The first game was crowd funded, it met (I believe) all the stretch goals, nowhere was there a "just fuck Henry up" stretch goal.
Honestly, this bullshit is one of the great VG development turns/betrayals. Still the number one ranking for me is Phoenix Point, but Vavra doing a complete 180 on a bunch of stuff he'd said about the first game is way up there.
A bunch of the other Epic exclusives also rank high; especially the indies, who were riding a wave of goodwill. Supergiant Games riding high after Bastion, and Red Hook with Darkest Dungeon spring to mind. A lot of people eventually forgave the former (for whatever reason) after Hades, but a lot of people were still left with a bad taste in their mouth.
Honestly, this bullshit is one of the great VG development turns/betrayals. Still the number one ranking for me is Phoenix Point, but Vavra doing a complete 180 on a bunch of stuff he'd said about the first game is way up there.
A bunch of the other Epic exclusives also rank high; especially the indies, who were riding a wave of goodwill. Supergiant Games riding high after Bastion, and Red Hook with Darkest Dungeon spring to mind. A lot of people eventually forgave the former (for whatever reason) after Hades, but a lot of people were still left with a bad taste in their mouth.