It is hype, unless you are a fanboy. There are people who love these games and are delusional about how great they are to everyone else, and then there are people who don't enjoy them at all, who are frequently disregarded and often insulted by the fanboys. Sadly only fanboys will agree to review the game because other reviewers really do not enjoy them at all so we have a bunch of outlets incorrectly signaling that the game is one of the best out there period because they biased the reviews. It's probably the best Souls-like game, but if you pick someone off the street who is an avid gamer, chances are they will not like it. I think it will end up being the most disliked, highly rated game out there. People will buy it because of the scores and GRRM and be disappointed, fanboys will call them pussies, and it will be annoying online just like it has been for the last few years.