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Three Franchises Microsoft Should Revive

OnlySP: Platform-exclusive games have been a mainstay of the hardware marketing strategy for some time now. Each company dangles them in front of gamers like a worm on a hook, waiting for us to bite. Technology mega-giant Microsoft is no stranger to this practice and has always been willing to unload the buckets of cash necessary to keep specific titles solely on their Xbox 360. Fortunately for us as gamers, near-infinite amounts of funding and development resources can often translate into some pretty damn good games. In Microsoft’s stable alone, franchises like Halo, Gears of War, and Forza Motorsports stand as some of the most well-received titles in their respective genres. However, not all titles exclusive to the Xbox 360 have managed to stay in the limelight and, as a result, seem to have been all but forgotten. Somewhere, in a back office in Redmond, Washington, some tragically under-appreciated franchises are sitting on a shelf collecting dust.

MultiConsoleGamer4846d ago

1. Crimson Skies
2. Crimson Skies
3. Crimson Skies

user39158004845d ago

Killer instinc
Phantom dust
Perfect dark

FABLE LOST ITS WAY, PROJECT GOTHAM ITS NO LONGER ANY FUN AND viva pinata? well poor choices, they have so many first party or second party that they can use.

Dms20124845d ago

Best air combat game ever for being arcadey.

Bathyj4845d ago (Edited 4845d ago )

YES!

This is what pisses me off about MS.
They spit out game after game of some of their series till they lose the magic that made you love them in the first place, but they have a fantastic franchise like Crimson Skies just sitting there doing nothing because theyre not the money making machines that Halo is.

I also wish they'd bring back Brute Force. The first one wasnt all it could have been, but thats why you have sequels to refine it. You dont need to just give up on it right away. The concept was great, it could just use a bit more polish and better design.

3-4-54845d ago

Yes!

Still the best multiplayer experience ever.

* It had awesome maps, every plane was fun and unique, it was smooth, 16 players in online dog fighting was awesome and it never got old......ever.

This game was released at the Beginning of LAST GEN....and nobody has even touched it or came close.

That is pathetic.

Bathyj4845d ago

The controls. I loved the controls.

The planes were all great and because they were all different each one had their uses.

The game had a great charm to it as well and I loved the universe it was in. Propeller planes with jets and blimps. Awesome.

UnholyLight4845d ago

THE OUTFIT!!!! So much fun. Early Xbox 360 exclusive game

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zerocrossing4846d ago (Edited 4846d ago )

Out of all the franchises MS is letting rot away right now.

Fable
Project Gotham Racing
Viva Pinata

Are the best you could choose to revive?...

What about.

Otogi
Lost Odyssey
Perfect Dark

Im clueless as to why these titles haven't spawned any recent sequels.

Wingsfan244846d ago (Edited 4846d ago )

Lost Odyssey will be getting it's own piece from us, didn't want to include it here.

zerocrossing4846d ago

Oh OK, I'll be looking forward to that :)

A7XEric4846d ago

In all fairness Otogi was published by Sega and developed by From Software. Not really in Microsoft's hands.

Upbeat4845d ago

lost odyssey what a game!

LackTrue4K4845d ago

Killer Instinct and Project Gotham
funny....with Kinetic support, you would thank a game like Viva Pinata would be out.
wait....2 of my list are Rare's games... :/

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Belking4846d ago

Brute Force
Mech Assault
Phantom Dust

Shadow Man4846d ago

i gree mech assault with hd graphics would be the bomb

Cueil4846d ago

Phantom Dust was underappreciated game... what was the one where you had like a super arm and start in some kind of lab some chick comes to get you and you have to fight crazy super powered guys with bear hands

Cueil4845d ago

Breakdown! That game had a ton of promise

Relientk774846d ago (Edited 4846d ago )

Kameo: Elements of Power
Brute Force
Lost Odyssey
Blue Dragon
Perfect Dark
Too Human
Mech Assault

edit @ PockeyKing

Well, these are the unique IP's I think are great and/or have potential

also Conker too which ujean69 pointed out

DasTier4846d ago

Conker!
Midtown Maddness!
Crimson Skies!

A7XEric4846d ago

Now that George Andreas is gone from Rare, I don't see a sequel to Kameo happening, despite the somewhat cliffhanger ending it had.

Wingsfan244846d ago

Kind amazing at how many IP's Microsoft has, and unique ones too, but doesn't do anything with them. No clue what's going through their heads.

Knight_Crawler4845d ago (Edited 4845d ago )

Battle Toads
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Black and White
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Banjo Kazooie (Done right this time)
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Crack Down (Done right this time)
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Jet Force Gemini
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Killer Instincs vs Tao Feng vs Kakuto Chojin
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Conkers
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

PHANTOM DUST....PLEASE MS MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

This game was very unappreciated and has the potential to compete against Fall Out and Final Fantasy.

ZeroX98764845d ago

you got one impressive list there buddy. If all those titles we`re coming to the next xbox, I would buy one for sure, but seeing what microsoft did with conker on the original xbox and banjo on 360, the chances are low for those two.

Battletoad as a XBLA game would be awesome!

r214845d ago

Woah, phantom dust looks awesome! Make a sequel for that please MS!

maniacmayhem4844d ago

That Phantom Dust looks like Psychic Force on steroids. Man I wish an update/reboot of that game would get greenlit. It's perfect for Live now.

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Fable Retrospective: A Look Back At The Classic Franchise

The Outerhaven writes: Being fans of Fable, we decided to do an in-depth retrospective on the Fable franchise, exploring its choices, consequences, tone, and lasting impact on RPG design.

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Alos88110d ago

I'd play remasters if they did em'

darthv72110d ago

that is what fable anniversary is.

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Fable Retrospective: A Look Back At The Classic Franchise

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Fable II - A Fantasy Series at Peak Performance

Fable II launched back in 2008 and remains the best the series has offered. Ahead of the series comeback, it's time to look at the classic.

Crows901054d ago

They gotta bring back those gargoyles!

Dudeson1054d ago

I'd love to play it again, this time on pc though. Forever waiting on that pc port.

GaboonViper1054d ago

Loved this game, oh and i always saved my dog at the end, hope the new Fable has a animal companion.

got_dam1054d ago

Fable 2 was the best inthe series. Peter waaaaaaay over promised with fable 1 and it was good but disappointing. He didn't go crazy eith hype for the second game and it was surprisingly awesome. Then he ran his mouth promoting 3 and it was the worst of the 3.

cthulhucultist1054d ago

Funny story: Fable 3 had a funny way of keeping the promises you made in the first half of the game and having enough money to defeat the darkness.

You only had to collect enough money to buy 2 stores in a busy market district. You then raise the prices to maximum and you turn xbox 360 internal clock 99 or more years ahead.

The next time you load the game, all the rents from the 99 years are collected immediately.

But yes I agree that 3 was the weakest of the three.

Demetrius1053d ago

I only got to play it once 😩 I'm so tempted to buy a Xbox 360 slim but planning on getting the series x soon since I got a PS5 in February Im ready to get saints row 1&2 back, GTA 4, fable 2, but I also want to play infamous 1&2 again Sony screwed us over with the stream only for saints row 2 and other gems smh