I came to see someone saying that Bubsy must die. But nobody did, sooo... Bubsy. Bubsy, I'm talking to you. Return to the grave and let Golden Sun come back in your place. Thank you in advance.

 

Ouch...this is going to hurt, because I've got to slaughter my own favorite games here...

1) Unreal franchise. After a great 3D adventure in a (then) new engine, the game morphed into a 'fight to the death' kind of arena brawler that defined first person shooting for a while. The original Unreal Tournament was awesome. Then they brought out UT2003, which had major flaws. UT2004 fixed these somewhat and brought a MASSIVE amount of content with it. But even so, UT3 was a bit of the nail in the coffin: it was as if you had a child that went goth for no reason. Not really a bad game, but it was no UT2004.
Then they (that'll be Epic games) tried to reboot the franchise as "unreal tournament", which showed they liked microsoft kind of counting. Could've been a decent shooter, but then all the effort went into that other powerhouse. What's it called? Fortnite or something.

2) C&C franchise. This slowly went downhill after EA bought westwood studios. Red alert 2 was the pinnacle of RTS'es, but then lacked origality afterward. C&C 4 was "okay-ish". Red alert 3 was "meh". And once I heard they got rid of base building, I never even bothered to check (what was that? C&C 5?).
EA recently tried to reboot the franchise as a mobile game. I...didn't even continue watching the announcement. I really loved the franchise at one point, but PLEASE...let it stay dead!

 

Well I think the reason why yakuza is so successful now is because they released both 0 and kiwami at 20 when they first came out. For all the content thats a steal. Alot of people really liked it and went ahead and got the other games

 

What? No, neither of those were $20 when they came out. I know this, because I preordered them, and I never preorder games.
Yakuza 0 on launch was a full $60 and Kiwami 1 was $40.
They were $20 when they launched on PC. But not when they first came out.

 

It didn't come out yet, but Streets of Rage 4 already looks like a promising revival. It is also a good example of "why collaborations are important", as we see so many incredible people are involved in that project. Some directors and producers understand that it's not about the quantity, but the quality of the people they choose. A lot of IPs which are considered for revival should take that approach if it's affordable.

BUT, as much as i hate to say it....Bubble Bobble should've stayed dead. the new game, Bubble Bobble 4 Friends, just doesn't feel right to me. I loved it in the 90s, when it proceeded to the 16-bit dimension with Bust-A-Move/Puzzle Bobble, i also liked it's successor, Rainbow Island, but that's pretty much it. that kind of game was fun for a while when i was a kid, but growing up into more complicated, graphic heavy, and unique games in many art-styles and genres, Bubble Bobble 4 Friends seem forced in order to satisfy people with nostalgia.

 

Altered Beast used to say "Rise From Your Grave!" and it rose from it's grave on PS2, it ended up being one of the worst games ever it should have stayed in it's grave.

 

Well when it became 20 thats when alot of the people got into it

 

lol spyro can crash have many other games besides the first 3, and they were boring

 

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidge raaaaaacer

rise from your grave!!!!!!

we need you

please

your our only hope

 

Metroid is probably the franchise that exemplifies this.

Releases are sparse, the series oft seems little cared for and at one point we pretty much had a release drought for over a decade (I refuse to see Other M as a Metroid game), yet whenever it comes back, it comes back in full swing.