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Originally Posted by fable I never expect anything out of a title that lacks a development team, much less a release date.  And I never read publicity hype before a game appears. I also discount 75% of what any developers say in interviews, before games are released. I don't know that any of that means I anticipate game releases. I suspect it doesn't. |
I guess you're the voice of precaution...
I like to hear to the hype, so I can remember where to check if things were real or not. For example, Daikatana was expected to be a first person shooter + npc +rpg game. In my opinion, they gave up making a good first person shooter and screwed NPC and RPG. But the developers used to say it was awesome, that the graphics, the engine (they had problem with translation)...
On the other hand, SoA was hyped as well, but it was inside what has been told - same game, more spells, harder enemies, many possibilities... and extra history on the Child of Bhaal's saga with romances and humour.
So, IMO, hearing to hype is important to develop a sense of care from the gaming industry about what are they gonna promess, what are they promoting and allow the gamer to choose between gaming companys.
But, as they say this is off topic... lol