Game series' the world would be better off without
Some games are terreble to start with and for whatever reason only get worse as sequels continue to be pumped out. Though why is these horrid sequels to horrid games are made is beyond any sense of comprehension. So I thought I'd ask which games, you thought started out bad and have only gotten worse, should throw in the towel stop polluting our systems. I'll start with one of the more obvious inducties...
SaGa: The two PSX games were lower than lackluster and beyond the need for polishing. The first was pure ass through and through. The only quest that was remotely interesting was Asselius' and only because it had three possible endings atleast one of which had her going vagitarian. Otherwise the battle system was horrid (horay for not being able to use my sword because I ran out of non-replenishable WP) and the map system was by far the worst of it's generation. It was also a graphical eyesore. And the whole open ended aspect of the game just meant that Square could cut corners on the story making them all quite generic and damn repeditive, in effect they were giving us less and calling it more.
The second didn't fare that much better. Though the battle sysytem was improved (you replenish a few WP per turn, delaying the inevitable) it also downgraded itself with durability points (So I can only use that sword 20 times before it breaks and I'll hafta spend 10x what it initially cost to repare it?! That's so a bargain dude.) Storywise it was supposed to be better and in most ways it was. Still there was alot of build up with no real conclusion, which made it feel anti-climactic. Then there were large blocks of lost time that could have been used to explain about half of the thousand or so loose ends in the story, but this wouldn't be on this list if the had.
The new one isn't looking any better, and thus far have gotten less than stellar reviews. If it's anything like the previous PSX incarnations I'll gladly pass. Overall, with eight or so total incarnations and not a single one done right (or at least a single U.S. one done right) I think it's about time for Square to put this "saga" to rest.
