The hype is big, but we will only know if it's overhyped until the games comes out and judge it.

Well reception for the beta has been overwhelmingly positive.

It cant make everyone happy of course. But it would seem that the hype is justified

The beta was a lot of fun for me. The map was in no way limited and had some surprises so currently I am not scared of too less content. But overall it plays a lot like Halo and I think it's a good opportunity for Halo downplayers to feel why Halo is such a big game for Xbox.

Yes. It's over hyped.

And I can't wait to play it in 2 weeks =)

Because I don't particularly care for either of those games. And for the record, WoW and CoD are incredibly dated. And Halo is certainly getting there, meaning the excitment of those games wore off ages ago. 

It doesn't play like halo tho it plays much better than Halo . It's definitely a spiritual successor and playing it then playing halo 4 shows just how lacking Halo has become. Bungie has learned from their past games and refined everything. Its like drinking a coke in a chilled bottle compared to drinking a syrupy fountain version from a restaurant with too much melted ice.

First of all it is not viewed as the second coming. That is hyperbole by people who wish to hype up their own opinions.

Second of all lots of people like Halo and CoD and like elements of WoW. Having all those things in a single package is just what they want. So of course they would be having a joygasm.

Third, you should probably _not_ buy this game. It's pretty clear you don't understand it and don't want the things it offers. Move on.

Apparently it didn't. Is it so hard for you to imagine someone that is excited about things that you don't care for?

It's sort of like a domino. The more hype it receives, the more pre-orders and the more pre-orders the more hype it receives. If we go by this rule we can see that due to the amount of pre-orders destiny has received it's hype is gigantic.

I wouldn't say it is overhyped. I and millions of people played the beta and it met a lot of peoples' expectations. The beta was a success so I far from call it overhyped. It done more good than bad releasing it.