10 Games That KILLED The WHOLE Franchise

Some game series or franchises have one bad entry that kills the whole thing. Here are some of those specific games.
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[@thelaughingrouge]

The thing that really hurts about Saint's Row 2022 is the execs will take the wrong lesson from it and just assume nobody wants anymore Saint's row.

[@cameronvandygriff7048]

The worst part is they made a pretty fun to play game (heavy emphasis on the pretty fun) they just made a shitty saints row game because it's just the later crazy games without the crazy stuff that made those fun and bearable with the wild nonsensical story

[@turtleman6854]

This is an unpopular opinion but my favorite saints row game is the original, but my second favorite saints row game is the the reboot. Everyone loves Saints Row 2 but I felt the story as a sequel could've been a bit better and the graphics could've definitely been better. It's still fun though. Getting back to Saints Row 2022, I feel it doesnt deserve the hate it gets, as my only gripe with it is the story was way too tame and there wasnt enough buildup for certain things. Other than that I enjoyed it. All they have to do in a sequel is make the tone a bit more darker.

[@neonnerd1364]

Saints 4 ruined the games for me. It was such a poorly executed game. Same with gat out of hell which also sucked.

[@KorilD]

Yeah, the lesson *should be* "a game that aims to please everyone will please no one," but they'll look at this and think "nobody wants unique open world shooters that push boundaries and aren't afraid to let you run naked through the streets wielding a giant purple phallus."

[@NewOldie]

​@Blake Harper it got hate because saints row 2022 was about teens trying to pay of their college loans etc. Etc. Saints row 2 was still grounded and had the same formula as the first. You start out with nothing and work your way to the top just to be betrayed nearly killed and the saints wiped out so in 2 you basically start all over again and build the saints back up in your own right. Everything after 2 was just childish humor. 2 has pimp canes 3 has giant purple dildo bats the humor is vastly different and 1-2 are different devs than the ones that made 3+. I like to say the new devs went full tarded when thinking how to make 3 different from 2.

[@dead_yetti8343]

To recover from the depression that this episode caused, i feel we need a 10 games that brought franchises back from the dead. 😂 Would be a welcome change of pace!

[@TheKindredblades]

Doom (2016)

[@yan3066]

I agree ! 👍

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@TheKindredblades yep. Add also KOF XIII.

[@CallMeCharley]

Resi VII!

[@TheKindredblades]

@@CallMeCharley absolutly

[@KuranHeerNow]

Driver : Parallel Lines was an INCREDIBLE entry to the series. Totally cool to transition from the 70’s to the 2000’s, the driving was good and had a bit of customisation.

[@nuke_code]

Yep, its wrong to say that driver died in Driver 3, i have played Parallel Lines and Driver 3 a lot, and i think it was both great games.

[@unknown_si_d-_-b7310]

I was thinking the same thing i loved that game

[@jacobhirst7581]

parallel lines was an awesome game, doesn’t get the love it deserves. the soundtrack was really something

[@robertyocum7200]

Never played the earlier ones, but driver: San Francisco will forever hold a special place in my heart.

[@michaelsparks9919]

Driver: Parallel Lines was the first videogame I ever played, at 6 years old. Somehow my dad played through the entire game and decided it was fine to let me play, but I'm sure glad he did. I've played it through more times than I can count. I got Driv3r probably a few years later and while it was a pretty good game, it didn't really carry the legacy of Parallel Lines, my favorite thing about it was the character looked like my neighbor Craig lmao

[@renken7481]

Well, I don’t think medal of honor 2010 or Warfighter were generic games. For that matter, I think the aspect that hooked most people was the realistic story and the way the campaign progress (I was very young and didn’t play too much multiplayer). If I remember correctly, the campaign was written with the help of actual Navy SEALs. I don’t quite remember if they were still in service or not, but some of the missions were based off true events like the helicopter crash in a snowy mountain

[@beenschmokin]

Yeah... This guy isn't a firearms fan or someone who respects and or studies military matters. Certainly doesn't know anyone who served in the GWOT. Warfighter is legit. It was showcasing the human cost of war. I still break out the PS3 and play it sometimes.

[@mrq8301]

It’s not even surprising EA are involved with like half of these😂

[@vincer7824]

EXACTLY what I was thinking.

[@CD-Gaming]

I think the biggest surprise is that it's ONLY half!

[@joelhodoborgas]

And yet people are still buying, preordering and shoving money at them for mtx lol

[@amuroray9115]

What happened with Dead Space is one of their biggest crimes

[@ae4042]

@@joelhodoborgas blame the sports game, specifically Fifa, its like weed for majority of football/soccer addicts

[@crazyd3m0n666]

It is sad how most franchise deaths occurred due to higher-ups 'smelling the money' or going with whatever trend they thought was hip instead of staying loyal to the franchise and it's fans. The people most disconnected from the gaming world get to decide how the game has to be made...

[@victorkreig6089]

That's literally been the industry from the start. The only exceptions are when programmers and people who love games start a company and for the first game or two they make great stuff and then business types seep in and it becomes just another company. The only exception to this rule is Remedy and IO, Bethesda WOULD count but creating that LLC after the issues they had with shipping Daggerfall kinda screwed them over

[@kobeyftw1789]

@@victorkreig6089 yes

[@immortalfrieza]

It's not so much the executives but the behavioral patterns of people in general. Companies start out small and thus have to actually think about what their customers want and how to give it to them. Once they become big enough though, they realize they can just sell of their brand name alone and so start half assing everything. Give people a way to make the big bucks with a fraction of the time and effort and they'll choose to do that every time.

[@majorhumbert676]

I suspect that the productive and creative people are in limited supply and that they tend to move on to other, more rewarding projects.

[@JaiJai177]

Cocain is hell of a drug

[@AgonyG59]

You missed Tenchu. Still some of my favorite games of all time since PS1, but the later entries destroyed our dreams of getting a new one. Which is why we got Sekiro when they were initially making Tenchu and then decided to change their minds on the story

[@florianmotao3165]

So Sad Rikimaru and Ayane are icon...

[@Odairu702]

I still loved Tenchu Z. One of my most played games on the 360

[@kosmosXcannon]

After Armored Core 6's success. Maybe FromSoft will think of going back to the IP in an attempt to revitalize it. Yeah Sekiro was probably based on it but it wasn't really a stealth game.

[@lazrustosadow5880]

That one was fun, my most memorable part in that game was how shit I was at the stealth but for some how breezed through the demon level

[@chaosyeshua1137]

I still play Wrath of Heaven and Fatal Shadows religiously on my PS2. Wish the classics were on PS Plus or Gamepass

[@HonkLord]

You're exactly right - I distinctly remember Sim City feeling like a turning point where gaming was becoming something more sinister.

[@adamzeller4160]

Fun fact about MoH Warfight… love it or hate it. A lot of those missions are based on true ops and are extremely close to actual events that happened because some spec ops guys were leaking classified information to help make the games story/missions.

[@UrDadsFavouriteMaleEscort]

Dude i had so much fun in the moh warfighter multiplayer

[@nickcozzie6614]

I came here to say it and u beat me to it

[@streetfighter2471]

I missed out on that game. Moh 2010 was a banger

[@matthewreid4173]

And they brought in actual operators to consult on it. But I think what I liked the most about it was that I finally got to play as a Canadian soldier in a video game. Finally got to represent my country. Canada doesnt get enough attention in videogames. Especially ww2 games.

[@chrissheppo]

​@@matthewreid4173 I think Squad includes Canada.

[@freepz1]

Gameranx is my favorite channel for when I’m cooking dinner and decompressing from the work day. Always chill vibes and great content, and usually a nice dose of nostalgia for games I hadn’t thought of in awhile. Seriously, thanks guys.

[@mattheworchard3815]

spot on, i feel exactly the same

[@krisellison6650]

What did you cook recently watching this video? I need ideas for my hangover food. Haha

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@krisellison6650 Gameranx for me a little better than IGN.

[@SLAVEWHIPPER2.000]

​@@purwantiallan5089 IGN rates a game 2/10 because it was "too hard"

[@XCh4oTiiKR4G3zX]

Seriously, they’re getting me through the days

[@twinsen_rus]

I'm glad to hear you've mentioned Driver: San Francisco and praised it. I freakin' loved it, this is one of my all-time favorite games ever. What a masterpiece! Such a bummer that it failed in terms of sales.

[@Yunix]

If Ubisoft ever brings it back on stores, I will be one of the day 1 buyers and recommend the game to all my friends!

[@kopicat2429]

Ah man. That game brings back memories. One of the few car centric games I played.

[@djjake]

Cant believe Parallel Lines didn't get a mention. That game was great

[@LyricMMX]

It really is a masterpiece! One thing I will always remember is that one really trippy mission playing that for the first time was awesome!

[@bravophoenix2341]

I personally loved Medal of Honor Warfighter, the game mechanics blew my mind when I was a kid. I think if they brought it back in a modern setting again it would be better than the last three CODs. Especially campaign wise

[@turbobuddah]

Your comment is even more relevant now MW3 is out 😂

[@NyteMyre]

0:16 - Medal of Honor: Warfighter 2:34 - Ninja Gaiden 3 4:28 - Command & Conquer 4 5:39 - Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 7:01 - Dead Rising 4 8:52 - Fear 3 10:24 - Sim City (2013) 12:36 - Saints Row (2022) 14:26 - Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite 15:44 - Driv3r

[@Gigi-fv9ky]

Thank you! Their listing number 1, number 2, etc is useless.

[@danielmoung9098]

I have to disagree about fear 3 and dead rising 4 , both of those games I enjoyed. Fear 3 is like dead space 3 to me, more action and less scary, but still a solid game and definitely was worth playing if you were a F.E.A.R fan like me. Dead rising 4 was nowhere near as good as dead rising 3, but I liked dr 4 for its christmas setting.

[@drakkondarkspell]

You did Driv3r, but not F3ar? o.O

[@Daniel-nn8mr]

​@@danielmoung9098 dead rising 4 and cry of fear 3 tried to do something new and it fell flat on it's face.

[@Daniel-nn8mr]

@@Benjaxiso what about it?

[@The1Overmind]

I remember an EA executive stating that a typical PC could not possibly process the amount of data that SimCity was using and required an online connection to properly simulate the city. That infuriated me, especially since they later allowed offline play and the city runs fine on a local computer. 😂

[@tetsuomiyaki]

and they only did that because someone else managed to find the offline options in the files, classic EA

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@tetsuomiyaki same goes to Ubisoft. EA also killed out Madden, NHL, FIFA, and even UFC. To focus solely for the Ultimate Team.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

I have a sneaking suspicion that he was lying out of his unwiped ass...

[@FresnoBoy6star]

That's crazy cus I remember simcity on super Nintendo lol

[@ihavegymnastics]

Such a load of PR bullshit.

[@daveg4417]

The F.E.A.R. 1 multiplayer is one of my favorite games of all time. The level design blew me away back then. The quality of the office buildings, and the taped drywall rooms and construction areas, was really awesome. The servers are no longer online, so that is now gone, like everything else from my childhood...

[@jjw4646]

I only played Fear 2 sadly. But seems games are just getting so much weaker from back then🤣

[@BigWilliesWonka]

Thats the game i forced myself to learn keyboard mouse to play specifically

[@Chillzilla0284]

I’d like to nominate Splinter Cell: Double Agent for this list. Coming off the heels of Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (which imo is arguably the greatest stealth/espionage game of all time), Double Agent decided to go for large action set pieces, more daytime gameplay, quick time events, and shootouts, over the well paced Mission Impossible style gameplay from previous releases. The series has never recovered from this switch in tone, and it just breaks my heart. Chaos Theory still holds up to this day as one of the best stealth games ever released.

[@guccidonbuzzflightyear4440]

Double Agent was okay Chaos theory was good and honestly blacklist was pretty good too. I don’t think the franchise is dead.

[@pripyaat]

Apart from the technical issues, SimCity (2013) was bashed for the ridiculously tiny city size, it was more like Simtown. The developers said that they were going to increase the tile size later through a patch, but the truth was the engine simply wasn't capable of simulating bigger cities.

[@jamesmurray8301]

Yeah there was lots to like about it but the tile sizes and complete ability to build other high way access points really ruined it. I remeber watching a truck try to deliver computer processors and getting stuck in traffic for three days.

[@Rohit.Gaikwad]

*Streets Of SimCity*

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@Rohit.Gaikwad Streets of Rage in Simcity?

[@Rohit.Gaikwad]

@@purwantiallan5089 street of SimCity game

[@danielm.595]

They did increase the buildable area... by about 5% if I remember correctly.

[@ALTAIR2472]

Before Medal of Honor 2010 there was Medal of Honor: Airborne and I think it was pretty good, very creative approach to the gameplay. Every mission you jump out of a plane and get to choose where to land. On a roof here, on a tower there, near by supplies or right behind enemies if you brave enough - the freedom of choice was great. Sadly the game was quite short and definitely felt like a sort of experiment. But I think they should've used all these ideas to continue the series this way.

[@purwantiallan5089]

Medal of Honor Airborne still an underrated game tho.

[@notedjog9]

GameCube best game medal of honor

[@hakasonma8588]

That game was good but controls killed it - they lazily blended all consoles so because of the Wii you have weird stop and shoot, lean and peak which even on the wii itself was a little off Will never be like the days running PS2 shooter titles hell emulate then on PC lol

[@ezioauditoredafirenze8352]

I liked that game too. It was something new.

[@jordandorman1425]

medal of honor airborne was so damn good I'd play it again if i could

[@RHaenJarr]

Huge nostalgia for MoH. I've recently burnt a huge part of my day playing around with the editor in ArmA3 with the latest WWII DLC trying to make a MoH style solo mission, with infiltrating an area, blowing up ammo storages and stuff

[@WaterDog1502]

Saints Rowboot killed the whole company lmao

[@guyfawkesistaken]

I remember one of the coolest things about Driver 2 being you could raise and lower the bridge in the city. Also finding secret vehicles out in the open world was great.

[@TheExileFox]

Driv3r had a few cool things in it as well, but it was always very problematic to get running.

[@WhiteoutMonster]

Driver 2 was the first open world game I'd ever played. It was essentially everything you could want. GTA ended up really nailing it later on. I forgot all about Driver 2 lol, thank you

[@MKhoshahang]

Considering that Driver lost the previous genre to GTA, I was hoping they continue making more Driver San Francisco. It was fun, engaging, unique and with a really nice story. I hope they make a newer version of that game.

[@victorkreig6089]

That's where the True Crime series comes in

[@tomjones2056]

I loved every gta game. The most recent one sucked and unfortunately it was their most successful so well never get a real gta game again

[@R3gul4r_Jamie]

Burnout paradise left the chat*

[@juhakauppinen5055]

Driver Parallel lines was a good game.

[@personreanimation]

Not even Driver would want to drive in SF these days

[@spicynips8466]

I remember playing the demo for Driver San Francisco and being blown away back in the day. Sadly I didn't use to buy many games back then, so I couldn't get the full version, but I would love to play that game nowadays.

[@sunnyboruahdas]

RIP Volition

[@FrankTheBuffalo1113]

I remember being so excited for SimCity 2013 and buying it on Origin and then being very disappointed by the fact that your cities were incredibly small. You couldn't even buy extra plots of land to expand (at least at launch) so you hit capacity really quickly.

[@0000song0000]

Same with Sims 4 (2014), shittier with each update 😢 they even made it free now. (spitting on those who bought it). Sims 3 (2009) looks better due to 4 getting worse constantly

[@powerfulshammy]

Maxis remastered Sid Meier's Railroads for mobile and it is really good and only thing missing is mods I want my own maps but on PC emulator just drag and drop the map and it works

[@orderd29]

How about a list of games in a series that felt like the franchise was killed, but came back harder than ever? Mafia 3 followed by Mafia Definitive Edition, Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness followed by the reboots etc.

[@the_savatar]

Those games you mentioned literally reborn cause the franchise died

[@Ace_Of_Bass8]

RE6

[@adi_zero5882]

i fkin hate mafia 3s direction. it should’ve been direct sequel to mafia 2

[@bustergundo516]

We don't talk about Angel of Darkness. I hated that game.

[@Scout_io]

​@@the_savatarthat's the point.

[@Tehbestshot]

RIP FEAR. Still some of my favorite horror games, I like to play through them around Halloween every year on steam. Still wish they'd reboot the series, but I doubt that'll ever happen.

[@SchwartZero]

And there goes Volition...

[@Swtchful]

Thank you for giving Driver: San Francisco a shout out! The Shift mechanic was so much fun to mess around with.

[@PliskinYT]

Also has a "Second Person" level too

[@fix0the0spade]

The best bit about Simcity 2013 and it's always online, was that the always online was literally a few lines of code that asked the server if it was still there. Delete something like 4 lines of code and the game worked just fine without an internet connection.

[@dakat5131]

It's funny how they talked up how it was so epic it couldn't run on puny home computers. And then they got proven wrong, it worked fine without the server.

[@petrnovak7235]

@@dakat5131 Funny thing is even EA realised this and eventually made the game playable offline. But, sadly, at that time, it was too little to late and Cities: Skylines was already out and definitely better and more popular than SimCity. Which is shame. Once the game was offline, it was pretty well playable Sim Building game. But Cities did everything better to the point that even EA realised it's futile to fight with them and Cities even were available through Origin store for some time. It's no longer available through EA store anymore, but it was still fun seeing it there 😁

[@johnkingsize]

@@petrnovak7235 They didn't realise it as there was nothing to realise in the first place. They had been lying about the reason why the game required an intrnet connection, were caught lying and removed the restriction as some form of damage control.

[@GeorgePanga]

The only good addition (if I remember correctly) was being able to build a region with other people. My friends and I played that way for a bit, but it wasn’t enough to sustain us in that game. Cool mechanic though.

[@fleetadmiralj]

I remember the mess that was the release, because their servers absolutely could not handle the traffic and it would take forever just to contact the server so you could play *single player* and it was a mess. I also remember the maps being much smaller then expected. When the game actually worked it wasn't that terrible but a lot of the cooperative projects on the map just never worked and stuff and...yeah

[@BassExpert666]

#3 hits hard now that Volition closed down.

[@YoungClarke]

For a period of time, Call of Duty was the underdog trying to compete with the massive Medal of Honor franchise. Crazy to remember

[@Xeonort]

Yeah. The turn really tabled on that one, holy shit.

[@yamo511]

and now its so big that it's just become a military recruiting psyop tool

[@mikesshowcase8513]

In an alternative universe, we're playing Medal of Honor: Modern Warfare III

[@JStarke2490]

i quite liked the competition of Allied Assault vs CoD and then came Battlefield 1942, from what i recall, wasnt that multiplayer only? Then after that, MoH took a nosedive starting with Rising Sun. CoD was a bit steady with 2 and, well i know nothing about 3. (there were 2 versions of CoD 1 and 2, pc and console) CoD got better/more praise with 4 and thats when people stopped caring for MoH. Airborne came out the same year but wasnt universally loved like CoD4.

[@the_terrorizer]

Man, I remember that. I remember Call of Duty 1 releasing, and being like DAMN this is fun for a knock off lol

[@MrNash1991]

Medal of Honor frontlines and Rising sun were amazing for a kid growing up in the 2000’s. I have so many memories of playing localized multiplayer on rising sun.

[@zygas25]

Volition is now dead. So rip saints row/ red faction

[@spectre1209]

Driver: Parallel Lines came out after 3 and was honestly a great game. Customizable cars, solid shooting, and a good city with the uniqueness of two eras. Was one of my favorite games to play on PS2.

[@tardaboveall491a]

Driver: Parallel Lines is also an amazing game. Very much like GTA, but it takes place in two time periods. The 70's and the 00's. It is very, very good, and if you enjoy going back to play ps2 from time to time I strongly recommend it.

[@kanehood3478]

I loved parallel lines, completed it a few times, I do miss a more simple game that doesn’t overwhelm you with mechanics that don’t make any sense, or bombard you with micro transactions 😢😢😢😢

[@darth_cheezus]

Driver San Francisco was really cool BUUT when I was younger and playing driver after a long time, Driver Parrallel Lines was crazy. The ability to switch back and forth between timelines was insane in my head then. They did it so well and honestly I cannot remember another game that did something like that. It would really be cool if GTA could implement something like that. Even if just on single player mode.

[@clarafedde8674]

I'm shocked they left out the fun story of Driv3r story. They knew it was buggy and bribed critics for good scores. That's Atari for ya. Gta ripped off driver and got away with it.

[@NateoArjaya]

@@clarafedde8674 Yeah, most of the driv3r's mission are unique, though some of them are kinda boring. It's unfortunate that my game always forcesclosed after the first mission in Instanbul.

[@Electrowasabi]

Played the hell out of that game. Its was cool coming out of prison and seeing new cars and guns

[@GameDevSaiTejVejju]

Driver San Francisco is phenomenal. I have played it like four times and never got bored. It was so fun to play and had good story too. Wish they can continue from that.

[@BrawlerTM]

I do miss The Getaway. Those two games were great fun and franchise I wish had continued.

[@marksantana4470]

You forgot duke nukem forever

[@the.ledbetter]

One I am super sad about is Jak and Daxter. That was one of my favorites growing up. Jak X was the wrong way to go, but I would love a reboot of this franchise.

[@bayarea4153]

Same here those games were great. I heard the story for jak 4 was so different it eventually turned into the last of us

[@iguana51]

​@@bayarea4153 Geez really? I want more info on that, just cause it's so bonkers and hard to believe

[@aussieknuckles]

​@@iguana51 i think they're being sarcastic lol

[@housemouseshorts]

@@aussieknuckles the truth is though that the whole tone and gameplay in jak changed and it was not wonderful.

[@aussieknuckles]

@@housemouseshorts yeah I prefer Jak 2 & Daxter on the PSP.

[@alexdanke133]

The Saints Row hurt me the most. I remember being very excited for its release then when I saw the previews thought it was totally off course. Then I got called a boomer and was told the game wasn't being made for old people like me lol. I would be happy if they remastered the second while keeping the game intact.

[@robertmccray6596]

I'm like you and want a remaster of the first two. The previews of the new one were really irritating and felt soft. All of the original grittiness was gone.

[@KidaMilo89]

@@robertmccray6596 I just completed the silly story and yes, you're right on this. There so many moments where I thought, "the Boss of Saints Row 2 would not do THAT they would just fucking see red". The new Boss just bends over and acts like a bitch most times, has very few hard qualities about them. The property ventures and city takeover gameplay are fun, but that's not saying much.

[@Celestialnighthawk]

Saints row was good all you nostalgia fanboys ruined it

[@POPCATthe3rd]

​@@Celestialnighthawk for me,I gave up a long time but I wanted to give the reboot a chance for the gameplay since Volition were screaming about it in their trailer,but at the end we got sponge-bullet enemies, cars that randomly jump for no reason, getting locked on special melee move, losing all of your weapons,some enemies just won't die and lastly the render distance makes me feel like I'm playing Minecraft on low settings

[@POPCATthe3rd]

​@@Celestialnighthawk for me,I gave up a long time but I wanted to give the reboot a chance for the gameplay since Volition were screaming about it in their trailer,but at the end we got sponge-bullet enemies, cars that randomly jump for no reason, getting locked on special melee move, losing all of your weapons,some enemies just won't die and lastly the render distance makes me feel like I'm playing Minecraft on low settings

[@RyGuyTheAVGuy]

Medal of Honor Warfighter coming out in 2012 just made me feel SO DAMN OLD, Thanks you guys hahaha.

[@dubsguy7986]

There's also Army Men (there hasn't been a console game since 2008) and I know they're finally making a new one, but Mass Effect: Andromeda deserves to be here.

[@Marcusml333]

It's really sad how Dead Rising lost its way. It's the series that could've benefitted the most from hearing "less is more". You can't just make the player more powerful and powerful, with incredible suits and overpowered weapons without the game losing some identity.

[@jedley01]

Weapons like the laser sword are fun to use but it’s stupid that you can make it out of a flashlight and some jewellery

[@mijo91]

I'm not gonna lie dead rising 4 is the game that got me into the whole series lol

[@Marcusml333]

@@mijo91 Hey, I get that. The game doesn't look unappealing if you see a little of it, and if you have no prior experience with the better games in the series. But if you've already played the better games, it's really hard to move on to DR4 after them.

[@mijo91]

@Marcus Mührmann-Lund no dude your not wrong I enjoy the first 3 amd spin offs better trust me

[@zinfinity193]

I agree it needed more of a difficulty balance

[@harveywilliams6576]

Duke Nukem Forever is going the be in this Video.

[@ichadpromax]

It wasn't

[@captaingabes1469]

It should be

[@harveywilliams6576]

But it’s still in the intro of this Video

[@jorgedecastro4230]

Eroooou

[@scarymustache3853]

It could've been a bonus

[@LukasDevilTrigger]

No lie me personally I know it ain’t going to happen now but I grew up playing driver 1 non stop and playing driver 2; but I remembered some really fond memories from San Francisco. I was waiting for a long time for San Francisco 2 to come but it never came and now forgotten until you guys brought the series. Kinda heart breaking how that goes in the video game world.

[@JustAnotherBurnerAccount]

Dead Rising 4 gets too much hate imo. Though I missed the climactic psychopath fights from DR1 & 3. I was very much immersed into DR4’s storyline & fun mechanics. Forever carrying this strong nostalgic connection & memory for it. (Especially since the game released around the holiday when life was much simpler & carefree to enjoy it more.)

[@ralaun2000]

I’ve had an issue with Volition Software ever since a zombie game they were working on for the Xbox 360 was never released. You were in charge of the zombies and you could control what they did while they were out in an area. They could search, gather, hunt or feast upon things. They’d power up at some point, too, and some of the footage shown when you “let them loose” on an area looked truly terrifying!

[@fromolwyoming]

Sounds like a darker Stubbs the Zombie. Fun game, over the top, but sadly, a one and done.

[@GiordanDiodato]

I'm thinking it was a publisher decision and not Volition

[@LUCKO2022]

Sounds stupid. Good thing it never got released.

[@michaelnaughton5698]

Yeah I remember seeing that back in the day. Was it called “Possession” or something?

[@chrisbundren3775]

it is crazy to me how "real" the medal of honor mission at Normandy looked. I have very vivid memories of how great it looked and conversations I had about how it looked real. Recently I saw game play footage and it does not look at real as I remember it lol

[@Piece-Of-Time]

Do you remember last level of Pacific Assault? To me it's the most epic moment in video games, long battle that starts with you slowly flanking the machinegunners and ends with insane explosions, tanks, and millions of enemies that know no fear, only hatred

[@jdisdetermined]

@@Piece-Of-TimeYes! Definitely an epic level, so much constant yet continually building tension.

[@thefknscarecrow]

Right. Still a great mission

[@pedroalejandro1122]

Going back and playing some older games makes me realize how much I relied on my imagination and being engrossed in the game to make it seem more epic than it was

[@thefknscarecrow]

@@pedroalejandro1122 fuckin hard same

[@justinbayless8284]

In Medal of Honor's defense. They had a multiplayer campaign mode. Where it was one big map and as the game goes on, new sections of the map are unlocked and new objectives appear. Not Battlefield 'Objectives' points. Like you had to storm a battlefield and take out specific enemy strongholds like taking out communications or a weapon hub. One side starts off strong but weakens as the other side advances. It was pretty cool. And the realistic weapon damage made things so much more dire. It was war.

[@GaiaSoul]

The saints row Reboot went from killed franchise to killed the entire studio ☠️

[@itaybashan3757]

I liked recommendation on ‘Driver San fransisco’ in the end, I remember really enjoying it when it came out. The concept was very unique and different, and more people should definitely check it out

[@BlueflagAlpha]

Its hard to buy the game now

[@FresnoBoy6star]

Loved the driver series since a kid.

[@itaybashan3757]

@@BlueflagAlpha Oh, didn't know that. A real shame 'cause it's a really good game

[@niceneasyraps]

@@BlueflagAlpha earlier this year I got it as birthday present. We had to order the 360 disc from the UK to play on my series X.

[@Whatsgood-ig9ck]

Medal of Honour: Rising Sun was an absolute banger back in the day. Playing co-op with my brother made it even better, especially when they’d be out of ammo and you’d just watch them getting chased by that samurai guy with the sword lol. The memories 😫

[@thestupidpenguin]

Yeah, but the game was unfinished, when you get to the end it said the ending was coming soon. 😂

[@1Guason3]

​@@thestupidpenguin lol oh damn

[@iguana51]

BONSAIIIII

[@iguana51]

​@@thestupidpenguin That's not true, Rising Sun ends with you sinking an enemy battleship and goes to credits. There's some dialogue about losing our Japanese mate (Tanaka?) while you're flying over the explosion. It's a pretty memorable ending for an early WW2 game tbh. I'm certain you can find a KZbin video of the finale

[@SchruteFarms]

Airborne I thought was a really fun one. The way you respawned was creative.

[@Synthetic-Rabbit]

I often think about playing Medal of Honor Frontline on my Xbox way back in the day and they're fond memories. I never was actually ever to beat that game lol. There was this super long missions I remember and I tried and tried (I think I was going through a French town, it was a long one) and the last time I played it I could see the end and I died probably 10 feet away from the end of mission and I just gave up.

[@FlorinCostinStoica]

I played Driver Parallel Lines and I loved it. I'm surprised you didn't mention it at all.

[@himofn]

Definitely need a part 2 Jake. I’m shocked you didn’t put Def Jam Icon on the list.

[@R3efaRasman]

Certainly

[@Silenthitman44]

I miss the first two

[@chrisrowe8746]

Vendetta was just the most fun

[@himofn]

@@chrisrowe8746 I respect your opinion. I think most ppl think FFNY was the most fun because it built on and expanded on everything that Vendetta did well. Then added a lot more like weapons, fighting styles, 4 players, and 82 unique blazing moves. Icon got rid of everything that made the first two fun which is why it ruined the series.

[@BardiXOfficial]

Def Jam FFNY was actually the only fighting game that I preferred over the likes of WWE SVR, the story was alright, but the gameplay was so great and the moves were so hard hitting, Icon destroyed what FFNY built on Vendetta, could’ve been the best fighting game ever but the execs didn’t care about it

[@matthewjalovick]

Sigh. I still remember getting Medal of Honor: Rising Sun and SOCOM 2 for Christmas one year. Gah. You guys brought back some memories I haven’t thought of in two decades. I remember devouring the SOCOM manual about snipers and playing online :)

[@purwantiallan5089]

SOCOM 2 still good.

[@TigerOwna]

​@@purwantiallan5089 Socom 2 best socom online game imo

[@MagicRat]

I never understood how Socom died but COD is still going strong. I’d take Socom 2 over anything from the COD franchise.

[@shoebockx3334]

Dead Space, Mass Effect, Lost Planet, anything EA touches…

[@BrunoOllie]

Just Cause 4, Dungeon Siege 3, Thief 2014, Earthworm Jim 3, Bionic Commando 2009, Diablo 4 (recent, but definitely counts)... And others I can't remember right now.

[@melthegiraffe]

The slow motion camera in Driv3r was by far one of my favorite game play camera options that I haven't seen in another game since. I miss that game.

[@rlfpotatoking9253]

I mean.. driver parallel lines had it too, it was called the thrill cam

[@paradsecar]

Red Faction: Armageddon not only killed off the franchise, but was pretty much the final nail in the coffin for THQ as they descended into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It's a shame THQ Nordic, the now-owners of the rights to RF, have no plans to make another.

[@adammidderigh4150]

True, thats another really good example for a list like this. They had such an amazing winning concept with Guerrilla , all they had to do was basically the same thing again with a new environment, story and some new toys with updated graphics...... instead they made Armageddon. Imo the latter wasnt terrible by any means, but the change from massive open world to completely linear kinda lost the magic for me.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

​@@adammidderigh4150 To be fair...going back to Red Faction Guerrilla is Painful, even the Remarstered Edition. It hasn't aged well at all.

[@OhCorny]

Agree

[@aussieknuckles]

Red Faction 1 was groundbreaking with it's Earth destruction and being able to dig secret tunnels and find secret weapons behind false walls. RF2 was ok, and Red Faction Guirrilaa was great in other aspects, Armegdeon was it's own Armageddon.

[@captainhowdey4704]

I went to school with the guy who was the model for the main character.

[@ItsLuiisE]

Driver San Francisco is the most underrated car game I’ve ever seen. Had it on ps3, wish it would come out on pc. All the real car licensing is so sick, definitely in my top 10 car game list !

[@tracemiller1519]

Medal of Honor was neck and neck with cod for me growing up. Was absolutely legendary!

[@kevalanwilliams]

I just wanna say OG Saints Row was revolutionary. So many famous actors in the credentials, bonkers yet compelling story, a huge amount of activities and impressive ragdoll physics, not to mention the amount of customization abilities that you'd have to spend real money in GTA online for. Also the multi-player was underrated

[@thegoldfly1]

I just want to say that have no idea where you get it was so revolutionary. Did you miss GTA:SA? Did you just throw around the term revolutionary? Oh don't get me wrong I really enjoyed Saints Row. I liked the first three games. Never really got in to 4.

[@buddygettingnutty8351]

@@thegoldfly1 GTA SA wasn't as revolutionary as you think it is, GTA 3 was a lot more revolutionary than GTA SA, as that's the game that pretty much changed the gaming space.

[@matthewanthony4606]

Good game but not revolutionary by any means. GTA San Andreas was revolutionary, every game wanted to become open world and a few GTA clones came piggybacking off the success of San Andreas, saints row was one of those clones.

[@thegoldfly1]

@@buddygettingnutty8351 Largely agree about GTA3, but since they were bringing up the actors and the activities I was pointing out SA.

[@victorkreig6089]

@@thegoldfly1 San Andreas was garbage lol The reason you kids jerk it off so much is because of your age, you were kids and therefore it felt amazing to you The story was forgettable, the mechanics were extremely clunky, the anti-american satire fell extremely flat, and the world was empty as hell. They built a map and then put barely anything in it Meanwhile Saints Row built a map and everything had a purpose, the writing was top notch, and yes the character customization system was revolutionary, the depth you didn't get in other games at all, and what you fail to realize is that no game prior or since really save for SR2 has ever been able to implement a layering system like that for clothing that I know of.

[@jo_sprolio]

On break at work and I get a gameranx video to watch while I eat, talk about perfect timing

[@paydn202]

the first medal of honors honestly got me into gaming, before i saw my dad playing those on his ps1 it was just super mario bros world on the SNES, i would just watch for hours him fighting russians and i think thats why im so obsessed and well versed in world wars lol

[@shaunbeckett1365]

Driver parallel lines was absolutely amazing how do you not mention that one 😍

[@TheOneTrueLeo2002]

It’s actually incredible how badly DR4 dropped the ball. DR3 was very different from the first few games but still had that series charm. DR4 flushed that charm down the crapper.

[@jesmccoy26]

Yeah facts, i was made hype when i heard about another dead rising game and them i saw what became of it and didn't even bother. I never thought there would become a day where I didn't get a dead rising game but they managed to make that happen somehow.

[@codyt8541]

My disappointment was immeasurable when me and my friend found out it didn't even have story Co op. That's like one of the best aspects of the game!

[@VENENOSEASON]

Skill issue.

[@TheOneTrueLeo2002]

@@VENENOSEASON - Bruh what? DR4 was piss easy, part of the Dead Rising charm is the controller breaking difficulty. I want that difficulty to come back.

[@XxELITEREAPERxX]

If they didn’t want their series to die they wouldn’t have made the third dead rising a console exclusive

[@ThereinforcementBF]

I remember the first Driver game where you had to pass the driving test to even start playing the game. I could never beat it and always had to have my brother do it.

[@saml6223]

What the heck are you smoking my guy. Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor: Warfighter was flipping awesome.

[@MikeyBAmazing]

Sim City 4 deluxe will always be my go to Sim game. Especially with the mods. I never even tried the new one.

[@enigmaticzombie]

Driv3r was my only alternative to GTA since i was too young at the time to play Vice City without my parents being upset. It was wonky and weird, but i will always remember driving the boats around.

[@OffDeGanja]

I remember getting 50 cents ps2 game before getting vice city and SA

[@mrnapolean1]

I was kinda in the same boat. Driv3r was in my eyes a good game if you can get past the wonky on foot game mechanics.

[@80spowerextreme54]

It amazes me the consistency that has come with @gameranx you guys have been so consistently great, with your lists, news, before you buys, etc and never seemed to lose your identity. Also you're just some of the most likable dudes as well, makes it easy to root for you. Keep up the great work guys

[@shannonbayley3684]

Medal Of Honor was a major bummer for me. I played from the beginning on PS1. Driver too. Last game was sick. Awesome (sad) list big haired boss Jake!

[@lpenn]

@@robertsears8323 I honestly loved the 2 Medal of Honor game, I didn't realise it was disliked so much. I thought the story was really good. and there was a solid online community for a while before the next battlefield was released

[@TheAkdzyn]

Same. I started playing medal of honor on ps1 too and got into the series pretty quickly. Driver was ahead of its time. I also played alone in the dark and tenchu a lot and those games fell off because they tried to change too much at once with every console.

[@APaintersLyfe]

Saints row was the first one I played and I actually loved it, I tried to convince all my friends to get it but they were all fans of the previous one

[@Crash33333a]

My videos game non-sports addiction was SOCOM Navy Seals. After Combined Assault they turned it into more of what I call it a "run and gun". Originally the game was more about stealth and it was turn into a shoot-out with the online version followed by a really bad attempt of another.

[@RG-qi2ho]

If they gave Castlevania the Metroid Prime treatment I think there could be incredible things there. It has just always felt like a world that I need to explore in that fashion. Super Metroid is to Metroid Prime as SoTN is to the game they should gimme right now, I'd buy it.

[@GiordanDiodato]

nah I don't think FPS would suit Castlevania Maybe something more akin to Other M? (Not story-wise of course lol)

[@zenkim6709]

So far, the closest thing we have to a (arguably) good 3D reimagining for Castlevania is an Open/Z Doom .WAD (I think -- plz feel free to correct or clarify this comment if I'm wrong, never got around to trying to download it yet).

[@LUCKO2022]

No, because that would be stupid. Stop being stupid

[@Jiren261]

Batman: Arkham asylum showed us that a 3rd person metroidvania game can work

[@LUCKO2022]

@@Jiren261 No

[@zelobinksy]

I actually loved the medal of honour series in 2010. The campaign I loved and the online was really fun.

[@codymachado]

Yeo the campaign was realistic. Probably the best campaign in a miltary game ive played. Cant rememeber exactly but im pretty sure there was one mission where your going down a mountain and you gotta break into these little shacks to get warm by the fire. Maybe that was bad company but still amazing.

[@ferko28]

Warfighter had some cool multiplayer touches, like the partner mechanic that had more weight and usage beyond Battlefield's squads - where your squad is pretty much just spawn beacons. Feel like it previewed the late 2010's fall of team-based modes and rise of solos and duos gamemodes.

[@Willard_guy]

@@codymachado The campaign was losely baised on the battle of Taku Ghar

[@ivanbabic3898]

Medal of honour 2010 is possibly my favourite game ever, campaign was so amazing

[@Nicksta101]

@@codymachado regenerative health is very realistic.

[@f.miller801]

SimCity 2013 still hurts. The graphics are kilometers ahead of it's competition.

[@juhakauppinen5055]

Fable Legends: it was one of the most expensive cancelled games and took down the great Fable series.

[@hudsonja]

It seems like the thing that kills most games is trying to appeal to as broad of a player base as possible. Making a popular game more accessible to casual players gives more people a chance to play, but too often sacrifices the things that made the game stand out in the beginning.

[@tomjones2056]

Skyrim and GTA did it successfully. Killed the franchise for the hardcore long term fanbase but $$$$ from the casual ceowd

[@Cerylion]

​@@tomjones2056 Oblivion was a far, far bigger atrocity to those of us who came to the series with Morrowind (and was Bethesda's most reviled game when released, as much has FO76 is right now - that it isn't hated now is because for many kids it was the very first Bethesda game and it isn't bad if you were a new player). Other than the skill system, Skyrim was a return to form in ways TES fans wanted it to be. And few TES fans who do think it's not a true TES game see Oblivion as the one who started it all.

[@VvDiverDownvV]

That first FEAR game actually put the fear of everything in me 😂😂 I didn't know what scared meant until then

[@Otroroboto]

Driver San Francisco is such an awesome driving game and the astral projection aspect is really fun and makes for interesting gameplay.

[@gameranxTV]

👍🏼

[@Aimzyrulez]

My dad absolutely loves Driver San Francisco! One of my favourite lines from that game is "you're not my husband" in an old couples car 😂😂

[@AlteredStateGaming]

I still haven't recovered from Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, I'm surprised that one wasn't on this list.

[@kashel83]

This list was spot-on! And it really hurts being reminded of Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania, Marvel vs Capcom and Driver 😢

[@Rocko130185]

They even ruined the series after that with the Sigma editions, they actually made the originals worse. The best way to currently play them is on the series x, the original 360 games now run at a flawless 60fs at 4K.

[@Allthenumberscombinedis895]

What about Halo, that game is garbage now, wish they included it

[@doomnationalist]

@@Allthenumberscombinedis895 Halo isn't dead though

[@djandjb1]

I mis MVC sooo much.

[@Joreel]

The Ninja Gaiden games hurt the most of all the games on this list. I loved this series and I'm still hoping they remake them so a new generation can appreciate them too.

[@trappeddarkhd1707]

The way dead rising went down really hurt. I really loved DR1 on the 360 and till this day still love it, but watching it go down made me feel like a father watching their son just disappointing them.

[@Ohms_vs_Draaggs]

DR1 was so fun and different it has been fresh every time I do a play through

[@whatsthepointanymore]

SR2 was the best of the series. It started going downhill with SR3. I did play SR4, but it just felt like an expansion of 3 and i lost interest after that. When they dropped the septic sprayer minigame i knew they lost the magic.

[@Marine_Dynamite]

Command & Conquer 3 was building up to a very huge plot point and Command & Conquer 4 came and just ignore all of that

[@hoid9407]

Sounds like the Star Wars sequels took some lessons from the C&C School of Dangling Plot Threads

[@TheInfectiousCadaver]

man i remember seeing trailers for "tiberium wars" basically an rts like it is but with real time 1st person combat. and i thought that was neat. no one else seemed to think so lmao.

[@Tadrax]

​@@TheInfectiousCadaver wasn't that C&C Renegade? I fuckin loved that game!

[@evil7011]

Command & Conquer 4 killed the entire franchise. Story was crap, gameplay mechanics were originally made for another moba game. If EA made C&C 4 like C&C 3 with better stuff, The franchise would be still around this day. Time to time I still play C&C 3 again

[@icer1249]

​@@Tadrax I think he's talking about C&C tiberium. It was a "sequel" to wars in a renegade style of play that was cancelled.

[@ClassifiedRanTom]

I still think Saints Row can be saved; just release Saints Row 5, ignore the reboot in the opening by having Pierce telling his idea for a reboot, then the Boss tells him it’s stupid; then the game uses Zinyaks time machine to go back in time to save the Earth but ends up breaking time, and the map ends up being this city where the suburbs are different time periods.

[@Mrcoolassassin]

I'd love to see a remake of the first Medal of Honor game come to the current gen consoles! Keep the game like it was, no changes, just modernize the graphics! It would be amazing!

[@alexblankenship2666]

2010 Medal of Honor had an amazing campaign. Still one of my favorites to this day.

[@adroxisentertainment]

Man I was a kid when driv3r was out and I played it quite a bit just because of the race track everything else was garbage. I remember the vehicle physics being some of the best I had felt at that point.

[@wildlyfe3990]

Same here I really did enjoy it a lot as a child, but coming back to it recently I just can’t pick it up again for some reason. I can play the original gta ps2 trilogy all day but not driver 3 or parallel lines

[@MoneyHoneyBunny]

I love the Capcom press start button at the beginning. Took me a sec but then I thought, Street Fighter Alpha 2!

[@whodeycinbengals]

RIP MEDAL OF HONOR. SO MANY FOND MEMORIES PLAYING FRONTLINE AND RISING SUN WITH MY BUDDY WHEN WE WERE KIDS

[@EpicDragon32]

A few more to the list of games that killed the franchise: Dino Crisis 3, Parasite Eve The Third Birthday, and Darkspore.

[@trigun442]

Whoa I never heard that there was a 3rd installment to the parasite ever franchise. Wow 😮

[@kidnamedfinger8671]

PES too

[@raulflamenco6169]

It makes me sad that whenever someone talks about the driver series, no one brings up Parallel lines. That game was fantastic

[@McGeezle]

No it wasn't

[@adibafiq6945]

agree, not my favorite, but i still loved it, my fav is driv3r, san francisco and driv2r, driver 2 just makes laugh my ass off when i was a little kid back days, the police ai was crazy!!!

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@adibafiq6945 for me DRIVER 1, 2, and San Francisco. San Francisco even still better than FORZA HORIZON 5.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

I dont know why people hate it

[@thefuturist8864]

Dawn of War 3. It couldn’t work out whether to be an RTS or a MOBA and was abandoned with only three races available to play. I’d love to see another DoW game (it’s almost 20 years since the first one) but I won’t hold my breath.

[@Original-Juice]

I like all of the Dead Rising games. Even DR4 is fun to play and explore the map, as well as the combat mechanics. A nod to DR3 as well, I enjoyed the story in that one as well as the gameplay and soundtrack, and the vehicle creation. Underrated gem IMO.

[@Kylewraps]

As someone who’s beaten dead rising like 4 or 5 times And DR 2 two or three times technically 4 if you count the Frank version of the game I hated dead rising 4 it had no physcopaths and just not fun Frank’s voice actor was replaced… exo suits were mid Dead rising 3 was a good one time experience not a bad game but not great either which was a bit dissapoitning because it’s the main reason I bought Xbox one believe it or not

[@buddygettingnutty8351]

@@Kylewraps Frank in DR4 was also a big dick, and missed the entire point onto why Frank West was a memorable character.

[@Original-Juice]

@@Kylewraps I bought XB1 because of that game too. Thankfully I did enjoy it but yeah I had trouble going back to it for a replay. Most gravitate towards 1 and 2 as the better games, can't argue that. I didnt' care for the timed missions in 1 though

[@SyamDaRos-EndoManno]

In defense of FEAR 3, it was made by a completely different studio. I've only played that one (I'll play the first two, I promise!) and I had a lot of fun, it's one of most adrenalinic FPS I've played on console. Probably not a good FEAR as you say, but not even a bad game