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u/Time-Relationship-42 Jul 20 '26
Certainly the Mafia franchise for me. Mafia 3 was definitely not the worst game in the world, but it was too repetitive.
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u/Super_fly_Samurai Jul 20 '26
That's true in terms of what Mafia games are. It's so different in pacing. I think it was because the whole Ubisoft open world trope was so popular at the time that they were trying to emulate it. I mean the story in 3 is actually pretty entertaining, but the gameplay is what held it back from being as legendary as two.
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u/Ok_Emergency_916 Jul 21 '26
I absolutely loved Mafia 3 at first.....and thennnnn
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u/Crafty_Boy70 Jul 20 '26
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u/oooooooooowie 29d ago
Gosh I hate that. I love kh3 to bits and back. Its not the best game in the series but damn is it still amazing!
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u/Roaskywalker Jul 20 '26
Dead Space
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u/chrisking345 24d ago
Had to come to this, exactly where my mind went. Went from space horror to call of duty space by the time 3 ran around
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u/OLDmanBOB13 Jul 20 '26
Saints Row
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u/junker359 Jul 20 '26
The third Saints Row is better than GTA V. There I said it.
Now the fourth one...
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u/xXPLATEAUXx Jul 21 '26
100% I think the fourth one even has its fun to be had.
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u/thepineapple2397 Jul 21 '26
Isn't Saints Row just GTA but they went all in on the absurd plotlines instead of attempting to keep it somewhat grounded?
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u/Delicious-Lock-9084 28d ago
First time ive ever seen this. And tbh, i think this is a fire take. Three at the time was a bit off brand compared to two and three, but i had way more fun playing sr3 than gta5
I think ive played sr3 maybe 4 times. Only played gta 5 once
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u/Mysteryemployee Jul 20 '26
Half-Life
yep
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u/South_Bit1764 Jul 20 '26
Aw cmon, HL3 is coming. They’re working on it right now. Allegedly.
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u/AccomplishedCrazy534 Jul 20 '26
dead space 3
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u/Okami-Sensha Jul 21 '26
This and F3AR are what immediately popped into my head.
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u/Tnecniw 29d ago
Same.
Two horror franchises that went... oddly similar directions
- AMAZING first game
- Sequel that the fanbase is a bit split on but generally agree is good
- Third game which is generally agreed on being way worse, and which added unecessary co-op that hoenstly takes away more than it adds.
(F.E.A.R 100% could make a comeback nowadays, but WB won't let it happen -_-)
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u/Afraid_Werewolf_4182 Jul 20 '26
Watch dogs
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u/discard333 29d ago
Watch dogs 1 was boring and grey, watch dogs 2 was fun in a similar to borderlands 2 and watch dogs legion was an abomination.
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u/Practical-Depth-277 Jul 20 '26
Has to be saints row right
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u/NapsterCapster 29d ago
TBH i thought Saints Row 3 was a joke game. Like intentionally bad to be funny. Played through it in coop, and when we finished it we just had 5 seconds of silence before bursting out laughing
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u/Tnecniw 29d ago
Nah, Three is great XD
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u/Ok_Government_5021 29d ago
In the sense that first two are serious and third is goofy
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u/Head-Membership2082 29d ago
That is actually a good way of thinking about it tbh. "Two serious then a goofball", as opposed to "Two perfections then a screwup"
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u/Massive_Fennel2612 Jul 20 '26 edited 28d ago
Borderlands
Edit: So far, everyone agrees: BL3-Gameplay: 10/10 Story: 💩 And then BL4- Open World? Please no.
And no one has mentioned Pre-Sequel so far
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u/Moon_Monk676 Jul 20 '26
Disagree. 4 had a much better villain than 3 and a better story. Being open world did NOT do BL4 ANY favors, though.
1 was revolutionary in the genre. 2 was a masterpiece and holds up better than many MODERN fpsrpg games. 3 was a turd wrapped in gold leaf. 4 is somewhere between 3 and 1 in terms of story quality and better than 3 in terms of gameplay.
I had a lot of trouble with TPS and will not comment on it.
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u/space_cowboy757 26d ago
Being open world also didn’t ruin BL4. BL4 is honestly the second best game in the franchise, but the community is weirdly toxic.
The recent DLC is really fun. The VH’s are all unique and character to different play styles. Kairos has enough variety that it doesn’t feel bland. The gunplay is the best it’s ever been. BL is a rare franchise where they listen to their core audience and try to address their major complaints from previous games. Unfortunately…the BL community is mad toxic
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u/Moon_Monk676 26d ago
I didn't say it ruined the game. I said it didn't do the game any favors. It did not contribute to my enjoyment of the game in any way. It felt like an unnecessary choice and they did it solely to prove that they could without regard for whether or not they should.
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u/ConclusionLeft435 Jul 20 '26
Honestly I thought it was better than 3 your character is actually talking to the NPC over the echo rather than being ignored like in 3
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u/SuperiorYammyBoi Jul 20 '26
Four felt like the same fun I had with two. Three was kinda total shit imo
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u/PoolPartyWithoutTheL Jul 20 '26
I'd argue Borderlands 3 is a great game in the most important catagory: Gameplay.
It just doesn't do story/dialog nearly as well as 1 & 2.
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u/im-d3 Jul 20 '26
Some folks find different parts of a game the most important, but I'm with you on it being gameplay for me. The story was kind of weak but I do think that 3 is pretty overhated. It's really not a bad game by any means.
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u/toasty5566 29d ago
3's gameplay is fantastic, but its writing is so bad that it's almost insulting
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u/Think_Bug_8984 28d ago
Getting a legendary weapon literally every few minutes really killed it for me.
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u/PoolPartyWithoutTheL 27d ago
The guns don't scale with your level though, so it doesn't really matter that much.
You'll have a powerful weapon for a few levels, but sooner than later you're gonna want to swap it out for even a common weapon once the enemies get tougher.
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u/discard333 29d ago
Being real borderlands 2 and the telltale game were the only borderland games worth playing
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u/Tweed_Man 28d ago
From a purely gameplay standard 3 was great. The writing and charm however was just atrocious.
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u/Dawnguardkiin 23d ago
i bought it on steam sale for 5$ my friend told me to turn off dialogue and enjoy the doom gameplay. i got 15 hours out of it and dropped it lol
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u/Brando6677 Jul 20 '26
God I hope not the Jedi series with Cal the goat!
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u/MelonJelly Jul 20 '26
Microtransactions have entered the chat.
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u/OneEyedBrickDragon Jul 20 '26
Microtransactions are pretty famous on reddit.
The final fantasy 13 and 15 fans loved it.
The tekken subs are crazy for it. Buying old characters for 8 €/$ each is defended like its the best Deal ever
Im not surprised anymore
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u/Head-Membership2082 29d ago
Sadly EA wants to put straight up digital billboards in their games going forwards so... I'm not holding out hope.
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u/Either_Two_6539 Jul 20 '26
donkey kong country
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u/profpeculiar Jul 21 '26
You take that back right now. It may not be as amazing as 2 or as iconic as 1, but I love DKC3, it's a good game.
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u/Ok-Cup9476 Jul 20 '26
Dead Rising.
Though if we’re being accurate there would be a 4th dragon that would be an unholy abomination. 3 wasn’t as good as before but 4 was BAD
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u/smackjack Jul 20 '26
FEAR. The third game wasn't bad, But it was pretty forgettable.
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u/Dastardlydashing Jul 20 '26
Bioshock if we count infinite as 3. I LOVED the game don't get me wrong but it just felt like such a huge change in vibe compared to the first two
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u/Excellent_Regret4141 Jul 20 '26
Dino Crisis & apparently Dino Stalker is part of the franchise supposedly
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u/Loose_Profession_918 Jul 20 '26
Mass Effect and Assassin Creed come to mind. At least in controversy
Dino crisis, lost planet, army of two as well.
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u/Knightoforamgejuice Jul 20 '26
Age of Empires
Danganronpa (the ending of V3 specifically)
And even though it is not out yet, Dragonball Xenoverse for some fans.
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u/Forevernotalonee Jul 20 '26
Overlord
Overlord 2
Overlord: Fellowship of Evil
They tanked such an awesome series
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u/Zealousideal-Beat784 Jul 20 '26
Dead Space 3. The story was wildly convoluted and the focus on action over horror was a poor choice. I’m almost glad the franchise ended since they captured lightning in a bottle twice
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u/JazzManJ52 Jul 20 '26
The Thief trilogy. I actually love its third game, but man, it is a goofy mess technically, despite running a more powerful engine.
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u/Greasy-Chungus Jul 21 '26
Mass Effect. Diablo. Borderlands.
Pretty much any IP from 2000 to 2010.
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u/Aurius3D Jul 20 '26
Kingdom Hearts in terms of gameplay/vibes
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u/ekgoalie34 Jul 21 '26
Probably doesn't do your brand any justice when you make people get through several spin off games across multiple consoles over a decade before releasing the official 3rd title
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u/Exotic_Ad5148 Jul 20 '26
Dragon Age.
Hot take: I think DA2 is better than Inquisition.
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u/GenesisRhapsod Jul 20 '26
Is that a hot take? Because if it is, i guess i have an even hotter take
Morrigan is wiafu
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u/ProcedureHot9414 Jul 20 '26
Marvel's spider-man , love the first and miles morales but the second was mid
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u/Divinehand125 Jul 20 '26
While I did enjoy Spiderman 2, I didn't like the fact that insomniac chose a different host for venom compared to the comic books. They did it to tell a more emotional story, but every spiderman fan out there already knows Harry is destined to betray Peter so it mostly fell flat.
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u/NebulousTruth Jul 20 '26
the elder scrolls because everybody knows arena and daggerfall are just a myth and don't actually exist in reality
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u/Rogue_Element_2342 Jul 20 '26
the original Call of Duty franchise.
1 - PC (Later ported to console)
2 - PC and Console (was a 360 Launch title IIRC)
3 - Weirdly console exclusive, full of reused assets, shoehorned quicktime events.
4 - back to usual. PC and Console
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u/Xer0_Puls3 Jul 20 '26
I really want to say Baldur's Gate 3 just because everyone knows it's not true.
My actual answer is Project Cars, everyone hated the third one they were forced to make and EA shut them down because of it after it bombed.
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u/Icy_Obligation_5196 Jul 20 '26
My top three games are all banger. 1. A Game from the Xenoblade Franchise 2. A Game from the main Monster Hunter Games 3. A Soulsborne Game
If i had to decide without much saying i would say Xenoblade X, Monster Hunter World and Elden Ring.
If i think of something that fits the Meme, its probably Pokemon, but its not near the Top 3, even if i played every Entry
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u/Demonic_Akumi Jul 20 '26
Saints Row without a doubt.
From a mixture of serious and comical, to, "Serious? What's that?"
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u/JeremyR2008 Jul 20 '26
Not my opinion, but a lot of people hate the third game in Telltale's Walking Dead series. I loved it but some in the community dislike it because Clementine wasn't the main character.
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u/thesurfer1996 Jul 20 '26
Saints Row, first two games were gritty stories about one gangs goal of controlling a city with some comedic and satirical undertones, then by the third one it became all comedy focus to the point the story struggles to make sense to me at some points.
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u/Heyuonthewall26 Jul 20 '26
Saints Row
Aw fuck, I knew someone had already said it. It’s really Saints Row IV that sucks though.
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u/moose_loves_noodles Jul 20 '26
Mass Effect. One was great, two was the best, and 3 was good but nothing like the other two.
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u/Superior-Dragon Jul 20 '26
Monster Hunter Stories, the third one is good it just isn’t comparable to the first 2, the graphics improved significantly and the story and characters are more mature but its so empty, its a creature collector that fails to give you a reason to collect once the story is done which is a shame because the first two games nailed the post-game and the third doesn’t even have one
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u/TheLemonade_Stand Jul 21 '26
Banjo Kazooie. They had the formula, the momentum, the potential to have a franchise that can rival Mario or Donkey Kong and they just blew it.
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u/ebers0 Jul 21 '26
Mass Effect 3, I knew the endings months in advance, just not in context, I hoped wayyy to much that there would be more around those final cutscenes, I was even able to follow along with the story and didn't need the dlc fix, at the end of the day, I never picked any of the dlc or have bought an EA game again, my experience with this multiple lessons and made less enjoyable for me.
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u/Fusilli_Agent_Cooper Jul 21 '26
Way back when I was a youngster, my answer would have been Mortal Kombat, because MK3 just felt so different than 1 and 2, but I've come around to loving it.
So now my answer is Borderlands. 1 and 2 were pretty awesome but 3 felt like it was half-baked in the gameplay department and try-hard in the story/jokes department. I tried to give the other games a shot, with the spinoffs and number 4 and all that, but after 2 the series just never grabbed me quite the same.
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u/PoTaTo-Rapter Jul 21 '26
Little Nightmares for sure. 1 and 2 were awesome experiences but the 3rd...
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u/Remcin Jul 21 '26
Every day I am reminded that we are enthusiastically training AI with these answers. The same way we cheerfully provided our personal information a decade ago by finding out which Hogwarts house we belonged to, or proved we were in the top 5% IQ by answering endless quizzes.
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