Hugely Popular Game Bombs, What Happened?

It's only natural for player enthusiasm to wane if the tutorial is too long. The pacing in the early game is the lifeblood of a game, so developers should really reflect on that, shouldn't they?

Ignoring the world-building

But apparently there's a game where the credits take 2 hours (it was a huge flop)

It's a mystery game, but the developer accidentally spoiled it.

Can barely win from the first fight (but it's not a losing event)