20 GREAT Games Overshadowed By Controversy

Not every game hits the ground running and unfortunately, some games never fully recover from those first stumbling steps out of the gate. For this list we’ll be looking at some games whose newsworthy antics grabbed more headlines than the game itself which oftentimes earned a lot of underserved pushback. In this video, Activision adding microtransactions to Crash Team Racing kills the game’s momentum, Arkham Knight’s disastrous PC launch remains unpatched, and of course, Cyberpunk 2077 burned all the good will CD Projekt Red once had and many more games that unfairly were forced to wear the cone of shame. What great game do you still love despite its controversy? Share your favorites in the comments.
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[@mojoplays]

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[@Leopez02]

Sly Cooper Thieves in Time 💙

[@mattiasolsson1523]

Im suprise no GTA game was here, especially 5.

[@DragonKazooie89]

Pokémon Sword and Shield’s Dexit controversy and complaints about graphics.

[@Leopez02]

@@DragonKazooie89 It's funny how Pokémon Sword and Shield looks still the Better games than Scarlet and Violet and to be honest I like more Pokémon Sword and Shield, I remember how amazing feeling it was to get excited for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet back in the Good old times 2019 over 4 almost 5 years ago when I was younger, with Scarlet and Violet it didin't felt same anymore.

[@craigbailey5438]

I can't believe you think multiversus is a bad game what are you smoking watch mojo I want some

[@paytonturner1421]

The controversy over Stellar Blade is just about journalists complaining about Eve being sexy. In my opinion it's just nonsense.

[@youreadiseaseimthecure1986]

Only obnoxious woke liberal Socialists and commies hate beautiful women.

[@AkaManah45]

Nonsense the whole game is nothing but made for horny teens and adults. What are u looking at?!?

[@wallywest4727]

Except most reviewers didn't give a shit. It was the incels/chuds that had the meltdown because they assumed the game was "censored" because a day one patch altered a couple of outfits really slightly, apparently these morons would rather jack off to the game rather then play it and so had a salty meltdown. The journalists most of them didn't actually care, in fact the issue they had with Eve is not her looks but is because she's a pretty shallow bland character.

[@jobrakai9395]

The “journalists” were more than likely political activists

[@chrisgriffen9756]

The fact she was sexy and didn't have a penis..cause women today have to have a penis

[@kahp1072]

Journalists were ready to hate Days Gone.

[@darkninja1732]

KZbinrs were NOT the ones saying that Stellar Blade creators have not seen a real woman and complaining about Eve. That was gaming "journalists". Do not change what happened to fit your preferred narrative.

[@kahlilpittman8404]

Conservative KZbinrs were definitely crying about it 😂😂

[@robinolsson6152]

Sly cooper deserves better, Please Sony give us a sequel to thieves in time so we can adore him again.

[@moneylover318]

I recommend the fan fictions. There are some good ones but a lot of bad ones, but all creative sequels.

[@moneylover318]

Over 10 years ago, this one guy made a game called line of thieves, which I think was the perfect ending to the entire franchise.

[@jeremyriley1238]

True. People should not be mad at Thieves at Time for the cliffhanger ending, they should be mad at Sony for abandoning Sly and not making a new game to resolve said cliffhanger ending.

[@MarshallSnowpaws]

if they get Spyro and crash come back 🎉😅 ratchet and uncharted still round just like Kingdom hearts 💗 and tomb raider I wish could sly 🦝 and Jak hid really come home 🏡 really badly 😔

[@tr777th3]

It was Journalist not KZbinrs who were against Stellar Blade.

[@johanngarcia1946]

These so-called journalists don't even care about video games. They are a nuisance.

[@jamesshank1248]

Guardians of the Galaxy. Good game overshadowed by problems with the Avengers game.

[@medafan53]

I just played that last week, I loved it. You're absolutely right, a lot of people saw the Square Enix connection and wrote it off, missing out on an amazing story.

[@Samsapopin]

About Stellar Blade: It was mostly journalists who were complaining that the characters were too sexy & probably got the game censored. I didn't really hear a lot of KZbinrs defending the censorship, but I think most people gave in to the censorship despite the developers lying to everyone that the game wasn't going to be censored.

[@haydenk3091]

The developers put an update that uncensored the game out recently

[@twistedgaming9185]

@@haydenk3091 Stellar Blade is also coming to PC.

[@MaxWeb2599]

"stellar blade is more than boobs and booty" For the ones who played nikke, the gacha game from the same developer, where the "features" where even more extreme while showing problems like the value of life and the dreadge of helplessness this outcome was clear from the start. Plus here is a reminder that Bayonetta 3, a game about a woman who uses her "clothes" as recourses to summon monsters is only 2 years old.

[@waltervanlille2263]

Couple of notes: - Cyberpunk didn't have "some technical issues," it was a broken mess that took them more than a year to get right. The fact that there were enough substantial changes made to warrant a V2.X naming convention is more than a subtle hint. - A lot of the controversy surrounding Days Gone had to do with with "professional reviewers" panning it for being "too white," with "a typical, boring, gruff white male protagonist," as opposed to whether the game was actually good or not. - TLOU is a game that relies heavily on its story-telling. If a game that is primarily driven by its story has a story that is so bad that it alienates a large portion of its fan-base, could it really ever be considered "great"? - Stellar Blade: Who are the "really, really weird folks?" The people who complains about the modern trend of uglifying female characters in games, or the people who push for androgynous, s/he-beasts to become the new standard of what we see in video games, for the sake of pushing an agenda where men can't be men, and women can't be women?

[@whiteangelskys]

Days Gone sold 7 million?I always heard the reason why it never had a sequel was because of the poor sells.

[@razvanendl9900]

No it's just sony

[@CrazeeAdam]

No it was a big hit! It took a little to pick up those numbers but within a year or so it had sold over 3 or 4 million. Unsure why no sequel was planned. They even set Deacon up for one at the end of Days Gone

[@matthewapril3119]

It probably took too long to make back the money, though. Remember, investors could've spent the same amount of money on the market and could've made the same money back way quicker. Sadly sales isn't the only metric for success

[@demosneokleous4877]

I thought it was because of poor reception

[@snowdenwyatt6276]

It EVENTUALLY sold 7 million. Most of those sales were in the "too little, too late" category. And many were at deeply discounted rates. By then, Sony had moved on.

[@DmarcusBaus]

The Stellar Blade controversy was stupid and where the hell is Hogwarts Legacy?!?!

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

How is Hogwarts Legacy controversial?

[@DmarcusBaus]

@zachtwilightwindwaker596 The whole trans community tried to get this game canceled and they literally hunted down streamers who live streamed the game.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

@@DmarcusBaus This game has nothing to do with trans does it?

[@medafan53]

@@zachtwilightwindwaker596 The game didn't, however the controversy surrounding JK Rowling impacted the game.

[@damianjblack]

@@medafan53 not to mention the antisemitic stereotypes of the goblins

[@tantoonie0]

Describing the drastic improvements to Cyberpunk as "some updates" is a HUGE understatement. I absolutely love Cyberpunk now, but at launch, it was legitimately buggy and broken. To argue that people should have ... somehow ... had superhuman foresight to predict that CDPR would right the ship is unfair. Even in the day and age of mandatory day-one patches, games should be judged by the state in which they are launched, not some nebulous future potential. Many of the entries on this list smack of presentism and, in this particular case, smugness, as if you saw something no one else did. We all played the game. We simply couldn't overlook its many objective flaws at the time we were asked to fork over $60 for it. Not all of us were able to look at it through the lens of receiving a free copy for review. We actually had skin in the game, and that was a justifiable basis upon which to base our criticism of it. To argue that we were incorrect or unperceptive is a seriously lazy excuse for "journalism." Not surprising, given Mojoplays' history, but frustrating, nonetheless.

[@G1Grimlock94]

Days Gone was great

[@CrazeeAdam]

All of these games actually are from the ones I've played. And i think that's the point. They all got some sort of bad rap despite being really gun or good to play.

[@matthewapril3119]

As someone who knew the plot of the game and quit the game twice before finishing it. I have to say that days gone isn't half bad, not a perfect game, but even I have to admit it deserves its sequel

[@temperance7]

Calling journalists 'critics' does not make them one.

[@adamshaw8077]

I'm getting "I told you so" energy from the cyberpunk segment. That's lame. I remember these guys giving it the game of the year in 2020. Even at it's best on PC, it was nowhere near game of the year material back then. The game wasn't finished at launch, and the high praise this channel gave it feels like a case of someone trying to be different for the sake of being different. You can't give accolades for potential

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

And I don't think Last of Us 2 was Game of the Year material either. Ghost of Tsushima deserved it.

[@spectrebull]

Judging from your recent comments, you don't seem to enjoy anything we put out. So, why are you here?

[@adamshaw8077]

@spectrebull #1 recent comments? I rarely say anything on here. #2 any comments are good for you. It shows engagement. You must be new to this. #3 it seems as if you're a little too sensitive for this profession, if that comment offended you. #4 the world is a big place. Not everyone is going to agree with you in life. You're expressing your opinion on a platform that reaches millions of people. Not everyone will agree with you, and that's OK. #5 I'm here because I do what I want. I'm grown

[@SonicTheDarkHedgehog]

@@adamshaw8077LOL! Cry more😆👌🏻

[@Noob-zi2ce]

Inaccurate video, I understand you have to be careful and take a stance that journalists will love....but you're not selling this video to morons.

[@jbm421]

Thank you.

[@chheinrich8486]

I agree with you, watchmojo and its other channels sadly tread the needle with the moronic current generation of video game journalists and Hollywood,

[@thevideogamehit9016]

I think it's time game companies must stop micro transactions

[@matthewavery2934]

When I saw that Stellar Blade was on this list, I immediately said “oh people are complaining that Eve is too sexy” and now people are just in aww of how amazing the game is

[@KyberKyle]

You really breezed over some of these controversies huh? Mass Effect 3 has hated on more than just how characters were depicted. It was always because after 3 games of countless choices made by players, they couldn’t wait to see how their own personal story would end. Instead what all players were greeted with was pick a color and see that ending. And Cyberpunk was more than just technical glitches. It was an absolute mess, but it wasn’t just the performance. It was the lying and dishonesty from CDPR. Sending out their own review footage, as reviewers couldn’t show their own. The lying and crap statements/apologies from CDPR, etc. If you are going to cover a topic like this, than be a bit more thorough.

[@skullzfc]

Mass Effect 3 also had some bad writing when it came to some characters, mainly the Illusive Man and Wreav.

[@recht_voor_zijn_raap5506]

06:25.. The controversy wasn't that "women didn't fight in WW2" They in fact did.. Mostly as freedom fighters and in some divisions of several armies... The controversy and comments were that DICE and EA outright changed actual historical facts by forcing women in real life historical missions (most notably the "Nordlys mission" where they used an extremely high risk mission done by a small team of soldiers and changed it to feature 1 single young woman a resistance fighter. This was extremely disrespectful towards the men that died during that mission in real life. They could easily just make up a story and made a mission from that. But they used an historical mission and completely ignored the heroism and sacrifice those men made to force inclusiveness. People considered this as an act of stolen valor. THAT was the reason for the controversy! And the fact that EA outright banned everyone even mentioning this only fueled it.

[@surfinturf4620]

EXACTLY!

[@dziertp]

Watch Dogs 1 was great in my opinion, just because the graphics weren't the same as the trailer, doesn't mean the game is bad. For me it was really fun to play and had a solid and good story.

[@machineferret3359]

100% agree

[@surfinturf4620]

Just the first one was great the sequels sucked!

[@Leopez02]

Cyberpunk 2077 and Stellar Blade! ❤❤

[@DooD7942]

In regards to Battlefield V woman were NOT fighting on the Frontline as portrayed in the game. U can't call it historically accurate if whats in the game is not accuratte

[@Native_Creation]

Try saying that to the French Resistance or Russian frontlines, they were some of the best snipers and even Air Force pilots. And yes they were on the frontlines, at least in the sense as medics and nurses, plenty of women were killed across the war, both as civilians and in support roles.

[@timalice-2833]

Women never served in WWII? Bea Arthur from golden girls was a marine and Queen Elizabeth II was is the Auxiliary Territory Service. There were the Night Witches, Lyudmila Pavlichenko and sniper known as Lady Death who became close with Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya who sold everything and bought a tank to fight Nazis when her husband was killed. Just to name a few women in WWII.

[@camgold2154]

The only problems with Sly 4 were the ending not getting resolved and Penelope's betrayal coming out of left field.

[@virgilmcmath6363]

my problem with penelope was that her betrayal "wasnt about the money" but was about how "you could be making more money on your own"

[@ForrestFox626]

Honestly, her betrayal made her way more interesting

[@robchuk4136]

Stellar Blade's controversy didn't end once the game launched. Or have you missed the "Hard R" nonsense some journalists used to call the game racist? Reports of crunch culture was happening at Naughty Dog with The Last of Us Part 2 as well, btw. Controversy with that game is interesting because it wasn't just about dividing fans. We're talking about tons of internal leaks before the game even came out. Anyway, I'd include Resident Evil 5 Assassin's Creed Unity Maybe Fallout 76? And the original great game overshadowed by controversy: Mortal Kombat

[@c55411]

I lived Days Gone. Wish they’d do a part 2. The way it ended. Critics ruined it.

[@christopherquinn1018]

You mentioned how people said that women didn't fight in World War II and then corrected them. In fact, women fought on both sides of the Civil War. The famous pirate, Mary Read fought for the British Army. Days Gone was and still is, a pretty good game. I'm playing Cyberpunk 2077, right now.

[@Noob-zi2ce]

The argument isn't that women weren't in that world war, the issue is that many people don't think they did enough to land them the position of a number 1 protagonist in a world war game. If millions of men lost their lives in world war, how many women actually died as soldiers on the battle field? Must be a small number, so people think the protagonist spot wasn't deserved but forced in order to achieve diversity. It's that simple.

[@christopherquinn1018]

@@Noob-zi2ce They did a lot.

[@Noob-zi2ce]

@@christopherquinn1018 In comparison to men, what percentage of the job do you think they did? Let's start here, what percentage of women died as soldiers during the world war in comparison to men?

[@Noob-zi2ce]

From Chatgpt, 405,399 US male soldiers died during world war 2, while 543 female soldiers died during world war 2, none or almost none of them were frontline soldiers. Even someone with a dead brain wouldn't say these two stats are similar or comparable, thats why the choice of a female soldier definitely has to be due to DEI stuff which many people think it's insulting to the numerous men who lost their lives during the war and they consider it some kind of woke Nonsense.

[@Noob-zi2ce]

@@christopherquinn1018 Doing alot isn't the same as doing enough to land the number 1 protagonist spot. When over 400, 000 men died in the war compared to less than 500 women.

[@Etymon-jt3zw]

Cyberpunk is a glitchy masterpiece my second favourite game only behind Skyrim. 1, Skyrim 2, Cyberpunk 3, Vampire the masquerade

[@krvgames9258]

At least with Skyrim being buggy, it’s a Bethesda game and we know their games are going to be buggy. And most of Skyrim’s glitches are actually pretty funny, like the Skyrim Giant Launch glitch which originally got patched out, but then got added back in because it was so funny.

[@topfranluis1]

15:35 The rage bait starts here

[@christianloubardias6375]

In basic terms, many fans chose to hate The Last of Us 2 and not acknowledge its stellar atmosphere because of Joel's death

[@Macintosh1001]

Man really trying to sugar coat Cyberpunk flaws with "now everybody's on the same page"...yeah...it only took 2 years to fix it🙄

[@christophergraham2442]

Loved both Days Gone and TLOU2. Screw the controversy they were great stories and games.

[@QueenOfTheDead2023]

Trigger warning: this comment does mention mental health and SH. I'd like to point out Doki Doki Literature Club as an example of a good game overshadowed by controversy. While it's not the greatest, DDLC still has great characters, a fantastic story, great scares and excellent and realistic portrayals of heavy subjects like mental health, abuse, SH and existentialism (noting before the next part that Team Salvato placed a content warning about these subjects at the very beginning of the game). Unfortunately, DDLC's legacy was impacted by a rather tragic incident where a teenager un-alived himself and the game was reportedly found on his computer, which led to the media blaming the game and Team Salvato for his passing (even though iirc there was a lot more going on in the kid's life that led to it). It's sadly just another example of a tragedy happening and the blame being put on video games.

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, MojoPlays. Can you please do a list of the Top 20 Sonic the Hedgehog OSTs? Here are some examples you guys should mention. Examples: Sonic Frontiers (2022) Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) Sonic Heroes (2003) Sonic Adventure (1998) Sonic CD (1993) Sonic Unleashed (2008) Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) Sonic Mania (2017) Sonic Colors (2010) Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) Sonic Generations (2011) Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) Sonic & Knuckles (1994) Sonic Rush (2005) Sonic Lost World (2013) Sonic R (1997)

[@BaxterAndLunala]

Yo dude, that wasn't content creators, that was fake journalists who have never seen a real woman before. Just because you don't agree with harassing someone doesn't mean you shouldn't call them out for their stupidity.

[@ROCKONplaceboforever]

Good list and good and useful information about games thanks 🎮

[@ericwallacejr.536]

Good Tekken announcer voice.

[@spectrebull]

Its not my best, but I appreciate the compliment!

[@tyleroutland435]

I loved the majority of last of us part 2

[@Motorcrash09]

Bayonetta 3 and its actress pay dispute.

[@Art0r1a]

If you resort to google search to prove your point, then I'm afraid you're already a lost cause. How about we enjoy games like we used to do, instead of insulting others based on the actions of a few?

[@theriffwriter2194]

What happened to The Last Of Us 2 was one of the most interesting cases of group think in modern history. Finding critics online and asking them anything about the game that wasn't part of the leaked cutscenes quickly revealed the people who didn't like it, hadn't played it and it was the collective internet who decided for them they weren't allowed to like it. I'm a gen Xer. In the 90's there was no greater insult than if a friend called you "trendy." As if you didn't have a mind of your own and couldn't think for yourself. Now it's downright aspirational.

[@joseijosei]

No... people who bought it and played it didn't like it. A huge portion of the fanbase didn't like it because of the poor writting.

[@theriffwriter2194]

@@joseijosei and I didn't even mention the group that seen what happened to Joel, thought they were gonna throw up, feeling some of the strongest emotions that a work of fiction ever triggered in them and took this as a bad thing. Because if it made them feel bad than that means it must be bad, right? When the biggest insult you can give, a movie for example, is when you're leaving and you've already forgot about it almost entirely by the time you hit those double doors. But it's like Tarantino said "if you're half way through and you already feel like you need a shower than I've done my job." That's reason number two people said they didn't like TLOU2. A generation taught from birth everything is supposed to make them feel good and safe all the time.

[@joseijosei]

@@theriffwriter2194 It is bad writing, not what makes us feel bad. It is not Joel dying or the way he dies. It is how he ends up in that situation. It is not we playing as Abby. It is the game constantly wanting to make Abby look good in comparison to Ellie. It is the message of "revenge is bad" only being there for Ellie because Abby never reflects on her actions. It is not Ellie not ending what she started. It is when and how she does it, with a total lack of character growth. She is just the crazy lady who is killing everyone until she's not because of a memory. There is a reason why Ezio not killing Borgia worked and this didn't. Stop quoting directors like if that would show that you can tell how good writing looks. You clearly can't.

[@theriffwriter2194]

@@joseijosei you ruined it with that final little shade. Was so close to being an adult response. You just couldn't resist. Maybe next time.

[@joseijosei]

@@theriffwriter2194 I was unaware that highlighting a person's ability or inability to distinguish between good and bad writing was not appropriate for an adult. Or you want me to extra nice with you when I don't even like your attitude? Do you know what an adult shouldn't do? Putting everyone in the same bag, invalidating the opinions of those who disagree with you, and assuming that those who don't like the video game haven't played it or are simply following a trend. If you don't have adequate responses, it's better not to respond at all.

[@jaya_surya_a5118]

Days gone should be less grinding and good dialogue writings strong story....developers take that word survival is the major flop for that

[@johndavevillanueva4012]

we should also talk about Marvel VS Capcom: Infinite

[@heralduk5839]

Three words... No Man's Sky... How'd you miss the biggest controversy of the last decade ?

[@Snaaake_Beater]

I was shocked to see my boy Sly Cooper on this list

[@brandonalloway7128]

Okay so I think there needs to be a little more context when it comes to Cyberpunk. The game itself for the most part didn't work, it crashed hardware, and genuinely was unplayable quite often. And after 8 years in development and a 70 dollar price that's why there was so much backlash and it caused CDPR to remove it from storefronts and almost lead to a lawsuit because they may have known the game wasn't ready to be shipped. That is very different from a game just not being what a few people thought the game should be in their heads. I'd also have to argue I think a lot of people still think Witcher 3 is CDPRs best game.

[@tyleroutland435]

I absolutely love Days Gone it got unnecessary hate

[@jeremyriley1238]

I have to agree with Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled, as adding microtransactions to a game that people had to buy in a store or online (which means they paid money for a copy) is a scummy move by Activision done out of greed. Heck, even Disney Dreamlight Valley is guilty of this, as that game got rid of the free-to-play feature that was promised, but kept in the microtransactions.

[@jinho_sshi]

Um… was Pokémon Scarlet/Violet not wrecked with controversy and harsh criticism, or do you only focus on PC, Xbox and PlayStation games?

[@DevlinTroutman]

Battlefiled V complaints are valid there were no women actively in the field of combat I just asked a incredibly relaible source however they were medics and worked on vehicles etc so they did serve just not how it was represented in battlefield 5

[@user-hz4bk3ii2w]

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled and Sly Cooper Thieves in Time and Mass Effect 3 and Killzone 2 and The Last of Us Part 2 still love despite its controversy on the PS3 or on the PS4

[@OverDriver05]

It's baffling that Hogwarts Legacy didn't even make it in this video, but considering how a mention of an entry in the Wizarding World franchise tends to end in more controversies than before, I guess it's for the best...

[@ordinaryjohn1285]

Battlefront 2 100% deserves a spot on this list

[@virgilmcmath6363]

+ the Star Wars battlefront 2 game

[@tyleroutland435]

I was mixed on Stellar Blade

[@mattalan6618]

i love the DOA franchise. what i didnt loves about DOA 5 and 6 was the fact that every DLC pac were nothing but a bunch of costumes that i didnt want

[@tyleroutland435]

I love cyberpunk 2077

[@theosmith6275]

All we want is Sly 5, that too much to ask?!

[@blueraccoon1088]

Agreed fellow sly fan

[@mattiasolsson1523]

If it wasn’t plans for a Sly 5 then why was the developers decided to end on a cliffhanger ending?

[@robinolsson6152]

Sly needs to be saved from that cliffhanger ending.

[@bamban_garcia5562]

@@mattiasolsson1523 Because Sanzaru Games was an independent third party studio that only gained jobs from being contracted as such what better way to keep being paid by extending their work into a potential sequel after purposefully cutting the ending into dlc by the studio director

[@PhenomsServant4]

@@mattiasolsson1523 Same reason Half-Life 2 ended on a cliffhanger; they were hoping to make a sequel but that never came to be.

[@Bombman297]

I'm still jealous about IGN giving Stellar Blade a 7/10. For me, it's a 9/10

[@temperance7]

The team that pushed out Zaimont wasn't all too clean either, and records exist of them conspiring to push him out

[@damianjblack]

Seems to me that when it's not about microtransactions or serious, game-breaking bugs, most of these controversies only get blown up the way they do because of social media. I remember when Quake II came out one of the developers got mad because some mod makers were recreating old Quake 1 maps and mods rather than enjoying Q2 for what it was. However if I hadn't downloaded one of said maps and read the readme I wouldn't even have known about it, whereas if Q2 had been released now, it would have been a massive overblown controversy...

[@kingofswing3000]

Not a game, but the Dreamcast. A truly great system that got marred by Sega's previous decade of disappointments. It never could overcome public perception of its maker.

[@skullzfc]

I think Sonic Unleashed should be on the list. It was more of a divisive game because of those werehog levels that really bloat the game length. If I want to play a GoW game, I'll play GoW instead. These levels could've been replaced with Knuckles brawler levels easily. Also Resident Evil 5 could be a potential entry. It's Africa setting caused racism controversy iirc and also it started the identity loss of the franchise, at least until Revelations 2 and 7 revived the franchise.

[@HARBRINGERZERO]

Days Gone was fantastic once the bugs were ironed out. I preordered it which I almost never do and played it day one. It glitched on me so bad a good handful of times that I had to stop playing it. Came back a few months later and really enjoyed the hell out of it with no glitches experienced. Really hope a sequel gets made someday.

[@AzathothTheTrueGod]

Never heard of that Infinite Wealth game. Heard of Kong and all those other awful games. Weird how that works.

[@williamkerfoot8039]

12:52 And this is exactly why Mass Effect 3 is one of the most overrated games of all time! The ending isn't even close to the only thing that's wrong with it! A lousy script, bad dialogue, the worst villains of the series, bad new characters, lots of auto dialogue, and choices that were either abandoned or didn't even matter, ended up just about sinking the ship--not just its final moments!

[@SuperRangerGuy1]

The only game I wasn't aware of having controversy to the way I thought was: Batman: Arkham Knight; every other game on this list, I'm not a fan of.

[@reviewer945]

The Sonic Boom games but especially Rise of Lyric should be on this list.

[@PhenomsServant4]

Its controvesial yes, but its not great. Hell its not even mediocre.

[@reviewer945]

@@PhenomsServant4 Why? I think the Knuckles glitch was patched and I can't find anything else that makes the game deserve so much hate.

[@magical_pixie_horse7346]

​@@reviewer945 Take this with a grain of salt since I'm not 100% on this, but the 2010s were a bad time for Sonic in terms of American audience's distaste for the blue blue on the Internet to the point that Sega of America managed convinced Sonic Team that Vocal Tracks weren't liked enough to justify their continued addition to the games. Hence why Lost World didn't have any, although Forces brought that back. Because of the hate, Boom was an attempt to capture the American audience, given how completely culturally different everything was in comparison to the mainline games. Only the show and Fire and Ice were well received, though. TLDR: As of the patches being installed, Rise of Lyric makes the game no longer as bad or worse than 06, but coming out during the 2010s as a buggy and boring mess sealed its fate.

[@reviewer945]

@@magical_pixie_horse7346 That makes sense and that's why it's perfect for this list.

[@magical_pixie_horse7346]

@@reviewer945 As a great game overshadowed by controversy?

[@Ori_Kohav]

Dead Cells controversy was stupid. A reviewer being a plagiarist is NOT a good reason to hate a game.

[@Herowebcomics]

Yes, Arkham knight was the end of Bruce Wayne's story! He did not come back and join the Justice league and get shot to death on a park bench.😡 Also,Eve's only controversy is that she is hot,and some jealous people didi't like that!😎

[@rhinox9292]

And here I thought Street Fighter x Tekkens biggest controversy was that they didn’t release Tekken x Street Fighter🥺

[@zacharymc745]

Video suggestions: TOP 20 BEST MULTIPLAYER/CO-OP GAMES OF THE DECADE/CENTURY TOP 10 MOST UNDERRATED VIDEO GAMES OF THE 2010S ANOTHER TOP 20 BEST YEARS IN VIDEO GAMES (ex. 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022, or 2023)

[@Snaaake_Beater]

Look at me Banjo Kazooie nuts and bolts deserved the hate

[@matthewharris517]

I don't care what the Feminazis say Scarlet Blade is a great game with a surprisingly good story

[@jamalvargas6146]

Just Shoot Me! (1997-2003) Not a Video Game But It was great unfortunately this was around the same time a former relative popped up In my life and ruined everything still loved the show though

[@airem5861]

Days Gone didn't deserve that when it launched, also we need a Remaster collection of Kill zone 2 and 3 and maybe a Remake of the First one

[@iamskyfall]

Days Gone and The Last of Us Part II both deserve better than they have been treated.

[@thelegendaryhero9632]

This is just my opinion but I think the Batman Arkham series in general were downgraded a lot due to controversy, especially when that Suicide Squad game came out. Just my opinion though.

[@CrazeeAdam]

Hot take. I know. But i loved the last of us part 2. Pretty much all of it. I don't think it's better than part 1, but still excellent at what it does

[@mattiasolsson1523]

Same here, also one of my favorite video games from PS4

[@Trae_Lenox]

Days Gone has a cult status now as the game that is great but was crapped on early to stunt its growth… but it grew and grew! Its in my top 10 open world games

[@nivolcm_]

I know it's a DLC but why didn't you guys add Shadow of the Erdtree? when the DLC launched From Software made it so people with crazy builds and high level characters wouldn't plow down the DLC so quickly like they did in the main game by making bosses and enemies has high resistance HP and damage negation or straight immunity to some ailments but critics and twitter stan's started going too town with complaints saying it's "Too Hard" or "The difficulty is so imbalanced" which hurt it for a bit until KZbinr's and other souls game enjoyer's stepped in and reminded people what souls games stand for

[@thesilverblack708]

Not necessarily a game, but a platform: Stadia I actually played that a lot during the pandemic and always had a solid experience with no latency or glitches. But of course, purist Content Creator gamers didn't like the idea of a streaming service being good and made negative review after negative review. Some even straight up lied about it, by claiming you needed to own a game as well as a subscription just to play it. Which wasn't true, the premium service was to play the game in 4K, if you didn't have it; you could still play in 1080p.

[@loluk867]

The narrator is a dork.

[@tyleroutland435]

I absolutely hate Arkham Knight. It's a trash sequel and the worst Arkham game

[@jonhalliday7806]

What’s creepy about this list is that the narrator seems to be onside with the cringey side. People getting mad over censorship of digital titties is a fail. Don’t defend those dudes.

[@Bigpun-bg8pf]

Playing hide and seek type mode on Watch dogs 1&2 was so damn fun.

[@Joke.ExeTheJokingLookingDevil]

0:10 - Wait...did or did not controversy steals franchises spotlight by replacing them?! 😨

[@allanmhanson]

Stellar Blade was boosted, not overshadowed.

[@jaycornu3351]

look the only one on here i have to say anything about is Last of us Part 2. Gameplay is great Voice acting is amazing the music awesome sound effects wonderful Story..... needs work. All they had to do with the story was change the order of a few events to make the story flow better but instead just made people hate a person they would be forced to play as, they gave it no time for Abby to become liked storywise before making her hated. plus the whole thing of "it's okay to cheat on your partner if its with the same sex" thing was kinda yuck and the comic doubled down on that. oh and the False advertising of them purposely putting joel in late game situations in the ads then replacing him with someone else in the actual game, actually it was even proven correct when an Australian won a law suit against naughty dog and sony for false advertising, right after the court case they were told to either redo the ad to show the real scenes or take them off the air completely

[@evolancer211]

Boyfriend dungeon, I mean that just sounds like excellent realism

[@Ori_Kohav]

Tekken 8 is terrible for not only the battlepass, but also for carrying the issues from 7. Unbalanced roster, absolute laziness in dubbing, and little to no offline content, which is a spit in the face to people who either have a spotty Internet connection, or just don’t want to play online.

[@InvaderMedia420]

what’s sad it is last of us part two would be a good story if you just broke it in two have the last of us part to be all about Abby ending with her, finding her dead father, in swearing to kill the person who killed her father. And then three would be following both Ellie and Abby seeking revenge and losing their friends along the way with them both realizing at the end of the story that revenge wasn’t worth it or at least that’s how I would fix it.

[@Native_Creation]

Really enjoyed Days Gone, it was a pleasant surprise and almost like a compliment to The Last of Us. Plus great cast.

[@Wiksila-co1fg]

Critic towards stellarblade never went silent and now they have "uncercored" original outfits in the game 🤷

[@robynwolph3836]

Hmmmm...15:34 The controversy for this game was MORE THAN DESERVED. This game LITERALLY DESTROYED the franchise.

[@johnathanlett4094]

I'm surprised that you did not bring up no man's sky

[@tracykolbosky8313]

The only reason why I couldn’t get celebrate was because of the controversy and because I didn’t have any money to get it and because I didn’t want to Called a Pervert

[@angelganon8213]

Inifnite wealth was a great game dont let them fool you

[@garyroche8833]

Hogwarts Legacy, anyone? (Overshadowed by a controversy that had nothing to do with the game.)

[@thesilverblack708]

Even if you ignore the controversey, the game is pretty mediocre. It's basically the poster child of playing it too safe.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

That was controversial?

[@robchuk4136]

Good pick