16 Most Disappointing Video Games Of 2017

8. Need For Speed: Payback

Supposed to be the next Burnout. Looked like the next Burnout with side-swiping Takedowns and lots of vehicular carnage. Even had a cool-sounding hijackers vs. cops narrative that looked to roll together more than a handful Fast & the Furious references and set-pieces.

Then we played it.

In one of the most baffling game design decisions of all time, NFS Payback has a god damn loot system for car parts. Rare exhausts, rolling and re-rolling for upgrades, duplicates - the whole shebang. Since Battlefront 2's runaway controversy made many mainstream gamers realise loot boxes and blind progressions are everywhere, EA have since tweaked Payback to be a little more consumer-friendly - though that doesn't get around the literal in-game slot machine you play to unlock car parts.

A loot grind. To unlock car parts. A freakin' Epic Legendary Exhaust. That's where we're at.