Comments on: Top 5 PC Games Ruined by Bugs

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:01:19 +0000

you guys are forgetting about the Gothic Series….

By: Keenan W.

Keenan W. — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:26:11 +0000

I played that game for five minutes before quitting.

By: captain fitz

captain fitz — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:02:46 +0000

Gothic III anyone? The world is really incredible and there is so much to do but the game is so god damn buggy.

By: Keenan W.

Keenan W. — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:16:22 +0000

What parts are broke? I can’t think of a single thing. The only part that could even be remotely “broken” is exploitation of standing on barrels to kill the dogs.

By: sloppyjoe

sloppyjoe — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:00:26 +0000

Penumbra. That game is flat out broke at times. I had to stop playing.

I didn’t have any problems with Hellgate: London, except that it didn’t execute perfectly on the gameplay. I need to go reinstall and play it now!

By: Keenan W.

Keenan W. — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:48:25 +0000

Demigod isn’t buggy in the same sense that would make it … “buggy”. It’s buggy in that the multiplayer was freaking horrible.

That’d be the extent of what Chris would say, had he chosen Demigod.

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:26:57 +0000

ARMA II? Hmmmm. I really didn’t think that game was plagued by anything except a soul-crushing control scheme and hilariously terrible stitched together voice-acting.

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:23:21 +0000

Yeah but Hellgate London was more of just a general fucking catastrophe game-wise. The bugs were there, no doubt, but really- they weren’t nearly as bad that of STALKER or Pool of Radiance. But yes, I hated me some Hellgate. Grrr.

By: Phokal

Phokal — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:05:07 +0000

What’s funny is, half of this list and yours were all made by Troika. A shame they had such design talent that stretched beyond their technical (or anyone’s technical?) means.

By: weclock

weclock — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:43:30 +0000

Stubbs the zombie was also a great game that has terrible bugs, like not being able to play the game if you have an ATI video card.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:29:58 +0000

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.

By: Keenan W.

Keenan W. — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:07:03 +0000

Operation Flashpoint still remains my most favorite buggy game ever.

By: mitpatterson

mitpatterson — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:18 +0000

NOw that you mention it, i’ve heard of stalker chernobly or what ever, but it didn’t ring a bell cause i never played it

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:12:13 +0000

Hmm. I don’t remember KotOR 2 being reported as that buggy; but than again, I never played it, just going off the news when it was released.

By: Appleseedexm

Appleseedexm — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:41:47 +0000

Well, I was so damn angry when the first patch of stalker arrived… After playing about 40% of the game. So I replayed it -.- but the game’s awesome anyway.

I miss ArmA2 on the list this game could be soooo awesome if there wouldnt be more glitches than monsters in serious sam =)

By: Nightwing94

Nightwing94 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:59:06 +0000

Which was probably not a bug, but a compatibility error on my end, but I digress.

By: Nightwing94

Nightwing94 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:54:53 +0000

Did not mean to send that first one anonymously. I experienced a pretty major bug, I could not play it with sound on my first playthrough, and I all the work-arounds I attempted failed. And yet, I still loved the game (but it was soooooooooooooooooo much better with that classic Star Wars sound than with no sound at all)

By: phanboy4

phanboy4 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:41:07 +0000

Yeah, I’ve heard horror stories about Dungeon Lords. Didn’t the CE fix a lot of the major issues?

By: phanboy4

phanboy4 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:38:55 +0000

Heh, yeah, you could make a case for every one of Troika’s games being on this list.

By: HOOfan_1

HOOfan_1 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:32:41 +0000

Don’t forget Dungeon Lords. If I remember right it was fairly highly anticipated, then it released pretty much less than half finished.

What is the deal with RPGs having so many bugs? I guess it is because they have so much content and so many side quests that are not integral to the plot.

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:52:21 +0000

You’ve never heard of STALKER or Divine Divinity? Dang dude.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:31:18 +0000

What about hellgate london ? o.o or demigod ?

By: Phried

Phried — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:09:05 +0000

Funny, Through my 1.5 play-throughs of stalker, I had an almost bug free experience.

Also, now I want to try SKYnet.

By: mitpatterson

mitpatterson — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:01:34 +0000

well i’ve never even heard of any of hese anyways

By: MuppetMower

MuppetMower — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:21:00 +0000

I’ll try to avoid making beds of hay… I hate bugs that hurt my ears.

By: MuppetMower

MuppetMower — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:19:36 +0000

I think I got kotor2 about 2 weeks after release, and it was perfectly playable. I think I rememebr one or two monor bugs, but it did feel rushed. Still, it was no where near as bad as some of the other games listed.

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:12:20 +0000

Haha- “DivDiv.” Best abbreviation ever. But post-patches, it really is amazing. However, be warned: even WITH the patches Keenan still encountered the ear-piercing sound bug. Arggggg.

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:09:49 +0000

Agreed. Vampire: The Masquerades was pretty heinous. But I guess I felt bad for already nailing Troika to the wall with Arcanum. If this was a top 10, Vampire would have been #7, right below Daggerfall.

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:06:23 +0000

I’m regretting not making it a list of 10. It was damned hard to pick just 5 games. Which is kinda sad, when you really think about it. And yeah- Daggerfall was a disaster, that would have been in the top 5 had Skynet not existed.

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:04:23 +0000

I’m actually still a big fan of STALKER as well, but godDAMN that game could glitch. If it was bug-free at launch it would have been my GotY, hands down.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:04:10 +0000

KotOR 2 is one as well, not sure if it is top 5. The bugs/rushed feel of the game somewhat ruined the ending, but I still felt the game was great.

By: MuppetMower

MuppetMower — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:32:24 +0000

Arcanum was horrible when it was first released. The GOTY edition fixed the big stuff, and the fan patch made it even more amazing. Recently a widescreen patch came out for it allowing pretty much any resolution you want(even those weird netbook ones).

I lost my Stalker saves, so I never beat it. It just started playing through it again.

Skynet sounds liek a game that would make me punch my monitor.

I just got DivDiv per your recommendation Chris. I’ll patch it up and give it a play through over Thanksgiving.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:24:12 +0000

Vampire: The Masquerades not being on this list makes it seriously questionable. That game was nigh-unplayable when it was released, and yet after being patched it turns out it was an amazing game, with one of the greatest stories and some brilliant gameplay options. Go get yourself a new list, and put this game on it.

By: yourgrandma

yourgrandma — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:04:31 +0000

Stalker never crashed one time on my outdated crap hardware but when i finaly updated to something that could run the game properly it crashed every five minutes or so… pissed me off so bad…

Far cry was pretty much ruined thanks to bugs in the final 1.4 patch that allowed the ai to see for miles and shoot through walls….

By: Morinar

Morinar — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:54:25 +0000

I don’t remember either Stalker or Arcanum being THAT broken, of course I’m pretty sure I instantly installed all the patches I could find for both.

Stalker: Clear Sky? Now THAT game was broken. I was a huge fan of the first, but absolutely couldn’t play the second one due to a plethora of game stopping bugs.

By: phanboy4

phanboy4 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:38:24 +0000

Oh, and I forgot Battlecruiser 3000AD, probably one of the most famous PC bugfests. Not many people would agree with me in thinking that it and its successors were great though, I’d wager.

By: phanboy4

phanboy4 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:35:21 +0000

Arcanum was almost totally bug-free last time I played through it with the fan patches, but yeah, on release it was pretty bad.

Let’s not forget Daggerfall, in which to this day you can fall through the floor into nothingness, or render the main quest un-completable if you don’t take precautions.

And then there’s Fallout, which still has bugs even *after* applying all the fan patches.

And Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines, which in addition to having a noticeably unfinished endgame had many bugs on release, partly due to the pre-release Source engine used. Most gameplay bugs have been fixed with fan patches in this title as well.

Those are most of the great games I’ve played that are or were crippled by bugs. Interesting that many of them are RPGs.

By: lotr-sam0711

lotr-sam0711 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:35:09 +0000

Yes, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is buggy but that still doesn’t stop it from being one of the most amazing games of all time. Actually, with all the mods and fan made patches now I’ve had few issues on my second playthrough.