I don't buy into pre release hype, but it's funny to watch. Games get praised to high heaven, get released and disappear off the face of the earth. Games that survive being released get praised even more making sure that anyone playing it after release feels unimpressed.
It's the reason I haven't played Demon's souls yet, although I have the free ps+ version installed. Dark souls was an awesome surprise, but Demon's souls has been praised so much by now it can only disappoint.
@Spurge It happens to movies too but Gravity wasn't that great to begin with. All the praise was for the visuals and sound editing, which doesn't translate well to cable. All I knew about the movie in advance was that it would have amazing visuals, and it delivered in that department.







