Living up to a massive fanbase’s expectations becomes trickier and trickier as the scale of your project goes- much more so than it might seem like on paper. More than a few times over the years, we’ve seen examples of highly anticipated releases doing something particularly controversial that divides audiences and generates heated conversations, and the reasons for these tend to be widely varied- from bold narrative decisions to questionable design choices to limitations brought about by development issues and more. Here, we’re going to take a look at few such examples from the last decade that stand out in memory.
Keep in mind, however, that there will be spoilers ahead for every game we speak about in this feature, so if we begin talking about a game you don’t want spoiled, feel free to skip ahead to the next entry.
METAL GEAR SOLID 5
Not for the first time with Metal…