History AuthorsSavingThrow / VideoGames

** ''VideoGame/Persona4'' was criticized for its downtime scenes being [[{{Filler}} superfluous and long-winded]]. While ''''VideoGame/Persona5'' has a few downtime scenes of its own, most of them actually progress the plot, and the ones that didn't add to the story don't drag on.

** ''VideoGame/Persona4'' was criticized for were the downtime scenes being [[{{Filler}} superfluous and long-winded]]. While this game has a few downtime scenes of its own, most of them actually progressed the plot, and the ones that didn't add to the story don't drag on.

* ''VideoGame/PathfinderWrathOfTheRighteous'': In July 2023, Creator/OwlcatGames added a customer data-gathering package to the game via patch, only to reverse the change less than 24 hours later after a nasty InternetCounterattack. Comments from the developers on the game's subreddit boil down to "Point taken, sorry about that."

* The original release of ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'' drew some criticism due to an interview log titled "An Asexual World", which gives an inaccurate, stereotype-filled description of [[UsefulNotes/{{asexual}} asexuality]] that many asexuals found offensive. The [[UpdatedRerelease Director's Cut]] adds a paragraph which points out that even InUniverse, the article's claims are dubious and discriminatory, separating the offensive content of the log from the real-life writer's own views.

** ''World of Warcraft'' caused a ''lot'' of TheyChangedItNowItSucks based on [[CharacterDevelopment changes to their main characters]]. ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' (a MOBA game with a CrossOver between ''Warcraft'', ''Starcraft'', and ''Diablo'') was released featuring the more classic, iconic portrayal of the ''Warcraft'' main characters. And thus, Thrall is once again the Warchief with strong commitment for the Horde, Jaina is the idealistic mage that believes in peace on both Alliance and Horde, Sylvanas is disgusted by her undeath existence and focused on her revenge of the Lich King, while Malfurion is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure like in the RTS games, Tyrande is the practical, capable commander, Illidan is an antiheroic dangerous WildCard, and Kael'thas returns to putting his people's safety into his top priority. Blizzard gave a HandWave that these heroes are taken from certain timelines of the game so that they could use the portrayal of the characters that their fans see as the best instead of being stuck with the current timeline. The inversion of this occasion is Varian Wrynn, who's instead taken in his most recent incarnation, but since his earlier self was the one that caused backlash and [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap he gradually earned the fans' favor ever since]] [[spoiler:[[DyingMomentOfAwesome until his death]]]], the latter self is the more ideal self to pick.

* The original release of ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'' drew some criticism due to an interview log titled "An Asexual World", which gives an inaccurate, stereotype-filled description of UsefulNotes/{{asexuality}} that many asexuals found offensive. The [[UpdatedRerelease Director's Cut]] adds a paragraph which points out that even InUniverse, the article's claims are dubious and discriminatory, separating the offensive content of the log from the real-life writer's own views.

** Despite a couple of grammatical hiccups here and there, the Asian release of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'' contains a [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish surprisingly good translation]] of just about the entire script, in contrast to the Asia version of ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Moon Dwellers]]'', which had [[SarcasmMode revolutions to the realm of translation]] such as [[BlindIdiotTranslation "crazy ghost-chan of rampage," "the same genders differences," and "Such words... even I could...!"]] It's telling that Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment put more effort into improving their translating skills with localizing ''V'' after learning from some of their mistakes with ''The Moon Dwellers''. This was further improved with ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'', as one of the translators for the game was one of those who worked on the FanTranslation of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Gaiden''.

** Following some reception to the initial ending with some stating that it was rather unfinished, the game was later given an update to significantly extend the ending to deal with lingering threads and give it a more proper closure.

** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' has so many of these that it's got [[AuthorsSavingThrow/Persona5 its own page]] to document them.

** ''AuthorsSavingThrow/DragaliaLost''
** ''AuthorsSavingThrow/{{Fallout}}''
** ''AuthorsSavingThrow/FinalFantasyXIV''
** ''AuthorsSavingThrow/FridayThe13thTheGame''
** ''AuthorsSavingThrow/MortalKombat11''
** ''AuthorsSavingThrow/{{Paladins}}''
** ''AuthorsSavingThrow/PokemonGo''
** ''AuthorsSavingThrow/RatchetAndClank''

* ''AuthorsSavingThrow/{{Fallout}}''
* ''AuthorsSavingThrow/FinalFantasyXIV''
* ''AuthorsSavingThrow/FridayThe13thTheGame''
* ''AuthorsSavingThrow/RatchetAndClank''

** One of the complaints in ''Undertale'' [[CreatorBacklash that Toby Fox agreed with]] was the player character's movement speed was far too slow. This game allows you to either hold down a key/button to run, or choose the option to auto-run. The slow movement speed is even referred to in-game, as, during the beginning portion, Susie repeatedly complains about Kris walking too slowly.

* VideoGame/{{Undertale}} the "friendly RPG where nobody has to die" received complain about its message. While the game made it clear from the start that killing the monsters encountered was optional and that talking your way out of battle was a better thing to do, it was [[BrokenAesop undermined by how the player would paint all monsters as the victims if they died despite them being the one initiating the fight and the player solely defending themselves]]. The game would blame the player for killing [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality while refusing to hold the enemies to the same standard]]. The following installment ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' addresses this with the first chapter having a villain who cannot be reasoned, teaching the player that sometimes violence is necessary.

* While most of the fandom's issues with ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' were quality-of-life things that were fixed in patches, there was a single major element in the story (specifically the ending) that left a bad taste: [[spoiler:even considering the [[AndTheAdventureContinues open-ended nature]] of the story's conclusion, Nia got shafted hard by the story's resolution, losing out to a FirstGirlWins scenario ''and'' having a potential SecondLove HopeSpot torn away from her, with her very last appearance leaving herself emotionally isolated, giving her an unhappy ending in what's otherwise a wave of mysterious but hopeful optimism]]. When NewGamePlus was patched in, the developers added an undocumented change: after clearing the game a second time, lingering on the EvolvingTitleScreen will trigger [[spoiler:Rex and Pyra to turn and wave offscreen, inviting Nia to hold hands and join them. After a moment, Nia turns and smiles straight at the fourth wall, a gesture clearly directed at the player, promising she got a happy ending too. And this was confirmed in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', which revealed Rex had children [[{{Polyamory}} with all three of them]]]].

** Though ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' originally saw critical praise, it would end up being one of the worst-selling home console installments in the series, selling less than even the [=GameCube=] version of ''The Wind Waker''. Fans would expressed annoyance with the heavily linear nature of the title, which prompted the team to experiment with more non-linear formats: first with ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]'', and then with the OpenWorldSandbox ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]''; the latter of which garnered immense critical and commercial success and is now the best-selling game in the series by a wide margin.

** ''Birth by Sleep'' and ''Dream Drop Distance'' were notorious for having poorly designed [[BonusBoss secret bosses]] that had AIRoulette and forced players to spam invincibility frames and cheap tactics to win. ''0.2'''s secret boss hinted at a return to reactive boss design that ''Kingdom Hearts I'' and ''II'' had. Thankfully, the Osaka team, who were the developers of said games, likewise redeemed themselves ''BIG TIME'' with the additional fourteen secret bosses of ''Re:Mind'' DLC for ''III'', which were much lauded for their sharp increase in difficulty from the base game, but in [[BestBossEver a VERY fun and properly challenging way]].

** The nature of [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul Cyberpsychosis and Humanity ratings]]. When the game came out in the 1980s, it was pretty much a way to increase BodyHorror and limit players from just having ''everything'', by threatening your character with removal by GM Fiat. Thirty years later, with more real world knowledge about limb replacement, it may sound ableist and offensive to people with real world psychological issues and disabilities. The shift in the video game from the tabletop -- that Cyberpsychosis isn't real but instead a bunch of factors like defective tech, drug use, and psychological trauma caused by the oppressive state of terminal-stage capitalism in the ''Cyberpunk'' world -- updates it to modern times while tying it into the setting's statements about corporate greed and recklessness.
** A common criticism for [=CDProjekt's=] previous hit, ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' was the fact that all characters, from major ones to background [=NPCs=], were white (until the ''Heart Of Stone'' [=DLC=]). Night City features people of all races and ethnicities, with Japanese, Latin American, Filipino, Native American, black and [[AmbiguouslyBrown ambiguous]] characters playing major roles in the story/more important sidequests. They're also voiced by actors who correspond to their character's ethnic background. The player can also make their V any race/ethnicity they'd want, while in ''The Witcher'' they could only play as the white Geralt.

** The [[UpdatedRerelease HD Remake]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' addressed two of the biggest complaints lobbed at the original game; the Triforce quest and sailing. For the former, the fetch quest was reduced to finding three shards in the ocean instead of the original eight while with the latter, a new sail was created that increased the speed of Link's boat without having to constantly change the wind direction. They also revamped how boat items work, permanently dedicating them to the D-Pad buttons rather than requiring you to equip them.

** Though ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' did receive a lot of high praise for its gameplay and dense open world, one of its most commonly cited flaws was that it suffers from noticeable framerate problems, an issue usually uncommon in first party Nintendo releases. In late March of 2017 Nintendo released the 1.1.1 update which fixed the vast majority of the issues, making the framerate much smoother.

** A minor, but ''very'' appreciated addition to the HD version of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' was to vastly increase Link's speed when climbing vines, where the original version was maddeningly slow for whatever reason.

* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'' was written [[ExecutiveMeddling with a mandate from marketing]] to turn the series away from the ''Literature/ArabianNights'' feel and make it DarkerAndEdgier, complete with emo {{antihero}} Prince and heavy metal music. The fans bashed the change mercilessly, and the writers answered rather innovatively by working the DorkAge into the plot of ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones''. The Prince had become so dark and angry due to the stress of being pursued by the Dhaka for years; freed from it his original snarky attitude returns. The Dark Prince is a manifestation of all the character flaws the Prince demonstrated in ''Warrior Within'' who also points out the inherent selfishness and irresponsibility in the Prince [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong changing history to fix his mistakes]]. Taunted with this near the end, the Prince realizes how childish he has been and chooses to face the consequences of his actions, silencing the Dark Prince.

* ''AuthorsSavingThrow/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf''