This is why I don't listen to hype - you are invariably always going to be disappointed.
Mass Effect was an initial let-down for me, but I grew to enjoy it. Still not the "awesome game" people make it out to be, not for me, but it's a good one nonetheless.
Lost Odyssey and Eternal Sonata were both games I was so looking forward to playing...I like JRPG's but these two really hacked me off and I won't play them now. Shame, because they are both beautiful looking...they just irritate the hell out of me.
Saints Row sucks so bad - it's just a GTA ripoff and not even a good one at that. I'm also not a big COD4 fan (yes, I know I'm committing forum suicide here but so what?) largely because it doesn't cater for the casual gamer, despite statements to the contrary within the game itself. It would be nice if people could make games that good-looking/realistic/whatever not just for the hardcore gamers - strikes me as rather biased...
Surprisingly, it's been games like Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Viva Pinata and Rainbow 6 that I've figured I'd hate which are now some of my favourite games :lol: