10 Video Games You Gave Up On (That Are Actually Great)

10. The Last Guardian

Shadow of the Colossus is one of the most celebrated titles in gaming history. It's approach to both gameplay and story - and what ties them together - has influenced so many games in it's wake.

As such, Japan Studio's follow-up The Last Guardian seemed like it had the potential to be just as huge. Originally revealed as a PS3 title in 2009, the game took seven years before it hit store shelves.

By this time, any hype from the initial reveals had absolutely died down to a simmer. Everything was exacerbated by the departure from Sony of lead developer Fumito Ueda. Despite Sony reassuring consumers that the auteur was still lead on the project, Ueda had described his departure as coming from feeling a "sense of crisis" which made players uneasy.

Whilst it's hard to argue that parts of The Last Guardian didn't already feel outdated on release, it doesn't mean that the game was bad by any means. In fact, 2016 was a year of solid action-packed FPS titles (Overwatch, Battlefield 1 and the Doom reboot to name a few) so The Last Guardian still manged to find it's space as a slower-paced, more thoughtful experience.

The game holds favourable reviews on MetaCritic from both critics and consumers, it's just that it simply undersold terribly.