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Destide@feddit.uk to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

What game had the most hype cover dissapointing gameplay?

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What game had the most hype cover dissapointing gameplay?

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My personal one, 6-year-old brain thought I’d be basically in the UK TV show Knightmare I got some vertical frogger

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    Phalanx comes to mind

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      I feel like that’s the opposite. The cover is weird AF and has nothing to do with the fact it’s a pretty good sci-fi SHMUP lol

      Unless you got hyped up for hillbilly banjo slappin’ action and were disappointed it was a shoot 'em up… 🤔

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        Some banjo action was expected!

        Jk it was a fine game and had an awesome cover in a weird way.

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          Oddly enough, I ended up buying Shadow Dancer specifically because the cover was so bizarre.

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          An old man with a bat protects a young woman from a plate armored man attacking both of them with a longsword, as a scared dog flees into a burning city in the distance.

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            Love it!

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      Yeah, I wanted some old-man-with-a-banjo action and ended up with a space shooter.

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