5 games broken at launch that eventually turned out to be great
A common mistake committed in the video game industry now and then, is games being utterly broken when they are released.
Time constraints and the ability to send patches through the internet have made it such that developers often launch titles that are nowhere close to being 100% complete. That's just the norm these days.
There have been countless games that alienate their fanbases because of their inability to function from the very start. Thankfully, some titles were brought back from the brink of doom and turned out to be rather incredible.
The Elder Scrolls franchise has released some of the most popular games ever, although they weren't all perfect at their launch. This is especially true for the iconic Skyrim entry.
The title was released in 2013 with several technical issues and glitches. The PlayStation 3 version seems to have suffered the most with slow movement, while crashing and corrupting saved games.
There are still some ridiculous glitches that occur, but with multiple remasters and re-releases across other generations of consoles, Bethesda Softworks ensured Skyrim lived up to its hype.
Fallout: New Vegas, another Bethesda game, seemingly started a trend with how the company's launches are handled, making its appearance in 2010 with an insane amount of game-breaking bugs.
New Vegas would frequently freeze and corrupt saved files, and went as far as glitching NPC's heads to where they would just spin rapidly during a conversation. And of course, the PS3 version suffered the most, just like with Skyrim.
Numerous patches were eventually fixed into the game to make it playable. Fans were finally allowed to enjoy the last Fallout title to its fullest, but not without a long wait.
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