10 Most Disastrous Releases Of The Current Generation

10. Cyberpunk 2077 (Launch)

In 2020, Cyberpunk 2077 launched with a bang. Unfortunately, said bang was the sound of gamers' heads hitting their desks when they realized they'd paid full price for a game whose Quality Assurance process seemingly consisted of the phrase "Sod it, that'll have to do".

Cyberpunk was woefully, disastrously unfinished upon its release. A seemingly never-ending litany of bugs and glitches turned the technological dystopia of Night City into a surrealist wonderland where cars fell from the sky, players would be inexplicably catapaulted into walls at 300 mph, and no-faced, polygonal citizens roamed the streets, looking for all the world like holograms that got corrupted mid-loading.

Cyberpunk's abysmal state at launch gained such notoriety that developers CD Projekt Red were genuinely sued over it. Fortunately, the talented team (these were the same people who made highly acclaimed Witcher trilogy), rolled up their sleeves and got to work.

Nowadays, thanks to years of bug-fixing, gameplay alterations and an absolutely phenomenal expansion pack, Cyberpunk is seen as a byword for RPG excellence. Which, as comebacks go, is a damn sight more impressive than the next one on our list...