Franchise destruction

[Words Of Wisdom]

quigontcb said:

Onepiece said:

quigontcb said:
Mega Man anyone? Capcom has seriously run that series into the ground. There is just too many games going in too many directions. Mario and Zelda have spin-offs, but they still have the "main" series. Mega Man doesn't(really) even have that now.

Megaman ZX advance was pretty good :).

I don't doubt that it is. The problem is that there really isn't any consistency with the franchise. It seems like every review I read for a Mega Man game is talking about some new-fangled game I've never played before(as opposed to a Mega Man game). I also can't get motivated to buy one since I know there is going to be a new one(or two or three) released soon after.

That's the real problem.  The original Megaman games had a formula that was a lot of fun (if simple).  Megaman X was a huge step up adding lots of interesting new features like wall climbing, dashing...etc.  I don't know the exact point in time, but it suddenly started going down hill.  Then we got the Megaman Legends games with lego people and then the Battle Network games which were little more than a way to cashin on the Megaman franchise name.

I loved the original Megaman/Megaman X games, but I haven't played a truly great one in a long time (still haven't played ZX).