10 Video Games Ruined By Overhype

To look at its Metacritic score of 91 (or 92 on PS3), you'd never think that Dark Souls II could possibly be considered overhyped - on paper it seems like a game that categorically lived up to fan expectations, right?

But the player response to the highly anticipated sequel was considerably more polarising, with many feeling that it was a follow-up that fell far short of its predecessor's polish and finesse.

It's unfortunately telling that this is FromSoftware's only Soulsborne game not directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki, because while certainly a solid game by any typical metric, the level design and combat were ultimately way below the expected standard.

It felt like somebody else trying their hardest to make a Dark Souls game, basically - which is pretty much the case - and while most developers would kill to have their games reviewed as well as Dark Souls II was upon release, players were expecting a game that definitively one-upped the original.

Thankfully Miyazaki has since helmed every subsequent Soulsborne title the studio's put out to massive acclaim, with Dark Souls II enduring as a good game damned by the genre-defining success of its predecessor.