Evening Reading: Labor Day Edition

by Alice O'Connor, Sep 06, 2010 5:00pm PDT

It's been a quiet Labor [sic] Day here at Shacknews as the video games industry has mostly been out in the garden with a beer in one hand and a hotdog in the other, not to mention I've been working by myself. Still, I hope that whoever and wherever you are, you have come to appreciate the labouring classes a little bit more than you did before.

Me, I've been working hard all labour day so nobody appreciates long, hard slog better than me. Crumbs, what a gruelling day! I think I'll unwind by playing the PC version of Chime, which unlocked on Steam while I was writing this post. I already have the Xbox 360 edition but this'll make a fine addition to my netbook for travel fun.

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Are there any game franchises (at least 2 entries) that have definitively closed the book on their story? Games that left nothing on the table left to build a story on. Franchise over, and complete.

I understand leaving things open for a sequel, but even famous movie series and trilogies eventually expire. I'm having a hard time finding cases in games where that's happened.

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  I thought Jak & Daxter had, but then they put out that crummy Daxter interquel, that rad kart racer, and : roushimsx
  - I have never heard the word interquel. Cool. : MrBig0
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  MGS4 seemed pretty definite, but they're still making spin-offs. But with a universe as rich as that, kil : BlackCat9
  - I still need to play Peace Walker. I fucking love Naked Snake. Big Boss > Solid Snake : roushimsx
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    Did you actually finish MGS4? HE MISSED! He put the gun IN HIS MOUTH and he MISSED! Then they talked f : kallanta
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      Yeah but the whole point of the ending was to tie up every possible loose end. The story of Solid Snake i... : -JLN-
      
      No that was just jerking off fanboys. And they've already milked the fuck out of the story, more games wi... : brickmatt
  - http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:qDYTCAn2eajKYM:http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w51/Mikoolo/SNAKELOL... : spectr3
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  If my last game of L4D2 is any yardstick, the zombies won :( : Juno
  - That isn't Valve's fault. =( : brickmatt
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  God of War 3 : abrasion
  - but the franchise isn't dead because we've got Ghost of Sparta coming out soon. They're going to keep fin... : roushimsx
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    Zeus may be dead, but Athena is still out there and Kratos is hinted to still be alive after the credits. And if Athena can be not-dead like that, there's plenty of story left they can shove in there. Not to mention the Bible allusions made in 2.
    
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    Zeus may be dead, but Athena is still out there and Kratos is hinted to still be alive after the credits. : kallanta
    - Part of me thinks that, but despite being given the opportunity to kill Athena, he didn't. The whole stor : -JLN-
    - isn't kratos the one god christianity has nowadays ? the three pictures in the first game hint to that by : barichnikov
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    Terrible use of spoiler tag. : BlackCat9
    - I couldn't think of any other way of doing it :( : abrasion
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  X-Wing & Tie Fighter apparently : watcherxp
  - http://silencedogood2010.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/ironeyescody.jpg >:( : EricZBA
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    http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/star-wars-x-wing-vs-tie-fighter http://www.mobygames.com/game/wind... : roushimsx
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      When talking about a franchise, I think it's safe to make jokes about it being dead when the last game in... : chrisschutz
      
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      everyone acts like Tie Fighter was the last game in the series! : roushimsx
      
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      No, people just act like it was the best game in the series, which it was. : chrisschutz
      
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      well in that case, I wish someone would make a sequel to Wing Commander II. : roushimsx
      
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      TIE Fighter is more of a spin-off than a sequel. It is pretty accurate to want a sequel to that game, bec... : chrisschutz
      
      We already have Vice City Stories though. I wouldn't mind a San Andreas Stories, that's for sure. :( ... : roushimsx
      
      To me it is since all the other games you played as the good guys. : sanchez
- Splinter Cell, at least Fisher's story. : patters666
- It's difficult to have a closed book in game franchises since you can just take elements of the universe ... : Talonus.
- Do "it's dead to me" franchises count? Because there would be a LOT of those! : PenicillinX57
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  HoMM 1-3 come to a definitive end and they start fresh with HoMM IV. : capt tripps
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_Chronicles#The_Sword_of_Frost : capt tripps
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    Yeah, this is a good one. It might be simplistic, but I always enjoyed M&M lore. : The Grolar Bear
    - It's a shame that the chronicles are never included in any of the collections. They might not be the bes... : capt tripps
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  Eternal Darkness : sludge vohaul
  - At least 2 entries, and I'm hoping they aren't done. : Grumbeld
  - I would love another Eternal Darkness game. Same mechanics different story line or something. The first w... : happynoodle
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  Well The Sands of Time. Granted they rebooted the series (and probably will again), and yeah they added i... : K1Bond007
  - lol, a game about time travel and there's nowhere left for the story to go? : dopefish
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  Doom : danws6
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    there will always be more zombies to kill. : Grayman222
    - :/ you mean demonic hordes from hell? : radula
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  Max Payne. Not counting this new Max. 1 and 2 were it, it was over : MamiyaOtaru
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    Max Payne 3 will be the new DNF. : Super Sparker
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      Except nobody wants Max Payne 3. In its current fat and balding Max form at least. : getfrisky
      
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      Do you think massive negative reaction to what was released is what caused the game to be delayed indefin... : SockMonkeh
      
      I hope so. Holy shit, talk about completely missing the point of a character and franchise. : timmie
      
      speak for yourself : RikiTiki2
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  wing commander, earth siege, the journeyman project, : Alpha Class Android
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    I don't agree with Wing Commander. Didn't Prophecy end with a massive cliffhanger, and then they never m... : duffman03
    - I thought that they concluded it in Secret Ops http://www.mobygames.com/game/wing-commander-secret-ops : roushimsx
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  Resident Evil... possibly. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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    Pretty sure I saw something about RE6 being announced at TGS. : Vincent Grayson
    - Reboot of the series. : Pettytheft
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  kohan, crusader, interstate 76 : Alpha Class Android
  - Didn't Crusader have another sequel in the works when Origin got canned? Would love another one of those ... : AgentPothead
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    There was only one game in the Interstate '76 series. Shame, really. : AxeMan808
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      I'82? : Crabs Jarrard
      
      Pretty sure that was a mass delusion, like Alien 3. : AgentPothead
      
      I stand by my post. : AxeMan808
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  The Myst series ended with 5. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  - Yup, good end to the whole thing too. : DM7
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  the last blade, the longest journey, syberia : Alpha Class Android
  - Unfortunately, there's a Syberia III coming out. I think they're trying to see just how badly they can be : roushimsx
  - Nah, The Longest Journey got a sequel (pretty good one, too!) and it ended on a motherfuck of a cliffhang... : Enkidu
- mdk, Betrayal at Krondor, bare knuckle : Alpha Class Android
- not many, but more should. i like knowing when a franchise is complete. : EvilDolemite
- Dragon Warrior I-III are a cohesive story that is pretty final. DQ4 starts an entirely new unrelated stor... : Conan
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  uncharted 3 but it may continue with their son which could be rad : spiderfill
  - Eh? What do you know? : kallanta
- I think such games are few and far between. It serves little purpose from a design point of view. Ideal... : dedgecko
- Battle Isle :-( : Lukiopimp
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  Final Fantasy, of course. It's right there in the title! please don't hurt me : action wombmate
  - Considering each is its own self-contained story that ends when the game does (save for 4, 7 and 10), I w... : kallanta
- Ico and SoTC : marmite
- every zelda, mario game. they just keep them coming though. : purekillforce
- Baldur's Gate. Throne of Bhaal wraps everything up conclusively. Also Myst and C&C. : Arceihn
- Ultima sorta. 9 while not good wrapped up the Guardian trilogy but you could always make more stories in ... : Chod
- Halo. Uh, wait. : skitfish
- Thief. Even with a new game coming out, Garrett's involvement in the power-play between the three main pl... : ZaldronGG

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