franchies that need to die

these are a few of the franchises that i personally think need to finally die. They are old and tired.

Pokemon

Megaman

Final Fantasy

Castlevania

Thats four of the top of my head. What do you think, and what franchises do you think need to finally die with whatever dignity they have left?

I'd say the Call of duty series, Medal of honor too.

And with Bungie's departure, I don't want any more halo games unless a developer has the stones to make Halo wars 2.

no video game series deserves to die because all gamers deserve to play their favorites

COD

I'd say the Call of duty series, Medal of honor too.

And with Bungie's departure, I don't want any more halo games unless a developer has the stones to make Halo wars 2.

darthvader1993

I was just thinking the exact same thing lol

I don't agree with any of the games in the OP (maybe Pokemon, but the last one was still fun). I'm gonna add Sonic to the list though. At least 3D sonic.

I disagree about Castlevania. My choices would be Final Fantasy and Metal Gear.

Call Of Duty, Guitar Heroes, and Tony Hawk games. Activision needs to stop pimping their games. And if Sonic 4 sucks then Sonic needs to die for good this time.

Bad Company

james bond

bioshock

splinter cell

i dont think any franchises need to die, i think they need to be given more attention when releasing new titles...alot of them get tossed threw the quickest developement ropes and just end up being lackluster...all they need is some extra love and care.

Anything Tony Hawk, in my opinion.

I don't know why Sonic the Hedgehog is even around anymore. Even his most devoted fans admit that he hasn't been in a good game since 1994.

No specific series, but I wish FPSs in general would die down a little and give other genres more breathing room.

no video game series deserves to die because all gamers deserve to play their favorites

munchlax99

This, only a selfish **** would want this, if you dont like it, you know you have the free will to...NOT play it right?

Call of Duty, so badly.

Tony Hawk.

If TH: Shred turns out to be a good game, then you can chop my testicles off and nail them to a tree.

QWERTYCommander

COD.

no video game series deserves to die because all gamers deserve to play their favorites

munchlax99

I think some people are confusing "games that need to die" with "games I don't like". Just because you don't personally like a game does not make it a bad game. I'm very much enjoying the retro resurgence Mega Man is seeing, I liked Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow looks like it could finally give the series the 3D game it always deserved. As far as Final Fantasy goes, Square has been slipping the last few years. But after about 6 years I still play and enjoy Final Fantasy XI Online, and very much look forward to Final Fantasy XIV Online.

I don't like sports games. I have zero interest in playing or watching someone else play them for even a minute. But I certainly won't say "developers just need to stop making sports games cause they all need to die" because I don't like them.

The way I see it, games that "need to die" are franchises that used to be good (or even great) that just can't keep up with the times. Yet still keep churning out game after game and is just to the point where its embarrassing. IMO games such as:

Tony Hawk

Tomb Raider (Though Guardian of Light was actually a lot of fun)

Armored Core

Duke Nukem (Duke Nukem Forever just won't go away)

Silent Hill

Guitar Hero/Rock Band (for the love of all that is holy stop milking these two with pointless releases every 6 months)

Call of Duty (With all the talent at Infinity Ward gone Activision will drive this game into the ground)

And it really pains me to say that about Silent Hill. As I love the series and feel they are hands down the most frightening games ever made. But the series has struggled to find its place in the more modern entries into the genre. Such as Resident Evil 4/5, Dead Space, and Alan Wake.

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no video game series deserves to die because all gamers deserve to play their favorites

warmaster670

This, only a selfish **** would want this, if you dont like it, you know you have the free will to...NOT play it right?

I agree with this and everyone else who said the same thing. You don't like the game, don't play it. Every game out there has at least one fan, so as long as the games are making the company enough profit and people are enjoying them, then the games should keep coming. Besides, I'm personally a fan of some of the games named in this thread myself. Why should I suffer just because you guys got bored of them?

Madden

Call Of Duty, Halo, Final Fantasy, and Madden are some of the series that either need a long break or need to die.

Call Of Duty, Halo, Final Fantasy, and Madden are some of the series that either need a long break or need to die.

Metamania

Halo Reach is the last game in the Halo franchise.

Well I've always liked Halo since the original Combat Evolved. But now that Bungie is out of the picture and prostituted to Activision, I don't want to see any more games with the word Halo on it unless someone makes Halo wars 2.

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Darn it Hellsing202, that is the greatest Avatar I have ever seen in my life.

Sonic or Final Fantasy.

Sonic hasnt been in a great game in like a decade. Final Fantasy has just gotten worse over time. The first 7 were the balls, but when they start adding guns and crazy stuff it just got ridiculous, I just think its dumb now.

I'd say COD series, overrated, everyone has the games and everyone is talking about it.

COD, Tony Hawk, MOH, i think pokemon dying is a bit harsh i still love it, and definetely not Final Fantasy although i do want it to go back to the world map like the older ones.

and guitar hero, dj hero need to go.

i'd also like FPS games to go away abit but thats not going to happen because people keep buying them.

Star Wars! They copycat every mature game from Age of Empires to Battlefield, when will it end?

Guitar Hero. Not gonna happen any time soon though.lucarocks1

Well I'm glad there won't be any more Halo games. FEAR series needs to die because only the 1st one was great. The third one looks like crap. Gonna wait for the reviews on it.

I still enjoy the call of duty series so as ong as they are good than keep makin em. I only started getting into COD when modern warfare came out cause I was tired of all the world war shooters.

CoD.