View Full Version : Most Over-hyped GAMING thing ever
smalien1
08-25-2004, 12:24 PM
What do you think takes this award?
My vote goes to the Gamcube, remember when N64 was still this-gen and everyone was so excited about "Dolphin" and now it comes out and IMO is the worst console. There best exclusive game is being ported to PS2
EDIT:
I din't make it clear that I meant games or hardware/accecories only
Wshakspear
08-25-2004, 12:27 PM
Go away.
All this will do is incite a flame war, make many people pissed off, and overalltake away from me doing actual work.
Anyways, everyone knows it was Titanic
big_squirtle
08-25-2004, 12:29 PM
Matrix 2 and 3.
What do I win?
coffman
08-25-2004, 12:31 PM
My vote is for the Segway scooter.
Journey
08-25-2004, 12:32 PM
remember the segway?? the scooter that was supposed to revolutionize the way we commute..........what a joke.
Indiana
08-25-2004, 12:33 PM
Seriously what is the point of this topic? The Gamecube is a great console. It may be my favorite. All systems have their pluses and minuses so don't start this argument.
PS2 = Least powerful but most games and installed userbase.
GC = Nintendo software and cheapest system to purchase.
Xbox = Most powerful system with best online system.
Indiana
08-25-2004, 12:34 PM
I agree the Segway is a joke. It will not revolutionize the way we travel. It does not go 50 miles an hour or up and down stairs.
BigHow
08-25-2004, 12:34 PM
Even if we limit it to the gaming industry, surely this award has to go to Daikatana.
Ikohn4ever
08-25-2004, 12:37 PM
Matrix the video game, overhyped like a mofo
LinkinPrime
08-25-2004, 12:37 PM
The Virtual Boy
Xevious
08-25-2004, 12:38 PM
Anything that Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, C. Aquilar puts out is the most overhyped thing.
Stupid blondes are also the most overhyped thing (Paris Hilton & Jessica Simpson)
If you compare those cretins to videogames, videogames are not overhyped at all by comparision.
Jaket
08-25-2004, 12:44 PM
mmm.... the big sega e3 announcement.....
i win, admit it
int80h
08-25-2004, 12:44 PM
Halo 2
PawnTakesKing
08-25-2004, 12:45 PM
What do you think takes this award?
My vote goes to the Gamcube, remember when N64 was still this-gen and everyone was so excited about "Dolphin" and now it comes out and IMO is the worst console. There best exclusive game is being ported to PS2
I know everyone is entitled to their opinion, so here's mine: You, sir, are an idiot.
And the most overhyped gaming thing ever is/will be Halo 2. However, I've already got it pre-ordered and I'll spend half of my lifetime playing it, so overhype isn't necessarily a bad thing.
epobirs
08-25-2004, 12:46 PM
The Virtual Boy
THe VB may have been a disappointment but you cannot accuse it of being overhyped. It was barely promoted at all compared to virtually any other platform Nintendo has ever produced.
rebenns
08-25-2004, 12:47 PM
[quote="smalien1"]What do you think takes this award?
My vote goes to the Gamcube, remember when N64 was still this-gen and everyone was so excited about "Dolphin" and now it comes out and IMO is the worst console. There best exclusive game is being ported to PS2
Metroid Prime is going to PS2? When did this happen?
Arakias
08-25-2004, 12:52 PM
I guess he meant Viewtiful Joe, but yeah this thread doesnt need to exist.
Or you could say anything by Blizzard, they take so long to come out, the hype gets huge, but they usually are worth it.
abrannan
08-25-2004, 12:52 PM
Daikatana
smalien1
08-25-2004, 12:54 PM
mmm.... the big sega e3 announcement.....
i win, admit it
What was it? The Dreamcast?
Pure Apathy
08-25-2004, 12:58 PM
mmm.... the big sega e3 announcement.....
i win, admit it
what was the announcement?
Tromack
08-25-2004, 12:58 PM
smalien1 is the most over-hyped gaming thing ever. Or at least the stupidest. And the Duke Nukem Forever game that never came out. Is that still in development?
schultzed
08-25-2004, 01:00 PM
I'm going to vote for Steel Battalion.
I've never even played it, but at the end of the day . . . you've got a $200 game that takes up a lot of space. That said, I would quickly buy one for $100 just for the collection mystique. It really is an insane piece of hardware.
I'm trying to follow the criteria given here . . . gaming hardware related . . . overhyped. Hype usually means the coverage that something gets and the buzz around it.
I don't think the Virtual Boy works here because there was no hype (only Nintendo's promises) for it. The N64 aka Project Reality would be a better candidate than the Gamecube. People believed strongly and the press latched onto the N64 and it never really delivered.
I had an N64 and loved the games but it was hyped more than the Gamecube and the GC has delivered much better.
smalien1
08-25-2004, 01:01 PM
What is so wrong with this thread? I'm just asking opinions
And if it's so stupid why are you answering?
int80h
08-25-2004, 01:01 PM
what was the announcement?
Sega's "The Matrix Online". Everyone thought Sega was going to announce a console at e3 2004 because they promised an "Explosive Announcment."
LinkinPrime
08-25-2004, 01:03 PM
mmm.... the big sega e3 announcement.....
i win, admit it
What was the "BIG" announcement anyway?
EDIT: Ooops, didnt see that right above
Cornfedwb
08-25-2004, 01:03 PM
First off, its Daikatana.. there's no debate on this. Secondly, when you start off with anti-GCN statements, you're just inciting a flamewar, that's why this thread is pointless.
smalien1
08-25-2004, 01:04 PM
mmm.... the big sega e3 announcement.....
i win, admit it
What was the "BIG" announcement anyway?
I asked that question and someone answered it a few seconds before you re-asked it, look rigth above your post
Tromack
08-25-2004, 01:05 PM
...when you start off with anti-GCN statements, you're just inciting a flamewar, that's why this thread is pointless.
That's why. We don't need stupid "PS2 r0x0rz lol GC is teh gay !!1!!" posts. And I never said the post was stupid. I said you are, and I stand by it.
Edit- Yeah, way to try to cover your ass. You said your stupid thing, don't be a pussy and take it back. And I still stand by that you are an idiot.
smalien1
08-25-2004, 01:06 PM
Gamecube is a perfectaly good system but the other two are slightly superior and I remember when I was like 12 I was soooo excited about GCN/dolphin when I had my N64 and I ended up getting a PS2, even though I didn't liked my n64 more than my original playstation
smalien1
08-25-2004, 01:11 PM
...when you start off with anti-GCN statements, you're just inciting a flamewar, that's why this thread is pointless.
That's why. We don't need stupid "PS2 r0x0rz lol GC is teh gay !!1!!" posts. And I never said the post was stupid. I said you are, and I stand by it.
Edit- Yeah, way to try to cover your ass. You said your stupid thing, don't be a pussy and take it back. And I still stand by that you are an idiot.
I still think it's way over hyped I'm just clarifing what I said before. Why are you being so defensive of GCN you're taking it personaly that I dissed it.
abrannan
08-25-2004, 01:13 PM
... and I remember when I was like 12 I was soooo excited about GCN...
That sums up the thread right there. The wet dreams of a 12 year old.
smalien1
08-25-2004, 01:14 PM
... and I remember when I was like 12 I was soooo excited about GCN...
That sums up the thread right there. The wet dreams of a 12 year old.
Yeah... I was sexually attracted to the Gamecube
Trakan
08-25-2004, 01:19 PM
remember the segway?? the scooter that was supposed to revolutionize the way we commute..........what a joke.
Spy's were sent to where he was working on this because they thought he was making some kind of revolutionary engine, turns out it was some POS scooter...
smalien1
08-25-2004, 01:21 PM
remember the segway?? the scooter that was supposed to revolutionize the way we commute..........what a joke.
Spy's were sent to where he was working on this because they thought he was making some kind of revolutionary engine, turns out it was some POS scooter...
Piece of shit?
or
Point of Sale?
epobirs
08-25-2004, 02:56 PM
remember the segway?? the scooter that was supposed to revolutionize the way we commute..........what a joke.
Spy's were sent to where he was working on this because they thought he was making some kind of revolutionary engine, turns out it was some POS scooter...
Piece of shit?
or
Point of Sale?
Considering the miniscule sales I'd go with the former.
jimbojonesjr
08-25-2004, 04:59 PM
Who the fuck is C. Aquilar?
deathcabforcutie
08-25-2004, 05:07 PM
id have to say the currently overhyped videogame "buzz" would have to be ilovebees.com.. haha get it... :?
pimp_daddy_smurf
08-25-2004, 05:15 PM
the sega E3 announcement pissed me the hell off, i almost quit gaming right then and their butsega might do something cool and make anothewr system, or just fuck themselfs with a didlo like that are doing right now
RedvsBlue
08-25-2004, 05:22 PM
I'd have to go with Sega 32x. I remember it being in all the gaming magazines and then it was a POS (non-point of sale...)
DigitalSpace
08-25-2004, 08:43 PM
The N-Gage. I think it's funny that Nokia hasn't given up the ghost yet.
Spacepest
08-26-2004, 02:12 AM
The N-Gage. I think it's funny that Nokia hasn't given up the ghost yet.
Agreed...I haven't seen ANYONE playing one of these...if anyone does, they must be embarrassed to own one, and play only at home where no one watches... :oops: Good luck find multiplayer games on that piece of shit.
DigitalSpace
08-26-2004, 03:56 AM
The N-Gage. I think it's funny that Nokia hasn't given up the ghost yet.
Agreed...I haven't seen ANYONE playing one of these...if anyone does, they must be embarrassed to own one, and play only at home where no one watches... :oops: Good luck find multiplayer games on that piece of shit.
I've seen two people with an N-Gage total since launch. Once when I was standing at a bus stop, a guy lent his to some guy who asked if he could use his cell phone. I wonder if the guy was hoping the other guy would take it off his hands. :lol:
i think the most hyped up game was brute force.. it wasn't all that! the hype said that this would hold me over till halo 2! yeah right! :x
batman2million
08-26-2004, 04:33 AM
n gage...so much crap... fun to throw at ppl though
evilpenguin9000
08-26-2004, 04:43 AM
Suga beat me to the Brute Force punch. N-gage is pretty terrible.
I'm also annoyed by too many buzz jokes with the ilovebees thing. Please make it stop.
Abalistar
08-26-2004, 05:08 AM
The Segway would be pretty nifty if it didn't cost 5000 freakin dollars.
And damn it! I might buy an N-Gage QD (if i can find it for less than 200 dollars).
But most overhyped would be, probably Halo 2 or Fable. The hype of those 2 games is just insane. They'll probably both be good but still, this much hype is rediculous.
loserboy
08-27-2004, 01:35 AM
The Segway...just another way to keep this country the fattest, most bloated nation on the planet.
Honey, it's a beautiful night, I'm taking the kids for a Segway...we wouldn't want them to have calf muscles...
crazytalkx
08-27-2004, 02:10 AM
Ah crap I don't wanna start a flame war here but the most overhyped game/s are the Grand Theft Auto ones. Oh and Driv3r. *self-destructs*
rajchakrabarti
08-27-2004, 02:49 PM
sega cd or the 32x
Halo and Halo 2, I don't understand the fuss.
hiccupleftovers
08-27-2004, 05:38 PM
The N-Gage. I think it's funny that Nokia hasn't given up the ghost yet.
Agreed...I haven't seen ANYONE playing one of these...if anyone does, they must be embarrassed to own one, and play only at home where no one watches... :oops: Good luck find multiplayer games on that piece of shit.
I've seen two people with an N-Gage total since launch. Once when I was standing at a bus stop, a guy lent his to some guy who asked if he could use his cell phone. I wonder if the guy was hoping the other guy would take it off his hands. :lol:
I agree with the N-Gage. I have never ever seen anyone have one or for that matter ever buy one when i go to a v-game stores, which is quite often. I also would say Daikatana. Halo also deserves to be in the overhyped range, because it was said to be the Xbox's shining glory, its crowning achievement, it would beat Goldeneye, the best game on the Xbox, or for that matter the best game on this generation. Eh Baloney. That game isn't that great at all, other tahn the music and visuals,, the game is that great. Very linear and monotonous with your typical sci-fi story. I guess I should add that on Legendary the A.I. was incredible and actually sort of made the game a little bit fun.
smalien1
08-27-2004, 05:41 PM
Ah crap I don't wanna start a flame war here but the most overhyped game/s are the Grand Theft Auto ones. Oh and Driv3r. *self-destructs*
Driv3r is a crappy game but it definitley wasn't over hyped in fact I didn't see a single ad for it and bareley any previews
zewone
08-27-2004, 05:48 PM
Halo also deserves to be in the overhyped range, because it was said to be the Xbox's shining glory, its crowning achievement, it would beat Goldeneye, the best game on the Xbox, or for that matter the best game on this generation. Eh Baloney. That game isn't that great at all, other tahn the music and visuals,, the game is that great. Very linear and monotonous with your typical sci-fi story. I guess I should add that on Legendary the A.I. was incredible and actually sort of made the game a little bit fun.
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Richter
08-29-2004, 01:22 AM
infinium Labs' Phantom "console"
Sarang01
08-29-2004, 04:58 AM
The N-Gage. I think it's funny that Nokia hasn't given up the ghost yet.
Agreed...I haven't seen ANYONE playing one of these...if anyone does, they must be embarrassed to own one, and play only at home where no one watches... :oops: Good luck find multiplayer games on that piece of shit.
I saw a guy at one place BUY it! Yeah I'm dead serious. I even heard one guy said he thought it was "cool", that or the idea of it. Too bad shit like "Bomberman" and "Virtua Cop" is being wasted on it. I need to fish out the phone # to the EB where the guy doesn't have a problem with it. Would ya'll be willing to flood the store with "interest" towards the N-Gage? :wink:
Spacepest
08-29-2004, 05:08 AM
Haha, I went to a bar after work the other day and finally found ONE person who owned an N-Gage. He was OUT IN PUBLIC, and PLAYING WITH IT at the bar. People at the bar were making fun of him for owning it. I'll bet he would have felt less ashamed if he had caught playing with something else at the bar.
Lancey Howard
08-29-2004, 05:11 AM
I think I'd have to agree with quite a few of you with the N-Gage. I have played it and I can't bring myself to pick another one up again.
RedvsBlue
08-29-2004, 08:20 AM
You know something is truly craptastic (N-Gage) when even the people working at gamestop are trashing it. They're supposed to hype everything, its their job practically, but one day I was in a gamestop and they were trashing it hardcore.
ig88vsbobafett
08-29-2004, 08:30 AM
If you saw Matrix 2 and 3 i think you lost :)
Matrix 2 and 3.
What do I win?
Xevious
08-30-2004, 06:34 PM
Lately, BloodRayne 2 is getting a lot of press (with the Playboy layout and such). There is a lot of hype generated about this game.
But seriously, the first game was stupid. The girl was good but the graphics and the plot sucked eggs. Judging from the screenshots for Bloodrayne 2, it doesn't look like they upgraded the game too much.
It may not be the most-overhyped game there is but it is over-hyped.