How Gamers Can Put an End to Broken Games?

Since the beginning of the current gen we have witnessed many games with high graphics fidelity such as Battlefield 4, Ryse Son of the Rome, Batman Arkham Knight, etc. However, there have been a caveat to these technical advancements and that’s buggy/glitchy and in the worst case scenario broken games. The recent ones being Batman Arkham Knight on PC and the typical Bethesda game!

[NSG]

Though I love their games, Bethesda is notorious for those kinds of bugs! I remember Skyrim was inoperable for a little while.

[WeAreLegion]

Is that a question or a statement?

[stalepie]

A question; statement?

[NSG]

Haha, statement. The question would be why? I suppose it's partly due to the timelines and release dates set that forces them to push before it's ready.

[Somebody]

For new IPs it's feasible.

For long-running franchises with huge dedicated fan bases, it's near impossible.

[JOKERACN7]

We are almost there with most of the big companies like Ubisoft, we complained a lot you know ... with Bethesda, ppl just gloss over the technical issues ...and by ppl i mean "fans" ...

[sullynathan]

By not allowing game these game devs to get a way with it and not allowing certain developers to be excused.

[Tankbusta40]

How's about review sites report these bugs in their reviews instead of slapping an 8.5 on every known series, thus giving the consumers a false sense of security that the game will work as intended out of the box. I understand it may be hard to ship a perfect game in this day and age but if the game has significant problems and our only source for opinions on the game before the release date refuses to report issues for whatever reason it's their fault. I really do believe the people that claim sites like IGN get money under the table from certain companies because they rarely point them out in their reviews

[Majin-vegeta]

Give this man a cookie and a thumbs up.

[JOKERACN7]

We all know That's not gonna happen ... we,gamers, should do sth about it.

[Retroman]

how about not buying their games Period , scare them with our wallets .

[JOKERACN7]

Exactly, why we should settle for a broken game? i'm gonna wait for Fallout 4 to be patched ....by that time, it's gonna have tons of mods as well.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

You can wait but I've had it since launch on PS4 with no glitches or bugs.

[00]

to many casuals infesting this industry now, there is no hope.

[Imalwaysright]

I've seen people here defending broken games.

[Ferrethat22]

We can start by not giving a pass to devs like Bethesda for releasing buggy games.

[_-EDMIX-_]

agreed or CDPR.

[VJGenova]

To be fair, at least cdpr delayed their game twice in an attempt to get it into better shape for release.

MKX and Arkham Knight were far worse than TW3 but they went ahead anyway. I'm pissed Arkham Knight won't support sli. Means, no buy for me until I get a single GPU capable of 4k 60 FPS. Probably 2017 sometime.

[_-EDMIX-_]

When we start finding perfect ones with zero issues.

[Aenea]

You mean never, right? It's impossible to create bug-free software...

[tweet75]

do it with your wallets if you read in many reviews a game has so many glitches...don't buy it if enough people do this it will hurt sales and companies will notice

[Jamesx82x]

Its not going to change as long as people keep accepting it as the way things are.

In my opinion many people are at fault here starting with Publishers for pushing a due date when the game isnt ready so they can recoup the mass amounts of money they pour into these games.

Then its down to the devs themselves allowing publishers to get away with forcing releases when a game isnt ready or saying its ready when it needs more polish.

Next we have reviewers to blame. They are supposed to be the first line of defense for consumers as they generally get to play the game in previews and/or reviews and rarely bring up these issues instead wanting to stay on the good side of studios/publishers.

Then we finally come to us the gamers who even when we have an atrocity like AC Unity will go out and buy the next game AC Syndicate. (Just an example, this could apply to any game) We continually reward bad practices with future purchases.

Anyways thats my view of it.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Syndicate didn't have the issues that Unity did though and actually because of Unity there was alot of unfair backlash towards Syndicate before it released.

[thugtrio]

You're exactly right. I think it's about time we start growing a standard for us and stop allowing ourselves to be force-fed subpar content from developers.

[s45gr32]

Someone woke up finally.

[Castlevania]

Simple. Don't buy them. If you feel like a game isn't worth its price tag because of its quality, then don't buy it.

[Roccetarius]

I very rarely buy AAA games, due to various reasons like being unfinished or making people pay for tap water (MT's / DLC) in large quantities. Especially the likes of Ubi, EA, Capcom, etc is blacklisted.

It's much simpler to just wait for a more complete edition, and reward those that actually create a game being worth something at launch.

Oh, and games with more than a minor amount of bugs should be rewarded, because it just ''adds to the experience''.

[s45gr32]

Through public/private betas we can let game developers know that a game is buggy or has major technical issues. ....

[FrostXVenom]

By being a true gamer rather than a fanboy...

[MegaRay]

That hard for us N4Gers xD