Failures to Launch

It’s becoming an increasingly concerning trend for high profile games to release in disastrous states these days, be it due to technical issues or other problems. I’ve decided to list the most notorious here. While a lot of these have gotten fixed since, their reputations and legacies will be forever tarnished by their faults at launch.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition
Silent Hill HD Collection
Silent Hill HD Collection
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077
Fallout 76
Fallout 76
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Postal 4: No Regerts
Postal 4: No Regerts
Star Wars Battlefront II
Star Wars Battlefront II
Battlefield 2042
Battlefield 2042
Assassin's Creed Unity
Assassin's Creed Unity

Unrated

Anthem
Anthem

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Fallout 4: Next-Gen Update
Fallout 4: Next-Gen Update

Unrated

Final Fantasy XIV Online
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Recommended by FallenGrace

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Unrated

Marvel's Avengers
Marvel's Avengers

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Mortal Kombat 1
Mortal Kombat 1

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No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky

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Pokémon Scarlet
Pokémon Scarlet

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Pokémon Violet
Pokémon Violet

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Redfall
Redfall

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Saints Row
Saints Row

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SimCity
SimCity

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Star Trek: Infinite
Star Trek: Infinite

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Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection
Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection

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The Day Before
The Day Before

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Free Next-Gen Update
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Free Next-Gen Update

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5

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Warcraft III: Reforged
Warcraft III: Reforged
Suggested by Detectivefail

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WWE 2K20
WWE 2K20

5 Comments


1 year ago

Final Fantasy XIV? I've not played it but I understand the original launch was so rough that whilst they supported it with updates they built an entirely new game in the background and launched it again. Pretty amazing feat for an initial disaster.
Ooh, good point. I hadn’t thought about that one. Definitely will add it.
Hmm are you still taking suggestions? If so maybe WarCraft III: Reforged could fit. The launch was super bad. That I'm still left disappointed at the state of it.

5 days ago

I don't agree that their legacies are forever tarnished for the ones that did repair themselves. If anything, the fact that the devs opted to do that over abandoning things ala Anthem & Redfall is something praiseworthy since we know most premature releases are b/c of publisher mandates.


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