With E3 2011 just over the horizon, we started this week with a list of 7 games we’d absolutely love to see at E3. Today, however, as our desperate planning comes to a close and the show really starts to breathe down our collective necks, our minds are wandering to some pretty dark places.
Yes, E3 is a fantastic showcase for games we can’t wait to see, but that’s not all there is to it. Some of the worst (or at least most memorably awful) experiences we’ve had with the industry have come out of past E3, and a lot of them were games that should never have seen the light of day. With that in mind, here are a few games we really hope don’t make it this year.
1. Uncharted Racing
Unlikely as it is that we’ll see another Uncharted game announced in a year when an already-unveiled sequel is still on the way, we’ll gladly extend this to next year, and the one after that – and, hell, every other E3 down the road. The reason is simple: the day Uncharted Racing is announced is the day developer Naughty Dog decides to abandon the franchise.
Does that sound ridiculous? Those who’ve watched the past 15 years so of the company’s history already know there’s a solid precedent here. Twice now, Naughty Dog’s creations have followed a very specific pattern: First, it creates an amazing, smash-hit platformer franchise. Then it creates two sequels. And then, at the height of each franchise’s popularity, it creates a kart-racing game set in that universe. Everyone naturally assumes this is just a weird spinoff fluke – until the fourth “real” game is cranked out by some other developer, and the once-beloved franchise is pummeled into obscurity by diminishing returns.
It happened to Crash, it happened to Jak, and it’s entirely possible that it could happen to Nathan Drake. For everyone’s sake, though, we hope it never does.
2. Anything packaged with/related to a plastic instrument
We sure had fun with these, didn’t we? A few years ago, few activities seemed as enjoyable as getting together with friends and clacking away to beloved songs on fake guitars. Now, however, the market’s flooded with dozens of increasingly useless sequels, spinoffs and wannabes, and our living rooms and dens are choked with dust-coated plastic bullshit.
Source: http://www.gamesradar.com/f/7-games-we-dont-want-announced-at-e3-2011/a-20110603161356576035
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