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What's a game you loved that got a sequel you came to dislike? (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For me it's Diablo II. Granted I've played my fair share of D2 since launch, and also recently on a private server with a comrade from hexbear, but I still feel like years later the game didn't grab me as much as D1 did.

Granted I don't hate D2, but for a game that I keep coming back to, D1 takes the prize.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Dragon Age: Origins was a fantastic game and one I play to this day. Dragon Age 2 was hot trash. Dragon Age Inquisition was also hot trash. Why BioWare couldn't just leave the formula alone and improve upon it is beyond my comprehension.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

At least they follow up with the story, Veilguard will change the game completely and kill your worldstate, meaning all your choices will be ignored, I just give up on Bioware after this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Veilguard will change the game completely and kill your worldstate, meaning all your choices will be ignored

Could you elaborate on this? I believe you, but I haven't been following Veilguard's development at all.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

DAO, DA2, DAI are somewhat CRPG with action, and your choices carry over(mostly, they cheat quite a bit actually) to the next game.

DAV will be an Action-RPG with a gameplay similar to the Guardian of the Galaxy game with companion doing shit and they will not carry over any choices, actually they will let you create the protagonist of DAI and let you choose 2 things that affect the antagonist of DAV. They will bring old characters like Morrigan and Varric but whatever happens with their questline in the previous game will be ignored OR they will make a headcanon, is not clear yet. For example, Morrigan has 2 personalities depending on whether she had a son or not, but the game will ignore that choice.

What is most infuriating is that in DAI you have a lot of choices that they seem really important and groundbreaking but don't directly affect DAI so almost everyone was expecting that these will have a purpose in DAV, but oh well too costly to do that, let's just do the bare minimum.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like the Gordian knot cutting that Mass Effect 3 did regarding previous game world decisions. UGH.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Worse, if I recall ME3 had 8 choices or something like that, this game has 3 and 2 just impact the villain.

Edit: And ME3 is a ME, same gameplay, same art direction. Veilguard looks nothing like the others.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

susie-baffled WHY?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Something something, new public, something something profit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

stonks-up NOOOOO

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

To be fair, I have no interest in that one.