Grand Theft Auto: Trilogy - Definitive Edition's Launch Was More Disastrous Than Cyberpunk 2077's

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Video games don't always have the smoothest launches. They can be beset with issues from game-breaking bugs to substandard graphics, and how developers handle these disastrous releases can either make or break the future of a game. Some, like Hello Games' hugely ambitious No Man's Sky, can have notoriously poor starts, but thanks to the diligent work of the developer the title's fortunes and reputation can be completely turned around.

Others, like EA's Battlefield 5, don't manage to recover from the blowback they first face. With criticisms directed at the game's historical accuracy, graphics, and multiplayer issues, Battlefield 5 never managed to scrape back its playerbase. Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto series may be hugely popular and influential within the world of video games, but even that didn't save the ill-fated Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition. The compilation was an example of where a game's reception can have lasting consequences and reputation issues. CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 may have had just as poor a start, yet it finds itself in a much different position now.

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The anticipation was incredibly high for CD Projekt Red's open-world action RPG. After it was first announced in 2012, the team went very quiet and barely provided any updates. Cyberpunk 2077 began to seem more and more mythic and mysterious until things started to pick back up around 2018. When the game eventually launched at the end of 2020 after several delays, fans were beyond excited to finally get the chance to explore Night City. Unfortunately, Cyberpunk 2077 became another game that was buried under its own hype, and it would have been a very tall order for