10 Times In Gaming You Got SCAMMED

10. Fallout 76

Though there was understandable skepticism that Bethesda could deliver on all of Fallout 76's ambitious promises, the allure of a multiplayer-centric Fallout game absolutely spoke for itself.

And while just about any Bethesda game launches with its fair share of jank, Fallout 76 took this to the extreme of gross incompetence, with game-breaking bugs preventing some players from even playing it, in addition to random crashes and ineffective measures against cheaters.

This is without getting into the game's core design, which consisted of boring, generic MMO quests in a world bereft of any human NPCs at all.

As a result, Fallout 76 felt soulless and barren upon launch, with many critics and players alike opining that it was basically a failed experiment.

Throw in egregious prices for in-game cosmetics, a Special Edition of the game that fell far short of expectations, and Bethesda's cheeky decision to launch a convenience-based subscription service (and a buggy one at that), and it was easy to feel like the publisher was showing utter contempt for its own customers.

Though Fallout 76 is certainly in better shape today - its Wastelanders expansion received mild praise - the fact remains that Bethesda tried to coast off the Fallout series' goodwill and take as many millions of players as possible for a ride without a quality product to back it up.

Ultimately Fallout 76 was a commercial disappointment for Bethesda, even as it limps on to this very day.