Yeah this goes with everything. Hype kills so much. If the game is good, its "as expected". People love to be surprised, people also love to be contrarian.
Every time I have a piece of media overhyped, I tend to not really enjoy it, even if I am aware of this paradox and try to distance myself from it.
From time to time you happen to play a masterpiece without a single piece of hype and it rocks your entire world. For me that was playing hollow knight right on release since it "looked kinda nice", with zero recommendation.