• TommySoda@lemmy.world
    281·
    2 years ago

    Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Halo, Thief, Heroes of Might and Magic, and Turok.

    All things I was incredibly hype for new stuff. All incredible let downs with some more than the others.

    Star Wars - Pretty much all previous games and books got retconned out.

    Lord of the Rings - Started with the Hobbit and has been downhill since then.

    Halo - Halo 4 was okay but everything after that basically changed everything about the lore.

    Heroes of Might and Magic - Favorite game as a kid but Ubisoft ruined it and doesn’t even make them anymore.

    Turok - The reboot is so far from the original they could have renamed the character and just called it something else.

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      2 years ago

      Turok - The reboot is so far from the original they could have renamed the character and just called it something else.

      … isn’t Turok already a title passed between multiple dudes?

      Players assume the role of Native American space marine Joseph Turok

      Well then. At least they narrowly avoided naming him John Gamename.

    • LeafOnTheWind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      The Hobbit at least had good moments and is almost salvageable with the fan edits (the last one is pretty rough though)

    • Mathazzar@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      Star Wars was always my favorite sci fi universe for so long…

      Now with what Filoni and Disney has done with it, i just dunno any more. I feel lost. I loved Andor and Rogue One though, but apparently they aren’t the most popular?

  • Contramuffin@lemmy.world
    14·
    2 years ago

    Plants vs. Zombies. EA bought out Popcap and kicked out the developer after he refused to add monetization to Plants vs. Zombies 2

    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      2 years ago

      And as great a name as “Garden Warfare” is, the entire point of picking plants and zombies was to represent the mechanics. Plants don’t move, zombies don’t sprint. (Down in back, Snyder!) The game was all blank colored boxes until it felt good to play. Theming was applied on top of that, to humorously convey what those units could do. And couldn’t do.

      So of course the second sequel is a full-on CoD clone. A full-on rooty-tooty-run-and-shooty spunkgargleweewee affair. Because it’s been at least twenty years since EA completely lost the plot.

  • wintermutehal@lemmy.world
    123·
    2 years ago

    Fallout. Look what they did to my boy. We could be getting a Baldur’s Gate 3 style fallout, but noooo. Todd had to go and screw it up for everyone.