Games that DID live up to the hype.

[Captain Red]

Yes, that’s right, games that actually delivered what they promised.

I’ll start:
Vice City: (I’ve already gushed about this little gem)

Metal Gear Solid: possibly the first interactive movie that didn’t suck.

Zelda: a link to the past: Alright, so I dismissed this one a little prematurely. It’s just hard to take Nintendo fan boys seriously.

[Arioch]

Diablo 2 + LOD.

Warcraft 3.

Blizzard owns my soul.

[Fredrik]

Super Mario 64 and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time both did.

Amazingly.

[Endureth]

Wolfenstein: ET (still played religiously 2-3 times per week)

Warcraft III (though just barely)

[Spike]

Indeed, Warcraft III tends to leech away most of my spare time. Fear my moo of fury! Moooo...

[Dron]

Doom and Quake

[deathbringer]

Doom

Sonic the hedgehog

Sonic 2

Sonic 3

Sonic & knuckles

GTA 3

Vice city

GTA

C&C Red alert

RE 2

[doomaddict]

Let's see here...


DOOM Series (lol!)
Quake Series (qdoom, Requiem Map 31)
Sim City and Sims series
Grand Theft Auto series (TC?)
Zelda Series
Sonic Series (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ian.clark13/ssd.html)-this is the link to The Ultimate Doomer's Super Sonic DOOM website)
Dark Cloud series
Neverwinter Nights
Baldur's Gate
Ultima Online
Final Fantasy (all but 1 and 2)
Conquer Online
Tibia Online
Pokemon (maybe someone will make a TC on this)
Pacman (all series, play PACMAN DOOM)
Asteroids
Tetris
Mario Series (is there a TC on this?)
The Bushgame (emogame.com)
Wizardry series (and Wizards and Warriors, which has a good area known as Skull Castle)
Diablo Series
http://www.doomworld.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15294- this is the link to DOOMWORLD's Drinking Game
James Bond series (many DOOM wads on that)
and many, many others.


My favorite:RATCHET and CLANK series

[darknation]

the first instance of videogame hype that I remember was the ad campaign for Super Mario 3.

and yeah, it pwned.

[DoomDiz]

Halo is pretty damned good...........

[Bashe]

freewebs.com/bashe/bedwetter.wav]I HATE RATCHET AND CLANK!

I think the Zelda series really did live up to the hype. Those games were damn fun!

[Ichor]

Even Zelda 2 was enjoyable, despite being considered by many as the least of the Zelda series.

[Linguica]

A lot of the games being listed don't fit the question. Tetris lived up to the hype WTF? It only got any hype after it was released because it was so good.

Of things that actually FIT the description, I would list things like Super Mario Bros. 3, Sonic 2, Super Mario 64, Doom, and Half-Life.

[darknation]

speaking of hype, Driver 3 (or Driv3r if you are retarded, and I think most of you are) is being completely raped for being a piece of shit. Those magazines that listed it as being a good game are being accussed of taking bungs, so astoundingly guff is the game.

Adios Atari.

[Psyrus]

Diablo 2 - LOD
Starcraft - Brood War
Sonic 3/S&K
Super Mario Bros. 3
Zelda: OoT
Doom

[Ed]

Final Fantasy VII

[Ralphis]

Super Mario 3
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic 3 & Knuckles (This might've been one of the most hyped games of all time)
Super Mario 64
Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda : Majora's Mask

[Darkstalker]

Most of my pick are already listed but I'll had Super Metroid.

[Mogul]

Fredrik said:

Super Mario 64 and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time both did.

Amazingly.

Bingo.

[Melfice]

Everytime I hear something like "live up to the hype" I think of the line from Starfuckers, Inc. that goes "I have arrived and this time you should believe the hype."

Sonic Series
Super Mario World
Mario 64
Sonic Adventure
FF series games (except 9 I thinnk it was)
MK: Deadly Alliance
GTA 3 & Vice City
Magic: the Gathering Battlegrounds
Devil May Cry
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Metroid Prime

And hopefully Doom 3 when it comes out eventually...

[killer9]

Riddick. With avengeance.

[Mogul]

I personally wasn't really into Metroid Prime. I do like it somewhat, but for me - come ON, this was a follow-up to Super Metroid (along with Fusion). And out of the two, I would EASILY pick SM over MP.

[doomaddict]

Bashe said:

freewebs.com/bashe/bedwetter.wav]I HATE RATCHET AND CLANK!

For some odd reason, the game seems to be casting a spell that is affecting my brain and making me addicted to it. DOOM is also like this, hence the name doomaddict.

[Johnny]

Bashe, that stupid bedwetter shit is really not funny.

[Bashe]

Yeah...it's happening again.

Hey, if you don't like it, don't fucking listen to it. You know how to ignore, right?

[Sharessa]

Civilization 3, if you ignore the fact that they took biological warefare out of the game after 9/11.

Also, Fallout and Fallout 2.

[Liam]

vice city
zelda: ocarina of time (thankfully)
and for one that hasn't been said, morrowind.

Bashe said:

Hey, if you don't like it, don't fucking listen to it. You know how to ignore, right?

hmm, no, rather, i think you should stop posting that retarded wav.

[Ralphis]

mje said:

I personally wasn't really into Metroid Prime. I do like it somewhat, but for me - come ON, this was a follow-up to Super Metroid (along with Fusion). And out of the two, I would EASILY pick SM over MP.

Just because a game isn't as good as it's predecessor doesn't make it a bad game. The game was still amazing in it's own right.

[chilvence]

Hype?

[Mogul]

Ralphis said:

Just because a game isn't as good as it's predecessor doesn't make it a bad game. The game was still amazing in it's own right.

Good timing. After watching the 1 hour 5 minute speedrun videos of MP I think I'm just about ready to start on it.

That is some GREAT footage. A must-see for everyone, especially people that have played through it and know what's going on.