I don't remember any hype.
I do, however, remember a lot of people saying 1UP were the greatest reviewers on the planet for giving it an A-, the same score they gave MGS4.
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Well, it practically flopped, both in sales and in reviews, so I suppose it only exceeded the hype because there was none. Except it didn't exceed the hype, because there was no hype to exceed...
The point is it's not a good game. And never looked the contrary.







