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"Too much hype in the world"

were always hearing,theres too much crime in the world,theres too much poverty in the world.yes they are important,but we never hear theres too much hype.

hype can be both your friend and your enemy.
we hear that a game is going to have the best graphics,fastest loading times etc etc etc.we get all excited,buy magazines for previews and then reviews,talk about it for months,count down the days till its out then...
were let down,like we have been so many times before.

its not just games,its films,books,tv shows and more.

the worst thing is,as long as were intrested in something we will never get rid of hype.
and will fall for it every time.

Hype is needed, but in relative amounts.

Games have been ruined by hype. They are said that they will have the BEST graphics, be the MOST realistic, etc, and when they are not, even if they are still amazing games, people say 'bah, that wasn't as good as the hype, I'm not buying it'.

But without ANY hype, games would not be known to a wide audience, so when it is released, few people know about it.

TheBest: Hype is good, but in small quantities

I have already guessed that. Everyone at school who wees me off buys that imbicilic publication. I really, really want to shut them down.

i stoped buying that mag becasue it is marketed for young immmature biased nintys. the source of all the people u hate on here turbo.

I hate NOM. Childish introverts.

official nintedo mag?! never trust them! they gave south park 90% bloody idiots, i went out and bought that game.

Well, hype has dogged the PS2 from the start. Everyone always says that it didn't live up to the hype and admittadly, it didn't. The problem is, a lot of people just can't see it's still an excellent platfor with some top quality games, not just MGS2 and GT3.

Let me guess - the mag you are referring to is the Official Nintendo Mag?

With Nintendo ive always found hyped games to be exellent. I really trust the Nintendo mag i bye. All the games i own have been given over 90% in my mag. I have found other things that have been hugely hyped. Mainly playstaion stuff. Although movies are a big offender in hype. I mean tombraider is not actually a great movie yet it is making tonnes of money. why? Because there are constantly add for it.

You bring up a good point Strafex.

Another possibility could be to rent out the game before you decide to play it, just to see whether it does live up to the hype.

The best way to dampen hype is play a demo of the game before you read a review.

Reviewers are seeing a game for the first time.
It's amazing to them and it causes them to exadurate.

This exaduration builds up such an unrealistic picture in your mind, there's no way that you won't be disappointed.

If you play the game first, you'll understand what they mean and think the same way they do.

That way you'll know what to expect and you won't expect the impossible.