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Aielman15, do games w What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?
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Resident Evil 2 Remake left me very disappointed. The moment-to-moment gameplay is good, great even! But the complete lack of soundtrack (despite the original game having a lot of iconic tracks), two thirds of the story being cut, and the characters just acting as imbeciles for half the screentime was upsetting. Worst offender was Leon leaving a man to die inside his cell because “I have to speak with the chief first”. Like, what? You don’t even know if the chief is alive, and even if he was, you don’t know where he is, and you don’t have the certainty that you can get back in one piece to free the poor guy from jail. You really want to leave him like that at the mercy of whatever monster lurks inside?

Don’t get me started on 3 Remake.

Alloi,

couldnt even finish 3, 2 was alright, 4 was obviously the best out of the remakes.

NocturnalMorning, do games w What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?

Final Fantasy Remake Part 1

They changed the story and introduced Whispers to the game, something about Fate trying to drive the story the way its supposed to be. Then they made Sephiroth the final boss of what is now known to be a trilogy (bcz money)…

My absolute favorite game got ruined bcz they decided they needed to “shake the game up”. And now part 2 “Rebirth” is some multiverse bullshit.

I hate everything about this corporate BS they turned the remake into. But, I have to live with it bcz its not my game.

Best I could do is buy rebirth used from game stop so Square Enix didnt get any of my money.

Instead, I play the original from time to time, and I have to try to block out the remake changes they have made.

The franchise was so successful, that Square Enix made idiotic spinoffs and added characters to iconic scenes who weren’t there. They’ve just completely ruined the original game with how much they’ve milked the franchise. Its tragic to me, and not many people care that much.

I really wanted a remake that made the changes that were necessary to play to a modern audience, clear up the confusing story points more fleshed out so they were direct, and maybe changed up a boss or two. Basically I wanted the same thing they did with Resident Evil 4 remake, but instead we got a garbage trilogy.

kadaverin0,

Funny, I said the same thing on Reddit around the time it was released and was fucking crucified for it, lol. I called it a shallow button-masher with FFVII aesthetics and bad fanfiction for a story. I didn’t get any coherent rebuttal besides people malding over turn-based combat and how rewriting iconic scenes and plot points is good because reasons.

NocturnalMorning,

Yeah, depending on where you say this people will absolutely rail you for it. I dont understand why people are accepting of this crap.

vrighter,

imagine having never played the original (me, unfortunately, at the time). Then, what are the whispers all about?

NocturnalMorning,

I mean, its not a terrible game. I just really wish they would have stuck to the original story. If you havent played the original, thats probably a good thing when playing the remake bcz then you don’t have a comparison.

gonzo-rand19, do games w What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?
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I'm going to say The Last of Us 2. I loved the first one so much, and then 2 was not what I wanted or was expecting, which completely killed any love I had for it and any desire for a larger franchise.

I was hoping for an anthology series where each game focused on a different group of people in the same universe. I loved Joel and Ellie, but I wanted their story to be over and to get a look at how other people had dealt with things.

lazycouchpotato, do games w Day 383 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing
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I got the Nathan Drake Collection for free during the pandemic. Only got around to playing Uncharted 1 a couple years ago.

It wasn’t bad, it just felt dated.

Instead of remastering/remaking The Last of Us or Horizon for the Nth time, Sony should’ve worked on an Uncharted remake for the PS5.

MyNameIsAtticus,
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Damn. I’m so fucking disappointed I missed that for free. The Nathan Drake collection was my first exposure to this franchise on PS4 and I had to sign into an uncles PSN account every time I wanted to play it

desmosthenes, do gaming w A game you think does DLC incredibly well?
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path of exile - no one comes close either - free too

desmosthenes,
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14+ years running

IWW4, do games w Red Dead Redemption 2 was amazing.

RDR2 is on my list and I need to stop fiddling around with all my other games and play this one.

All I ever hear is great things about this game.

thessnake03,

I was in the same boat as you until a few months ago when I started. Well worth it. The story is great, I’m not to the end yet (been savoring). Game play is very much like gta. Get to it!

chiliedogg,

It’s also a very long campaign with several points that feel like they’re coming up on the ending, only for a lot more game and story to come afterward.

Dariusmiles2123,

I’m not gonna spoil anything bit I didn’t enjoy the story.

Maybe it’s just me and I would play it again if it was a 20 hours game, but it’s too long for me to give it another chance.

I loved the ambiance and gameplay though. I think I enjoyed the first one more because the story wasn’t bad, but it has been ages…

FrictionFiction,

it’s the best game I ever played. I waited years to play it and I played it two years ago, on pc. Amazing. Outrageously good. when I finished playing it, I deleted it off my computer and I set up a block on Reddit before I left Reddit permanently, so that I don’t see any mention of it. I just wanted to forget that I never played it and forget the story so that I could have that feeling of playing it for first time. I think in a year maybe two I’ll be ready to play it again. I can’t wait to forget more about it, so I can experience it again.

BrundleFly2077,

Genuine piece of advice, if you have the patience for it - walk everywhere, don’t use fast travel. Treat it like a hiking sim sometimes and it will reward you with vibes like no other game.

It does mean that sometimes you’ll have a session where nothing happens and you don’t progress any of the missions/story… but I always found it to be super worth it.

IWW4,

Ok will do

123,

I found this video rather relevant. It made me enjoy some nice sunsets on the witcher 3 (started playing it recently):

youtu.be/uhCBhFovTVI

Maybe it will enhance your play through as well. I agree sometimes not much happens, but it feels more rewarding than trying to min/max the run for whatever reason.

brap,

Absolutely. Just stumbling on an empty shack but the contents telling a tale about who was there before is fascinating. Among many other reasons.

skribe, do games w What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?
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KSP2.

Novamdomum,
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Surprised this didn't come up sooner to be honest.

ProfessorOwl_PhD, do gaming w A game you think does DLC incredibly well?
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Technically Far Cry: Blood Dragon was a standalone expansion rather than DLC for 3, but it blew every other far cry game out of the water.

Rai, do games w So are GOG going to relist Devotion? Seeing how they're about freedom to buy games.

I just played this game last night! You can get it DRM free from their web site. My partner and I both loved it! Great atmosphere, great story.

NuXCOM_90Percent, do games w What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?

Beloved is a REALLY strong word.

But, Mortal Kombat 11. I had always enjoyed the MK games (it helped that my sister owned the N64 so I only played maybe a grand total of two hours of the wannabe Tekken ones…). And the timeloop reboot had reinvigorated the series and I was a much more accomplished fighting game player and actually understood how to push through projectile spam.

Then they randomly recast Sonya Blade with (sandy hook truther and terf) rhonda rousey and it was just… ugh. Even ignoring she is a hateful and evil shitbag… she is just a REALLY bad actress. Could never bring myself to grab 11 and by the time “1” came out I had also realized that I actively disliked the x-ray attacks and finishers since they were just boringly gorey time sinks.


And honorable mention to Splinter Cell Double Agent. But apparently the OG xbox/wii u (?) version of that was actually good and it was just 360/PC that was a steaming pile of shit. And Conviction was a very different game but also I still think about the aftermath of the EMP every so often.

raptir, do games w What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?

Torchlight 3 and Infinite. I was a fan of Torchlight before there was Torchlight. I played Fate to death in college. I played Mythos during the beta. I probably put more hours into Torchlight and Torchlight 2 than I did into Diablo and Diablo 2 (and I put a lot of time into Diablo).

I actually had hope for Torchlight Frontiers. I thought it seemed like it could be what Mythos was trying to be - finally an online Torchlight game.

But then they forgot about all of that and essentially released “Torchlight 2 Mobile” but on PC.

NuXCOM_90Percent, do games w So are GOG going to relist Devotion? Seeing how they're about freedom to buy games.

I like GoG but… GoG very much has a history of “performative” bullshit.

Some of us still remember The French Monk Incident where they pretended the site was shutting down and let everyone hammer the download servers so they would panic and “learn” why “DRM Free” games were better. The backlash was so bad that it actually led to the addition of a new quest (that totally wasn’t ready to go…) in The Witcher 2 that, if you won a game of dice poker (Gwent before we had Gwent) you would get a Witcher 1 code at GoG.

Also… their definition of “DRM Free” is what us olds would have called “that Stardock GOO shit”

They’ve also had a LOT of “we are going to lose the rights to sell this game so buy it now” FOMO sales. I want to say the Atari games have been through at least four?

And so forth throughout the years. It was more or less guaranteed GoG would do a smut games sale once Steam delisted games. The freebies is a surprise but stuff like House Party is a massive DLC sink and the Postals get given away five with every soda.

So e’rybody saying “Now is the time to let GoG know they were being inconsistent and they will fix everything”: Hey, I got a really great deal on this bridge. And I’ll give you a discount if you pay in whatever “untraceable” crypto kids like this week. Err, but through this site that just gives me fiat currency. No reason.

mohab, do games w What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?

It was not rubbish, but what Xrd did to my main character, Zato, irreparably damaged my relationship with any future Guilty Gear game, and Strive just finished off whatever hope I had left.

And to be clear: I'm not talking about power level here—fuck that. I'm only talking about how much fun I had with the character, and still do in Guilty Gear Plus R.

Derpenheim, do games w What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you?

Sacred 3. It was a soulless cash grab that had nothing to do with the previous game, which is one of my absolute favourite ARPG’s.

raptir,

Interestingly, I would say Sacred 2 as a huge fan of Sacred 1.

Derpenheim,

Totally fair. I would say each game in the Elder Scrolls series let me down more than the last, even though I still enjoyed each one, so I can how being a fan of the first would be such a letdown for the second.

raptir,

Interesting. What’s your favorite Elder Scrolls? Daggerfall was my first but Morrowind is my favorite.

Derpenheim,

Honestly, its gotta be Oblivion. Its really close between it and Morrowind, but I strongly disliked the way you have to get information in Morrowind for the story. I dont mind the reading at all, it’s the fact that you have to ask every n’wah about every detail to get any info that, while realistic, I ultimately just found to be too tedious.

raptir,

With you saying “each game let me down more than the last” I didn’t expect you to say your favorite was the second most recent game.

Derpenheim,

Haha, yeah. I dont think its the best, that opinion lay with Daggerfall. But rose tinted glasses dont care about that, just what you remember feeling when you played it through the first time.

panda_abyss, do games w Day 383 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

I think the stress of that area took a few years off my life

MyNameIsAtticus,
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It definitely throws you through a loop. Then the later Zombie Cannibal things take a few more off for good measure

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