Most Hyped Ultimately Disappointing Games General Gaming

[Bandit]

Another vote for Watchdogs. It looked great in trailers and everyone was going nuts, the game was as generic as a game can be.

Cyberpunk. After The Witcher 3 being probably one of the best games of all time, everyone was excited for Cyberpunk. Then CD Project decided to release it around 2 years before it was ready and the game was completely broken.

 

[David76]

I also think GTA IV was probably one of my most hyped game, I wasn't disappointed but it never enchanted me like San Andreas and Vice City.

 

[Silverback]

Some more for the list

Halo Infinite - started promising but then failed to deliver updates to keep me interested.

For Honor - loved the beta but never got into the game although I've not revisited it since the initial release so it may be better than when I played.

 

[Tom]

Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun

I loved the original C&C and loved Red Alert even more, so I was hyped for what was essentially C&C 2. I remember it being announced at the end of the main C&C campaign in a post credit cutscene and it was also in the back of the game manual. I remember buying PC gaming magazines to see the exclusives and screenshots of the game. I remember going on the old Westwood Studios website and navigating to back then a really cool Tiberian Sun themed website, which gave background and lore on GDI and Nod stuff. It showed in game cutscenes screenshots of James Earl Jones and Michael Biehn.

I remember it getting delayed and I think EA had just bought Westwood too. The game came out and while I still liked it enough, I still found it disappointing. Some of the features didn't make it in and some of the mechanics straight up didn't work. It took me a while to get used to the post apocalyptic feel of the game (something that when I look at now, looks pretty awesome) and the biggest letdown for me was the skirmish mode. In Red Alert, the AI was able to fight itself as well as you which made it more intresting and fun. In Tiberian Sun, the AI will always target you and I hated it. Games not fun when you've set what you think is an 8 player free for all between yourself and 7 AI, and it's actually a 1v7 handicap where everyone is launching their super weapons at you and throwing infantry every 30 seconds.

I will give it credit for that the post apocalyptic ambience and atmosphere was amazing, and the art and design of the units, structures and world were amazing too. I didn't appreciate it as a kid when I first got it though.

 

[Ginger Ted]

Assassin's Creed 3. The point where the franchise stopped being story and gameplay driven and became a giant map full of collectibles.