What has the worst launch of this generation been so far?

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Poll What has the worst launch of this generation been so far? (128 votes)

Battlefield 4 3%
DriveClub 4%
Assassin's Creed Unity 8%
Halo: The Master Chief Collection 30%
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 8%
Batman: Arkham Knight (PC) 34%
Just Cause 3 1%
Street Fighter V 11%
Other (Please Specify) 2%

This generation has been a shitshow as far as big name game launches go. We've had so many terrible ones- bad launches with missing content, barely functional game modes, and products which outright do not function, either as advertised, or as intended.

It's been a terrible generation for game launches- but which game launch was the absolute worst one, and why?

Making this thread again because the previous one missed some important options.

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#151 so_hai
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@lostrib said:
@so_hai said:

How can a PC game be counted as part of a generation? The PC has no generations - it has no launch date, no specs etc.

because it launched this generation

This Console generation, yes. There's no PC generation.

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#152 soulitane
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For me MCC and Arkham Knight on PC simply because both of these affected me.

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#153 Flyincloud1116
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People voting for SFV, but never played it. Lemmings, you got to love em.

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#154 lostrib
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@so_hai: still counts for this gen

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#155 lostrib
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@flyincloud1116: do you think all the PS fans voting for MCC actually played it?

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#157 Howmakewood
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@lostrib said:

@flyincloud1116: do you think all the PS fans voting for MCC actually played it?

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#158 N64DD
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@nyadc said:
@naughtyottsel said:

He's right though.

Two cows and a Street Fighter fanatic agreeing with each other, who would have thought.

I agree with them too. Batman was so broken it wasn't playable in any form. I'm enjoying the shit out of street fighter. We played for a good solid 6-7 hours today.

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#159 Flyincloud1116
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@lostrib: I didn't make a comment about MCC collection and nyadc admitted not owning the game while voting for it.

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#160 Flyincloud1116
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@howmakewood: So what I said was illogical. If so how?

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#161 Howmakewood
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@flyincloud1116 said:

@howmakewood: So what I said was illogical. If so how?

No your comment is logical, so is lostribs, just pointing out that logic in general doesn't exactly hold a candle here.

should have used reply instead of quote but was too lazy to change

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#162 SecretPolice
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WTH? I can't believe thread is four pages long and it's left to me to point out the obvious answer......

Xbox One of course. :P

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#163 360ru13r
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I voted for Arkham Knight on PC.

As much as I like Arkham Knight on the Xbox 1. Having a game flat out not be able to be played is a down right AROSITY!?!?!?! I'm sorry but when I game crashes on booting up you got problems.

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#164  Edited By deactivated-58abb194ab6fb
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@flyincloud1116 said:

People voting for SFV, but never played it. Lemmings, you got to love em.

And i'm sure a lot of PS fanboys are voting on MCC in here also. The balance is real lol.

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#165 Ant_17
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@SecretPolice said:

WTH? I can't believe thread is four pages long and it's left to me to point out the obvious answer......

Xbox One of course. :P

Pfft, try again.

PSVita made the biggest...i mean, the smallest waves.

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#166 deactivated-57ad0e5285d73
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Star Citizen should be on the list.

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#167 Heil68
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that's about right, MCC and Batman PC

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#168 QuadKnight
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@Heirren said:

Star Citizen should be on the list.

No, Star Citizen is still in Alpha.

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#169  Edited By jg4xchamp
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@drinkerofjuice said:

Let's be real, it's THPS5. Whereas these games had nasty microtransactions, porting issues and missing features, Tony Hawk's core gameplay was more or less broken upon release, truly making it dead on arrival.

Being a bad game can be pretty bad, but that's just classic bad game design.

The Master Chief Collection is a fucking remaster to some of the better multiplayer shooters of the past, that played well, are wildly remembered for how good the online stuff was, and they fucking launched that shit broken to the point that today, it's still not smooth. It works, but it's like that stench of it being broken never left.

Likewise Arkham Knight was so bad on PC, that WB refunded that shit no problem not once, but twice in one year when both releases for that game were fucking broken. Straight up broken. And while AK has its issues, it's a Batman game, those games play well on a basic level, and to release the way they did hurts way the **** more. A bad game sucks, a good game being compromised because they couldn't do the most basic shit: not release a broken game, frankly stings more.

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#170 SecretPolice
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@Ant_17 said:
@SecretPolice said:

WTH? I can't believe thread is four pages long and it's left to me to point out the obvious answer......

Xbox One of course. :P

Pfft, try again.

PSVita made the biggest...i mean, the smallest waves.

Lol, you may have got me there.... Touche' :P

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#171  Edited By drinkerofjuice
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@jg4xchamp said:

Being a bad game can be pretty bad, but that's just classic bad game design.

The Master Chief Collection is a fucking remaster to some of the better multiplayer shooters of the past, that played well, are wildly remembered for how good the online stuff was, and they fucking launched that shit broken to the point that today, it's still not smooth. It works, but it's like that stench of it being broken never left.

Likewise Arkham Knight was so bad on PC, that WB refunded that shit no problem not once, but twice in one year when both releases for that game were fucking broken. Straight up broken. And while AK has its issues, it's a Batman game, those games play well on a basic level, and to release the way they did hurts way the **** more. A bad game sucks, a good game being compromised because they couldn't do the most basic shit: not release a broken game, frankly stings more.

Fair enough. Naturally expectation will play a big part in this and essentially amplify those outstanding issues. I'm looking at it moreso at the fundamental level. While I sincerely doubt anyone believed Tony Hawk 5 was going to revitalize the series, it's still pretty bad how the most essential aspect to making any game worth playing in the first place was completely busted at the time of release, and as far as I'm aware is still broken.

These kind of games release all the time in all fairness. The difference being Tony Hawk has that brand recognition and sense of nostalgia that could easily dupe someone.

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#172 heguain
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Batman AK PC.

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#173 Heil68
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so MCC is the worst launch for consoles this entire gen? Seems fitting since 343 decided MP wasn't important enough(lol) to actually care about what they were making.

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#174 whalefish82
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Has to be Arkham Knight. I can forgive a PC port having a few performances issues that need patching early but to release a game that has missing features from the console version is just ridiculous.

I'd give a special mention to PES 2016 too (the game I play the most), where the PC version was ported from the old-gen consoles. Really annoying but I don't care so much because it's all about gameplay with that.

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#175 dobzilian
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WiiU.

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#176  Edited By Zero_epyon
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It's a very close tie between MCC and Batman PC. MCC because it was a collection of how important Halo is to the Xbox brand and AK because they had to pull the game from the steam store because it was so bad. I'm leaning towards MCC though, since you could buy AK on other platforms if you had the option. Not so with MCC.