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$50 + is a lot for consumers to pay for a game, and companies know that the mass market won’t buy anything for that price unless they’re confident it will be good (AKA a continuation of a game they already enjoy) ……..

So what games were great this year that were completely original, and were they swamped by franchise competition?

 

[PhatSaqs]

[crickets]

 

[Unison]

Katamari Damacy ?

 

[Kobun Heat]

KATAMARI DAMACYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Also Feel The Magic. And probably other stuff that I'm blanking on.

 

[Matlock]

Psi-Ops

 

[Teddman]

Some would say Fable, and some may bitch when you say Fable.

 

[Unison]

Technic Beat.

 

[sonycowboy]

Killzone
X-Men Legends (Licensed, but not a sequel or franchise, per se)
Transformers (same)
Riddick (not a VG franchise anyway)
Fable

 

[Gek54]

Or just check out the Sleeper Hit's thread.

 

[bobbyconover]

Technic Beat.

That's a sequel (to Technictix) and if you wanna get technical, it came out in 2002!

I guess it's all new in the US though.

 

[Of All Trades]

Full Spectrum Warrior
Ninja Gaiden (the NG franchise was basically dead)
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders (KUF was a rts on the PC that sucked and no one played)
The Suffering wasn't too shabby.