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What game sequel ruined a beloved franchise or character for you? (fedia.io)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/games@lemmy.world
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You fell in love with a game and it's characters, sunk hundreds, maybe even thousands of hours into it. It became a comforting, immensely satisfying part of your daily life. Then you heard a sequel was coming and got really hyped but when it came out it was utter rubbish...

Which game(s) was that for you?

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

OMG - Mass Effect 3, yes.

I'd add Fable III. I got it in a "Buy 2, get 1 for $5" sale and I STILL felt ripped off.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I actually loved Fable 3, along with the rest of the series. It wasn't as good as the other 2, but I still thought it was great.

    I wasn't part of the zeitgeist at the time. But I was surprised to find out much later that so many people hated it.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I love Fable 3. I love how the weapons will change, I like the "Sanctuary" pause menu, and the world is awesome (if a little small). I do wish they were able to make it bigger with more side quests though.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The thing that killed it for me was the timer. "xx Days Remaining".

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If I remember right, that was there for plot purposes, but had no impact on the game.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    No it definitely had an impact on the game. You had to either contribute enough of your personal wealth, or choose all the evil choices as regent, otherwise most of the citizens would die at the end. If you didn't do it right, it left the world basically devoid of NPCs. For a series that made such a big deal about choice, the end of Fable III only had one right answer.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah. There are ways to absolutely break it though. Like if you just buy all the properties you can, you'll be swimming in gold from the rent.

    And then you can share extra gold between characters, so you can start the next playthrough with a "small loan" kinda thing.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Honestly everything after fable 1 (yes, that includes "the lost chapters") was kinda meh.

    Fable was great, good storytelling with some twists and fun side quests. Loved the comat and the spell system and how much choice you had. End boss really felt like an end boss.

    Honesty, all of this? The same for "lost chapters".

    The last boss fight was absolutely dogshit though, what a letdown. You have this huge fucking dragon and it was just such a disappointment compared to the OG jack of blades. It's difficulty and movesets just didn't feel right for a endboss level enemy.

    Personally never played 2, although I have watched some letsplays and meh. So far as I can tell they gutted the magic system, had a decent story and some quality of life changes.

    3 I did play and it would have been a decent game, if it wasn't sold as a Fable game. Didn't like the timer for the Big Bad, magic was boring.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Fable 2 largely was just as good as one with one added bonus... for me at least.

    The cutscenes were all done in engine, with all the same rules that the game has.

    So running into the final boss fight, I had run out of healing items, so I ate ALL my food and drank ALL my beer and wine before starting the final fight.

    Cut scene starts. Villain starts his villiain monologue as villains do. My character proceeds to puke all over his shoes.

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