sometimes it takes a second impression
and a whole lot of extra effort to
really impress gamers welcome to
watchmojo.com ten ways that games try to
win back players in this list were
specifically looking at instances where
a game and by extension its creators
went to incredible lengths in order to
draw back those players who had lost
interest
our focus isn't on the success or
failure of these efforts but rather on
the generosity displayed by these games
number ten free release of the extended
cut Mass Effect 3 and while we still
have many challenges ahead of us we can
face them together to say the concluding
chapter of the original Mass Effect
trilogy was controversial would be an
understatement
many fans complained of Mass Effect 3
ending on an underwhelming and misguided
note a sentiment that was hammered home
repeatedly for the games developer
Bioware after some time
Bioware eventually announced their plans
to release the extended cut a free patch
aimed at modifying the game's conclusion
it added greater context to the final
moments of Mass Effect 3 shed some more
light on certain characters fates and
even factored in more of the player's
previous choices while it didn't please
everyone
it showed that Bioware cared at the time
every world could be home to a different
form of life number 9 free maps and
motes titanfall 2
owing to a number of factors like
releasing in the same launch window as
EA's other major shooter battlefield 1
there was a lot working against the MEC
combat meets FPS game titanfall 2
nevertheless titanfall developer Respawn
Entertainment committed to their
pre-release promise of not sectioning
off downloadable content behind a
paywall from launch onward titanfall 2
received multiple updates containing new
maps new weapons and even a new mode in
the form of frontier defense yet despite
having plenty of opportunities to charge
for this additional content respawn kept
true to their word quite an admirable
display all told number 8
adding an offline mode SimCity prior to
its launch the major point of discussion
and concern regarding the 2013 reboot of
SimCity was the decision to make it an
always online title on release this
would end up being key to the game
struggles SimCity initially was
unplayable for days due to server issues
and thus left many players fuming at
first EA tried to save face by offering
clears the choice of a free game on
origin but eventually they came to
demand and patched in an offline mode in
2014 with local save files and the
ability to manage a multi-city set up
it's certainly an improvement over the
original state of affairs
number seven ditching the auction house
for loot 2.0 Diablo 3 so as you saw
we're going to be shutting down the
Diablo auction houses when we originally
set up the auction house this was
supposed to be a safe and convenient way
for you to trade items Blizzard
Entertainment's long in gestation
returned to the Diablo series was met
with wide praise during its May 2012
release though the good times were
tempered somewhat by a number of
significant issues among the more
pressing problems was the auction house
which divided the fanbase over its
inclusion of real money spending for
in-game loot many found the concept of
purchasing game items once found
naturally in the world undermined and
devalued the poor Diablo experienced a
month before the launch of the expansion
Reaper of souls
Blizzard opted to release a patch that
removed the auction house in favor of an
improved loot system called loot 2.0 it
would aim to provide players with fewer
items while increasing their overall
quality the gameplay experience of
Diablo make sure that finding items
in-game is the best place to find those
items number 6
introducing the new game enhancements
Star Wars Galaxies vans worldwide have
always enjoyed becoming a part of the
adventure but what if you could turn on
your PC connect to the Internet and
completely immerse yourself in an online
Star Wars universe many Star Wars fans
have dreamed of being a part of this
universe and while Star Wars Galaxies in
its base form offered an opportunity to
do so players noticed that the path to
become a Jedi was an extremely
time-consuming one thus in 2005 Sony
Online introduced major changes in the
form of the new game enhancements from
making combat real time to reworking the
Jedi path as a selectable profession
from the start these changes were
specifically designed to make galaxies
more inviting to new players but it's a
decision that ultimately backfired as
many day1 players felt like hundreds of
hours of progression had been for naught
and demanded refunds on mass sadly the
game never recovered from the backlash
and it was shut down in 2011 everything
you need to fulfill your ultimate Star
Wars fantasy
is now together in one package number
five you Pokemon new events rework
tracking and Jim's Pokemon go
while this mobile Pokemon game may have
made an immediate cultural impact it
became clear weeks later that Pokemon Go
was dropping players quickly players
found that content was sorely lacking
the tracking system was too vague and
the gyms encouraged a pay2win system
then came the updates pokemon from later
generations were integrated special
events like community days offered
players easier chances to capture
specific and/or shiny pokemon and
tracking pokemon was made easier by
centralizing spawn points around poke a
stops gyms were also redesigned to earn
coins easier than ever before and the
updates haven't stopped since then most
recently team rocket battles were added
making the game feel like a completely
different title than when we had it in
2016
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number four free month of Xbox Live
extra games halo the Master Chief
collection finishing the fight took a
lot longer than anticipated that's for
sure the Master Chief collection
promised to take the first four main
series entries and present them with
greater polish than before
especially halo two which got a major
graphical remake this turned out to be
partially true the games looked far more
impressive but online matchmaking was
riddled with bugs and nigh unplayable at
launch and recognition of the
collections troubled state 343 offered
those who purchased it before December
19th 2014
several gifts as part of a wider apology
among said gifts or a month subscription
to Xbox Live Gold and a remastered
version of Halo 3 ODST though in 2019
the collection received Halo Reach
alongside a PC port
number three reworking player
progression and lots of free updates
Star Wars Battlefront - the tale of
battlefront tools infamous loot Box
debacle has been heavily ingrained in
gamers minds and dice has continued to
go all-out in updating the game with
free updates just to make up for that
disaster the first much-needed change
came with a heavily reworked progression
system star cards now can only be earned
through play with microtransactions
limited - purchasable character skins
and the crates containing purely
cosmetic items but dice hasn't stopped
there as the game has also received
content updates focusing on the Clone
Wars era as well as time content
coinciding with Solo in the rise of
Skywalker films credit where it's due
the fact that EA and dice have provided
this much free support to a game heavily
marred by its launch controversy
deserves to be commended number 2
multiple free expansions no man sky
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speaking of fixing games heavily marred
here's another example the 2016
procedurally generated space exploration
game no man's sky hit store shelves and
despite plenty of optimistic press in
the lead-up it became highly divisive
among fans due to a laundry list of
unfulfilled promises hello games opted
not to simply let things sit unresolved
however and instead work to fulfill
their promises through free updates
expansions such as the foundation and
Pathfinder updates brought in mechanics
like base building and land vehicles but
it was the next update that ultimately
ended up being the game's redemption
thanks to the inclusion of multiplayer
third-person camera supports and
freighters to explore the galaxy much
easier hello games is still updating the
game with inclusion so extensive they
would need their own list
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whole freaking game Final Fantasy 14
while every other game on this list saw
fixes through incremental updates and
expansions those feats pale in
comparison to what Square Enix did to
save Final Fantasy 14 when the game
first launched in 2010 it was widely
panned by both critics and fans due to a
clunky MMO interface and a plethora of
performance issues but rather than
slowly fix the game over time Square
Enix made the unprecedented decision to
completely replace the development team
and started again from scratch and in
2013 the game was relaunched as Final
Fantasy 14 a realm reborn this risky fix
paid off though and the game has
continued to receive fine polished
expansions with 2019 shadow bringers in
particular being released to widespread
critical acclaim
now that's sticking to your guns
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