Top 5 Most Over-Hyped And Underwhelming Games Of 2013
3. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
This one was probably doomed from the start, when indecision began to creep in and developer Platinum Games championed the concept. It sure does sound fun to slash up a bunch of things, slashing them up some more and then watch the slices fall to pieces exactly as how they were cut. It is entertaining, in the same simple pleasure that Fruit Ninja allows it to be. Even with the developer's trademarked silliness, however, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance hasn't much more to offer than camp factor in spades.
From its completely unhinged story of robot ninjas ripping out body parts for sustenance, all the way dressing those in sombreros; this game is all gimmicks, all the time. Level design is simply built up of generic environments that cater the model, without adding any spirit of their own. Camera angles are so furiously looking to follow the action that the whole becomes unwatchable.
As slapstick, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a king, even by name alone. For its gameplay, the action title is not much more than a footnote in the franchise it spun off from. If protagonist Raiden was pitiful before, now that character has just become laughable. It's not that much of an upsell.
Okay, with Revengeance on the list, this site loses all relevance.
Seriously. Naming Metal gear rising revengance.
Dead pool? It's a comedy game, not a overwhelmed game
Are you crazy? Why do you blame SimCity´s demise on SimCity, when it´s clearly all EA´s fault- as per usual.
Come on.
Well this site lost all credibility by naming MGRR.
Can someone explain to me why Aliens colonial marines is not on here, yet Boishock Infinite is?
Dead Space 3 overhyped?!? Are you crazy? It was a great game! Heck I enjoyed it....
Though it was already available on PC long before it came out on consoles, Diablo 3 was a bit over-hyped too. I know people would be quick to come to the game's defense, but there has to be a better formula than playing through a game five or six times (through a lackluster tale) just to earn weapons and armor that are not aesthetically nor statistically pleasing enough to make it worthwhile. That, and the auction house fiasco damaging the game's reputation, didn't make this game as accessible for the general public as much as the diehard fans just dying to meet the devil again.
good list !!
Agreed...