Trailers are never a good representation of how a game will be though.
DrKrFfXx
Most things by Ubisoft.
Pumpkyns
Forspoken. Had to Google “biggest flop video game” to find it, nobody remember this awful game, yet everyone has seen the awesome trailer
MSD3k
I’ll take it all the way back to Killzone 2. Grandfather of the “target gameplay experience” aka: fake-ass game trailor.
Pumpkinmal
Cyberpunk 77
sunset_atreyu
Dead Island! the trailer was very emotional.
MrDangle752
Anthem
Carter895
The disparity of Aliens: Colonial Marines led to a lawsuit for that bait and switch.
Regnars8ithink
Ksp2
Oni_K
Kerbal Space Program 2. Just one big list of broken promises.
scotcheggfan
Bf2042
deep8787
Im too fixated on the pizza…that would piss me off big time.
Gaso-Kiel
“The Division”
navagon
Even when you see ‘gameplay’ in a trailer it’s not actually a recording of the game being played. Rather game assets being used to create the video that is more dramatic (and better looking) than what you’re likely to actually get.
Norsestreamer
Brothers in Arms hells highway e3 gameplay in 2006 vs full releade..
No_Imagination_3233
90% of online racing games
AnyRecognition4385
Ksp2
Larry_The_Red
The day before. The game was so bad the entire studio shut down 4 days after release
Comprehensive_Ship42
Ever game that isn’t free they make you pay because of it was free you would never play it again you only play it because you spend 50 bucks on it and want to at least a months worth of gaming out of it
berdhouse
WatchDogs and Fallout 4 were both the reasons I’ll never pre order games again. WatchDogs was nothing like we expected IMO and Fallout 4 was fun but really nothing new or ground breaking.
Longjumping-Hunt-543
the day before if we count it as a game
Psychological_Air_40
I want to say Dead Island but honestly the game was fun as fuck, just tonally entirely different from how the trailer made it out to be.
Not a PC game, but this picture reminds me of Rogue Galaxy (PS2). Good graphics, interesting gameplay, unique setting, quality voice cast. Then after the first major area the interesting gameplay devolves into grindy repetitive dungeons and the story turns into such blando hackjob anime trash no actor can save it.
Rogue Galaxy: in like the thu’um, out like a wet fart.
Mr_Dudester
Anthem
Watchdog
Destiny 1 launch
venthis1
Diablo 4
FarInstruction8564
FO76.
I’m not going to talk about the initial release,I don’t need to dredge up that aggro. But now? It’s not world-changing, but it *is* fun and hardly ever crashes, mostly.
Orbital_Demon
First release No Mans Sky
pisco76
Forgot to add: The day before
Planet-Funeralopolis
No man’s sky will always be the top of that list as a reminder that some developers do actually care, game is fantastic now.
c0Y0T3cOdY
Ubisoft
Shiro-derable
Cyberpunk and starfield at launch are the easiest answers
thatlightningjack
No Man’s Sky (2016 launch. Today it’s a very different, and a better game)
NynaeveAlMeowra
Rome 2 Total War. The trailer was amazing and the game state upon release was atrocious
yingzinha
The Last of Us 2
Halatope
Human rescources, came in a time where planetary anihalation was at its Peak.
After the Trailer, never heard of it again.
fuers
Unreal Tournament 3 (2007)
cb1743
Cyberpunk 2077 HANDS DOWN!
Darth_Murcielago
A lot of games actually. The earliest ones i can think of is sims 4 (actually it wouldn’t be a letdown if sims 3 didn’t exist) and the next one i can remember is fallout 76 (a lot of hype because it was the first muliplayer fallout game and the trailers looked promising but it was disappointing when it came out) and i could list a lot more games but there are too many nowerdays XD
Cyberpunk when it first came out. Great game now, but wasn’t in good shape back then
mvw2
I will by a bad pizza exactly once. If you think you can build a business model around a single sale ever, well…that’s…uh…certainly one path you can take.
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2042
Watch Dogs, BF2042, Halo Infinite, Halo 5, Cyberpunk 2077
The original Watchdogs comes to mind.
Trailers are never a good representation of how a game will be though.
Most things by Ubisoft.
Forspoken. Had to Google “biggest flop video game” to find it, nobody remember this awful game, yet everyone has seen the awesome trailer
I’ll take it all the way back to Killzone 2. Grandfather of the “target gameplay experience” aka: fake-ass game trailor.
Cyberpunk 77
Dead Island! the trailer was very emotional.
Anthem
The disparity of Aliens: Colonial Marines led to a lawsuit for that bait and switch.
Ksp2
Kerbal Space Program 2. Just one big list of broken promises.
Bf2042
Im too fixated on the pizza…that would piss me off big time.
“The Division”
Even when you see ‘gameplay’ in a trailer it’s not actually a recording of the game being played. Rather game assets being used to create the video that is more dramatic (and better looking) than what you’re likely to actually get.
Brothers in Arms hells highway e3 gameplay in 2006 vs full releade..
90% of online racing games
Ksp2
The day before. The game was so bad the entire studio shut down 4 days after release
Ever game that isn’t free they make you pay because of it was free you would never play it again you only play it because you spend 50 bucks on it and want to at least a months worth of gaming out of it
WatchDogs and Fallout 4 were both the reasons I’ll never pre order games again. WatchDogs was nothing like we expected IMO and Fallout 4 was fun but really nothing new or ground breaking.
the day before if we count it as a game
I want to say Dead Island but honestly the game was fun as fuck, just tonally entirely different from how the trailer made it out to be.
FNAF Security breach
[I’m glad you asked](https://youtu.be/27_rne909Sg?si=7GEkYxCEGg1FN5Bf)
watch dogs 100%
Anthem! Man I was this close to preorder.
Not a PC game, but this picture reminds me of Rogue Galaxy (PS2). Good graphics, interesting gameplay, unique setting, quality voice cast. Then after the first major area the interesting gameplay devolves into grindy repetitive dungeons and the story turns into such blando hackjob anime trash no actor can save it.
Rogue Galaxy: in like the thu’um, out like a wet fart.
Anthem
Watchdog
Destiny 1 launch
Diablo 4
FO76.
I’m not going to talk about the initial release,I don’t need to dredge up that aggro. But now? It’s not world-changing, but it *is* fun and hardly ever crashes, mostly.
First release No Mans Sky
Forgot to add: The day before
No man’s sky will always be the top of that list as a reminder that some developers do actually care, game is fantastic now.
Ubisoft
Cyberpunk and starfield at launch are the easiest answers
No Man’s Sky (2016 launch. Today it’s a very different, and a better game)
Rome 2 Total War. The trailer was amazing and the game state upon release was atrocious
The Last of Us 2
Human rescources, came in a time where planetary anihalation was at its Peak.
After the Trailer, never heard of it again.
Unreal Tournament 3 (2007)
Cyberpunk 2077 HANDS DOWN!
A lot of games actually. The earliest ones i can think of is sims 4 (actually it wouldn’t be a letdown if sims 3 didn’t exist) and the next one i can remember is fallout 76 (a lot of hype because it was the first muliplayer fallout game and the trailers looked promising but it was disappointing when it came out) and i could list a lot more games but there are too many nowerdays XD
That pizzas probably 12.99 too
cyberpunk 2077
Watch dogs 1
Dead Island. Awesome promotion video, meh game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ialZcLaI17Y
Cyberpunk when it first came out. Great game now, but wasn’t in good shape back then
I will by a bad pizza exactly once. If you think you can build a business model around a single sale ever, well…that’s…uh…certainly one path you can take.