10 Unplayable Video Games That Were Released Despite Being Broken

8. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Bethesda Softworks have been cultivating quite the reputation over the years for their slapdash, unrefined approach to game development. In 2011, the company released Skyrim – the long awaited fifth instalment in The Elder Scrolls franchise – a masterpiece universally praised by critics for its scope and design, yet criticised for its unpolished condition, seemingly unfinished despite almost a decade of painstaking work.

Like Fallout: New Vegas, Skyrim was hurried to release in order to capitalise on its immense popularity, and while a lengthy delay might have heralded a more complete product, it was seemingly deemed an unnecessary expense. In reality, Skyrim was destined to be a massive success regardless, so why bother ironing out the creases right away? In fairness, Bethesda have a decent track record with fixing their own mistakes, but those mistakes should never have been allowed into the finished product in the first place.