Some games need a fresh perspective and reboots are sometimes the best option. Here are five franchises would benefit from a reboot.
Battlefield Bad Company 2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 3, and a handful other EA games have finally had their online services shut down.
I had no idea that Bad Company 2 was still running, and only now that I know, I want to jump on! 😥
I was able to find games in the Vietnam dlc on ps3 the last week. There were articles on here about the server closure when it was announced in April
BF1943 is the only online MP game that I was genuinely interested in. Been playing since launch 14 years ago. Hate that I couldn't put in as much time to play as I'd hoped for during the final week.
I got really into 43 when I bought Bf3, and preferred it. Everything that I disliked or found annoying about Bf3, wasn't an issue in 43. Too bad they never bothered releasing it on PS4 or PC.
Dead Space 2...... I wasn't even aware that had multiplayer. Nevermind that it was apparently one of their best multiplayers!
Dead Space 2 multiplayer had been hanging on for years - I'd boot my PS3 up to see some familiar names in lobbies. This will definitely be missed!
The platformer’s original creators and the stewards of the remastered trilogy dive into the original series and how it impacts the franchise today.
Thanks Sony for letting this slip away to Activision.
25 years wasted.
Oh btw I just purchased the trilogy.
Brought tears to my eyes.
It's so good. I bought it for my nephew's and we played all night.
What does Microsoft's pending acquisition of Activision mean for Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon? How did Sony let them get away?
Sony more interested in remastering The Last of Us again instead of focusing on the classic IPs that made PlayStation what it was
Sony should have been working hard for years, especially during the quiet period when it was doing nothing with the franchise and after Skylanders died down, to get the franchises rights back off Activision.
They'd have had remakes, new instalments, Kart racing games and party games (Crash Bash) to do, it would have been worth it.
Guys check the video on the article it’s very informative and well made with the history behind both studios.
Another thing people don’t want to understand is that the studios and Sony never owned the right for this games a the publishers had the rights to them and Sony saw the diminishing returns the franchises had and just let them be.
Would it had been nice if Sony pursued and purchased them YES would it make business sense NO.
If I had to choose between having those franchises or the studios that made them I would go with the studios 1 billion %.
Growing up I remember seeing those commercials with a guy in a Crash costume picketing outside of what was supposed to be Nintendo headquarters. Next thing I knew Crash games were appearing on Nintendo owned devices. lmao
Yeah those was funny but they was influenced by the developer name and the character been a naughty dog 🤣
Wow that's a good article. I didn't know half of that stuff. Xbox has always been lacking in the mascot games, so I wouldn't be surprised if they made some exclusive Crash and Spyro games. Hopefully we get some good stuff from them after the acquisition and it would be smarter to keep them multi plat honestly. I also am hoping they make a Skylanders game that's all inclusive and doesn't need any freaking toys. But seriously hoping for a new open world Spyro adventure that doesn't suck. After the great reception of the Spyro and Crash remakes, I'm pretty confident there's some life left for these franchises. Nintendo has been able to keep Mario adventures fresh all these years so maybe it's time these get that kind of treatment.
I hoped they got the respect they deserve as excellent games that shaped the industry for the better but so far they haven’t personally I don’t think Microsoft can do it ether as they haven’t shown respect even to their flagship title (halo) in the quality area according to a few hardcore Xbox players here asking for a new developer for the franchise but I can be wrong if they give it to the pirates game developer (sorry forgot their names no offense meant 🤦🏿) and don’t make it into gas game full of micro transactions.
@ solitary
The word moves forward by copying and improving what is available otherwise we wouldn’t be writing stuff online on our phone and be making calls at home sticking our finger in a hole and do a clockwise motion 10x to make a phone call
Lol, Microsoft always trying to copy Sony. Crash and Spyro had their time in the sun already, I'm not interested in Crash or Spyro anymore.
Crash and Spyro are as timeless as Mario and Sonic. There's always going to be new gamers that want their kids to be introduced to gaming using the franchises that they played when they were younger. We're at that point now where a new and exciting Crash and Spyro are needed. Good franchises don't need to die if they can keep doing new and exciting things with them. There's still a lot of potential left in those 2 franchises. They could hand them to someone like Rare or Double Fine to concoct something fun and original using the IP. Mascot games are ready for a Renaissance and Microsoft may just be the ones to bring them back to forefront to compete with Nintendo.
Lol @ Microsoft, they'll probably just liquidate and suck all the fun out of these IPs just like how they fucked up Perfect Dark and everything else console related that they touch.
Crysis 2 is one of best online experience I ever had. That game deserve better chance.
I'd kill for a reboot of Metal Arms: Glitch in the System.
If they put it under a new name and with different characters, they could maybe pull off a revival of the franchise, at least spiritually.
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Gawd, I miss that game. If I can't find the disk itself then I might get it on an emulator, unless it's available in some sort of digital shop. Anyone know if it's available on the PS3? Maybe digitally, unlikely as that is?
If not then I might have to hunt down the GC disk in second-hand shops somewhere, then break out my old Wii...
I'd love a follow up to Split Second, that was a hell of a lot of fun to play and would benefit from the increased horsepower of the current gen.
Another one is SSX which they tried to reboot but did it all wrong, forget realism just make it absolutely bonkers but with the same trick complexity for pro players. Top drawer soundtrack required too of course.
there is .any games that should reboots, going all the way back to megadrive and snes, I e main one I always said was streets of rage while a previous gen would be battlestation's midway or chrome hounds with those two games on a much larger scale and more players involved.
Since everyone's making lists I'll throw my personal wish list in...
1: Grandia
2: Medal of Honor
3:Red Alert
4: Age of Empires
5: Fear