5 video games that you forgot had a bad gameplay design

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Video games need to balance a lot of aspects in order to deliver a great experience. Story is an important element, with the narrative being one of the main factors that push players to keep going through the game. A bad story will have players bored and ready to put down the controller within minutes.

However, one other vital element to a video game is the gameplay itself. While a story can be a great way to keep players entertained, bad gameplay can lead to players not feeling engaged enough with the game itself. Or it might become too frustrating to play for long periods of time.

Video games with a bad gameplay design might be difficult to get back to, or even harder to recall, as these traumatic memories might get repressed over time. So, as a refresher on which old games to not pick up a second time, here are five video games which players might have forgotten have bad gameplay design.

Note: This article reflects the writer's opinon.

This title is the third installment in the Mafia video game series and was developed by Hangar 13. Published by 2K in October 2016, this game was released for PCs, Xbox One, and PS4. It tells the story of Lincoln Clay, a Vietnamese war veteran and former criminal who is forced to return to a life of crime in the fictional city of New Bordeaux.

Mafia 3 has some great story beats, great voice acting, and performances, as well as some of the best visuals in the series so far. The cinematics do a great job of rolling the story forward. Unfortunately though, that’s as far as Mafia 3 goes in terms of its pros, and when a game’s best feature is its cutscenes, one cannot expect great things from it.

The sheer repetitiveness of its gameplay was an overwhelmingly dull grind, with the same-looking