Video games back in the day tend to sugarcoat their trailer, even the box arts look very nice. But when you play it, it kind of lets you know that the ad was misleading in some sense. But that was okay back then, you understand that the technology isn't up to the task, especially if the promise was 'awesome graphics.'
Nowadays, if you make a trailer that is astonishingly awesome, you have to make sure it really is in the actual game. There have been tomatoes and stones flying around because some modern games lack what they promised on their trailers. In connection to this, Hello Games is currently under investigation for 'false advertising'. Frag Hero listed a bunch of video games that didn't stick to their trailers and we have narrowed down the list to five.
Prototype 2
Now, this really isn't a bad game to start with. Critics and gamers even enjoyed it. However, graphic-wise, it didn't live up to its trailer promise. A noticeable visual downgrade was implemented during the games launch which had gamers a bit disappointed. Story and play is good, but yeah, Prototype 2 lacks the promise of good visuals.
The Order: 1886
One of the recent games that made its way to our list is The Order: 1886. The game was released back in 2015 by Sony and Ready at Dawn Studios. Why is the trailer misleading? The game didn't deliver according to expectations. One evidence is the very short gameplay and has very little player involvement. It even was crowned to be the most disappointing game of 2015 for the PlayStation. But all in all, The Order: 1886 is good if you like movies a lot.
Watch Dogs
This one really had stones raining. Suspected to have downgraded its visuals to prioritize the PlayStation 4 version optimization, but this was denied by the developers. Same reason with Prototype 2, Watch Dogs had a jawdropping pilot trailer but then gamers were disappointed when it got released.
Assassin's Creed: Unity
No contest, this is the best example for a Triple-A game with lots of buts. If you release games, there should be no show-stopper bugs in it. Shigeru Miyamoto would say, "A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad." Ubisoft didn't listen to this advice when releasing Assassin's Creed: Unity. The game is evidently lacking a lot of bug checking before it was released. Although, patches and 'sorry' DLCs were handed over after it was being released so this is a hard lesson learned indeed for the company.
No Man's Sky
Need we say more? No Man's Sky is the latest game that made it to the list of games with misleading trailers. As you can read from our other article, the game has promised features that weren't implemented in the actual game. There's even this joke that the game would make a good 'refund' simulator.
Hit us with your thoughts via the comment section below. Speaking of misleading trailers and bugs, check out the top horrifying glitches of some videog games below. Good examples to not rush a game's development, else, you'd end up with something like:
