Most Disappointing PC Games Releases Of 2021

DSOGaming : 2021 was a really weird year for PC gaming. Although we didn’t see a lot of games that had performance/tech issues, we did witness some questionably PC releases. From minimal PC graphics settings to really awful stuttering issues, these are the most disappointing PC game releases of 2021.

For this list, we’ve decided to only include triple-A games. The reason we are only including these high-profile games is simple. These games come from some of the biggest companies, so you’d expect their PC versions to be more polished than some PC indie games (or even double-A games). Also note that the following games are listed in no particular order.

[RaiderNation]

For me it was Destruction All-Stars. I really liked the graphical presentation and the gameplay mechanics. However it just lacked content. It was released as a completely hollow, bare bones experience that was really never built/improved on. The game had "Rocket League" potential but post-launch support has been non existent.

[ocelot07]

Didn't realise that was a PC game?

[RaiderNation]

Shit! I missed the "PC" part of the title LOL!

[RedDevils]

Don't worry it will end up a PC game in couple of months.

[ocelot07]

@RedDevils

Yup for £70 and exclusive to the Epic Game Store no doubt 😂

[Atticus_finch]

Same at least we didn't have to pay for it.

[Limitedtimestruggle]

Battlefield 2042 for me...that game took a steep nosedive down the ugly tree, and hit every damn branch on it's way down. What a complete disaster launch and a huge letdown.

[CaptainHenry916]

Battlefield 2042 and Halo Infinite for me

[QSPR]

For me Battlefield 2042 is the disappointing PC game of all times!

[Putnum]

Promise me you'll lower your expectations for the next one.

[Viljong]

Pc guys are so sour for far cry 6 hd texture pack requiring atleast 12gb vram from gpu. Meanwhile consoles run it high/ultra settings and the hd texture pack and smooth 60fps no issues. Pc also stutters. Not to mention limited RT require 3080 for 30fps. Them you cam forget ultra settings and texture packs. And the gpu alone cost like 1500e

[XbladeTeddy]

They had to limit RT as its an AMD sponsored title so had to conform to what AMD cards can realistically achieve with ray tracing, which is not great compared to Nvidia GPUs. Also the 12GB texture requirement was more a marketing thing for AMD cards. 8GB cards could run the textures.

[SPAM-FRITTER-123]

You seem to be saying lots of words that match that of developer problems. So my PC can run ARMA 3 in 4k on ultra but FC6 wont? I mean we dont really care for FC6 because its a garbage game. Also your console is running it on ultra at 60fps?

[ProjectVulcan]

The game was full of minor technical issues on consoles as well as PC. Plenty of stutter and frame drops on PS5 and Series X, the worst issue of any version is on the console versions. This is the camera stutter that can hit any time you pan and get weird frame pacing. This is not present on PC, although all versions have traversal stutter.

The PC version on AMD cards ran the HD texture pack even if you only had 8GB of VRAM at lower resolutions since it allocated a lot more video memory but never actually used it. You did need at least 12GB for the full native 4K resolution with ray tracing enabled- neither of which the consoles actually do anyway. PS5 for example averages about 1800p, or only about 65 percent of native 4K.

In short the game wasn't remotely perfect no matter what platform you chose. In fact it was a mediocre title overall, one of the worst Far Cry games made thus far as the reviews also bear out. Nobody is that bothered about it.

If you troll do better next time.

[ChubbyBlade]

You mean people are mad the product they bought isn’t optimized properly and they need a GPU you can’t get to run it properly due to that poor optimization? What a shocker

[Limitedtimestruggle]

Lol I'm not touching Ubisoft stuff. They are so…Ubisoft.

[XbladeTeddy]

Glad he mentioned Halo Infinite, the reviews seemed to completely miss the awful performance on PC.

[Si-Fly]

Playing on a 9600k with a 3070 at 1440p and performance is decent for me.

[XbladeTeddy]

Yeah, the frame rates are fine it's the stuttering and out of sync animations causing problems. Digital Foundry covered it in detail.

[Elit3Nick]

Stuttering can be (at least partially) rectified by uninstalling the Campaign HD textures pack.

[camel_toad]

@Elit3Nick

I had the stuttering with an rtx 3080 but the one thing that finally fixed it for me was just disabling gamebar's recording feature. Works fine if I'm using shadowplay's recording features so it's strange that MS's own app was the culprit.

It's run perfectly ever since I disabled it. And it's some good fun too. Graphically it actually looks a lot better than I expected but I did have mediocre expectations.

[CaptainHenry916]

I'm playing on a 3080 and I still think the performance is mediocre. I started to play Guardians of the Galaxy and never look back. Better story and better performance. I probably won't even go back to Halo Infinite

[ChubbyBlade]

That’s because it’s a 3070. My 1080ti struggles at 1080p in the open world during large battles.

[Si-Fly]

For the stuttering I made min and max frames the same, running at 120fps. I’m also using a Gsync ultimate monitor, not sure whether that is helping but it’s smooth as butter. If I don’t match min and max the game is stuttery.

[pietro1212]

It doesn't play well on PC? I was planning on building a PC within the next two years and I also wanted to download it on the steam deck I don't a lot about PC gaming besides some RPG stuff. My brother in law is helping me with the gaming rig.

[ChubbyBlade]

It plays fine, it’s just not optimized well at the moment.

[Petebloodyonion]

"For this list, we’ve decided to only include triple-A games" and the first game on the list is made by an indy studio Cause I would love to know when the Medium became a AAA game or when did Blooper became a AAA studio

[Father__Merrin]

If it wasn't for console ports and a solid indie scene PC GAMING would be a bit dry combined with terrible performance on win11

[phoenixwing]

Of course win 11 sucks at the moment it was only recently released and requires the latest chips from Intel to be any better than it's predecessor. You're basically bleeding edge if you have Intel newest cpu and win 11

[Deathdeliverer]

Seeing as how PC is unfiltered id say it’s most disappointing releases are games we haven’t even heard of. It surprises the hell out of me how bad PC games can get and someone actually buys them.

[KillBill]

They mention they are only including AAA games. And yet follow that up with 'The Medium' from 'Bloober Team'. Seems odd at best to label them as AAA.

And then they are upset with Halo Infinite not playing well with older GPUs. Cry me a river when PC elitists claim issues with older tech. lol

[gravedigger]

Halo? Halo....really?