Way's to save what seem like dying franchises this gen

Durining the days when I was younger I enjoyed playing games on the PS1 and PS2 and through the years of gaming I became a big fan of certain game franchises.

Resident evil
Final fantasy
Silent hill
Devil may cry

These were my favorite game series to play.....and now I wont won't buy the new releases.... What happend?

Resident evil 1,2,3 code veronica, outbreak file series....were great then 4,5,6 I just lost all faith in the game
Final fantasy 7,8,9,X (I'll add 13 wasnt that bad) but then 13-2 ..13-3 (Granted i can't judge 13-3 yet) just seems like there milking one game now...and its getting boring
Silent hill 1,2,3,4 Were really great editions to the silent hill series, then home coming, downpour, origins,shattered memories I wont mention the "other one" becuase im still pretending it doesnt exist!!
Devil may cry 1,2,3,4 were good...... DMC not so

I'm not saying the later games were bad....but they were bad games Considering the name on the case, Like resident evil 4,5,6 they were good action games but...... poor resident evil games

One thing all these game have in common is that they all origionated in Japan, and over the recent years they have westernised their games too much thinking they are appealing to the bigger market, where as I think they have destroyed them, They already had the perfect mixture for their games and that is how they built up their fanbase...

So now from what I think is killing the franchise here are the ways in which I think it can be saved with what i think is the perfect mixutre of last gen + this gen capabilities

Resident evil

Stop the 3rd person action game... They need to go back to their roots, Resident evil 1,2,3 had the perfect mixture, but yes im aware it's outdated now, so to update it i think they should look back to one of their "brilliant resident evil games" Resident evil Zero..but instead of being able to control both the character yourself it should be co-op online..the layout, camera angles and atmosphere was perfect... also in the days of the ps2 They released the outbreak series..I think they were on the right track but it was too early...online on the ps2 was not as standard as it is this gen

so to save The resident evil franchise i think they need to release
Resident evil outbreak file #3
Resident evil 2-3 remake...same camera angles just updated graphics like what they did with resi 1 on the gamecube (perfect game)
A new resi (with old style camera angles with an updated co-op system like i mention for resident evil zero)

and most importantly..Enemies should include zombies...origional resident evil enemies, plus most importanly tyrant/nemisis combat in short space enviroments, None of this las plagus rubbish with 100ft giant monsters as boss's

Resident Evil saved

Final fantasy...quit adding onto 13.. The only other game they did that with is 10 with 10-2..and that game was, well you know stop westernising it to much
Final fantasy x was the best game you released opinion of course (for the perfect mixture of updating your game and keeping the old style we like in) ok maybe final fantasy isnt ruined yet but with sqaure-enix just posting a loss they need to pull their finger out

so to save the final fantasy franchise

Release final fantasy X in HD
Release final fantasy 13-versus
Rlease a remake with updated graphics of 7 or 8....The story and the script is already written .....stop wasting money elsewhere

Final fantasy saved

Silent hill....Ever since the film release and homecoming They keep mixing up/adding/making up stories that didn't even happen in the previous silent hills
Westerm developers should stop crapping on the stories that have been previously writen by true silent hill story writers, using there ideas repeatedly and stop re-using monster designs that are specific to one characters imagination in silent hill 2 (pyramid head)....because it's lazy, stupid and shows you have no imagination yourselfs

Remake silent hill 1 with updated graphics (shattered memories doesnt count)
Hand it back to japan...

Silent hill saved

Devil may cry.....this one is easy also, hand it back to japan why build up a fan base and then completly change it.....I'm glad it didn't do as well as expected...listen to your fans..because were the ones at the end of the day who give you your money Devil may cry isnt dying...but if they continue along with this new story it will

What do you guys think would save them? or if indeed they need saving

So FF is the only one of these franchises that I really know/care about and here are my thoughts

I have enjoyed all of the games, but I did feel that XIII-2 was lacking a party and it was the first FF game since I started playing that I wasn't excited for, even if I did enjoy it in the end. I feel that they should experiment more with the action nature of RPGs, but FF should be special, it should be a traditional RPG with various twists on the formula as they used to

I think actually releasing FFX HD would be a great start to win the fans back and keep up the good work they seem to be doing with FFXIV. I think XIII-3 seems to be a mistake (I will still buy it though), but it is too late for that.

I think the key is to keep Versus XIII as a spin off and not even necessarily an FF, but FFXV PS4 is the big one. Make it a more old fashioned game, similar to IX in style, make it turn based, large cast of characters, world map, the whole old fashioned lot!

That should help sort things out. Then, the other key step is to stop releasing a game ever year and diluting the franchise with all these spin offs. I can accept the Type 0 series, especially if it comes to the West, but I am not so keen on these social and phone games, the FF name should mean an epic RPG, not some silly casual game

I'm afraid I can only write about Resident Evil with much confidence -- I just haven't played enough of the other series you mentioned.

First, let me say that I love the original RE games. And I'm so glad you brought up Zero, because it's an excellent, overlooked title. But I disagree about Resident Evil 4. In my opinion, it's the absolute best RE game. In fact, I believe it's one of the top 5 video games ever made.

I would also dispute the notion that RE needs saving, only because I think Revelations already saved it. Revelations is the game that Resident Evil 5 should have been. It carefully merges the survival horror elements of the first generation of RE games with the shooting mechanics that were first introduced in 4. It's exactly what the franchise needed.

Anyway, that's just my two cents.

Great thread, by the way.

2 simple things

1. Dont westernize any of these games
2. Leave them on Playstation consoles where most of these titles achieved the most success

Make RE back to RE4 - a slow paced action/thrill game.

Make FF like a WRPG with a open world. Turn based battles again....but thats just me. I like my jrpgs old school.

Can't we save Megaman first?



saved!

I will go look up revelations as i havnt heard of it, this might change my mind on a few things

Give them to another developer/publisher.

All this games are still on Playstation consoles so where is your point and I am sure they never will thake one of this IPs from Playstation. Plus the quality of a game is not related with the name of the consoles who plays it. So I don't know what you actually want to say with that.

Ok here what the problems are:
Something is wrong with the Japanese games market and the creators of those series all left their respective companies and went off to do nothing of note besides the platinum guys and the mistwalked guys.
The guys that stayed behind went by the book and tried to do what westerners were doing. Huge mistake. Faith was lost in the series, and they become fewer and fewer until they completely die.

Silent hill has been dragging unsightly game after game since SH3.
FF has been dragging unsightly since FFXII.
Resident Evil actually wasnt so bad cause mikami did direct the change to 3D. I dont feel like theres a problem with this series besides them thinking that they must abhor the 3rd person controls established as good. I hate the controls on 6. I guess the formula was changed again to please mainstream 3rd person shooter fans. The game has to stay like RE;Revelations 4 and 5 were. More revelations as it let you move while shooting, but i have no problem with beeing grounded and having the incoming danger effect.
Devil may cry was perfectly fine. Problem is the creators left capcom and they lost faith in it. The reboot was ill-timed and not called for. They should have carried on with the series cause it wasnt in decline. DmC ended up having the opposite effect and angering fans.

To your list i will add Dino Crisis. 2 games basically. Both really good. Discontinued for no reason even though theres a niche for dinossaur games to be filled in the market. I dont understand.

How to save these series? Stick to the basis that made them popular. Do not try to westernise. Dont be afraid of 2D gameplay on a 3D world.