it isn't easy to make a comeback but
these titles fell hard on their face
welcome to watchmojo.com the top 10
failed video game revivals for this list
we'll be looking at video game reboots
remakes and remasters that fail to get
their respective franchises back on the
map as your future king i order you to
purge this city number 10 golden axe
beast rider the golden axe franchise may
not have had as many sequels as other
popular beat'em of titles but the
simplistic combat and fantasy setting
kept players coming back however the
poor quality in golden axe 3 caused the
franchise to go dark for a decade and a
half and it wouldn't return until 2008
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unfortunately beast rider just made
things worse the game tried turning the
franchise into a gritty hackin slasher
but also made the combat mind-numbing
while suffering from a host of technical
issues in an issue of game developer
magazine project producer Michael
Bukhari explained beast riders trouble
development citing instances of poor
management lack of resources and loss of
vision as the reasons behind the game's
negative reception
number nine theif you should get
yourself one of these see you on the
other side Mexico I won't be going that
way
while thief deadly shadows received
solid praise when it launched in 2014
one would think we would have seen
another game quickly alas the games poor
sales possibly caused the sequel to get
canceled thus putting the IP on ice fans
wouldn't get a new thief until 2014 an
entire decade after deadly shadows was
released and the wait was not worth it
if someone's here step out to where I
can see you
this reboot failed to show off what made
previous games so fun and instead give a
shoddy lip-syncing idiotic AI and an
utterly boring version of Garrett after
this it might end up being even more
than 10 years before we see another
thief again I can move faster I can
climb faster I can't you can kill faster
and make mistakes faster I get it you're
not in control number 8 Contra roll core
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for time the Contra franchise was doing
very well rarely ever getting below
mixed reviews even hardcore uprising
which featured a vastly different art
style than previous titles received good
scores sadly this would all come
crashing down when Konami shelled out
contra ro core in 2019 the gameplay
barely resembled the bullet hell nature
of the franchise with its cooldowns and
slow movement and the annoying
characters showed that Konami was trying
way too hard to make memes after
experiencing this mess it feels like
every Konami property is required to
have its own Bomberman act 0 number 7
Dungeon Keeper while the dungeon keeper
series wasn't as big as other franchises
that came out in the late 90s it still
managed to build up a cult following
there weren't too many games back then
then focused on playing the villain and
killing heroes of course all good things
come to an end and EA did so in the
worst way possible by turning dungeon
keeper into a mobile game with an
aggressive monetization scheme the
notorious 2014 app practically demanded
players to fork over money by placing
lengthy cooldown timers want to extend
your wall by 1 square wait a day or pay
up
that was the Dungeon Keeper way and now
it has tarnished whatever new fans it
could have potentially scooped up
it's number six Star Fox zero
for the past couple of generations
Nintendo seems to have left the starfox
IP back in the 90s while the 3ds remake
of starfox 64 was a pleasant blast from
the past
command on the DS left so much to be
desired we wouldn't get a new
installment until 2016 but it wasn't the
experienced fans were looking for
Star Fox zero focused on implementing
cinematic controls which only made the
game difficult to play and the overall
experience felt too close to 64 while
its tower defense game guard was
enjoyable enough zero just didn't bring
the energy we felt during the
franchise's youth
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number five Warcraft 3 reforged
what a mess this turned out to be
reforged
was to be a marvelous visit back to an
RTS classic but quickly ended up being
one of the worst games of 2020 prior to
launch Blizzard had hyped up the game by
promising new cutscenes upgraded visuals
and remodeled character designs what
fans actually got was an overpriced
texture upgrade and a sleazy policy
forced onto the modding community ready
to work the backlash was so relentlessly
fierce that reforged has become the
lowest user rated game on Metacritic and
Blizzard began offering refunds Jaina
I'm sorry Arthas I can't watch you do
this number four alone in the dark
illumination ever since the disastrous
2008 reboot it feels like alone in the
dark has been on a never-ending ride
through hell and it's only gotten worse
if you thought the reboot was bad you
must not be aware of Atari second
attempt to revitalize the franchise
ilumination failed in spectacular
fashion when it came to executing its
interesting concepts and critics were
not shy of expressing how much disgrace
it brought to the IP with THQ nordic now
owning the IP maybe there's hope for a
loan in the dark to come back and become
more frightening than ever
number three Shenmue 3
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despite the first two games being
commercial flops Shenmue fans had spent
20 years begging for a new game to
closer to use story plus thanks to
franchises like Yakuza evolving the
open-world formula
Shenmue should be bigger and better than
before right well the fans got their
wish in 2019 and it was quickly resented
thanks I'll keep that in mind
Shenmue 3 featured the same out-of-date
gameplay from previous games did nothing
interesting to make itself stand out and
had the nerve to end its story with
another cliffhanger
series creator Yu Suzuki said he'd love
to finish the supposed 11 chapter story
but after this we'd like to find some
sailors so we could sail away from this
disappointment here pretty good not yet
number 2 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5
ever since activision introduced the
skateboard peripheral with Tony Hawk
ride the Pro Skater series has never
been the same the HD remaster was
lackluster and shred was a bigger flop
than ride but the whole skatepark would
be demolished after the cataclysmic Pro
Skater 5
in an attempt to milk the IP before
their license expired
Activision had Robo moto rushed through
a whole year of development resulting in
a game riddled with bugs and void of any
personality what's worse is that the
game's failure forced a robo moto to
shut down its doors and servers shut
down in 2017 making the always online
game unplayable
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before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few dishonorable mentions
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notifications number one Duke Nukem
Forever three Goods after taking the FPS
scene by storm in the 90s it seemed as
though Duke was on top of the gaming
world while we would get a handful of
spin-offs Duke wouldn't get a new game
until 2011
Duke Nukem Forever spent along 15 years
in development hell and became known as
one of the worst games ever made one
word that was frequently used between
critics and fans was outdated and it
certainly shows in the shoddy controls
level design and immature humor Duke may
want to kick some ass and chew some gum
but after this
how can he when the whole world is
laughing at him in the mood for more
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