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5 Gaming disasters that turned things around

 If you speak to any disenchanted gamer nowadays, they'll be more than happy to tell you that botched releases have become something of a trend. Be it due to time, budgets, publisher interference or incompetence, the modern gaming landscape is no stranger to products that are broken or under-performing at launch. (Image property of Bethesda Softworks, Hello Games, Gearbox Software and Sega, CD Projekt, Microsoft) However, what separates the men from the boys is what happens next. While some games are happy to languish at the bottom of the Steam review charts for the rest of time, others try to pick themselves up, brush themselves off and turn their bitter lemons into lemonade. Here are five of my top picks for the gaming disasters that managed to un-disaster themselves in the end. Fallout 76 Everyone loves Fallout  right now. In the wake of the Fallout tv show, people have flocked back to old titles and Todd Howard has been able to bathe in Scrooge McDuck gold coin baths every...