10 Video Game Sequels We’d Totally Get Stupidly Excited About
Please come back.
Reminiscing about the past is a huge part of life, though in the gaming world, there are many frail, old and flat-out tired video game franchises (like Call Of Duty) whose instalments are far too recycled and indistinguishable. Meanwhile, there are others like Final Fantasy which I wish would just go away and rethink their priorities, because they are incapable of capturing their past glories.
Indeed, as proven by the remarkable sales of the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane trilogy, familiarity is often desired more than innovation.
Therefore, because we’re all hypocrites, there are many buried franchises whose returns entire fanbases and gamers alike crave.
Series' that were a huge part of our childhood have been replaced by something inferior, being championed by somewhat idiotic and greedy publishers. These franchises may have died due to not selling enough copies, becoming unrecognisable or for reasons I cannot fathom, but I - and I'm sure we - miss them.
Some have only been missing for fewer than five years, and others for much longer, but either way, I wish we could use a magic money-granting elixir to revive them all.
10. Dead Space
Initially pitched as the darkest chapter in Isaac
Clarke’s story, Dead Space 3 could have been special. Dementia would
have been a focus. Survival horror would have been emphasised. And
Clarke’s co-op partner would have been a shadow of himself with a big
reveal.
However, with EA focusing on sales, an action oriented game with microstransactions was demanded. And, following poor numbers and a lukewarm response, Dead Space has since been treated like an underachieving kid whose parents pretend they don’t exist.
With Visceral Games working on a sure-money Star Wars project, a new Dead Space game isn’t likely to materialise for a long time. But, with survival horror having been reborn because of games like The Evil Within, Outlast and Resident Evil 7, a return to space would excite both fans and Dead Space virgins.
As long as it’s claustrophobic, unsettling and not hampered by EA, a return to the Ishimura would have everyone giddy as they put on the iconic engineer suit.