{"id":73219,"date":"2015-03-11T11:33:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T09:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=73219"},"modified":"2015-03-11T11:34:57","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T09:34:57","slug":"top-5-overhyped-games-in-recent-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/73219-top-5-overhyped-games-in-recent-times","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 overhyped games in recent times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The worst thing we can do as gamers is get too excited for big releases: after all, we are in the age of the developers and publishers jumping on the hype-train and picking up way too much steam.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, we\u00a0decided to look back and reminisce about over-promising and under-delivering titles of recent times.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Titanfall (2013)<\/h3>\n<p>The Xbox One&#8217;s powerhouse mech-vs-man shooter looked to be the real hook to lure in hesitant next-gen adopters &#8211; it was made by some of the guys behind Call of Duty, after all.<\/p>\n<p>And yeah, Titanfall never got an official release in SA due to Internet limitations, but the game itself was never actually bad.<\/p>\n<p>Players seemed to get bored rather quickly, though, and resorted to their favourite multiplayer shooters, leaving Titanfall as more of a wave of popularity rather than an experience of longevity.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57739\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Titanfall-screenshot-1-TF_AngelCity_Pilot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57739\" class=\"wp-image-57739 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Titanfall-screenshot-1-TF_AngelCity_Pilot-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"Titanfall\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Titanfall-screenshot-1-TF_AngelCity_Pilot-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Titanfall-screenshot-1-TF_AngelCity_Pilot-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Titanfall-screenshot-1-TF_AngelCity_Pilot-625x350.jpg 625w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Titanfall-screenshot-1-TF_AngelCity_Pilot.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-57739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Titanfall<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Watch Dogs (2014)<\/h3>\n<p>When first shown off at E3 2012, gamers began drooling at the prospect of playing Ubisoft&#8217;s hack-&#8216;n-shoot adventure. Beautiful graphics, an unparalleled immersive world, and the ability to \u2018hack\u2019 just about everything were all attractive selling points.<\/p>\n<p>Things were looking a bit shaky after the game was delayed for around six months, and by the time the game released it looked nowhere near as good as the pre-release footage.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Watch Dogs just wasn\u2019t as exciting as Ubisoft wanted us to believe, and 2013\u2019s Grand Theft Auto V had already outdone it in just about every way possible.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_63109\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Watch-Dogs-screenshot-1-WD_ScreenshotS_Relaunch_VigilanteTakeDown_DD_130910_9_1378728380_1380108216.30amCET.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63109\" class=\"wp-image-63109 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Watch-Dogs-screenshot-1-WD_ScreenshotS_Relaunch_VigilanteTakeDown_DD_130910_9_1378728380_1380108216.30amCET-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"Watch Dogs\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Watch-Dogs-screenshot-1-WD_ScreenshotS_Relaunch_VigilanteTakeDown_DD_130910_9_1378728380_1380108216.30amCET-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Watch-Dogs-screenshot-1-WD_ScreenshotS_Relaunch_VigilanteTakeDown_DD_130910_9_1378728380_1380108216.30amCET-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Watch-Dogs-screenshot-1-WD_ScreenshotS_Relaunch_VigilanteTakeDown_DD_130910_9_1378728380_1380108216.30amCET-625x350.jpg 625w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Watch-Dogs-screenshot-1-WD_ScreenshotS_Relaunch_VigilanteTakeDown_DD_130910_9_1378728380_1380108216.30amCET.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch Dogs<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Destiny (2014)<\/h3>\n<p>Put the talent behind the super-popular Halo franchise in the driving seat of a new FPS MMO and what do you get? Hype-city.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all the anticipation behind Destiny, the game has turned out to be rather disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>As most reviews state, it\u2019s very repetitive and there isn\u2019t much to do. Sure, the game looks pretty and has some interesting ideas, but you can only do the same thing over and over so many times before it gets boring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70474\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Destiny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70474\" class=\"wp-image-70474 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Destiny-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"Destiny\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Destiny-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Destiny-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Destiny-625x350.jpg 625w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Destiny.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-70474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Destiny<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Medal of Honor (2010)<\/h3>\n<p>The military franchise that is Medal of Honor faded into obscurity as Call of Duty became popular, but when EA announced the return of the series in a modern, fresh setting, expectations were high.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the game didn&#8217;t live up to those expectations. The campaign was dull, the multiplayer was a more-confined version of Battlefield (minus any fun vehicles) and the entire game just had a notable &#8220;been-there-done-that&#8221; feel to it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_73223\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Medal-of-Honor-600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73223\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73223\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Medal-of-Honor-600.jpg\" alt=\"Medal of Honor\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Medal-of-Honor-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Medal-of-Honor-600-267x150.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-73223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Medal of Honor<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Haze (2008)<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s all but faded from memory now, but there was a time when Haze was the most anticipated game for the PS3.<\/p>\n<p>Created by acclaimed devs Free Radical, Haze was looking like it was going to usher in a whole new generation of first-person shooters.<\/p>\n<p>Despite an interesting premise, Haze just wasn\u2019t good. Thanks to generic gameplay, dodgy enemy AI, and rubbish writing, the game wouldn&#8217;t even have stood out on the PlayStation 2.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_73221\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Haze-screenshot-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73221\" class=\"wp-image-73221 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Haze-screenshot-2.jpg\" alt=\"Haze screenshot 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Haze-screenshot-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Haze-screenshot-2-267x150.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-73221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Haze<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>This article was originally published on <a title=\"MenStuff.co.za\" href=\"http:\/\/www.menstuff.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">MenStuff.co.za<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/72160-augmented-reality-the-future-of-gaming.html\">Augmented reality \u2013 the future of gaming?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/73141-what-the-order-1886-did-right.html\">What The Order: 1886 did right<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/73123-mweb-fibre-to-the-home-pricing-and-availability.html\">MWEB fibre-to-the-home \u2013 pricing and availability<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out which games suffered from a serious case of hype, and failed to wow us upon release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":73225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[5524,1966,2664,13365,21,1526,11814,2295,13363,10296,10287],"class_list":["post-73219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-destiny","tag-games","tag-gaming","tag-haze","tag-headline","tag-hype","tag-hype-train","tag-medal-of-honor","tag-overhyped","tag-the-order-1886","tag-titanfall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73229,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73219\/revisions\/73229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}