10 Gaming Franchises That Exploded In Popularity This Decade

What’s worse is that things are constantly happening in the environment. It’s easy to get distracted by random events, be attacked by gangs, or even be forced to give up on a great hunt because the carcass can’t be slung over the horse’s b


Each animal has their own habitat and their own habits: some scare easily, others are aggressive. Each one needs to be killed with a certain weapon to get the best pelt, and only the best animals will offer perfect pelts to begin with. All of this will be overwhelming to everyone except experienced hunters and people who’ve already beaten the original Red D


Witcher 3, in particular, was an incredibly impressive game that really helped the franchise catch on with new fans, while continuing to impress older fans. The fact that this game has now been picked up by Netflix for a series to finish the decade only goes to show how big this has become. The games will no doubt now see another resurgence of popularity heading into the next decade because of


In Red Dead Redemption 2 , we don't meet Ricketts in the flesh, but there are several references to him only fans will notice. He appears on a Famous Gunslingers cigarette card, is mentioned in a few conversations, and even appears as a hero in an adventure story in "Wild West Heroes No. 1


Dark Souls became one of the most popular games of the decade, mainly because it was one of the best games of the decade. It was heavily praised by critics and gamers, becoming an instant success that's still talked about to this


Also, annual sports games and titles belonging to long-running properties but are not direct sequels to pre-existing games, like Super Mario Odyssey and Alone in the Dark: Illumination , will not be conside


Going by Metacritic, what were the best and worst video game sequels released during the 2010s? Prior to proceeding any further, some criteria should be specified. Spin-offs are not sequels and will not be featured. This includes Air Conflicts: Vietnam Ultimate Edition and its aggregate Metacritic score of


These frustrations with the controls in the game might be alleviated thanks to the use of a keyboard and mouse, but you never know. Time will tell how the PC audience feels about the controls in Rockstar's latest outing into the wild w


All of this is about the console versions of the games, which doesn't take into account that PC players can boost their settings to reveal a open world expansion guide|https://Openworldpedia.Com/ console games could only dream of experiencing on their hardw


Players want an authentic online cowboy and outlaw experience and that's hard to experience if you're not in a roleplay server. Those alone will entice people to purchase the game even if they have no plans of playing the single-player campa


A movie tie-in game and a sequel to an already mediocre outing, Kung Fu Panda 2 somehow manages to fail to meet even the lowest of expectations. As an entry-level action game, Kung Fu Panda 2 does the bare minimum expected of the ge


Next on the list is Destiny , which is another incredibly important video game series from this decade, which took on a life of its own in popularity. The franchise burst onto the scene first in 2014 and has had several expansions and a sequel since t


Red Dead 2 doesn’t really encourage players to do this. On the contrary, in fact: players that do this during missions with the team will be told to hurry it up, and might even fail the mission attempting to loot every body. Money isn’t exactly scarce, so eventually you'll just stop trying to loot every


This is something every player has to get accustomed to quickly. While most games will toss you right into some major story related sequence, or a boss battle to get the player excited for the game, Red Dead 2 feels no such urge


For most games, it feels like the PC version is the priority as it is often the place where most of a player base resides. With Rockstar Games, they make most of their insane amounts of cash from the console audience who has fallen in love with their worlds. If the release on PC of Red Dead Redemption 2 in a broken state doesn't convince you that consoles are their priority then nothing w


The simplified UI is one of the highlights of the game, and one of the best things the game does on a surface level. What’s especially helpful, though, is the game’s map. The mini-map constantly points towards the next major location, but also indicates every animal a player can h


The game recently released on PC and players quickly released that this game wouldn't come without its fair share of performance issues. Upon release, eager fans began to experience bugs and glitches that hindered their overall experience and in some cases halted their progress entir


Despite the game only being released in 2018, Arthur Morgan has a strong case to be included in the Mt. Rushmore of video game characters. He may not have the legacy or history of characters like Mario, Master Chief, or Nathan Drake, but he happens to be one of the best-written characters in video game hist