History YMMV / LiveAHero

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Barrel. He's an anthropomorphic dog alien born in Houston, Texas who idolizes western movie heroes and longs to be one. That as a base concept is well and good, except that he became a cop and regularly expresses a desire to open fire on "evildoers," despite being unable to hit a target unless he's in hero form. With the game's release being only a few months after George Floyd's death and police brutality protests in America, let's just say his release did not sit right with many Western fans. The controversy became so overwhelming in the 24 hours following his official reveal that less than a day later, Lifewonders changed his bio slightly to downplay his love of guns and change his weapon of choice to a tranquilizer gun.

%%* OvershadowedByControversy: In western countries, the game has become mostly known as "that game that released Barrel, a trigger-happy cop character months after the Black Lives Matter movement protests over the death of George Floyd". The backlash that resulted was swift and relentless, as Barrel's character bio and mechanics were altered in ''less than 24 hours after release''.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Barrel, full stop. He's an anthropomorphic dog alien born in Houston, Texas who idolizes western movie heroes and longs to be one. That as a base concept is well and good, except that he became a cop and regularly expresses a desire to open fire on "evildoers," despite being unable to hit a target unless he's in hero form. With the game's release being only a few months after George Floyd's death and police brutality protests in America, let's just say his release did not sit right with many Western fans. The controversy became so overwhelming in the 24 hours following his official reveal that less than a day later, Lifewonders changed his bio slightly to downplay his love of guns and change his weapon of choice to a tranquilizer gun.

* FanNickname: Prior to the game's release, Lifewonders released a few screenshots showing how the game looked and how to play. Among those screenshots was [[https://live-a-hero.jp/wp-content/themes/liveahero/img/index/img_02.png a picture of the avatar selection screen]], where players can name the main character, showing the first protagonist option, the default human male, with the name "Nozomu Hoshihara" (a rather thematically-appropriate name considering the game's themes, as "nozomu" can mean "dream" and "hoshi" can mean "star" or "wish"). Many fans have adopted this as the main character's "real name," and some have taken it a step further by referring to the female playable characters as "Nozomi."

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Barrel, full stop. He's an anthropomorphic wolf alien born in Houston, Texas who idolizes western movie heroes and longs to be one. That as a base concept is well and good, except that he became a cop and regularly expresses a desire to open fire on "evildoers," despite being unable to hit a target unless he's in hero form. With the game's release being only a few months after George Floyd's death and police brutality protests in America, let's just say his release did not sit right with many Western fans. The controversy became so overwhelming in the 24 hours following his official reveal that less than a day later, Lifewonders changed his bio slightly to downplay his love of guns and change his weapon of choice to a tranquilizer gun.

* OvershadowedByControversy: In western countries, the game has become mostly known as "that game that released Barrel, a trigger-happy cop character months after the Black Lives Matter movement protests over the death of George Floyd". The backlash that resulted was swift and relentless, as Barrel's character bio and mechanics were altered in ''less than 24 hours after release''.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Barrel, full stop. He's an anthropomorphic wolf alien born in Houston, Texas who idolizes western movie heroes and longs to be one. That as a base concept is well and good, except that he became a cop and regularly expresses a desire to open fire on "evildoers," despite being unable to hit a target unless he's in hero form. With the game's release being only a few months after George Floyd's death and police brutality protests in America, let's just say his release did not sit right with many Western fans. The controversy became so overwhelming in the 24 hours following his official reveal that less than a day later, Lifewonders changed his bio slightly to downplay his love of guns and change his weapon of choice to a tranquilizer gun.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Barrel, full stop. He's an anthropomorphic wolf alien born in Houston, Texas who idolizes western movie heroes and longs to be one. That as a base concept is well and good, except that he became a cop and regularly expresses a desire to open fire on "evildoers," despite being unable to hit a target unless he's in hero form. With the game's release being only a few months after George Floyd's death and police brutality protests in America, let's just say his release did not sit right with many Western fans.

* Base-BreakingCharacter: Barrel, full stop. He's an anthropomorphic wolf alien born in Houston, Texas who idolizes western movie heroes and longs to be one. That as a base concept is well and good, except that he became a cop and regularly expresses a desire to open fire on "evildoers," despite being unable to hit a target unless he's in hero form. With the game's release being only a few months after George Floyd's death and police brutality protests in America, let's just say his release did not sit right with many Western fans.