5 games that launched in a great state after delay (and 5 that didn’t)

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Video games getting delayed by developers isn’t a new thing in the gaming community. Lack of innovation and poor development can cause major harm to the popularity of the games. Hence, it is absolutely crucial for developers to make games the way they were meant to be.

While some video games have been delayed for good reasons, other titles have not benefited much from their delayed launch. When video games get pushed beyond their original release date, it's typically for the best and comes with great expectations from the gaming community.

Rockstar Games released L.A. Noire back in 2011 as a detective action-adventure game, which offered a unique mystery-solving gameplay that required observation skills as well as gunfights.

Players have to interrogate witnesses and suspects, search for clues in the crime scene and follow up leads, which makes the gameplay extremely engaging and demands a lot of attention from the players.

The game was first announced by Rockstar in 2005 and was speculated to only be released for PlayStation 3. In October 2006, developers also released an early cinematic trailer that promised the game would be released in 2008.

After several delays from Rockstar, L.A. Noire was finally released to the public in 2011. It is still considered one of the best detective titles out there.

Remedy and Microsoft released Alan Wake in 2010 as an action adventure game with a horror vibe. Players go through an excellent narrative that features unprecedented plot twists. They take on the role of Alan Wake, who tries to solve the mystery behind his lost wife, who disappeared during a vacation at Bright Falls.

The game is broken into six episodes that hold a fast-paced storyline that demands a lot of attention from the