Hype is alright.. At least until it goes too far. Popular franchises always get hyped, such as Assassin's Creed, Final Fantasy, Call of Duty, ect. These games may not be bad, (most of the time), but they aren't necessarily great games. The problem I see with hyping up one game, or one franchise, is that equal (or better) games get lost in the haze. This happened so much with the PS1, and PS2 era.. Not so much now-a-days, but it does happen in current-gen.

Though, hype is really good for indie-games. It helps those developers come out of the shadows, and grow into something big. The good thing about indie-hype, is that the games don't get hyped just because of the creator, or genre. They get hyped because they're actually good. Super Meat Boy, and Minecraft for example. :3