OldJadedGamer
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As soon as he stopped appearing in the games they should have ended it and called it something else.
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ScrewAttack's Top 10 Franchises That Need To Die
- Thread starter Vire
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As soon as he stopped appearing in the games they should have ended it and called it something else.
Lets discuss this with pistols at dawn!
Not a bad list, but I wouldn't necessarily put Halo in there until we see how Halo 4 ends up. They just don't seem to understand "Madden" though, and that's coming from someone who hasn't actually bought one since PS1 times. A shame to see KH's on there, I don't want to see it die until a proper HD-console version hits and finishes off the series for good, but all those knock-offs can diaf I guess. Speaking of knock-offs, anything with Mario in it that's not actually a legit Mario game should be on there too.
ElRenoRaven
Member
Pistols? I don't use no stinkin pistols. I use Fire Flowers.
djplaeskool
Member
Nobody is going to buy a Chris Collinsworth NFL game or a Mike Tirico NFL game.
...I'd probably buy a Ron Jaworski NFL game though.
I know, I know, the name really doesn't mean anything nowadays.
OmnipotentO
Member
MGS and Sonic are the obvious omissions. Replace Lego and Halo with those 2 and you'd get a list I can agree with.
Barkley's Justice
Member
Assassin's Creed
Resident Evil
God of War
Resident Evil
God of War
Hahahahahaha holy shit that would be the most boring game ever.
Vire
Member
It actually has a sexual assault mini game in it.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
Someone hating what's popular?
SHOCKING!
SHOCKING!
The Albatross
Member
Madden should stay Madden. When he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, a lot of articles noted that he was pretty much more well known for being associated with the videogame than anything he did in his coaching & broadcasting career.
Red Blaster
Member
I'm surprised Mass Effect didn't make the list but I suppose you could argue ME3 killed the series.
They were taking shots at the hipsters who hate cod just because it's successful. They included it as that's the way to shut those people up. I agree even if how they said it was obnoxious and cringeworthy.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
"If Halo is on here, I'm gonna..."
*clicks*
Appropriate response.
Seriously? Die? How about just be reinvented a bit (i.e. Halo 4).
Where are Mario, Mario Tennis, Mario Party, Mario Galaxy, Mario Golf, Mario & Luigi, New Super Mario Bros, Mario Sunshine, Mario Paper, Mario 3D, Mario meets Angry Birds, and Mario 2: Electric Bugaloo?
why does not caring about something mean it should die/disappear/whatever? i don't care about some of these franchises but it's not like i think they should go away.
smh.
Because those franchises are for [disparaging term for a group that doesn't share my tastes]. Can't you see that they're killing the industry by [liking things that I don't like]?
ThatStupidLion
Member
I don't play it, but why Madden? I understand the whole annual game, but that game alone IS american football genre for sports gaming. There is simply nothing to replace it with.
flyinpiranha
Member
This is just stupid. I won't even click the list to see their reasoning. Wishing any game that somebody else enjoys be "gone" is just the epitome of idiocy.
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Why Halo?
I can understand maybe wanting to see some of these franchises take an extended break, but who in their right mind wants to see them killed?!
Screw Attack can go screw itself.
I can understand maybe wanting to see some of these franchises take an extended break, but who in their right mind wants to see them killed?!
Screw Attack can go screw itself.
Criminal Upper
Banned
Why are you considering Screw Attack gaming journalists? They're a bunch of unfunny fanboys who make really bad lists.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Isn't this every game though?
EDIT: Yeah I know...beaten to death.
So much DW disrespect as well. smh.
Most of those games you listed are very different. Hell most of them span different genres. And practically all of them are great games.
And I also don't see why Halo should be the first in the list. Most games in the series are great imo. They are of a higher caliber then COD. Hell I think it's the best console exclusive FPS series there is.
I'm not that big a fan of the series. But I don't understand the hate it gets. Unlike COD it was still a series that put gameplay first.
IpsoFacto
Member
I don't know exactly what was the criteria they used for the list.
I can understand the oversaturation of a certain franchise, however... If that's the case, I could name a few Nintendo franchises that have been released over the years with minimal improvements. And any one of 'em would've been a perfect fit for the list.
Now, if they are including licensed games based on TV and cartoons they would more spots, because 10 spots is not enough for the garbage that has been released in recent times.
And not just Dragon Ball...
I can understand the oversaturation of a certain franchise, however... If that's the case, I could name a few Nintendo franchises that have been released over the years with minimal improvements. And any one of 'em would've been a perfect fit for the list.
Now, if they are including licensed games based on TV and cartoons they would more spots, because 10 spots is not enough for the garbage that has been released in recent times.
And not just Dragon Ball...
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
The madden licensing thing always pisses me off. I don't play football games and still wouldn't if other companies got to use real NFL teams in their games again, so it doesn't affect me personally.
But still there is just something.. so... wrong about that licensing deal. It is just wrong...
But still there is just something.. so... wrong about that licensing deal. It is just wrong...
Tallshortman
Member
It really isn't. While it's a very major franchise it's certainly not going to make or break the 360 or the next xbox like the first one did due to entirely different circumstances. Nintendo relies heavily on their first party games, more so than the other big 2, due to lack of quality 3rd party support in comparison.
OldJadedGamer
Banned
NHL, NBA, Fifa, and MLB games sell just fine.
If they were hipsters they would be playing the Atari 2600 or NES.
Even the team who created it knew it was time to move on.
"If Dynasty Warriors is on here, I'm gonna..."
*clicks*
Well, it's not like Dynasty Warrior is a franchise. It's just a reiteration of the same game over and over
It needs to die.
Rahxephon91
Banned
They said it was the last one to approach as close to universal praise as possible. Which is probably true.