Ah, it's only sad and cynical people who never pre-order.

People like me

So far, though, my rule of 'never pre-order' has stood me in good stead. I really, really wanted to pre-order Aliens: Colonial Marines. I mean, an Aliens game! With the iconic pulse rifle and everything! What could go wrong? Buuut... well, I'm a sad and cynical man, who's seen enough people complaining bitterly about their mistakes, and I couldn't help noticing the rather worried and reserved tone of the previews... and to my enduring regret my cynicism was proved right.

I am quietly confident I'll buy FO4, but I'll do so knowing what I'm getting - deep RPG, sprawling action adventure, or messy bug-fest (yeah, might wait for a few patches if that's the case).

I don't think Bethesda are overhyping FO4, but the fans and the journalists most certainly are. It may be a brilliant game of its type, but there's so little information out there that it's hard to be sure what that type is

Let's see...

I don't feel that F4 has been overhyped, we the fanbase are doing a good job of hyping ourselves up.

I also will wait awhile after release before buying, maybe I can wait until they patch the worst bugs out.

And OP, in FNV you don't have to "ride the railroad" if you don't want to.

w0i eez U spekkin ly3k d!s ?

You ate some FEV or something, dude?

It's just overhyped if the result isn't good.

Only you can keep you from buying into the hype.

The hype is real! And my body is ready!

Witcher 2, Arkham City and Skyrim came out in the same year, so this year is a repeat of those events, really, and CD Projekt RED and Rocksteady have seriously upped their game; let's just hope Bethesda has made many huge leaps forward too.

Because Witcher 3 was such a masterpiece...