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5 Spin-Offs That Were Better Than the Main Games They Came From

A list of some of our favorite spin-offs that ended up being sort of better than than mainline series that they came from.

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Snookies122481d ago

The Prime series of Metroid is debatable. I still think Super Metroid was the best game in the series, with Fusion being second best. The Prime games certainly were amazing in their own right though.

remixx1162481d ago

I think prime 1 was all around the best followed by super Metroid

Skull5212481d ago

Does Perfect Dark count?

Matpan2481d ago

special mention to Zero mission... I just love that game.

Snookies122480d ago

Zero Mission was awesome as well!

SR388132481d ago

Prime 1 is outstanding... I'm a massive Metroid nerd, 3 and Prime are on par

Snookies122480d ago

Yes it most certainly was. Prime 1 was incredible, I can still vividly picture a lot of the areas from that game to this day. Super Metroid just has a special place in my heart though.

ArchangelMike2481d ago (Edited 2481d ago )

Everyone should try Prey:Mooncrash. I know it's not strictly a spin-off, but man, I am having so much more fun with it than I did in the main game. The new Roguelike game mechanics make it feel like a whole new game.

Edit: SkillUp knows what I'm taling about https://www.youtube.com/wat...

deckardreplicant2481d ago

Yeah Heard a lot of good things about Mooncrash

darthv722481d ago

Does Metroid Prime really count as a spin-off??? I mean it still revolves around Samus and the space pirates and metroids and mother brain just in a FPS setting instead of side scrolling.

To me a spin-off is something derived from the main series and able to stand on it's own. Halo ODST is a spin-off because it does not center around MC but rather other UNSC troops in a setting that is parallel to that of Halo 3. Half Life Blue Shift is a spin-off because it takes place in parallel to Gordon Freeman but you play the role of the security guard.

Metroid prime you are just in a different story / setting of the series but still playing as Samus so I don't feel it counts in the same sense. Jeffersons were a spin-off from All in the family. A different world is a spin-off from Cosby show... you get the idea.

PhoenixUp2481d ago

What makes Metroid Prime a spinoff compared to other mainline installments in other series that made the jump to 3D?

crxss2481d ago

Prime isn’t a spin-off sorry

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Best Persona Battle Themes, Ranked

"Last Surprise" and "Mass Destruction" are two of the best Persona battle themes, no doubt.

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FF XVI Producer Is Interested In Working On A New Final Fantasy Tactics Game

Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida is interested in working on a brand new Final Fantasy Tactics game.

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GoodGuy09433d ago

It's insane its been this long since the last release.

CrimsonWing69433d ago

Not from you.

Knowing how you handled FF16 by trying to make it appeal to non-fans and changing the entire gameplay design I can see you changing Tactics to appeal to non-fans.

If they’re going to do this please give it to someone who wants to keep the game and genre in tact.

VersusDMC432d ago

He worked on tactics ogre reborn. Was there changes? He wouldn't make an FF tactics game an action game. It will be AA but faithful. Probably what the Diofield Chronicles team and some of the FFXVI team is probably working on already and he is just keeping a secret.

And FF hasn't had a set gameplay design since X. I disliked the MMO, 12, 13 FF's but didn't mald for years. I played other games. Stop crying as he probably won't make a single player FF again and will be busy with the next FF MMO.

EternalTitan432d ago

I can feel your hatred. Keep it up.

Ataraxias432d ago

Tactics Ogre Reborn was an overall solid product but almost eliminated the concept of builds in the game.
So we'd probably end up with a system where character jobs like Mercenary for Ramza is 80% of the character instead of being freeform.

SegaSaturn669432d ago

Tactics Ogre Reborn changed a lot of gameplay mechanics for the worse. The class system is weird and hard to lock in roles, and they shoehorned a new "random card appearing" mechanic on the maps which makes no sense. Previously you obtained those boosts from killing powerful opponents, not spawning randomly.

There's a way better way to play Tactics Ogre: the fanmade onevision mod of the psp version.

EternalTitan432d ago

16 was just a terrible mess.
Its not even a JRPG let alone a final fantasy game.
Yosi piss(who said he hates JRPGs) should not touch another Final Fantasy game ever again.

VersusDMC432d ago

87 metacritic can't be a terrible mess.
If Kingdom Hearts is a JRPG then FFXVI is a JRPG. And he said he hates the term JRPG as it carries a bad stereotype with western journalists.

So you're just incorrect on several fronts...

Asterphoenix432d ago

I wouldn't mind a new FF Tactics longs they keep the tactical elements of Tactics in it as well as a very in depth story. Which FF Tactics years ago has by far one of the best stories in the series.

Tapani432d ago

Yes, alongside with Vagrant Story. Playing FFT, then Vagrant story and finally FFXII is a bliss. Deepest lore and best stories ever made in video games.

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Final Fantasy Games That Deserve the Remake Treatment

Final Fantasy has a long running history with numerous numbered titles and spin-offs, but which games stand to benefit from a remake?

gold_drake541d ago

i feel like all of them.
well except 2 haha.

shinoff2183541d ago

Agreed. Ff2 though can be made better, so it's not entirely a lost cause. Ff8 will gets its time. I do wish they'd do the old ones. From ff10 and up those ones still hold up pretty well.

kevco33541d ago

Honestly, I've always felt that VII and up 'hold up well' in that regard. The early 3D games just needed a cosmetic update. But the FFVII Remake is so different to the original in execution that a lot of games could be done in a similar fashion and feel far more modern.

I'm not saying that's a good or bad thing (that depends on your personal preference!), just that they could feel very different.

shinoff2183540d ago

Kevco I liked remake but I think your right. Idda been happy with a 1 to 1 remake that looked like ever crisis to. Or both

I'd just love I square would one day give us a turned based one with today's graphics. I can't really think of a jrpg that does that.

andy85540d ago

I'd rather the 13 trilogy just be ported tbh. No matter what you think if it, it shouldn't be the only numbered offline games not playable on new consoles. But naturally I'd play the **** out of 8-12 remakes.

shinoff2183540d ago

I do agree. I'd give it another shot even though I didn't like it at first. My taste change over time. Gta 4 for instance I was so disappointed it lacked so much of what san andreas had I didn't play it for like 5 years. One day went to a semi pro football game(American football) came home drunk and decided to try 4 again. I actually liked it after giving it a fair shot.

Rebel_Scum540d ago

Just make new games. Not every game needs to be remade.

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