The Franchise Machine

[DavidtheDeadPhilosopher]

My main point still stands. A lot of Sonic's games haven't been great, and Sega/Sonic Team have yet to consistently put out good Sonic games. Which ones are good and when exactly the decline started depends, as always, on everyone's individual opinions.

Although, tbh, I haven't played Colors.

eh, depending on who you talk to they havn't made a bad game since Unleashed. Granted, not everybody likes what they did in Lost World, but I wouldn't consider the game bad by any stretch. Of course, this is coming from someone who genuinely enjoyed both Unleashed and Sonic and the Black Knight, so maybe I'm just more forgiving when it comes to games. I'd rather see Sega do something different and fail (slightly), then churn out the same safe game, year after year after year.

Call of Duty is the obvious whipping boy, and really anything that can be discussed about it is generally well known. I'd argue that returning to it's roots might save it, but eh, that won't make them much money.

I think one series that should stay done is Soul Blade/Soul Calibur. I guess this could hold true to other fighting franchises, but Soul Calibur in particular has just lost it's spark. I think the last time I enjoyed the frachise was Soul Calibur III, I tolerated 4, and I didn't particularly enjoy 5. The PsP title was meh.

I guess, another series I would like to see taken out to the shed would be Castlevania, at least in it's current rebooted state. I didn't really despise it. It's just not nearly as good as some of the previous entries, and Castlevania just doesn't really work in 3D without feeling like it's borrowing from other games. Lords of Shadow really didn't have anything new to bring to the table, and I don't feel like it's sequel will change anything. It also didn't help that the 2D game they did release under the new branding was just dreadful.

 

[Aeroblast]

Call of Duty, no question about that. Extremely overrated by critics.

Im quite suprised im the only one who said EA, since they did some really horrible things aswell, even worse than CoD imo.

Even though this thread isn't about a company, I agree. As good as some EA games are, their greed often consumes their ability to make quality products.

 

[markko]

Call of duty !!! of curse

 

[DowntownDumpling]

This isn't a franchise, but I'd like to put the kibosh on spin-off movie games, i.e. games based on movie series but not tied to any specific film. Once in a while I find a movie game I enjoy, like Cars and Madagascar, but as for the ones like Madagascar Karts or whatever... I mean, are they really necessary? In my experience they've always felt profoundly half-a*sed.

Of course, this is coming from someone who genuinely enjoyed both Unleashed and Sonic and the Black Knight, so maybe I'm just more forgiving when it comes to games.

It's both possible and defensible to simply have a different taste in games within a franchise, rather than to simply like each of them more than the average player does by a certain amount, you know. I love Shadow the Hedgehog for a number of reasons, but I don't think Sonic Adventure 2 or Sonic Generations are anything to write home about, although they're certainly solid.

I'd rather see Sega do something different and fail (slightly), then churn out the same safe game, year after year after year.

This is honestly the main reason I've stuck with the series and defend it so.

Although, Lost Worlds problem is its lack of focus. If it was more polished and focused, it would have been pretty great, so there's that...

Really? I mean, I don't mean to discount your opinion, but what's far and away most often called out about it is the physics, specifically the parkour mechanic. The visuals, in contrast, are said (and I agree) to be among the most pleasing on the Wii U. (Although maybe this isn't what you meant by "polished.")

But, only Colors and Generations were any good. Lost Worlds ended up being pretty bad, so I can't say I disagree on Sonic being on this.

You'd pull the plug on a franchise for it coming out with one bad game after two you liked, even when those had been immediately preceded by dozens you hated? Wow, you're cynical. ^_^

What really gets me is when people say Sonic Lost World and Sonic Colors are ripoffs of Super Mario Galaxy, when Mad Space from Sonic Adventure 2 did it years earlier.

 

[New Eden]

Saying CoD needs to die is like saying you want Madden to go away. It's not going to happen until the money making makes a steep decline. Honestly I'd only want CoD to go so all the complaining that it needs to die can end already. That's honestly more annoying than the games themselves.

I think Halo needs to go though. After 3 the series kinda began to go down the toilet, especially after Bungie handed it over to Microsoft themselves. If you ask me, I thought 4 was awful.

 

[acatfrommars]

Call of Duty. Then I wouldn't have to worry about my brother and his fanboys.
Or Cooking Mama just cause.