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Which game series should take a break?

Blockbusters shouldn't be afraid to take a year or two off.

NecrumOddBoy2080d ago

When I think break, I think of a game that needs to just go back to the drawing board, and come back strong. Not something we are just tired of. Call of Duty is far past it's expiration date but I wouldn't care if it went away and came back or whatever. I think HouseMarque needs to stop creating this abortion Battle Royale game and just pause from their run of Twin Stick Shooters and go back to the drawing board to reinvent what will work for them. I think they have made nothing but great games, but they tired out their formula. Take the TS gameplay, and put it towards something unique and bigger and deliver how we all know they could.

Spurg2079d ago

Far cry
The open world of Farcry 3 was amazing but repeating the same thing 3 times is getting boring.it feels more like a job than a game.

Assassin's creed
They changed the combat but the game is still structured the same way. It need better story direction with memorable casts and a better mission design.

Call of duty
It's a fun game but need to go back to the drawing board with mutiplayer. Now considering blackout is there new stand out feature the main mutiplayer needs to be more simple.

Battlefield/Battlefront
Yeah...EA need to reboot themselves for that.

Gears of war
I love gears but I hoped they would evolve the series's gameplay and make it more fast paced similar to vanquish.

Final fantasy
With the success of traditional Jrpg like Persona 5 and octopath traveller, final fantasy now has the chance to create a mainline that is reminiscent of the PS1 days.

Soulsbourne
Dark souls is my absolute favourite game of all time but after Bloodborne and Dark souls 3, I felt some fatigue. Sekiro is heading in the right direction to truely evolve the series but still has me thinking like it a dark souls game.

Tales series
Vesperia was the last great game in the series. The presentation, the story and gameplay were great but the later games didn't do much to revitalise the series. Besteria seem to have a good story but the gameplay was an absolute chore and for a PS4 game it looks absolutely hideous, even a nearly decade old game like vesperia looks better.

Kashima2079d ago

You forgot Forza, Halo, Dynasty Warriors, Mario and Atelier

Spurg2079d ago

Forza main series and Forza horizon have enough difference between the two be acceptable, there is also a 2yr wait between release.

Halo main series doesn't come out every year.
Halo 4-2012
Halo 5-2015
Halo infinite-2020 most likely

Dynasty warriors do any have any relevance.

Mario has a lot of variety and is a franchise that has been forged to be experimental to keep it from being stale.

UltraNova2079d ago (Edited 2079d ago )

I would also add Uncharted but it seems ND is already giving it a break( at the pefect time).
Other than that Spurg's list cover's all bases.

PS: isnt it funny that Ubisoft doesn't take their own advice? "Have I told you the definition of insanity?".....

RookieMonsterLives2078d ago

There is only one main Halo game this generation and the Forza games are by different developers. The different settings/locations of the Forza Horizon games is worth the price of admission every 2 years.

Sayai jin2078d ago

"Gears of war
I love gears but I hoped they would evolve the series's gameplay and make it more fast paced similar to vanquish. "

They tried that when they launched Gears Judgment and it wasn't received well. Gears is for thr most part close quarters, wall bouncing, etc. 4 is much faster pace than the other.

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Far Cry Villains To Appear In A New Comic

This is interesting news for comic and Far Cry fans as something new in the universe for the game is always welcome. Villains from popular Far Cry games are transported into prehistoric times by the priestess Batari, who has pulled them from their lives before they've committed their most heinous crimes.

-Foxtrot55d ago

"Villains from popular Far Cry games are transported into prehistoric times by the priestess Batari"

Why do they make every f****** thing goofier and goofier

Watch Dogs become whacky, Assassins Creed jumped the shark, Ghost Recon become less serious now this

Garethvk55d ago

I think it is the trend. They look around and say ok; what can be done that will not infringe upon the next game and this is what happens. I heard rumors of the next Far Cry offering may be in Alaska and there was also an Online offering coming. So we get this to tide us over.

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PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama

This should make fans and collectors very happy. PureArts & Ubisoft Announce Assassin’s Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama Assassin's Creed Hunt for the Nine 1/6 Scale Diorama available for pre-order on January 25.

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Can We Finally Admit Assassin's Creed 3 Deserves an Apology?

AC3 was released during a turbulent transition period for Ubisoft and the Assassin's Creed series. It ventured into uncharted territory, narratively and mechanically, which caused it to receive mixed reviews. At its core, though, it's a damn good stealth game.

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isarai228d ago

Nope, I hated 3, connar was bland, literally the most flat character in the entire game. Not to mention to myriad of bugs, camera issues, and that annoying thing where he automatically ditches his weapon you payed for for the sake of a cool finishing move forcing you to trek back to your base after almost every encounter just to re-equip your own weapon. It just didn't work as fluidly as the others like 2 and 4

Samonuske228d ago

The series peaked at AC3 for me. It’s been my favourite in the series. Connor will always be one of my favourite video game protagonists.

Becuzisaid228d ago

No. Game was BORING. Connor was really dull. Environments, while impressive, because of the geographic location and time period were not really exciting to be in. I would love some kind of game set in there colonial American time period, but a game like AC that back then centered around parkour and vertical traversal really didn't fit those environments.

-Foxtrot228d ago

Nope

There was a lot of issues but mine is how they handled the war

They told us Connor was not going to get involved, that the war was more of a background setting for the real story and it wasn’t going to be one sided

They lied, even the cinematic E3 trailer showed Connor emerge from the Colonist side and slaughter the red coats to get to his target, inspiring the Colonists to fight back

I just thought it would have made more sense lore wise that the red coats were mostly compiled of Assassins fighting the Colonist templars who wanted to take the new world for themselves.

Since the Red coats lost the war, it would then explain how the Templars started to gain the upper hand and how on the future the assassins were mostly killed off and the Templar’s had pretty much taken over everything.

Instead it just felt like they didn’t want to p*** off the American audience

Even Haytham was cool, he should have been an Assassin through and through and should have been the main lead.

toxic-inferno228d ago

The game even seems to lack the humour of the other games. It almost seems as though the idea of even slightly making fun of American history wouldn't be acceptable.

-Foxtrot228d ago

Exactly

It just felt super safe

“Better not make the colonists look super bad incase people boycott our game”

jeromeface227d ago

someone missed the whole point

-Foxtrot227d ago

There was literally no point

What I've just said above would at least make sense lore wise and why the Assassins start to loose their war, die off and how the Templars are in control in the future of almost everything....what they did was just, pointless

CrimsonWing69228d ago

I’m one one of those weird people that liked Ass Creed 3, but to be fair I never got around to finishing it.

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