I'm soliciting opinions opinions on this but I'm also going to present my own analysis for why Destiny is the most over-hyped game to date.
To qualify, I've taken into consideration two critical factors:
1. Metacritic
2. Budget
Using ONLY the above two I can only find two contenders. Star Wars MMO (SWTOR) and Destiny.
SWTOR had a rumored 200 million dollar budget and currently sits at 85 on metacritic. In contrast, Destiny had an estimated 500 million dollar budget and is currently sitting at 76/77 metacritic for PS4 and XB1 respectively. I can draw no other conclusion than Destiny is the undisputed most overhyped game to date. It's budget is double that of SWTOR and scored almost 10 points lower on average.
I'm not saying 76 is a bad score but is it honestly what people expected? I think most people assumed a high 80's to 90's given Bungie's pedigree. But if we factor in commercial success SWTOR is clearly the loser. It went F2P less than a year before launch and was arguably not the WoW-killer as many predicted. Destiny is to date a commercial success and we don't know if it has staying power with all the negative press.
Another possible contender is Duke Nukem Forever which took 10 years to develop and received overall poor scores on metacritic (ranging presently from 49-54). Though it still didn't have the monster budget of the aforementioned games.
What do you think? What can top Destiny in this "award" category?
