What's going to be the most over-hyped game this year?

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Star Wars: Battlefront

From what I've seen, the games that people on the internet and in person are getting HYPED about are:

PS4: Bloodborne, Uncharted 4
One: Halo 5, Rise of Tomb Raider
Wii U: Zelda U
Multi: Arkham Knight, Witcher 3, MGS5, Star Wars Battlefront

I do not think that Assassin's Creed, Splatoon, etc, will be very hyped. Yoshi has fans, but how many people are really looking at Yarn Yoshi and thinking "11/10! GOTY!"

Now, looking these games over, some of them seem like they're going to turn out pretty well. Zelda U might not be quite as good as we hope, but the current incarnation of the Zelda team, around since shortly after Wind Waker, has so far made five new games (plus small projects) ranging from pretty good to excellent. Even the DS duo was good when not comparing them to other Zelda games. So that game will probably not be particularly disappointing.

The same applies with Bloodborne, Arkham Knight, Witcher 3, MGS5, and Uncharted 4. Though they may not live up to expectations, they will likely be good enough to avoid disappointment.

Halo 5's problem is that people have been falling out of love with the series for nearly a decade now. 343 Industries' Halo games thus far have been Halo 4 and the remakes/compilation. Halo 4 had a worse critical reception than 1-3 and Reach, and lost its online community much quicker than prior games. The Master Chief Collection had a horrible online experience for some time after launch, and was not necessarily that impressive in many other respects. So Halo 5 could be in trouble.

Rise of Tomb Raider will be limited by the 7th gen versions of the game. The 360 will be 10 years old, give or take a few weeks, when it is released. Tomb Raider Definitive Edition for the One had an inconsistent resolution and various problems compared to the PS4 version, raising further doubts about Crystal Dynamics being able to make Rise work well on the XOne, let alone also on the 360.

That said, Star Wars Battlefront is likely to disappoint IMO. First, the game is probably going to be rushed to tie in with the new movie. Problem is, we know that DICE is also working on Mirror's Edge and Battlefield Hardline. Hardline was delayed already, cutting into Battlefront time. And based on what I know about DICE, they will put resources into major DLC for that game. Meanwhile, Battlefront requires an entire new set of assets that EA likely doesn't have lying around. And they hadn't made any visible progress by E3 last year. So I'm expecting something of a rush job.

Battlefield 3 and 4 had 9 and 10 map. Star Wars Battlefront 2 had 31 maps. Good luck DICE.