Games That Were Bad on Release, But Are Now Great

BLG writes, "Some of the most popular games have had a rough start, with some of them being downright unplayable.

Despite that, developers have managed to turn it around for them and make their game worth playing. Here are some games that had a rough start but were pretty great."

[Terry_B]

Good list..hoped to see Street Fighter 5 there..and it is.

[Vits]

Sea of Thieves... I'm not disagreeing that the game has improved in terms of content. But I feel that the most significant change between now and its release is actually the public perception. Nowadays, most people are aware that the game is a multiplayer PvP-focused experience first and foremost, and not "Black Flag made by Rare". Consequently, people dismissing the whole experience because the single-player aspect is lacking or the story is plain are much less common.

[darthv72]

Several years ago, i submitted an idea to Rare that would change up the mechanics of battling opponents in the game. whereby if you died in battle, you turned into a skeleton warrior and had to fight your way back to the land of the living. It was an interesting twist on respawning and would allow the player to experience both sides of a battle.

I keep hoping to see something like that get added to the game.

[Kaii]

They consider FO 76 & ME Andromeda to be great now 🤭

[darthv72]

76... yes, Andromeda... no

[Cacabunga]

Anthem 🤢

[anast]

Every game in the last 2 decades...

[INMATEofARKHAM]

It's sad that this quick retort is more often than not true... The industry's acceptance of release and patch has gone too far.

[gunnerforlife]

Days gone! By the end of the game I couldn't drop it down! I went around so many hours killing zombies! It was addictive by the end.

[S2Killinit]

That game was just plain good game. It didnt improve, it was just good.

[gunnerforlife]

I don't know, I got it abit late, and struggled for a few days, and then all of a sudden it just got good!!

[Nightcyberspud]

Destiny 1 is still playable but D2 is a better experience

[antikbaka]

>> Dragon Age: Inquisition a cult classic.

cult of idiots

[BlackCountryBob]

That’s great to hear, but in an industry that not only prioritises but actively encourages people to pre-order months or even years ahead of release, it is frankly unacceptable any of these were released in such a poor state to begin with.

Industry can’t have it both ways, either incentivise day one purchasing but make games work properly at the start without over promising on what’s actually possible, or be honest that you’re releasing a glorified paid for beta build that will get fixed over months and years so anyone buying knows what they’re in for.

[Giga_Gaia]

Diablo 4 is going through the same process Diablo 3 did, but Diablo 4 is taking a lot longer to become good.

[INMATEofARKHAM]

Not really... It took two months shirt of two years for the Reaper of Souls expansion to release.

Judging by reviews of the loot changes on the PTR DIablo IV is going to be fixed in about 10 months since release.