Back towards the launch of PS3 and 360 (Wii not so much), I started getting a sense that fanboys were shoving games down our throats that dont need them to. Now today with games like Horizen, Witcher 3, and recently Persona 5 it seems like everyone is saying "This is a masterpiece!! You must play now!" Hyping up a game that doesnt need it and arguably is better without it.. I enjoy Persona because they were games that recieved great reviews and had a humble, also niche, community. I never really experience this with Nintendo games, but Xbox and PS fans really want people to know they enjoy the game. Sure Zelda had some of this, but it also leads to discussion about the actual game, not just "This game is GOAT" "Yes Masterpiece", but instead keep the community.

I dont know if this makes any sense.

A fraction of it stems from people's desire to validate their purchasing decsion, by confronting others and telling them to buy and support what they do in roder to feel liek they had made a wise decision. The last thing a majority on this rock want is buyers remorse.

I do find it rather off putting though to see thread after thread for some titles on here, overhyping them to death, it actually puts me off wanting to buy into them at times, other times I end up grabbing the game at a much later date, when all the hype has died down and people see the game for what it is.

I'd find that weird if that was the case. Someone buys something to enjoy it, there's no need to validate anything. What matters is that the person enjoys it.

I do feel the same when someone oversells their game. It gets annoying when someone tells me 'certain game' is the best for various reasons, I should buy the console, and that console is the best. I like just hearing 'Yeah, this game is great! If you like 'certain kind of genre', try it if you can" Hype has ended up in me disliking a game before.

Yeah, I get tired of eharing the same corporate slogans being uttered over and over again, people trying to sell the console rather than just enjoying it and going about their business. 

It's also a bit irksome to see some go "this isn't for you", as a means to deflect any kind of criticism used on said favorite game. 

And then of course there is "ever".

Concentrating on the first part. 

Back towards the launch of PS3 and 360 (Wii not so much), I started getting a sense that fanboys were shoving games down our throats that dont need them to. Now today with games like Horizen, Witcher 3, and recently Persona 5 it seems like everyone is saying "This is a masterpiece!! You must play now!" Hyping up a game that doesnt need it and arguably is better without it.. I enjoy Persona because they were games that recieved great reviews and had a humble, also niche, community. I never really experience this with Nintendo games, but Xbox and PS fans really want people to know they enjoy the game. Sure Zelda had some of this, but it also leads to discussion about the actual game, not just "This game is GOAT" "Yes Masterpiece", but instead keep the community.

I dont know if this makes any sense.

what happened?

I have FE Awakening in my backlog but I fell in the Echoes hype, so I'm gonna try this one as my first game in this franchise, wish me luck !