Hype Backlash/Quotes

""I just hope 3D Realms understands that if this doesn't turn out to be history's greatest contribution to human culture and the cure for at least one type of cancer, then I and every other reviewer on earth are going to saw its bollocks off.""

- Zero Punctuation on Duke Nukem Forever

"I went out, and in Paul's Church-yard I bought the play of "Henry the Fourth", and so went to the new Theatre [...] and saw it acted; but my expectation being too great, it did not please me, as otherwise I believe it would."

- The Diary of Samuel Pepys, December 31, 1660

""Sometimes a game gets a little ahead of itself. All of a sudden, what you've got in the box in no way lives up to the reputation that preceded it. It happens all the time: a title will coast to the market on a wave of hype, getting glory far beyond what was earned. As gamers, we'll stare limply at our monitors or TV screens and ask ourselves: "Everyone was excited about this!?"""

- GameSpy, 25 Most Overrated Games Of All Time

""I probably wouldn't have had such a problem with it all if it wasn't for the fact that Nintendo advertised this thing like it was the second coming of Michael Jackson...""

- The Gaming Brit, in his in-depth review of Metroid: Other M

""I feel like we have such low expectations for today's batch of pop stars that when they put out something that is merely okay, it somehow gets misconstrued as genius.""

- yerblues, in his review of The 20/20 Experience by Justin Timberlake