10 Video Game Franchises We Really Don't Need More Of
Enough is enough.
Some video game characters are utterly timeless and will never, under any circumstances, bore the adoring masses. Some may have undergone radical re-designs in recent years (here's looking at you Lara Croft) but they're still the same characters we've grown to love through our adventures with them.
Sadly, the same can't be said for many characters, nor the series' they belong to. More isn't always what we need and bigger isn't always better - sage advice for rampant developers who are hellbent on producing title after title of the same shtick.
Whether it's a long running series or a single gaming entry; there are just some things that should be left alone. Consider television as a fitting example to prove the point; Fawlty Towers is hailed as one of the best British sitcoms of all time but there were only ever two series, totalling 12 episodes.
Any more would be utter sacrilege and would completely ruin the world's opinion of such a superb example of television - the same can be said for video games, I'm afraid to say.
Let's get started...
10. Duke Nukem
For a character commonly associated with being a wise cracking, uber-masculine, anti-PC action hero; many don't actually realise Duke Nukem was originally a silent protagonist. That said, even during his silent period, he was more than capable of astonishing acts of super-human violence and still had something of a Johnny Bravo attitude towards women.
It wasn't until Duke Nukem 3D that we actually met the supremely controversial, foul-mouthed iteration we now hail as one of the greatest of all time, but then again, it wasn't until 2011 that we realised we'd all had quite enough of his antics for a lifetime.
Duke Nukem Forever was one of the most over-hyped games of all time, with anticipation levels hitting breaking point right up until its release date in June 2011. Typically, such lofty expectations led the game to almost complete failure.
The controls were awful, the loading times were criminally lengthy and, in truth, it was actually really offensive for the sake of causing offence - even Seth MacFarlane blushed at some of the raucous content.
Thankfully, it appears we'll only be treated to remakes of the classics in the future; which is considerably better than anything new.