Not exact matches
Only just the beginning of the Spore
franchise, however, a Wii version of the
game has been officially confirmed, and EA has hinted more console versions are under
serious consideration.
I'll admit I'm a little disappointed that Resident Evil 7 is making a
serious departure from the more action - oriented style of recent Resident Evil releases (though I will heartily admit that Resident Evil 6 was a bit of a mess to put it lightly), however I am also excited to see how Capcom is planning to retool the
franchise for a new generation of
gamers.
It's going to take a
serious effort for Call of Duty to trump Fortnite - or, indeed, to beat former concurrent Twitch stream record holder PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - but if there's one
game that could break that top spot it's hard to look past the hugely successful Call of Duty
franchise.
But with «Chronicle» director Josh Trank working on a version of acclaimed
game «Shadow Of The Colossus,» things might be looking up, and now another
serious name has come on to take a role both in front of and behind the camera with a big - screen take on one of the most acclaimed and best - selling
game franchises of the last few years.
With the next installment of the major Nintendo fighting
franchise Super Smash Bros. coming later this year and an open - world Legend of Zelda (plus many more Nintendo - developed
games) coming next year, the Wii U could finally be turning a corner and becoming a
serious contender for this generation's console crown.
The
franchise mode smartly borrows the RPG - leveling concept from Madden, but several infrastructure problems like simming
games by the week, no prospect scouting, and no draft day trade options keep this mode from being a
serious destination for sim heads.
If they can reboot the
franchise in a logical way that gives them another 3
games out of it and manage to make the
games as ground breaking as the original
game then MS has a
serious money maker on their hands.
While Fuse doesn't employ the same slapstick humor seen in the Ratchet & Clank
franchise, it's not a completely
serious game either.
In comparison, EA's attempts at recreating a sensible football
game haven't really blossomed at the same rate as Konami's, even though quite a few of latest FIFA's have proven to be
serious, if not equal competitors to the PES
franchise.
Mommy's Best is working on a new Indie
Game, Grapple Buggy, and has been tapped by the
Serious Sam people for a new installment in that
franchise,
Serious Sam Double D.
Then, you add Arc System Works to the mix, developers of
serious pedigree with Guilty Gear, BlazBlue and Persona 4: Arena all being highly successful in their own right, and you combine their efforts for a Dragon Ball
game, one of the biggest multimedia
franchises in the entire world.
As far as being more «dark,» it doesn't have to go full on psychologically scarred, but they already hinted at Drake's darker past before, and if that teaser is what I think it is, then they may be going for a little more
serious tone with the characters anyway, which might be refreshing, given that this will be the fifth
game in the
franchise.
Cue the witty «Cel - da» puns from
games journalists and players alike, unable to see how a
game that looked like a cartoon could carry on such a
serious and beloved
franchise.
I started looking into the wider series online and was surprised to find that many some fans considered the Persona
games «casual,» a mere offshoot of the more
serious and hardcore Shin Megami Tensei
franchise.
While some of the
franchise's mechanics are in
serious need of a tune - up, the background story and narrative of the
games have always lived up to the promise of having Hideo Kojima's name associated with them, and I don't doubt that Konami, if they gave a third ZoE
game their full attention, could get the functional issues out of the way.
The
franchise has further branched under Ross, with more
games than ever and
serious technical jumps with the new capabilities of new - gen Xbox One.
Got a friend needing a
serious introduction into one of the most prolific video
game franchises outside of the Mushroom Kingdom?
Since 2007, it would be fair to say that the Call of Duty
franchise has been losing respect amongst
serious gamers.
We're pretty sure that Gearbox is working on the next Borderlands
game, from its past job listings that were hiring for an «unannounced AAA FPS / RPG hybrid» that used «comedy writing with respect for a
serious underlying plot» and is from «one of 2K's biggest
franchises,» and it's possible that the representative just wants to keep the
game under wraps for a little longer.
If Nintendo is
serious about making a commercially successful F2P
game with an existing
franchise (they could easily just make a new IP) then Animal Crossing is the way to go.
Anyway my personal excitement aside it is clear that Activision Blizzard is taking this cartoon seriously and are putting some
serious coin into its production so hopefully the final result is something great for the whole family (just like the
game franchise is.)
The trend of series with more branches than a tree in need of some
serious maintenance has continued to the modern day, with
franchises like Final Fantasy (currently on its fourteenth main instalment) and Call of Duty (eight
games in eight years) facing solid opposition from the community yet still continuing to dominate when sales figures come around.
If they are
serious about re-examining the
franchise, it starts with building a new
game engine.
If you're a
serious fan of any
game franchise, you'll always find yourself thinking, «I want to play this
game RIGHT NOW!»
Super Monkey Ball, the once great
franchise that kept
gamers up at night perfecting their scores and mastering levels, was dealt a
serious blow when Step & Roll came out on the Wii.