onPause writes:
In Army of TWO The Devil’s Cartel Elliot Salem and Tyson Rios, the protagonists of the two previous games in the series, are taking a back seat and are non-playable characters in the latest entry into the third person coop shooter from EA – it’s time for some new blood!
Alongside death, taxes and terrible Adam Sandler movies, video game sequels are just another crushing inevitability of life. Sequels and franchises are the lifeblood of the industry, so you can bet any halfway successful game will be aiming towards at least five more follow-ups and spin-offs in pursuit of more delicious money.
Yet even major franchises tend to run themselves into the ground eventually, where they can either reboot themselves and come back stronger than ever (think the new Tomb Raider games) or stay buried in the past.
We all have game franchises we love so much that we don't care what others
think. Then there are games that the majority just agree shouldn't exist.
Sometimes it just takes one of these to kill our most beloved series.
It Takes One Game to Kill a Franchise
Street Fighter V and SoulCalibur V come to mind.
True, and it depends on what the devs learn from the experience whether or not the franchise can make a comeback. Or even make it's first "comeback". Like with Nier. Nobody cared about the first one, but it's hype all around for the sequel :p
Sometimes a game can kill a franchise even before it starts, if it doesn't perform as well as expected. The Order 1886 is an example of this.
I want to say socom with socom 4 as it was by far the worst but confrontation had its issues also. However compared to socom 4 confrontation was amazing. Still not socom 2 but it worked.
Only in gaming can you engage in multiple planet-clearing world wars or explosive shootouts where one man somehow takes on hundreds of opponents. There's stiff competition as to which game really has the highest body count, so to make it simpler here we're going to generally avoid anything that's too “big picture” in the death department. Check out the top games with the most ridiculous body counts now!
Can't wait for this!
The Army of TWO games have always been some sort of guilty pleasure, and this one won't be any different!
I really enjoyed the first one. It will be interesting to see how they handle the drug war since it is a big issue in America now days.
Soo looking forward to getting my co-op on! This one is looking much better than the last.
Visceral seems to be messing this up right after messing up DS3.
Gone is the comical "dude-bro" feel, as well as the unique Aggro system, replaced by some stupid berserker mode, and the back-to-back slow-mo shootout is gone too
And also cutting out Salem and Rios is a stupid move too...they were hilarious in a shameful way