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Games you immediately abandoned due to technical issues.
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I spent two hours today trying to fix xbox game pass PC. It worked a month ago, but now no longer installs or runs on my living room PC. Sadly I just made the mistake of extending my sub until May, but now I can't use it.
I'm reluctant to pay money for Xbox Game Pass games on Steam, so now I probably won't play any games that release there. I wish PC gaming wasn't like this.
I'm reluctant to pay money for Xbox Game Pass games on Steam, so now I probably won't play any games that release there. I wish PC gaming wasn't like this.
Watch Dogs Legion. Once my saves start getting lost and other game breaking bugs happen, I'm done.
I had this problem. Couldn't even reinstall it. I Uninstalled the Xbox app, then did this: (had to reset the Microsoft Store)
To reset Microsoft Store, open Settings > Apps > Apps and features > Search for Microsoft Store > Advanced options > Use the Reset button.
Then after that, downloaded the Xbox app from the MS store, and it worked from then on.
Man, ultima ix was such a bummer. I spent weeks reading the release material about monsters and spells prior to release. It was super ambitious at the time. The world was built to explore seamlessly (mostly) and avoid loading screens. This was mostly true! Too bad all of the scripts were fucking busted at release; it was impossible to finish certain main story quests because either the line was broken or, as happened to me more than once, you would finish a different objective and break sequence. It was devastating and one of the first times I remember a major release absolutely failing. I got the game for Christmas and still remember spending all of Christmas Day reading patch notes and troubleshooting just to launch the game. I finally got it working and encountered bugs immediately. It was one of those situations where I would second guess myself trying to complete objectives: am I doing this right or is the game busted?
Yeah, I've never encountered this issue before but back then I've found other users reporting the same issue with the game 🤷♂️ I imagine they have fixed it by now but I got the game for free on the windows store so I'm not out of any money nor do I have interest to install the huge game again that way either hah.
It wasn't quite immediate, but Deadly Premonition on PC is the last game that I can remember ditching specifically because of technical issues. I followed every guide out there on how to fix the game but no matter what I did the framerate would slow down gradually as I played and the game would eventually crash. What an absolute piece of junk.
Saints row 2 on pc is sped up like a coked-up hamster, funny but unplayable to me.
Amid Evil launched once, then refused to launch again, ever.
Just cause 3 moves in slo-mo to me, awful.
And FF XIV, since the motherfucker refuses to recognize my account from launch or let me recover it (well, I don't recall the pw so that's on me)
Amid Evil launched once, then refused to launch again, ever.
Just cause 3 moves in slo-mo to me, awful.
And FF XIV, since the motherfucker refuses to recognize my account from launch or let me recover it (well, I don't recall the pw so that's on me)
Just Cause 3 on base PS4. I put hours into it. It wasn't even the frame rate that made me stop, it was the loading times. It put me off of the whole series. I won't touch them games now, I don't care how good they run.
I think the last game I quit because of technical issues was Mafia 3 on PC. I usually have a lot of patience with games that have technical issues if the core gameplay is fun, but Mafia 3 had glitches and the gameplay was bland so it was pretty easy to quit on that one.
The Last of Us on PS3. It wasn't broken, but honestly I hadn't played any PS3/360 games in a long time until that one and I was just so over sub-30 fps games and it wasn't great for that.
Waited until The Last of Us Remastered on PS4 to complete it.
Waited until The Last of Us Remastered on PS4 to complete it.
Borderlands 3, I tried the free weekend or whatever a couple of months ago and on PS4 Pro both performance modes were unbearable to me. One ran at a really bad frame rate, and the other had these constant skips in the frame rate every few seconds. I played for like 30 minutes and quit. At least it's supposed to run better on PS5, maybe I'll try it again some time.
Runs fantastic on PS5. I'm glad I waited to get it.
For me Fallout 4 on PS4. Was a buggy mess and was locked out of quests multiple times. Never finished it.
Fallout: New Vegas crashed 1 too many times for me on the Xbox 360. I was probably 10 hours in and quit.
Did eventually replay it on the Xbox One and quite enjoyed it.
Did eventually replay it on the Xbox One and quite enjoyed it.
Link's Awakening.
Bugsnax has judder? Damn. Maybe I won't keep my PS5 I haven't decided what to do with yet. PS4 version any better?
After the first couple of sessions, Sonic Generations wouldn't start on my PC. I tried to figure it out for like 20 minutes before moving on.
Incidentally, I'm playing it right now on my One X thanks to backwards compatibility so I guess technically I didn't drop it, I just postponed it.
Incidentally, I'm playing it right now on my One X thanks to backwards compatibility so I guess technically I didn't drop it, I just postponed it.
My current attempt to give Halo a try is being met with the PC MCC gradually getting more and more stuttery as a play session goes on, and that's really bugging the crap out of me.
I mentioned this elsewhere, but I've got a similar deal with Bug Fables. Something about how things like the camera move in that game is super stuttery and inconsistent, and there's just nothing you can do to fix it.
I mentioned this elsewhere, but I've got a similar deal with Bug Fables. Something about how things like the camera move in that game is super stuttery and inconsistent, and there's just nothing you can do to fix it.
Borderlands 2 on Vita. Just a technical nightmare, even with all the workarounds (airplane mode, deleting all the major DLC, etc). Any kind of combat dropped the FPS to around 10, or even more in open areas (aka: most areas). The hardware was just not up to par. I cannot imagine someone playing this through to the end of the campaign.
Just Cause 3. It's amazing how much it killed my interest in the series after how much I loved 2.
Chrono Trigger is one of my favorite games of all time and I never made it more than 15-20 minutes into the PS1 version. Horrible experience.
I refunded PUBG when it was still in early access at one point because the buildings spawn into the world about a minute after I touched the ground. A few months later I bought the game again after 1.0 and installed it on an SSD and never had a problem again.
Same. I picked those ports up to play on PS2, as it was my first Sony console and I had a MegaDrive in the 16-bit days. I was on a mission to play every FF
/Square RPG I could, but I couldn't stomach those loading times.
To this day I've never beaten either game...
Oh yeah, Chono Trigger. I tried playing the PS1 version on my PSP and just did not want to put up with that loading. The DS version is so much better.
To this day I've never replayed that game because I just don't want to put my touch screen through that much torment. Those things scuff up instantly. I actually went through a few screen protectors on that game.
To this day I've never replayed that game because I just don't want to put my touch screen through that much torment. Those things scuff up instantly. I actually went through a few screen protectors on that game.
Not immediately, as I'd gotten one or two dungeons in, but yeah, I haven't picked back up Link's Awakening since release. It's a shame that framerate was never rectified. =/
Even that games biggest fans understand how bad and uncomfortable that control scheme is.
