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12 videogame stories that jumped the shark

Shark Week concludes with the most JAWful tales ever told

Words: GamesRadar US
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loonyman978  - 3 months 28 days ago 
God, I hate sonic...
Johnny6Gun  - 3 months 28 days ago 
Thank the god that Indigo Prophecy is on the list. That plot fell apart like a K-Mart Huffy.
noobeater  - 3 months 28 days ago 
not quite the same point but...zelda=sheik

cmon u all fought sheik was a guy
Csheroe  - 3 months 28 days ago 
It's true! Gravemind looks like a giant tree!
It promises salvation though so, what the hell?
tito22  - 3 months 28 days ago 
who would play Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future... its dumb and mgs 2was a little weird
tito22  - 3 months 28 days ago 
i rather have mario over sonic anyday
jjthesurvivor  - 3 months 28 days ago 
61184. Manfred Boll: I really hate my brother as of now for making bad movies
from: the stop uwe boll petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/RRH53888/petition.html

and also, bionic comando's bionic arm is his wife, or his wife turned into a bionic arm? or... what?
TURbo  - 3 months 28 days ago 
Halo 2's talking plant was really stupid.
gmilf71  - 3 months 28 days ago 
I'm sorry. I just don't agree with any of these conclusions.
Vagrant  - 3 months 28 days ago 
That MGS2 bit was one of the best bits of the game!

I'd say the shark jumped after the combat gauntlet with Snake. Wherein gameplay consisting entirely of two boss fights before the end of the game were surrounded by the craziest of cutscenes. Including not one, but THREE plot twists about what "S3" is.

And the Gears of War worm thing was cool and wasn't that crazy, for my liking. I'm pretty sure the dodgy bullpoo cliffhanger ending at the start of the first game was where it jumped the shark.

Aaaaand I think it's safe to say that Fahrenheit didn't completely go off the rails until crazy AI monster that was the internet or something appeared.
GamerTagsSuck  - 3 months 28 days ago 
Isn't beyond good and evil getting a sequil? I'll have to get the first one.
Red  - 3 months 28 days ago 
I enjoyed reading this one.
NanoElite666  - 3 months 28 days ago 
I nominate "Star Ocean: Till the End of Time" for this list as well. The big plot twist in the game certainly made me stop and go "Wait... what...?" when I played through it a while ago.
sgloomy  - 3 months 28 days ago 
every time i read something about PoP: warrior Within, it makes me very happy that i didn't play it!
Master_Leep  - 3 months 28 days ago 
I never thought about CJ's humble origins whilst flying around in a jet pack, mowing down rival Ballas. He came along way, baby.
Cyberninja  - 3 months 28 days ago 
wow this games did jump the shark and the shark ate them all up and if i dont sonic 4 i want to see sa3 cuz the first two were ok or a sonic rush 3 minus the boat but all 3 would be nice
phoenix_wings  - 3 months 28 days ago 
I played San Andreas a little while ago. It finally got to a point in San Andreas where I wanted to say "You've got James Woods" whenever Toreno would show up.
oldgrammastinkyfeet  - 3 months 28 days ago 
Lol... Cavebam. Jack*ss is awesome.
Yeager1122  - 3 months 28 days ago 
Ha sonic what a fail he kissed a human girl i mean who thought that was a good idea??!?!?
Defguru7777  - 3 months 28 days ago 
Eh, Gravemind is kind of hit and miss with me. I see why he's important to the plot, but the story could have progressed without him. But I thought the "poetry" he said was kind of cool.

I kind of agree with Gears of War 2, but I absolutely love the Riftworm. Going through his whole body and getting covered head-to-toe with blood? Awesome in my book!
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