Game/Series That Should Be More

[Kageho]

Booted up SRW OG for the GBA and I've always wondered every time I play this game. Why exactly isn't Super Robot Wars more popular than it is? I mean you've got mechas, political intrigue, flashy effects (PS3 versions especially), awesome music, and great writing (basing off the OG GBAs, which still hold up). Seems like it should be more popular, yet its not.

With Pacific Rim coming out and showing that people love giant robots, I think it could become a bit hit. Maybe it needs a Fire Emblem DS-like game?

Is a particular game or series you feel should be bigger than what it is?

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Comix Zone. It was an inventive take on the side-scrolling beat 'em up with fun gameplay and an original concept. It's really too bad it came towards the end of the Genesis life cycle, because it still stands as one of my top 10 games of all-time (and I've never even beaten it).

 

[Kageho]

What's that the one with the guy getting trapped in the comic? I thought that was a great concept too. Really should've gotten more praise for how good of a game it was. That's one IP I would like remade.

 

[Brocklock]

Zombies Ate My Neighbors should've had like 3 sequels and/or a reboot on a nex gen system.

 

[Kageho]

In our zombie wanting world, it would've gotten those sequels followed by the worst reboot ever. All those games that could've been, but weren't. Its sad.

Speaking of Sega games... How the hell did Guardian Heroes not become bigger thing? It had multiple paths, fun combat, good music, good mechanics, yet it never did more than that. It was even made by Treasure! I wish we could get a remake.

 

[KingPK]

L.A. Noire. It's a shame that Team Bondai imploded like it did because there's so much more that can be done with a game like that, though I'll bet that game's production costs were insane.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

What's that the one with the guy getting trapped in the comic? I thought that was a great concept too. Really should've gotten more praise for how good of a game it was. That's one IP I would like remade.

Yeah. It also had a solid alternative-feeling midi soundtrack, cheat codes were entered by selecting the right song order to activate them, and early copies came with a sampler CD of American Records bands (the ones that stood out the most to me were Danzig and God Lives Underwater).

 

[FLAM]

I still have that American Recordings compilation. It's great.

And yeah, Comix Zone is super underrated. Definitely a favorite, but I never finished it either. Way too difficult. It's a stylish game with awesome music and cool bosses. Annnnnd this thread just made me buy it on PSN.

Vanquish, and Binary Domain should have been bigger deals.

 

[Kageho]

Both of those should've been. Fun games.

Ikaruga so should've been a bigger deal. Awesome game that when I died, I knew it was my damned fault I died. We need more of those types of games!

 

[FLAM]

I haven't heard of a lot of these games so I'll have to look into them. EDIT: Ikaruga was one of my favorite type of games back then.

FINALLY finished Comix Zone last night. Being able to save wherever definitely helps. I would restart my last save any time after dying. Re-loaded a bunch. In the Genesis days, I'd always lose all of my lives at Episode 3 pt 1.

Anyone remember Croc? There was some pretty decent hype around it. It was one of my first PS1 games back in 97. Really thought it'd be on the level of Mario 64, but it's largely been forgotten.

 

[BorneAgain]

That Eternal Darkness hasn't spawned any real sequels or spinoffs is of great disappointment to me.

 

[Kageho]

Eternal Darkness seemed like it was setting up for a bigger story. Though I'm not sure how you could do it that would be a worthy sequel. Which may explain why it hasn't.

I'm going to nominate two games. One did get a sequel, but I still think it should've been a bigger series and that's StarTropics. I honestly never understood why this game wasn't more well loved. It has aliens, expansive world and fun times. Also one of the few games I remember that had a story.

And the other game for me is Power Blade. It might just nostalgia kicking in, but I really think it deserved to either get a sequel or be remade.

 

[bps21]

It's still early but I'm pissed that there isn't a full blown Alan Wake sequel yet. The live arcade game was a nice stop gap...but I want my goddamned sequel. The studio has made something else for next gen...now go make Alan Wake 2.

I'll take that Beyond Good and Evil sequel too while I'm at it.

 

[Sabre]

Half Life 2 Episode 3 needs a mention.

 

[jimmy no nose]

I'm still upset that we never got a sequel to Conker's Bad Fur Day. I heard in a recent interview that they actually started to work on one, but then without anyone telling them to stumbled into the remake of the first game on Xbox. When that wasn't a huge hit it all fell apart. Had they just stuck with their original plan they could have pushed through a full-on sequel rather than a remake with added multiplayer.

 

[Sabre]

Wasn't the Xbox version pure shit compared to the glory of the 64?

 

[Kageho]

It was very bad. So bad that I'm glad I no longer own a 360 bad.

I kid, I kid. It was bad though.

I'm going to say something, and I know people are going to go wtf, but Final Fantasy Mystic Quest deserves one. The ending just screamed like it needed a sequel. Hell, I think it was the first game from my childhood that I wanted to continue the adventure. Sure, its simple and easy, but dammit. I love the fact I could jump into the action.

Also, the music was super great. I need more of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er0cGN8cO6w&list=PL5BEBA343123C8FA7
Except with blazing guitars. Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73HHNOc667k
Except better!

Hell, you could easily remake Mystic Quest as a non Final Fantasy game by taking out the crystals. Its really the only connection that it had to Final Fantasy. Just make it about Mystical Quest that Benjamin has to take to save the world from destruction.

Also, if you wanted to make a sequel, you can just shipwreck Benjamin. Its what Ys does to Adol all the time. Works very well.

...though, knowing SquareEnix, we'd get something like what the Lufia remake was. *shudders*