Dead & Forgotten Game Franchises - The Act Man

Trends come and go, game franchises rise and fall. Some are forgotten and others die tragically. It's time we take a look at some Forgotten, Dead, and Forsaken game franchises. Who knows? Maybe some of these gems will make a comeback!
This video Mostly Edited by WiseFish ➤ bit.ly/3eSWRhm
___TIME STAMPS___
Intro - 0:00
Banjo-Kazooie - 1:32
Bioshock - 3:08
Bully - 3:58
Castlevania - 5:03
Conker - 5:45
Custom Robo - 7:00
Dead Space - 8:09
Dragon Age - 9:09
Duke Nukem - 10:05
Elder Scrolls - 10:45
Fallout - 11:32
F-Zero - 12:19
Gauntlet - 13:44
Gex - 14:09
Jet Set Radio - 14:44
KOTOR - 15:29
L.A. Noire - 16:36
Left 4 Dead - 17:13
Mass Effect - 17:53
Metal Gear - 18:33
Metroid - 19:21
Paper Mario - 20:01
Portal - 20:48
Prince of Persia - 21:33
Republic Commando - 22:00
Silent Hill - 22:37
Spyro - 23:06
Timesplitters - 23:29
Viewtiful Joe - 24:21
Conclusion - 25:06
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[@TheActMan]

Dear everyone, we are gathered in the comments section to mourn the loss of many game franchises. Let us gather round, like and subscribe and Press F to pay respects Also check out my dope merch: madebystarstuff.com/stores/creators/actman/

[@thisisanameiminpain1156]

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[@TheBlueMan117]

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[@shpoogly]

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[@typicalperson6389]

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[@justarandomtank6642]

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[@RoanokeGaming]

Dead Space is the biggest sad. Luckily Negative Atmosphere is on the horizon. You should check it out my guy, its gonna be pretty lit

[@warsharkproductions6550]

There's also the callisto effect

[@glutton8055]

@@warsharkproductions6550 Callisto protocol

[@warsharkproductions6550]

@@glutton8055 Your right, I got that wrong. It still looks really good.

[@LopThighsLol]

Oh hey Roanoke, fancy seeing you here I guess, I feel like giving my thoughts on Negative Atmosphere so I guess I'll do that: So far Negative Atmosphere is looking pretty good, character designs are nice, the main characters story (so far at least) seems pretty interesting, a former soldier (I think? I don't remember) who witnessed the horrors of war and now has PTSD enters a seemingly lifeless ship, only for him to discover the terrors that lay on it. It sounds pretty good so far, though I have my doubts, I'm honestly worried that it will turn out to be a huge disaster just like many other games, there has been times where a game looks pretty good only for it to turn out pretty bad. Agony is a pretty good (or would it be bad?) example, I'm hoping Negative Atmosphere turns out to be pretty good, because it looks awesome so far. Hopefully it does turn out good, also, CaN i GeT 55,000 lIkEs?fndhdhrbhfhrbrvdvsvehuahajsi????????????????

[@Jose-ps1vk]

Hey dude

[@cardinalprime4746]

Congrats to Dead Space for a triumphant return from the grave!

[@The_whales]

It’s no longer dead, in space underground

[@YouLoseGoodDay]

For the whole month it released maybe. But it's dead again

[@graytheroninofstrife9787]

WOOOOO YYYYEAAAAHH

[@StiffyLongJohn]

​@@YouLoseGoodDay well it's not live service lol

[@YouLoseGoodDay]

@@StiffyLongJohn lol true

[@wendigofeast]

It's crazy how many of these got revived in the last two years

[@sixbases6793]

Hmmm only dead space man...

[@gotaki_2736]

@@sixbases6793 metroid dread, silent hill 2 remake, star wars kotor remake

[@whitedragon1030]

@@gotaki_2736 Kotor was cancelled indefinitely, and there’s still no telling whether or not the SH remake is gonna be good or not

[@DragonOfTheMortalKombat]

I am still waiting for prince of Persia revival🥲🥲

[@niloticshadow]

​@@gotaki_2736 So only a few that you can count on one hand. Two of those are remakes which in my opinion don't offer anything in terms of innovation. They're the same games with a fresh lick of paint. Would be nice to see a greater emphasis on newer IPs and the next chapters or reimaginings of already established IPs from a wide range of genres like in the good ol' days. But I suppose most folks will accept anything, even if it's some lousy remake, and call it a day.

[@alejandrovallencci]

Still mourning Sly Cooper, the games of my childhood that got me into open world action/RPG games. Gone but not forgotten🙏

[@darthXreven]

SP seems to work in 3's....first they made 3 Sly games then 3 Infamous games and now it's Ghost of Tsushima..... also each new game evolves mechanics started in Sly or so I'm told....

[@LicensedGuitarist2000]

As much as I love the sly cooper series, it seems unlikely that we'll ever see a new game, especially if people never played or cared about the games to begin with.

[@noahjefferson4781]

Mood, currently attempting to beat Sly2 with out being seen (where possible) love revisiting old classics and adding challenges to them 😁

[@darthXreven]

@@LicensedGuitarist2000 I own'ed a PS2 but I was addicted to Gran Turismo3, GTA trilogy, Onimusha series, Hitman trilogy, first 2 midnight club games and NFSU2 Most wanted and Pro Street among others also had XBOX and played mostly KOTOR, KOTOR2 & Forza near the end I never even touched Jaxx, Ratchet or Sly but I did like one of the Spyro games on PS1 but IDK whivch it was number 1 ore 2 they released too fast to tell for me lol also PS1 I only had near the end and on;y had a handful of games that all got stolen which i already stole anyways so i got what I deserved yeah? just thought that tidbit would be funny I can not believe I made SNES last until gen 6.....but literealy even that summer of 2000 there I was back home playing old SNES and NES games again..... I won't claim anything horrible, Sly was probably all that and I missed out but for my opinion when offered thief games well thief 3 was a olde brand from PC so I chose that one, thay's my on;py reason and snealing MGS which i did play on PS1 I kept with on PS2 and MGS2 took a long to to fully appreciate cus thge story was cool but I just wanted to play as Snake but slowly I realized why they used Raiden and the deeper apsects of the game were made clearer especially in recent years now I kinda wanna go back lol so yeah for my sneaking and kleptinjg aspects i was getting that elsewhere Deus Ex is another stealth game series I love.... so as I said I have no hate towards Sly cus I ever played lol but i a way i kinda have in the games that came after and if the climbing in shy was as good that it had a strong foundation...

[@B727X]

Soy is trash sly

[@USAirsoft]

I’m gonna take a guess and say one of my favorite franchises is on here, Medal of Honor.

[@punch_dude6159]

Yo??

[@TheActMan]

ummmmm

[@somewiseguy1616]

ummmm

[@typicalperson6389]

*ummmmm*

[@swallowme535]

ummmmmmmm

[@Midnighthalo]

The biggest sin in gaming, at least for me. Is how EA basically murdered the Dead Space franchise. I will never forgive them!

[@rookieman329]

EA is bullshit

[@dinoXAs2]

Dead space was so good. It had lore too

[@Largentina.]

@@dinoXAs2 "it had lore too"

[@Legion849]

@@dinoXAs2 'It had lore' hmmmm

[@amuroray9115]

@@Largentina. you guys never saw the Dead Space comics, novels, spin off games, etc that develop its lore?

[@jamesbishop6613]

TWISTED METAL has been really forgotten since it's not on the list!

[@cjrstudios4100]

Same for motorstorm

[@Steven-ef3ft]

Good. Only white trash played that game and I'd rather it stay dead.

[@devilpuppetsinc]

Oh no! I was only watching this to see what he’d say about Twisted Metal. That was such a wild series and it is certainly missed.

[@ovidiusurubaru9281]

And carmagheddon This is the most fun racing game ever made and the last game was release in 2016 . We need a new carmagheddon game , just that the game to be awsome

[@cjrstudios4100]

@@ovidiusurubaru9281 ikr? That game is great

[@rufousthefox9766]

It has happened. After its long dormant slumber, Dead Space has returned. The time of Convergence has come to pass, and we are whole again.

[@ontondandou7609]

Fuckin Unitologists in the YT comments section .

[@X-SPONGED]

17:36 "Back 4 Blood is a new spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead. It's looking to be a real treat" _Well, that aged like fucking milk..._

[@Helperbot-2000]

Legends say you cant outperform Valve games

[@1th_to_comment.]

My exact words.

[@void1n]

the devs from evolve had a chance but they screwed it up more than i did my life

[@lt.kitkat]

Back 4 blood is fun. I have no idea what you're talking about.

[@void1n]

@@lt.kitkat no i mean u enjoy it but the popular opinion is that its shit

[@thegreatcaeser6616]

You’ll be dead and forgotten like the burned man if you don’t make “Why fallout New Vegas is amazing”

[@samwunderlich6806]

Ave True to Caesar

[@BuffDaddySmoove]

Is it pronounced Caesar? Or Caesar?

[@liammcguire1954]

Rumor goes that he’s part of the New Canaanites down in Zion

[@huellbabineaux7433]

Have you heard of a man called Joshua Graham?

[@D00dman]

@@BuffDaddySmoove Kuh-aye-zahr

[@GoobzGaming]

I really miss Killzone. That series really went out with a whimper

[@mouseburger4183]

For me I miss resistance loved those games

[@darthXreven]

@@mouseburger4183 I never got into either....I hate to be mean but even duke forever shooting sections were better than the KZ games and Duke forever sucked and resistance IDK was just boring, earth overtaken by aliens and a resistance ehhh forms to fight the invasion...sounds like some really good movies....it was dog shit boring!! it was a slog through a swamp annoying, it was eh you get the idea not my bag on a sort of flip side Generation Zero is good.....first person survival where you arent worrying about meters am i thirsty, hungry need to shit or piss, am I filthy?? none of that but you fight robots in 80's Sweden.....AWESOME!!!! seriously sneaking around BELLY CRAWLING across a field hoping the bots don't see me.....[white knuckle sweating] and learning hey you can shoot their guns off YAY! seriously game is pretty cool, kinda glitchy, kinda unstable at times but when it's at it's best it's fun and engaging and for a game about fighting a superior force what we see is pretty realistic or what I would expect.... also gen zero is a better Fallout online than F76 is...ouch I say like what you like, you aren't wrong for it but for me I just didn't get into KZ or resistance meh

[@bradhaines3142]

@@mouseburger4183 i loved resistance 2, one of the best games i ever played. i was hoping for ps4 they'd bring it back, maybe for ps5?

[@mouseburger4183]

@@bradhaines3142 here's hoping

[@pari_ston2005]

@@bradhaines3142 The first Resistance game was the first game I played for the ps3 and I was completely blown away I lover that series even bought the motion controls for Resistance 3.

[@EvilMike349]

I know I'm late as hell to this party, but I love the mention of Custom Robo! It's still one of my favorite games and I wish more people knew about it. However, there actually was another Custom Robo game released on the DS called Custom Robo Arena, and it was actually pretty good for a DS game!

[@nonamerequired4566]

Oh so this is was the “funeral” you were talking about lol

[@noahstanyer3600]

Brilliant

[@TheActMan]

No I'm actually going to a funeral today

[@gray7486]

Noted

[@younglingkicker3833]

Oh

[@Flyingfalla]

@@TheActMan 😂

[@LoidForger44]

Press F fr titanfall, that was in the opening 10 seconds but never got a spot.

[@mannmannmanifred1316]

We'll get Titanfall 3 broski don't you worry

[@sir.shark1504]

@@mannmannmanifred1316 with microtransations, a battle royale mod, and a bunch of apex legends lore. So excited.... (This is what I'm guessing)

[@sir.shark1504]

@Paul Martin uhhh... how? Edit: I'm stupid. I thought this guy was saying titanfall was copying other games.

[@LoidForger44]

@@bluelink1879 Titanfall 2 is my favorite FPS ever, and I hate apex.

[@LoidForger44]

@@bluelink1879 I've never even played apex, I hate it because respawn chose it over titanfall 3.

[@kevinzurek3431]

Custom Robo is so underrated, happy too see one of the 12 other fans.

[@ariqarisya]

List of BioWare thingies 9:09 Dragon Age 15:32 Star Wars KOTOR 17:55 Mass Effect

[@Sylvaras]

Kotor reboot is coming sometime this year!

[@Nob911]

Dragon age is not dead tf is this video

[@marywallace3620]

Mass Effect recently had a remaster kinda thing altho it hasn't had an actual new game in years.

[@PongoDaMan]

@@Nob911 dragon age died when inquisition came out

[@danitron4096]

@@Nob911 It’s a two year old video, both mass effect and dragon age have been revived since

[@cheeto4637]

“It’s time to kick ass and disappoint everyone, and I’m done kicking ass” -Nuke Dick’em

[@JohnSmith-is4uu]

This is funny AF

[@MikaelLV]

Kick Dickem

[@eggboi1477]

@@MikaelLV Dick kickem

[@thebritiannicscribian991]

Wait, is jelly fish an herb??

[@noahsf7676]

“You either die a legendary game, or live long enough to become a hated franchise. Or even worse, come back from the grave forsaking what you were before.” What a cruel world we live in.

[@GrimReaper415]

Doom pulled it off spectacularly though.

[@i_like_lasagna3208]

@@GrimReaper415 and fallout 3

[@someguy9970]

@@i_like_lasagna3208 Wut? Fallout is dead.

[@BGtubecom]

@@someguy9970 In 2008 fallout 3 essentially resurrected the franchise

[@lukkkasz323]

@@BGtubecom And made it a game that didn't know what it wanted to be with shitty writing and worse atmosphere. Bethesda doesn't know what Fallout is about so they decided to make a clone of TES 4: Oblivion and put it into the Fallout world, just because the gameplay systems fit TES formula.

[@michaelp4387]

21:29 Portal in VR? What you serious? NO, HELL NO! Can you imagine the nausea?

[@vizthex]

half of me agrees, but the other half still wants it.

[@morgdaforg]

nah cuz it would go so hard you just gotta get used to humans having funky ears

[@diodiando3877]

I finished origins the other day for the first time and god I was ready to cry at the end when everyone was saying goodbye. All the good memories and tough choices

[@pickledpencil54]

you killed that game franchise ea: do you know how little that narrows it down?

[@mancamiatipoola]

No one, not even one: Bethesda: Super Skyrim Deluxe Ultra VR Redux Recombined Edition

[@JinnYoungKim]

EA killed C&C series. Fuck them.

[@chucklytell]

For EA...it was Tuesday

[@Blaze-zm7zt]

@@JinnYoungKim C&C?

[@JinnYoungKim]

@@Blaze-zm7zt Command and Conquer

[@supremeayy9713]

Honorable mentions: F.E.A.R franchise, Beyond Good & Evil, Medal of Honor, Command & Conquer. ®️ℹ️🅿️

[@ericoliver1603]

Wasn't there supposed to be a new beyond good and evil coming out? I hope it's still being worked on

[@DeskJet1]

MoH warfighter was good and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise.

[@onegiantremnant2644]

What is your profile picture lol

[@the_snazzybat7675]

@@DeskJet1 you better put those dukes up and be ready for more than a few rounds

[@Jester-he5rm]

If anyone's looking for a new F.E.A.R game, look at Trepang2 on steam. They have a demo out, and I can solidly say its better then all the fear games combined. Made by a small dev team with no release date yet, but a new version of the demo is supposedly coming out soon.

[@TwofourA]

DA origins is in my opinion one of the best games ever released . I first played it last year after I bought an RGH 360 to bring back the nostalgia couldn’t believe I never played it

[@apnapalm]

its great, but ME2 is better imo

[@TwofourA]

@@apnapalm I only plaid the first one as a kid so don’t remember much except it was an amazing game , very similar in terms of how it plays out

[@gcreez25]

Custom robo was such a fun game. It's surprisingly not as popular as I'd imagined as none of my gaming friends have even heard of it. I'd pay for a remaster or a sequel in a heartbeat .😮‍💨

[@Petar321_GT]

Fun fact: Portal for VR vas actually developed but it probably caused nasty motion sickness

[@General_Cap]

Yeah I tried a portal beta map on vr chat of all places and after playing it for a bit it gave me phantom motion sensations.

[@AzuraTheEnby]

I heard they canned it because that exact reason it caused motion sickness lol

[@kats511]

I play vr and games quite a bit, and portal is the only game that has caused motion sickness for me

[@wutaitrooper1]

Playing the regular version got me a dizzy. Cant imagine that in VR

[@Eagle3302PL]

There are plenty of ways to make a physics sandbox puzzle with portals without requiring the player to go through the portals at high speed.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

"Not even Portal survived." "Killed not by fans was this franchise. By the game developer it was." "Who? Who could have done this?"

[@SuperTsogo]

Gaben?

[@SlyCooper1920]

Hello There

[@overwatchpronstars3277]

The same is going on with TF2

[@predacontherising3715]

*cuts to game Gabe slicing and murdering game developers working on Portal 3*

[@supermarine2493]

Wait

[@blackcat738]

It's amazing that not more than a few months later, metroid dread got revealed and was soon released. That metroid entry aged like left out milk.

[@josephdavis4682]

The Back 4 Blood one aged like a corpse in a fucking bog lol

[@nman551]

But where’s prime 4?

[@cassiecatcat]

The gauntlet theme song 😭😭😭 I love it

[@benriopelle4568]

Every time Act Man showed a game franchise whose last entry was in 2011 I’d go “how is that dead? 2011 wasn’t that long ago”. And then I realize that it’s 2021 and that 2011 was somehow 10 years ago

[@v8matey]

That awkward moment when you realise the 90s were 30 years ago.

[@flaviusstilicho3167]

Sly Cooper has been lost to the sands of time. Literally. He's in ancient egypt, in the secret ending of Sly Cooper Thieves in Time(I refuse to call it Sly 4). For the past 9 to 10 years.

[@bliiild]

Oh shit I loved those games so much how did I forget

[@MlDVS]

yooo that game was my childhood on the ps2

[@MGSTube78]

As much as I'd like to see another Sly game, in my opinion Thieves in Time wasn't that great. It would be great if the series got a different story after 3. It could still involve time travel but have it be its own thing instead of revolving the whole game around it. Like having the time machine finished by the end of 4 which might lead to a different game or just a cool gadget to have to replay the story.

[@flaviusstilicho3167]

@@MGSTube78 My idea for the game would take place during the escape on Dr. M's island, in Sly and Carmelita's perspective. They await a boat from the mercenaries. In the meantime, Sly leaves behind his cane, handbag, and calling card behind. I would argue that Carmelita and Sly were more or less agreeing to work together, when he "lost his memory.' At least that's how I saw it. Again, how would Sly leave his personal possessions, with millions of gold loot, from his ancestors, without her noticing. Actually, what about an opening, much like the first three games, where instead of stealing an item Sly would stop criminals from doing so. Then, bam! Now Carmelita, who used her shock pistol on you, is now shooting at the criminals while Sly cuts them off. Then... Opening of the dance, with the events of the past up to now. Then Sly decided to pay Bentley a visit, for old times sake, only to see a ransacked home. Where both he and Penelope are missing. What will Sly and Carmelita do? Would it be a good idea to hunt down Bentley, under the guise of catching the brains of the Cooper gang? Evil laughing sound of a possible Clockwork backup robo chip, accidentally built by Sly's mechanical ancestor. Who did not know about the rage chip. Bam! Murray wants to help. Dimitri is painting and grooving. Cars are actually great to use the controller, without the motion thing. Um... That's all I got, really. It's not the best. It's the only way to get around the amnesia and time travel plotline. How about Sly's secret ending is seeing his father, one last time. Bentley did create the time machine, but it really shows a projection of the past, rather than traveling. Sly, and the audience, look at his father for the first time. Silence... He touches the screen. Oh, and the fifth game involves Mugshot ruling the universe because he used super steroids, and won all the olympics. Causing anger to Brazil, after 7-1. Oh, and Bentley is a computer robotic turtle in a badass wheel chair. Carmelita tells Sly she's pregnant, after their recent exhibition. Then it ends with Dimitri reviving Disco from it's eternal banishment of trending through the ages. French people rejoice as they speak english through the grooving music, bro. And the sixth game involves order 66, declared by EA...

[@foxymetroid]

The developers of the fourth game have a story planned out for a fifth installment and want to make it. They're just waiting for Sony's okay.

[@Cyphu]

14:00 Thank you so much Act Man. I’ve been looking for this series for awhile. I remembered playing one of the games as a kid but couldn’t remember much about it. Finally found the game thanks to you (Gauntlet Legends)

[@medoagamer9497]

I miss ape escape so much... It was and still is the reason why I love the PS2 so much. Ape escape 3 & Pumped and primed are 2 of my favorite games of all time, and AE1, AE2, 2001, million monkeys, and big mission were all amazing as well...

[@RC32Smiths01]

When I saw the title with Banjo Music playing in the background, that really hit me in the feels.....

[@wiktorwojciechowski4705]

I feel you bro, Banjo was my childhood 😂

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@wiktorwojciechowski4705 Same!

[@orangeslash1667]

@@RC32Smiths01 Banjo was never suppose to exist to being with, the only reason it exists is because Project Dream was canceled on the N64. Now a days Rare no longer sees a use for the Bear and Bird other than ports.

[@chillmanchan3829]

The Act Man mentioning Fallout New Vegas almost makes you wish for a “Why Was Fallout New Vegas So Awesome?”

[@larrymcjones]

He’s definitely gonna do it sooner or later

[@tracewalters9553]

Look i just want a new fallout and 76 i liked it kind of but fallout four holds a special place in my heart

[@rileysutton3604]

Hbomberguy has a video on Fallout New Vegas

[@chillmanchan3829]

@Chandler Burse Yea that style of game isn’t for everyone but for the people who are into that style, NV is one of the best games of its generation

[@Virus_io.]

It was too short with no end-game exploration.

[@Ryn0_333]

O man, great video. Timesplitters, I remember playing til 3 in the morning with my buddy. I fell asleep on my dad's pool table after laying down for 1 second. We had a blast playing multi-player. F-Zero X was severely underrated. Easily my favorite racing game at the time.

[@candyyumi]

Edit: Nintendo Direct (September 2023): F-Zero 99 Nintendo Direct (2023): Metroid - Metroid Prime Remastered F-Zero - F-Zero X (Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online) Playstation State of Play (2023): Metal Gear - Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Xbox Premier (2023): Elder Scroll - Elder Scroll: Online Journey to Necrom (and probably making Elder Scroll 6?) Fallout - Fallout 76 Atlantic City Location (there's a new Fallout I think? Fallout 5?) Summer Game Fest (2023): Prince of Persia - Prince of Persia The Lost Crown All the games that been mentioned here, that made a comeback: Dead Space - Dead Space Remake Dragon Age - Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Kotor - Kotor Remake Metroid - Metroid Dread and Metroid Prime 4 Silent Hill - Silent Hill 2 Remake, Silent Hill: Town Fall, Silent Hill: Ascension and Silent Hill f Games considered same franchise: Metal Gear - Metal Gear Rising 2 (Hinted by Raiden Voice Actor) DLC Games: Dead Cells - Return to Castlevania I can't believe that most of the games mentioned here actually coming back lol, hope others will have the same treatment. Hoping that Metroid Prime 2 and 3, Duke Nukem, Republic Commando and Left 4 Dead will be revive as well. Also give me a new DOOM Game.

[@justinambru8529]

Valve loves the "can't count to three" meme.

[@truetape666]

Instead of releasing Left 4 Dead 3, they just reboot the series.

[@thepeskyone]

@@truetape666 gta v for ps9

[@Largentina.]

@@truetape666 They didn't reboot anything.

[@nofacedgoldfish6216]

Yoy mean "More than 2 less than 4?"

[@Legion849]

Valve hates the number 3 and they got lazy ever since the money printer Steam.

[@Larry]

Problem with making a video like this is a publisher always announces a reboot for at least one of the mentions on your list half a second after it's uploaded. Bloody happens to me all the time :D

[@whatclub3934]

WOW YOUR'E HERE?

[@faralteezee4474]

*Let it happen.*

[@babyeater639]

@@whatclub3934 man, not even surprised when i see him anymore.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

That's why you should do it more often. Learn to exploit Murphy's Law to your advantage.

[@AstroManX100]

In that case, could you please make a video about Jak & Daxter and mention how it's never coming back?

[@philippegratton9958]

Woah... Haven't heard custom robo in a long time! Thanks for the trip down memory lane :)

[@nickporter975]

Warms my heart to see Gauntlet get some love. Loved Dark Legacy and work love to see a remaster or another game like it

[@theazian47]

“These games never die. They’re only missing in action.” At least for most of these.

[@christophersilebi9832]

Dope Halo reference.

[@EchoLocoCJ]

F

[@codyscales4849]

Killzone will always be better imo

[@Stryfe52]

@@codyscales4849 kill one killing floo kill Ed kill zone d

[@finkamain1621]

@@christophersilebi9832 Cringe Halo reference

[@KaoticReach1999]

Conker is so underrated, should be preserved for all time

[@andyk0646]

I bought it after this video it’s on 69%

[@kstreet7438]

@@andyk0646 nice! Enjoy a classic!

[@andyk0646]

@Brazilian Goddess I have an Xbox I got live and reloaded

[@Jasonhoods]

No it's not. Conker's bad fur day does not hold up like at all. I randomly played it a few days ago and it's just not good. It takes forever to get into the game and the camera sucked beyond normal for n64

[@Jasonhoods]

@@andyk0646 the original is on the rare replay disc which is also on game pass I think

[@galidroo]

great video It's sad to see how little has changed from this list 2 years later

[@vt8414]

I love how often I hear banjo kazooie music on your channel.

[@MidnightClubStillCancelledSoz]

Honorable Mention: Midnight Club

[@brandonmartin8409]

ELLLOOOOOO

[@culturehub2628]

Whatever happened to that series??

[@r10t_mulletman23]

@@seawolf_USA what about day and night remix

[@shaqbrowny]

Pain.

[@vytosan]

I knew you would be here

[@PossumReviews]

Whatever happened to Star Fox?

[@tony-_-doge]

Did get star fox zero during wii u era zero wasn't good mostly due to the controls but could've revived the franchise didn't have mp which was a bummer sold poorly also was a reimagine of star fox 64 so didn't move the plot at all which was a bummer really like the series I can only just hope a switch port

[@bloodmoonangel8925]

Sadly, Nintendo is completely incapable of making a good Star Fox game ever since they released Star Fox 64. They were very close with Star Fox Zero but just had to fuck it up by implementing those stupid ass motion controls and the retarded cockpit view gimmick. The fucking Starlink Battle for Atlas Star Fox DLC is a better Star Fox game than anything Nintendo has released yet

[@notgoodenough1669]

sup doc

[@somerandomguy___]

Didn’t expect you here

[@blizzardgaming7070]

Possum reviews you’re here to

[@charlemagne2442]

Just recently started playing Dead Space, It is fantastic! Thank you for telling me about this game!

[@Hollowdude15]

When he showed dead space I was like oh ya I have to watch this video and awesome video man :]

[@Fidozo15]

Did y'all forgot Max Payne? The whole franchise needs a remake or remaster...

[@TheManInThe5uit]

Max Payne might have stopped but its effect and legacy lives on in many games. Especially within Remedy's IPs. You can't play Quantum Break or Control and not see the influence, plus the implementation of bullet time in other games. At least that's my way of coping :P

[@northcliffe4lyfe]

Yeah man!

[@MrTheDarkKnightFan]

My exact thoughts

[@seenbelow]

​@Sam Houser For me, MP3 is the only one I'll probaby never replay - it was a shoot-em-up and a chore to complete, compared to the story driven, comics-inspired and very atmospheric predecessors. It's a great shooter but nothing much beyond that.

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

@@seenbelowAt least in MP1 and 2 you can skip cutscenes unlike in 3 lol

[@mattbertie5506]

“Fear” is also a series I would love to return, been too long.

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

FEAR should have been a series of games with a new paranormal threat each game. Instead they went with alma every game which was dissapointing

[@lunarrosecrow407]

@@MILDMONSTER1234 Alma was interesting there's no need to call her disappointing she had a purpose and served it well also, Paranormal events aren't what F.E.A.R. kinda is cause Alma let's be honest a lot of the things she does is more supernatural than paranormal as she was an experiment and paranormal is what science can't explain. Even if it was different paranormal events each game there weren't many things they could do as paranormal is based on things science can't explain like Aliens, ghost, bigfoot, and the love ness monster all these things were exhausted to death with things like Prey, Fatal Frame, Silent Hill (which is somewhat both paranormal and supernatural), Ghosthunter, movies like 13 Ghost, the grudge, the ring, exorcist, etc, the early and mid-2000s were the years of all the ghost and alien games so not much they could really try out with so many other titles.

[@lunarrosecrow407]

@@MILDMONSTER1234 sorry for the long reply but felt it isn't something so simple as making a new event Alma, either way, was a great overall villain and objective for the F.E.A.R. series as a whole gotta admit yeah after 3 games she outstayed her welcome but as she didn't have the staying power of someone like Albust Wesker or Pyramid head still you gotta admit the story around her and her overall design was creepy as hell and cool as shit. Like the first game, she was fucking scary man but, I can see how repetitive it seems to have her in every game understandable completely.

[@jovanpfk269]

Agree, i wish new F.E.A.R. from Monolith i hope with original AI. Oh man and sequel to Point Man story, real Point Man from original not fake one from Fear 3.TPM is one of the greatest protagonists ever.

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

@@lunarrosecrow407 She was cool for a little while but it should have ended sooner. fear would have made for a great scp franchise instead of just focusing on one ghost girl

[@xilyria]

not sure if you'll ever see this but holy crap for YEARS I've had this vague memory of a fighting game but I never knew enough about it that I could ask others or research it, but THIS VIDEO ACTUALLY SHOWS IT. I also played custom robo! Literally the only thing I knew about the game was that it had fighting and some sort of grid around the arena. That is literally all I remember. thank you so much for making this video haha I haven't felt this way since I found out The Bouncer was a game that I played as a kid as well haha thanks man!

[@ericjohnson3332]

Splinter Cell, Tony Hawk, Crazy Taxi, Bomberman, Serious Sam, Resident Evil, Medal of Honor, Rayman, Unreal Tournament, Burnout, Driver.....Im really glad Timesplitter's was mentioned. One of the best and last FPS shooters of the modern era before online play came full force.

[@swordofkhaine8464]

Resident Evil is far from dead. Just because boomers can't migrate their brains from the 1990s doesn't mean the franchise is dead. RE7 is the biggest achievement of single-player gaming in a long time. Especially if you know how much the director had to fight Capcom to make it happen, and to go against the old fans by not bringing the old characters back. The creative director went out of his way to make sure the game wouldn't be filled with crappy micro-transactions. The boldness to bring the new engine to life, a completely new character was daring and brave.

[@overseer109]

Can we just take a second to appreciate how The Act Man has his ads set up. No being interrupted in the middle of a bit, it's like he cares for his viewers and understands that they don't want a random ad to pop up in the middle of nowhere

[@HummusThunder]

Seeing elder scrolls on this list pains me like nothing else

[@TheActMan]

They let all the criminal scum go

[@generic4012]

It pains me to oblivion

[@devondorr8212]

But with the power of MODS......

[@younglingkicker3833]

Like an arrow to the knee

[@asteelersfan1276]

If they don't make another game i might not awaken after crossing the border

[@drunkinjapan]

Time splitters 2 was amazing and viewtiful Joe was my favorite game of all time!! Remember seeing it on G4’s Xplay and HAD TO HAVE IT!

[@drasvader1]

Great video. I loved all these games

[@SNOWSOS]

Conker, JSRF and KOTOR were my childhood

[@idekatthispoint]

Jet Set Radio had a VR game

[@RankSqirmy]

@@idekatthispoint yo whats it called?

[@toxronin3971]

The series I miss the most that isn’t on here is sly cooper, the original trilogy is a big part of my childhood and the 4th one just didn’t do it for me. It has been 6 years and counting since the last one....(my bad 7 YEARS)

[@ubcroel4022]

Live and reloaded was fun

[@mikeyfighter02]

@@toxronin3971 I miss Sly Cooper SO MUCH, I remember it was one of the first games my dad showed me, so it holds a special place in my heart.

[@manadork92]

"Its time to kick ass and disappointment everyone, and I'm done kicking ass" lmao

[@TheActMan]

I was proud of that one haha

[@manadork92]

@@TheActMan haha you do great work sir!

[@drivanradosivic1357]

Duke's Tour DLC for Bulletstorm(along with Retro shooters like Ion fury, Dusk and more) proved that Duke could have a chance, he just needs publishers and developers that care enough to make a good game.

[@jordanwright2313]

@@drivanradosivic1357 I would love a new Duke game, hes been one of my favorite characters since I was a kid, I even liked DNF, but with Duke being owned by gearbox, I dont think anything new will come out again.

[@drivanradosivic1357]

@@jordanwright2313 nah, Bulletstorm Duke's Tour is a thing, which is a fine way to test out Duke Nukem in new releases. I even think we should make a Duke Nukem Vault Hunter for BL3 to not only cross off the looter shooter genre but to test out Duke in new releases before Gearbox decides to do anything new with him, like a Duke Nukem collection with 2001 DNF and the new Duke Nukem game pulling a Doom 2016 or Doom Eternal.

[@prestonmccoy7097]

Welcome back, Dead Space! And what a return it has been!

[@nman551]

Hopefully we get a remake of 2 next and then the dead space 3 that we should’ve gotten without the scummy micro transactions

[@Delly_bean]

I'm over a year late to this video, but thank you for including Custom Robo. I fondly remember countless hours of Custom Robo Arena on NDS as a kid, and I'm still waiting for another game to scratch that itch like Custom Robo did. I definitely need to give the Gamecube version a try at some point!

[@andrewarmstrong2586]

Custom Robo was soo good

[@ax0l297]

Fun fact: assassins creed was actually going to be a prince of Persia game called: prince of Persia assassins

[@Bjorn308]

Splinter Cell. Come on Ubisoft, stop teasing us with cameos and let us put on Sam Fisher's iconic nightvision goggles again...

[@Bjorn308]

@@czarnakoza9697 - any canonical proof of that?

[@Bjorn308]

@@czarnakoza9697 Metaphorical death, I see...

[@emilianohermosilla3996]

There's a video that talks about why splinter cell hasn't got a game in a few years...

[@compaqdeskpro5770]

Rainbow Six Seige killed Sam Fisher. There is no game I would throw money at faster than a new Splinter Cell.

[@robertabella1806]

no splinter cell. just a new Ubisoft cash grab.

[@davepowers3194]

The franchise I still mourn is Golden Sun, I fell in love with them almost instantly, with the beautiful art style, the killer soundtrack by Motoi Sakuraba, a really creative magic system and a simple yet very compelling story, in fact, it was my first JRPG, it made me want to try others too and is still my favorite JRPG of all time,and while I still personally enjoy the third entry, I also understand why it didn’t do well and failed to revive the franchise, and I doubt it will ever get anything more than a passing mention in Smash, like several of the entries on the list 😢

[@cloudlightwalker9156]

omg i had almost forgotten gauntlent thank you for reminding me of an amazing game with some amazing memories that are curently flowing back at 920pm on the 23rd of jan 2023

[@RemolzMangoz]

Brothers in Arms. They legit ended in a cliff hanger then Ubisoft said “screw you fanbase”

[@tuanmuda8543]

Driver franchise as well. dont know why they removed Driver San Francisco from their store :\

[@vladalexan]

@@tuanmuda8543 licensing renewals for the cars, which they didn't want to bother to renew

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

I just reinstall the game I gonna have a good times

[@sebastianpavanaris6758]

Still waiting for Baker to be in the Battle of the Bulge, heck, any news of the TV series yet?

[@Madjo-qj2ge]

@@sebastianpavanaris6758 just watch Band of Brothers

[@TheShuckmeister]

My favorite is easily the Sly Franchise. It had such a great trilogy followed by a 4th game that was... yeah...

[@nikhilbhavani981]

Really? I thought 4 was alright enough.

[@guy8643]

@@nikhilbhavani981 same, fourth was still a good time

[@Joskilani]

Thieves in Time was still a very great game, I'd say on-par with the original 3 in terms of gameplay. But the story of Thieves in Time just messed so much up...

[@aida7198]

Wow didnt expect to see shuck here

[@Spartan136]

@@Joskilani I feel like the story would have been fine if they had just finished the ending.

[@TWHowl]

Conkers is underrated even with its cult following. One of THE BEST multiplayers of any game period.

[@mistersalesman]

The Jim and Jim clip made my entire day. Thank you for the laugh good sir.

[@boxofbanjos9124]

Honorable Mentions: Sly Cooper, SSX, Jak and Daxter.

[@ratchetexperience8379]

There might still be a chance for Sly to come back. Jak and Daxter too if they fire Neil

[@quiett6191]

No One Lives Forever and F.E.A.R

[@christianthelycan]

Blinx: The Timesweeper and Mechassault, I’m not on Xbox anymore but I loved them as a kid

[@EastDallasKicks]

Jak isn’t forgotten but it may be a good thing we aren’t getting a Jak 4, besides I wouldn’t want to buy an inferior ps5 just for Jak 4. Not even a ps4 if it was compatible.

[@norsborg2379]

Jak and Sly better come back for the PS5, like Ratchet still get new games

[@hulkman245]

I still can't believe Microsoft bought Rare and then was like: Your going to make Kinect games now

[@mervynlan7727]

Thank Don maverick.

[@Liquidtank]

Historically one of the dumbest decisions in gaming

[@CarlosTorresArt]

It was like buying Star Wars and making a Palpatine the main character.... mmmm wait...

[@moodystepbro]

@@CarlosTorresArt WdYm BrO iTs A sKyWaLkEr

[@thepsychicspoon5984]

@@Liquidtank Dumb? or Brilliant? "Buy the company and run it into the ground so you become a monopoly. Costumers. What are those? Hahaha Were in the money. Were in the money" -Corporate commander

[@Young_BZ]

Tons of series I grew up with. I couldn't agree more with this video.

[@dutchmasterssss3902]

The good old gauntlet dark legacy theme song. What a throwback. I actually just recently bought a ps2 just to play gauntlet again

[@winlover37]

Timesplitters is criminally underrated.

[@infernoROBO]

EXACTLY. One of the best FPS games during the 6th gen era. Especially Timesplitters 2. That game still remains as my favorite FPS game to date. Hopefully that Timesplitters Rewind project manages to be completed soon.

[@HighFunctioningMedium]

2 were so goooddd

[@AustinPowerz-bn5ry]

Next level gameplay. Future Perfect is as it's name implies.

[@Dylan-xx2tk]

Facts.

[@chironthecuddley6144]

Future Perfect was a peg above 2 for me. 2's controls were just awful, but the maps were amazing.

[@avronthecorrupted2781]

The infamous trilogy really needs a new game. Infamous had to have been one of my favorite games of all time.

[@doomspire]

Ya

[@lightrider-hu2xl]

See i never played them, I heard they were good but never did. I need some advice, which one should I play first?

[@avronthecorrupted2781]

@@lightrider-hu2xl I’d say the first one and it’s dlc then you move onto infamous second son and all its dlc’s

[@astronomical3342]

@@avronthecorrupted2781 2 is better

[@LegoLock-and-Load]

@@astronomical3342 1>2>second son

[@joshuac2577]

Bro you unlocked so much nostalgia with Custom Robo 😱😱

[@jubby15]

You should do a video on a game called freelancer for PC. Amazing tittle. Great vid btw!

[@phantomgamez117]

Don’t forget about Jak and Daxter, miss them 😢

[@sanken21]

If ratchet and clank can get new game. jak and daxter should make it

[@phantomgamez117]

@@sanken21 except NaughtyDog has no interest of coming back to the franchise

[@biinerfiiner]

Oh damn, yeah history has completely forgotten about those games.

[@dingdong1989]

@@biinerfiiner Square Eyed Jak hasn't forgotten

[@movieswithgabe]

Same 😭

[@radicalman6972]

"When gta 5 stops making money in the year 2069."

[@biggp6298]

Thank you for mentioning JSRF, a forgotten gem.

[@fosres]

Rest in Pieces, games. Great video, Act Man!

[@Moon-nk3co]

When Metroid and Paper Mario make the list, But Mother doesn’t

[@dmodk8010]

To be fair the franchise is over it’s just Nintendo won’t localize it

[@PkmariO64]

That’s because Itoi said that the series concluded with the third instalment, and evidently so, based on the ending. It does kinda suck that the Mother series ended, but it’s better to go out with dignity, as opposed to beating the dead horse of a franchise long after it died.

[@SOY.O.G]

@@PkmariO64 _B U T W H Y W O N ‘ T T H E Y R E M A K E I T_

[@lucasdellamaggiore]

@@PkmariO64 I just wish they'd localize Mother 3 and slap a T rating on it so they don't censor anything, but this is nintendo we're talking about, we'll either get a censored version of it or we won't get it at all.

[@Henskelion]

Mother as a series died with dignity, whereas Metroid and Paper Mario have spent the last decade being dragged through the mud.

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

Rest in peace, Manhunt...

[@thepandrbr]

they cant release a new title nowadays. People are too soft, and it would create a gigantic controversy

[@wizardmaster7475]

@@thepandrbr Well if it offends people it probably means it’s gonna be good.

[@amarson2322]

Manhunt was a truly unique and original horror game that we won’t see such in future

[@astronomical3342]

@@thepandrbr you don’t know what your talking about tlou2 and rdr2 has more gore in them hell rdr2 has kkk and feminism

[@noir2601]

@@thepandrbr in summary, todays people are a bunch of sissies

[@NerdRiots]

I was just taking about custom robo, loved that game when playing with friends

[@CriticalBill-eh2fm]

So glad you put Joe on here. I've been clamoring for a new one since that generation's end. Such great and unique action titles for their time.

[@Doabit]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell. After Michael Ironside left the role of Sam Fisher, the series now kinda blows :(

[@geographygeo3081]

Yeah it’s a real shame. I haven’t kept up with it in a while but I remember a while back there were a bunch of rumors of a 2021 release. With all his guest appearances something should come out his franchise right? Hopefully

[@mrblack576]

@@geographygeo3081 in blacklist he wasnt there because he had cancer

[@dshvd2410]

Kinda agree but disagree at the same time Conviction is still a good action game, maybe even a good stealth game, but it's a shit Splinter Cell game. And Michael Ironside still voiced Sam Fisher in that game. Now Blacklist is actually the second best game in the franchise after Chaos Theory gameplay wise (just my opinion), and by then Ironside was replaced The franchise is dead not because it went to shit, but because we haven't had a single game for almost ten years now

[@banditoshockydrugs4627]

agreed , like look at GR now! its trash , look at future solider and compare it to wildlands or breakpoint , its just isnt better in anyway exept ghraphics and audio

[@valterfara5027]

For me is Alan Wake.

[@Geekasaurus18]

Bethesda : do you have any debugging experience Random person: what Bethesda: your hired

[@SilentLegion96]

TIL I’m a Bethesda employee.

[@SilentLegion96]

@Ádám Vörös What?

[@arkay4387]

@@SilentLegion96 Ok, bethestha employee confirmed.

[@jclaw0523]

Nox Quest, mech commander, larry, dungeon siege, alone in the dark, the suffering, some games i really enjoyed.

[@alex-ur3pu]

Didn't see the end of the video before posting my first comment. Love it 😄

[@leonarddillon256]

One of EA’s biggest missed opportunities is that they had both the Star Wars license and BioWare’s ownership at the same time. How did they not make a KOTOR 3?!

[@Shvabicu]

Maybe it was better that way

[@christianbethel]

@@Shvabicu Why do you say that?

[@triggeredbeetle5370]

@@christianbethel because they would ruin it

[@samuraiedge9761]

They would have made a kotor andromeda

[@justabrony271]

Due to the fact EA just stopped making kick ass games in its place was milking games with no effort into making it good. Lets not forget that EA did some good stuff a long time ago.

[@Minus___]

I would love L.A. Noire 2 with Jack Kelso as the protagonist.

[@aleksikorhonen1046]

Me too! L.A. Noire is my favorite game ever made.

[@mikeehrmantraut1899]

I would love sleeping dogs 2 as well but it will never happened

[@aligmal5031]

@@mikeehrmantraut1899 Play yakuza 0

[@chutemi2340]

It’s nice knowing there are others who remember the game.

[@CoffinSkate]

I think you're on to something. I just want a new game from Rockstar that plays very similarly to L.A. Noire, but with some new additions to the gameplay of course.

[@Barrage_S197]

There was actually a Custom Robo arena for the DS released in the US. Pretty fun game. There was also a game released in 2020 called Synaptic Drive that’s a similar style but I’ve heard not great things about the gameplay and have yet to try it out for myself.

[@codyh4486]

Oh man, I haven't heard about Custom Robo in years. It genuinely seems like it was a fever dream i made up, because I remember binging it with a friend who lived across the street, and we would take turns in the campaign. I just barely remember the story too, or atleast what happens to one character... You get your first robot by bugging a friend or just turning it on, which makes him lose his fight either way and then you fight the guy he was battling. Same guy later has to take a massive dump and the Bathroom is being guarded and you need to beat a boss for him to go. classic

[@williambrown3699]

"remember when rockstar made games?" -doesn't mention midnight club me: :(

[@jarlboof]

@Sam Houser also released it the same year as gta4

[@Onnarashi]

He also seems to have forgotten Red Dead Redemption 2 that came out in 2018.

[@yousufrazwan9583]

@@Onnarashi exactly what i thought

[@simplycinclair8979]

Never ever liked racing games, but my brother does. I still hope they make anything that isn’t a new heist no one will play in gta online...

[@okboomer8798]

@Sam Houser MC3 on the PS2 was the best racing game I ever played. And that's coming from a guy who spent a lot of time on motorstorm.

[@THE-JAC0BITE]

Rest in peace, Big Boss, rest in peace... NOT HAVING A METAL GEAR GAME IS LIKE A BLOODY PHANTOM PAIN. Pun intended

[@spider-man4460]

I really wanted a GEX Remake Trilogy after the release of Crash N.Sane Trilogy but guess what those dumbasses at Crystal Dynamics did, discount superhero Destiny

[@RoBroKy]

SNAKE EATER!!!!!

[@megyskermike]

Aren't they remaking MGS though? Not like it's totally dead~

[@MacCanma]

Jesus Christ.... no more MGS games 😢

[@dex4139]

Metal Gear Solid is my favorite franchise . Thanks to Konami we will never see this level of quality again .

[@dreamday988]

Prince of persia sands of time was my childhood..omg i got hit by the hammer of nostalgia 😭 would love for you to make a video about the games one day..I don’t understand how tf they went downhill

[@BushidoCypher]

I KNEW JSRF would be on the list and fuck me I want it sooooo bad man! Great content as always Act Man

[@timothynordgren2673]

Honourable mentions: Alien Isolation, Splinter Cell, Crysis, Prototype.

[@dalvinduchesne2325]

Prototype 😭

[@petrspetsnaz630]

@@stalinjustafellowrussianco7440 the desire to die was so strong, that it affected game itself

[@cal5750]

Don't forget Legacy of Kain.

[@ebonkinght]

And Brute Force its a super underrated xbox game.

[@Kandranos]

Splinter Cell got done dirty

[@GambitRaps]

I will never stop being salty about what happened to the KOTOR series.

[@username-yc3bd]

Same

[@trautsj]

I will never stop being salty about literally EVERY fucking BIOWARE IP in existence turning into a steaming pile of dogshit :( I'm not sure any game dev can truly match the horrifically sad fall from grace as much as Bioware ...

[@gmodplayer547]

@Ahmed malaki hes talking about knights of the old republic, a star wars game series.

[@wangdangatomictango]

It's still EA never allowing Obsidian or one of their more capable studios (other than Bioware) make KOTOR 3. They could've just said it was strictly EU canon only. I just... want KOTOR 3.

[@xMtF54x]

all of us agree brosef

[@JoetoHLodose]

Costom Robo, Kirby's Air ride, and Gauntlet Dark legacy were my absolute favorites for GC. Would love to see any of these come back even if just remakes