Originally posted by Simon:

Oh it’s definitely overhyped. It’s sad when you feel disappointed for a game before it’s even released because the level of hype is that high. I’m just that cynical now, but with plenty of good reason (Watch Dogs anyone?). Will the in-game graphics match the previews or are they “vertically edited” (ie not real time) and will be dumbed down like in Watch Dogs?

Having said that, if the game is half as good as promised it should still be decent. I prefer to have lower expectations that are exceeded than the reverse, but these days games never really manage to exceed expectations however. Just for once I’d love it if a developer didn’t reveal any footage or details about a game before its release and then suddenly: bam there it is: in full, so any hype is completely player generated and not artificially manipulated. That’s more or less how it used to be.

This doesn’t fit with modern business practices however; especially when they want to sell preorders (which is a cancer of its own). It’s now standard for AAA titles to have a hype machine of staggered reveals lasting 3 years or longer before release. By the time release arrives they want you to be in such a frenzy of delayed gratification that you’ll buy anything no matter what. You’ll also feel like you’ve played the game for a while already because you’ve seen that much footage from it; so that also degrades the experience somewhat.

It’s funny because I thought this game looked like a Deus Ex-GTA hybrid. Many of the cyberpunk tropes are in or borrowed directly from Deus Ex (which in turn borrowed from earlier games too), such as “cyberwear” (augmentations) and even some of the cyberwear mentioned are exactly the same as in Deus Ex.

I hope this game manages to create more of a living/breathing open world than Deus Ex has (more akin to GTA) and from the sound of things that’s the intention. I also hope it’s not too short because game lengths have been gradually declining for years, only to be subsequently brought up by paid DLC expansions. It’s a $90 launch price in Australia, so that’s a lot!

I was kind of disappointed in recent Deus Ex games so I hope this manages to be better.

yeah thats what im afraid of is the overhype. it just feels like mankind divided or human revolution but with gender options. its not revolutionary as they are nutting all over it on forums and reddit and gaming sites. it doesnt mean its a bad game but its raising the expectation bar wayyyy too high. its like meeting a chick for the first time and you overhype your pipe game for weeks before having sex.