10 Unplayable Video Games That Were Released Despite Being Broken

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.