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Post by agent817 on Mar 15, 2017 19:00:55 GMT -5
Grand Theft Auto for the Game Boy Advance. It seems that Rockstar doesn't acknowledge its existence or even considers it a part of the GTA 3D universe canon.
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Post by Fundertaker on Mar 15, 2017 19:25:34 GMT -5
Grand Theft Auto for the Game Boy Advance. It seems that Rockstar doesn't acknowledge its existence or even considers it a part of the GTA 3D universe canon. Probably because that's a 2D one. The 3D was Chinatown Wars on DS  |
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Post by agent817 on Mar 15, 2017 19:46:24 GMT -5
Grand Theft Auto for the Game Boy Advance. It seems that Rockstar doesn't acknowledge its existence or even considers it a part of the GTA 3D universe canon. Probably because that's a 2D one. The 3D was Chinatown Wars on DS No, you got it wrong as to what I meant. GTA for Game Boy Advance was set in Liberty City, supposedly before the events of GTA III. When I mean the 3D universe, I mean the PS2 games and the Stories games like Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories. Chinatown Wars actually took place in the HD universe, with it being in the same canon as GTA IV and V. Even Chinatown Wars gets acknowledged than the GBA game. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 19:46:44 GMT -5
It's obviously the odd one out. I can actually FINISH this game. |
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Post by Starshine on Mar 15, 2017 20:26:17 GMT -5
Silent Hill 4 feels completely unrelated to the rest of the series. Take away its name and I don't think anyone would bat an eye.
Resident Evil 6. It's like COD, or something, but really shit.
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Post by mizerable on Mar 15, 2017 20:43:03 GMT -5
Up until the "twist", Mega Man 4.
TMNT 1
DKC 3
And the big one to me... Super Adventure Island 2
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2017 20:54:01 GMT -5
Silent Hill 4 feels completely unrelated to the rest of the series. Take away its name and I don't think anyone would bat an eye. That's basically because the inverse is exactly what happened. It was just The Room initially and they shoehorned it into the Silent Hill series by kind of halfheartedly tying it into the serial killer stuff in 2. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 15, 2017 20:58:04 GMT -5
Devil May Cry 2. The formula had not really been nailed down yet, and it is just a huge misstep, to the extent to where Capcom virtually ignores it.
DMC isn't really meant to fit with the others, so you could count it, too, but I count it as much as I'd say Lords of Shadow with the Castlevania series, when it's more just its own thing.
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Post by SkullTrauma on Mar 15, 2017 21:32:44 GMT -5
Obvious answer:  Also obvious:  these are all my favorites of their respective series.  |
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Post by psychokiller on Mar 15, 2017 21:41:15 GMT -5
Resident Evil 6. Part 5 was similar to 4 except it was a lot less creepy but it still felt like it was part of the Resident Evil canon due to Wesker being the main villain. Part 6 just felt like a completely different series entirely for the most part.
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Post by CMWaters on Mar 15, 2017 21:49:52 GMT -5
Sonic 06.
Say what you will about all the other Sonic games in terms of quality and such, but at least in their own ways they felt like they belonged with the Sonic universe. Ok, maybe the Adventures games stretch it, but at least Robotnik/Eggman looks like he fits with Sonic's art style compared to his 06 look.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Mar 15, 2017 22:07:50 GMT -5
That's just due to Nintendo for some reason calling the arcade port "2". It clearly wasn't part 2 of the other game, so I've never understood their decision there. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Mar 16, 2017 1:46:39 GMT -5
Part 1 - Jump and climb up a structure to rescue a loved one at the top from a captor Part 2 - Jump and climb up a structure to rescue a loved one at the top from a captor Part 3 - Shoot pesticide up an animal's ass |
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Post by FinalGwen on Mar 16, 2017 2:09:23 GMT -5
Fallout: Brotherhood Of Steel is probably the best example. A complete mishandling of the franchise, more concerned with plugging energy drinks than maintaining any sort of cohesive aesthetic. And hey, why use The Ink Spots when you can use Slipknot?
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Post by Fundertaker on Mar 16, 2017 4:28:50 GMT -5
Probably because that's a 2D one. The 3D was Chinatown Wars on DS No, you got it wrong as to what I meant. GTA for Game Boy Advance was set in Liberty City, supposedly before the events of GTA III. When I mean the 3D universe, I mean the PS2 games and the Stories games like Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories. Chinatown Wars actually took place in the HD universe, with it being in the same canon as GTA IV and V. Even Chinatown Wars gets acknowledged than the GBA game. Hmm. Ok, just did some searching and yeah, now I see what you mean. It's still stupid, not that it is barely if at all referenced but the fact that there are "universes" in GTA, separating what happens in one from the others, since there's absolutely no need for those. |
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Mar 16, 2017 4:59:41 GMT -5
Fallout: Brotherhood Of Steel is probably the best example. A complete mishandling of the franchise, more concerned with plugging energy drinks than maintaining any sort of cohesive aesthetic. And hey, why use The Ink Spots when you can use Slipknot? At first I though you were talking about Fallout Tactics (which is sometimes ALSO subtitled "Brotherhood of Steel") and got really confused. Speaking of that, Fallout Tactics is also an odd one in the franchise. Almost nobody has heard of it, its story directly contradicts the previous games' canon, it's pretty much disregarded entirely by the later games (except for a few details IIRC) and the gameplay, while still very close to the original two, differs greatly in some ways, like making your start with a team instead of making you find companions and letting you control every member rather than having them be AI controlled. Really damn good game too. If you're an old-school Fallout fan, you should definitely give it a shot. And amusingly, I find Wasteland 2 to be even more of a spiritual successor to Tactics than to the first two games. |
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Mar 16, 2017 5:20:25 GMT -5
Tekken 4 seems like the odd one out in the Tekken franchise.
Seemed like they were trying to take the franchise in a new direction but quickly turned back for Tekken 5.
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Post by Fundertaker on Mar 16, 2017 6:53:03 GMT -5
Oh I have an obscure one: Zone Of The Enders: Fist Of Mars.
Let's take Z.O.E. and make it a Super Robot Wars game! (for those unaware/don't know: let's make a rapid fire mecha action game... in a SRPG mecha game!)
Even more funny is the fact that this is a Konami game, made by both a Bandai developer (Sunrise Interactive) and a company that actually worked on SRW games (Winkysoft was involved since the first game until F Final), with no Banpresto involvement at all (then again, if Banpresto was present, that weird aiming/shooting/dodging mechanic would never have made it into the game). It kinda blows my mind.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Mar 16, 2017 7:10:57 GMT -5
Batman: Arkham Origins is a fairly standard example. Not only was it completely unnecessary for the overall story and came out when people wanted a sequel to Arkham City, but the gameplay was almost entirely unchanged, they reused elements of bosses in City and Asylum for Origins, it looked ugly due to the snow, the bridges were annoying, and it was choppy as hell in a lot of places. Oh, and shoehorned multiplayer. f*** off. See, that's my favorite of the bunch. I thought it felt more like a Batman game than the other games. Origins had a functioning Batcave, and made Alfred and Jim Gordon essential figures in the story. The Rocksteady games treated all of those elements as afterthoughts. I also thought the boss battles in Origins were far more creative. It's not my favorite of the series, but I'll take Origins any day of the week over Knight. |
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Post by The Sam on Mar 16, 2017 7:36:14 GMT -5
Metal Gear Solid 2, or Metal Gear Solid PoOp's. But no one has ever played PoOp's, ever!
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