It's a funny thing, expectations.

Disappointment. Frustration. Shock. Surprise. Anger. Annoyance. All words that a great many of us have uttered and/or felt at some point because of them. In the case of video games, expectations have most certainly been known to bite us in our asses now and again. I might even say more often than not. 

They're a hard thing to temper. When something clicks for you, when something excites you, even when you *know* you've been burned in the past, there may still be a slight twinge of hope. And sometimes, it pays off. But sometimes, it just doesn't.