Anyone else feel this way about games?

Runescape..

When I see the trailers I know that the final result is not gonna be like that. That's what adverstising is about, right?

By your example, seen the Kickstarter/Videos whatnot,
was looking forward to play it until i did - OK still. Hover:RoG

I get the best exp. from a game or movie by expecting nothing and knowing
barely anything of it - Betrayer would be a game i approached like that and enjoyed.

I had something like this happen recently--but I didn't buy the game. I was really stoked for the release of Xcom II, and the cinematic trailers looked amazing. But the player reactions and reviews were a lot less impressive than I'd hoped. (It wasn't Pong, but it also wasn't the great, improved thing I thought I'd be getting.) I ended up buying a bunch of indie games instead.

So in general, if I'm going to spend much on something, I read up on it first to avoid the nasty surprises.

This is why I wait for a gameplay trailer. I've been burned before too. I learned my lesson early.

don't get hyped about anything and you won't be disappointed. :3

Avoiding trailers unless they have gameplay video. Fast-forward to that part and get a glimpse. Otherwise I skip the game altogether because if they can't be bothered to make a proper actual gameplay video why should I bother with their game..

To be honest some game trailers are so good I'd wish they of just made a movie instead XD

Mostly from Ubisoft games.

I don't actually watch trailers anymore for that reason. I go directly to gameplay screenshots/footage. It's not that I mind bad graphics or anything, but if you advertise something, fucking stick to it, don't create false expectatives.

If your game is good, being honest and upfront is the best way. If it's not, don't try to scam me.

Basically Star Wars Battlefront.
But seriously, for me that would probably be some of the 3DS games I bought like Triforce Heroes

I don't even watch trailers for games. They are pointless. Gameplay videos is what you wanna see anyway.

i dont watch trailer .. i watch gameplays and reviews

Yeah, I've had that in the past. Taught me that Trailers always lie. (Same goes for movies too).
Well, except for the very first original Carmageddon trailer. That explains exactly what you get in the game.

Last game i got on a Hype train , and even piloted it , was Woolfe , the red hood diaries ...

Never again .

That game was such a disappointment , i've never been so mad @ myself for jumping on the bandwagon for something .

W8 for the stuff to release , give it a week to see if its actually working , and only then will i consider hyping for a game .

First I believed the hype around Project Cars, big mistake. Then I believed the hype around Fallout 4, also way too much although the game wasn't that bad. It has taught me to look critically at something before considering to buy it.

Never encountered this situation tbh. Closest was Dead Island. I was really waiting for that emotional story to happen. And we got a random rapper dude.

Welcome to the wonderful world of advertising!

Seriously, it isn't just computer games that do this. I've been experiencing this kind of disappointment for as long as I've been self-aware. (This food isn't as wonderful as you said, Mom!). The first time I experienced this with a computer game was in 1978. Things haven't changed since then.

If you want to avoid disappointment, learn to separate the hype from the actual product. Know what you are really getting before you buy.

Sometimes I like looking through Steam to see if I can find any cool games to add to my wishlist. It gets really annoying when I simply want to look at what type of game I'm looking at only to see story trailers. Trailers without gameplay annoy me.

When Bloodborne was shown at E3, I was annoyed because I had zero clue what the game was (I wasn't too aware of From Software as a development team). When I later saw actual gameplay and noticed it looked like a fun game based on the Dark Souls, series, I was so confused why they didn't just show the freaking game.

InMomentum has a trailer that shows actual gameplay, and I must say the game totally disappointed me. I think it worked because the gameplay is shown in small snippets, One of the major elements of parkour in this game is the wall jump which is only ever shown in short or slowed down and in a dynamic view (rather than the view of the player which is first or third person). The only thing that's ever clearly shown in a player's view is jumping. I find the wall-jumping quite awkward and kind of clunky.

It's always good to go check out raw game footage to make sure you know what your getting into. Even trailers that are all done using the game itself can be a bit misleading. In depth reviews are always nice too. I tend to like playing older games, so it's much easier to find info on the game and gameplay (and no need to worry about hype).

I stopped believing in advertisements when I was eight years old. Santa Claus too for that matter...:-(

how dare you imply Pong is bad

I don't even bother watching game trailers anymore. I only watch gameplay footage done by people outside the company. If there is none available then not worth my money and time at that moment and I will come back to investigate it again later.