10 video games that caused fans pain and hate

Let’s talk about the most interesting video game projects that have caused the most mixed feelings among their fans.

Fans of the gaming industry are very active people who closely follow the news from the developers, share their own achievements, give advice and vigorously discuss the events that have taken place.

They are able to act as a united front to sue the actions of large companies, and to arrange disputes within their own community. The latter most often arise when a largely ambiguous project is born.

Parts of the audience might like the game and talk about its strengths everywhere. Others will hate the same work and try to defend their point of view. Fortunately, such disputes between gamers never go beyond hot discussions on the network, but this phenomenon itself is interesting.

In this regard, HB drew attention to games that simultaneously aroused love and hate among users. Oddly enough, half of the list is high quality projects.

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Dota 2

Let’s start with the simplest and most understandable for almost every player. Dota 2 is a globally popular MOBA in which millions of users have fun every day.

They like the gameplay concept of the project, the abundance of champions and tactics that can be applied in matches. However, the game has one definite disadvantage: its community. Yes, among Dota 2 users there are often unpleasant personalities who are unable to conduct a constructive dialogue.

They do not try to focus on the match, but try to prove their case in the chat and offend their teammates. So it turns out that you want to enter the game for interesting confrontations, but this desire quickly evaporates when strange allies come across.

But they can still die on purpose or simply leave the match, ruining the entertainment of other users.

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Assassin’s creed origins

When Assassin’s Creed Syndicate came out in 2015, it became clear to everyone that the series was at an impasse. Even Ubisoft realized the dire state of affairs, so it took a break from the regular release of new parts of the franchise and began to change the concept.

The result of the company’s efforts was Origins – a game with a new combat system, role-playing elements and an almost complete absence of the traditional conflict between assassins and templars. Many users received such changes with enthusiasm, but others began to shout that it was better before.

They did not like Ubisoft’s attempts to enter The Witcher 3 and get rid of the Assassin’s Creed signature features. This is how Origins divided the fan community into two camps – some praised the game in every possible way, while others criticized and pointed out flaws.

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Metro exodus

Perhaps, a unique case for our material, when the game was hated for the situation around it. Metro Exodus turned out to be a strong and incredibly atmospheric shooter with colorful locations, a fascinating storyline and colorful characters.

But two weeks before the release, the PC version of the project was made exclusive to the then young Epic Games Store service. The developers promised to give copies on Steam to everyone who made a pre-order, but for gamers this step seemed scanty.

They began to accuse the authors and the publisher of venality, understate the ratings of the previous parts of Metro and promised to boycott the shooter.

It was only after the release that the criticism subsided, as the game turned out to be quite high quality.

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The last guardian

This cute-looking puzzle adventure has been in production hell for a long time. She was repeatedly subjected to changes, which was reflected in the final quality.

When The Last Guardian came out, everyone started complaining about disgusting controls, inappropriate camera behavior, bugs and flaws in riddles. But at the same time, the project fascinated with its verified style, amazing musical accompaniment and the presence of Trico – a large animal that acts as a partner of the protagonist.

This creature fell in love with itself, like some kind of pet. To stay with Trico longer, users had to suppress the hatred that almost every gameplay element aroused in them.

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Fallout 4

The early parts of Fallout are beloved by the community for being purebred RPGs set in a well-developed post-apocalyptic setting. They have complete freedom of action, a choice with its consequences, an exciting plot, and so on.

But when Bethesda received the rights to the series, the vector of its development changed. Fallout 3 has turned into an action RPG, and in the fourth part of the role-playing elements only one name remains. Outside of leveling and disgustingly written dialogues, there was no role-playing.

Hence the hatred of oldfags and some users in relation to Fallout 4. Meanwhile, other gamers abstracted themselves and tried to look at the project as an independent work.

And this approach has borne fruit, because the game has implemented many interesting solutions. Therefore, the second part of the community considers Fallout 4 an amazing work.

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Diablo iii

Fans expected Diablo III to be a logical continuation of the previous installments – dark, challenging, and fun. And on the release it turned out that of all the epithets mentioned, only the last one is suitable for describing the third part.

The game really attracted interest if users focused on the storyline, leveling, finding items, and building assemblies for the heroes. But this was not enough to hide the flaws in the game.

Disgusting technical execution, an auction that broke the economy, and overly flamboyant styling made users feel bad about Diablo III.

Later, the developers fixed some of the project’s problems, but it still did not become a worthy heir to its great ancestors.

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Death stranding

Hideo Kojima went overboard with mystery and mystery during his Death Stranding ad campaign. He caught up with so much intrigue that fans of the famous developer expected to see a dream game.

And the result was a conceptual and unusual project, which simply cannot be liked by absolutely everyone. Unjustified hopes have led many users to hate Death Stranding and call it a complete failure.

Others tried the game with caution and found many innovative solutions and interesting ideas in it. They liked to roam the devastated world, carefully sneak past the Beasts, monitor the integrity of the delivered cargo and interact with other users through an unusual social system.

Death Stranding has divided the community in half, and controversy continues even now.

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Fallout 76

Anyone who reads gaming news at least occasionally has heard of Fallout 76’s shortcomings. Bugs, glitches, a lack of content, a strange PvP system – these and many other problems caused a mountain of criticism that fell on the latest creation of Bethesda Game Studios.

But there were also enthusiasts who calmly enjoyed themselves in the game, collected loot, built camps and helped others to develop. They tried their best to communicate with the developers and point out the most important flaws in Fallout 76.

And now, when the project has received many updates, it can even be carefully recommended for review. True, not all users have changed their anger to mercy.

Fallout 76 and Bethesda are still hated by many for the way they dealt with the legendary series.

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Mafia III

On release, Mafia III was very loudly criticized for the abundance of grind and a lot of boring tasks that discourage the desire to complete the game. But several years passed, the screams subsided, and reviews of other users began to surface quite often on the Web.

They generally liked the third part of the series, as it pleased with an amazing production, surprised with high-quality screensavers and correctly showed the development of relations between the central characters.

This is how it turned out that Mafia III is by no means an outright failure, as frustrated fans tried to portray it, but only another controversial game.

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The Last of Us Part II

And here is the winner of the rating, who last summer increased the overall temperature on the Web by several degrees at once. Even people far from the industry then went to watch, which caused such a colossal scandal.

The reason for it is this: Naughty Dog implemented a scandalous and very controversial plot in The Last of Us Part II with unexpected twists that no one asked for.

The rest of the aspects in the project were at worst implemented at a good level, although most often the elaboration of various details in TLoU II aroused admiration. There was an incredible contrast between the story and other elements of the game.

The project either caused tears of joy, then made him sincerely hate with every fiber of his soul. And such an emotional swing was experienced by many users, including me.

 

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