Balder
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Post by Balder on Oct 22, 2017 9:27:53 GMT
I don't think Konami will let it stay dead. They'll keep it alive, as a zombie franchise. It's very apt that the new game is a zombie shooter... Exactly. Thus, another series people mention that is not dead.
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scipioafricanus
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Post by scipioafricanus on Oct 22, 2017 16:03:18 GMT
You don't count any Metal Gear Solid games? Cervantes BalderMetal Gear without Kojima is dead.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Oct 22, 2017 16:22:30 GMT
People in this thread should stop mentioning alive game series. Just because you don't like the latest or upcoming installments doesn't mean it's a dead franchise.
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Dan E. Kool
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Oct 22, 2017 18:31:49 GMT
People in this thread should stop mentioning alive game series. Just because you don't like the latest or upcoming installments doesn't mean it's a dead franchise. Mind your own business.
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Balder
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Post by Balder on Oct 22, 2017 19:42:41 GMT
People in this thread should stop mentioning alive game series. Just because you don't like the latest or upcoming installments doesn't mean it's a dead franchise. Mind your own business. You're the ones straying away from topic.
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Dan E. Kool
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Oct 22, 2017 21:53:14 GMT
You're the ones straying away from topic. Open up your mind. Be receptive to new ideas. A series can be dead from things other than being cancelled. If they consistently stop being good or lose their most important creative minds, for example.
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Cervantes
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Post by Cervantes on Oct 23, 2017 9:47:03 GMT
You're the ones straying away from topic. Open up your mind. Be receptive to new ideas. A series can be dead from things other than being cancelled. If they consistently stop being good or lose their most important creative minds, for example. It could be said that core gameplay changes might also mean a series is "dead". Like Phantasy Star: it's very alive, but only in MMORPG form since the Dreamcast days; the singleplayer, story-focused rpg series pretty much died after PS IV. The same could be said about Shining Force: it still exists as an action rpg series, but the strategy rpg SF series died after the Saturn era. I prefer discussing truly dead series (the ones that didn't survive even in a modified form), but I do agree that it's not a stretch to call those other series dead in a way. Another example: Core Design's Tomb Raider games. Tomb Raider is very alive and well, but it's nothing like the series developed by Core: that one is dead and buried. I think it's the difference between a "series" and an "IP" (Intellectual Property). It's like when we talk about Mega Man: the IP itself is alive, but its individual series (X, Legends, ZX) are all dead. (I won't count with the Zero series because that one had a proper ending.)
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stratogustav
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Post by stratogustav on Oct 24, 2017 0:48:36 GMT
Another example: Core Design's Tomb Raider games. Tomb Raider is very alive and well, but it's nothing like the series developed by Core: that one is dead and buried. Guardian Of Light and The Temple Of Osiris may not be the same, but they feel exactly like how classic Tomb Raider should feel like. Love those games.
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