I feel like people are just randomly naming games at this point. I could pick basically every hyped and successful PC game made over 5 years ago and say, "It's now completely forgotten" and it would fit with the choices in this thread.
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Once-hyped games that are now completely forgotten
- Thread starter Phediuk
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This had so much potential...
I love the premise and the unique game mechanics it had (not that deep, but still fun).
It looked like something Ubisoft could've made. I should buy the art book
Woops, wasn't really THAT hyped:
Genji days of the blade. Had me hyped for a sec, until the giant enemy crab came
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Most Rare games from late-64 to early-360 era really.
I dont think Perfect Dark is a good of example of completely forgotten. If im not wrong, theres even rumors of a sequel.
The first 3D game of Bullfrog, after the marvelous Populous, Syndicate and Theme Park.
Sony push hard this game (the first of Kazunori Yamaushi ) in the launch window of Playstation.
The Sonic of the launch of Saturn.
The sequel of the Cruin's Usa, projected to be the Ridge Racer/Daytona USA of Nintendo 64.
The weird thing is that all of those games are superb.
Yeah, that and Moment of Silence were constantly on adverts in the UK back in the day.
Somebody forgot me?
Well.......yes
The Resident Evil Killer"
Especially hyped for the launch of the Dreamcast.
It actually sold decent enough, but that's because it was a launch title and it was expected.
Man, this game is just terrible. All we remember is the out of place Christmas music.
I ended up trading the game back to the stores.
ha, yeah, Ive played hell of this game, mainly because i bought it with my DC. It is not that terrible and was fun enough to finish it, but definitely not comparable to games like Code Veronica that got released a bit later.
this pile of lies,
It still has a super active community and is getting major updates every few months. It's the opposite of completely forgotten.
I literally never hear anyone talk about it ever, so I think it fits pretty well.
Asheron's Call was a successful game for quite a long time. A better example would be the sequel that did so poorly it was quickly shutdown while the original was still going years later.
Spore. Spore spore spore.
Could not think of a harder left turn from excitement to total deflation, the handful of delays definitely didn't help either.
Could not think of a harder left turn from excitement to total deflation, the handful of delays definitely didn't help either.
It's like the 'most overrated' threats where people just start listing every well received game ever made.
I suppose that's a better example. Everquest 2 falls in the same category now that I think about it.
Since all the projects announced with a new system get a lot of extra hype, 1/4th of them eventually fall in this category where they are remembered mostly for their development than for the games themselves.
this definitely existed in a boxNever played Brute Force but goddamn does it look stupid as hell.
Here's a recent one:
I honestly thought it came out years ago and no one cared, but googling just now reveals it was cancelled.
Here's a recent one:
I honestly thought it came out years ago and no one cared, but googling just now reveals it was cancelled.
It came out, got a retail release, and at least a few expansions. It was around for a couple of years, then the servers got shut down.
this pile of lies,
lol nope, this game still has a vibrant community on reddit. there's an new ARG going on right now leading up to yet another big update. You being ignorant of the massive improvements doesn't mean the game is forgotten, far from it.
I recall a lot of magazine hype for that PS1 RPG Shadow Madness (Crave Entertainment's "FFVII killer").
Game was mind-numbingly mediocre and I never see it mentioned for any reason.
Game was mind-numbingly mediocre and I never see it mentioned for any reason.
Well, its like if I ever heard anything about Horizon Zero Down, for me its ok to be here. Just no haha. Go check Google News and you will see that theres plenty of rumors and many sites talking about it.
That game still had my favorite healer in an MMO the Blood Mage or Priest or whatever. Had some great ideas, too bad it seemed like they couldn't quite 100% execute on them.
Not only did it come out, an official Conker revival was made inside of itNever played Brute Force but goddamn does it look stupid as hell.
Here's a recent one:
I honestly thought it came out years ago and no one cared, but googling just now reveals it was cancelled.
I remember that game!Pariah, anyone?
The map editor was supposed to be the nail in Halo's coffin.
Anyone? Anyone?
Platinum Games try of an online multiplayer 3D beat em up game!
Online problems and short singleplayer (but many playable characters instead) make none-PG-fans to forgot this game to quickly.
Still has that great PG action
I don't think there was particular high expectations for either of these. They barely got marketing.
Let's take this all the way back to 1993:
Eternal Champions was a huge one hype-wise, coming right after the six-button Genesis/Mega Drive pad had shipped for SFII:SCE. And... it was such a wet fart. Clearly, it had an art budget, but the fighting was laggy and sloppy, with shitty button detection; the art design was way too cluttered to see any of the action; every character had a stupid look and stupider concept; and the sound and music were the exact abomination that gave MD/Gen music a bad rap for years.
Eternal Champions was a huge one hype-wise, coming right after the six-button Genesis/Mega Drive pad had shipped for SFII:SCE. And... it was such a wet fart. Clearly, it had an art budget, but the fighting was laggy and sloppy, with shitty button detection; the art design was way too cluttered to see any of the action; every character had a stupid look and stupider concept; and the sound and music were the exact abomination that gave MD/Gen music a bad rap for years.
Shit, Telltale games in general. They had some big titles early on...three new seasons of Sam & Max, a Monkey Island revival, Back to the Future Jurassic Park titles and even a friggin' Wallace & Gromit game. (That I didn't get to play, now it's gone forever.)
First game I thought of. The hype was unreal for this game.Haze..THE HALO KILLER has arrived... oh..wait.
I actually bought the game brand new a year ago dirt,dirt cheap just to see if it's that bad,and because I still think the boxart is cool:
Peak players on Steam was less than 1,500 yesterday, which should see biggest weekly numbers as it is a weekend. I know there is a PS4 release but I think it's very much forgotten for a game with over 1 million sales.
I'm pretty sure Spore will always be remembered as the #1 example of a game failing to deliver on it's own hype.
A lot of people, mind you. If by dislike, or not, the fact it was controversial made it quite relevant. On the opposite, who talks about Banjo XBLA these days, then?