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[JinjoUnchained]

I'm talking about games that many expected to be the start of a big new IP, but then the latter never happened. Whether due to poor critical reception, commercial performance, dev being shut down, or other reasons, in any case, the first game failed to spawn sequels or follow-ups. Thus, a would-be new franchise became a one-off instead. Or maybe had some spin-offs, but no proper mainline follow-ups.

I'll give Nintendo Land as an example. It was hyped as the Wii U's answer to Wii Sports. The launch title and proof of concept for the new system's asynchronous local multiplayer. I liked the game a lot, but it didn't sell consoles and has been forgotten by many. In a world where the Wii U did better commercially, I could see DLC and sequels for Nintendo Land. As it is, it's likely a one-off and wasn't even available digitally for a long time.

 

[jem0208]

Evolve

 

[wheapon]

Knack

 

[Asd202]

DMCevil May Cry

 

[Hayama Akito]

Knack

I heard Knack 2 was confirmed or something like that.

 

[RealityPales]

Battleborn, seemingly.

 

[Comrade Crunch]

Brink.

 

[VilleEricson]

Too Human.

 

[SuperDowns]

Advent Rising

 

[AmuroChan]

The Order: 1886
Driveclub

 

[wheapon]

I heard Knack 2 was confirmed or something like that.

Well, I'll be damned.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/02/15/knack-sequel-coming-to-ps4-according-to-animators-resume

 

[N.Domixis]

The order
If no Sunset Overdrive 2 at e3 then this too.
nvm i think the order would be the only one since they planned all kinds of things and sony dropped them

 

[tskeeve]

The Order 1886. Wasn't it planned as a series from the start?

 

[gafneo]

Overstrike... I meant Fuse.

 

[TheMoon]

Nintendo Land is a weird example since I don't see how that was supposed to launch new franchise when all it did was appropriate existing franchises. Doesn't really fit the premise at all.

 

[thesonovabeach]

Haze.

 

[SSReborn]

Ryse?

 

[thekonamicode]

Advent Rising

(beaten)

 

[ciddative]

Eternal Darkness. There was a mock teaser for the sequel inside the game, and Dyack confirmed they planned more games in that universe

Shadow of the Eternals is a seperate IP

Too Human.

Came to post this

 

[catmincer]

Battleborn, seemingly.

Yeah. Anecdotally nobody I know has talked about this at all and tons of my friends played borderlands.

 

[AmuroChan]

The Order 1886. Wasn't it planned as a series from the start?

Almost certainly going by the ending. Also, that propriety engine couldn't have been cheap. You don't spend that much money on an engine like that to only use it once.

 

[Comrade Crunch]

I feel like The Order not being a franchise remains to be seen. Not enough time has passed.

Just look at Mirrors Edge, I never thought that game would get another entry or a "retry," but here we are.

 

[Archtreyz]

Prey

 

[Fury451]

Advent Rising

(beaten)

This is the one that I think of the most since there was a ton of Hullabaloo around it, being a sci-fi epic trilogy and all that stuff. Obviously crashed on the runway.

Too Human comes to mind, for similar reasons and with similar results.

 

[N.Domixis]

I feel like The Order not being a franchise remains to be seen. Not enough time has passed.

Just look at Mirrors Edge, I never thought that game would get another entry or a "retry," but here we are.

But didnt ME review well? The order was reviewed terribly.

 

[Winters_Solace]

Kingdom of Amalur?

 

[t1gerjaw]

The World Ends with You

 

[Saikyo]

Mighty Number 9

 

[blakep267]

Ryse?

I wonder if that's not more on Crytek for not giving up the IP to MS. There was supposed to be a sequel

 

[desmax]

The Guided Fate Paradox

It was supposed to be this new IP with a number of different titles, but it didn't do so well so they wrapped up the story in a cheaply made sequel and that was it

 

[PrivateRyan]

Overstrike... I meant Fuse.

Ahhhh. First time I've heard Fuse mentioned in a while. Shame because after all the trouble it went through, I actually quite enjoyed it.

 

[Akai__]

XIII unfounately.

Loved that game back in the day.

 

[Nanashrew]

Ristar :<

 

[univbee]

Doki Doki Panic

 

[Comrade Crunch]

But didnt ME review well? The order was reviewed terribly.

It reviewed pretty well, but sold pretty poorly.

Brings Bulletstorm to mind as well, it reviewed really well, but sold so badly that Epic cancelled all plans for a sequel. Luckily, PCF got the IP back, so there's still hope.

 

[jelly]

Army of Two got a big push and seemed to vanish.

Area 51.

 

[RowdyReverb]

Rage

 

[NealMcCauley]

I think Batman: Dark Tomorrow was meant to be, at least in the very early stages.

 

[Holundrian]

Hellgate London

 

[Fantomex]

Titanfall?

 

[JinjoUnchained]

Nintendo Land is a weird example since I don't see how that was supposed to launch new franchise when all it did was appropriate existing franchises. Doesn't really fit the premise at all.

Well I mention it because it seems pretty bare-bones, so there is a lot they could have done with a sequel. If Wii U had been a hit and Nintendo Land had sold 20M+ like its' Wii predecessors, then you can be sure we'd see Nintendo Land 2. NL2 could feature more Nintendo IP, park customization options, and some online functionality. We didn't even get DLC for Nintendo Land!

 

[Comrade Crunch]

Titanfall?

Titanfall 2 is confirmed as a real thing.

 

[Glowsquid]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/StillbornFranchise/VideoGames

I'm still amused that they were so confident in Brute Force they did a goddamn novel (Halo was promoted the same way):

 

[SimpleCRIPPLE]

Evolve - but i think they'll try again

The Order:1886 - this one is dead.

Too Human - another one that's dead

Sunset Overdrive - I think MS will hold this one in it's pocket and bring it back later when they need it. Like Crackdown.

 

[Putty]

Manic Miner.

 

[esmith08734]

It reviewed pretty well, but sold pretty poorly.

Brings Bulletstorm to mind as well, it reviewed really well, but sold so badly that Epic cancelled all plans for a sequel. Luckily, PCF got the IP back, so there's still hope.

Mirror's Edge sold okay, north of 2 million copies. Granted it was multi-plat. I agree, though. I didn't expect a sequel.

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

DMCevil May Cry

Good one. Was supposed to be a reboot, but it seems they're backtracking on that pretty badly.

The World Ends with You

Hmm... TWEWY always seemed like a one-off to me. Though there were the hints later with the iOS port, Kingdom Hearts appearance, that was well after the original release.

 

[SSReborn]

Heavenly Sword?

 

[Archtreyz]

Army of Two got a big push and seemed to vanish.

Area 51.

Area 51 had a few sequels and Army of Two certainly was a franchise with 3 entries

 

[Kerotan Frog]

Too Human thread? Too Human thread.

They oversold it and tried to make it a trilogy from the get go. Was pretty clunky and awful tbh.