 Allgeier considered that these games had success because they were continually evolving the series to match the current climate in video games, where mascot-driven games had fallen out of favor, and the company had adopted an "adapt or die" mentality for each title.The "adapt or die" approach was used for the fourth title, "" (2005), as they made the title darker and more combat-oriented given the popularity of the "Halo" and "Grand Theft Auto" series.This approach was not met well by players, as it veered too much from the buddy cop concept, lacked the exploration of previous games and comedy in the writing.