Sentences with phrase «of franchise fatigue»

Activision's Skylanders franchise is to kids and families what Activision's Call of Duty franchise is to teenager and adults: a second - to - none cash cow that keeps selling like hot cakes with no signs of franchise fatigue from potential players in... Read More

Then again, with Call of Duty showcasing early symptoms of franchise fatigue, will it be a case of too little, too late for Sony's acquisition?

With that said, I find it very strange that some folks are jumping to the conclusion that the game's lower launch sales in the UK compared to its predecessor are indicative of franchise fatigue.

Syndicate is a good game that got unfortunately shafted thanks to a combination of franchise fatigue and Unity shitting the bed.

Not exact matches

«Spider - Man: Homecoming» opened this weekend with a $ 117 million box office bang, much to the delight of Sony executives, who were rumored to be fraught with anxiety over franchise fatigue.

Ubisoft has talked a good talk on loads of new features and systems, and shown plenty of terrific footage, but still — the franchise fatigue is real.

Death, if not Mistress Death, hangs over Infinity War like an executioner's axe, with the combination of Thanos's mass extermination plot and the expiring contracts of many of the franchise's fatiguing banner stars spelling curtains for some of Earth's mightiest heroes.

Its arrival during a summer increasingly defined by franchise fatigue gives a spark of... Continue reading →

Even with the much - discussed departure of Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, this film had all the potential to be the quirky and charismatic jolt of energy that the franchise needed to stave off the fatigue it's been plagued with increasingly the past few years of dolling out one overfamiliar entry after the next.

And while the franchise has finally entered straight - to - VOD territory (a sure sign of fatigue), it's hard to ignore the ridiculous talent behind it — that's right, Inside duo Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo are bringing the chainsaw - wielding madman back to life.

Not that it'll have any bearing on the future of the franchise — whose writers» room is currently working on a solid decade's worth of sequels — but it does seem that America is suffering from Transformers fatigue.

In this instance throwing a ton of characters into the mix along with multiple mechanics from several previous Lego iterations doesn't stop the feeling of fatigue setting in - add to this the lack of evolution that we are now seeing, there is potential here that the once rock - solid franchise is losing its charm a little.

After taking a break and relieving franchise fatigue, Assassin's Creed came back with a vengeance, surprising all with its new mix of parkour and RPG elements.

The summer movie box office was down this year and one of the reasons can be blamed on franchise fatigue.

For those of you who were suffering from franchise fatigue, Assassin's Creed Origins should cure your ailment.

Marvel has been able to avoid franchise fatigue — with the exception of a couple of hiccups, like whatever the hell Thor: The Dark World was — by incorporating more auteurist visions to its films in recent years.

After combing through the listings of franchise - fatigued superheroes now clogging big screens everywhere, I've come up with a list of well - made, challenging, and engrossing films for folks as sick of vacuous action adventure as I am.

First of all, there was a time not too long ago when everybody in the Call of Duty community was fatigued with modern and was asking for innovation and asking for new experiences, and that's what led us to start experimenting with taking the franchise into the future in the first place.

However, as with the Call of Duty franchise, a certain amount of fatigue has begun to set in when Assassin's Creed is mentioned.

There's third - party stuff, sure: Assassin's Creed's year off has helped remove some of the fatigue surrounding that franchise, and Origins has been well - received.

The question is, is Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare a genuine move forward for the the franchise or just another entry in a series suffering from fatigue?

That mode is so monotonous and soulless — from its endless use of the same enemies over and over again, to its trite and tired narrative — that it drew my attention to just how fatigued this entire franchise is feeling with multiple releases every year.

Franchise fatigue is a thing, and all of the Xbox franchises have been done to death that we have seen a decline in all of their sales this generation.

All the Halo FPS games are worthy of your time, it's a great series and one that thus far has avoided franchise fatigue by not entering a yearly release model and by intelligently using sequels like Reach to enrich the universe.

Singularity — With the content - light Destiny being a relative disappointment and Call of Duty suffering from diminishing returns brought on by franchise fatigue, there's a lack of really great shooters on the One at the moment and Titanfall, Wolfenstein and Halo: The Master Chief Collection represent three of the best out there.

«Any time I hear the term «franchise fatigue» they are really talking about a dip in quality and not about being too many of a thing.

Square Enix have become living examples of what is wrong with the Japanese game industry — from overblown budgets spent after servicing their CGI fetish to incessant spin - offs and ports creating a «franchise fatigue».

Spin - offs, forced sequels and ports on every imaginable platform, Square have clearly not heard of «franchise fatigue».

In my opinion, another game will feel cause franchise fatigue and be unnecessary, regardless of quality.

After the announcements of Dark Souls II, Bloodborne and Dark Souls III were so close together, I began to worry about the franchise becoming annualized causing the dreaded franchise fatigue.

Since these games do appear to be coming out in rapid succession, it is important to be aware of «franchise fatigue» which has affected many games like Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty.