Wired FFXII review, not so good.

[Mise]

ZenfoldorVGI said:

Scaring people away from this title based on bullet points/live streams/previews/demos/past games/ect is the very defintion of prejudging, presumption, and assumption, and it certainly isn't fair to the developers of the game. Especially when the very nature of the game is the afformentioned nature of change which always creates rifts amongst fans of the series and fans of gaming as a whole.

I would just like to say that this is also true in reverse - otherwise solid games have suffered immensely because they've been hyped as the second joint coming of Santachrist and Bruce Lee. In fact, overhyping the game might actually be worse, since you can still be positively surprised if a game is trashed and you find it great, but if you're expectations are already in the friggin sun, you can't really help but to be disappointed.

Hype is a great way to spread the word, but it can also be destructive, whether it's positive or negative.