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Old Favorites Struggle To Recreate Past Success

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Just like almost every mighty empire in history, games have had their own share of mighty franchises rise to great heights, only to slowly see their legacy fade and crumble away. For various and sometimes numerous reasons, some of our old time favorites such as Sonic The Hedgehog, Spryo The Dragon and Crash Bandicoot popularities have all seen a serious decline over the course of the past few years.

All of these once proud titles have touched most of hearts at one time or another, proving that good old fashion craftsmanship is what truly determines whether a game will ultimately be successful, more so than the actual content put inside of it. After all, a cutesy game like Spryo The Dragon wasn't supposed to appeal to the hardcore gamer crowd. Yet, there we all were running around in circles trying to make a perfect jump from this ledge to that ledge in an attempt to collect every gem on the stage.
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Published: 578 days 19 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Wii | Sony PSP | Nintendo DS | PlayStation 2 | Gaming
 
 

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Gun_Senshi - 578 days 20 hours ago
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1 - I pity Crash
he was a game idol until Naughty Dog dropped him.

All Crash games except the ones created by Naughty Dog are....meh
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sehnsucht - 578 days 20 hours ago
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1.1 - I agree...
It's sad, I really wish they'd take all of these games and "return to their roots". Some games just aren't innovation, and fancy new features. Old fashioned, solid gameplay mechanics are what these series need to stay popular. No one became a crash fan for open-world gameplay, it's (basically) 2d gameplay that made the series so great.
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TheHater - 578 days 19 hours ago
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ever since Sony let those two series go, they suck. I guess Sony know what they was doing when the let them go
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resistance100 - 578 days 18 hours ago
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To be fair everyone gave up one them two franchises when Naugty Dog and Insominac Sold off the rights to them.
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MK_Red - 578 days 18 hours ago
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Crash and Spyro are no longer in hands of Naughty Dog and Insomniac so both are gonna keep being mediocre.

Sonic Unleashed should look better but after so many disappointents, it's hard to keep faith.
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resistance100 - 578 days 15 hours ago
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3.1 - 'Sonic Unleashed should look better but after so many disappointents, it's hard to keep faith.'
Well its got me interested in a Sonic game again, so i hope it will turn out to be good, so i can enjoy the games with my first gaming icon again.
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