7 Game Franchises They Drove Into the Ground

Posted by Zonk on Thursday January 25, 2007 @05:12AM from the gonna-wrap-this-thing-around-the-first-light-pole-i-see dept.

Via the ever-excellent Game|Life, a post on Games Radar that details seven destroyed game franchises, taken from us in their prime by callous game publishers. Running the gamut from the venerable Sonic (of whose decline we've already spoken) to the good-to-crappy-in-two-years Viewtiful Joe, these are all games that just deserved better. I personally lament the decline of the Tomb Raider series (number 7 on the list) the most. Her most recent outing was much better than previous iterations, and I definitely hope that Eidos can keep up the momentum. Are there any series that you feel have fallen from heights that should have made the list?

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Re:Duke Nukem? by nuzak · 2007-01-25 05:33 · Score: 4, Funny

You have to actually achieve movement in order to drive something into the ground.

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You're all by Anonymous Coward · 2007-01-25 09:22 · Score: 1, Funny

forgetting the greatest game of all: Big Rigs - Over the Road Racing. This had the potential to be a huge franchise with it's revolutionary graphics and gameplay, but they decided only to make the one game.