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

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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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Telltale season 2?? Season 3 u mean

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

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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.

The story of DMC2's troubled production is actually pretty well-documented. For starters, development began WHILE DMC1 was still being marketed for the US release. Second of all, none of 1's original dev team even worked on DMC2 and was made by an enturely different team that basically have no idea what they were doing. Also, said newbie team was given just 1 year of development time And thirdly, the game director credited in DMC2, Hideaki Itsuno, was not even the original director hired. The first (still unknown to this day) director was replaced because they haven't done anything for the game 6 months into development so the CAPCOM higher ups hired Itsuno to salvage the game. And all things considered, he DID manage to turn in a game, with technically only 6 months of development, that surprisingly works and runs well and is actually not buggy. On the plus side, because Itsuno knows he's gonna get blamed for this, he begged the executives to let him make DMC3 with proper time and budget, and the rest of the character-action genre is history.

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.

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. 🤣🤣

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 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

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

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

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

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

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.

Falcon back at it with "Driv 3 R" 😂

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

Wonder women getting stomped on like that, was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen lmao, thank you so much for posting that bit

Who else forgot halo 5 even existed

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

FEAR wasn't a technical powerhouse at the time? Dude, magazines were praising this game for how good it looked before Crysis came out. This game was a test to see if you had a good PC back in the day.

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

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.

Def Jam Icon was such a bummer

Yet the masses keep giving activision $….

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

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.

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

I remember playing force unleashed 2 and during the final fight i was thinking there was no way this was it. And it was. I was legit pissed because it just got good.

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 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.

0:15 Number 20 Call of Duty 2:07 Number 19 Deus Ex 3:46 Number 18 Dark Souls II 5:22 Number 17 Halo 5 6:51 Number 16 Dead Space 3 8:51 Number 15 Splinter Cell 10:29 Number 14 Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe 11:50 Number 13 Dead Rising 4 13:20 Number 12 Castlevania 15:11 Number 11 The Walking Dead 16:06 Number 10 Duke Nukem Forever 17:54 Number 9 Mercenaries 2 19:20 Number 8 Ninja Gaiden 3 20:19 Number 7 Sonic the Hedgehog 4 22:05 Number 6 Lost Planet 3 24:00 Number 5 Devil May Cry 2 25:18 Number 4 F.E.A.R. 3 26:45 Number 3 Star Wars 28:53 Number 2 Spiderman 2 30:18 Number 1 Driver 3

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 :)

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

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

Duke Nukem Forever should've been in the top 5. I'm surprised it was only number 10. 😂

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

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.

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 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!

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

From a big DS2 fan, thank you for not ripping it to shreds. That was a VERY FAIR take.

Spark Unlimited didn't work on Aliens: Colonial Marines. They had made Legendary and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty. TimeGate, the guys behind the FEAR expansion packs, worked on A:CM's campaign. And Nerve Software, Check Six Games and Demiurge Studios worked on MP and the canceled Wii-U port.

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.

I have more hours in dark souls 2 than any other dark souls game but I have gone through the dlcs maybe twice. The main game is pretty good, especially in the scholar version, but the dlc enemy variety is straight up exhausting.

At least Spiderman 3 was quite fun

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

The saddest one was Kerbal Space Program 2

I didn’t even know there was a Dead Rising 4

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

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 👍.

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.

I remember how bad Driv3r was, my sister was playing it and told me she wanted to follow the law, so she would stop at stop lights and everything, as soon as it turns green and she drives immediate police behind her starts chasing her. That or you do follow the rules of the road which means you can turn right when the light is red as long as nobody else is there, you once again get chased by the police. The game was so badly made.

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

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

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.

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

"Like something - but worse" I am going to be using that phrase a lot lol.

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

ngl twd season 2 is my fav game of the series

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

Falcon i believe you forget about assasins creed 3, they tried to improved the game and the mechanics but they fail really hard...

I actually like lords of shadows 2 🤷🤷

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

The Walking Dead was amazing, but the second season really fell flat. In fact, the only thing that kinda carries it are Clementine and the fact that Michael Madsen was nice enough to grace us with his voice.

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!

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.

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.

Honestly, the funniest thing about aliens: colonial marines being, well, aliens: colonial marines is that it's not a bad game without the single typo in the game code that killed the ai in every part of the game.

TL;DR EA ruins everything

Ahhh yes. 32 minutes of gameranx fueled dopamine.

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.

I have a habit of going through peoples steam profiles and look at what games they play and for how many hours, I’m nosey, sue me. But this one man still haunts me, 1500+ hours into “Duke Nukum forever”. I’ve wondered how people spend so much time in games, but 1500+ hours for that game is cray cray

Gameranx is the only game reviews i trust

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"

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.

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