Goldenroad
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Mercenaries
Zelda
Final Fantasy
Silent Hill
Resident Evil
God of War
Fable
Metroid
Zelda
Final Fantasy
Silent Hill
Resident Evil
God of War
Fable
Metroid
In your opinion, the franchises that went down hill this gen?
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pants
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From 4 - 6 is like going from eating the finest steaks and sushi to dumpster diving. Even if you didnt really like 1, 2, 3 they were on PSX/Saturn so yeah
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Uh....
But anyways,
Splinter Cell
Zelda
Socom
Resident evil
KOTOR (though I like SWTOR)
Ace Combat
Armored Core
Joeshabadoo
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Silent Hill has had two great entries in Shattered Memories (when played on the Wii) and Downpour, so I can't agree with people throwing that one out there
shinobi602
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Can't really think of any to be honest.
I would say FF but I haven't played much of them this gen.
I would say FF but I haven't played much of them this gen.
Most of us do too. We're just allergic to bad games which applies to most of the ones being listed in this thread.
The mainline Mario franchise is the only one that I can think of where the quality has gone up this gen. All my other favourite franchises have deteriorated.
On the bright side, there have been quite a few new games and series that I enjoyed.
That said, within those new series, quality has often gone down within this gen.
Damn.
On the bright side, there have been quite a few new games and series that I enjoyed.
That said, within those new series, quality has often gone down within this gen.
Damn.
Sir_Crocodile
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Listing the ones that didn't would probably be a shorter list...
But of the ones most dear to me:
Metroid
Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Castlevania
But of the ones most dear to me:
Metroid
Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest
Castlevania
Avallon
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There was a resurgence in good fighting games this gen, ushered in by Street Fighter IV. What are you talking about?
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition 2012
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Mortal Kombat 9
King of Fighters XIII
All great games in existing franchises.
Kazuma Kiryu
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silent hill
resident evil
final fantasy
uncharted 3 was a step back in a few ways imo
splinter cell
assassin's creed is taking a disappointing direction too with revelations and 3
devil may cry (the new one looks god awful)
and i'm sure i'm missing a few others but these are the ones that come to mind.
resident evil
final fantasy
uncharted 3 was a step back in a few ways imo
splinter cell
assassin's creed is taking a disappointing direction too with revelations and 3
devil may cry (the new one looks god awful)
and i'm sure i'm missing a few others but these are the ones that come to mind.
Indeed. And Devil May Cry.
Damn this generation was horrible, the worst moments of gaming I ever saw.
doniewhalberg
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Is the hate for how FF has gone just a western thing, or are the Japanese fans just as disappointed as most of us seem to be? Because I keep thinking "Well, at least once the whole XIII thing is done and out their system, there's a chance" but if it's just as popular over there, I doubt they'll have much motivation? How did xiii-2 sell in comparison to previous games? This is the first time in a long time I've even gave the FF series some consideration haha.
KojiKnight
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Maybe it's not the games, maybe you've just gotten bigger. (cadbury egg reference!)
CrazedProfessional
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Halo, Gears of War, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Megaman, Call of Duty, Counter Strike, Civilization, Devil May Cry, Bioshock, Dragon Age.
Avallon
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Devil May Cry 4 was good. DMC is not out, and therefore cannot be judged. I don't get this hate for modern gaming...
Acquiescence
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Splinter Cell has been royally buggered this gen, even to the point where the previous gen version of Double Agent was excellent whereas the current-gen one was just a shell of it.
Avallon
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Every fighting game? What are you smoking? You gotta explain this one buddy...
KojiKnight
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Bolded all the series that started this generation... They didn't exist during the PS2/GCN/x-box generation and thus couldn't have gotten worse since the last one
FFXIII-2 sold really bad I think
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
For me, I could only really say 3 big ones:
Final Fantasy (needs no explanation)
Silent Hill (needs even less explanation)
Ninja Gaiden - tricky. Ninja Gaiden II is good, in both versions. The situation with NGIII is all screwed up sadly.
I guess I could add Megaman. Not sure it qualifies though - does Megaman still exist?
Final Fantasy (needs no explanation)
Silent Hill (needs even less explanation)
Ninja Gaiden - tricky. Ninja Gaiden II is good, in both versions. The situation with NGIII is all screwed up sadly.
I guess I could add Megaman. Not sure it qualifies though - does Megaman still exist?
mugoldeneagle03
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Madden, SOCOM, and Call of Duty are the main ones for me. The first two franchises I mentioned were far superior on PS2 IMO, and what hurts the most is they had zero excuses to not release a quality product on PS3.
CoD I'm sure we're probably all on the same page.
CoD I'm sure we're probably all on the same page.
Dark Octave
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yeahI just miss the magic of the past.
50 posts on the first page and exactly 25 of them mention Final Fantasy as a franchise that went downhill this gen.
I hope SquareEnix is looking and soaking this in. I hope other communities make a thread like this too. If poor sales figures aren't enough, it needs to be hammered home that they are destroying a once beloved franchise.
AwayFromInfinityx
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Resident evil
Final fantasy
NBA Live
Splinter cell
Final fantasy
NBA Live
Splinter cell
I'm laughing at all of the current generation series that people are listing.
Yeah FF used to be a tradition for me but after 13 and what they've been doing since then I'm hard pressed to think of a more worthless franchise now. It's completely dead to me now.
Yeah FF used to be a tradition for me but after 13 and what they've been doing since then I'm hard pressed to think of a more worthless franchise now. It's completely dead to me now.
CrazedProfessional
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Bolded all the series that started this generation... They didn't exist during the PS2/GCN/x-box generation and thus couldn't have gotten worse since the last one
They may have started this gen but they have also taken a turn for the worse. I want to mention them because I am mad.
I love gaming, as in playing good games. What I don't love is watching most of my favorite franchises being taken in shitty directions and streamlined for casuals. Unfortunately, that has been the case with the vast majority of franchises that extended into this gen.
Everyone has different tastes, but I don't see how anyone could argue against most of the nominations in this thread (FF, Splinter Cell, Hitman, Resident Evil, Silent Hill... etc.).
toastyToast
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The funniest part about FFs decline is fools made $400-600 bets on that shit
Meccanical
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Avallon
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The Witcher didn't exist until this generation and only got better with 2.
There were no Persona games on console this generation.
Mario has gotten worse lately, but many would argue that Galaxy 1 and 2 were great.
There is nothing wrong with Starcraft 2.
The Halo series is fine (although I can't speak for Halo 4 because I have not played it).
Final Fantasy wins by a long long way, going from a game series that I would take a week off work to play to one that I just can't bring myself to play at all any more. It has developers fixated on how many pixels each strand of hair and zipper is and wank-fantasy emo characters with swimsuit DLC and legs going up to their armpits, rather than being RPGs that just allow you to explore a fantastical world at your own pace. From system-selling, gaming event of the year to something just embarassing, continually championing a nonsensical twisted story and lead character barely anyone cares about just because the director is in love with the protagonist he created. The best thing they could learn from this is restraint. Just because you can cook up several hours of cut-scene claptrap and characters with enough unresolved angst to last for three games, doesn't mean you should. The parties of every other FF mean far more to me and they only had one game each and a story you could write on the back of a coaster.
Star Ocean. The less said the better. Just... awful.
Dragon Quest. Online multiplayer for the loss of decent party NPCs? No thanks.
Front Mission. Not an SRPG any more, now a generic shooter. No thanks.
Ones I thought were about the same
Castlevania- Order of Ecclesia and Lords of Shadow are pretty good games. I know everyone loves SOTN, but that was 15 years ago, and there have been plenty of decent Castlevania games since. Lets just draw a veil over that Wii fighting game though. Castlevania is a series that still has a lot of potential.
In the interest of balance, ones I thought got better
Contra. Hard Corps: Uprising, Rebirth and Contra IV are worthy successors to the games of the 80s and early 90s.
Fallout. I'm sure plenty will disagree, but I found Fallout NV to be one of my favourite RPGs.
Star Ocean. The less said the better. Just... awful.
Dragon Quest. Online multiplayer for the loss of decent party NPCs? No thanks.
Front Mission. Not an SRPG any more, now a generic shooter. No thanks.
Ones I thought were about the same
Castlevania- Order of Ecclesia and Lords of Shadow are pretty good games. I know everyone loves SOTN, but that was 15 years ago, and there have been plenty of decent Castlevania games since. Lets just draw a veil over that Wii fighting game though. Castlevania is a series that still has a lot of potential.
In the interest of balance, ones I thought got better
Contra. Hard Corps: Uprising, Rebirth and Contra IV are worthy successors to the games of the 80s and early 90s.
Fallout. I'm sure plenty will disagree, but I found Fallout NV to be one of my favourite RPGs.
I love this post.