10 Video Game Upgrades That Made Everything WORSE
Monster Hunter's Clutch Claw breaks everything.
Upgrades are the cornerstone of basically any action game or RPG. No matter the precise nature of a gameplay loop, these games will almost universally dole out skills, abilities, and new weapons throughout the game which constantly give the player fancy new toys to work with.
And while developers generally invest a lot of time and hard work into ensuring these upgrades are more satisfying than what came before, it has to be said that they don't always get the balance right.
Sometimes players will be "rewarded" with an upgrade that's not just a bit mediocre but honestly makes the overall experience noticeably worse.
Perhaps the "nifty" new weapon is actually a major pain in the ass to use, maybe it's just insanely over-powered to the point that it derail's the game's delicate balancing, or it could simply be not fun at all.
Whatever the reason, these upgrades fell flat with a large number of players, who perhaps swore off using them entirely if possible, or in the case they were mandatory, rued the day the developers ever thought they were a good idea...
10. The Ring Of The Lucii - Final Fantasy XV
If you played Final Fantasy XV on launch, you'll likely remember The Ring of the Lucii as the item that made the game's dreaded thirteenth chapter - in which most of Noctis' powers and abilities are taken away and he's stalked by a glut of foes - just about tolerable.
Ring magic could save your hide in a pinch, but with the release of the game's 1.07 patch a few months later, the Ring of the Lucii was given a major, major buff.
The ring's now ultra-powerful spells trivialised not only this chapter but also the rest of the game, and because the patch also allowed you to bring the Ring into a New Game+, many players found it to be simply straight-up over-powered.
It is dangerously close to game-breaking in how easy it makes combat, and though you're under no obligation to use it outside of chapter 13, the temptation was surely too great for many.
After all, you can even use the buffed Ring to effortlessly slay Adamantoise, one of the game's most powerful enemies, in a matter of seconds.
If you want to play the game post-patch and retain any sense of challenge, you're better off using the Ring during that mandatory passage only - if you have that much self-control.