Upcoming games doomed to destroy their franchises?
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The Spyro the Dragon franchise is already pretty much doomed.
The new game (the one where Spyro looks like he had acid poured on him) is like beating a doomed horse with a giant warhammer that has a chainsaw chained to it...and it's covered in acid.
Seriously, it isn't even technically a Spyro game, it just features him for the game and the toy range coming with it. You basically buy the game unfinished then buy the toys from the stores to unlock the rest of the game.
The new game (the one where Spyro looks like he had acid poured on him) is like beating a doomed horse with a giant warhammer that has a chainsaw chained to it...and it's covered in acid.
Seriously, it isn't even technically a Spyro game, it just features him for the game and the toy range coming with it. You basically buy the game unfinished then buy the toys from the stores to unlock the rest of the game.
Skyrim..hahaaa...just kidding. Halo4,5,6 come to mind. And yes ME3 does seem to be the 'end' even though technically it is the end of the trilogy. I'm sure they'll want to do more with the universe but I cant really see how, without desecrating its body.
On one hand, there are a lot of new scenarios for the Mass Effect 'verse to explore. On the other, once you've saved the galaxy from being doomed to a cycle of extinction by a race of Mecha-Cthulhu, everything else would probably just feel like a bit of a letdown.
I kind of sense Halo 4 would sustain the most fire here, if the posts above are to go by. But you do have to give 343i a little bit of slack- I mean, they are going to at least try some new things. For one, there will finally be brand new enemies, and they are going back to the mystery and exploration theme that made the first Halo so great. (Talking for myself of course) And hey, they say they are going to tie some of the backstory into it and actually give Chief some characterisation. (I also hear rumours of them trying a different engine). But of course we'll find out if it is any good when it rolls by next year.
My pick would be that Spyro game mentioned in post no.2. I just can't look at that without invisioning that smug image of Kotick with dollar signs in his eyes. So then, the main selling point of this game is that you need to buy something that isn't in the game to play it? Mmkay.
My pick would be that Spyro game mentioned in post no.2. I just can't look at that without invisioning that smug image of Kotick with dollar signs in his eyes. So then, the main selling point of this game is that you need to buy something that isn't in the game to play it? Mmkay.
ME3 would haveto end here, but EA wont let that cash cow down easy.
Halo should have been stopped a while back, and the upcoming one will be the one to prove it, but as long as there is some money still in it MS will ride that dirty whore.
BF3 with EA's stupidity department at the helm could kill the PC fanbase for it.
DA3, they decided to blend the good with shite, it's just Fable all over again, there really is no reason for it to go on.
Anyone want to take best if there is an on rails shooter in the making?
MW3, maybe this time around the fanbase will get wise to their act... ya that's not likely.
God of War 4, wait didn't it already end? oh no no no, that is a cow worth milking and it will be milked to the last drop.
Halo should have been stopped a while back, and the upcoming one will be the one to prove it, but as long as there is some money still in it MS will ride that dirty whore.
BF3 with EA's stupidity department at the helm could kill the PC fanbase for it.
DA3, they decided to blend the good with shite, it's just Fable all over again, there really is no reason for it to go on.
Anyone want to take best if there is an on rails shooter in the making?
MW3, maybe this time around the fanbase will get wise to their act... ya that's not likely.
God of War 4, wait didn't it already end? oh no no no, that is a cow worth milking and it will be milked to the last drop.
Yeah, I'm kinda thinking that ME3 is going to be difficult to follow up too. I think it'll be great, but I can't see where the series can really go from there.
BF3, not because of gameplay or anything, but because it is effectively trying to force unreasonable terms on the PC-users. If EA keeps this up, I wouldn't be surprised if they're shutting down their PC developers in a couple of years, citing "Unreasonable consumers" or some crap like that. I don't doubt BF3 will do well, but I doubt it will do nearly as well as it should have on the PC, thanks to spyware, I mean Origin.
KOTOR possibly, but I've not actually played TOR yet, so I'll have to hold my judgement; experience has taught me that what a game looks like and plays like are completely different; that's why when I finally played Gears, I hated it because I disliked the way the controls and weapons worked. Still, the price tag makes me have doubts the project isn't doomed to failure unless its an overwhelming success.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3; I'm not hating on it really, it looks as good as its predecessors, but I just don't think its going to stand up that well... actually it may stand up better than it would now that EA have decided to give gamers on the PC another reason to hate them. Technologically speaking, its starting to show its age and the series could really use an engine upgrade and multiplayer a good rethink; I would suspect MW3 will not outsell its predecessors, although time will tell. With the exit of IW's founders, the people who started the whole thing, I'm not so sure that it will be as good as it could have been anyway.
BF3, not because of gameplay or anything, but because it is effectively trying to force unreasonable terms on the PC-users. If EA keeps this up, I wouldn't be surprised if they're shutting down their PC developers in a couple of years, citing "Unreasonable consumers" or some crap like that. I don't doubt BF3 will do well, but I doubt it will do nearly as well as it should have on the PC, thanks to spyware, I mean Origin.
KOTOR possibly, but I've not actually played TOR yet, so I'll have to hold my judgement; experience has taught me that what a game looks like and plays like are completely different; that's why when I finally played Gears, I hated it because I disliked the way the controls and weapons worked. Still, the price tag makes me have doubts the project isn't doomed to failure unless its an overwhelming success.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3; I'm not hating on it really, it looks as good as its predecessors, but I just don't think its going to stand up that well... actually it may stand up better than it would now that EA have decided to give gamers on the PC another reason to hate them. Technologically speaking, its starting to show its age and the series could really use an engine upgrade and multiplayer a good rethink; I would suspect MW3 will not outsell its predecessors, although time will tell. With the exit of IW's founders, the people who started the whole thing, I'm not so sure that it will be as good as it could have been anyway.
What? "No reason for it to go on?" Dragon Age 2 ended with a massive cliffhanger. You haven't even seen the most remote speck of information on Dragon Age 3, yet you automatically doom it to failure? I am confused.Mr.K. said:
With EA being stupid, BF3 is being castrated by its major fanbase: the PC, so the series is kinda doomed.
And also, Episode 3.
And also, Episode 3.
Halo 4... Reach should have been the last game, but to announce 4 more Halo games (Anniversary and the new trilogy) is just stupid. They're beating a dead horse.
And I think the new Fable game. I think the franchise peaked at Fable 2, even that is a stretch.
And I think the new Fable game. I think the franchise peaked at Fable 2, even that is a stretch.
I dont even think the publisher thinks it's going to sell, thats why there's a toy tie in gimmick.ChupathingyX said:
Oh well, Spyro died after Year of the Dragon when Insomniac let it go
It's not so much the fact that there could be more afterward (because I can think of hundreds of vidjima game plotlines to follow ME3 potentially) but the fact that it's going to be milked, hard, by EA. I mean I can predict ME3 doubling it's profits on preorders alone.Mrmac23 said:
I foresee an ME multiplayer FPS being announced right in ME3's manual in the game box. Hell an ME MMMORPG anyone?
Halo WOULD have died at Reach, but Microsoft had to resurrect it after Bungie jumped ship.Bobbity said:
