# Has there ever been a game as turbo-hyped as Halo 2 has been? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517 "2004-10-22T00:22:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/1 "2004-10-22T00:22:35Z")
It’s kind of aggravating actually. Everwhere you look there are “new screenshots of Master Chiefs boot!” or “Brand New Screen capture of the grass outside the spaceship!”. What’s with this hysteria? I mean, I know what it’s like to wait for a great game to come out, but it’s almost like these game sites/mags have nothing else to talk about other than Halo 2, GTA:SA, and Metroid Prime 2. I vote Halo 2 as the most over hyped game in history. Whaddya think? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/2 "2004-10-22T00:28:25Z")
Who cares about any of those games, Neo Contra came out yesterday! ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/3 "2004-10-22T01:17:22Z")
I stopped believing the hype ever since I bought ‘Black and White’. Come to think of it Freedom Force didn’t exactly fit the hype either. I liked GTAIII, as it was one of the few ‘sleeper’ hit in recent memory that did well solely on word of mouth. Not really a big fan of Halo. It’s ok for a console FPS, but pretty blah compared to PC titles. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/4 "2004-10-22T06:59:32Z")
Perhaps you’ve forgotten the hype surrounding Mario 64 and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. They had to be, at the least, on par with Halo 2. News stations were providing coverage of both months prior to the release, I have yet to see any similar coverage for Halo 2. ---
**Author:** ![LuckyMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e36b37/32.png) [@LuckyMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckyMe)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/5 "2004-10-22T07:03:43Z")
> [@Rabid\_Squirrel](#): > > I stopped believing the hype ever since I bought ‘Black and White’. Come to think of it Freedom Force didn’t exactly fit the hype either. > > I liked GTAIII, as it was one of the few ‘sleeper’ hit in recent memory that did well solely on word of mouth. > > Not really a big fan of Halo. It’s ok for a console FPS, but pretty blah compared to PC titles. I loved Halo and still do, but I too think the hype is a little overboard. I think the big reason for all the hype is because we are so close to the holiday season season and Halo2 nad GTA:SA are supposed to be the defacto top sellers. **No I did not forget about Metroid. Its funny this great game has almost no hype attached to it.** ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/6 "2004-10-22T09:28:48Z")
I seem to remember a lot of hype for “Super Mario Bros 3” for the NES (sic). Waiting lists at the stores, and everything. Just seems kind of sad, now. Doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/7 "2004-10-22T10:06:01Z")
There’s a Halo 2? ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/8 "2004-10-22T13:29:26Z")
Half Life 2? ---
**Author:** ![Page\_Fault](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@Page\_Fault](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Page_Fault)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/9 "2004-10-22T13:41:12Z")
Daikatana. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/10 "2004-10-22T13:48:57Z")
Duke Nukem Forever? Seriously, I don’t understand how you can call the second coming of the Master Chief “overhyped”. I mean, wouldn’t overhyping something this big be kind of impossible? ---
**Author:** ![robertliguori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@robertliguori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertliguori)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/11 "2004-10-22T13:54:51Z")
Duke Nukem Forever. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/12 "2004-10-22T14:07:25Z")
> [@Page Fault](#): > > Daikatana. JOHN ROMERO’S GOING TO MAKE YOU HIS BITCH… in one of the most ill advised ad campaigns **ever**. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/13 "2004-10-22T15:09:30Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > I seem to remember a lot of hype for “Super Mario Bros 3” for the NES (sic). Waiting lists at the stores, and everything. > > Just seems kind of sad, now. Doesn’t it? Oh yeah, man, I remember that…It was nuts. The one kid in my neighborhood who managed to get around the waiting lists suddenly became everyone’s best friend. But that game was totally worth the hype. It’s still one of the greatest console games ever. ---
**Author:** ![badomen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c2a13f/32.png) [@badomen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badomen)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/14 "2004-10-22T17:00:07Z")
Daikatanna has already been mentioned, that’s the game that made me stop buying gaming magazines. I’d like to add Doom3 and Fable were really over-hyped and did not live up to expectations really. Halo 2 though, while being very heavily advertised should be quite good, if you like that sort of game. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/15 "2004-10-22T17:33:23Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > I seem to remember a lot of hype for “Super Mario Bros 3” for the NES (sic). Waiting lists at the stores, and everything. > > Just seems kind of sad, now. Doesn’t it? Sad? No way. The game is still the pinnacle of platformers. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/16 "2004-10-22T17:38:54Z")
Is Halo 2 the game that some hacker stole and posted elicit creen shots of some of the characters? Madden is always ultra-hyped each year. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/17 "2004-10-22T17:46:18Z")
How about Grand Tourismo IV? I haven’t seen any commercial for Halo II but I’ve seen too many for GTIV. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/18 "2004-10-22T17:49:09Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Is Halo 2 the game that some hacker stole and posted elicit creen shots of some of the characters? No. Halo 2 is that game that game that some guy stole and leaked to the entire internet. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/19 "2004-10-22T18:34:22Z")
Don’t forget [www.ilovebees.com](http://www.ilovebees.com) –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517/20 "2004-10-22T19:00:09Z")
> [@Silentgoldfish](#): > > JOHN ROMERO’S GOING TO MAKE YOU HIS BITCH… in one of the most ill advised ad campaigns **ever**. I was in email communication with him for a short while, and he claimed to me that he had misgivings about that ad campaign, but that his people convinced him it would be a good ad. I suspect that was less than the truth, but I would also be willing to believe that he believes it’s the truth now. Overhyped? I agree on Black & White, but I also think it’s a game that easily impresses at first. It’s only after you’ve played it for a while that you see what a bad game it is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-game-as-turbo-hyped-as-halo-2-has-been/270517.md?page=2)