Video games are not strangers to exploitation and monetizing. Franchises are often carried through the sales market merely on brand name alone, and while sequels are usually a good thing for fans, sometimes it's important for developers to know when to call it quits and move on to something a little more innovative and worthwhile. These five gaming franchises are the most guilty of being beaten to death with excessive spinoffs, sequels that change very few aspects of the already stale gameplay, and constantly garner mixed critical reception. Developers, take note. Please move on from these franchises
While some feel it was the Mortal Kombat: Annihilation movie, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe is popularly touted as the lowest point for the franchise – at least in terms of video games. The prototype IP soup tried to do something new with popular characters going head to head, but never really got a good reception.
The biggest issue was that with the introduction of DC and Warner Bros, MK's iconic gore had to be dialed down. Batman, after all, cannot be split into two by Kung Lao's hat. However, while the game itself signaled the fatality of the Mortal Kombat franchise, its core formula is what resurrected it to become NetherRealm Studio and the reboot we've come to adore.
MK vs DC wasn’t awful. If reception for that game made mk9 possible then hopefully the failures of MK11 can make some good changes as well. It’s time to get rid of variations, they had a good run but ended up a mess.
I think MK 9 did.
In fact I remember being bummed that this was a T rated MK game and just dismissed it. MK 9 was when I actually stood back and said, "They're back!". Still think that game is fantastic.
Sonic The Hedgehog has had a long and storied history over the past decades, but which are the best Sonic games ever made?
If I have to read another one of these lists that contains the sentence "The game that started it all" I'm gonna go nuts.
And when it comes to fan favourite zones in Sonic 3 (he mentioned Hydro City, Marble Garden and Launch Base), I'd replace Launch base and Marble Garden with Ice Cap zone. Never heard anyone refer to the others as favourites.
I sorta' stopped caring about this list when I saw Sonic Spinball (a genuinely great game) ranked lower than some of the noted atrocities.
Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed is still my favorite kart racer.
I've never really been able to play online tho. D:
Can't even play Team Sonic Racing online cause the servers are broken and don't queue people together.
P.S. This is such a random list. I really don't agree with it. Maybe this really is how they rank it but them just seems odd personally.
Phil writes, "Today, June 23rd, 2021, is Sonic the Hedgehog's 30th anniversary. 30 years ago today in 1991 a blue hedgehog named Sonic took the gaming world by storm with a spin dash, a too-cool-for-school attitude, and a hankering for chili dogs. SPC celebrates the occasion with a special top ten list, presenting the site's picks for the very best of the Blue Blur's biggest and boldest titles. After you've checked out the picks here, which Sonic games would you select as your personal favorites?"
wheres sonic 06 lol. I know im in the minority but if you can look past all the glitches I actually liked the game.
I have played the game more than I'm willing to admit. Even beat all the DLC as well, and nearly S ranked everything including the DLC.
The game had good graphics for the time, and a fantastic soundtrack. If only it had an extra year of development it could have been a decent game. People keep harping on the kiss at the end of the game as if its a big deal. It really isn't (people kiss their cats and dogs all the time, and no one freaks out about that).
They try extra hard to hate on the game, and while it does have a multitude of unacceptable flaws and had serious development issues (Yuji Naka quit SEGA early on during the project which definitely caused some internal struggles at Sonic Team), there are some positive aspects about the game that people don't give it credit for.
Hmmm, this is kinda cheating, but I would rate Sonic 3 & Knuckles as #1, rather than having the two games separately occupy #2 and #3.
That was literally the only game I played for YEARS.
In any order
Sonic Adventure 1
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Heroes
Sonic Shuffle
Sonic Generations
Sonic Lost World
Sonic Unleashed
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic CD
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
why does ANY franchise need to die?
if it has fans let it be and STFU
no one is forcing you to buy them
they forgot about halo :)
MK doesn't need to die. It needs to grow up. Its original fans (me included) aren't 12 years old anymore. Ed Boon has done little to evolve the gameplay. UMK3 was the last competitive MK. Everything afterward has been garbage as far as gameplay is concerned.
I'll agree that the latest Sonic games have been crappy, but you can't kill off an iconic figure like Sonic. That's like killing off Mario. Good luck with that. What Sonic needs is another mind-blowing 2D game. 3D just isn't cutting it.
Funny to see two Activision franchises in the list. No surprise there.
I don't think sonic needs to die, they pretty much could go back toward the old ways, which was purely running and jumping like it was back on the Genesis (Or even dreamcast if some prefer those). Guitar Hero though, I feel as if the franchise itself is being thrown out way to fast. Most of the songs on those newer games could have been DLC on World Tour instead of giving people the option of forking over 50~60 dollars.
It seems like most of the games on the list are the games in which began to steer away from their past presentation and tried to form a new one, though I wonder if it went back to the old ways (Sonic, Tomb Raider, and even Mortal Kombat) would people then say that they need to die?
hey fvck you for bringing mortal kombat into this, MK is for hardcore fans and we love it