If you read these lines, the new year is already history. Behind us is a moving, remarkable, but often difficult year 2021. The NFTs editorial team has gone to the end of the year once again in and now presents you to the highlights in 2021 the great disappointments of the last few months.
These may be games that have us did not like, but also trends that make us stomach pain, or events that have remained in negative memories us. Before we get started: What were your flop in 2021? Which game is your Gherkin of the year ? Betray us in the comments! And now: Have fun reading and — if we have not read us — happy new year!
ZAM over unfulfilled expectations
There were a few games this year, which I had actually been looking forward, of which I was but then disappointed. So unfortunately I have several titles in the ring of shame throw.
Battlefield 2042
The prelude Battlefield 2042. Do not get me wrong. The new DICE shooter can be fun! He still has torn a deep hole in my expectations. As already mentioned a few months ago in the MORE, I had returned my hopes indeed, but the launch state of the game was then evener than feared worse. Bugs, connection problems, some strange weapons behavior, lack of balance — so the same problems of most of the previous parts. The banging has a few hours of fun with Friends & Family certainly, but ultimately did not break me away.
Back 4 Blood
When we are shooting games team is looking at, I can not fail to mention Back 4 Blood. As a spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead, it can even begin to pay an equivalent feel at any time. In particular, the relatively underdeveloped AI kills every bit of fun quickly. L4D has shone especially by the Director, that is the AI, the enemy hordes and types adapting dynamically the behavior of the players. B4B feels more like barren average fare on despite prettier graphics.
Aster ix and Felix
And then there's Aster ix and Felix, the Side scrolling Basher, of these lines until the time of emergence does not recognize most of the controller and does not provide any options in the game to customize graphics and language options. Too bad. The problem with the controller detection by the way also my Castlemaine: Advanced Collection made maggoty. Does this still in the menu, nothing even more recognized in the games. And the keypad Castlemaine games are so great, like the flu on holiday.
Matze in 2021: a few words, feeling great
My biggest disappointment in gaming in 2021 was in fact so great because I had really promised much: Death loop. The new game from the creators of the fantastic secrets Prey (2017) was just behind my expectations — the fighting too simple, the characters too flat and the change to low. Hopefully me the next game of Arcane Studios again more tie!
Karsten takes a deep breath... it is extensive!
In preparation for the annual review, I had noted down all the things already about two weeks ago that I associate with the year 2021st Most of them unfortunately negative nature — we go there to:
record year of shifts ?!
Even if developers and publishers could set already in 2020 well on the Home Office program in Corona times, the pandemic had an impact felt in this year. At times, ended up press releases every week in my mailbox with which the next shifts were announced.
If there was ever a year with more Appointment adjustments? Since my feeling could not keep up after also 2020th But the list of 2021 shifted caption reads better than the offer of published games. Here are some examples that interest me too much personally:
Horizon Forbidden West Elder ring Lost Ark Total War: Warhammer 3 God of War: Ragnarök Hogwarts Legacy The Lord of the Rings Gollum Lego Star Wars: The Saga Skywalker
In addition, there are SW TOR: Legacy of the Sith, Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons, Diablo Immortal, Dying Light 2 and so on. The good news: The coming year is likely to be games grenades strong.
Launch problems as the new standard
However, the corona pandemic also had a pending elsewhere. Many developers complain of replenishment and delivery problems when it comes to server hardware. It does not matter whether an already established game as will The Elder Scrolls Online upgrade the now dusty technology or would like to receive a developer propped the rush at the launch.
The result: pretty much every big online title, which went live in 2021, had to fight with enormous problems. Here are some examples:
Diablo 2: Resurrected New World Final Fantasy 14: End walker Battlefield 2042
However, not only the servers were the problem, but also the non-existent fine thrift or the naughty technical state of many a game published in 2021. Besides Battlefield 2042, D2R and New World, the new Remastered trilogy of GTA and Outriders are also jumping here.
Recycling as a guise
Speaking of GTA Trilogy: You could almost feel that many a publisher wanted to enhance the Made Release Year with one, two or three newly of old games. You can do it easier if you have the brand rights already, as a game provider in doubt do not earn any money.
Above all, Nintendo certainly knew exactly that Metro id Dread and New Pokémon Snap seems quite cheerful. So there was still Mario Party Superstars, Super Mario 3D World + Browsers Fury, Zelda Skyward Sword HD and Pokémon Bright Diamond and Luminous Pearl as Recycled Crash.
But that was just the tip of the iceberg. In addition to Diablo 2 Resurrected, Burning Crusade Classic and the season of WoW Classic's championship in Blizzard stood in the focus. Also, a remastered stamp have Near Replica very. 1.22..., the newly placed Crisis series, Alan Wake, Ghost'n'Goblins, Bloodline and and and.
Do not understand me wrong: with some of these new editions and have my fun. However, the balance of new and warmed content did not vote this year.
Conclusion to the Game Year 2021
In our article on the Tops 2021 I had already suggested: There was quite a lot of good games that I had a lot of fun this year, but it lacks outstanding quality at the top to get from a really hot games vintage to speak.
Activision Blizzard in 2021
Even though I find it well that the things have come to light and that so many victims had the courage to express themselves in the public, but of course, it also shocked me, which this year everything in the general and blizzard in the Specialized. After all, we are talking about a developer who owned a kind of special position for me as a fan for a long time because he put Gameplay over everything, did not return to almost finished games to the files when they do not fulfill a certain quality standard, and The bottom line just published good games.
I want all the things that have been revealed by the state of California after the lawsuit are not once again in detail. On the topic there were more than enough items on NFTs. At least as disappointing as the behavior at Blizzard is for me but also how Activision Blizzard then handled with the whole thing. Partly not even at least the appearance was awakened as if you were in the top leaders around Bobby Kick around the whole topic scissors. Otherwise, you would have given yourself more effort in the elimination of the shards (instead of adding more PR cases) and Jen Oneal paid the same salary as Mike Ibarra.
Crypto gaming as a new trend
Last but not least, a few words for the largest trend in the Games' area in 2021, which has received mainly in the last weeks drive: the Krypto-Gaming. Yes, the In game Trading of NFTs and Krypton Diets likes many of you now not directly tangle, but various examples show that the digital goods with blockchain base rather sooner than later in an Assassin's Creed, Far Cry or in your very personal I am particularly looking forward to putting myself game.
While Ubisoft falls on the nose with the platform quartz, others are showing millions. Source: Ubisoft here only a few highlight news from the crypto area, which show what will expect us 2022:
Ubisoft publishes the NFT platform Quartz and offers tokens for Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Sales run MAU, The criticism is big, even internally there are flak fire. Nevertheless, one wants to reinforce the efforts in the crypto area. Steam banished games with cryptocurrencies and NFTs, but some providers find a gray zone and sell NFTs outside their titles. In the MMO Rise Online it should give NFTs and crypto feed as a boss-Loot. OB EA, SQUARE ENIX, ACTIVISION or ZYNGA The Big Player of the industry also deal with the topic of Krypto-Gaming. The Discord CEO indicated interfaces for Krypton trading, had to rest due to the backlash.
Halo and COD veterans appear to work on AAA shooter with NFTs. A player buys an NFT yacht for $650,000 in The Sandbox. The game is still in the Closed Beta. The developers of Stalker 2 terminate from nothing NTS for their story shooter. Only due to the subsequent Shit storm they then make a retractor. Peter Milieux sold Legacy in its industrial simulation, which is to appear 2022, already land as NFTs. Just as well as all homes are already sold, for over $50 million.
Already some of these examples just sound absurd (and after money laundering or other scams). What Krypto-Gaming has else for weaknesses and dangers, you will learn in my special Krypto-Gaming, NFTs, Blockchain: Gamers should definitely know.
And now again: What were your flops in 2021? Which game is your cucumber of the year ? What have you disappointed? Track us in the comments!
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