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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 ;D
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 :D
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. :D.
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 :).
What game release was most hyped and talked about in your memory?
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Skyrim, after Oblivion blowing my mind I had ordered it in the mail and it arrived. That slow cart ride was beautiful.
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That's really difficult to decide, but here are a few games I was very hyped for prior to launch:
Pokemon X/Y
Skyrim
Gran Turismo 5
Marvel vs Capcom 3
Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2
Pokemon Snap
Pokemon Stadium
Pokemon Gold/Silver
Perfect Dark
Dragon Ball Z Budakai
Gran Turismo 4
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy X
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Zelda: Twilight Princess
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The biggest hype I've ever seen based on Internet comments- No Man's Sky. So much hype, followed by so much HATE. Never got it, personally- I mean, I watched the early gameplay trailers & passed on it becuase no one ever did anything in them. Then it came out and everyone was like, 'you can't do anything!', and I'm all 'you didn't know that?!' But that's a whole 'nother topic there.
The biggest hype I've ever seen in person: Mighty No. 9. I was at the PAX where the kickstarter was announced. So much joy, especially from within my own lil' group (big megaman fan with us that year.) This of course, was followed by a long, slow decent into awful-ness.
Not surprisingly, I do not often hype myself over games- I find it all too often leads to disappointment. I prefer cautious optimism turning to joyful glee when the end product meets expectations.
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I remember the massive hype for Star Wars : The Old Republic.
It was announced during Wrath of The Lich King, the greatest MMO expansion of all time IMHO. I must have spent a whole year in that game without touching anything else. MMO fever was at it's height I would say.
So you add incredibly popular MMO format + Bioware + probably the world's favourite movie franchise = HYPE!!
It's the only game I actually booked time off work for! My guild in WoW actually disbanded :(
It could never live up to the hype of course. It was a good game that has since got a lot better...I drop in and have a look from time to time.
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I remember the massive hype for Star Wars : The Old Republic.
It could never live up to the hype of course. It was a good game that has since got a lot better...I drop in and have a look from time to time.
Yeah. This is probably mine too. I checked for news everyday. I counted down the days until the game came out. It didn't have a hard release date. So, I checked constantly for the game to "go gold". Then it had to be printed and shipped.
I think the hype for the first Fable was huge too. It was marketed like every decision you made affected the world around you. Like if you saw a little tree and left it alone, later in the game it would be full sized. It was a fun game, but it wasn't that advanced.
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I remember the massive hype for Star Wars : The Old Republic.
It could never live up to the hype of course. It was a good game that has since got a lot better...I drop in and have a look from time to time.
Yeah. This is probably mine too. I checked for news everyday. I counted down the days until the game came out. It didn't have a hard release date. So, I checked constantly for the game to "go gold". Then it had to be printed and shipped.
I think the hype for the first Fable was huge too. It was marketed like every decision you made affected the world around you. Like if you saw a little tree and left it alone, later in the game it would be full sized. It was a fun game, but it wasn't that advanced.
Ah, Peter Molyneux at his over-promising, under-delivering best. It was a really good game though.
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I remember being in 7th grade and absolutely everybody was talking about Halo 3. While I never had interest in it, it was crazy how pretty much every kid had something to say about it, even one of my teachers was really excited for it. Given the scope of the game and what it delivered, it was pretty impressive for 2007 and I think it lived up to the hype.
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No doubt.
I absolutely LOVE Super Smash Bros., it is my favourite game series of all time no-doubt. And Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U just did everything right at exactly the right time. This was the first time I've truly ridden the type train from announcement to arrival, and it was insane. The character reveals, the speculation, the dedicated presentations, it was just fan-tas-tic. The character trailers throughout the hype period were all amazing and got me screaming and kicking every time one showed up. Even the Pics of the Day had me excited every single day as I awaited what Sakurai would reveal this time. Super Smash Bros. Brawl had been my favourite game from the moment I first played it (and no fanboys, I hadn't played Melee before that so Brawl was on top), and I nearly blew up from excitement as this game was getting closer and closer to launch. I remember that the day before launch I was bouncing around all day non-stop because I was just so excited. And now with Super Smash Bros. coming to the Switch I can only hope my previous hype levels will be matched.
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I remember the massive hype for Star Wars : The Old Republic.
It could never live up to the hype of course. It was a good game that has since got a lot better...I drop in and have a look from time to time.
Yeah. This is probably mine too. I checked for news everyday. I counted down the days until the game came out. It didn't have a hard release date. So, I checked constantly for the game to "go gold". Then it had to be printed and shipped.
I think the hype for the first Fable was huge too. It was marketed like every decision you made affected the world around you. Like if you saw a little tree and left it alone, later in the game it would be full sized. It was a fun game, but it wasn't that advanced.
Isn't The Old Republic free to play now? Does it still have a pretty big userbase? i'm considering jumping into it.
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I remember the massive hype for Star Wars : The Old Republic.
It could never live up to the hype of course. It was a good game that has since got a lot better...I drop in and have a look from time to time.
Yeah. This is probably mine too. I checked for news everyday. I counted down the days until the game came out. It didn't have a hard release date. So, I checked constantly for the game to "go gold". Then it had to be printed and shipped.
I think the hype for the first Fable was huge too. It was marketed like every decision you made affected the world around you. Like if you saw a little tree and left it alone, later in the game it would be full sized. It was a fun game, but it wasn't that advanced.
Isn't The Old Republic free to play now? Does it still have a pretty big userbase? i'm considering jumping into it.
Last time I played it was a free to play model, with certain QoL items being part of the subscription. There is some excellent single player content in the game.
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I remember the massive hype for Star Wars : The Old Republic.
It could never live up to the hype of course. It was a good game that has since got a lot better...I drop in and have a look from time to time.
Yeah. This is probably mine too. I checked for news everyday. I counted down the days until the game came out. It didn't have a hard release date. So, I checked constantly for the game to "go gold". Then it had to be printed and shipped.
I think the hype for the first Fable was huge too. It was marketed like every decision you made affected the world around you. Like if you saw a little tree and left it alone, later in the game it would be full sized. It was a fun game, but it wasn't that advanced.
Isn't The Old Republic free to play now? Does it still have a pretty big userbase? i'm considering jumping into it.
Last time I played it was a free to play model, with certain QoL items being part of the subscription. There is some excellent single player content in the game.
You had me at Single Player Content; I'm checking it out this weekend :D
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I remember the massive hype for Star Wars : The Old Republic.
It could never live up to the hype of course. It was a good game that has since got a lot better...I drop in and have a look from time to time.
Yeah. This is probably mine too. I checked for news everyday. I counted down the days until the game came out. It didn't have a hard release date. So, I checked constantly for the game to "go gold". Then it had to be printed and shipped.
I think the hype for the first Fable was huge too. It was marketed like every decision you made affected the world around you. Like if you saw a little tree and left it alone, later in the game it would be full sized. It was a fun game, but it wasn't that advanced.
Isn't The Old Republic free to play now? Does it still have a pretty big userbase? i'm considering jumping into it.
Last time I played it was a free to play model, with certain QoL items being part of the subscription. There is some excellent single player content in the game.
You had me at Single Player Content; I'm checking it out this weekend :D
Lol...hope you enjoy it!
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I remember the massive hype for Star Wars : The Old Republic.
It could never live up to the hype of course. It was a good game that has since got a lot better...I drop in and have a look from time to time.
Yeah. This is probably mine too. I checked for news everyday. I counted down the days until the game came out. It didn't have a hard release date. So, I checked constantly for the game to "go gold". Then it had to be printed and shipped.
I think the hype for the first Fable was huge too. It was marketed like every decision you made affected the world around you. Like if you saw a little tree and left it alone, later in the game it would be full sized. It was a fun game, but it wasn't that advanced.
Isn't The Old Republic free to play now? Does it still have a pretty big userbase? i'm considering jumping into it.
I read that wrong. I was talking about Knights of the Old Republic. I never played the MMO.
Sorry about that.
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It's got to be the Halo sequels. I mean no other game has a day named after it. And isn't that the game that created midnight launches?
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I don't actually spend that much time in gaming forums so I don't really see the full extent of how much hype games get outside of fanbases I'm already a part of. Other than that the only hype I really hear is my own my friends'.
I can tell you though that the hype for Persona 5 in the leadup to its release day among the fanbase was out of this world. If it was released any later I'm fairly sure that I myself would have had a nervous breakdown. When I got that knock on my door from the postman on that fateful day. Hoooooooohohohohohoo. Wow. I was a happy boi.
(I got my preorder a day early too, so from official release date onwards I was among like 1% of players that were getting the trophies, nice)
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These days, this sort of hype prior to a game's release is largely a rare occurrence for a variety of reasons. So, after glancing at this topic, I started to wonder what game in recent years has had the most hype. And, after thinking about it, Elden Ring surely is the most noteworthy example. Not only were FromSoftware fans ecstatic, but George R. R. Martin fans and just players in general were too. For a long time, it seems like all sorts of people were anxiously awaiting it, and then for a few months, it seemed like everyone was playing it.
Nowadays, it's uncommon for one singular entity to command the general public's attention like before. Too many games release and there are all sorts of niche communities for a person's specific interests, and the same can be said for all types of entertainment too: film, television, music, and so forth. Simplified game creator tools and better access to them marked the end of the end of this regular occurrence for games, whereas streaming marked the end for film, television, and music. Anyone with the right skillset can create a project and upload it to some service. AAA publishers, Hollywood studios, and major record labels can be entirely avoided now.
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I haven't been hyped for a game release since Uncharted 4 (2016). It's also the last collectors edition and strategy guide purchase for me. I was excited for Shenmue 3 (2019) as well but knew before it released that it wouldn't complete the story so my hype was lowered.
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In my lifetime easily GTA 5. I feel it should be universal without nostalgia goggles on. I got the game 12 hours after the midnight launch parties and their was still a crowd around the entire electronics section of walmart. It was on good morning America. Howard Stern. The voice actors become overnight celebrities. Their was lore. The walmart clerk just was scanning them like candy bars. Stacks were literally to the ceiling.
I mean it was so anticipated. The game moved more units in one weekend then I believe any physical media prior at tjat time.
It dominates sales on two different console generations.
I remember it was like a holiday.
They even documented that their was nationwide callouts from work that day. A good 10 percent surge just from 1 video game.
Overall. GTA 6 is probably gonna make that look like kids play. I imagine it might cause some serious crashing to servers if the networks and rockstar dont plan for the massive influx.
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I never really followed the hype of games, I know which games I personally was hyped for though. I went to handful of midnight releases for games I was super excited for:
Final Fantasy XII
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Final Fantasy XIII
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Pokemon Sun/Moon
Red Dead Redemption 2
The biggest turn out of these was easily Skyrim.
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Um, it's been a while, but I can confirm that the last time I saw a community stand together in hype for a game that we were all excited for was ¤The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword, and it ended kinda poorly.
Lemme explain. The game was liked, and I do believe it is good, but for the most part, it didn't live up to the expectations we were all holding up for (just the people I used to talk to); it was like March... 2011. I was part of a Nintendo News forum about video games, I was still a teenager and the news for Zelda Skyward Sword always had from 30 to 70 comments and everyone was pretty excited for no reason at all, we all just assumed it would be the game of the year and better than the other fantasy game coming soon named... well, Skyrim, lol
But while the news was arriving and Nintendo started confirming stuff, the excitement started dropping from the comments; everyone was talking only about this game for months with theories and what we were all expecting, but skepticism started growing, and well... I was trying to stay positive.
Launch day arrived; I bought it and played it for hours, and... I liked it but a lot of people I shared the forum and I used to talk about weren't convinced it was the next Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess everyone there was hoping for, it was a fine game and that's it but it had a lot of hype as Nintendo last shoot for the Nintendo Wii and one that took 5 years into the making (something fairly rare at the time), and then because everything can always go worse the admins of the website made a pretty long review with THREE reviewers calling it the game of the year and with 3 perfect scores, I still remember that it was one of the few times the comment section had more than 100 comments with people complaining or defending the game, and well there a theory that they only did it because of Nintendo money and hoping for a partnership since the review score apparently was part of official advertising for the game and all three of these reviewers were also Nintendo fanatics.
At the end of the day, it's fine I guess, I liked the game but it helped to settle down my expectations for New games and I wasn't exactly too excited when Zelda BotW was announced but that's fine because when I played I completely loved it and I believe this situation with Zelda Skyward Sword that I am telling in this story, also helped a lot of people to have clear expectations about what to expect about video games and put the line about what to expect for avoid unnecessary disappointment.
I stayed in the forum for 5 years more until it died but during that time I never saw people having as much hype for a New video game as it was for Skyward Sword, not for GTA V, not Smash Bros for Wii U, Witcher 3, MGSV or even the release of the Switch, there was always excitement but a more realistic and grounded one and...
I still like to believe it was the fault of the unholy amount of hype a lot of people had for this Zelda Wii game that unfortunately didn't live up to the unrealistic expectations of a large part of the community I used to be part of back then.
That's my story, these days. I only have hype for the New Sonic and Konami games, and I ran to my Steam Deck excited to buy the Castlevania Dominus Collection immediately. I was so excited to play Contra Operation Galuga that I ended up loving, Cygni too and... I am also pretty excited about the Silent Hill 2 remake, and I am confident that I am going to love it; that's the most similar thing to the hype I feel these days.