The Top 5 Franchises That Need to Die

In the words of The Strokes’ frontman Julian Casablancas: “Enough is enough.” (Obscure references FTW!) Sometimes, things just get to be too much. The market gets saturated with one game or strung out by poor releases. Some gaming franchises just need to die. Here’s a list of some of the top ones and why they need to go:

[psman012]

Yes! Guitar Hero and Call of Duty are the two I am really really sick of.

[Poseidon]

justin bieber.and call of dooty ofcourse.

[Ares84PS3]

But they forgot one. That should have died a long time ago.

F'ing Mario.

[LoaMcLoa]

No.

[Ares84PS3]

...along with COD and Guitar Hero. Does that mean they shouldn't end?

My answer: NO

[NeutralGamer]

Mario's answer would be more like:

Its-a me! Mario!

Its-a BIG NO!

[SuperbVillain]

I agree with all of them,except Madden...

[Topshelfcheese]

agreed, I really wish people would shut up about it only being a roster update each year. If they actually played the game they would notice a difference. In the end however it's a football sim, you can't go changing the core of a game.

[Anon7349]

Yeah, so don't release a new one every year. If you're just gonna update the roster, patch it and make it free also.

If you want to make a good football sequel? Make it first person instead of top down and play as one person while everyone else on your team and your opponents can either be COMPs or other players online.

See right there? I did more innovation than EA did in the last 2 decades.

I agree with the article writer, all those IPs need to die. Heck, Activision, Sega, Squeenix and a few other publisher/developers need to die also.

[gtsentry]

activision is making millions off of every cod game..why would they even think of killing off the franchise..so is halo,n madden

[KILLERAPP]

As long as people buy then they will live forever…

[Ocelot525]

then the people need to die

[KILLERAPP]

Hitler tried to that once, look what happened….

[budbundystyles]

Before all of these: DYNASTY WARRIORS!

[Ocelot525]

idd, those games really stink this gen

[Seijoru]

I agree completely with this list.

[djfullshred]

complain all you want, but if a lot of people are buying these games, they all have decided that they don't want the franchise to die.

[gtsentry]

exactly,if any of the people who hate on these games were makin millions off of dem they wudnt b sayin anything bout killing off the franchise

[willie32]

I love the list. I wish ALL sports games would release a new version every two years. During the off year, they can have a patch update for the roster. It would allow developers to add more and better features every two years.

[00]

What an idiot Halo reach is not the same as the other halos just as halo Ce to halo 2 was different than halo 2 to halo 3 of course they play similar because that is what I expect and fans expect. If uncharted 2 became a FPS do you think there would be a lot of pissed of fans? or if MGS became a pure puzzle game? fans want from sequels is to improve and add from the original with out drastically changing the core game-play.

Honesty it sounds like he just put halo there because he doesn't like it. How can halo 3s multi-player be going stale if it is always in the x-box live top 5 lists since its release.

[BeaArthur]

Agreed. Halo is still a great franchise. If this clown had actually played the beta he would realize that it plays differently than CE, 2 or 3.

[dinkeldinkse]

His argument for the Halo series was terrible. His reason could literally be used for any other game on the list.

[slimy the g8ter]

but madden,cod,and gh can go 2 hell

[The BS Police]

Halo should not be on that list.

[TheLastGuardian]

I only play 2 of these COD and GH but GH needs to die because it will never be as good as Rock Band. Call of Dauty has always been overrated. I have to agree that every franchise on this list needs to die.

[karlowma]

5. Every CoD release has been pretty great. While I'm not a fan of the multiplayer personally, I think even the haters will admit that the single-player campaigns are second to none.

4. Sonic the Hedgehog 4, anyone? Focus on the meat, not the potatoes. Spinoffs happen. By your rationale, shouldn't Mario on this list?

3. Halo Wars is nothing like the other Halo games. ODST is a completely different type of gameplay. Halo Reach is also quite different from Halo 3 multiplayer, not to mention the fact that we haven't played the single player campaign, which may offer many more differences from the numbered Halo games.

2. Big agree. 1/5 ain't bad.

1. I'm torn here. Yearly sports titles are like a warm blanket. I look forward to picking up the new NHL every September. Some more competition, specifically with the NFL titles, would probably be a good thing, but even Madden games are more than annual "roster updates".

[e-p-ayeaH]

I think that all saturated franchises that came from the 80/90´s (like Bionic Comando or Tomb Raider) should be put to sleep and games like gh and cod need to stop in having sequells every year.

And abt Halo i think this one can stay as long it delivers some inovation every once in a while. (for more 5 years or so)

[NeutralGamer]

"I think that all saturated franchises that came from the 80/90´s"

You SERIOUSLY mean that?

WHAT ABOUT MEGAMAN?!

[Dnied]

While I don't plan on buying another COD game again because of activision / IW not existing anymore kinda... I do think that any 'tired' franchise can be brought back to life if developers just injected some creativity or inspiration into them. If they bring something new to each new game in the series, I wouldn't agree with this article.

for example, if MW2 made the kind of jumps that mw1 did from cod3, I wouldn't consider it one of the worst games of all time. If every gears of war wasn't exactly the same, I might have continued to play it after 1.

the franchises themselves don't need to die but the constant recycling of the same old shit wiTHIN the franchises needs to die. Unfortunately, with Activision owning Guitar hero and cod, we won't be seeing it anytime soon with those games however EA has been constantly adding some pretty cool things to their repeat sports games lately so they're OK in my books right now

my 2 cents

[Roozium]

This guy is a frickin' retard! Flamebait articles, N4G fails as always.

[Alos88]

If Modern Warfare 3 sucks, then it may be time to put that spinoff to bed and try making a new spinoff series for COD.

[prettyboy1]

hes sayin i realy dont see the point of this list.oh yeah and i definitely agree that halo needs to be put to rest.

[STICKzophrenic]

I don't understand why people want a gaming franchise to die. If you don't like it, then fucking ignore it. It's as simple as that.

I'm not crying because there are almost 15 Final Fantasy games.

Madden is a rehashed game with minimal changes and roster updates. You know what I do? I DON'T BUY IT. See how easy that is?

[NeutralGamer]

There is more than 15 FF games..

14 Main games
4 Main related games (FF X-2, FF IV Years after, etc)
4 Games special related to FF 7 (Snow Boarding Minigame, Before Crisis, Crisis Core, Dirge of Cerberus)
2 Related to FF 13
3 Final Fantasy Tactics games
3 Final Fantasy Legends games
12 Chocobo games
7 FF: Crystal Chronicle games
3 FF: Crystal Defenders games
4 spinoff (Final Fantasy Adventures, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest, Final Fantasy: Unlimited with U, Final Fantasy: Unlimited on PC Adventure - Labyrinth)

And then Dissidia...

Making it 57 games in the Final Fantasy series...

There is also several bundles and remakes that I didnt count in like Final Fantasy 6: Advanced and Final Fantasy Origins (1 & 2 bundled) making it more than 57 games in all... Also all the expansions to FF 11... I just named the titles.. In reality there is more than 57 games...

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Then you also got the Kingdom heart games, but they arent really FF games even though several FF charactes is in it...

[STICKzophrenic]

Jesus christ that's a lot of games lmao.

I've never played a FF game, so I had no idea there were so many. I figured there were more than the main games, but that's a ridiculous amount.

Like I said though, they can keep churning them out if they want to. I don't have to play them. There are people that do and enjoy them, and that's their choice. Who am I to tell someone their favorite gaming franchise should die?

@dinkeldinkse

So I've noticed lol. This place seems to frown upon multiconsole owners AKA true gamers.

The sad thing is, I've been here nearly since the beginning. I just choose not to voice my opinion very often because I know I'll lose bubbles I have.

[dinkeldinkse]

You better leave this site. N4G users don't take kindly to using logic in a post. J/K

[Spenok]

Not a bad list. Though the industry would surely be hurting with out there yearly titles. Especially CoD and Madden's.