10 Recent Video Games That Totally Divided Players

10. Final Fantasy XVI

Final Fantasy XVI just might be the most polarising entry into the legendary RPG franchise, and that's really saying something.

FFXVI has been lauded as a wild shake-up of the series, with its more self-serious, Game of Thrones-inspired narrative and undeniably controversial decision to ditch the franchise's traditional turn-based combat.

And here's something just about everyone will agree on - Masayoshi Soken's musical score is absolutely gorgeous, even if you hate most everything else about this game.

And there certainly are haters, indeed. For many who love the series' traditional formula, this was just too far a departure, deeming the combat casualised to the point of tedium, with an overly serious story and characters, and a dull earthy colour palette, while the much-hyped Eikon battles too often felt like empty, on-rails spectacle.

Square Enix themselves have admitted that they wanted Final Fantasy XVI to open the series up to a wider audience, and whether they succeeded or not - and more importantly, whether that's a good thing - has firmly split the existing fanbase down the middle.