History Quotes / HypeBacklash

->''"Is {{WesternAnimation/Ben 10}} as great as we remember? And the answer to that probably pretty clear by now. There are great episodes of Ben 10 and there are also plenty that are quite good and that I'm happy I watched. But there are also a lot that are little more than these mediocre, rehashed schemes that are just so repetitive and dull despite all the promise of this premise. So no, I don't this show was great. I didn't even think it was close to greatness. From the characters, to the conflicts, to the villains, to the lessons, to the action. None of this show managed to be consistently engaging."''

''(One panel later…)''

->''"Based solely on the press and fandom hype over the past half a decade, you’d be forgiven for thinking Cyberpunk was going to be a transcendant RPG, an experience the likes of which we’ve never seen before. It wasn’t just going to raise the bar, it was going to take the bar and fuck your girlfriend with it, and you’d be grateful for your proximity to said fucking. Could it have been that? I don’t know, but I doubt it. That’s the detrimental effect that runaway hype has on video games. It can set expectations, or at least hope, so high that the only place to land is below it, in disappontmentville. Not only that, but the emotional investment that the 'fans' make in the game’s potential turns accepting the possibility of anything less into a personal affront."''
-->-- '''Tim Buckley''' on ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077''

-->--'''Rob Vaux''' on ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.

-> ''Radio stations were promising "No Music/MenAtWork weekend! We promise we won't play any more Men At Work!" That's when you know you've really hit the big time - saturation point, when people really can't take any more of it."
-->-- ''Long Way to the Top: Stories of Australian Rock & Roll''

->''"Based solely on the press and fandom hype over the past half a decade, you’d be forgiven for thinking Cyberpunk was going to be a transcendant RPG, an experience the likes of which we’ve never seen before. It wasn’t just going to raise the bar, it was going to take the bar and fuck your girlfriend with it, and you’d be grateful for your proximity to said fucking. Could it have been that? I don’t know, but I doubt it. That’s the detrimental effect that runaway hype has on video games. It can set expectations, or at least hope, so high that the only place to land is below it, in disappontmentville. Not only that, but the emotional investment that the “fans” make in the game’s potential turns accepting the possibility of anything less into a personal affront."''

->''"After seeing so many people overrating and praising Geno to the skies, listening these two guys mocking him this way gives me life"''
-->-- Translation of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp0ixk1qj2c&lc=z222dl1r5oylzvyzg04t1aokgv0ieigfez2cl3xu3toxrk0h00410.1629581922725408 a YouTube comment]] on a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' LetsPlay by two Spanish streamers

->''"If you caught this low-budget labor of love about a murderous simpleton named Karl Childers (mmm-hmm) just after its release, you probably thought it was a solid little piece of work worth rooting for. If you checked in after reading the four-star reviews or watching the Oscar ceremony in which the writer-director-star picked up the Best Original Screenplay award, you may be forgiven for thinking there's less here than meets the eye. So fast did the tables turn for Billy Bob that the backlash felt more like whiplash."''

->''I went out, and in Paul's Church-yard I bought the play of "[[HenryIV 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.''
-->-- ''Diary of SamuelPepys'', December 31, 1660

->''I went out, and in Paul's Church-yard I bought the play of "[[Theatre/HenryIV 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.''
-->-- ''Literature/DiaryOfSamuelPepys'', December 31, 1660

->''"I wouldn't trust a food critic if all he ever grubbed on were hot dogs, and I don't trust [[Creator/JossWhedon Whedonites]] when their experience with moving pictures begins and ends with Mutant Enemy productions...It's as if just watching the shows and enjoying them isn't enough. You have to proselytize and spring out of the corners of the Internet like the Whedon Inquisition, [[CreatorWorship demanding tithings and tributes]] to the man's genius. It's a cult of apologism advertising itself as the face of Whedon fandom, and it's probably the single hardest thing about being a fan of the man's work -- others will just assume that [[FanDumb an apologist, argumentative asshole]] is what you are, too."''
-->-- '''Website/{{Cracked}}''', [[https://archive.vn/efL0w "5 Reasons It Sucks Being a Joss Whedon Fan"]]

->''"Look at the special page on the Konami website featuring famous people kissing [[Creator/HideoKojima Kojima’s]] ass because somebody showed them the first serious story videogame trailer they’ve ever seen, and asked them what they’d like to publicly state about it. Among the quotes is the director of the movie ''Film/Drive2011'', who thinks the Kojima is possessed by [[Creator/FyodorDostoevsky a 19th Century Russian writer,]] a 16th Century Italian painter, and American filmmaker Creator/StanleyKubrick rolled into one. Yes, truly, this one '''trailer''' is proof enough that Kojima is on par with revolutionary creators whose grand creations have stood the test of decades and centuries. He goes on to call the trailer [='=]''A daring and bold move from one of the founders of the future of technology'', [='=] which I’m assuming refers to… [[CriticalResearchFailure videogames?]] I guess he doesn’t realize violence [[RatedMForMoney is the opposite of daring]] when you’re talking about game trailers, but oh well."''
-->--'''[[http://metagearsolid.org/2014/06/e3-trailer-on-par/ Terry Wolf]]''', "E3 Trailer on Par With ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment''? Why Not."

->''"Look at the special page on the Konami website featuring famous people kissing [[Creator/HideoKojima Kojima’s]] ass because somebody showed them the first serious story videogame trailer they’ve ever seen, and asked them what they’d like to publicly state about it. Among the quotes is the director of the movie ''{{Film/Drive}}'', who thinks the Kojima is possessed by [[Creator/FyodorDostoevsky a 19th Century Russian writer,]] a 16th Century Italian painter, and American filmmaker Creator/StanleyKubrick rolled into one. Yes, truly, this one '''trailer''' is proof enough that Kojima is on par with revolutionary creators whose grand creations have stood the test of decades and centuries. He goes on to call the trailer [='=]''A daring and bold move from one of the founders of the future of technology'', [='=] which I’m assuming refers to… [[CriticalResearchFailure videogames?]] I guess he doesn’t realize violence [[RatedMForMoney is the opposite of daring]] when you’re talking about game trailers, but oh well."''

-->--'''The Plastic Addict''',

-->-- '''Jeff Gerstmann'' on ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' at Pax East 2014

-->--'''The Plastic Addict''', ''WebVideo/TJOmega''

-->-- '''Website/{{Cracked}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/article/166_5-reasons-it-sucks-being-joss-whedon-fan/ "5 Reasons It Sucks Being a Joss Whedon Fan"]]

->''"We'll finally get a cure for cancer and VD,\\
The icecaps will stop melting instantly,\\
No more famine-ridden places,\\
No more flies on children's faces,\\
When Bungie finally gives us'' VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''!"''
-->--'''[=SarcasticGamer=].com,''' ''"The Halo 3 Hoedown"''

->''"There once was a show called [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]]\\
That any dumb twat could foresee\\
Would be mostly just hype\\
And related bum wipe\\
Of profound disinterest to me"''
-->--'''[[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee Croshaw]]''', [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jim-yahtzees-rhymedown-spectacular/7553-Where-the-Hype-Ends "Lime3ricks]]

->''"I mean, 'triple-A' used to mean good. It used to mean the very epitome of good. 'A' alone was supposed to mean top-notch perfection, and AAA [[TwentyPercentMoreAwesome was like three times that.]] But we have reached the point that 'triple-A' is now a term that I associate solely with negativity. Somewhere along the line 'triple-A' stopped being a label that is applied to a game after its good quality has been determined, but one that is applied before the game has even begun development, to describe the manner in which it will be created and hyped."''
-->--'''Creator/BenCroshaw''', [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/11245-Triple-A-Aint-What-it-Used-to-Be "Triple-A Ain't What it Used to Be"]]

->''"The trouble with stating categorically that you are going to ''[='=]make the Cybermen '''scary''' again[='=]'' is that you better be damn sure of yourself, because if you fail to live up to your promise, this show has a fan base that will consume you quicker than a boa constrictor can swallow a rabbit – [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS9E5TheTimeMonster}} fur and all!]] Poor Creator/NeilGaiman, fresh from the undeniable success of [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife}} The Doctor’s Wife]] (of which I am given to understand was ''primarily'' the work of Creator/StevenMoffat) and faced with [[ToughActToFollow his difficult second album]], tries to throw everything at the wall in the vain hope that something will stick. Unfortunately, it slides to the ground and winds up congealing on the floor in an unpleasant mess. It's another story I was very much looking forward to watching -- Gaiman and the Cybermen was a delicious idea in prospect -- and I cannot really explain my disappointment as the story mundanely progressed from one plodding set piece to the next, taking in vacuous, motiveless characters, Cybermen who have been watching too many episodes of ''Power Rangers'' and ''Star Trek'', hinging on irritating, unsound twists and wrapping up with three (count them – three!) [[AssPull lazy resolutions]] to bring the whole thing to a "was it worth it?" ending. I remember Simon ''[my husband]'' and I wrestling for the remote throughout to pause and trash the implausible mess that was unfolding before us."''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/series-seven.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS33E12NightmareInSilver}} "Nightmare in Silver"]]

->''"I don't get it! Creator/{{THQ}}, much like the other three big publishers it was trying to compete with, had fostered this delusional idea that, somehow, spending millions of dollars on marketing for a bad game means that millions would be sold in retail. But holy shit!: Believe it or not, games are kinda [[CrackIsCheaper a little bit expensive.]] People don't buy them with the same kind of subconscious, casual whim that they buy junk food. Review scores, word-of-mouth, and the overall quality of a game is what's supposed to sell the product; not the tasteless, backfiring PR stunts or how many times you can squeeze in a game commercial in-between Cialis."''
-->-- '''George Weidman''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCAVbPaw5SI on]] on the failure of ''VideoGame/{{Homefront}}''

->''"When the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 launched, Sony was kind of a dick. Intoxicated by the fart vapors of their own success, they exuded arrogance and dismissiveness. 'We are the best and this is our next console', the company's executives seemed to say while smoking behind a 7-11 and [[ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof pushing little kids to the ground]]. 'Customers will have to work harder to afford it, and developers will have to work harder to squeeze performance out of it. They should thank us for the honor of simply being able to touch the console.'"''
-->--'''''Website/SomethingAwful''''', [[http://www.somethingawful.com/video-game-article/sony-playstation-mistakes/ "How Could the Playstation 4 Fail?"]]

->''"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=]''', [[http://web.archive.org/web/20031008041628/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/september03/25overrated/index.shtml 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 Creator/{{Nintendo}} advertised this thing like it was the SecondComing of Music/MichaelJackson..."''
-->-- '''The Gaming Brit''', in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX4mhp-8sOc&feature=relmfu in-depth review of]] ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM''

->''"There was no way ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' would have lived up to its hype. Given that it spent so much time in DevelopmentHell, eventually it became a RunningGag about DevelopmentHell and VaporWare, so it reached the point where it became more fun to ''wait'' for ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'' than actually ''playing'' the game. During the fifteen years it took for the game to reach our shelves, [[VideoGame/HalfLife we've]] [[Franchise/{{Halo}} had]] [[VideoGame/SystemShock other]] [[VideoGame/BioShock games]] [[VideoGame/DeusEx jumping]] [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty in]] [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare to]] [[VideoGame/{{STALKER}} fill]] [[VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent the]] void left by ''VideoGame/DukeNukem''."''
-->-- '''Anonymous'''.

->''"Gamers fucking hated ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' like it nova-bombed their grandparents on the eve of their 50th wedding anniversary. And here's the weird part: they despised it not necessarily because it was bad -- everybody freely admits the mechanics and atmosphere are great -- but because it could have been way better. There's an imaginary game of pure potential that exists only in gamers' heads, and ''Destiny'' is not that game, so ''Destiny'' is a piece of shit."''
-->--'''Website/{{Cracked}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-gamers-need-to-stop-complaining-about/ "5 Gaming Complaints That Literally Make No Sense"]]

->''"'Wow, this is kind of exciting!' And then you saw the movie... oh..."''
-->--'''[[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Harry Plinkett]]''' on the fan reaction to ''Franchise/StarWars, Episode 1: Film/ThePhantomMenace''

-->--'''Rob Vaux''' on ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.[[note]]How wrong he was[[/note]]

-->--'''Jacob Sherwood''' of [[WebOriginal/BadCreepyPasta BAD CREEPYPASTA]], on ''[[https://youtu.be/JxzEfdilfbM Jeff the Killer vs Slenderman]]".