15 Infuriating Times Developers Changed Their Games for the Worse

Whether through misguided updates, poor balancing, or baffling design shifts, these develoeprs made bold moves, in the wrong direction

Posted By | On 02nd, Jul. 2025

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Resident Evil 6

resident evil 6

EA wasn’t the only gaming giant that gave in to the trends and lost sight of what made its games so special in the first place. Exhibit A – Resident Evil 6. It leaned so heavily towards action that it’s almost impossible to recognize that it came from the same DNA that was about carefully trotting your way through zombies in the Spencer Mansion. Resident Evil 6 might be a guilty pleasure if you embrace its cringey writing and B-action films inspired set-pieces, but ask any long-time fan — it’s not something they remember fondly.


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