I think this topic deserves its own thread. We've all experienced playing a game long after launch and being disappointed; but what games, particularly games with a lot of hype, actually lived up to that hype?

In terms of the release of Cyberpunk this is a very important question

Personally Red Dead 2 and God of War were the last game in the last 3 years which lived up to the the tremendous hype thed had. The Last of us 2 for example not so

rdr2

gow

botw

half life alyx

already know what this thread will turn into btw

The last of us 2

All the gta games

TLOU2 exceeded the hype

Last gen

Met or exceeded expectations:
Persona 5
God of War
Sekiro
Breath of the Wild
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Bloodborne
Nier

Biggest let downs:
The Division
Anthem
Red Dead 2
Last of Us
Spider Man
Pokemon Sword & Shield
Ni No Kuni 2
Nioh
Uncharted 4
FF 7 Remake

Rdr2, GTA V, last of us 2

TLOU2 as a story did not, gameplay did however

GOW, BOTW, Yakuza 7, FF7 Remake, Persona games, Sekiro, doom, witcher 3, tlou1, spiderman, nier automata, pokemon hgss,

Red Dead 2.

biggest letdowns imo:

The Last of Us 2
Skyrim
Kinda Death Stranding (expected a more mind blowing story but still a 8/10, the war scenes with mads mikkelsen were underwhelming too)
The Last Guardian (these controls )
The Outer Worlds (people praised it as New Vegas 2, not even better than FO4 )

Ghost of Tsushima

Tlou2
Rdr2
Half life alyx
Mario odyssey
God of war
Sekiro
Uncharted 4
GTA 5

There’s more but I can’t think of atm

only time I ever got disappointed from high expectations was destiny 1

BOTW

Sekiro
Borderlands 2
Skate 3

Duke Nukem Forever

People saying uncharted 4 that game was amazing

Whole series incredible

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I shed a tear at the end of 4

This the best answer in fall off

Witcher 3 for me
GTA
God of war
Skyrim

There's not many games j get super hype on.
Hopefully cyberpunk lives up to the hype for me, I wasn't wildin and expecting this game to be like a 2nd life like a bunch of people so I think it will ultimately do it for me

Heard cp2077 story is like max 20 hours

mw3

TLOU 2
RDR 2
MGS 4
GTA IV
GOW (2018)
GTA SAN ANDREAS

For me honestly, quite a few I could go on..

God of War

Breath of the wild

Every GTA and Rdr.