10 Video Games Everyone Lost Respect For.!
It's always a bummer when once-great game series fall out of favor. The reasons can vary from poor game development, lack of innovation, or simply being outpaced by newer titles. Here are a few thoughts on the series you mentioned:
### Far Cry
The "Far Cry" series has had its ups and downs. The earlier games, especially "Far Cry 3," were highly praised for their open-world design and storytelling. However, recent entries have been criticized for repetitive gameplay and lack of innovation.
### Borderlands
"Borderlands" was once celebrated for its unique art style, humor, and engaging co-op gameplay. However, "Borderlands 3" received mixed reviews, with some fans feeling it didn't evolve enough from its predecessors and had issues with its narrative and humor.
### Halo
"Halo" revolutionized first-person shooters on consoles and has a dedicated fanbase. However, recent entries like "Halo 5: Guardians" and even "Halo Infinite" have faced criticism for various reasons, including story direction and multiplayer issues.
### Silent Hill
The "Silent Hill" series was a pioneer in survival horror, but its later games failed to live up to the early titles' legacy. Development issues and inconsistent quality have hurt the series' reputation.
### Need For Speed
"Need For Speed" was once the go-to racing game, but many recent entries have struggled with identity crises, inconsistent gameplay, and a lack of innovation.
### Call of Duty
"Call of Duty" remains popular, but some entries have faced backlash for perceived over-commercialization, repetitive gameplay, and failing to capture the magic of earlier titles.
For me, the "Mass Effect" series lost a lot of respect with the release of "Mass Effect: Andromeda." The original trilogy was phenomenal, but "Andromeda" was plagued by technical issues and didn't meet the high expectations set by its predecessors.
How about you? Which game series do you think has fallen from grace the hardest?
### Far Cry
The "Far Cry" series has had its ups and downs. The earlier games, especially "Far Cry 3," were highly praised for their open-world design and storytelling. However, recent entries have been criticized for repetitive gameplay and lack of innovation.
### Borderlands
"Borderlands" was once celebrated for its unique art style, humor, and engaging co-op gameplay. However, "Borderlands 3" received mixed reviews, with some fans feeling it didn't evolve enough from its predecessors and had issues with its narrative and humor.
### Halo
"Halo" revolutionized first-person shooters on consoles and has a dedicated fanbase. However, recent entries like "Halo 5: Guardians" and even "Halo Infinite" have faced criticism for various reasons, including story direction and multiplayer issues.
### Silent Hill
The "Silent Hill" series was a pioneer in survival horror, but its later games failed to live up to the early titles' legacy. Development issues and inconsistent quality have hurt the series' reputation.
### Need For Speed
"Need For Speed" was once the go-to racing game, but many recent entries have struggled with identity crises, inconsistent gameplay, and a lack of innovation.
### Call of Duty
"Call of Duty" remains popular, but some entries have faced backlash for perceived over-commercialization, repetitive gameplay, and failing to capture the magic of earlier titles.
For me, the "Mass Effect" series lost a lot of respect with the release of "Mass Effect: Andromeda." The original trilogy was phenomenal, but "Andromeda" was plagued by technical issues and didn't meet the high expectations set by its predecessors.
How about you? Which game series do you think has fallen from grace the hardest?
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00:00There is nowhere to run, Shang Tsung. Nowhere to hide. We have banded together to rid all timelines of your evil.
00:10Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're counting down our picks for the games that were once big but are no longer favored by the public.
00:23Number 10. Silent Hill Series
00:30Konami once housed one of the most respected IPs in horror gaming.
00:37All four of the mainline Silent Hill games were brilliant in their own ways, but when spin-offs like Downpour and Homecoming became the main focus, Silent Hill faded into obscurity.
00:46Konami's efforts in resurrecting the IP in the 2020s have not helped either.
00:50The streaming game Silent Hill Ascension was widely scrutinized by casual and hardcore fans for its atrocious narrative.
01:00The free-to-play Silent Hill The Short Message was mocked for its awful writing and rotten vanilla story, and much of the revival has been focused on merchandise more than maintaining the quality of upcoming projects.
01:10The alarms are going nuts.
01:12Number 9. Borderlands Series
01:26While some hardcore fans swear that Borderlands is still good, most of the once sprawling fanbase has quit the franchise.
01:32Borderlands 3 was a massive step backward with its obnoxious antagonists and uninspired character classes.
01:38Tiny Tina's Wonderlands was not much better.
01:42And New Tales from the Borderlands, one of the worst games we saw in 2022.
01:58It has been so bland and so bad for so long that folks are beginning to question if Gearbox simply caught a flash in the pan with Borderlands 2.
02:05With Borderlands 4 and a second Wonderlands game on the way, one can only hope for a solid game for so long before more folks leave the community.
02:20Number 8. Tomb Raider Series
02:29There was a time when Lara Croft was one of the biggest characters in video games.
02:33The problem is that no matter which era of Tomb Raider you may have experienced, each had a massive downfall in one embarrassing way or another.
02:39Angel of Darkness was just a genuinely bad game with outdated controls and dumb AI.
02:44Underworld suffered a similar fate.
02:46The reboot trilogy that came from Crystal Dynamics had a weird, adversity-is-sexy approach to Lara Croft.
02:59And Shadow of the Tomb Raider had a bizarre shift towards stealth gameplay unlike the previous two games.
03:04Fans have only wanted the same sexy, badass, confident and intelligent Lara Croft they knew from the old days.
03:09The constant reinvention of the character has only caused more discourse.
03:17What have I done?
03:21Number 7. Multi Versus
03:31Back in 2022, Multi Versus did show some promise during its open beta.
03:35There was a steady flow of new characters and stages getting added to the game.
03:39The netcode was slowly improving and the team-based mechanics helped separate it from Super Smash Bros.
03:44Fast forward to 2024 and it's a widely different story from its version 1.0 launch.
03:57The character roster has seen only a couple of additions in Joker and Jason Voorhees.
04:01The single-player campaign is just simple fights and minigames cobbled together in unimaginative ways.
04:06The monetization is even more egregious with fighters costing 10 bucks a pop.
04:10And the online connectivity is worse than it ever was before.
04:14Another crossover, another crash and burn.
04:16Same old story, same old song and dance.
04:27Number 6. Mortal Kombat Series
04:37The state of Mortal Kombat 11 already had some folks on edge with its rocky technical performance
04:42and emphasis on the mobile game-esque Towers of Time mode.
04:45Maybe Mortal Kombat 1 will reign in the live service elements.
04:48Nope. MK1 launched with a tedious invasions mode where every season gets stale quickly with mundane gimmicks
04:54and the new cameo fighter system makes fights look incredibly awkward.
05:05What's made folks so frustrated is the online functionality.
05:09At the time of this video, the game is a year old and still sees lengthy matchmaking times, stuttering and disconnections.
05:15Couple that with the complete lack of support for the competitive scene
05:18and you'll see why many FGC streamers aren't playing this actively outside of new DLC fighter launches.
05:23The blood, the death, the chaos.
05:29Yes, Lord Havoc. It's unfortunate it all ended so fast.
05:35Number 5. Need for Speed Series
05:46The Need for Speed games may seem like they're doing well.
05:49To an extent, maybe, but racing fans say differently.
05:52Once revered for its blend of arcade racing and racing sim game feel, Need for Speed has tanked in quality over the years.
05:58For Payback, it was awful monetization and lack of customization.
06:09For Heat, it was the unimaginative track design and terrible loot box system, just like Payback.
06:14And for Unbound, it was the horrendous rubber banding and, just as with the previous two games, the abysmal monetization.
06:21When Gran Turismo and Forza are delivering stellar experiences in their own way,
06:25Need for Speed just comes off like a game built entirely on extracting cash from you as much as possible with little effort.
06:41Number 4. Far Cry Series
06:51These games aren't exactly dreadful by any stretch of the imagination, but they are nowhere near the level of quality they could be.
06:57While Far Cry 3 did capture people's attention with its villain and open world gameplay, everything that's come after has basically been on repeat.
07:04Give the player a villain to hate, throw them into the world, give them a gun, and that's it.
07:10Reinforcements incoming!
07:18FC5 and 6 have had some neat ideas of their own with animal companions.
07:23However, we can't blame people for feeling like these games have become stale over time.
07:27Hey, at least there aren't as many radio towers these days.
07:30Always another war, another cantina, another ugly bartender.
07:35Number 3. Halo Series
07:39Halo is arguably the biggest giant to have fallen from grace in the video game scene.
07:51Ever since Bungie was made to pass the torch to Microsoft's own 343 Industries, Halo has not once come close to reaching the same level of quality as its earlier titles.
07:59From bad writing and storytelling to broken online multiplayer, players have become so frustrated with 343 that some have begun calling for its closure or at least a drastic change in management.
08:16Halo Infinite has been on the up and up, but with 343 fumbling for as long as they have, the chief is nothing more than a joke to Xbox fans current and former.
08:25I've removed this location from their system. We're safe here.
08:29LZ secure.
08:30Number 2. Fortnite
08:38To its credit, Fortnite is a fun game to play both solo and with friends.
08:42Plus, the addition of the LEGO Survival Mode, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival have new ways to play, and they are all excellent modes in their own right.
08:50But with all the crossovers and licenses constantly getting half-assed into the game comes a wave of unease and pity.
08:56Some folks have begun pointing out how soulless it all feels.
08:59No longer is this a battle royale game, it is just one giant cash cow for marketing with a big push to be anything and everything.
09:06Fortnite was visually unique in its own way at one point.
09:09Now, it could literally be any video game.
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09:36Number 1. Call of Duty series
09:38At one point, Call of Duty was all anyone could talk about, whether it was the original Modern Warfare games or the first few Black Ops games.
09:53Nowadays, buying a Call of Duty is practically a guessing game.
09:56Is this going to be better than last year?
09:58Are we going to get gypped on a campaign with this year's release?
10:01How bad is the meta going to get?
10:03There is simply too much at stake that it's made fans leave the nest for other games.
10:08Number 2. Modern Warfare 2
10:16Plus, the annualization of the franchise hasn't helped.
10:19Call of Duty still sells millions, but it's nowhere near the quality and sales it saw back in the days of Modern Warfare 2.
10:26Which games lost your respect for the foreseeable future?
10:29Let us know down in the comments.
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