Biggest game that never lived up to it's hype...

[KillyKillall]

Originally posted by: Zanix

Originally posted by: KillyKillall
I don't remember the name of the game, but it was built into real life. You had to solve a murder or something like that, but you received actual phone calls, emails, etc that REALLY put you in the game. This was about 4-5 years ago and it only lasted 1 chapter.

Yeah, I remember reading about that game. Get phone calls and email with tips on 'the game'... madness. Like people are stalking you.

Yeah...M4H nailed it..Majestic..

Why aren't there more games like this in the world?

 

[Jeeper94]

Originally posted by: mdchesne

Originally posted by: Jeeper94
J/K, 4x4 Evo(lution)

i actualy enjoyed 4x4 evolution. was a nice little free download I played for about a year beofr ei got grand turesmo. I liked going off the track at night, with rain and fog, and try to find my way back without the map.

mdchesne, don't get me wrong, I love the game! I really do, but I do think the developers/programmers could have refined it more. It was a great game that could have been an excellent game if would have been refined, it was kinda buggy at times.

 

[kranky]

I'm not even a gamer, but the amount of outrage that surrounded the release of Daikatana was astounding. Didn't it end up in the bargain bins in just a couple of months?

I've never seen any other game generate the volume of bitterness that it did.

 

[Atomicus]

Homeworld

 

[slpaulson]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
Daikatana

Nothing can possibly ever come close to the Champion of Bullsh!t Hype.

- M4H

Definately

 

[KillyKillall]

Found the old info:

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/computing/01/08/majestic.idg/

 

[KillyKillall]

oh come on..don't let me kill the thread!

 

[UnderScore]

The KING!:
Battlecruiser 3000AD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlecruiser_3000AD

I used a unix shell account & was reading the hype for this game in 1994, a year before Netscape Communications went IPO. And even in 1994 it had been already hyped for years in newsgroups.

The runner-up:
Daikatana

 

[DeadByDawn]

Originally posted by: Atomicus
Homeworld

Homeworld was a great game

 

[Bozono]

XFL

 

[Sureshot324]

AOE 3, when it comes out. Yes, I can see the future.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: kranky
I'm not even a gamer, but the amount of outrage that surrounded the release of Daikatana was astounding. Didn't it end up in the bargain bins in just a couple of months?

I've never seen any other game generate the volume of bitterness that it did.

It was, so, so, so, so bad.

really, really bad.

And I so wanted to play it. Until I got it.

 

Doom 3 was a piece of junk.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: KillyKillall

Originally posted by: Zanix

Originally posted by: KillyKillall
I don't remember the name of the game, but it was built into real life. You had to solve a murder or something like that, but you received actual phone calls, emails, etc that REALLY put you in the game. This was about 4-5 years ago and it only lasted 1 chapter.

Yeah, I remember reading about that game. Get phone calls and email with tips on 'the game'... madness. Like people are stalking you.

Yeah...M4H nailed it..Majestic..

Why aren't there more games like this in the world?

One word. Heck, not even a word, I'll make it a character:

$

Having real people on staff to record phonecalls, send emails, etc - wasn't cheap. New content is tough enough for an MMO - imagine trying to "make content" for real life.

Edit - Oh, and people weren't too big on being stalked.

- M4H

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: desteffy
Doom III

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: DeadByDawn

Originally posted by: Atomicus
Homeworld

Homeworld was a great game

damn right, i was addicted to it.

ever notice the wobble in the view? i got it for christmas and played it til i went back to school, in my dark room all day playing homeworld....

first day of school everything was wobbly =(

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
Daikatana
Tomb Raider Angel of darkness
Matrix Online

and other according to gamepro

Bigtime....#1 biggest disappointment evar!

I would also put Doom3 up there....god that game got sooo boring. It was just a very long visual effects demo with no real gameplay fun, and certainly no replay value.

The whole dmn game was like a horror movie where they cover up special effects with dark settings...just so you can't see where they fvckup.......fvcking goddamn flashlight.

 

[Bateluer]

Daikatana
Ultima IX Ascension
Halo 1&2

 

[purbeast0]

Mario Kart 64 ... what a fvcking disaster next to Super Mario Kart. That game left me more disappointed than any other game ever.

 

[Sureshot324]

Originally posted by: Bozono
XFL

QFT

 

[illusion88]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
Daikatana

Nothing can possibly ever come close to the Champion of Bullsh!t Hype.

- M4H

John Romero is going to make you his b1tch, suck it down

Daikatana was the first game that came to mind when I posted this.

 

[TNM93]

Half-Life 2. I thought the first one was better. Oh, and CSS

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
Mario Kart 64 ... what a fvcking disaster next to Super Mario Kart. That game left me more disappointed than any other game ever.

You're on crack.

 

[DeadByDawn]

NPR had a week long special on flops. Daikatana was featured on day two or three, it got owned for at least 30 minutes of airtime. I believe it was the only videogame that made the list.

 

[Icopoli]

Ultima 9.