Series that are starting to lose what made them good, or your just not enjoying as much as you used

[Smithburg]

I was thinking about this while playing Skyward Sword. And I was really looking forward to this game, but it's the first zelda game I havent finished, It feels like it lost some of what made it good, and it is the only one that's ever bored me before. There's so much backtracking, and there arent many characters and only one village to see. The controls need to be readjusted every 5 minutes, it just is kind of disappointing to me, but I still wanna finish it.

A few others are the Fable series, they're good games but the dumbing down of things is making it worse, the same for Final Fantasy. 1-10 were wonderful, then 11 and 14 are MMO's so I didnt play them, but 12 and 13 just weren't as good.

Any game series you feel are losing their touch?

 

[spartandude]

while its a two game long series im gonna have to say DragonAge
the first game was awsome in every way and well...... less said about number the better

 

[MetalDooley]

The controls need to be readjusted every 5 minutes

Funny I only had to readjust the controls maybe a half dozen times in the whole game

OT:A series I'm not enjoying as much as I used to - Football Manager.Why?Well,off the top of my head,it's a full price release every year for what amounts to little more than a roster update.The game is usually riddled with bugs at launch.The media section is utterly pointless as you get asked the same half dozen questions over and over.The game still suffers from the same minor gameplay annoyances that have plagued it for years.The final nail in the coffin - FM2012 requires Steam activation regardless of whether you bought a physical or digital copy

Sorry Sports Interactive but I don't think I'll be buying your games anymore

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

For me?

Resident Evil.

Resident Evil 4 was a great game and all... but it drastically changed the gameplay and tone of the main-story series games. Do I still have fun with 'em? Sure. But I don't get excited for them anymore like I used to, because they just don't feel like Resident Evil games anymore.

 

[Aircross]

The first Kingdom Hearts game was brilliant (except for the part where you couldn't skip cut scenes.)

It had a great balance of fun gameplay, an engaging story, and fleshed out characters.

Then the sequel came and dumbed everything down with PRESS TRIANGLE NOT TO DIE and endless cut scenes every 5 minutes (I know I can skip it, but there's still too many).

The rest of the series has gone that way too. More flashiness than substance, which can be said about Final Fantasy as well.

 

[lRookiel]

I don't know why but I enjoy the first Dawn of war so much more than the second.

I can't explain why, sorry. :/

 

[Rude as HECK]

Assassins Creed, however, I found that three games based around Ezio was too much. Now that the next game will move forward, maybe this will reverse.

 

[Truniron]

Final Fantasy. While the newer ones are not too bad and can be enjoyed for their own reason, I have to say that it has lost some of it´s charm over the years. The biggest changes was when Squaresoft joined forces with Enix Studios and became Square Enix, which is also when the series really started to change, not for the worst, but perhaps not how everyone wanted to. But then again, things change and series move on so. I´m actually hoping that Final Fantasy XV (15) will be a really good game.

 

[Thoraxe]

Playing L.A Noire and I'm on the Vice section. After homicide, drugs aren't exactly thrilling.

 

[DigitalAtlas]

Really? No Sonic?

Sanic is my vote.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Really? No Sonic?

Sanic is my vote.

I think Sonic isn't getting mentioned because of how infrequent the good games have been. People don't seem to expect anything from him anymore and people still get disappointed.

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I want to comment on Dragon Age: It took off and looked like it could have been great but then took a dive and slammed into the ground.

Assassins Creed. I liked the first game, LOVED the second...and have been waiting around for the third because I don't care for side-stories and was getting tired of Ezio before the end of AC2.

 

[WaysideMaze]

Im gonna throw my vote in here for God of War. I loved the first game, it was just fantastic. But the sequels just felt weaker in the story department, and all the extra toys just felt useless compared to the Blades of [chained to your arm].

Yeah the gameplay was still tight, but I couldn't really see any point to the games. Other than milking me for money I suppose.

 

[Austin Howe]

Kingdom Hearts, full stop.

 

[gigastar]

Ill have to go with the only series ive stuck with in the long-run- Command and Conquer.

Since Tiberian Sun the series had been on a gentle downward slope, but when it got to Tiberian Twilight it finally found a cliff to jump off of.

Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City- What the Fuck.

I think i figured out What the Fuck.

This game was another in a fairly long line of outsourced projects from Capcom, with RE:ORC it was to Saint Six who had only really made two PSP shooters and one incredibly crap PS3 shooter. All of which, you guessed it, had a real-life military basis.

Possibly theyre simply a developer that cant learn from its criticisms, or they simply have no clue how to improve thier games.