What game series would you bring back from the dead?

[LilithSlave]

Mother. 3 games wasn't enough.
Chrono. 1 game wasn't enough.
Klonoa

There's a MOTHER4 slowly being made by a group of fans, Cross didn't happen,
and that last one is still around, Namco just needs to make more of it, ffs.

Oh, you villainous catcher of typos, you!

I'd really like an official mother sequel, though.

Chrono Cross also leaves a lot of want and possibilities for a sequel. I mean in Cross they basically went from stable time loop to

Spoiler

multiverse lol

So they're at a point in the story where basically infinite games in the series can happen. And considering how many games Secret of Mana got, this deserves more. Come on, they have a rabid fanbase and have been demanding the games for years. Heck, Cross itself was a fanservice(well, in a way...). And it's not like the games sold terribly. Come on, they deserve more, badly. Really, they do. If anything, it might make up for the Chrono Break fiasco where they spit on the face of fans for making doing what Japan does all the time, making a doujin game of Chrono like EasyGameStation did with Threads of Fate.

Heck, at this point, they have years worth of folleys to make up for.

 

[DalekJaas]

Battle for Middle Earth

 

[LookingGlass]

It only died recently, because the developer closed down, but I want another Blur game. I'm not a big fan of racing games, but that one really hit the sweet spot between realism and arcadey fun (the sweet spot is way over on the fun side for me).

The only thing I didn't like was that each of the tracks didn't really feel unique and special in their own way. It seemed basically impossible for anybody to have a "favourite track".

A sequel could fix that and retain the rest of the greatness.

 

[JordanXlord]

Battle for Middle Earth

This...This a million Times Yes!

i loved Battle For Middle Earth 2 and i believe we just need more of it

 

[Drop_D-Bombshell]

that one too!

Oh god yes....Oh. Oh god yes!!!

What this guy said, bring back Dark Cloud Level 5 Studios!!!

 

[ExileNZ]

Legacy of Kain.

No contest.

Hell yeah! LOK: Defiance was NOT a proper way to end the franchise. So much untapped potential left.

OP: I'd resurrect Syphon Filter on consoles.

I dunno, I never even played Syphon Filter but from what I saw in stores, I never really forgave them for releasing the last one they did on the PSX (SF 2? 3?). It was slow, clunky and looked like shit. It's entirely possible the story was awesome, tho.

And yeah, Defiance's end was a bit of a letdown after all that. Or rather, a pretty good end if you don't mind assuming they'll make another one.

In any case, I think the next one should be about Lieutenant Raziel, in Kain's army (this has been my opinion for about 10 years).

 

[Zero47]

MediEvil

Wielding my left arm with my right arm killing various forms of demonspawn/undead.

 

[Timberwolf0924]

Dino Crisis. I absolutely loved the first two games but never played the third one but I heard it was set in space, was crap and basically it's not Dino Crisis without Regina.

If they brought it back, would it lose the Resident Evil - esque camera angles or would it be like RE4 and have a good OTS view?

 

[Euhan01]

Either Banjo Kazooie or Timesplitters

 

[BigFish]

The Mother series fo shooooo

 

[Gorilla Gunk]

Fur Fighters.

Loved that game.

 

[Racecarlock]

X-wing games.

Hell, the space combat simulator genre for all I care, and not the arcade ones like Rogue Squadron, I mean the ones where you sit in a cockpit and manage your fighter's power distribution while shooting down torpedoes aiming for your exhaust pipe and chasing down tie fighters, interceptors, and bombers going for your capital ship which is also engaged with the enemy capital ship which is 50% more powerful and bigger than your capital ship.

Yeah. I'd bring this back too. It ruled back then, it would rule even harder now. Still one of the best games I have ever played.

 

[Cythen]

Kingdom Hearts

What, so I just hallucinated all those recent Kingdom Hearts games, including the one coming out for 3DS?

I never enjoyed the DS versions as much as the PS2 versions. The DS versions visit the same lands as the PS2 versions, what I would like is for them to actually do some new lands, like Pixar or some of their lesser liked movies (Atlantis or Treasure Planet) which could revive the interest in the current child fanbase and cause an increase in the films. How many times can we visit Agrabah? Though I have to admit I didn't play the last Kingdom Hearts game

 

[Misterian]

Freespace.

Or, hell, the entire Space-sim genre. Yeah, it is kinda still here with Egosoft and the X-series, and there's a couple of little blips like Evochron Mercenary and SOL, but man, what I'd give to have another proper Freespace and/or Freelancer game...

Also Metal Arms.

You deserved better dammit...

The creator had a whole trilogy planned too.

Definately Metal Arms and Legacy of Kain.

But also i think Crash Bandcicoot, but NOT the way the guys did with Mind Over Mutant, a new Crash game should be done with the characters keeping their original designs and personalities from the earlier games.

Also, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, if I remember right, it had only 2 games in its short history, at least one more game wouldn't hurt.

And also the Deception francise,. had a decent run for afew years but I think gets abit over-looked too much.

 

[Captain Sock]

I immediately read the thread-title as "What game series would bring you back from the dead?" and I was very curious to see what games people thought were so good they would defy even death itself to come back to play, but alas.

Anyway!

I want more "Beyond Good and Evil" games.
Then Primal, if the future protagonists would be as cool as Jennifer.
Also, I'd like for The Boss from Metal Gear Solid 3 to get her own spin-off game based around her younger years. She's just awesome.

Lastly, and people are probably going to throw eggs at me for saying this, but I'd like a continuation of the storyline in Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness. The game itself might have had a lot of... unforgiable flaws, maybe, but I'm a huge sucker for stories with biblical themes and the music and atmosphere were amazing.

 

[BristolBerserker]

Dino Crisis. I absolutely loved the first two games but never played the third one but I heard it was set in space, was crap and basically it's not Dino Crisis without Regina.

If they brought it back, would it lose the Resident Evil - esque camera angles or would it be like RE4 and have a good OTS view?

I'm thinking either a resi 4 style or one similar to batman where outside of combat it is over you're shoulder the zooms out for the combat.

 

[CymTyr]

I would resurrect Wasteland with a fully reimagined and updated version of the original. It would be like what Mr. Fargo did with The Bard's Tale, only not suck.

 

[Xenowolf]

But also i think Crash Bandcicoot, but NOT the way the guys did with Mind Over Mutant, a new Crash game should be done with the characters keeping their original designs and personalities from the earlier games.

That was actually meant to happen [http://www.unseen64.net/2011/07/25/crash-bandicoot-2010-cancelled-xbox-360-ps3-wii/], but it was canceled because of Activision laying off the team working on it. Also, as a correction, the character redesigns happened with Crash of the Titans (Mind Over Mutant was the sequel to Titans).

 

[efrafa_6]

Wasteland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasteland_(video_game)

 

[Spookimitsu]

Tenchu could use a reboot too, and I mean a real reboot. Tenchu Z doesn't count, I don't know what they were thinking when they drafted that idea but I couldn't get through half of it, complete disconnect from the original. Not that embarking from the original game is a bad idea, but it has to be, well, an improvement.

I too was definitely thinking Tenchu. The series died with wrath of Heaven, which was one of my favourite titles of yesteryear. Tenchu Z was amusing online, but I felt like it had no soul, and I know From Software is capable of so much more.

Either that or give me a next gen multiplayer high quality Shinobido that doesn't require a handheld console.

Tenchu Shadow Assassins doesn't count. That game was poo (wii)

I'd still like to see Onimusha again also. But, having returned to the last few incarnations of the series, the game engine definitely needs something.... more... to shake off the repetitive redundancy.

So there it is. Acquire, From Software, Capcom.... Get to work! Call me!