Wasrs aren't being overhyped and called superior to others. They're just called better because American made AKs took the bottom of the barrel spot.
Wasrs have always been a decent AK that'll last a lifetime, while not being pretty. That's the way the wasr is now, that's the way its been. No more, no less.
Ive been a part of the AK community for quite some time. LONG before anyone regarded WASRS as highly as they do now. In fact, even when forums trashed wasrs and century firearms in general, When the AR boom took place and AKs were cast aside for a few years and the prices were amazing.
Trust me when I say this stuff man. Im not saying wasrs are junk as all.. Im saying in this new era of new shooters the wasr was put on a pedestal it wasn't on previously. Thanks a lot to certain youtube channels and forum chat as well as poorly cast AK parts from American manufacturers.. other AK options are in the same group as wasrs.. yet those are held to a lower standard and wasrs are and suddenly now regarded as some of the “best”. My main point being, wasrs are not the end all be all.
That they, now more than ever have far more hype than they used to.
Not thay they’re bad, not that others are “better”.. simply that before the American AK boom, they were not appreciated for what they were, simply a solid, simple rifle with decent metallurgy.