Overhyped: 11 Games That Will Have to Deal with Unrealistic Expectations

2014 has been a reality check for gamers. Before the Xbox One and PS4 were ever released, publishers spent a lot of energy demonstrating what next-gen would be capable of. It’s been just under a year since Microsoft and Sony released their consoles, and while there have been some good games to play, nothing has been quite like what we were shown in 2013.

We’re beginning to see an industry that is driven by marketing. Games are shown with jaw-dropping graphics and exciting gameplay more than a year before release, and the hype builds. Gamers talk about these games for months, posting screenshots and drooling from the mouth while waiting for their inevitable release. In many cases, these games finally come out and simply aren’t as good-looking or fun-to-play as perceived. The expectations of the current-gen simply haven’t matched with the experience, and game reception has been rocky as a result.

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We’ve seen a few games stumble so far this year, but in this article we’re going to look into the future, a future where there are games that are purposefully and sometimes unintentionally building unrealistic hype. The world is expected of these games, and it only makes it that much more difficult to succeed. Their goal is to be amazing as expected, leading to scenarios where they’re either stellar and only as good as expected, or less than amazing and considered a disappointment. You can see the list of 11 games in the gallery below.

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