Of the gaming fanchises you've played and hold meaning to you, which have been most poorly handled?
I can think of several:
Socom- The franchise failed making the transition to the HD gen because they wanted it to appeal to everyone, switched developers and released buggy games.
Silent Hill- After the 4th game Konami allowed the franchise to be dragged in the mud by giving the reins to incompetent developers
Resident Evil- Pretty obvious
Mario Kart- Just my opinion, but the franchise has been continually dumbed down since the 64 version. They removed most of the skill in the game. Btw, I haven't played mk7.
I'm sure I'll think of more and will add to the list.
dead space- cant believe I forgot this one
star fox- adventures was a good game, but not a star fox game. Assault was bad IMO. The franchise has been dead to me for a long time
command & conquer
guitar hero