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The new worst gaming trend: killing our favorite games to replace them with sequels (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 59 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Honestly, I have trouble seeing these "sequels" as new games. I mean Overwatch 2 was mostly a heavy balance patch, graphical patch, and pivot to F2P.

These are just large updates where they incremented a number in the name. With that in mind, this isn't a "trend", it's been going on for as long as these service-style games have existed. Fortnite's pivot from Save the World into Battle Royale, for example. Or going further back: Remember Star Wars Galaxies?

Yes, these mega-updates are often regressions... again, that's not news. The only thing "new" is realizing "oh, we should increment the number to get some hype going".

[–] Sordid@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Or going further back: Remember Star Wars Galaxies?

The game that was shut down less than a week before Star Wars The Old Republic released? You're not wrong about the other stuff, but this one definitely wasn't just a big patch.

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, I'm referring to the New Game Enhancements update that completely reworked SWG to play more like WoW. That was a much larger gameplay change than Overwatch 2 or CS 2.

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Man... I miss SWG sometimes.

My Steam avatar is still to the day my SWG character.

It's the only MMORPG I ever paid a monthly subscription to play.

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