10 Video Game Crossovers That Went Too Far
1. PlayStation Move Heroes’ Wasted Potential
The PlayStation 2’s library had plenty of games for every type of player and it certainly wasn’t short on platformers.
Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank and Sly Cooper were big successes in their time, becoming fondly remembered in the ensuing years for gamers who loved to explore detail-rich 3D worlds. And, considering Sony owned all three, the possibility of them colliding wasn’t out of the question.
And in 2011 it happened - but in the most vapid sense possible.
Before they all duked it out in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, there was the awkwardly titled PlayStation Move Heroes. In itself the name tells you this is little more than an advertisement for the PS3’s motion controllers.
The problem is all three franchises were expertly handled by their own teams and so Nihilistic Studios stepping up to the plate had the hard job of balancing all three and failed tremendously. There is a distinct lack of charm and personality, all six playable characters might as well be interchangeable and the repetitive design and gameplay are only counter-balanced by the game’s short runtime.
A crossover between these characters could’ve been special and a great selling point for the Move if it didn’t feel like it was rushed right out of the door. All three series' were the poster boys for Sony platforming at one point, but the lesson is that combining name value alone does not a good game make.