15 Games That Gave New Meaning to Development Hell

The Last Guardian

The Last Guardian was heavily influenced by Shadow of the Colossus, both in gameplay and in story.

Active development on the project started in 2007, and the game was first shown off during E3 2009, but seeing how the PlayStation 3 had trouble running The Last Guardian as it was initially envisioned, tons of fine-tuning and re-coding had to be done.

The game got delayed for the proper polishing, but when developer Ueda split from Sony in 2011, it looked a lot bleaker for the project.

The Last Guardian has recently made its way to the PlayStation 4 after almost a decade and its fair share of delays, but the stronger hardware proved to be a necessity to show it off in its full glory.