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What's the worst game in the franchise?

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Van Bur3n

Member
RPGam3r said:
Final Fantasy IV (excluding MMO entries)
Fallout 1
Dark Souls 3 (Bloodborne if we call it Soulsborne)
Mass Effect 1
Metal Gear Soild 3
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A

ActWan

Member
I might forget some franchises but:
MGS - Peace Walker
Max Payne - 2
Resident Evil - 5
The Witcher - 2
God of War - 1
Far Cry - 3
Killzone - Shadow Fall
Fallout - 4
Uncharted - 1
 
Plumpbiscuit

Plumpbiscuit

Member
FFXIII
Resident Evil 7
DmC
Mass Effect 3
Tomb Raider 2013
Battlefield 3
GTA5

All God awful games that need a serious re-think to make their franchises interesting again.
 
CEJames

CEJames

Member
Tales of Franchise - Tales of Zesteria but Symphonia 2 might be worse.
Final Fantasy Franchise - Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Sword Art Online Franchise - Re: Hollow Fragment (Cooldowns....wtf)
Legend of Heroes Franchise - Everything before Trails in the Sky
Dynasty Warriors Franchise - Dynasty Warriors 6
Suikoden Franchise - Suikoden 4
Fire Emblem Franchise - Shadow Dragon
Star Wars Franchise - EA's Battlefront, oh and Knights of the Old Republic 2
Kingdom Hearts Franchise - Chain of Memories(Gameboy version)
 
L

LinkSlayer64

Member
I can't really choose a worst for really any games if I'm going off games I've played.

I played Wind Waker out of obligation and didn't really love it, but it wasn't the worst game.

Sonic Adventure 2 was fun at times, but I feel the mistakes they made with it after SA1 are unforgivable. I actually really enjoyed Sonic Heroes. 06 is obvious, but I haven't played it.

Super Mario Galaxy wasn't as fun to me as Sunshine or or 64, but it was still good.

Oh, I genuinely didn't like Half-Life 1, but I really like 2 and tried it after, but I also understand the impact it had at the time.

Kingdom Hearts 3DS was boring, and I haven't played Recoded.

So, really, choosing "worst" is hard, because I still value the enjoyable parts of the games.

crookedaxis said:
Beautiful Katamari
FEAR 3
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams
Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
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Why do you say Beautiful if I may ask? I enjoyed it a ton, and honestly found Forever more frustrating due to the jump mechanic they added that never worked when I wanted it to and always went off when I didn't. Still enjoyed the game regardless.
 
Strangelove77

Strangelove77

Member
GTA4
Resident Evil 0
Mass Effect 1
Dragon Age 2
Final Fantasy 13
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Devil May Cry 2
Assassin's Creed 3
Bioshock 2
NEW Super Mario Bros.(2D Mario)
Kingdom Hearts DDD
LoZ: Twilight Princess
 
D

dreamfall

Member
All these GTA IV responses - I think that's my favorite game in the series right next to Vice City !

I'd say Dark Souls II. Dragon Age 2. NBA Street Volume 3. And Def Jam: Icon - what a travesty!
 
TriAceJP

TriAceJP

Member
CEJames said:
Tales of Franchise - Tales of Zesteria but Symphonia 2 might be worse.
Final Fantasy Franchise - Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Sword Art Online Franchise - Re: Hollow Fragment (Cooldowns....wtf)
Legend of Heroes Franchise - Everything before Trails in the Sky
Dynasty Warriors Franchise - Dynasty Warriors 6
Suikoden Franchise - Suikoden 4
Fire Emblem Franchise - Shadow Dragon
Star Wars Franchise - EA's Battlefront, oh and Knights of the Old Republic 2
Kingdom Hearts Franchise - Chain of Memories(Gameboy version)
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You got to be trolling.
 
R

RedRum

Banned
RoyaleDuke said:
SMT: Devil Survivor Series. Hate it, I'd rather play FE. Also don't like persona but I'm trying.
Persona V looks so cool.

MGS: Still MGS4 or MGS2 for me, MGS1, 3, and V are god tier.

Mario: SM64

FF: All of them

Paper Mario: everything post TTYD except Paper Jam even though that is technically more of a M&L game.

Reisdent Evil: 4,5,6 and Revelations 2 pretty much ruined the series, but at least Capcom might finally be righting the ship.

Thief: The fourth one, Thi4f or whatever it was with the weird edgy version of Garret

ME: ME2 was the beginning of the end for the series
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M

miller.skippins

Banned
Greddleok said:
MGS1. It controls like ass, especially some of the boss fights. It's story is just terrible anime bullshit, oh and its preachy as all hell.

MGS1 made me skip cut scenes like crazy because of how long and ham fisted they were.
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why do you even continue to play the MGS series if you don't like MGS1? dafuq am i reading.
 
M

myco666

Member
Resident Evil Revelations

Mediocre game all around and all the new characters are awful.

MGS Peace Walker

It is always cool that developers try new things with their series. Making MGS a Monster Hunter game isn't a good idea.
 
E

ElephantShell

Banned
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Uncharted
Batman Arkham Origins - Batman Arkham Series

Both good games but not as good as the rest of the series.
 
J

Jangowuzhere

Banned
Arkham Origins

It's Arkham City again, except not good. I don't understand the people who defend this game. Other then the boss fights (which are vastly superior to anything Rocksteady has made), everything else is just straight up rubbish.

Like, come on, they somehow took the godly combat of the Arkham series and fucked it up super hard. How do you do that?
 
//ARCANUM

//ARCANUM

Member
NinjaCoachZ said:
Going from 999 and VLR to ZTD is by far the most intense whiplash I have ever faced from a single series. Still can't believe how hard they dropped the ball on it.
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I don't find VLR or ZTD to be BAD by any stretch, but I think the games do get progressively worse. I think 999 = masterpiece, VLR = great, and ZTD = good. So technically, yes I agree ZTD is the worst, but to me it's still a good game.
 
B

badrang

Member
FFXIII
Fallout 3
Bioshock Infinite
Borderlands PreSquel
DMC2
Gears 2
Halo 5
Mass Effect 2
Diablo 3
Max Payne 3
Splinter Cell Conviction
Resident Evil CVX
Zelda Twilight Princess
Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness
The Witcher 2
 
W

watershed

Banned
I think MGS4 was a true low point for the series up until then, but I haven't played MGS5 and MGS2 had a lot of problems as well. So in a way, its only MGS1 and MGS3 that are great games.
 
AudioEppa

AudioEppa

Member
MGS 2
It was cool seeing characters return, but everything else was a blur. Never played 5 and not going too.

Uncharted 2
I really really hated the main villain and his boss fight. It was nice seeing the main three characters again. But the overall story was just blah. A couple of cool locations and a few nice action sequences could not save it.

COD Black Ops 3
You had my heart Treyarch with BO2... then you broke it.

Broken Sword 3/4
I appreciated getting more games in the series. But still those two particular games just felt empty of that magic from the first two games. I still need to finish 5.

GTA Vice City
I love the music. I love the characters. But I really hated the story as it was progressing. Tommy is such a boss. Just so unrealistic of him going around doing a bunch of low level shit later in the story when he could pay other people to do. My biggest pet peeve with games like this is rising to the top and it's still being everybody's bitch. Like can I have a driver please? Damn. If I'm a crime boss on the rise, why would I have myself out in the open so easily to get capped by the enemy's soldiers. Maybe it's not considered super entertaining, but fuck it. Try something different.

Also I saw Scarface for the first time right before VC came out.. 😂 Talk about odd timing. I was rolling my eyes at that boss fight at his manson. I was like this looks familiar 🤔
 
K

Kain-Nosgoth

Member
Zelda : Twilight Princess
Megaman : Megaman X7
Final Fantasy : Final Fantasy XIII-3
Metroid : Metroid Other M
Tales of : Tales of Zestria
Mario : New super mario bros Wii
Silent hill : Silent hill Homecoming
Metal gear : Metal gear solid : OPS
 
C

Cepheus

Member
Smash Bros: Melee
Street Fighter: Street Fighter (1). But if there wasn't an SF1 there wouldn't be an SF2 so I respect it for that. Apparently it was well-received at the time anyway.
Mario: Galaxy 2. Felt like a Yoshi expansion pack for the first game and I hated how they got rid of the hub world.
 
A

AdequateSubject

Member
Soul Calibur IV

I know many people consider V to be the worst, but I thought that it took steps in the right direction with less defensive fighting and vastly improved character balance.

Soul Calibur IV, on the other hand, had such awful character balancing that it left a permanent bad taste in my mouth. Hilde in IV is one of the most overpowered characters in the history of fighting games, eclipsing even Sophitia in Soul Calibur III who we thought was bad enough at the time. And they nerfed my main Maxi to a complete joke. It was fun maining Zasalamel instead though, so I guess there's that.

Also there was the thoroughly awkward inclusion of Star Wars characters.
 
T

Toad.T

Banned
The worst from each franchise represented in Smash:

Mario: New Super Mario Brothers
Yoshi: Yoshi's New Island
Wario: Wario Master of Disguise
DK: Donkey Konga 2
Mr Game and Watch: Game Boy Gallery (EU)
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Metroid: Metroid Other M
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragons
Kirby: Kirby Squeak Squad
Punch-Out!!: Arm Wrestling
Star Fox: Star Fox Zero
Pokemon: X and Y
Duck Hunt: Duck Hunt (By Default)
R.O.B: Stack Ops
Mother: Mother 1
F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
Animal Crossing: Amiibo festival
Pikmin: Pikmin 1
Wii Fit: Wii Fit U
Xenoblade: Xenoblade Chronicles X
Ice Climber: Ice Climber (Again, By Default)
Pacman: Pac Man World 3
Megaman Classic: Megaman 8
Sonic: Sonic '06
Street Fighter: Street Fighter 1
Final Fantasy: XIII
Bayonetta: ...does the browser game count? If not, then Bayoneta 1 by virtue of their being only two.
Metal Gear: Snakes Revenge (NES)
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
Metal Gear Solid 4, by a country mile

Final Fantasy VIII

Super Mario Sunshine

Zelda; Spirit Tracks

Silent Hill: Downpour

Resident Evil 6

Def Jam Icon

Touch my Katamari

Yakuza; Dead Souls (still fun though!)

Xenosaga II

ToeJam & Earl II: Panic on Funkotron

Phantasy Star III: Generations of DOOM

Alex Kidd: Lost Stars

Fight Night Round 4

OutRunners

Castlevania Judgment

Golden Axe III

RPGam3r said:
if we call it Soulsborne)
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we never can, and never will
also, terrible list
 
H

His Majesty

Banned
Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Beyond Divinity
Dark Souls 3
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Dragon Age II
Fallout 4
Gothic 1 (there is no Gothic 4)
GTA IV
Mass Effect 3
Neverwinter Nights 1
Risen 2
Shadowrun Returns
Splinter Cell: Conviction
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
The Witcher 2
Thief
 
C

ChouGoku

Member
Plumpbiscuit said:
FFXIII
Resident Evil 7
DmC
Mass Effect 3
Tomb Raider 2013
Battlefield 3
GTA5

All God awful games that need a serious re-think to make their franchises interesting again.
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Cant you just say you dont like these ones, a few of these games sold really well and are critically acclaimed. One of them is one of the best selling games of all time and has constant players. I doubt they need a serious rethink, and I think the Ballad of Gay Tony was the best GTA I've played and wish they would do a game like that again but the people have spoken.
 
O

Octavianus

Banned
Alright

-Mega Man X6
-Fallout 4 (didn't think it was possible to make a game that's worse than 3... but leave it to Bethesda)
-Doom 2016
-Metroid: Other M
-Final Fantasy XIII
-Star Fox Command
-Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros
-Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
-Devil May Cry 2
-Shin Megami Tensei IV
-Yoshi's New Island
-X-COM: Enforcer
 
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