I don´t need hype for dark souls, just want to play it again with new levels/monsters, that´s all. I also really liked DS2 and I´m happy that I seem to have low standards/expectations there. If you start to play a game where you only heard about it that it was good (or in other words, didn´t spoiler yourself too much but you know that it has great ratings/reviews), chances are high that you´ll be positively surprised and that you´ll enjoy it a lot.
Maybe that´s why Thief4 turned out to be so shit for me :B waited for it for 3+ years, was active in the forums, and then that...
Did the same with Psychonauts a month ago, and I had some really good time with that game.