I didn't even know about this game until this week, so maybe no so massively hyped, what is interesting though is that writers are finding a niche in finding successful or well reviewed games and taking advantage of gamers sensitivity by saying some negative comments to get those all important clicks even if that be in anger or to post something negative about the article. Proof that this is most likely click bait is the way the title of the article is worded "Why Playdead's Inside is Massively Overhyped" Hmmm, you couldn't find a better way of wording that huh? What say you people? Clickbait?

Artsy and odd games aren't often my thing. Played Limbo and a bit of Inside feeling a bit perplexed at times. Not my preference but I'm glad some people like Playdead's games

Uuuugh someone trying to say an opinion/review is "wrong."

That isn't possible. Re-title the article to:

"I'm personally starting to get sick of reading good reviews for Inside."

Like Limbo? Not sure. Ask the gaming media, but then you'd better ask the same about any game that people enjoy.

Ummm...disagree 100%. It's fantastic end of story.

The hype stems from the fact its an xbone "exclusive", you'll notice I put exclusive in quotes.

These sort of games are not for everyone and it's not for me. So for me it's not a 10/10 but someone revising might have loved games like thes so his or her opinion is also valid

This is great about gaming that we have a lot of diverse games to choose from so everyone doesn't have to like the same game

I respect authors opinion and reviewers. One thing I will say is reviewers now a days too often buy into the hype. MGS5 is the prime minister sample, it came out with amazing reviews yet few months later many sites were saying the game isn't as good now that they have had the time to play and really judge it

I truly believe a reviewer should be someone who hasn't watched trailer or heard anything about the game. And this person doesn't qualify if he or she has played the past games from developers. independent opinions is what is really needed

For example I bought into uncharted 4 hype so I can't really judge the game since my mind is already made that it's amazing and must play

Do you guys really think we will get honest reviews for BATTLEFIELD 1? That game is gonna be the prime example of over hype just like bf4

Limbo was decent but repetitive, and this sounds very similar. I would give Limbo a 7-8 at most. Maybe because they are comparing it to other MS games or lack thereof it gets a 10?

the same thing can be said about most naughty dog games i'm a ps/pc gamer but no amount of hype would have gotten me to buy anything from ND while inside is a type of game that has it own identity there is nothing like it yeah you could say limbo but it's from the same devs. my opinion if any one dont respect that then speak up

Thanks for the spoiler warning so I didn't read the article.

I liked limbo, I think the art style was unique and the platforming was interesting enough. If you mean overhyped as in the perfect 10 scores then you must realize it's not an uncommon number these days. Most games are overhyped (or under hyped) in our current state of numerical reviews.

Why would xcom 2 or a game with more complex systems score lower than an artistic platformer? More can go wrong.. If they make a complex game and it gets procedurally funked and buggy then they're going to get docked. If they make a basic artistic game but they do it really well then what are you docking it for? These guys named gone home the game of the year.. At least limbo and inside are a platformer on top of its artsy fartsy.

Just surpassed unchartedto become my personal goty so far

Fantastic game...won't even click.

What hype? It had a low profile until the reviews came out.

It has the best atmosphere I've seen in a game in years. For a small downloadable game? It's easily a 9 minimum. Don't compare this to full AAA titles, it's like 1/3 of the price and clearly not aiming to push the bar in gaming. It's just doing it's own thing.

I beat it last night. For what it is it's amazing. I admit the first half I thought it was quite good, but not HOLY CRAP amazing... The last third though... .You have to play it to understand this game's secret.

Whether something is overhyped is subjective. The general consensus really dictates if something is classified as HYPED. I thought The Last of Us was way overhyped. But I thought Uncharted 2 was as good as people said. I thought Sunset Overdrive was just ok. DOOM is as good as people say. To each his own.

This Xbox hate is fucking killing me. Go suck Sony dick! !

Well, i can't wait to play it.
After it i doubt i'll read this article.
No click yet buddy.

The game was not hyped though. Its been getting great reviews, but thats it. It kinda flew under the radar and in my opinion received very little media attention until its release, when people started playing it and realized its a good game . Not like some of these other games with TV commercials etc boasting about there amazing reviews etc.

I find most games that get praised by critics to be mediocre.

It's really not overhyped, I've been watching it & the atmosphere, animation & puzzles have been great & unique so far.

I've never understood people who say things are "overrated". It's basically like saying, "No, your opinion is wrong." If you don't like it, you don't like it. That's it. People aren't wrong for liking something more than you.

The problems I see associated with Inside receiving such high scores have to do with the fact it's a very short experience, with playtimes said to average around 3 hours for your first run through. It's also a bit of a lumbering, slow moving game, and though very well animated, I've heard some gripes about the pacing. I think those two things would lead to me having a hard time scoring the game a 10, even if everything else about it was phenomenal.

I think Inside benefits from being a smaller game from a smaller team, and reviewers always seem to score games of this type less critically. I don't know if that is based on lesser expectations given smaller team, smaller budget, or what have you, but I don't see bigger games with big budgets receiving the same kind of "breaks", if you will. I mean, if Gears of War 4 or Horizon Zero Dawn come out and they're brilliant, just beautifully atmospheric and all you want, but their campaigns only last 3 hours and there are pacing issues, I don't think they'll be receiving 10's. Their "flaws" won't be glossed over and ignored the way this smaller titles flaws are.

Let me guess. Because its on Xbox first right?

"Is it a good game? Sure. Is it great? Not for me."

Personal preference goes a long way. I mean just imagine how many people out there think COD:Ghosts is the best game ever made.

Like this guy.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

I honestly didn't even know about this game till the reviews after it's release.

As a bit of a hater against the huge number of indies we keep on seeing, i can honestly say this game is not overhyped.

Its basically the current king of all indies.

Author of article has been smoking a bad batch.

His opinion is not shared by many critics

Phipped it

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau