10 Game Franchises That GOT WORSE

Some video game franchises start strong and diminish over time with sequels and reboots.
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0:00 Intro
0:13 Number 10
2:11 Number 9
4:20 Number 8
5:42 Number 7
7:25 Number 6
8:48 Number 5
10:50 Number 4
12:39 Number 3
14:11 Number 2
15:07 Number 1

[@alexandrebarsky4941]

Assassins Creed... Ohh dear..

[@kingjabon]

Assasins creed was never good to begin with.

[@liquidsword601]

@@kingjabon🧢

[@mtnman8783]

Assassin's Creed was amazing untill Odyssey. The last two really killed it

[@jmxarcx1173]

Then why did it get game of the year nominations???? Assassin's creed is amazing you just suck at those games.

[@YesNo-yl6ws]

@@kingjabonYou don’t like Assassin’s Creed 2, Brotherhood or Black Flag?

[@depoant]

Nice video Jake, how about a video with 10 games that saved their franchises from a bad streak of releases

[@williambryant7686]

I second this!

[@awesomeabomination2146]

That would be quite nice actually

[@Tatoebot]

There’re not any 😂

[@FatherDinny]

Can you give an example? I’m genuinely curious as i can’t think of any

[@jmann6368]

@@FatherDinny I heard Sonic Frontiers was regarded a good game

[@spongebobfan78]

Remember, for every game that didn't get any continuation but you wish had one, there's an extremely big chance that, had that continuation happened, it would end up in this list.

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

Dude you're so correct you don't realize just how right you are. You just retorted every single "I wish this got a sequel" bot comment ever. Good stories know when to end and stay ended

[@XnerzTheNerd]

Now what about half life 2

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

@@XnerzTheNerd Things are different if it ends on a literal cliffhanger

[@alirezamodares5797]

Nah, midnight club 5 would have been amazing It's still a shame that Rockstar didn't release a new one

[@sirdan357]

@@XnerzTheNerd Valve themselves didn't think any of the prototypes lived up to their standards which is the reason why we don't have HL3.

[@Andy_Rose90]

I honestly feel that this is true for most big franchises. There are so many games I can instantly think of without having watched the video: Halo, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Diablo 4, Gears of War. All the latest games pale compared to earlier entries.

[@alexandrenabais6053]

Look, i never played any of those games you mention with the exception of Diablo 4, and i have played Diablo 3 and let me tell you something, its an unpopular opinion but i think Diablo 4 is so much better. I bought it in new years, and i can't stop playing. It's honestly so good, that i honestly don't understand why people hate it so much. It's one of the best video games i have ever played. Cut scene wise it's the best game i have ever played. Now i haven't ranked it yet on my all time list of favourite games, but from the top of my head is for sure gonna fall down between 2nd best and 5th best.

[@Andy_Rose90]

@@alexandrenabais6053 I'm talking about Diablo 2. I don't really care about 3.

[@ShaneDanger42069]

@@alexandrenabais6053Diablo 4 is awesome. People just like to complain for no reason

[@ShaneDanger42069]

The most recent Halo is excellent, as is Diablo 4

[@Andy_Rose90]

@@ShaneDanger42069 I'd day that's very debatable. I found the open world in Halo Infinite to be fairly boring. From what I've read they improved multiplayer a lot, by that point I already lost interest. Diablo 4 has an incredible art style, a great soundtrack and the combat mechanics are fun, but the character builds are lackluster compared to D2 where you could do some really whacky things with the correct gear. I haven't played D4 since season 1. Maybe now it has more depth.

[@bradridgway581]

Notice how so many franchises seemed to peaked around the mid 2000's. I think it's because gaming was a growing industry but not quite as large as it is now. It was more about building and growing franchises than appeasing shareholders. I consider myself lucky that I was a teenager at that time and got to experience that era at that age.

[@wtfiswiththosehandles]

I think it's because gaming was for enthusiasts until 2010 or so, then it became mainstream and casual. Games used to be hard and interesting, now they're mostly bland and easy. At least the ones from major developers. Lucky for us we have a huge indie game market these days, thanks to holy Gaben.

[@contramundi1]

guess what became popular around that time... social media. gaming was a relatively niche market that didn't have a huge following aside from actual gamers. then social media became a thing and all the casuals were introduced to gaming. it went from niche to mainstream in a few years. the thing with niche markets is that quality is paramount. selling bad quallity to a small audience has huge reprecusions. selling bad quality to a massive audience not as much. I think that is why gaming sucks these days.

[@Scribz1212]

Maybe you and Jake are just similar in age and are both the same level of jaded? Honestly even the "bad games" that release these days are more fun than the games of our youth, nostalgia is just a powerful thing

[@Scribz1212]

@@contramundi1 except 2o23 was probably the best year of gaming the industry has every had. Hogwarts legacy, Jedi survivor, tears of the kingdom, starfield, resident evil 4, Alan Wake 2, balfurs gate 3, spiderman 2, etc and I know I'm forgetting several great games from last year. The people that complain about the state of the gaming industry today vs 30 years ago is just an anhedonic curmudgeon wearing rose covered glasses and disillusioning themselves with the nostalgia. video games were not a niche market in the 90s and 00s, there's a reason the PS2 is still the best selling console of all time even though it was the PS3 generation that was introduced with social media. It only seemed niche to you at the time because you were a child. Gaming doesn't suck today, your ability to enjoy things in life does though

[@wtfiswiththosehandles]

@@Scribz1212 starfield lol. Easily one of the worst games.

[@viridianloom]

In a world where a franchise like Dark Souls has taken off and become so beloved, I'm genuinely surprised that Ninja Gaiden hasn't re-emerged. The controls for that game felt a little clunky and the enemies and level design were incredibly unforgiving, but much like dark souls, once you kind of figured things out and stuff clicked into place you were like "Actually, this has to be one of the best action games I've ever played."

[@theucheao]

Literally. My cousin was stuck on this horse rider boss, I def can’t remember who they were, but I remember beating the boss after just a few tries. One of the funnest fucking games.

[@theLikou1]

Because the creator was out and the team left were the ones that made Ninja Gaiden 3 and that was trash. Since then they made Nioh and that is way more successful than Ninja Gaiden ever was. Now they are making Rise of the Ronin. So Ninja Gaiden is probably a low priority for them.

[@Darkprosper]

Since you mentioned FromSoft games, Sekiro is probably better than any Ninja Gaiden resurrection would ever be. Though I'm not sure FromSoft will ever make it a series, so maybe it would have been nice...

[@ralphengland8559]

Ninja Gaiden Black is still highly playable.

[@JordonPatrickMears11211988]

I'd rather have a new tenchu game than a new ninja Gaiden. As other have said there's much better successors to ninja Gaiden. Tenchu hasn't really had any kind of successor.

[@tr0llz0r20]

It wasn't the biggest series but at least in the hood where i grew up the Def jam games were the shit, tight fighting, cool rappers, nice customization, the first game, vendetta, was absolute fuego, def jam ffny expanded its catalog of playable characters and added some better graphics and a few new mechanics and then def Jam icon came out, scrapped the whole blazing moves system that made the game so unique and cool in my opinion and they gutted it and made a basic ass fighting game with the ability to, and i shit you not, " dj scratch the air and influence the environment " the series died the day icon got released

[@chloebarnett4216]

If I remember correctly "Silent Hill: The Room" Actually started out as another horror game project and didn't get turned into a silent hill game until midway through which probably explains more or less why it feels less like a silent hill game. By reskinning it and calling it Silent Hill, they gave it a big reputation to live up to which was unfair all things considered. If you think of it as something separate it is actually a pretty good game and as stated many fans don't even need that motivation.

[@Iradicos]

I'm surprised Command & Conquer wasn't on this list. My favorite campaign was Red Alert 2, and favorite Skirmish mode was Generals Zero Hour. After C&C 3: Tiberium Wars, it went downhill fast. RA3 was too kitchy, and C&C4 was not only a departure from the C&C framework gameplay wise, the story ended with such a dud. I was a huge fan on MOH back in the day and replayed Allied Assault and Pacific Assault so many times.

[@NexuJin]

C&C serie actually had a decent run in RTS until C&C 3 showed up. It's a franchise that started in '95. C&C 3 wasn't their first failure in the franchise tho: Renegade comes to mind.

[@OneDollaBill]

Tiberium wars was solid imo. Maybe not as good as red alert 2 and generals and such but still solid game. Ra3 and anything after that is just garbage

[@shinrailp1416]

@@NexuJin Wouldn't really count Renegade though. First off it is actually kinda fun and it is a spinoff not part of the mainline games. But damn i miss good C&C, i played the shit out of Red Alert 2 and Yuris Revenge back in the day. And let's not talk about the mobile one...

[@Gatorade69]

The sequel to MoH Allied Assault was Call of Duty. Seriously, the team that made Allied Assault started Infinity Ward and made Call of Duty. They even ran on the same engine. Also yeah, Red Alert 2 was my favorite. Also where I started getting into game modding. My game had nuclear cows.

[@bossiestkarma948]

Red Alert 2 and Yuris Revenge are absolutely goated games and I've never found anything that scratches that itch since. If anyone's got suggestions I'm down, just don't tell me age of empires 😂 that's so whack

[@ntluck1592]

Honourable mentions should include Stronghold, Total War, Brothers in Arms, and Fifa

[@taytortwat]

I think fifa starting to include a story is quite a good next step. Yeah the story isn't great, but I'm happy they're trying it and the manager mode keeps improving

[@DescendingVelocity]

Unfortunately fifa was destined to eventually be bad once EA realized that the fans of that game will drop ungodly amounts of money on players

[@rubenrichardson22]

What, Hell's Highway is the best one. Also, FIFA is still really good just lacking any innovation.

[@FightCain]

@@rubenrichardson22 I think he’s referencing the cancelled Brothers in Arms game where it went Team Fortress 2

[@hudenough3475]

I don't play sports games and I'm not a FIFA person, but that's a good pick. That series has evolved so poorly that even I know about it, and like I just said, I'm not a sports gamer and I'm not a FIFA person, but the series has gone so downhill that even gamers like me know to steer their sporty friends away from it.

[@sylux70]

I really think Starfox should be on this list.

[@ryanmitchell2774]

I remember getting stuck on Kameo and then I played perfect dark zero and there’s an ad for Kameo on the game and it showed me the exact scene I was stuck on so I was able to go back onto Kameo to carry on the game. Bear in mind I was about 7 at the time so my recollection of the whole thing may be wonky

[@coldnightmare199]

Filed under never happened , got it

[@Evan858]

tbh I don't feel sorry for Volition at all. When the announced the new Saints Row nearly all of their fan base literally said "Oh wait, this looks like its gonna suck". Then they went on a years long campaign of fighting and making fun of their fans on Twitter and other socials, so they kinda got what they deserved. Also Medal of Honor Rising Sun was phenomenal. The Pearl Harbor intro still lives in my head to this day and im nearly 30

[@bumblenina3122]

Rising sun is one of my all time favourite games

[@Banjo-Oz]

Agreed. It's not like Volition put that game out without knowing what people were saying about it. It got badmouthed from the very start and they persisted in "no, you are all wrong, this will be awesome, shut up" then were surprised when everyone who said they thought it would suck said it sucked. Different from even something like Aliens: Colonial Marines or even The Last of Us 2, which faced backlash for the opposite reason (devs outright lied in trailers to make the game look better or different to what it was), so players were taken by surprise when they got something they didn't like. Nobody was surprised the Saints Row remake sucked, except Volition.

[@Evan858]

@@Banjo-Oz EXACTLY. I just really don't understand what the hell they were thinking when the entire fan base literally explained what they loved about the older games. They had the perfect formula in their hands, and the fans telling them that, and they just spit in our faces. Well, look what happened Volition!

[@milliog-man1858]

I'm surprised Socom and Homefront weren't mentioned.

[@Evan858]

@@milliog-man1858 you are actually 10000% right. I loved the first two Socom games so much, and Homefront was solid for me!

[@rayok_zed]

If you follow the development of fear 2 and 3 it will make some more sense. The companies that made the original fear split and both had the rights to the title and they both started working in fear 2 simultaneously. The fear 2 we know came out first and then the other company completely bought the rights and made their fear 2 into "f3ar". Fear 3 is a reworked game forced to be a sequel to 2 instead of 1.

[@Maowka]

FEAR 2 that we got was good.

[@AR-xd3dp]

You have to remember for saint's row,they were trying to get away from the "GTA clone" image that they unexpectedly gained when it was first released. For Ninja Gaiden and Dead Rising,they just had trouble with the new ideas and directions they tried

[@Rod579]

COD should be number 1

[@Notic.]

we're in an era of remakes so fuck it, I'd love to see a Deadrising 1 remake, I was too scared as a kid to leave the first couple sections of the mall and reset after every 72 hours just killing shit so fun

[@gameranxTV]

👆🏻

[@benjaminbonser2505]

That I'd love to see It's to the point I'd try editing and make a remake from scratch since the guy who did the hit and run remake did that I'd just wouldn't be able to release it

[@StinkleDink]

A dead rising remake is my dream, it doesn't need one but with the revivals and remakes Capcom has done for its other franchises over the last 5-ish years, it'd be extremely interesting to see how they tackle this one.

[@thequinlanshow3326]

I would love a Dead Rising remake because i have tried giving the game a go multiple times since it released over the years and every time I stop playing about an hour in and don't return. I absolutely despise the gameplay loop and the actual gameplay itself too, way too floaty

[@maxyw9366]

I agree and same here, i beat it eventually as a young teen but i was intimidated way back then to play it due to the timer, small windows to save everyone and difficulty, for my age at the time. But I feel if they added coop, for you and a buddy to roll through the campaign together, would be a fun option too as I know they didnt do coop until like 2 or 3

[@SamButler22]

Pro Evo. As a follow up to various ISS series and subseries; it really went after FIFA and was regularly getting better critical response. Something changed after they switched from numbered entries to years. When they did the whole backing away from games thing, they still put Pro Evo titles out since it was almost guaranteed yearly income, but the actual games were bare minimum efforts, until the series died and they replaced it with the free-to-play eFootball

[@kennetha6594]

I totally agree! PES 13 was the peak for me.

[@Craigo1987-yorkshire]

I used to play Iss on the PlayStation 2 getting stoned playing it were fun 😂

[@ChristianEckert80]

Great video as always. Like to see more of that 🙂 THPS on PS1 was my first Tony Hawk game but after THPS 2 the series got weaker in my opinion... But I was so happy with the remake that really brought back memories of spending nights with my buddies trying to get the best runs 🤩 And I don't think that Dead Rising 3 was that bad... Played it more than part 4 actually 😅

[@ssjgoat2786]

thps 3&4 were good games too and it got better when underground came our thps underground 2 was the best in the series with all the added stuff you could do but after that it went downhill big time thps5 was garabage

[@Welshie1]

Man, most of that list had me going "Oh yeah I remember this!....oh...yeah....that happened..." I remember going to a launch event for Perfect Dark Zero, even as a pre-teen, I knew that something was wrong with it. Was blown away by the 360s graphics, but I just knew Perfect Dark was a stinker.

[@justinsgarage1125]

11:25 frontline was amazing. The D-Day landing and the build up to it was great. Riding the boat during the credits was filled with suspense and then the ramp drops!

[@latecore_]

first FPS I ever played. I remember being so hyped that my dad finally let me play it. I'll never forget that game. incredible menu music

[@Bryansijben]

Same but with half life 2

[@nerdjournal]

Did this guy say Ninja Gaiden started in 2004? What? Games from the 80's don't count anymore?

[@FireStarJutsu]

@@nerdjournal Who said that?

[@karlo.with.a.k281]

NBA 2K. Ever since they added VC as a myCareer microtransaction, everything went super grindy. They also don't improve graphically on the PC. They put good gameplay features on hold so that they can add something 'new' to the next year release.

[@animemiike5771]

that doesn't mean its a dead franchise thats just means 2k i doing what every other games is doing making extra money off of us

[@karlo.with.a.k281]

@@animemiike5771 video says franchises that got worse, not franchises that died.

[@trashpanda003]

Really any sports game 2k, madden, WWE, fifa

[@duwanbradley8329]

Bro!, you nailed the coffin on these games! Very nice selection and when you talk about them it's so true when the franchise started going down hill because that's exactly when I started to feel that way as well! 👍🏾

[@robertallshouse500]

Mortal kombat should be on this list. Mk9 and x seemed like they were going in a great direction and than 11 and mk1 are such a step back. Only looks worse because sf6 and t8 are both really well done

[@jizamkizam9611]

You could see it starting back in Injustice 2, but NetherRealm is clearly now all about a stupid amount of ingame grinding for stuff, while pushing overpriced shop content and DLC.

[@bpmcmanson8701]

Mortal kombat hasn't been good in a long time, they were doing great in ps2 days but then they turned around and went the other direction and made them button mashing and basic, yeah the graphics got better but the game play got worse

[@Tayte25]

MK11 was great wym

[@grimmy4444]

I love MK1 🧡💙🩶 The visuals are amazingly gorgeous and the gameplay is user friendly. MKX had it best but I believe 1 is just as great! Don’t mind the grinding either! My only ick is the servers for the PC port 😔

[@bpmcmanson8701]

@Tayte25 MK11 was NOT great lol neither was MK10

[@ath85]

Silent Hill 1 is the one they should properly remake. That game scared the hell out of me when I was 13 back in 1999.

[@Flumpie_Waffle]

Related to number 10 where where I miss Dishonored so much that I might even try Deathloop to see how it is but ik it won't be completely the same it's just I really love going back to Dishonored especially Dishonored 2

[@PotatoGummy]

Number 10 to 1 should be call of duty

[@valsok]

Nah people complained about Cod fo years when there was no Need to and we finally got bad games with mw2 and mw3

[@PotatoGummy]

@@valsok i never complained about older cods and I'd rather choose advanced warfare over the newer cods

[@valsok]

@@PotatoGummy advanced warfare was goated

[@thegreatgonzales6813]

MW1-3, BO1-2, and WaW are CoD’s golden era

[@BlakeCDMedia]

Crackdown is the one for me on this list. Had so much fun playing with friends, and then they got too ambitious. Development took too long, and even Terry Cruz couldn't save Crackdown 3.

[@FatherDinny]

I really enjoyed Crackdown 3 tbh

[@crain03able]

Man I loved crackdown

[@romellpoellinetz7435]

Crackdown 3 did get too ambitious then decided to go back to the basics last minute i still enjoyed it a lot because it was still crackdown a simple open world game to turn your brain off and play

[@christopherregan1654]

That first Crackdown, the one developed by Real Time Worlds, was so much fun and filled with loads of creativity and memorable moments.

[@richardbarth918]

The first one was so good. I loved playing it.

[@dstevenson445]

For me, for the Saints Row games it was the fourth one, I'd get quite far but it doesn't matter how many times I start over, I end up losing complete interest in the game, I think it was because there were way too many side missions, with some getting really hard and the red door story mission being glitched so I could never get all the achievements. The insane amount blue lights you had to go to and the false sense of security it gave you that the game might be broken in this area too so you always feel it might end up being impossible to get them all.

[@SerialSleeper30]

If you go into it with the attitude that it was supposed to be a saints row 3 dlc and not a sequel it’s pretty fun. Or at least I thinks that it was supposed to be a dlc. And I played some of the mission but the open world and the powers are really fun to dick around with.

[@Gravemaker4]

What about the demo for that one silent hill game where you just kept going through the same room over and over again but each time it just basically got more creepy and threw new things at you? I think it was PT?

[@PhenomRom]

What about it

[@mattwilkinson5858]

That was never released

[@liamgannon579]

I'd love a flip of this video, with game franchises that get better with each game. Great video as always :)

[@sneaky5141]

erm... persona?

[@TheForbiddenOne55]

RDR and GTA would definitely be on this list

[@williamalbatross4677]

Y-Y-Y-YAKUZA?? actually that’s probably pretty debatable but eh

[@brd0]

The Witcher!

[@airraverstaz]

Gears of War. It kind of lost its horror aspect that the first game had, but can't deny the graphics and gameplay got better with each iteration and I personally enjoyed the stories more as they went on.

[@himofn]

Def Jam unfortunately with “Icon.” I still pray for a remake of Vendetta and FFNY with online and cross play. Maybe even a new entry with the old formula

[@TheRawrnstuff]

I loved _Fight For NY_ as a kid. Christopher Judge (Teal'c, Kratos) as D-Mob and Snoop Dogg as Crow were iconic, and the story was actually really good for a relatively simple fighting game. Unfortunately, boy is it clunky to play compared to modern standards.

[@zengram]

​@@TheRawrnstuffyeah. Gameplay is a little rough now

[@naplzt4k]

same I loved FFNY

[@himofn]

@@TheRawrnstuff to me it’s not really clunky but buttons can be mapped a little better when playing on an emulator. That AKI engine was something special

[@DarthRevan260]

Still play FFNY from time to time on emulator. One of my favourite games ever

[@pye2574]

Two franchises i want them to do new ones of are Tenchu and Onimusha.

[@frankwest9304]

Really hopeful for a reboot of the Dead Rising franchise. The original game is what made me buy a Xbox 360. Hope JezCorden is correct and Capcom is reviving the franchise.

[@p-o2938]

I remember getting FEAR on pc for my dad when I got it early at EBGames for some reason. I had it the week-end before launch. My dad played it over and over and I would often sit down next to him as played or restarted another run. He would smoke cigarettes and drink coffee with his teenager sitting next to him. It was the hobby we shared. Im 37 and dad passed away from cancer in nov. 2022 at 67years young. He loved FPS, especially great ones like FEAR and Half life.

[@sephiclou362]

My condolences

[@Kelbeangirl93]

Sorry to hear about your dad my dad loved fps too and gta and such my dad passed away from cancer too in September 2023 I am 30 almost 31 he passed away at 54 he was a awesome player he loved video games in gernal my dad and I played switch even when was bed ritten do to kemo treatments and such

[@p-o2938]

@@Kelbeangirl93 my condolences, kelbeangirl !

[@Kelbeangirl93]

@@p-o2938 thank you

[@RYNO2511]

Thanks for sharing that story, it's a good way to honour your loved ones.

[@vinceely2906]

I remember one of Medal of Honor: Rising Sun producer’s describing a trip to location as ‘pure hell’. The irony of people having to spend far longer there whilst fighting and dying was totally lost on him.

[@swishfish8858]

You can appreciate how hard someone else had it while also hating your own experience, you know.

[@vinceely2906]

@@swishfish8858 Totally agree, but the guy made absolutely no reference to the history that had led him there.

[@joshnelson1513]

Dead Rising did brought back Frank in Dead Rising 2 Off the Record which had Frank the main character en added a sandbox mode which did help me learn about the game as I know I didn't know wha I was doin and learned that stuff respawn if exit and renter a level

[@angrymikko]

Final Fantasy never returned to the heights it had in Squaresoft era. Those are still considered classics for a reason.

[@glen46823]

The thief series is biggest example I can think of that fell off a cliff.

[@charoleawood]

I love both Deadly Shadows and Thief 2014.

[@paulw858]

@@charoleawood Me as well. I'm not sure where this recent 2014 Thief hate is coming from. I've seen a lot of videos and threads pop up about how it was so awful recently. And I don't really get it?

[@charoleawood]

@@paulw858 Purists wanted to hate it from the start --- when it was shown off the dev said "We're doing our own Thief" and that sealed it. No such hate was given to id for so drastically changing the Doom formula with 2016 and Eternal --- that it wasn't grandpa's Doom was a selling point there!

[@user-qd1yd9sf6j]

​@@charoleawood dude? The 2016 was a return to the original formula BECAUSE everyone hated Doom 3, you need to do ur research cause Doom 2016 and Eternal ARE your grandpa's Doom lol like wut

[@charoleawood]

@@user-qd1yd9sf6j Yup, I surely remember having to execute enemies in order to get the ammo and health that spewed forth --- oh, wait, that never happened in Doom before. Enemies being able to leap all around the stage and follow the player anywhere? Nope! That wasn't there either. As for Doom 3, I stand by what it did, I think it's superb. Whether or not the changes to the Doom formula made by 2016 and Eternal were good isn't my issue, it's the double standard where Thief was unfairly criticized when it didn't really make such drastic changes as new Doom did.

[@FirstGateNAN]

My simcity should be on this list, EA just... ruined everything

[@MightyManotaur22]

Assassin's Creed? Mass Effect? Halo? Gears of War? Crackdown? We definitely need a part 2 to this video.

[@Lockes87]

F3AR actually did wrap up the story and ended it. F3AR continues a while after FEAR2. It follows the story from the end of FEAR2. If you know, you know. If you haven’t played the FEAR games go play them you won’t be disappointed. You either love it or hate it there is no grey area.

[@derickmcmillian]

I was anticipating you to include the Dynasty Warriors series!

[@kalanlancaster6362]

My favorite series. Gonna make a man cry.

[@Tiarrahenderson]

I still play on my PS2. So sad it went downhill

[@zephyrzeus5500]

Yeah, I loved warriors orochi first though.

[@youngcorcs9189]

Silent Hill: Homecoming was the first real "Horror" game I played, I was probably 10 or so when I played it. At the time it was beyond scary, and really stood out to me as weird and fun since I had no precedence for what makes a good Silent Hill game. I'll never go back to it again though to preserve those positive nostalgic vibes it gives me when it is brought up! Years later when I played Downpour, and with more horror under my belt, I definitely felt where people's disappointment came from. Ignorance truly is bliss sometimes! Great episode Jake n crew!

[@paulw858]

It's possible you will still enjoy it, though. I definitely did, and I know what makes a good Silent Hill game. It wasn't a great Silent Hill game, but I still found a good amount of enjoyment in it, nonetheless.

[@whitewolf3051]

Would like it *if* they release SH3 for modern consoles, including the Switch.

[@knunn5171]

Homecoming was great. I will never understand the hate. Downpour was ok. The way everyone feels about Homecoming is how I feel about The Room. It had bad enemy design. The gorillas were just plain stupid. Ghosts were really bad. And just repetitive and tedious . How lazy was that to make you play the levels over with Walter chasing you. I couldn’t finish it. Nothing but fond memories go 5 though. Loved Scarlett. Definitely favorite SH boss fight

[@MilkTestingMan]

I’m the exact same way with ninja gaiden. I was around 10 and I only played ninja gaiden 3. I loved it, and it was different than most other things I had played at the time. If I went back and played the first 2 and then 3 I’d probably wind up hating 3, so I just wont do that lol.

[@survivor0095]

⁠@@knunn5171 oh snap! I nearly forgot about Scarlet. That boss fight was so fucked up and creepy and so fun at the same time.

[@Fetalbrute]

fun sad fact, the studio that made saints row VOLITION was closed at the end of last year or this one, the big ones decided to close the studio cause it wasn't making money and wasn't going to

[@hamilton2861]

Which is a shame they really could have made another red faction guerrilla styled game but I guess I'll just live on ignoring the existance of the final game 😅

[@Fetalbrute]

@@hamilton2861 honestly the last game is pretty fun to play with friends but that's it, i'm flad they gave it for free en epic but yeah after agents of mayhem the studio was just on a timer, it was jus a matter of time

[@ptcool12]

Fear 3 is a weird one for me because it was the first one I actually played. My friend let me borrow his copy so that was the first one I got to try. After that I played the rest of the series and read into all lore and everything. I still think it has one of the scariest moments in the franchise… ladder

[@dragongaming0114]

I used to like dead rising, but I didn’t like how the concept of the game was to rush the player to complete the campaign, rather than be able to just enjoy free roaming with your buddies or just by yourself without the worry of failing quest, I know they have other modes in the game, but is it really hard to ask for just a basic free roam game when you can do the quests whenever you want to

[@menegene4129]

I actually had a lot of fun with Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project. Though if I'm honest the best thing about it was it came with a Max Payne demo 😎

[@ericcarlton87]

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 and 2 on PS2 was my jam back in the day. Keeping the tricks linked with manuals was so immersive. Great memories with lots of non blinking and sweaty palms lol

[@pr6138]

Both were for the PS1. And manuals were only introduced in the second game ;-) But yes, I loved them too. Two years ago I got the platinum for the 1+2 remake (and it was MUCH harder than expected XD)

[@TheFirstTEE1]

I just downloaded that on my Xbox

[@poppamic]

They were the days 👌

[@mrplushking]

I was very suprised to see no mention of the halo franchise on here. It's basically known that 4-Infinite weren't as good quality that we had come to expect from Halo, instead getting big budget games without really any content.

[@BananaBoatGaming]

The Infamous series for me should be on the list 1 and 2 were amazing but after that got worse and looking back on second son it was not really that good

[@robp7747]

If you ever revisit this topic: Breath of Fire. 1 though 4 were great, kept on theme while exploring new ideas and other kinds of systems to use. Then you got to 5: Dragon Quarter. Complete shift in from fantasy to post apocalyptic, limited magic, turning into a dragon actually starts a game over timer making you have to restart the game multiple times to get more time as a dragon. Then there's the old RE style of saving, just this time with a payphone and coins. Ugh. Ruined the series. There was a 6, but it was a Japan only MMO kind of deal. I wish they would remake the old games with today's graphics.

[@ReMeDy_TV]

And the box art for 5 Dragon Quarter was complete ass. I remember as a kid passing over it multiple times at my local Blockbuster. Compare that box art to BoF 1 and 2. It's such a fall from grace that it's hilarious.

[@DANinMKE]

Crazy enough, I absolutely ADORED MoH 2010. I played the shit out of it online. I legit couldn't understand the hate for it and at one point, even thought that it was a troll campaign funded by activision to protect call of duty. It was just so much fun to me. Obviously, I can recognize that I am a very small outlier but damn, I still have incredible fondness for that MoH 2010 multiplayer.

[@ECPLO]

I completely agree it was fun!

[@zombieghostninja]

Stabbing was so violent in that game lol you could spam the knife and just stab people in the throat

[@Thorzaan]

I also played the crap out of that multi-player. Thought it was more challenging and fun than cod

[@Mitsurugi2424]

I remember loving everything about the game. From the characters, to the way they dramatized it, The story, especially the controls. Damn did it play well. Some of the missions were legitimately memorable too. Like that Ranger ambush one is still one of my favorite SP shooter missions of all time. I remember being suuuuper disappointed in BF3 because they controls sucked, the story was awful, and it's only claim to fame was the duper HD uniform texture patch you could get...

[@squarebarrel]

The long range sniping levels were great. I appreciated it because they actually tried to give a proper nod to the modern military. Warfighter was rushed and were forced to use Frostbite so it turned into too much of a Battlefield clone. Which people just stuck with in the end. The driving level was annoying as hell.

[@OfficiallyMaidenless]

Wait a minute WHAT is that intro song it sounds so familiar. Isn't that an Eliminate song?

[@bebop306]

You could do another video of this same exact topic. Big one is assassin’s creed. You can even talk about game series where they seem doomed to die but revived like resident evil.

[@dragour8723]

A personal one for me which almost made me cry.. Sacred. The second game was so insanely addictive, huge, fun, customizable, you could easily spent hundreds of hours in it.. and then Sacred 3 came out and.. it wasn't Sacred

[@ashleydolin4292]

Playing through Sacred 2 for my first time right now and yeah like what the hell happened with 3? It was so bad that I never even bothered to check out the other games till recently. Glad I am because Sacred 2 is amazing

[@ANCIENTxDEATH]

I want a Dante's inferno remaster, remake or whatever.

[@johnaustin209]

Who gives a f... what you want.

[@vicrattlehead5051]

​@@johnaustin209 yo mama

[@johnaustin209]

@@vicrattlehead5051 Move along kid, adults are talking.

[@ANCIENTxDEATH]

@@johnaustin209 uh my mama...I think

[@johnaustin209]

@@ANCIENTxDEATH IDGAF.

[@shaunswanson600]

Love the video. I'm surprised Twisted Metal didn't get a mention in this list as it fell off the rails on the reboot.

[@lovefist86]

The reboot was awesome

[@Cykelpump33]

Dead Rising 2 had a really silly feature were you needed to jank the R3 or L3 left & right whenever you got bitten by q zombie. Didn't make the game bad but it got old quickly.

[@JARofEMUS]

I had a lot of fun in dead rising 3. I loved the original dead rising too but hated how restrictive it was to complete fully. At least how I remember it. Keen to given Dead Rising 4 a go when it goes on special.

[@stupid0244]

Dead Rising 3 was a great game. I would never call it a downgrade. Dead Rising 4 was absolutely a step back though. I am not sure what they were thinking.

[@bravepigster]

@@stupid0244it felt more polished, but lacked any spirit of what the originals had. If anything, it was actually too easy compared to every other game.

[@hellerhs]

I loved dead rising 3 but 4 was terrible! It had no heart, botched the ending and then put the true ending behind a pay wall!

[@lilhoss4reals]

I agree with nearly all your points. My only disagreement is your take on Dead Rising. DR1 was groundbreaking, amazingly fun, and frustratingly hard all at the same time. Finding stuff around the mall and discovering how each handles in combat rewarded exploration. Having to keep up on a strict mission schedule was cool but felt overwhelming when coupled with all the side encounters and constant radio calls but honestly the whole time management thing was part of the charm of that entry. The main story being serious with survivor encounters being a grab bag of silly or brutal psycho made meeting them interesting and scary at the same time. Now if you ask me, DR2 did a lot of things right. It introduced the idea of combining weapons to make really cool and fun McGuiver style weapons which was a huge staple in zombie movies that no one realized was lacking in the formula until they had it. Transitioning the time management to focus on zombrex as well as being late helped mantain a sense of urgency while cutting down on the number of encounters to feel more manageable. The story was cool, focusing on a more personal story while also showing off what our society would be like once we became accustomed to the idea that zombies are just apart of everyday life now. DR2 introduced a lot of cool ideas and still maintained this identity of being stuck in a hopeless world, surrounded by tragedy and struggling strangers, where your only means of survival was dependent on your creativity. For me DR3 is where the framchise peaked. It made for an excellent launch title, showing off all sorts of cool ideas like the best smartglass integration of xbox games and vehicle combos. The graphics were amazing without bogging down the system and they introduced so many new weapon combinations with the ability to build them on the fly. The characters were a great balance of memorable, satire, and weird. The story was fun and well paced, had fun beats and was actually engaging. The leveling system was awesome because it actually was given depth beyond level milestone perks. It was just bursting with originality and good ideas. DR4 is where it kind of just gave up. There wasn't really anything new going on at all. No new ideas outside of a limited time exosuit that felt more uninspired than intended. Like they were trying to recapture the first game without understanding what made the series fun in the first place. It straight up has the same feeling as the saints row reboot.

[@nikcali]

Medal of honor 1 and 2 for PS3 was great multiplayer wise!!!

[@LeriHunter]

They're probably just some personal opinions, but... -Dead Rising 4 didn't feel like a "back to origin" at all. It completely watered down the psychos which were considered a major attraction point of past games. -Tony Hawk suffered from Activision having coughed up a TON of cash to purchase the licence for 15(to check) years because they thought they had something intemporal on their hands. Except interest in the genre died off but they still had to get some payback on the licence, so they invested in development as little as they could to get some sales from possible die-hard fans. -Medal of Honor is one of the numerous game that was caught in the "modern military shooter" trend started by Call of Duty where everyone tried to copy that. It's just a bad case of some suits thinking that any CoD clone would sell just as well.

[@klittle5627]

Regarding Fear 3 you said big publishers were making weird, out-of-touch, moves. Sounds like the entire 2020's so far. You might consider adding Far Cry to this list in another video.

[@user-xg5jt3vs4q]

I think far cry is ok, 5 was good, but new dawn and 6 are terrible. They're not really doing the worst, but aren't great either.

[@dustinwalters2728]

I recall thinking Tony Hawks Project 8 was really fun. I never hear it brought up tho.

[@MrDiazll]

The worst part of dead rising 4 was probably how even on the hardest difficulty, difficulty wasn't there...like at all

[@Shaggy08251993]

Hey, Silent Hill Homecoming was my intro into the series and I LOVED it. Still do. I tried Downpour and I didn't care for it. Got to the part where there's a cop car going around a city block or something and kept dying. Didn't care enough to keep going. Plus it just didn't give the same vibes as Homecoming.

[@vincenzusgaming]

I feel like the Warcraft series should be on this list. That game used to be my childhood. I would fondly remember the days where I would play Wacraft 2 and 3. Heck I would even make my own maps which basically started my love for game development. After the fiasco that is Warcraft Reforged, I feel like that series deserves new and more competent developers that will give it justice.

[@Ichiban_Kasuga.]

Sounds an awful lot like you're just stuck on the nostalgia..

[@aurious5821]

Warcraft got better with every addition besides the remake, do not see how that could fit this list

[@Darkprosper]

I don't think that Warcraft has gotten worse yet in the way that they intend though. It seems like the list is about series that got so much worse that they died. Warcraft isn't there yet. It still has a few years before Blizzard ruins it for good.

[@Nicholasmcmath-cr1xl]

Same

[@JordonPatrickMears11211988]

​@@aurious5821right? Like you have 1, 2, and 3, then World. World of Warcraft itself could possibly fit the list under the guise of its expansions depending on who you ask they'd argue that the single game has gotten worse with expansions. But the franchise itself has only gotten better.

[@Kakoriat]

Halo, why did this not include Halo, OMG my dude

[@phillipjones4862]

Look he couldn’t get all of them in there he needs a few parts

[@chrismiller3898]

I don't understand why people hated Deadrising 4... it felt like such a return to form in my opinion. It kept the good ideas from DR2 and DR3 and put it back into the feel of DR1. It was a fun, well crafted culmination of the series that I found myself playing through multiple times. Oh well. I'll be okay if it's the last one I get to play.

[@4slottoaster18]

It makes me sad to see how dirty they did MoH. I remember playing Rising sun, European assault, and Frontline everyday before and after school. Such a great franchise. Its such a shame they couldn’t do it justice with the reboots

[@retropyro]

Medal of Honor (2010) is a top tier game that was overlooked. Biggest problem Warfighter had was netcode which they took too long to fix.

[@Lajos_Kelemen]

No the hell it wasn’t, the multi was simple yet fun, but the campaign was ass, budget CoD campaign wannabe.

[@swishfish8858]

I thought the big thing that put Warfighter down was the controversy surrounding playable Taliban fighters?

[@killiskey]

​@@Lajos_KelemenMoh 2010 campaign is the best campaign to ever feature in an fps game. Saying it's a cod wannabe is just copium

[@deenman23]

@@killiskey it was fine but best?are we talking cod style fps?because wolfenstein is better in almost every way,also titanfall 2 is superb,the metro games

[@taterbeard]

I will always remember how next level it felt to use the laptop gun as a wall mounted sentry back in the day when I first played Perfect Dark.

[@ogsleepwalker3411]

1st: I loved Saints Row all the way through 3. Even though 3 was crazily different, I embraced it and loved it. So much fun. 2nd: Tony Hawk's American Wasteland is one of my all-time favorite games, period. 3rd: I received one of the reboot Medal of Honor games for Christmas one year. I want to say it was the first one. I really enjoyed it, and it has a special place in my heart. I got that instead of the new Call of Duty because we were relatively poor and MoH was like $20 at the time, and the new CoD was $60. My mom looked and said, same same...but I knew it was different. Still enjoyed it.

[@Floymin]

I didn't mind Dead Rising 3 having its own identity while also trying to be in the same universe as the rest of the franchise. Dead Rising 4 was the real betrayal for retconning the entire franchise.

[@flippen721]

I think its worth mentioning the game Skate when talking about tony hawk. It kinda came in doing things differently, and suddenly tony hawj had direct competition

[@nojuanatall3281]

The first skate is the best skateboarding game imo.

[@mabybee]

If Medal of Honor VR were to be expanded into a full PC/console release, I think it’d genuinely be a hit. Even getting it to PSVR would be awesome, but to see it with the power and fidelity of PS5/XSX/PC capabilities would be a wet dream come true.

[@ExWitDaFacts]

Let’s not forget about God of War, Gears of War, Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart, CoD, Battlefield. A lot more popular games than the ones on this list

[@Gregbaltzer]

I would also add the Lego games. I used to find them relaxing, but then they became about doing nothing but collecting. The earlier games about 40-50% of the games were story missions and the rest collecting to get 100%. Then by the time Lego Super Heroes 2 came out the story missions were about 30% of the game then run around and collect to get the 100% On top of having to collect gold bricks you know now had to collect 10 things to collect a gold brick. So now I'm collecting so I can collect things. Had enough.

[@Ichiban_Kasuga.]

Instantly thought of Ubi's multiple ball-drops. And let's not even get me started on the Call of Duty franchise 😅

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

They keep teasing beyond good and Evil but nonthing follows up.😂

[@mygetawayart]

CoD was never that great

[@lesterbronson2385]

@@mygetawayartCOD World at War would like a word with you

[@mygetawayart]

@@lesterbronson2385 lol please 🤣🤣

[@pocketaces6756]

Far Cry.

[@Naught696]

Awesome list. Please add "Driver" franchise!

[@BlakeCDMedia]

Driver is a great add! My other series was Crackdown.

[@HALFSQUASHED]

Doesn't make sense on this list though as The 5th game in the franchise (Driver San Francisco) is the best game of the lot!

[@BlakeCDMedia]

@HALFSQUASHED That's a subjective opinion. Being able to drive around freely in a 3d city, not always in a race, Driver 1 invented that! Then they watched as GTA took their ideas and made it one of the biggest gaming franchises ever. While most people don't even know Driver went past a 2nd game...

[@TheGamingNation-en3vs]

I'm actually quite surprised that the Sonic Franchise isn't on this list.

[@danc3488]

Medal of Honor. The franchise I truly miss the most. I still play Allied Assault every now and then. And the only good thing about the reboot was that it had Frontline as a bonus.

[@ElvinGonzalez]

Oh boy, so many to mention: call of duty, battlefield, international superstar soccer, contra, wolfestein, batman arkham, the list never ends. I'm actually impressed how Capcom managed to save Resident Evil out of the abyss it had fallen with 5 and 6, but at the same time I utterly hate Capcom for the treatment they gave to other great franchises like Breath of Fire, MegaMan and Viewtiful Joe, those really deserve better.

[@terminator_270]

Agreed. Shame that they did not mention these huge franchises. As a huge fan of sports games, I'd add Nba, fifa and madden to the list

[@oldgregg86.]

How did batman arkham get worse?

[@FightCain]

Capcom is sitting on gold and doing nothing with it. If I was a billionaire I would probably fund a remake of the RE Outbreak series That game came out at the wrong time

[@ArtVandelay592]

@@oldgregg86. I suppose if you count Suicide Squad since it does take place in the Arkhamverse, then yeah that’s a massive step down in quality for sure. I know people were sour on Batman Arkham Knight because of the over reliance on the Batmobile (which is greatly over exaggerated imo) and some elements of the plot like the Arkham Knight’s identity not being completely satisfying, but goddamn if that game wasn’t made with so much heart and passion and otherwise perfects pretty much everything else the Arkham games did up to that point.

[@thaearthquake]

Oof thanks for reminding me that I need more Megaman.

[@vos303]

I can name 100 franchises that gotten worse. It is rare nowadays that games get better than their predecessors

[@shyheembranch172]

Helldivers

[@joshstocks6129]

Verdun series

[@samtepal3892]

Witcher series

[@chonkyseal7164]

Resident Evil.

[@bwhere45]

Lol naming exceptions doesn't negate the rule. Big ol woosh from the peanut gallery.

[@anthonyscafidi2222]

I think Ninja Gaiden would do great in todays gaming scene. It was always tough and people seem to be gravitating towards more challenging games like soulslikes at the moment. I think a modern day Ninja Gaiden with challenging, fast paced gameplay would be amazing

[@JoeKing-_i_am_not_joking]

My Top 6: 6) Mario Party 5) Mario Football 4) Medal of Honor 3) Company of Heroes 2) Pokémon 1) Call of Duty

[@FatalKitsune]

As far as Ninja Gaiden goes, Nioh 2 is kind of a successor to that. Hell, it's got a ninja skill tree, Izuna Drop, and you can even make your character look like Ryu.

[@TheForbiddenOne55]

I actually never played the Nioh games. I'll have to give them a go now

[@spankg888]

​@@TheForbiddenOne55 great games but very different from ng. Diablo style loot, no air combat, rpg skills, sould style level design...

[@FireStarJutsu]

But they're very Soulslike inspired. You can't really play Nioh like Ninja Gaiden jumping from enemy to the next doing air combos etc.

[@iamspencerx]

NFS: Was great with Hot Pursuit, Underground 1 and 2 and then peaked in 2005 with Most Wanted, then Carbon was still good but definitely not on the same level, then it went completely downhill with some small ups in between like Hot Pursuit 2010, but even that had a lot of issues. Heat was the exception, the most fun I've had in any NFS since MW 2005

[@daniloh1990]

I was totally looking for this comment.😂 I agree with most of what you say. For me the best in their worst period was a NFS (2015). I liked Playback and Heat too, but totally hated the last one. We need something at the level of Underground 2 or the original MW.

[@CharlieFoxtrot]

I didn't like NFSHP2010 until I realized it's Burnout Paradise 2, then it became more enjoyable

[@EEazyM0neySniper35]

Resident evil is one of the few older series of games that's stayed consistent with each game holding up really well and being addicting to play.

[@DaniKudaII]

To be honest, Gears of War series was also part of it. The Coalition slowly removing the gore to make it more “kid-friendly”.

[@butcheredalive]

As a huge Need for Speed fan as a kid, it’s a shame how far that franchise has fallen. The trifecta that was Underground 1, Underground 2 and Most Wanted 05 was the absolute peak of not just Need for Speed, but arcade racing games as a whole during its run, regardless of whether you were a PS2 or Xbox kid. Carbon was okay, but the lack of car variety made it suffer a little bit, Shift was a wrong turn for the franchise but was good enough, the only thing that saved Undercover is the fact that it was one of the first arcade racing games to have both the Koenigsegg CCX and the Bugatti Veyron, which any car enthusiast knows that those two companies were at war in the 2000’s for both the top speed record and space in our hearts, and then it just went downhill from there. EA honestly should’ve did what Rockstar Games did with Midnight Club did and left on a high note after Carbon

[@Fr33dan]

I think that Perfect Dark Zero had a couple of things going for it to be so disliked. One is that expectations were so high because of the original, but also because as you say it was touted as a next gen experience when in reality it was an original Xbox game that was given higher resolution textures and some lighting effects to be brought to the 360.

[@ScytheNoire]

Ninja Gaiden started in 1988. Damn kids, just ignoring 16 years and multiple games in a franchise.

[@WompyFrodo]

To be fair, he did mention the classics were great.

[@rg_888]

I guess this is what it means to be an old grump in 2024. It used to be "Damn kids, get off my lawn." --- Now, it's "Damn kids, show respect to old video games."

[@dj.elitez7591]

I just want a NG4

[@whitewolf3051]

What I don’t like about NG post 2000s is how they try give Ryu a new lady over Irene. Though I never played the games, through Nintendo Power magazines and other sources, they were legit pairings, then came other games that tried to give him women other than her. Never liked that decision.

[@mnmtwo]

ok boomer

[@Alexutzzu]

For duke nukem there is a early 2000s build of duke nukem forever because this game got scrapped and scrapped because the lead dev wanted the latest lighting sistem and graphics sistem that was top notch and instead of releasing the game he kept delaying it the build itself looks very amazing and i think it wouldve done the series the justice it deserves. Also for dead rising before the studio who makes the dead rising games shut down ive seen some short clips of gameplay leaked on the internet with dead rising 5 and it was with the main character from dead rising 2 and his daughter Chuck i think he was called about the plot there isnt much but the gane wouldve taken place on an island if i remeber corectly it looked interesting and it had a release window for 2020-2022 shame there will be no more dead rising games 😔

[@alxrck3t147]

Medal of Honor 2010 has a 9/10 on Steam and was very well received. The devs actually got into legal trouble due to the missions in the game being extremely realistic to actual specops missions that took place. Warfighter on the other hand, was not well received. Medal of Honor VR was also trash that got HORRIBLE reviews

[@sherpa6071]

We appreciate your videos. Thanks gameranx team!

[@thegameplayer125]

mass effect would be a perfect entry to this list considering andromeda basically butchered the reputation that helped the original games established what is regarded to be 1 of the greatest gaming trilogies of all time and while they announced a new game, it's hard to have confidence in the next mass effect game considering just how negative of a reputation bioware has now

[@paulusapfel]

Yeah, I thought it'd be in the video. But the problem is, it didn't get worse over time. It was more abrupt. ME1,2,3 all have their fans and are all awesome. And then we got Andromeda... Maybe Dragon Age would fit better for this video. But then again, DA:I wasn't that bad.

[@user-mi6bn5hp2k]

Idgaf as long as the multiplayer is as good and addicting as ME3 idc lol

[@truenorthangling4728]

you forgot to put the call of duty franchise on here. That game is a shell of its former self

[@lorddaem9641]

It’s like Project Eden (PS2). I loved that game, but it never had a sequel