A bad game launch doesn’t mean the game is bad or that it can’t be improved upon. Usually, the core design is fine, but there are plenty of bugs, glitches, crashes, or overall the game is unplayable on a technical level. These are more common in the age of patches and internet-ready consoles and developers pushing unfinished games out to patch them out later.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – Definitive Edition

Fundamentally GTA Trilogy isn’t a bad game, but it is unplayable. Who thought it was a good idea to port mobile games over to consoles anyways? Since the game launched there have been a few major patches to make the game more playable, but the game seriously needed another year in development. The games don’t look like they should, missing models and textures, horrible lighting effects, crashes, bugs, missions that can’t be finished. The list goes on and on. Grove Street Games has a lot of work to do to make these games worth buying.

Runner-Ups

Battlefield 2042

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Deathloop

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Diablo II: Resurrected

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Forza Horizon 5

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