Hello Everyone
We all have seen it with our very eyes. The moment in time when the gaming world stops for just a brief second and everyone from PewDiePie subscribers, rage quitters, casuals or the hard corest of all hardcore PC master race members stand and marvel at the next prodigy to grace the video game universe. Talk shows talk about it, news reports on it, mothers get mad about it, and gamers revere it. The whole community comes together for just a minute as a huge title drops like a atom bomb on the video game landscape changing what we all think of gaming forever. With so much news, publicity, hype and angst that it can literally be cut with a knife as you stand in the best buy line.
The next holy grail thats been awaited for years. The aroma of pizza sauce, and celophane fill the air as master chief shirt wearing, zelda wallet wielding die hards converse in such a magical scenery of pure video game nirvanna. The unrivaled world of pre release buzz. Something we all should experience at least once
Some games garner so much hype from franchises that have so much acclaim that it seems almost like a magical time to be a gamer. When gamers flock the streets at midnight amped up on mountain dew and their is so much electric static in the air of everyone talking about one game that even non gamers catch wind, even talk shows and Conan catch wind. A game so talked about that it angers those that are not in the know, and makes children rebel, and even starts riots. Games of such a magnitude that we may never witness the likes of their impact again.
What game do you recall had the hugest hype and the hugest buzz around it's release? From just anticipation, to crowds and discussions and forums exploding with angst right before it comes out
For me, the one game I can think of was Grand Theft Auto 5. I remember waking up with the sun filled day and walking all the way to my local walmart to get GTA 5. I had stood up all night. I didn't go to the midnight release party to avoid lines and so i'd get a fresh start on it because I was told their was more than enough copies to go around. Turns out their was but the lines were literally still out the door at 12am in the morning. I went to the electronics isle and like 6 employees were handing them out like girl scout cookies. The employees told me they were their handing them out at the same rate since 7am. It was madness.
Then of course the post release launch day buzz came. GTA 5 is one of the highest selling single games in history. Everyone on my feed, both my brothers, my uncle, almost every friend, my friends of friends. My whole feed was nothing but GTA 5 cases and people reacting to it. I believe it even trended on twitter. It was just a magical time. And as a huge GTA fan. Nothing will ever rival it in my life.
When I was a kid I always got my consoles and huge games for christmas or birthday so I never really seen the pre release or release day hype for SNES or N64. I can only imagine how exciting and breathetaking it was.
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I can't wait to hear all the amazing stories from people who did experience the SNES launch or N64 launch. I can imagine the buzz their would have been
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What game release was most hyped and talked about in your memory?
