9 Biggest Horrible Gaming-Related Things Of 2021
3. Balan Wonderworld From Sonic Creator Flops Massively
When you make a game so rubbish you actually give it up as a bad job and leave the gaming industry entirely, you know you've screwed up.
Balan Wonderworld was a bold new experiment by Yuji Naka. You may not know his name, but this is the man responsible for the creation of Sonic the Hedgehog, which as we all know, is absolutely huge.
Unfortunately, apparently Yuji has lost his touch in the years since Sonic came out. Balan Wonderworld was a massive flop both critically and commercially, with critics slamming it for its aged gameplay mechanics, and players just seemed to dismiss it altogether.
Just goes to show, even with a pedigree like Yuji's behind it, a game is only as good as its mechanics.
In the wake of Balan Wonderworld's massive flop, Yuji actually completely resigned from Square Enix, and said that he was getting out of the videogame industry entirely.