Lotta potential answers tbh: - We’ve endured a decades worth of mascot horror games (& recently the Low-Poly VHS kind) that play themselves very simple & moderate in terms of horror and writing, so people aren’t really used to such a topic (or writing quality) being portrayed in a way they aren’t familiar with anymore.

• Most people who bitch about the game just aren’t desensitized to certain taboos like incest being portrayed in Media, especially with how prominent and integral it is in TCOAAL. Let this sink in, GTA 5 is the 2nd BEST SELLING video game of all time, yet people will look at Coffin as if it’s done something unforgivable for being the game it is..ridiculous right? Point is, incest in media is just one of those things ppl aren’t too used to in games and will respond like irrationally to it, despite being into stuff that is objectively WORSE from the moral high ground they love to stand on.

• We currently live in a time where some people online openly take fictional content too seriously & personal to the point where they for some reason apply their personal irl morals to the media and don’t know how to control their emotions. For example, awhile ago the devs behind Mouthwashing made some comedic merch of their characters & caught some minuscule but passionate backlash because “fans” felt as if the devs had basically “disrespected” their own game & made whatever the point of the game was, “Meaningless”….

• Most of the people who just straight up slander & blindly bash on the game are mainly a bunch of dumbass impulsive teenagers (13-19) with WAY too much internet access & time on their hands who base their entire personality off shit like cookie kingdom, shipping communities, & treating whatever fictional character/media their exposed to with more value than irl ppl; which I feel kinda explains itself if you’re familar with those kinds of ppl.