Did you ever have to abandon a game franchise?

Fallout, Fallout 2, fuck off, bethesda. ;-)

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Resident Evil after CODE Veronica.

Civilization after V.

I am less interested in Elder Scrolls these days. I might have come later by playing a lot of Oblivion, then everyone hated that one but became to hyped on Skyrim (oh the memes) which I wasn't much drawn to it. Then I look back at the classics Morrowind or Daggerfall. I've played more Daggerfall, especially with Daggerfall Unity. Now, if there is an announcement of a new Elder Scrolls or other Bethesda franchise, I am a bit uninterested.

I beat Oblivion once and while I had some fun I didn't want to replay it because of the goddamn autoleveling. Never cared about Skyrim, tried to play it but had some problems with setting up the video settings. When I changed everything to my preferred settings, the game just didn't load so I just deleted it lol.

Surprisingly I didn't care much about it when I was playing Fallout 3... But I was a teen when I played it so I had a shitload of free time on my hands and by the time I reached the final level even enclave soldiers and supermutants didn't pose much of a threat. Hell, even deathclaws felt like low-tier enemies (they could still kill me in a few hits though, but I always carried lots of stimpacks and super stimpacks to counter that) and I had some really powerful guns whereas in Oblivion even the max level spells/weapons don't do shit to high-level enemies. It made me feel like I've spent so much time grinding for XP to get new spells and shit was pointless and I didn't want to install mods so my next playthrough would be more bearable. So I uninstalled it and didn't felt the urge to replay it ever since.

Also Morrowind's combat system is godawful and put me away from even trying to get past the first few quests. I feel like I should give it another try after I saw Sseth's review where he showed that you can do some crazy ass stuff by using exploits but I think it'd make me feel like I'm using cheats lol.

I know, that's why I had a hard time getting into it (and I still haven't played it as much).
People say "it's that RPG element with chance to hit" but for me it wasn't it, because also in Daggerfall you might hit and fail many times. But in daggerfall when you fail to hit, you hear a clank of your weapon, or maybe there is something at the edge, you have a visual or audio cue. In Morrowind I was very puzzled because I was looking down with my mouse and tried to hit some bug, but nothing happened. But there wasn't even a visual/audio cue to tell me I tried attack but chance failed. So, I thought I must be aiming wrong or not too close. And because in both games when you start, you might have something like 1/10 chance to hit or depends on the weapon and character, but it's that low, I would repeat many times and think I must be doing something wrong, I might be attacking empty air for all I know. But at least in Daggerfall you had the audio cue I think (the visual cue for hitting would be some blood and nice sound), there was something to tell you you are not swinging in the air, you are attempting to hit something, just didn't land. It's so weird and awnward in morrowind, even if the Daggerfall controls with the swinging seem awkward, but at least there I get something and when you do hit you get excited.

optimus Daggerfall certainly had better audio feedback. The clanks and such were generally against non-animal type enemies that wouldn't be using armor or weapons so it sounded like swords clashing or hitting shields. There was also the player grunting when missing. It sounds more like actual sword fights happening. Morrowind could probably have benefited from something as simple as that. Aside from that the actual gameplay is pretty much the same though.

World of Warcraft: absolutely loved BC and then really hated the direction Blizzard took Wrath - the writing was on the wall with the lfg system. I did have fun dismounting entire raids and watching them fall to their deaths as they were trying to fly into Naxx using blastwave though.

Fallout: luckily missed Fallout 76 because I just don't pre-order games on principle after the disappointment that was Age of Conan. Pre-ordering Age of Conan wasn't all bad though.. I got to see all of the 'mature adults' who were saying 'finally a mature mmo all of the kids will be absent' standing around a female npc whose armor was glitching out showing off her breasts (because there was nudity in the game). Anyways I haven't trusted a Bethesda game since.. miiiight try out Starfield when it is dirt cheap but I still kind of doubt it.

God of War: I don't like the direction they have taken the game so I have just avoided investing in a console to play the new ones.

Final Fantasy: I can't deal with these games anymore after suffering through the hell that was FF13.

Souls games: I decided I should have an opinion on all of these games over Christmas so I am going to give this series another chance and try 3 and Bloodborne.. which means I need to buy a ps4 (I have no interest in other console games so not paying for a ps5). I liked Elden Ring so maybe this one will be inverted after trying them out.. who knows. Oh.. they remade Demon Souls.. which means I might need a ps5 after all.. fucking hell.

Turok: I tried to like 3 but it was just too linear compared to 2. Like 1's and 2's levels a lot more (especially the platforming in 1). Kind of redeemed itself with Evolution but then the newest game killed the franchise for me.

Far Cry: I couldn't finish 4 because it was just the same system rehashed after 3. Now I hear they are implementing current day into the newest ones which means I will just be missing them.

Resident Evil: I loved this franchise until 6. I wasn't ever interested in the fps direction these games went in to really try out 7+. The RE remake on the gamecube (still my favorite).. RE2 and its remake.. RE4 and its remake.. to a much lesser extent the og RE3 (but was never was a big fan of Nemesis) and Code Veronica.. absolutely all in my top list of best games of all time.

Metroid: Other M exists.. not sure my face has untwisted out of the pretzel from the insane cringe in that game.. I haven't played Dread because I don't have a Switch so it might be worth checking this one out and removing it from the list.

Starcraft: loved the original and especially Brood War. Starcraft 2 is so cringe that I just can't finish it after experiencing Heart of the Swarm.

Diablo: 1 is pretty fun, Lord of Destruction however is my favorite expansion of all time for any game. Then 3 happened and it just killed the franchise for me (real money auction house).. then 4 happened which I avoided like the plague. Meh it isn't like 3 is a terrible game after they fixed the items and removed the auction house but it still isn't anywhere close to Lord of Destruction for me. I still need to play the new content for 2 remastered but have so many other things on my plate that I haven't been able to get to it.


Meh probably more but I am not going to spend more time thinking about it and becoming more depressed =/.

health regenerates absurdly fast, the dog seems invulnerable

Yeah 4 is kind of in a weird spot. I never played the fps generation of Fallout for the story/characters but rather for the exploration of the world after nuclear destruction. I still like 4 because of the exploration aspect. The minutemen can go to hell though.

Deus Ex because I beat the first game like 10 times, also beat some of the mods a few times and I think I've played all of the big boy mods for it... I had to abandon it because it seemed like I've seen everything the first game has to offer and other games in the series are kinda meh.
Invisible War is dumbed down buggy trash for console gamers, Human Revolution is extremely mediocre compared to the original and I didn't play Mankind Divided because my PC won't be able to run it.

Another series I had to abandon was Operation Flashpoint/Armed Assault. Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis was super fun and imo it's one of the best FPS games ever made, it made feel like I'm actually taking part in a war despite shitty graphics and non-existent ballistics. Admittedly I didn't play Dragon Rising because it didn't have anything to do with the original game and from what I heard Codemasters turned it into yet another shitty military shooter. After that I tried playing ArmA games but I could only beat the first game. It was very meh and it had a shitload of bugs. I couldn't play the second one because finding it on torrents was a pain in the ass and I used to have a pirate copy of ArmA 3 but it was bought in 2013 and back when ArmA 3 was released it didn't have a campaign (as far as I remember you had to BUY campaign chapters for it because they still were in development lol) so I could only play single player missions and I wasn't really interested in them.

Gears of War/Halo series because I don't wanna buy new Xbox and idk if the one I have (Xbox 360) is even working anymore. Plus

Fallout because I can't play FO4 for the same reasons I can't play Mankind Divided and I guess it's even shittier than FO3 when it comes to RPG mechanics.