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The Top 7... Failed Franchises We Know How to Fix

They've been broken for years. Here's how to set them right

Words: GamesRadar US


Big G has plenty of games available. Too bad they range from shallowly enjoyable to embarrassingly deplorable. That second link, however, heads to an NES game that had the right idea - Godzilla needs to be the villain, not the hero. You should be in constant awe of his size and indestructible force-of-nature stature. Gameplay should be an uphill struggle that seems impossible at first glance, but becomes plausible as you gradually exploit Zilla's few weaknesses. In other words, just like Shadow of the Colossus.


Above: Godzilla 2000 gets it right: tiny people up against a mountainous foe. Colossus is the perfect gameplay template

See, when you take control of Godzilla, he's not impressive. You completely lose the sense of scale. Destroy All Monsters Melee is cool because we get to see all the crazy monsters designs (and set up dream matches between Toho's best), yet you never once respect the immensity of what's happening - monsters are destroying our society. No conventional weapons affect them, our best offense always fails and there's nothing we can do. It's a dire scenario that isn't best represented by a radioactive dinosaur suplexing a giant robot into the Eiffel Tower.

A proper Godzilla game would unfold just like Colossus, with an unsuspecting hero forced to take down a group of nigh-unstoppable beasts right out of his nightmares. Gigan, Ghidora, Biollante, hell do 'em all. And Godzilla would be the final boss, the last stand, the King of the Monsters. Sweet merciful crap, can we play that game now?


 
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h3110  - 1 year 6 months ago 
cool first comment and i tottlay agree with all of these
rel123  - 1 year 5 months ago 
Our solution: Turn every game into Mass Effect.
Excellent.
cricket0  - 1 year 5 months ago 
I think that every game needs an upgrade like these
katwood92  - 1 year 5 months ago 
If every game was Mass Effect, gaming would get boring fast. However Mass Effect does have many different aspects that a lot of games could learn from.
rghtstff12  - 1 year 3 months ago 
Thank God somebody finally said it! I am DYING for a solid Batman game.
Sebastian16  - 1 year 2 months ago 
I shall pray to the non-existant gods that Batman; Arkham Asylum will be the Batman game we've all been waiting for.
Yoshi X100  - 1 year 2 months ago 
I disagree with the Godzilla thing, I think it should be more along the lines of a free roam Grand Theft Auto game where you go on the missions and campaign when you want, build alliances, destroy cities, fight monsters even when your not in campaign, oh and maybe upgrade abilities. Sound Good?
Anton_13  - 1 year 2 months ago 
on the star trek note, there's a star trek MMO (MMORPG?) in development
Anton_13  - 1 year 2 months ago 
good harry potter thought, but wouldn't that have a bit of a niche appeal? I think harry potter needs an RPG. Not like Mass Effect, because then it would lose something, but still more than just a big, open world.
PittsburghPirates  - 1 year 1 month ago 
No that Mirror's Edge is coming out for PC, someone is bound to make a Mod....
crazyjames  - 1 year 22 days ago 
Seeing Jaws chucking grenades at beach goers had to be the absolute highlight of this article. Priceless.
Blackhalos99  - 10 months 24 days ago 
Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MoonPig  - 9 months 4 days ago 
splinter cell FTW
Corsair89  - 6 months 19 days ago 
Congradulations, GR. Batman: Arkham Asylum did everything you suggested(except the Batmobile) and proved that you were absoultely right. Kudos.
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