I just love that Falcon is not doing a formal video. This is him basically venting to us and Im in for it

The best part of Dead Space 3 was the co-op guy having his own weird hallucinations and seeing things, so only Player 2 could actually see them. That was clever.

Only disappointing thing about Mankind Divided is the ending. The game itself is stellar. One of the best games I've ever played.

Should have put Force Unleashed II at #1. I remember finishing that game when I was in high school and being confused that it was over so quickly. I remember actually thinking I missed something and there was no way a full AAA game could possibly be that short. I beat it in under 2 hours.

Lords of Shadows 2 feels like Dracula got isekai’d into Warhammer 40k

I've still not forgiven them for killing the Lost Planet franchise like that. 2 was such an amazing experience.

Really NO mention of 'Army of Two'? Anyone remember this game? It was super fun! (from what I remember).. and then Devil's Cartel came out lol.

Damn it’s crazy to think Mercs 2 was bad. I remember playing it as a kid and loving it. Would love a 3rd installment

This is the only channel that gets us gamers

Modern Warfare III was absolutely originally an expansion. Not only could you argue that fact that it is made up mostly of remasters of old MW II maps (how does it make sense for MW II to have a couple MW III maps, but MW III has a majority of the MW II maps? Wtf). But also, more damning is that when the game first came out, some people were having problems on consoles, where it would ask for the disc to MW II in order to play it. That's the smoking gun, as it implies that it's a DLC / expansion that you can't play without first loading into MW II. That was fixed in an update. But yeah... MW III was 100% conceived as an expansion and pivoted at the last minute to a full-on new game release.

lords of shadow 1 and 2 were great i will forever replay those games

I like the longer format. Keep it up if you can!

Wolfenstein Youngblood should be here, not only it didn't stick the landing, it didn't even fly in the same plane of reality as previous entries

Red Faction: Armageddon was a big letdown after the excellence that was Guerrilla

Dark souls 2 I do believe was intended to be a open world game which is why it has such a strange level structure

Telltale season 2?? Season 3 u mean

30 mins Gameranx video, it's christmas.

The only disappointing thing about Deus ex is that we aren't getting a third game. Mankind Divided was excellent but it was the middle of the trilogy. We need one more to finish it.

I thoroughly enjoyed SC Double Agent and I had previously played all the entires before it, I loved the concept of making choices on who u side with

How are people calling Mankind Divided a short game? I mean, yeah it can be if you rush trough it . But it took me almost 30 hours on first playthrough to finish. Yeah, it ends on a cliffhanger and barely any of the plot points are resolved. However MD is masterclass in game design, world design ,gameplay design, it's pure immersive sim dream. There are so many side quests and activities that impact the world and your place in it in really meaningful ways and leading to very different outcomes for some other main and side quests, and even the ending. You can tackle ANY objective in a plethora of ways, just like Prey. It's sad that we probably won't get another DE any time soon. We need more games like this.

Payday 3. Its only redeeming factor is that the gameplay at its core is fairly solid. Literally everything else - the UI, skills, challenges, progression, weapon customization, level design are just so lazy and generic it feels like they were made by AI. It's yet another game that was released 2 years before it was ready.

Falcon back at it with "Driv 3 R" 😂

Mercenaries 2....still one of if not my favorite game of all time. I wish we could have gotten a 3rd with more polish

They shouldn't have cut off Mankind Divided budget in half.

2:21 It's rather humorous how "Invisible War" was so "invisible" in everyone's memory (forgettable), it's basically "invisible" while "Mankind Divided" divided critics and players upon release. It's like the developer knew this in advance, so tacked on the subtitle just to be ironic and self aware. 🤣🤣

MKvsDC was awesome, thank you. It ultimately led to Injustice.

Everything you said about DS2 was spot on. I just kept saying "yup", "yep yep yep", "you right"

At least Spiderman 3 was quite fun

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Deus ex is like MGS5....they are both amazing and fun to play. Just they are not finished or had a proper conclusion to the story. An i dont think there ever will be. Which is a shame.

Man I loved Force Unleashed so much that I got the metal case for FU2 and I was tragically disappointed. I was gelling with it for the most part (largely due to the combat) eager for more then you reunite with Juno and it just ends. I was so frustrating baffled that I thought clearly my disk was bugged or something. The whole game felt like the first act😪

I love how Falcon acts like Dark Souls was the game that started the souls genre. It never ceases to amaze me how many gamers forget Demon's Souls.

Def Jam Icon was such a bummer

I actually enjoyed MK vs DC. Played it with my team mates in college and enjoyed it for what it was

I know this will get lost in the mix but you know what game I miss? A game called black for the original Xbox I would love a remake of that game exactly how it is one to one just with better graphics no change in anything just upgrade the graphics and boom that would be amazing!

Glad you covered Fear 3. Loved the first two games, and have replayed so many times, but 3 just was dead and empty inside.

Watch Dogs: Legion. I was so hyped when I heard they were making a third Watch Dogs, then the first trailer dropped, and I immediately knew it would be trash. I remember the promo character wearing the pig mask was where the straw broke the camels back. I wanted the fun gameplay of 2 with the amazing story of 1.

Thanks for constantly creating lengthy content. As a retired veteran with way to much time on my hands and constantly trying to find things to do (Which isn't a bad thing). I know I can count on gameranx come through when I start to feel a little bored. Thanks.

I loved Double Agent on the PS2, it's baffling that they did something completely different for next gent platforms.

Couldn't get past one Stealth Section in Castlevania LoS 2 and tried multiple times. Bulletstorm is what Duke Nuke Forever should have been.

Lord of Shadows 2 is what made me a fan even though I enjoyed the first game.

This Channel is the best, made by gamers for gamers. Just how the industry should be as well but you just have greedy corporate executives ruining all the fun.

A call of duty game that looks exactly like the ones before it and doesn’t add anything new? I’m shocked I tell ya SHOCKED

Love when Falcon is let out of the bird cage! 🦅 😮😅

Dragon Age 2 should've been on this list. It had a really solid story and some interesting ideas but fell victim to the rushed out developement time.

I started at DS 2 and I loved it still nostalgic af

Loving the long vids Could hear you guys all day

Something else I hated about the Spider-Man 3 game was like at one point it just stops giving you missions and you have to just grind petty crimes for like a couple hours before you can move on. I literally never finished the game because of that.

Duke Nukem Forever cured me of my impulse to pre-order games.

I will say that I agreed with most of these, but I actually liked Season 2 of the Walking Dead. Wasn't as good as the first season, but really enjoyed watching Clem grow, seeing Kenny try to pick up the pieces, and I thought the ending was pretty wild. Set a great, hopeless tone. Worst part was Arvo and Carver, one was just not written well and the other felt like he was trying too hard to be the villain.

Honestly I thought Mankind Divided was a masterpiece, despite being only half of a game. That's the most depressing part for me, because I was so hyped up for the continuation that never came.

I actually loved Lords of Shadow 2 and consider it an improvement over the first in almost every way. Yeah the rocket guys were a little weird and it was frustrating to get caught by them (either make it easier to get away or just make it an instant fail, being nigh-forced to watch as you just get hammered by rockets over and over is annoying, to be sure) but they also weren't super common and every time I entered a room and saw them I just switched brain from action combat to puzzle-solving mode and enjoyed it a lot more. Better story, better combat, smoother traversal, larger and more interesting exploration... people hate on LoS 2 for the setting and I think that's just getting too hung up on the superficial.

Man, the Mercenaries games were great. 2 was definitely a step back, but still fun as hell.

Conviction doesnt deserve what it got. Its the Max Payne 3 of Splinter Cell. Its more aggressive to match the characters mental statez

Driv3r holds a special place in my heart. It was the very first PS2 game I've ever played

Deus ex MD is actually one of the best immersive sims I have played, there are some issues but it’s an insanely detailed and well made game.

SSX On Tour: Take away the open world mountain of the third game, add skis to a snowboarding game, and give the game a cringy Xtreme vibe spelled the beginning of the end for not just the series but the whole genre.

I loved Castlevania LOS2, the story was nice and the combat felt great, idc what the earlier games were when it came out I had tons of fun, the story of the toy maker that lost his heart still makes me cry to this day. The OSTs in the game were peak!

Who else forgot halo 5 even existed

I played Deus Ex MD for the first time in 2023.... it probably sits in my top 5 games I have ever played. So surprised its on your list. Graphics still amazing, acting/voice was great, the maps were so crazy ( spent hours in the bank, crawling through ducts etc). I'm surprised people didn't think it was way ahead of its time as in 2023 it still held up as good as any game made today. BTW its RDR2 Witcher 3 Then the below in any order: Kingdom Come Deliverance GTA San Andreas Deus Ex MD Name a better list, prove me wrong

I almost said Blasphemy when you put Walking Dead 2 at number 11 but you gave solid reasoning so ill give you that

Did I just watch a 32 minute gameranx video. Love this 👍🏾

Ah Spiderman 3. Even as a kid, i noticed, that game had virtually no shadows. But i really loved that game as a kid. I had drowned several hours into that game. There were so many side missions that it felt like the game just wasnt going to end. I used to play the game and have Hybrid Theory as background music.

19) For that one too, there was the issue of they kept treating those against as being paranoid lunatics...when the last game ended with a few hour window where ALL the augmented people turned into psycho-unalivers for a bit, which really kneecaps any argument that says, well, it won't happen again, when the reason it happened is top secret. 18) Honestly, this one is actually kind of easy to explain. The enemies in the first game, barring two exceptions that were deliberate, all seemed to be playing with the systems you were. Dark Souls 2 meanwhile had enemies that could either cheat the rules, such as not even HAVING stamina or poise, and just in general doing things that felt like cheating. 16) I really feel if they'd made ELLIE the playable character, and used Isaac as the voice with an internet connection, this would have gotten a completely different reception. Not the least of which because it would turn her constant whining and refusing to listen into an ACTIVE trait, with her doing things to push forward, rather than telling others to do so. 3) Felt rushed beyond belief, to the point where I'm sure I remember an interview where they said there were more cut planets than actual ones in the game. Like planned, plotted, and even partially designed. Apparently they wanted to see if they could do to an action game what they did to Knights of the Old Republic II. 1) One of GuruLarry's first episodes of his show was actually ALL about this one, since it was such a controversy at the time, that just kind of went away.

A remake of Mercinaries 1 would be great, was so good setting off all the special weapons, cluster bombs etc. Was also fun attacking the bases etc. I doubt we will ever get a 3 so a redo of one would be awesome.

I honestly loved Dead Space 3. Sure it was no 2, but heck it was an awesome ride.

Miyazaki wasn't involved in Dark Souls 2, until he came in long after the release to change it a bit. That's why it was so different.

Funny how Mercury Steam has been the only studio making non indie Metroidvenia games in the last 15 years.

The saddest one was Kerbal Space Program 2

Gameranx might just give us lists of games... But damn they do it good...

I saw a video the other day explaining that force unleashed 2 is the way it is because it was rushed. It was on the cusp of Disney buying the rights to Star Wars and they knew that Disney was canceling all unfinished Star Wars projects. So they rushed to put it out in order to prevent it from being cancelled.

TL;DR EA ruins everything

Surprised you put TWD Season 2 on here, yeah it isn't as good as season 1 but it's still widely praised as the best Telltale TWD season after 1, and one of Telltale's best offerings in general.

ngl twd season 2 is my fav game of the series

I refuse to get gaming information from any other channel except this one

Main cause of 90% of the issues game series face that result in destroying franchises like this: thinking the opinions of some non-gamer focus groups will improve their games but they end up grinding them down into boring and samey nothings, instead of listening to franchise fans and actual creative developers who know what they're doing.

Yet the masses keep giving activision $….

The same point you made about Dead Space 3 is how i feel about Dragon's Dogma 2.

I loved the online in Double Agent Next gen version. I used to play it all the time when I was younger.

As a lifelong splinter cell fan, Double Agent was a load of fun despite not quite the heights of chaos theory, but blacklist is actually the most superior game if you can get past the VA

I really like these longer videos and lists. Great to listen to and watch

I liked mankind divided and human revolution. I respectfully disagree with the sentiment that they are bad. But yes mankind divided did leave me hanging. And now, we know that we will probably never get the closure that we should.

The big problem DS2 has: anyone remembers the bad areas very well, exspecially late game. Meanwhile DS1 seems to end after Anor Londo.

Maybe I'm a masochist or maybe I was hit on the head with a somewhat large brick, but I love Dark Souls 2 more than 3 :)

I'm so glad Assassin's Creed 3 isn't on the list. It's nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be. Also, great video btw 👍.

Gamers argue about a lot of things, but I think one thing we all agree on is that gameranx consistently drop top quality videos. Cheers lads.

I disagree with Castlevania LoS2. The futuristic stealth levels can be tedious, but the Dracula mansion levels more than make up for it. The atmosphere is fantastic, the combat feels great. The OST is great and memorable. Love it.

I think Fable 3 would have been a solid entry for this list. Fable 2 was a massive improvement on the original Fable and had so much good stuff going for it. Then Fable 3 released and, while being /fine/, it's not what fans were hoping for, and most people I talk to about it were disappointed.

Ahhh yes. 32 minutes of gameranx fueled dopamine.

Just cause 4 removed all the fun of 2 and 3 and streamlined all the boring content. Speed trails, trail missions, turret sections make up the bulk of the "campaign"

I’ve been going to sleep to this channels video everyday for the last 6 years. Genuinely thank you falcon your voice and Jake’s puts me to sleep in minutes lol only thing I can go to sleep to.

I'm always so surprised when people talk about mankind divided in such a negative way. The game hit perfectly for me and it's one of my favorites of all time.

I actually like lords of shadows 2 🤷🤷

Gameranx is the only game reviews i trust

The Halo 5 trailers did the most damage. Setting up a cat and mouse thriller with tough choices. None of which were in the game. And you only play Master Chief in 3 missions.

I actually loved Driver3. Back in the days you had the games you had, and you played them to exhaustion. They might have been buggy and super hard, but that is what made us good gamers and don't need the weak sauce hand holding most younger games need with constant checkpoints and autosaves and walkthroughs online...

I feel like Gameranx talks about the same 25 games over and over

It's nice to see that Gameranx knows that The Last of Us 2 does not belong on these types of lists.

I’m not a CoD player by any means, but when I decided to buy MW2 because some friends wanted to play it, I found myself overwhelmed by the menus. After playing with friends and then finishing the campaign, I tried to find a multiplayer match on my own. I was so confused by the UI and UX I just gave up, turned it off and never went back. Am I the only dummy who couldn’t figure out their damn menu system? It made me feel dumb.

As someone who went back and played Lost Planet 3 for the first time a couple of years ago, I was impressed by just how well it held up. Definitely the best in the series for me.