10 Dumbest Controversies That Dogged Popular Video Games
5. GTA 4's Lack Of Fingerless Gloves
Speaking of being torn up about something completely inconsequential in the long run, GTA 4's award-winning launch didn't go as smoothly as Rockstar wanted... because of some previously advertised fingerless gloves.
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Yes, the gloves pictured above - that were also in various pictures of protagonist Niko Bellic and a few gameplay screenshots - weren't in the game.
It really shouldn't have mattered. We still had a nicely-rendered take on New York (Liberty City), replete with a revolutionary physics engine and the best story in any GTA game... but it did.
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To this day, for thousands of gamers, GTA 4's lack of fingerless gloves still leaves a sour taste.