10 Video Game Franchises Who Desperately Need A Win

10. Tony Hawk's

Tony Hawk used to rule the sports games market back in the '90s, with Pro Skater 2 & 3 still being hailed as two of the greatest games of all time. Then the late 2000s came and the series couldn't keep up, as the Skate franchise did realistic skateboarding better and suddenly Tony had superior competition.

The last Tony Hawk game to gain a positive Metacritic score (just barely) was Project 8 released all the way back in 2006. There have been 7 games released since then and all have them have ranged from mediocre to downright terrible.

It's admirable that the series is willing to change, but when every single foray into gimmicky tech is as embarrassing as its been, you have to wonder why they keep trying when the original concept was about outrageous arcade fun.

Either the peripherals never worked properly, or the games just weren't all that fun to play, but it all came to a head with the disastrous release of Pro Skater 5 that was dubiously crowned the worst game of the year by many publications.

Tony Hawk's once dominated extreme sports gaming, but with a string of failed experiments, it has completely tainted its once great legacy. It desperately needs its next release to muster up some of the energy from its glory days, or we could be saying goodbye to the birdman forever.