Developing a game takes years, a lot of hard work, and a crazy amount of patience. When the end product that is delivered to gamers meets or exceeds expectations it’s a huge weight off the developer’s shoulders. However, if the game delivered to players is a bug-riddled mess, then this becomes a nightmare situation. Developers have to go full damage control, trying to fix the issues as fast as they can while keeping investors and gamers happy.
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The good news is that it’s not impossible to fix games. They can always be patched and made better, an advantage that movies and TV shows lack. These games have all faced their fair share of issues, but managed to come out brighter on the other side in the end.
5Battlefield 4
This first-person shooter took a while to become what it is today.Battlefieldhas alwaysbeen kind of a trendsetter, one that other games would try to emulate. However, whenBattlefield 4finally dropped, that reputation started to become tarnished. Marred with issues from both the single-player and multiplayer modes at launch, as well as gameplay and networking problems,Battlefield 4was initially a mess.
Fans playing the single-player mode began reporting the campaign save file getting corrupted, forcing them to restart. On the multiplayer side, players reported games crashing, freezing, and things not loading. All these issues forcedDICEandEAto go back to the drawing board to resolve these issues in a timely manner. Thanks to thedevelopers not giving up,Battlefield 4has become the premier shooter that is still highly regarded to this day.
4No Man’s Sky
WhenNo Man’s Skywas first announced at E3, players, journalists and everyone in the industry were interested in this unique game. For good reason as well, considering it’s a game about flying to computer and AI-generated planets that number in the billions. Players can build and fly to different planets seamlessly. But, what players got, in the end, wasa limited experiencefilled with long loading screens and a quite empty world and was criticized for taking abigger bite than it could handle.
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However, the team over atHello Gameswas dedicated to fixing their game over time. The end result was a success, with many of the problems and shortcomings getting addressed. The multiplayer aspect was something players were looking forward to inNo Man’s Sky,where they could survive, explore, and conquer with their friends. One of the issues was that players couldn’t find each other because of how big the game proved to be. Now it’s gotten even easier, plus with the addition of crossplay, gamers can easily play with one another across different consoles.
3Halo: The Master Chief Collection
Halo: The Master Chief Collectionis the ultimate package forHalofans, being one of thebest exclusives on the platform. Players got three full games for the price of one with all the multiplayer packs from the original game. What could go wrong? Well, a lot did, from installing the collection to flat out playing the game, players were veryupset when theMaster Chief Collectioncame out.
With these issues,343 Industrieshad to abandon their roadmap of support to resolve all these issues and unlike most games on this list, it took them much longer. Although theMaster Chief Collectionis night and day compared to what it was, it was initially a mess that could have been avoided. 343 Industries partially redeemed themselves by offering a ton of free things likeHalo 4andHalo 3: ODST.This has madeThe Master Chief Collectiona go-to for fans and non-fans alike, even afterHalo 5.
2Assassin’s Creed: Unity
Touted as the next big thing for theAssassin’s Creedseries,Unitywas a hotly-anticipated title. At the E3 presentation,Assassin’s Creed: Unityhad a lot of potential. The game had large crowds with thousands of NPCs on screen at once, along with a robust co-op multiplayer system that allowed players and their friends to parkour across the rooftops of Paris. What playersactuallygot was aglitch-filledmess that madeUbisoftaddress it during the announcement forAssassin’s Creed: Syndicate.
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Players werereporting frame rate problemsin areas with many NPCs as well as texture issues. Loading times were also a chore. All these things made Ubisoft rebuild French Revolution-era Paris from the ground up in order to haveAssassin’s Creed: Unitybe playable. Currently, the game works well and is now considered one of thebetterAssassin’s Creedgames in the series.
1Star Wars Battlefront 2
Much like DICE’sBattlefield 4, their next installment featuring theStar Warsuniverse,Battlefront 2, was not very well received. Its pay-to-play mechanic, rather than myriad technical issues, soured fans. This became a huge controversy, so much so that major news stations began covering it.Battlefront 2already had a lot going against it before launch, considering its predecessor was viewed as somewhat lackluster after its release.
Battlefront 2proved so divisive that lawmakers in Europe had to regulate loot boxes because of games likeit. Eventually, DICEremoved the contents locked behind the paywall. The situation has improved since then. The campaign itself isn’t terrible and now all the loot is attributed to cosmetics rather than major things like guns and vehicles.
