they say that disappointment is worse
than anger but sometimes you’re faced
with both welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top ten disastrous video game
announcements before we begin we publish
new content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our Channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’re looking at
the reactions to announcements
themselves rather than the actual games
some of which defied initial
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but there’s something you lack mobile
games do have a lot of benefits over
traditional console and PC experiences
mainly how they can reach a much wider
demographic since there’s practically
nobody who doesn’t own a cell phone but
mobile games are only just now catching
up to other devices in terms of
performance and in 2013 when Deus Ex the
fall was announced there was no way it
was going to be as successful or good as
its predecessor
human Revolution gamers just didn’t want
Deus Ex on mobile nobody asked for it
and nobody cared and it took another
three years for mankind divided to
finally come out number 9 Final Fantasy
nobody’s denying that Final Fantasy
seven isn’t just one of the best Final
Fantasy games but one of the best games
of all time period but sometimes a bad
port can ruin a masterpiece with Square
Enix announced they’re bringing the PC
remaster of ff7 to ps4 and 2014 many
fans weren’t too pleased not that the
opportunity to replay a classic or even
play for the first time if you weren’t
able to in 1997 is completely wasted
it’s just not what many fans wanted
luckily a fully fledged remake is due to
hit consoles in the next few years
[Music]
number eight battlefield 5 after the
phenomenal battlefield one fan
expectations grew so high it would be
almost impossible to live up to them
that’s exactly what happened when the
first trailers dropped for Battlefield 5
which quickly became marred with
disappointment and complaints first
start the initial reveal was part of a
long and arguably pointless live event
and then many fans of the series
denounced it for featuring women on the
front lines however many have pointed
out that a quick Google search will show
you there were plenty of female soldiers
in world war ii and added diversity
isn’t going to impact the actual
number seven artifact
valve almost never make games anymore
while they were once regularly turning
out classics like portal half-life and
Team Fortress 2 after the hit MOBA dota
2 released in 2013 the company went dead
in terms of new games choosing instead
to focus on steam so there were lofty
expectations for Valve’s first game in
five years until it was revealed to be
artifact a digital collectible card game
based on the pre established world of
dota 2 it’s lacking originality to the
extreme and despite having a creator of
popular card game magic the gathering on
[Music]
number six The Legend of Zelda the Wind
Waker
[Music]
at Nintendo space world mm nan Tendo
screened a realistic gameplay mock-up of
what many suspected was a brand-new
Legend of Zelda game showcasing the
graphical capabilities of the GameCube
however instead of following this path
the next Selda title was 2003 x’ the
wind waker featuring highly stylized
cel-shaded graphics many fans initially
disliked thankfully when the game came
out it was just as good as the others
and its unique art style is now
legendary similar PR disasters plagued
Skyward Sword however through an awkward
gameplay demo which made it look odd
early unplayable and this is a beetle
that you shoot number five command and
conquer rivals well fire the missile
takes two missiles to destroy the
enemies base and win this one’s popular
franchise got swept under the rug a long
time ago but sought a revival when a new
installment was announced at e3 2018
however many fans of the original
realtime strategy classic feel
shortchanged by the fact rivals is a
mobile game subsequently it’s been
dumbed down from the complex originals
in order to find a new audience
despite its lukewarm reception however
it’s pre-alpha is not all bad and rivals
can hold its own against other popular
strategy games like clash Royale but
EA’s idea is to have it be their newest
eSport don’t seem to have much basis in
fact let’s see if in control can get
around to that top corner able to halt
that missile he does contestant missile
put it into yellow position number 4
like Zelda Metroid is another big
Nintendo franchise which fans often have
high hopes for though 2010 other m also
left much to be desired with certain
fans after a six-year break for the
series federation force was announced as
a spin-off multiplayer title only
featuring staple protagonist Samus in a
cameo role released on 3ds it
unfortunately did not defy expectations
and became widely disliked mainly
because of its stark differences
compared to the rest of the franchise it
was hardly Metroid at all even including
a soccer minigame what were they
thinking
[Music]
number three call of duty infinite
warfare you need look no further than
the initial trailer for this title to
see how wildly unpopular it was from its
announcement breaking records is the
most disliked video game trailer on
YouTube infinite warfare was doomed to
fail and fail it did the immediate poor
reception was only exacerbated when the
game came out universally panned by
critics and longtime fans for its
unpolished graphics and halo like
setting the best thing about infinite
warfare was the fact that special
editions came with a remaster of 2007 s
highly successful modern warfare and
even then people still said it wasn’t
worth buying pre-order the legacy
Edition includes modern warfare
[Music]
from the beginning the Metal Gear series
evolved under the creative leadership of
Hideo Kojima but after he left Konami
once development of Metal Gear Solid 5
was completed the franchise seemed dead
in the water in an attempt to keep the
name going the next game was revealed in
2016 to be a co-op zombie horror akin to
Dead Island a huge departure from the
dozen or so previous titles fans were
understandably not happy and is clear
that Kojima’s departure really does mean
[Music]
number 1 diablo immortal fully-fledged
tobblo experience on on mobile which
everybody will get to play Blizzard have
always been pretty solid at releasing
popular polished games but the
announcement of diablo immortal at 2018
s Blizzcon almost seems set to end that
tradition a mobile game developed in
tandem with blizzard and Nettie’s for
some reason this was the conventions
major announcement much to the ire of
fans who played primarily on consoles
and PC as the first whisper of a Diablo
sequel since Diablo 3 in 2012 its
immensely disappointing and was followed
by a vicious QA session in which one fan
even asked if it was an April Fool’s
joke which it unfortunately is not hey
just was wondering is this an out of
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
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videos [Music]
than anger but sometimes you’re faced
with both welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top ten disastrous video game
announcements before we begin we publish
new content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our Channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’re looking at
the reactions to announcements
themselves rather than the actual games
some of which defied initial
[Music]
but there’s something you lack mobile
games do have a lot of benefits over
traditional console and PC experiences
mainly how they can reach a much wider
demographic since there’s practically
nobody who doesn’t own a cell phone but
mobile games are only just now catching
up to other devices in terms of
performance and in 2013 when Deus Ex the
fall was announced there was no way it
was going to be as successful or good as
its predecessor
human Revolution gamers just didn’t want
Deus Ex on mobile nobody asked for it
and nobody cared and it took another
three years for mankind divided to
finally come out number 9 Final Fantasy
nobody’s denying that Final Fantasy
seven isn’t just one of the best Final
Fantasy games but one of the best games
of all time period but sometimes a bad
port can ruin a masterpiece with Square
Enix announced they’re bringing the PC
remaster of ff7 to ps4 and 2014 many
fans weren’t too pleased not that the
opportunity to replay a classic or even
play for the first time if you weren’t
able to in 1997 is completely wasted
it’s just not what many fans wanted
luckily a fully fledged remake is due to
hit consoles in the next few years
[Music]
number eight battlefield 5 after the
phenomenal battlefield one fan
expectations grew so high it would be
almost impossible to live up to them
that’s exactly what happened when the
first trailers dropped for Battlefield 5
which quickly became marred with
disappointment and complaints first
start the initial reveal was part of a
long and arguably pointless live event
and then many fans of the series
denounced it for featuring women on the
front lines however many have pointed
out that a quick Google search will show
you there were plenty of female soldiers
in world war ii and added diversity
isn’t going to impact the actual
number seven artifact
valve almost never make games anymore
while they were once regularly turning
out classics like portal half-life and
Team Fortress 2 after the hit MOBA dota
2 released in 2013 the company went dead
in terms of new games choosing instead
to focus on steam so there were lofty
expectations for Valve’s first game in
five years until it was revealed to be
artifact a digital collectible card game
based on the pre established world of
dota 2 it’s lacking originality to the
extreme and despite having a creator of
popular card game magic the gathering on
[Music]
number six The Legend of Zelda the Wind
Waker
[Music]
at Nintendo space world mm nan Tendo
screened a realistic gameplay mock-up of
what many suspected was a brand-new
Legend of Zelda game showcasing the
graphical capabilities of the GameCube
however instead of following this path
the next Selda title was 2003 x’ the
wind waker featuring highly stylized
cel-shaded graphics many fans initially
disliked thankfully when the game came
out it was just as good as the others
and its unique art style is now
legendary similar PR disasters plagued
Skyward Sword however through an awkward
gameplay demo which made it look odd
early unplayable and this is a beetle
that you shoot number five command and
conquer rivals well fire the missile
takes two missiles to destroy the
enemies base and win this one’s popular
franchise got swept under the rug a long
time ago but sought a revival when a new
installment was announced at e3 2018
however many fans of the original
realtime strategy classic feel
shortchanged by the fact rivals is a
mobile game subsequently it’s been
dumbed down from the complex originals
in order to find a new audience
despite its lukewarm reception however
it’s pre-alpha is not all bad and rivals
can hold its own against other popular
strategy games like clash Royale but
EA’s idea is to have it be their newest
eSport don’t seem to have much basis in
fact let’s see if in control can get
around to that top corner able to halt
that missile he does contestant missile
put it into yellow position number 4
like Zelda Metroid is another big
Nintendo franchise which fans often have
high hopes for though 2010 other m also
left much to be desired with certain
fans after a six-year break for the
series federation force was announced as
a spin-off multiplayer title only
featuring staple protagonist Samus in a
cameo role released on 3ds it
unfortunately did not defy expectations
and became widely disliked mainly
because of its stark differences
compared to the rest of the franchise it
was hardly Metroid at all even including
a soccer minigame what were they
thinking
[Music]
number three call of duty infinite
warfare you need look no further than
the initial trailer for this title to
see how wildly unpopular it was from its
announcement breaking records is the
most disliked video game trailer on
YouTube infinite warfare was doomed to
fail and fail it did the immediate poor
reception was only exacerbated when the
game came out universally panned by
critics and longtime fans for its
unpolished graphics and halo like
setting the best thing about infinite
warfare was the fact that special
editions came with a remaster of 2007 s
highly successful modern warfare and
even then people still said it wasn’t
worth buying pre-order the legacy
Edition includes modern warfare
[Music]
from the beginning the Metal Gear series
evolved under the creative leadership of
Hideo Kojima but after he left Konami
once development of Metal Gear Solid 5
was completed the franchise seemed dead
in the water in an attempt to keep the
name going the next game was revealed in
2016 to be a co-op zombie horror akin to
Dead Island a huge departure from the
dozen or so previous titles fans were
understandably not happy and is clear
that Kojima’s departure really does mean
[Music]
number 1 diablo immortal fully-fledged
tobblo experience on on mobile which
everybody will get to play Blizzard have
always been pretty solid at releasing
popular polished games but the
announcement of diablo immortal at 2018
s Blizzcon almost seems set to end that
tradition a mobile game developed in
tandem with blizzard and Nettie’s for
some reason this was the conventions
major announcement much to the ire of
fans who played primarily on consoles
and PC as the first whisper of a Diablo
sequel since Diablo 3 in 2012 its
immensely disappointing and was followed
by a vicious QA session in which one fan
even asked if it was an April Fool’s
joke which it unfortunately is not hey
just was wondering is this an out of
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
bell to be notified about our latest
videos [Music]
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