Dead & Forgotten Game Franchises - The Act Man

Oh, what's up with everyone? This is the act, man, and today I'm paying tribute and respect to some

dead

and

forgotten

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game

franchises

. Now some of them don't deserve to be here, others, I admit, are past their prime and really don't. He doesn't deserve a chance at redemption, but one thing's for sure: there are too many

dead

, abandoned or

forgotten

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franchises

in this world, so get your wrench ready, maybe a Mountain Dew leader and let's jump right into this when I say dead forgotten or abandoned could mean a couple of things maybe the series hasn't had a new entry in several years or maybe the last title was on par with Fallout 76 16 times the detail or maybe these franchises just turned their backs on what they made them so popular and loved in the first place, in any case, these franchises have seen better days for one reason or another, so I'll go over a bunch of different game series and I'll tell you why I thought they were awesome or not and what they could do. do. possibly bringing back the video game industry let's start with a series that has layers of shrek games with the latest entry shrek forever after its release in 2010 is it any wonder why the last 10 years have been so terrible ?

Just kidding but not really, let's start with a famous duo that is very dear to my heart since banjo-tooie was released 20 years ago, fans have been eagerly waiting for a new game that didn't involve cars after the rareware purchase by part of Microsoft in 2002, the once beloved company took a nosedive and came to prominence these two games were some of the most incredible 3D platformers and really gave Mario 64 a run for its money with incredible level design and an iconic soundtrack that I've used in countless videos and the most carefree and genuine sense of humor that the bear and the bird have ever had. among the most requested characters for smash and after 19 years, hope was finally fulfilled, you know?

Watching banjo-kazooie and smash is all I needed. I never expected them to get a new game because let's face it, 3D platformers that don't have mario The title is a rare breed nowadays, but in a surprising twist, Steve Males, the creator tweeted this when we were working on Banjo-Tooie. A certain game involving Nintendo characters fighting was released 20 years later, it could very well be the game that saved Banjo. -kazooie, what's next year going to bring for baron bird, steve, man? I can't wait to find out. 2k games. Could you develop a new Bioshock? Already a man chooses a slave who obeys.

One could argue that Bioshock is not a forgotten franchise. Shut up, Atlas. I know. who are you and i honestly agree with you with bioshock 2 infinity and the burial at sea dlc it seems like the story is practically over not sure if I'm asking you to dig up a corpse that came out gracefully on its own terms but at the same time Bioshock was a masterpiece that revolutionized the fps genre, so why not give it another chance? Could you get this? Could you find it? Could you find it? ryan's office and killing the son of a memory when rockstar used to develop video games i do the xbox gamecube and ps2 were probably my favorite generation of consoles because there were so many strange titles that no one cared about and everyone was experiencing enter bully another rock star game that lets you be a full part and have fun being a bully was a more pg-13 version of the Grand Theft Auto formula that put you in the shoes of high school jerk Jimmy could ride a skateboard shoot slingshots get into fistfights was Full of juvenile humor and gameplay, but what really sold it was the setting.

The bully was such a rebellious man that he was full of the kind of things every kid wishes they could do in school. It wasn't as big as GTA, but you'd expect it to be. have at least one sequel, although there have been rumors of a bully 2 in development, there has also been news that it has been canceled in favor of gta 6 which will probably come out when gta 5 stops making money in the year 2069. The monster that no you belong in this world is what the Castlevania series should have been told because Dracula hasn't been resurrected in quite some time. 2D side scrollers are not a dead genre by any means.

I mean, hell, both indie and AAA studios are still releasing amazing titles with shovel knight ori raymond legends cuphead hollow knight the list goes on makes you wonder why the gothic king of 2d side scrollers hasn't dipped his toes into feet in the water maybe simon and richter's appearance in smash bros will revive the series who knows just give me symphony of the night also marvel ah conker you only had one game but damn you left a huge impact disguised as another game 3D platforms for children. Conker's Bad Fur Day has gained a well-deserved cult following over the years released during the end of the n64's lifespan and with limited publicity conker never got the chance it really needed at least microsoft gave us a new amazing version with full online multiplayer, easily one of the most fun games ever made, I mean who could forget the great mighty pooh and I'm going to throw my squirrel conquest at you, it's an icon of classic gaming in my mind and I find it so surprising that he is as well known as he is with only two games under his belt, although Phil Spencer recently came out and said that a new conker or banjo-kazooie will depend on rareware, so there is hope that this adorable squirrel alcoholic has a chance at redemption.

I see you, sailor, you better get this fat ass off my back. gundams mixed with beyblades robo baby custom what is this? A series that only had one release outside of Japan and was a Gamecube exclusive that was never re-released on any other platform. You can bet your ass it belongs on this list. Custom Robo let you fight and customize robots in an arena battle, it's incredibly fun to play with four people easily, one of the most unique fighting games ever made, they had weapons that shot dragons or threw swords into the sky and the full soundtrack of hits, custom heist lived and died in the era of couch co-op gaming, so I have no faith in them coming back, especially since you know 12 people know about it, but I'd kill to play a new game like this on some small online multiplayer star.

I wonder what you are when video games try to copy other successful formulas. They are usually just cheap imitations. We're concerned that Dead Space may be replicating the experience Resident Evil 4 is known for. Never let the meme die. Dead Space took the same things that made our e4 so amazing and brought it to space by amping up the horror aspects and forcing players to use surgical precision when fighting terrifying necromorphs. The first two games are fantastic iterations of the horror genre, but the third completely derailed the franchise and turned it into an action-adventure game. with pay to win mechanics, yes, thanks for that experience, with Resident Evil still going strong after countless years, you can't help but wonder if maybe Dead Space could bounce back and take a bite out of that same pie.

I hate you. You're a bad person despite releasing two games in the last nine years, Dragon Age fell hard and fast after Origins became a shitty medieval clone of Mass Effect Origins, bioware was at its absolute peak in my opinion , even if you didn't enjoy the janky. The combat, story dialogue, and companions were so amazing. I put hundreds of hours into Origins and have never regretted it. Dragon Age 2 and Inquisition, on the other hand, you couldn't pay me to play those games. Origins forced me to do some of the hardest ones. decisions in a video game and when I chose the wrong thing I felt terrible, there are few titles that I have such a deep emotional investment with, although there is a new title that will be released in 2022, I have no faith that bioware is going to work. in order to capture that same lightning in a bottle that they did with Origins, it's time to kick ass and disappoint everyone and I'm done kicking ass.

Would the world be better if Duke Nukem returned? The answer was no in 2011 Duke Nukem. Always true to its name it was the most notorious piece of vaporware ever developed for over a decade. The once iconic tough guy found the welcome mat covered with him. Now what a finger painting, to be honest, I don't think the duke deserves to return forever. Such a terrible taste in everyone's mouths and with the Doom series claiming his throne, I really can't think of a reason why he should return. Look, Todd, you've been re-releasing Skyrim for the last nine years, but if you re-release it. once again, then we better take a break at the station, but now I'm announcing a new skyrim port right here, well, I guess you probably won't announce it again, I bet I do it right, so skyrim vr okay , so Elder Scrolls is It's not entirely forgotten or abandoned, but my goodness, nine years since Skyrim came out, as I've talked about before, we're in that era where game developers are just trying to squeeze out their existing products As much as humanly possible, of course.

Elder Scrolls has followed the same path as Kotor in that they have focused on an mmorpg rather than a single player main game. This will be a controversial take. Vola has been all over the place during its tenure, morphing from an isometric RPG to a first-person shooter to another mass effect clone and then 76, a title that sits nice and comfortably next to Ride to Hell Retribution, but Fallout deviated from the formula that almost everyone loved with New Vegas and three in favor of Not Me. they know anyway 76 tarnished bethesda and the fallout brand and they need to figure out what the fans want and satisfy that demand if fallout is going to have any chance of reversing its status as a laughingstock oh my god that's cool ah f-zero one of the few franchises that have had their representative in games more successful than their own series, everyone knows who Captain Falcon is, yes, but probably one percent of those people have ever played an F-Zero game.

Captain Falcon was meant to be Nintendo's cool new mascot in the late '90s, but what never really caught on was this fast-paced, adrenaline-filled racing series that perhaps didn't stand out or cause a stir when a new one was released. game, but the series was special because of how it pushed the technology of the time with each new installment and Mario Kart is not a replacement for f-zero, its high-speed races ran at 60 frames per second on the Nintendo 64. How at least The series died with honor and grace. Each title is a technological marvel. There is not a single bad f-zero game that exists, so why has Nintendo forgotten this series?

Well there is an amazing video made by no strings attached that essentially says that nintendo doesn't want to make games that don't push the limits or reinvent the wheel and since then gx was the perfect send off, they have no reason to make another one but in the opinion of This humble actor, the captain deserves another chance to surprise people with ridiculous speed. I've had the same dream every day for the last 10 years, a new set of gauntlet. It will never happen, but everyone who grew up in the 90s and early 2000s knew the Midway games and must have played one of these arcade machines in the past, so fun with four players, a real dungeon crawler with epic bosses and a satisfactory routine.

This is like playing bubsy 3d in barack obama's house. Gex isn't well known outside of the meme-worthy status of him today and, truth be told, the jokes about him are really outdated. Note to self: Don't drink tap water at Cherry Garcias, but the first game was one. One of the most challenging 2D platformers I've ever played is that one reason for me to return, no, it's best left in the 90s, in the era of skateboarding games, none stood out more than the future of jet set radio. with one of the best known soundtracks. Man Cell's shaded animation and gameplay that oozes style by spraying graffiti by sticking it to Man Jet Set Radio is a real maverick game in 2017, although Sony had expressed interest in a new Jet Set Radio Evolution game, but Sega rejected it for unknown reasons. .

This franchise may not be very important in the grand scheme of things, but it doesn't look like Sega is going to bring it to life anytime soon. You can't hide from what you once were. Recognize that you were once the Dark Lord and know that Honestly, I have taken your place. I could put all the bioware franchises in this video because they are a shell of their former selves. The first kotor was a brilliant masterpiece. One of the goats. The second one somehow had better game writing and characters despite being. blatantly unfinished due to its year-long development cycle, that's right, they made Kotor 2 in one damn year, but for some godforsaken reason they decided to go the mmorpg route instead of turning the series into atrilogy.

The story of Kotor 2 was left completely ambiguous. state and it's not that Star Wars games don't make money, it's not that people don't know what the knights of the old republic are, but bioware had their chance and they chose something different, they took the dark path, there is no redemption, the kotor 3. I would like to see doubts that it will ever be done in my lifetime. Remember when I said. Remember when Rockstar used to develop video games. Who could forget La Noire? An absolute matte that pushed the boundaries of technology with every line of dialogue recorded. motion capture, the visuals are timeless, if sometimes a little funny, it's not the most action-packed rockstar game, but a humble dive into the detective noir genre rarely seen in the world of video games.

The story was practically finished, but oh well. alright, even without the awesome cole phelps, i think we'd all love to see rockstar give this formula another try, like bioware, almost every franchise valve has ever made could be in this video too. It's amazing how they released two that were left for dead. games in consecutive years and they have done almost nothing with the franchiseSince it is far from me to criticize Valve's crazy methods, but come on, man, it left 4 dead. 3 would sell like hot cakes, but hey, if Valve isn't going to do anything with their ips, at least someone else is willing to try for blood.

It is a new spiritual successor and is being created by some of the original creators with similar gameplay. It seems to be a real pleasure. I can't wait to dive into an intense mass effect of 4v4 zombie killing action, much like the fallout that comes from a glitchy technical nightmare that spits out the legacy of previous games. I see no reason why we can't be civilized. The original trilogy was a masterclass in immersive storytelling. Branched paths. Nice companions and solid gameplay. All the bioware trademarks you expect. No wonder there are so many others. the franchises copied the shepherd style main character's dialogue wheel and mass effect style like bioshock, the story is quite complete and andromeda was nothing more than a lazy cash grab waiting for a new mass effect, I wouldn't hold my breath, have you heard?

This story before an incredible series of games loved by millions ends with the worst possible entry and is simply left in that state where we were played like a damn fiddle. metal gear is the premier stealth series that everyone knows and loves, so it was a real Interesting choice: Konami fired Hideo Kojima and made a shitty zombie game instead of working with him. That's why we have Death Stranding, so we're all on two sides in that sense. Interesting fact I just discovered, but Sony is looking to buy the rights to Metal Gear. Konami's Silent Hill and Castlevania I hope they sell them all because Konami, the future of Metal Gear depends on those negotiations, but even if Sony doesn't get the rights, Solid Snake had a solid career, Samus has been stagnant for a long time. time despite being one of nintendo's most famous ips, unlike castlevania, metroid kicks ass in both the 2d side scrolling and fps genre, what is there to say about the main trilogy that hasn't been said about bob ross and mr rogers unfortunately this is a franchise that nintendo follow up with others m was a cringe fest and apart from the metroid 2 remake there hasn't been much to get excited about so it's no surprise that nintendo has no idea about when will prime 4 be out and a possible release date in 2023. a long wait metroid fans paper mario is the most heartbreaking franchise im a fan of banjo-kazooie the nuts and bolts may have spit on the series but that was just one game the systems smart guys have basically done nuts and bolts one two and three why are they still here, they just have no idea why people loved the first two games.

A series that used to be a dynamic turn-based RPG with some of the best writing in the industry has become nothing more than paper jokes and slick gameplay. It's so predictable and takes place after origami king. I have no faith that a good paper mario will ever hit the shelves like squidward. I have left my hopes and dreams alone. Hey man, you played some good puzzle games recently, no. I haven't and you know why because puzzle games belong on mobile devices, at least that's what we've been led to believe for the last decade. The goal was a home run out of left field.

The portal gun and glados became gaming icons overnight. It can't be that difficult to develop a new game. It was a nice change of pace to slow down and play something that makes you think critically and we could really use it because puzzle games are a dying breed, but yeah, keep building. up that dota 2 card game that's what fans really want hey valve, if you're going to take half-life for vr um why not try that? With the portal talking about mobile devices, many of these once divine franchises have been relegated to mobile games that no one cringes when remembering Prince of Persia, damn, this was like Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed combined, it even had its own movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal in 2010, older gamers will remember this series as the precursor to Assassin's Creed, and since that series has a new one. release every year there's not much room for prince of persia dear kathleen kennedy disney and george lucas what happened to sev that's all I've wanted to know for the last 15 years and I'm not going to read a book to find out republic commando is the game of Star Wars fps more competent, counting for a single player, just a squad-based shooter that made you whoop the ass of a separatist with your group of elite commandos and ended on a cliffhanger man.

There were rumors of an Imperial commando game a couple of years ago, but I doubt EA would use the Star Wars rights to invest in something like that. It's ironic that the cancellation of Kojima's Silent Hills in 2015 was a headache for gamers around the world. This trailer left people speechless. Silent Hill defined a new generation of horror games focusing on psychological horror rather than cheap jump scares, paving the way for games like Amnesia, Bioshock and Dead Space. Despite its influence, the world has not been kind to this series and it is a shame, while Spyro and Crash Bandicoot got a remastered trilogy. that made a true comeback in a brand new game aptly titled It's About Time, but the adorable purple dragon could also use some attention, while his games after the first three were a bit shaky.

Spyro offers a more cheerful atmosphere that is sorely missed today. Bring back Spyro. In a market oversaturated with first-person shooter games, time dividers were a breath of fresh air that had players fighting through time in the past, present, and future. What a premise, Future Perfect executed this pun perfectly with its diverse array of weapons, enemies, and locations that the series has. He has always been known for his irreverent humor. It's time to part ways, I'll get the next one so you can play like a rock parody. For God's sake, they were crazy when they made Future Perfect.

It has the most ridiculous lineup of characters ever. It appears that co-creator Steve Ellis is quietly working on an unannounced Time Splitters product. I hope this product is a real video game because that would be amazing. Last but not least, the beautiful Joe. Damn, these two games were full of style and charm. Story of Joe whose girlfriend is captured while watching a movie and is thrust into the land of movies where he becomes a hero. This was a 2D cel-shaded side scroller unique to the Gamecube and you can string together the most incredible combos, slow down time, reflect bullets and just scream a little at first glance, beautiful joe looks like one of those characters that tries hard to be cool and fails, but this man is a legend, I dare say he deserves a place in smash, as I pay my respects to many forgotten dead or abandoned game franchises I wonder what the future holds in 2021, perhaps the new era of dragon be a return to form, because Blood could revive a genre that Valve didn't care about and I never thought I'd say it, but there is hope for a new banjo-kazooie, but a lot of these franchises will simply exist where they are now, some deserve be buried and others perish before their time, the games industry is always changing and it is never too late for an old classic to bring us the joy that we experienced so long ago now just make one more conquest game and I can go home, okay thanks everyone for watching, I hope you enjoyed the video, leave a like if you did, let me know what your favorite dead, forgotten or abandoned franchise is in the comments below and subscribe to The Act Man for more amazing content.

Alright, that's all I have for today. This is Act Man signing the peace.