In 2015, there aren't many video games that get made without a sequel in mind. By their own admission, most of the major companies going into the next (current?)-generation of gaming aren't making standalone titles they dont envision becoming bankable franchises one way or another. But, unfortunately for players, theres still a large amount of deserving games that just weren't lucky enough to see their franchises take off and dominate the mainstream. Perhaps even worse the most unlucky of games saw their series abruptly killed right when they were at their peak both creatively and critically. Whether its Psi-Ops or Dino Crisis, theres a bunch of critically acclaimed and beloved titles that have seemingly disappeared in the modern gaming market. But unlike a lot of media that gets consumed as fast as its forgotten, these games somehow only grow in popularity year-on-year, which makes it even more shocking that sequels to them have never materialised. All this leaves an environment where there are a bunch of awesome, once-iconic titles you could play right now yet for some reason these games simply never spawned the follow-ups they still deserve. While the gaming market's favourite past-time is milking franchises and running then into the ground, these titles suffered the exact opposite fate. Sure, a lot of the fondness for these titles probably stems partly from nostalgia but theres no denying that if a sequel to any of these was announced tomorrow youd see pre-orders for it shoot through the roof.
