8 Over-Hyped Video Games (That Actually NAILED It)

7. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Witcher 3's inclusion here is slightly mired in launch-day conversations surrounding its presentation. Which is to say: The version of Wild Hunt we were shown across trailers and marketing was a significant visual improvement over what people bought on day one.

Still though, as is evident by the stellar reputation Witcher 3 has today, this ultimately didn't matter when what people were playing was so well done.

Even though a fraction of Witcher 3's player base had touched part 2 and especially part 1, Wild Hunt felt like the next evolution of large-scale RPGs. Telling an epic, character-driven story of Geralt searching for surrogate daughter Ciri, in between you were free to literally be a Witcher; a supernatural bounty hunter tracking whatever twisted creatures you come across.

The mix was RPG gaming perfected. A meaty main mission campaign with TONS of payoff if you saw it through, or the most detailed dark fantasy world in gaming history, where every side-mission was more well-written than the majority of full-blown titles.