12 Most Disastrously Disappointing Video Game Launches In History

By Scott Tailford / July 9, 2016

9. Assassin's Creed: Unity

Hands up - how can you tell when even a developer admits they shipped a game too early?

Yes, "When there's a 'day one patch' they insist you download" is a good shout, but in Assassin's Creed: Unity's case, it was replacing the entire game on the hard drives of all Xbox One owners.

Indeed, after a month of apologies and quick-fixes, Ubisoft eventually issued a 40gb patch, effectively reinstalling the retail version of Unity with the now functional one.

Or rather, they released what we would have gotten and been far happier with, if Ubi had held off greasing their palms for a month.