10 Video Games That Launched In Unacceptable Condition

10. Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Halo was arguably the biggest video game franchise of the '00s, with the original Halo trilogy still lauded today as one of the greatest FPS experiences in all of gaming.

So, when it was announced that 343 Industries were developing Halo: The Master Chief Collection, fans were excited. After all, it was the homecoming of Xbox's flagship franchise, remade specifically to take players' breath away.

And, in a sense, it did - anyone who tried to play the multiplayer of The Master Chief Collection breathed an endless sigh of exasperation due to many bugs and ridiculously long matchmaking times.

Microsoft apologised for the issues, and gave a free month of Xbox Live Gold, a free copy of Halo 3: ODST campaign and a few cosmetic in-game items to anyone who had been unfortunate enough to experience the game between its initial launch and the resulting patches that smoothed over its many problems.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection was an ambitious project, comprising Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach and Halo 4, but it was released unpolished and untested in the places that the developers knew consumers would want to replay.