I lack in ways to express the idea that something is overhyped, overrated, has
an overestimated value.

What I’d like to say is that a restaurant/place/book/movie/idea is advertised
or promoted to excess, that even though it’s not _that_ bad, it does not live
up to its legend.

The translation should not be too ‘negative’ because when you say that a movie
was overhyped it does not necessarily imply that it is a bad movie; it could
even be a pretty OK movie depending on the context.

I know 過大評価 (an overestimation) so I thought of 過大評価される, but can it be used in
this context? My gut feeling is that this word is meant to be used in such
sentences as _I overestimated the value of this car_ or something like this.
And this word is a bit long anyway.

In case some exemple sentences are required, here are some:

> 名古屋城 is a nice castle indeed but it is vastly overhyped as far as I’m
> concerned.
>
> This is the most overrated book of the XXth century. _(Real sentence I just
> read in a press article.)_
>
> _No Man’s Sky_ is not a bad game, but it was so overhyped that people
> couldn’t help but be disappointed.
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How to say that something is overrated, overhyped
過大評価 is a very common phrase, and you can safely use it in casual
conversations despite its length. You can use it with your three examples. You
can also use 持ち上げる ("to raise; to hype") and say 持ち上げられすぎている, 過度に持ち上げられている,
etc.

In your _No Man's Sky_ example, you are referring to the expectation prior to
the release rather than the post-release evaluation. In case you don't feel 評価
is the best word, you can say 期待されすぎた, 過度に期待された, or 期待が高すぎた instead.
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For alternative words/phrases of the word of 過大評価 'overrated/hyped'

Casual

行き過ぎ/言い過ぎ/やり過ぎ/盛りすぎ/褒めすぎ じゃない？ (often with ちょっと)

話を盛る/水増しする/大袈裟に言う/褒めちぎる _use with passive/present progressive form_

Indirect or cynic,

飾りが多い/話が上手いね/よく出来てるね

Formal

(少し)買いかぶっている

I think still many other ways.
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