| Jay520 said: I don't see the problem with hyping games. There's always an element of mystery when hyping unreleased games. Are you suggesting that people only hype games that are already released? That seems like a strange mentality, to say the least. When unknown games are hyped, sometimes the games are great and sometimes they end up being mediocre. Sure, you could fixate on the mediocre games and say hyping is wrong, but for every mediocre game, there's a great game that makes it worth it. Of course it's risky and mysterious to hype unknown games, but that's what makes hyping so exciting; you have no idea how the game will turn out, but you're anxious for the release nonetheless. |
You can gauge appropraite hype based on impressions, previews, and beta tests. But if you know nothing about a game and hype it thats fine....but when previews are displaying concerns about certain things, you should hype it down accordingly to say a 80s or 70s meta prediction.
I personally hyped Fable Journey as a low 70's game. I was a bit off sure, but I gave a reasonable estimate based on facts available. I hyped Forza Horizon as a 80s game because its a spinoff....not 90+ like it was a mainline Forza. And I was right. Thats the idea not going "OMG is a exclusive sent to us from God himself AAA!!!!"
Now this is coming from me but an example that comes to mind is PASBR. When it was first announced it was hyped AAA (90+) by the fans, and thats cool. Now, we have sufficient evidence that while the game will be good, it isnt 90+ material. Yet the hype train for some hasnt diminished and wont until the meta score stares at them in the face. Then itll be like there wasnt any 90+ hype at all to cover it up.
This pattern goes with all wrongly hyped games across all consoles, this just happens to be a recent example that Ive seen.
"but for every mediocre game, there's a great game that makes it worth it"
This is totally untrue. Shovelware and "meh" games vastly outnumber the gems in gaming every gen.
Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles.
