When Inside came out I recall the fans acting like the ending was something absolutely unbelievable and a breakthrough in storytelling. I was sceptical going in, and enjoyed the game just fine, but the ending was... pretty ordinary.
Earthbound never came out in the UK, so it was always this internet fandom thing. I never got around to playing it but the fandom was intense.
Undertale was a game where the fandom felt huge and noisy from day one, and it always felt like a cross section of the Earthbound fandom and the Homestuck (webcomic) fandom. When I played the game and ran into tech problems or gameplay problems I always felt like the fans only referred to the game with a very peculiar revenance.
I sometimes wonder about the games I played fondly, like Katamari Demacy and wonder how people felt about the huge fandom amongst the otherwise sober sensible titles. I love these games but I'm sure they were annoying in their heyday.
Have you ever felt like you were part of the hyperbole for a game? Which fandoms made you excited for a game, and which ones made it more difficult?
Earthbound never came out in the UK, so it was always this internet fandom thing. I never got around to playing it but the fandom was intense.
Undertale was a game where the fandom felt huge and noisy from day one, and it always felt like a cross section of the Earthbound fandom and the Homestuck (webcomic) fandom. When I played the game and ran into tech problems or gameplay problems I always felt like the fans only referred to the game with a very peculiar revenance.
I sometimes wonder about the games I played fondly, like Katamari Demacy and wonder how people felt about the huge fandom amongst the otherwise sober sensible titles. I love these games but I'm sure they were annoying in their heyday.
Have you ever felt like you were part of the hyperbole for a game? Which fandoms made you excited for a game, and which ones made it more difficult?