Upcoming games doomed to destroy their franchises?

[Digitaldreamer7]

2K Marin's XCom mutilation of a classic game.

BF3 on console

Diablo 3

I was going to say modern warfare 3, but, they are bringing back dedicated servers... so imma wait and see lol.

 

[LordRoyal]

The new XCOM. I mean microprose and hasbro really did a number on the franchise resulting in its untimely death but now 2K is digging up the corpse. Now when we talk about how great X-Com was we gotta add in "the original games"...... feels like when you talk about Star Wars.

The worst part about the new X-Com game is how the publisher is treating it's fanbase

The fanbase hates the new X-Com game and all 2K does is insult them. Stating that the new X-Com is the way of the future etc.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

I have a bad feeling about Fable: The Journey. I know it's not a proper addition to the franchise, but I just have this horrible feeling that it's going to do so badly that Fable 4 may never see the light of day, which is a terrible thought for me since I fucking love the Fable series.

To me, it's already dead.
Number 3 delivered the fatal blow, it had none of the magic (yes, subjective and personal feeling, I know...) that made Fable great.
I regret wasting money for the Limited Edition. I thought it was going to be the new pinnacle.
Personally, I've been disappointed greatly with it.
Fable: The Lost Chapters was the peak of the games, in my humble opinion :/
(Fable 2 was still great, though)

OT:

Spoiler: The Devil May Cry reboot

Currently, this seems like the next killing blow to a franchise I love.
Maybe it turns out pretty good, who knows, maybe I'll like, even love it when I've finally gotten to play it.
But the indicators I've seen are pointing towards an entirely different direction.

I agree with you about the Fable games. I've enjoyed each one to some degree, but they've been becoming less with each successive release. Each time they make a new game they take away something that gave the original and Lost Chapters it's unique flair. And it's not the setting or anything. The storyline, what there is of it, has been enjoyable. But Fable 2 took away lots of enemy types and 3 took away the "charm the crowd" enjoyment that the expression options used to provide by making them one on one interactions.

And honestly,

Spoiler

if THE FRIGGIN KING OF ALBION walks up to you, are you really... REALLY... only going to befriend him if he runs a stupid erand for you? REALLY???? I get the whole building your reputation and all that in the beginning, but once your King? REALLY????????

If anyone seriously says skyrim I will tear their nuts off.

Skyrim.

You knew SOMEONE was gonna to do it.

i will find you....probably not.

 

[Blood Countess]

I think Cataclysm started Wow's fall and Wrath was their peak

Halo 4, Fable and maybe Diablo 3 with all the stupid choices blizzard are making but most likely wrong there

Tomb Raider isn't promising since Square is behind it and look at their track record lately

 

[NerfedFalcon]

For me, Sonic Generations will kill the already dead-yet-undead Sonic franchise. It'll just be rushed and underdeveloped just to coincide with Sonic's 20th anniversary.

Seeing as his actual 20th birthday was a while back, and Colours was actually really good (including the somewhat campy storyline - Duke, spit out that gum and take notes), can't you at least give Sega the benefit of the doubt? Even if you honestly believe that the only even halfway decent Sonic games were the original up to Sonic and Knuckles, this has that Sonic and his gameplay as well...

Then again, Sonic unofficially has the worst 'fans' ever, so that probably means I'll be the only person over 12 who'll play Sonic Generations to have fun rather than nitpick for faults, including but not limited to the inclusion of Modern Sonic and the gameplay from Unleashed('s day levels, I mean). Sounds cynical, I know, but I've already seen a Youtube commenter who wants Classic Sonic, in the ending, to never want to grow into his older self, so can you really blame me?

Also, I liked Sonic Heroes. Cue everyone flooding my inbox with 'reasons' why I shouldn't like it.
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OT: I don't keep up with a lot of major game releases, seeing as I'm really not interested in/can't play most of them, so there's not a lot I can say about upcoming game releases, and I wouldn't know which ones will kill off a franchise. As for games that have already come out, though, I can say that Pokemon Black/White would be a very hard act for Game Freak to follow without making a Pokemon MMO, and Nintendo wouldn't let them do that, so I really hope they don't. In the best-meaning sense possible, of course.

 

[Elfgore]

What upcoming games do you believe are going to be the death of their franchises?

Personally I see Mass Effect 3 as the peak of it's series, and it's going to be forever doomed to repetitive spin offs.

Umm, how? The series ends with 3. When has Bioware ever touched a series after its overarching story is finished?

Bioware said it is the end of Shepards story not the end of the series. They just had an article about that here a few days ago.

 

[LordRoyal]

Tomb Raider isn't promising since Square is behind it and look at their track record lately

Square owns Eidos now and they released Deus Ex Human Revolution, and that wasnt half bad

 

[arandomnutter]

Call of duty should stop now its getting old and its the same game over and over again.

 

[MacMeaties]

BF3. It will be the 19th battlefield title and possibly the last. Why? Origin, web based server browser, lack of regard for user feedback, naff gameplay (the alpha sucked). They would have to seriously overhaul the gameplay by the time the beta is out to get me to even considering buying it.

 

[shadow_Fox81]

Tomb Raider. I am not getting a good feeling about the upcoming reboot.

i'm actually hoping the new tomb raider will make good on every promise it made, because a franchise that big might pull survival horror out of obscurity (and the new lara reminds me of Zoe Castillo)

but yeah the new fable, is it called journey...er (sigh)

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

That new Fable game..

I don't even like Fable, but this may kill it.

Hopefully it will. The series has definitely run its course.

Then, Lionhead can get to making a new Black and White game. Let's see how many people remember that.

 

[Apocalypse0Child]

It's already been released, and it proved me wrong from the fact Skyward Sword is in production as we speak... But I'd love to have said the 3d re-release of Ocarina Of Time... But Nintendo won't ever let one of their franchises die... that's just too... charitable of them I guess.

*EDIT*
I'd also like to see whatever damned expansion Blizzard are working on be the end of World Of Warcraft. Up until the end of The Burning Crusade it was a great game, then it just... wasn't, in my opinion.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

Even though I am a pretty big fan of the series, Modern Warfare 3 needs to be the last CoD game for a few more years.

That type of game has reached it's peak and there is really nothing more it can do.

My advice? Work on an updated engine, try to outplay yourself. Throw all caution to the wind and think of a new Multiplayer. Keep the basic run and gun formula, get rid of Perks and find a new way to play off Killstreaks. You have the fanbase, now do something with it.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

One of these things is not like the other...

That was fucking terrible. I've always kind of dreamt of someone making a video game version of Inglorious Basterds, but that sure as hell was the wrong way to do it.

 

[Stealthygamer]

Umm, how? The series ends with 3. When has Bioware ever touched a series after its overarching story is finished?

Bioware said that they are going to do more with the ME universe after the Shepard trilogy.

Maybe an alien sex simulator?

EDIT: Damn... Ninjas

 

[l3o2828]

I'm not entirely sure, but Silent Hill downpour sounds so so so much lamer than Homecoming.
Perhaps i'm just being a silly fanboy, but i definetly find that western developers don't grasp the true concept of horror.

 

[Alphakirby]

Halo 4. No doubt in my mind.

Exactly,it feels like it's just made to make the Halo fanboys happy and give Microsoft more money,at least Reach and ODST took place before the supposed war ended,Halo 3's slogan was literally to finish the fight,well what the fuck happened to that?

 

[devotedsniper]

I have 3, Fable since it's basically a kinect game now (unless everyones willing to fork out what £100+ for one?), Dragon Age 3 since there planning on combining origins and 2's elements *shiver*, and since hearing this i have my doubts in Mass Effect 3, i hope i'm wrong about them but still i have lost some faith in bioware and until they gain it back i shall continue to doubt.

As for lionhead i've never really understood them, first fable on pc, 2nd wasn't, 3rd at least 6 months after xbox, 4th? i'm assuming it's not or going to be incredibly late.

 

[Blood Countess]

Tomb Raider isn't promising since Square is behind it and look at their track record lately

Square owns Eidos now and they released Deus Ex Human Revolution, and that wasnt half bad

you got a good point there hun still not the most stellar track record and I like the Tomb Raider games so I do hope it's good

 

[L3W15 M]

I tend to think every game has a chance regardless of the number after the title.