11 Half-Baked Video Games That Totally Ruined Their Franchises

7. Mass Effect Andromeda

Say what you will about Mass Effect 3, but at least it had a vision. I mean, you can argue that the vision was stupid, but there's no denying the game stuck to its guns and told the story it wanted to tell.

Mass Effect: Andromeda has no such vision.

Attempting to reboot the franchise in a new direction, the latest Bioware RPG gave players a more open, less focused experienced that was frequently bogged down by monotonous resource gathering, fetch-quests and cover-hugging combat.

Truthfully, Andromeda is a mess, and it's clear that the team just threw every idea at the wall in the hope that something would stick instead of attempting to carve out a solid focus for this uninspired sequel. It makes for a gaming experience that's simply spinning its wheels and biding its time, stripped of all the inspiration and ambition that made the original trilogy so memorable.

So forget the laughable animations you've heard all about because Andromeda's problems are more than skin-deep - they're rotten to the core.