I have been so disappointed in many of the overhyped releases this gen. This might get a lot of people pissed at me, but I have been so disappointed in so many games from GTA4, Halo3, MGS4, Uncharted 2, FFXIII, etc. It's not to say these are bad games, just not justified in the hype the games had received. In fact, I had almost given up on all overly hyped releases because of this. I finally broke down and got God of War 3 yesterday and it has completely proven me wrong. I am not even a huge fan of the first two God of War's. I have finished them both, but I just never thought they were as good as most of the people I know. I am only about 4 or 5 hours into this game and it feels epic in every sense of the word. I am blown away and this game deserved every bit of hype it got.
Just simply an amazing game and I am so glad I decided to finally get it.