View Full Version : What videogames HAVE lived up to their hype...
Droodroo
07-30-2003, 08:24 PM
After reading the thread on games that didnt live up to their hype, what games (if any) DID lived up to their hype?
IMHO The first two mortal kombat games lived up to their hype, as did street fighter 2 for the snes, of late, metroid prime did a great job.
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MarioAllStar2600
07-30-2003, 08:39 PM
Mario Golf did, fun game.
Shadysmurf
07-30-2003, 08:42 PM
Super Mario 64 Lived up the hype
scooterb23
07-30-2003, 08:56 PM
Well, if I remember correctly, the hype for Enter The Matrix was that it would be a buggy, mess of a game, that Matrix fanboys would cream themselves over...
I think that game lived up to the hype...especially the buggy mess of a game bit...
I've never played such a bug riddled game... :roll:
petewhitley
07-30-2003, 08:58 PM
Halo
GTA III/Vice City
the Resident Evil remake on GameCube
Starfox 64
RetroYoungen
07-30-2003, 09:01 PM
Super Mario Bros. 3, definately. If I was old enough to cream myself back when it came out, I probably would have.
Raedon
07-30-2003, 09:02 PM
smb3
sonic3
smw
dkc
ff7
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lots of hype.. paid off
Anthony1
07-30-2003, 09:54 PM
Super Mario World
Super Mario 64
Unreal (for PC)
HALO
WiseSalesman
07-30-2003, 10:50 PM
Metal Gear Solid
Eternal Darkness
Half Japanese
07-30-2003, 11:36 PM
Ikaruga
Eternal Darkness
atomicthumbs
07-30-2003, 11:40 PM
Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time. 100%.
grayejectbutton
07-31-2003, 01:47 AM
Halo
Super Mario Bros 3
Super Mario World
Mario 64
Metroid Prime
Sonic (but only the first one)
Soul Calibur
Doom
Quake III
Star Wars (Atari coin-op)
Super Mario Kart
kai123
07-31-2003, 01:57 AM
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Advance Wars 2
Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
Way of The Samurai
Those are my picks of recently released games
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WiseSalesman
07-31-2003, 02:04 AM
Soul Calibur....oh hell yes. I completely forgot about this one.
Daltone
07-31-2003, 09:52 AM
Max Payne (pc)
Half Life (pc)
Metal Gear Solid (psx)
Headhunter (dc)
Resident Evil 2 (psx)
Nights (sat)
ShinobiMan
07-31-2003, 10:05 AM
Castlevania: SOTN
Flashback
Batman (NES)
Gunstar Heroes
Gunstar Heroes was incredible! It totally lived up to all the hype surrounding it late '93.
NE146
07-31-2003, 01:06 PM
Games that lived up to their hype eh.. hmmmm
SNES Street Fighter 2.. remember the anticipation for that game? It was incredible! And the game 100% delivered the goods. In those days, it was kind of a stretch to think that a complex graphic-rich arcade game like SF2 could be brought home, and Capcom friggin delivered on the money. The control was amazing too. It lived up to the Hype.. and let me tell you boy that game was HYPED UP.
Less hype surrounded SNES Star Fox, but I remember it being hyped up to a certain degree because of the brand new technology that enabled 3D polygons, etc. When the game came out though, it was amazing as well. It definitely lived up to the expectations I think.
Captain Wrong
07-31-2003, 01:18 PM
Virtua Fighter 4. IMHO, the best 3D fighter to date followed very very VERY closely by Soul Calibur, another game that was every bit as good as people said.
digitalpress
07-31-2003, 01:23 PM
A few 2600 games that I remember eagerly awaiting and being very satisfied with the result:
- Pitfall! (especially this one - it didn't even seem possible when the game was first advertised in Activision catalogs).
- Space Invaders (WOW).
- Ms. Pac-Man (after the poor first showing of Pac-family games, I wonder if anyone really expected this to live up to its advertising campaign)