5 Video Games With the Worst Bugs of 2011

uh oh...  some author has a case of the Nintendo-hates.  Zelda's bug and its fix barely even rank compared to some of these other games.

next.

Where is the worst one of the year; Sword of the Stars II?

Shops and dealers for buying the game will forever change their prices but know where to look for what to expect will give you a step ahead of the rest.

FROM SOFTWARE: How dare you put Dark Souls on this list!  I've sunk almost 300 hours into the game, Platinumed it, collected every item and it was goddamn flawless throughout (and i still find myself wanting to play it over the new games i just bought). The speed at which they made the first balance patch was also very impressive. OP is trolling in my opinion. Youtube it or it didn't happen.

BETHESDA: To this day I have not touched a single Bethesda game for my PS3 and I'm glad I haven't. When i get around to buying a new PC, I will probably check out Skyrim (if I can pull myself off of DOTA 2).

DEEP SILVER: Dead Island was simply released WAY too soon. It's not a bad game now after all the patches.I picked it up on BFriday and i'm totally enjoying it. Although i can certainly see why someone would be pissed if they lost their save file because it is long as hell. It's very much like grinding and getting new weapons in WoW. I probably wouldn't buy another game from Deep Silver if they still had the audio problems, screen tearing and occasional lag like this game currently has. It's not bad a bad game at all. It's just repetitive and not as polished as i'd like. Still there's a lot to be enjoyed with the different weapon mods.

DICE: I'm a bit disappointed with BF3 to be honest. It's my shooter of choice, but it's disgraceful to spend millions on advertising and can't including a working voice chat on release. I bought it on the PS3 specifically to play with PS3 friends and even with my expensive ASTRO A40s, we simply could not communicate in half the games. Large scale destruction was almost entirely absent. I won't be supporting any subsequent dlc (unless it contains dinosaurs) and I certainly won't be playing BF4 with the way this game was handled. Stopped playing the MP at level 6. No current desire to return. BFBC2 was just so much more fun.

NINTENDO: Good to know about the Zelda bug. I'm holding off for the Wii U to play SS. I've played every other Zelda game and they're some of my fav games of all time, but the Wii did not have enough quality core games for me to warrant purchasing the console. 

TAKE NOTE PUBLISHERS/DEVELOPERS. Finish your game and then put it on the shelves. Stop finishing your games with DLC patches and release your game in a professional state. 2011 was a fantastic year for gaming no doubt, but i lost a lot of respect for the ones who put out rushed games. Yeah you can have lofty ambitions and brilliant ideas, but you need to be able to know when to stop, cut and refine if you want to deliver the goods. I'd rather have 20 hours of pure awesome than 40 hours of a great game where i'm pulled out of the experience by glaring flaws. Attention to detail, polish and meticulous care put into ones work is very, very important to me. It is what separates the good developers from the great developers. Sometimes it's not entirely their fault. Maybe they were rushed or put under pressure. I'm just extremely offended to see anyone put Dark Souls into an article like this. Such a low blow and a shady thing to do.

It's saddening that Skyrim is being awarded GOTY awards when a good chunk of players can't even finish the game... It just shows you how casual focused the industry has become. It doesn't surprise me when you have the VP of Metacritic and Gamespot unleashing nothing but hate against core gamers and Sony. Sony totally backed up us core gamers this year with all the awesome exclusive games in case you didn't notice. Davison is a Biased Casual Prick with nothing but hate for core gaming and is steering the industry in the wrong direction. Hell just look at his twitter for the past few days. Already even ripping on the Vita! He is seriously unfit for his position, but whatever. It's fine with me. I like having a little extra money in my wallet as a cost conscious core gamer.

It kinda makes me think of the situation with our economy. These companies, like investors, are getting greedy and trying to capture as much of the market as possible via casuals, but eventually they're going to bust when they fail to retain all the casuals they pull in with the rising costs of production. It is so not wise to piss off your core if the average age of gamers continues to rise.  

I'm going to get a lot of hate for this, but i would be more than fine if they raised the price for games from $60 to $70 or even $80. I used to hate anyone even mentioning this, but i'm all for it now. I'd still support the few who are still making the kind of games I like. I don't think the disreputable companies will be able to sell mediocre crap at that price and natural selection would weed out the weaksauce. This would also allow for the quality to stay high and it would strengthen the relative number of core games being produced compared to some of the mediocre casual stuff that is currently being passed off at the same price to hoards of casuals. It would be good for gaming. I mainly against the idea of profits tainting the core gameplay of games. In any case, there should not be a standard price for all games. Some should be cheaper and some are worth a bit more. It wouldn't necessarily be great for the big franchises that pull in casuals because the price gap would deter many of them so the games would be more focused for their intended audience and less bent for profit. Likewise if a platform cannot properly support a game then it shouldn't. Do or do not. There is no try when porting. I don't think any of this will happen until the economy at least improves so even the cores can even afford it.

I know where my allegiances lie. Rockstar, From Software, Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, Rocksteady, Eat Sleep Play, Visceral, Valve, Vigil and NetherRealm to name a few. They all get my nod for being the ones who are looking out for core gamers and "doing it right" specifically for 2011-2012. These guys still have my blind faith for what it's worth. There's definitely a few others that i'm forgetting, but it's late, i've got a stack of games to keep me going and i've rambled/vented way too much. Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. Long Live Play.

i like how you made up, or considered extremely rare bugs for BF3 on here.almost all the significant bugs were fixed from the beta.

after putting a about 100 hours in BF3 and never going "zomg bug game is bad" i can safely say its the best shooter this year

lol so many bugs now if you excuse me i have to go play the best bug free game and most entertaining in da WORLD! duke nukem forever! (sarcasm)

Played Skyrim on PC, there are no critical bugs i saw in 100 hours playtime. Sell your shitty consoles. 

Why is Rage from ID/Bethesda not on this list.

I personally was ok after the Nvidia patch but there are still loads of players that STILL can't play the damn game.

Dream Zoo from Zynga is so infested with bugs that they don't even list it on their site! It went from a great free game to a almost non-functioning game with each update. It barely stays on for 2 seconds and takes like 2 minutes just to load. No wonder their stock is crashing!

The Skyward Sword bug is misleading. For one, the Goron pictured is NOT the one that causes the game-breaking bug. Number 2, the bug is extremely difficult to get (seriously). The person who wrote this article did not know what he/she was talking about. You have to go out of your way to actually activate the bug. In reality, all it takes to avoid the bug is when doing the Song of the Hero quest (after you get the True Master Sword), do either Faron Woods or Eldin Volcano first. If you do one of those before doing Lanayru Desert (or, more accurately, Lanayru Gorge, which is the new area you'll be going to) the glitch can't possibly come up. According to IGN, "...the bug is triggered if you complete the Lanayru Desert portion of this quest first, then speak with Golo the Goron in Lanayru Mine, then complete the quest and receive that portion of the song, then go back to the mine and speak with Golo once more." (http://wii.ign.com/articles/12... You have to go out of your way to get the glitch, so I'd hardly consider it an issue.The author also misleads in that they point out the more extreme methods of fixing the glitch, i.e. having to send in your SD card or Wii console to Nintendo before the obvious method of simply downloading a patch.

I got skyrim on ma PC, first time I loaded it, crash... So I got some patch.  Got the the "Choose your race" part and boom crash, so I turned the graphics down, now it won't load.  I uninstalled and sold it to a buddy.  Neat stuff.

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I have been playing Battlefield 3 since the beta (beta was full of bugs) I have to say that of all the bugs you listed for BF3 I have not experienced a single one of them. I have played over 100 hours easily by now. I have experienced other bugs with the game, on XBOX, but none of what you listed in this article. Also by comparison Modern Warfare 3 (another HUGE 2011 release) has far more players complaining about the bugs in MW3. I wonder what reason you had to not list MW3 as it was far more buggy than BF3.

"gervers have been down on Xbox 360"

What is a "gerver"?

I never even thought about it liek that dude. Wow.www.Total-Privacy dot US

"bites" and dozens of spelling errors. Seriously? Could you lack any more credibility?

dude you aint played skyrim  on ps3 to place it at  number 4, skyrim should be number one those bugs you listed are just a few among the rest of them like quest bugs that effect the whole game, there is a lot of bugs.....

I see the haatred for BF3 the better shooter but I guess you like MW3 you should have put that on the list also instead of Dark Souls cause MW3 has more glitches than Dark Souls but hey each to their own