Tell GR: What Do You Do to Get Hyped?

Batman and tie-in comics. There's something cool about going into a game with backstory already taken care of.

Been re-playing KOTOR 1 & 2 in anticipation of Star Wars: The Old Republic. My only worry is that the new game might not be as good in comparison.

Well, they are different games. I've been in the Beta a few times, and TOR is a really good MMO. But it's not KOTOR 3. It's not going to have the same level of story driven game play that KOTOR has. Story wise, it falls somewhere between Mass Effect and a standard MMO. The structure is still questing. Talk to him, get a quest, do the quest, etc. But the dialogue itself feels a lot more like you're playing a game like Mass Effect. Longish conversations, options to say different things, but in the end you still pretty much need to do the same thing.

In closing, expect a good MMO, not KOTOR 3, and you shan't be disappointed.

You should be careful with posting any info about the Old Republic. Your NDA is in effect until the release date. BioWare can destroy you with an army of lawyers if they so desire.

Perhaps, but I I'm not too worried. I haven't really said anything that isn't already stipulated on their website itself.

Trailers and Previews.
I also like reading through Wikis.

Dito I must have watched the skyrim trailer a bazillion times already, and I have to limit my time on wikis cause all the blood rushes to my... pants... and I keep passing out.

STEP 1, tell my Yandere that all those people in the midnight release line are plotting to kill me.
STEP 2 (and this one is most important!), pull out your boxes of popcorn
STEP 3, sit back watch them all die as you get your copy of batman first.

WARNING: Remain A SAFE distance from all Yandere's for they are bat **** insane.

I'll be picking up a copy of Batman Arkham City tonite, and not sleeping at all.

I've been waiting for it since I first saw an announcement for it.

I will be doing the same as you Dan.

I just need to hear of a game I love getting a sequel from the same development team. That's all I need to start hyping myself up. Previews and Ads do little for me, I avoid them like the plague to avoid spoilers. I like to try and keep the experience as pure as possible. Every day closer to the actual release of a game, the more antsy I get. The excitement of getting the game is sometimes greater than actually receiving it. Or worse, the game itself.

Hrm... my way of getting hyped is likely the most pathetic and nerdy here. I set up campaigns for my tabletop group in the universe in question, after researching it, then when the game releases, see how well I kept to the vibe. Otherwise, failing that, I just read reviews and watch videos. I was pretty pumped for Rage, and I'm 100% content with it, sure it has its flaws, but I enjoy it, and that is all that matters I suppose. I'm also pumped for Skyrim, and the 40K MMO (NEED INFORMATION!), and strangely, Saints Row the Third.

I don't get hyped. I just go to the Den of Evil, prebuy the game and wait. That's it, I just wait. It sounds boring, but that's the point. If I get myself too excited it seems to take forever for release day to come around. I do my best to ignore it completely and the days just melt away.

To get me interested in a game, first I read what it's about, and find out why everyone's anticipating it.

Then I try to combat anxiety by looking at videos,news, press releases and everything related to the game. By the time it is released, my only thoughts are "I've waited a lot and lived with all this excruciating hype, now I can finally go to the store and buy it! But I'm not anxious any more =( Well, I guess I could just wait some more for the GotY edition"

I normally have to go the other way and calm myself down about a game just before the release date. So for months I'm totally amped for a game and won't shut up about it, then days before it comes out i'm the complete opposite. DOOOOVAAAAHHHKIIIIIIINNNNNNN!!!!!!!

For one I absolutely want, I check out a new trailer and clean up the mess.

"Tell GameRevolution: what you do to get hyped for a highly anticipated game?"

If I an highly anticipating a game, I don;t need to get hyped for it. All they had to do was announce Skyrim to get me all worked up for it. The only game I’ve ever preordered. But in the case of Batman: AC all the hype and villain reveals has left me less enthused for the tile, maybe I’ll wait for a GOTY edition.

I prep for new releases with a strict training regimen that varies with the release genre.

For FPS games, I visit deviant pornography websites and then camp my desktop and snipe pop-up ads. For fighting games, I subside for a week on a diet of nothing but mashed foods. For racing simulators, I drive my car to the liquor store, pick up a six-pack, and drive back home. For Japanese action games, I wrap my car around a telephone pole, punch my way through the back windshield, and drag my crippled body home across seven miles of rocky asphalt. Finally, for JRPGs, I start by picking my favorite book of the same genre as the release. I read one chapter, stop, bang my head against a wall for three hours, and then repeat until either I finish the book or my memory becomes corrupted.

I don't play sports games, which makes participation in any real world analogues highly counterproductive.

Self-deception and delusion. I pretty much make myself believe that it's vital to get the game.

I just think of a man, then take away reason and accountability.