorldGamer]

How can a 2018 game fail to live up to the hype in 2017? Marty McFly must be jealous of these time travelers.

[Hardiman]

Wow struggle really!?!? Pretty sure God of War, Spider Man and Red Ded 2 will more than deliver as they are in very capable hands. I'll go out on a limb and say God of War will over deliver as everything I've read and seen of the game to this point shows how much time, care and hard work have gone into it's development. The films have nothing to do with Insomniac's game so not sure what you are talking about. As for Days Gone well I seem to remember articles popping up on here worrying about Horizon Zero Dawn and well we all know how that turned out. I'm not saying it will do the business HZD has done but it's the kind of game PlayStation fans love. I'm not even gonna say anything about Red Dead 2 because it's Red Dead 2.

[DrumBeat]

All the Sony exclusives (upcoming) look at least 'good' at this point.