Shadowblind said:
Zezlar said:
Well I really do hope they "blow us away". But I think it's about time Microsoft comes up with their own games for MEGATONZ! And blows us away with something new and kick ass! |
DANGIT I've been saying this for years >_>
Microsoft has their established shooter franchise, Halo, FACT. And they damn near have the shooter market with it. Not only that, they have Gears of War too, and thats massive too.
But the other markets are what they should be going for. Since they don't technically own Mass Effect, they only have Fable as their staple RPG series. And while Fable is sublime, its not exactly the end all be all First Party RPG franchise they need. Mass Effect is, but again, they don't own it.
Action hack-n-slash series. They had a perfect franchise with Ninja Gaiden. But what do you know, they didn't own that either. So...do they have anything else in that department?
Puzzler. Braid isn't their's either.
Multiplayer....Halo, Gears, duh...
JRPG. Sony had Final Fantasy, and Microsoft should look at what that did for them. MS needs a JRPG series. For the sake of Tales, I'd say they don't need them(unless they would actually MARKET IT. Lord knows Namco doesn't.) They need to create a JRPG franchise for their console.
Racer...yeah, yeah, Forza. How about something from Simbin? Something that doesn't suck maybe?
Platformer. They've tried, give em credit for that...but again...nothin'.
Alan Wake. Do Microsoft actually own Alan Wake? I don't think they do. We have yet to see anything about it, but lets face it...Remedys behind it. It could become their staple Survival Horror series.
Fighter. If Killer Instinct comes out, the've got their fighter.
Strategy. Rise of Nations. Age of Empires. Halo Wars. Now just put them on a console.
Fight. WTH happened to Crimson Skies?
Am I missing some genres? Regardless, MS needs to think outside the box with their GAMES and make some spectacular new staple series that aren't just 'good'. They need to be fantastic. Sony sure as hell did with the Playstation, Nintendo did too, with the exception to some genres.
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