Games that killed Franchises?

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When EA took over Westwood Studios and Command and Conquer. It was never the same afterwards. I actually enjoyed a bit of C&C Generals made by EA, but I'd say the series lost me at Red Alert 3 or C&C 4, whichever one was first. Both were garbage and I'll never buy another.

It's the same thing with when EA took over Origin, and Ultima & Wing Commander sucked it up ever after. Looks like this is exactly what happened with Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun.

I do have to begrudgingly admit, however, that C&C: Renegade was an apt swan song for Westwood Studios and the series as a whole. The campaign mode was very competent - what made it extremely fun IMO was the ability to see the world of the original C&C from the first person perspective (there's one moment where the 2D map transforms into the 3D FPS which was awesome...Youtube is crapping out on me or I'd find it and link to it; think it was the first or second mission). Then, towards the end of the campaign, you drive a mammoth tank and start tearing things up in the final assault on Kain's temple - it's a pretty memorable gaming experience. The multiplayer online mode got bogged down by too many cheats that EA never bothered fixing, but early on it was an amazing team-based competitive FPS - maybe the best I've ever played, to be honest, with a great balance between 3rd-person vehicular combat and FPS.

All that was done while EA owned Westwood, so I can't say their track record is 100% bad. Just mostly bad.