Hype works both ways when promoting a work of art. It could generate enough buzz to drive sales or it could be like shooting your self in the foot. The following are five examples of games that were over hyped but failed to live up to the expectation of gamers and critics.
WTMG's Leo Faria: "Was Driv3r one of the first truly overhyped games in history? One of the first games incessantly covered by press pre-launch, only to end up being the complete opposite of what it promised once it finally arrived onto store shelves? It’s worth discussing. Then again, hindsight is 20-20; it’s easy to laugh at the fact it was once touted to be a GTA killer, but there were just half a dozen GTA clones back then, and we didn’t have YouTube or other reliable video players to properly check how a game played before actually buying it. Maybe Driv3r was a victim of its own hype, a troubled project made by people who didn’t want it to be too similar to Grand Theft Auto itself. But it sucked then, and it still sucks now. Not even the rosiest of nostalgia goggles can save this one."
It's a shame they tried to copy GTA, they were terrible at it. If they'd doubled down on making the driving the star they could still be going now.
Lee Kirton has helped launch some of gaming's most beloved titles. With The Matrix Resurrections dropping in December, Kirton sat down with us to reflect on Enter The Matrix and Path of Neo.
Gaming culture as a whole has always been one of the main sources of inspiration for the whole Matrix universe, and it’s only fair that, upon the franchise’s return to the big screen, gamers should get a piece of the green-tinted action too.
What, no mention of Haze? Too Human?
I liked enter the matrix and rising sun, but I was like 11 when they came out so maybe I just didn't notice how bad they were