these hypothetical pairings would be a
match made in heaven
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
ten dream video game developer slash
franchise combinations we don’t have a
full complement we don’t stand a chance
without the right specialists on side
for this list we match up various media
franchises with the developer who
specializes in a certain type of game
that would suit the genre of that media
property not only do we feel that these
developers would stay true to the
franchise they may add new elements that
complement what came before or even
reinvigorate a series that has fallen on
hard times number 10 NetherRealm Studios
and the Marvel Universe
with the last two critically acclaimed
Mortal Kombat games under their belt
there’s no doubting their pedigree when
it comes to a fighting game the question
is how well do they handle a comic book
IP
well if injustice gods among us is
anything to go by pretty darn well
building on their core fighting
mechanics they add a story written
alongside DC writers and fluid fight
scenes that can take a battle to
different areas or locations you’ll know
from the comics this makes every fight
feel kind of like a scene from a movie a
feature that has never really been a
part of the Marvel vs. Capcom series
number nine telltale games and Starcraft
if you’re looking to expand your video
game franchise into the storytelling
Department you need to look no further
than telltale just hold on time their
resume is filled with spin-offs from
massive names from film TV and gaming
Jurassic Park The Walking Dead and order
lands have all successfully received the
telltale treatment Starcraft’s lore has
grown considerably since its realtime
strategy origins with the various book
tie-ins providing many directions for an
original Jim Raider or a Kris Manx story
to go with all filled with political
maneuvering tension and the odd fight of
course keep your intervals wide your
eyes open and your asses covered let’s
move with brilliant looking cutscenes
already a part of the campaign it’s all
begging to be turned into an episodic
epic it’s about time number eight
Naughty Dog and James Bond let us know
if anything that kinky goes down more
that Nathan Drake’s leaves venture and
Naughty Dog’s last uncharted entry plays
out like a 14-hour interactive film with
all of the emotion dramatics set pieces
and even its own take on a secret-agent
mission that you would expect from a
blockbuster movie you could easily see
double-oh-seven hanging on for dear life
in a train or crashing a plane while you
could similarly imagine Drake jumping
off of a dam or skiing off the side of a
cliff bond games have often portrayed
the British agent as a mindless killer
in a first-person shooter but as recent
films have shown there’s much more to
the character that can be explored than
just violence and womanizing so this is
it we both played out
number seven wave forward technologies
and Mega Man
this independent developer has gained a
reputation as one of the best creators
of modern 2d platformers in the industry
not only for their own property like the
Shantae series but for the excellent
license titles of beloved retro
franchises like the contra 4 Double
Dragon neon and ducktales remastered
way forward has a signature style of
using high quality hand-drawn 2d sprites
to give 2d games a modern feel that you
really don’t see with any other
developer out there and given how fans
of the original and x-series Baskin its
2d roots now would be as good a time as
ever
with the franchise’s 30th birthday
arriving next year seeing the Blue
Bombers return to glory would be a
perfect gift
number six red barrels and five nights
at Freddy’s
no other hypothetical combination on
this list would provide more content for
let’s players than this meeting of naff
and the creators about last both share a
genuine sense of hopelessness stemming
from the fact that you have such little
control but once you’ve become numb to
Freddie and Coast jump-scares Scott
Collins creation appears bare-bones next
to red barrels first-ever game five
nights at Freddy’s lack of movement is
frightening at first but poor games in
you’ll be creating the freedom to
explore the series enticingly vague lore
an outlast style first-person view with
an emphasis on hiding and surviving
still retains the terror while giving
you the chance to discover some
convoluted purple man theories of your
own number 5 CD Projekt RED Mass Effect
where am I
the Citadel it’s my home as incredible
as Bioware’s Mass Effect trilogy was
they kind of goofed when it came to the
ending of commander Shepherds Ark fans
really hated the ambiguous starchild
conclusion leaving the series is
upcoming installment considerable work
to do in order to restore players faith
it is now in your power to destroy enter
CD Projekt RED a polish company who
created the Witcher video game series
and always puts bands needs ahead of
making money as much as I respect your
intuition yen we need something specific
their open-world games are already
packed with things to do in beautiful
locations and even though Mass Effect
offers a lot of galactic exploration it
doesn’t quite possess the same degree of
detail we get the chapter needs to save
the galaxy but a closer look at the
seedy cityscape of say Omega would make
for a perfect open-world locale I am
Number Four Platinum Games and Dragon
Ball Z
hack-and-slash games might seem like
button mashing nonsense to some but
there’s a fine art in balancing the
havoc with gameplay that players can
actually keep up with
Platinum’s bayonetta series is a leader
in the genre including action sequences
that rival the over-the-top fighting of
Dragon Ball Z an x-men game made by
platinum with lots of Wolverine would
also work well but epic fights like
Gohan versus L or ideal fare for a
platinum interpretation in a similar
vein as their adaptation of the
Transformers crazy battles nearly every
Dragon Ball title up till now has been
merely filler this potential pairing
could finally create a game as good as
its source material
are you ready number three Nintendo and
Sonic the Hedgehog these days it’s hard
to believe that there was a time when
Sega’s blue hedgehog actually rivaled
Mario as the most popular figure in the
gaming world to say that each mascot has
enjoyed ferry to degrees of success
since the early 90s would be something
of an understatement
sonic just can’t find his place in the
modern generation stumbling from one
glitchy game to the next while Nintendo
constantly turn out money spinning
titles you can’t imagine second ever
parting with their best-known property
but to avoid another sonic boom style
debacle Sega might just have to team up
with an old nemesis number two
Rocksteady Studios and spider-man with
their Arkham series of third-person
brawlers Rocksteady have set the new
standard for every other superhero game
coming in the future.there trilogy was
clearly an inspiration for the amazing
spider-man open-world games but they
were a poor imitation of Rocksteady’s
efforts the london-based developer could
look to another of New York’s heroes
daredevil as their next subject but
Spidey’s unique way of getting around
opens up so many more ways of playing
Rocksteady’s take on Gotham and the Dark
Knight are some of the best on-screen
comic-book adaptations you’ll see so
their version of the web-slinger’s Big
Apple could be just as revolutionary
before we reveal our top pick here a few
honorable mentions
that’s me to serif now here’s looking at
you kid
damn I’m looking good number one from
software and Castlevania Gothic
environments monstrous bosses and dark
unsettling atmosphere we really could be
describing either from software’s soul
series or Konami ‘s Castlevania
franchise the latest Castlevania games
have moved away from the usual 2d
side-scrolling in favor of full 3d a
transition containing excellent visuals
but unconvincing God of War style combat
there is one company that does melee
combat almost better than anyone else
especially when it comes to giant swords
and yes even whips and that’s from
software not only that but their bread
and butter is darkness death and decay
all things that are basically
prerequisites for Castlevania last but
not least fans often praised the
backtracking encouraging maze like
open-ended nature of the soul series
environments making yet another perfect
fit for castlevanias signature
Metroidvania level design do you agree
with our list
which developer would you like to see
get ahold of your paper franchise form
or hypothetical top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com what about the game Duke
was it any good yeah but after 12 in
years it should be
match made in heaven
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
ten dream video game developer slash
franchise combinations we don’t have a
full complement we don’t stand a chance
without the right specialists on side
for this list we match up various media
franchises with the developer who
specializes in a certain type of game
that would suit the genre of that media
property not only do we feel that these
developers would stay true to the
franchise they may add new elements that
complement what came before or even
reinvigorate a series that has fallen on
hard times number 10 NetherRealm Studios
and the Marvel Universe
with the last two critically acclaimed
Mortal Kombat games under their belt
there’s no doubting their pedigree when
it comes to a fighting game the question
is how well do they handle a comic book
IP
well if injustice gods among us is
anything to go by pretty darn well
building on their core fighting
mechanics they add a story written
alongside DC writers and fluid fight
scenes that can take a battle to
different areas or locations you’ll know
from the comics this makes every fight
feel kind of like a scene from a movie a
feature that has never really been a
part of the Marvel vs. Capcom series
number nine telltale games and Starcraft
if you’re looking to expand your video
game franchise into the storytelling
Department you need to look no further
than telltale just hold on time their
resume is filled with spin-offs from
massive names from film TV and gaming
Jurassic Park The Walking Dead and order
lands have all successfully received the
telltale treatment Starcraft’s lore has
grown considerably since its realtime
strategy origins with the various book
tie-ins providing many directions for an
original Jim Raider or a Kris Manx story
to go with all filled with political
maneuvering tension and the odd fight of
course keep your intervals wide your
eyes open and your asses covered let’s
move with brilliant looking cutscenes
already a part of the campaign it’s all
begging to be turned into an episodic
epic it’s about time number eight
Naughty Dog and James Bond let us know
if anything that kinky goes down more
that Nathan Drake’s leaves venture and
Naughty Dog’s last uncharted entry plays
out like a 14-hour interactive film with
all of the emotion dramatics set pieces
and even its own take on a secret-agent
mission that you would expect from a
blockbuster movie you could easily see
double-oh-seven hanging on for dear life
in a train or crashing a plane while you
could similarly imagine Drake jumping
off of a dam or skiing off the side of a
cliff bond games have often portrayed
the British agent as a mindless killer
in a first-person shooter but as recent
films have shown there’s much more to
the character that can be explored than
just violence and womanizing so this is
it we both played out
number seven wave forward technologies
and Mega Man
this independent developer has gained a
reputation as one of the best creators
of modern 2d platformers in the industry
not only for their own property like the
Shantae series but for the excellent
license titles of beloved retro
franchises like the contra 4 Double
Dragon neon and ducktales remastered
way forward has a signature style of
using high quality hand-drawn 2d sprites
to give 2d games a modern feel that you
really don’t see with any other
developer out there and given how fans
of the original and x-series Baskin its
2d roots now would be as good a time as
ever
with the franchise’s 30th birthday
arriving next year seeing the Blue
Bombers return to glory would be a
perfect gift
number six red barrels and five nights
at Freddy’s
no other hypothetical combination on
this list would provide more content for
let’s players than this meeting of naff
and the creators about last both share a
genuine sense of hopelessness stemming
from the fact that you have such little
control but once you’ve become numb to
Freddie and Coast jump-scares Scott
Collins creation appears bare-bones next
to red barrels first-ever game five
nights at Freddy’s lack of movement is
frightening at first but poor games in
you’ll be creating the freedom to
explore the series enticingly vague lore
an outlast style first-person view with
an emphasis on hiding and surviving
still retains the terror while giving
you the chance to discover some
convoluted purple man theories of your
own number 5 CD Projekt RED Mass Effect
where am I
the Citadel it’s my home as incredible
as Bioware’s Mass Effect trilogy was
they kind of goofed when it came to the
ending of commander Shepherds Ark fans
really hated the ambiguous starchild
conclusion leaving the series is
upcoming installment considerable work
to do in order to restore players faith
it is now in your power to destroy enter
CD Projekt RED a polish company who
created the Witcher video game series
and always puts bands needs ahead of
making money as much as I respect your
intuition yen we need something specific
their open-world games are already
packed with things to do in beautiful
locations and even though Mass Effect
offers a lot of galactic exploration it
doesn’t quite possess the same degree of
detail we get the chapter needs to save
the galaxy but a closer look at the
seedy cityscape of say Omega would make
for a perfect open-world locale I am
Number Four Platinum Games and Dragon
Ball Z
hack-and-slash games might seem like
button mashing nonsense to some but
there’s a fine art in balancing the
havoc with gameplay that players can
actually keep up with
Platinum’s bayonetta series is a leader
in the genre including action sequences
that rival the over-the-top fighting of
Dragon Ball Z an x-men game made by
platinum with lots of Wolverine would
also work well but epic fights like
Gohan versus L or ideal fare for a
platinum interpretation in a similar
vein as their adaptation of the
Transformers crazy battles nearly every
Dragon Ball title up till now has been
merely filler this potential pairing
could finally create a game as good as
its source material
are you ready number three Nintendo and
Sonic the Hedgehog these days it’s hard
to believe that there was a time when
Sega’s blue hedgehog actually rivaled
Mario as the most popular figure in the
gaming world to say that each mascot has
enjoyed ferry to degrees of success
since the early 90s would be something
of an understatement
sonic just can’t find his place in the
modern generation stumbling from one
glitchy game to the next while Nintendo
constantly turn out money spinning
titles you can’t imagine second ever
parting with their best-known property
but to avoid another sonic boom style
debacle Sega might just have to team up
with an old nemesis number two
Rocksteady Studios and spider-man with
their Arkham series of third-person
brawlers Rocksteady have set the new
standard for every other superhero game
coming in the future.there trilogy was
clearly an inspiration for the amazing
spider-man open-world games but they
were a poor imitation of Rocksteady’s
efforts the london-based developer could
look to another of New York’s heroes
daredevil as their next subject but
Spidey’s unique way of getting around
opens up so many more ways of playing
Rocksteady’s take on Gotham and the Dark
Knight are some of the best on-screen
comic-book adaptations you’ll see so
their version of the web-slinger’s Big
Apple could be just as revolutionary
before we reveal our top pick here a few
honorable mentions
that’s me to serif now here’s looking at
you kid
damn I’m looking good number one from
software and Castlevania Gothic
environments monstrous bosses and dark
unsettling atmosphere we really could be
describing either from software’s soul
series or Konami ‘s Castlevania
franchise the latest Castlevania games
have moved away from the usual 2d
side-scrolling in favor of full 3d a
transition containing excellent visuals
but unconvincing God of War style combat
there is one company that does melee
combat almost better than anyone else
especially when it comes to giant swords
and yes even whips and that’s from
software not only that but their bread
and butter is darkness death and decay
all things that are basically
prerequisites for Castlevania last but
not least fans often praised the
backtracking encouraging maze like
open-ended nature of the soul series
environments making yet another perfect
fit for castlevanias signature
Metroidvania level design do you agree
with our list
which developer would you like to see
get ahold of your paper franchise form
or hypothetical top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com what about the game Duke
was it any good yeah but after 12 in
years it should be
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