Where Are The Real Sequels? @ The Final Dungeon

The Final Dungeon has a piece titled Where Are The Real Sequels?, discussing the use modern practice of slapping a classic brand name on something completely different, such as the Lord of Ultima browser game:

There was a day when the shelves of my local Egghead Software proudly displayed big, colorful boxes, heavy with thick manuals and cloth maps.  The titles on these boxes – Wizardry, Ultima, Might & Magic – marked these games as new installments in storied RPG series that many (or at least, I) believed would continue for as long as gamers played RPGs on computers.

Obviously, I was wrong.

Where are the sequels?  Nowhere to be seen.  Even more troubling is what we are getting instead.  Not content to merely kill these brands, the owners of the rights in three of the most respected series in all of computer RPG history – Ultima, The Bard’s Tale, and Might & Magic – now feel the need to dance on their graves as well.

I’m talking about Lord of Ultima, The Bard’s Tale (2004), and Might & Magic Clash of Heroes.