Which franchises are getting better, which are getting worse? The PC Gamer poll results

PC Gamer:

Last week we asked you, our faithful readers, a simple question. From a selection of 20 of the most prominent PC franchises, which are getting better, and which are getting worse? We’ve compiled the results of almost 22,000 unique responses below.

[zeal0us]

Should of added
-Final Fantasy
-Dead Space
-Resident Evil
-Need For Speed
-Madden
-Halo
-Gears
-Pokemon

On to the poll. I'm pretty sure FF would of been voted to the "Getting Worse" category.

[Xof]

Yes, PC gamer should have polled PC gamers on all of those console games.

The only long-running PC franchise I can think of that's gone downhill is Total War. Each new game seems to do one thing better and two things worse than the predecessors. All the other storied franchises--Civilization, Elder Scrolls, Assassin's Creed, Diablo, Half Life, etc. seem to be getting better with each new installment.

Oh, right: Age of Empires. Great first game, fantastic second game... and the third game is complete and utter garbage.

*ahem*

The main problem with PC gaming, as I see it, is that there are too many fantastic franchises--and exciting/innovative gameplay mechanics from older games that have simply vanished off the face of the Earth.

Right now, hell, in the past decade, there has been -nothing- to compete with the likes of Shadows of Amn, Thief, Homeworld, Mechwarrior, Rise of Nations, etc.

And that's a goddamn crying shame.

[shackdaddy]

What? Total War is just fine. Just wait till Rome 2 - you'll see... Diablo has gotten worse though. D3 is not bad, but it's also not that great either.

Also, if you take into account the past BF and CoD games that were on PC (BF1942 all the way to BF2142 and CoD1 all the way to maybe CoDWaW), then they have gotten worse too (BF is still fun though).

Oh, and WoW has gotten worse. That game was so good when Burning Crusade was the newest installment. After that it kinda went downhill.

[decrypt]

I think Lich King was fine too, they really dumbed the game down for the casuals after that.

[prototypeknuckles]

surprisingly sonic is getting better

[WeskerChildReborned]

Even though RE isn't on the list, that one is getting worse and Dead Space maybe depending on if DS3 is really not as scary as DS1 and DS2.

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

All pc games that become console games find a home in hell.

All console games that come to pc do fine just badly ported.

Rome 2 will be epic. peace.

[Qrphe]

I agree with your first line.
I'm stoked for Rome 2 as well

TRIARII!!!!

[Qrphe]

Diablo has definrotely gotten worse but so has TES. Just look at the content available in Morrowind and compare it to Oblivion, then compare Oblivion's to Skyrim's. The only good thing Skyrim has over Oblivion and Morrowind are more detailed dungeons, even if they're incredibly linear.

[mynameisEvil]

While I think Daggerfall was the best game, Morrowind was definitely a fantastic game and I loved it (still do). With Oblivion and Skyrim... I don't know, there's just something about them that turns me off from them. I guess it's just IV/V don't feel like they've had quite the same love put into them (Shivering Isles was great, though). That's just me, anyway.

Oh, and Diablo? Yeah, definitely gotten worse. Also, I should NEVER be able to say, "I died because I was lagging IN MY SINGLE-PLAYER GAME." It's a good game, but not great like the first two and that damn DRM, man. Argh.

[RockmanII7]

Splinter Cell should be in the Top 5 for getting worse, play Chaos Theory then look at the gameplay in Blacklist it's not even the same series anymore.

[mynameisEvil]

I liked Conviction for what it was (certainly wasn't a Splinter Cell game, though) and was looking forward to a sequel... then it's like, "Oh... well... we got rid of Ironside."

That's the main reason I'm not getting this. The other is that, looking at the gameplay they showed us, the mix between stealth and action that made me like Conviction was gone and it was just about action. Inexcusable.

[kingduqc]

LOL @Cod.

maybe releasing one a year was a bad idea that bring little innovation right? That's the gamer's fault. they won't stop making it if you keep buying it every god damg year.