15 Simple Things That Could Ruin 2018's Biggest Video Games

2. A Questionable Political Agenda - The Last Night

On its own merits, The Last Night looks set to be a stylistically audacious, Blade Runner-inspired cyberpunk romp, but almost immediately after the game premiered at last year's E3, designer Tim Soret was raked over the coals for his previous "problematic" pro-Gamergate, anti-feminist opinions, which he swiftly apologised for.

The issues may run deeper than that, though, as the game's narrative appears to have an icky right-wing bent, criticising the notion of Universal Basic Income and the fluidity of personal identity. Though Soret has claimed that The Last Night isn't a work of political propaganda, it's easy to see why so many think he's just towing the company line here.

It's rare that a game is derailed entirely by politics alone, but it may turn out that even The Last Night's beautiful, retro-inspired visuals can't compensate for some eyebrow-raising views on society at large.