Ever since the dawn of man people have figured out that if you make something successful, and then make some similar to that first thing that it will also make millions of dollars. This is the basic premise behind all movie and video game franchises, and it has been happening since the beginning of both forms of entertainment. Sometimes it works great (Star Wars IV-VI) and sometimes it's a complete disaster (Star Wars I-III); because of this fact we decided to go back and pick what we believed to be the top 10 overrated game franchises of all time. Now this doesn't mean all the games in the chosen franchise were junk (maybe just half of the 8 games reminded us of feces), but for one reason (level design) or another (review scores) the franchise made our dreaded list. No fan-boy platform is safe and literally every virtual rock will be overturned; if you disagree with our
choices or just want to explain why you hate us head over to the official forum thread, by clicking here. This top 10 is listed in no particular order and is just one person's opinion, numbered ten to one randomly, no severity towards how much they are overrated.
10. Final Fantasy: This one sits at the top of the list mostly because they are pretty solid games, but it’s got very little in the way of franchise continuity. Lately we’ve seen a couple spin-off games that brought in existing characters, but Dissidia was arguably the Smash Bros. of the FF series. The games generally fail in one of the most crucial aspects that underlie the role-playing genre: choice. Even though in most games with a morality system you’re railroaded towards the same quests and plotlines, you can find different ways to do it. In FF games the choices usually boil down to whether or not you want to take the time to get every hidden item. Throw in the often-changing interfaces and the only things keeping any sense of continuity are Cid and his airships.
9. Madden: Sports games generally don’t change. There might be some improvements to graphics or sounds, but the gameplay is essentially a simulator. After you’ve reached a certain level of realism there’s little more to do. So now they just upgrade the look and change some jerseys around. Adding a more complex system with some RPG flavor could breathe life back into these sorts of games, allowing you to create from whole cloth a team of unique players whose stats you could tweak to suit your preferred playing style, but it’s hard to tell if that would catch on. Somehow I imagine that the people already buying these games despite their minute differences wouldn’t be interested and the hardcore min/maxing junkies would be too busy playing something else.
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