10 Perfect Video Game Stories (That Were Ruined By Sequels)

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

Kill the Justice League killed itself. Saint Row 3 is a good game and it looks better than the second game. I liked using super powers in the fourth game. I wish the next game took place on an alien planet in one of the alternate endings instead of the retcon one.

[@DMBLaan]

Didn't people like SR4? I seem to remember Jules himself praising it in the past.

[@jamesianhutchison1165]

I thought it's was "alright", BUT 😅, it absolutely could have been put out as a DLC for 3 instead of a standalone game. It's just a skin for the city and a bunch of super powers. 🤷‍♂️

[@YosiahW]

I liked SR4 as a turn your brain off, collect clusters and convince myself that there's a good plot. At least the powers and customization was fun.

[@frostdemen1]

You're probably right about Jules praising it because Whatculture tends to randomly change opinions

[@Seth22087]

It was one of those things, where it was beginning of the end, but game was still liked, because it was just more of SR craziness, even if plot was more B rated. It could have been DLC title to 3. But it really kind of took it too far in terms of sequels. Then Gat Out of Hell came that basically tried to retcon things, that failed and then they tried rebooting it, but that also failed and that killed it.

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

I completely disagree on Death of the Outsider. They only expanded the mystery and questions imo. They exposed the Outsider for a cursed human, sure, but that only means the truth is far bigger than even him. That means something else effectively rules the void. Something far scarier and more significant than he could ever be, even as scary and significant as he is given he plays with the future like a science experiment.

[@TheWeaponshold]

Agreed. Such a huge jumping off point. Plus the outsider was inordinately involved in Dunwall and Serkonos. There are tons of places that have been mentioned that could be gone to that perhaps have a different entity of the void. Especially knowing humans can wind up as demigods depending on circumstance. However Redfall already closed one office. I hope they come back swinging with a new Dishonored game. Maybe leaving Corvo and Emily behind though. But as for DotO ruining Dishonored I really do not see it. Loved the game and loved the story.

[@daniellewis4154]

No. Nomura had a plan for kingdom hearts franchise from the very beginning. If he wanted to conclude Sora’s story at 2 then why did he include a secret video that teased the birth by sleep prequel. nomura is planning to wrap up kingdom hearts for good because he is planng on retirement

[@Wavyles]

Exactly, I wouldn't say the plan has remained the exact same since its inception but there was 100% a plan to eventually create KH3 especially considering the main threat of Xehanort was never fully concluded at the time

[@duhmzdaih]

LOL that's even worse. If the story is as bad as it is with a "plan", just Imagine how worse it would be if the guy hadn't "planned" the story in advance hahahaha

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

@@duhmzdaih I wouldn't go so far as to say he planned the story in advance. Nothing planned ahead comes out as disconnected and retcon happy as KH is. He might have had some of the major plot beats sussed out in his head for whatever the next game would be, but that's about as much as I'd buy.

[@carlfisher2987]

@@duhmzdaih my favorite part is that kh2 didn't even do anything for the plot except explain what chain of memories already explained

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

@@Wavyles Yeah, I'd always been under the impression KH3 was going to happen, but it was supposed to be the last. As far as my memory from 17 years ago recollects, the original announcement website for KH3 called it the series finale right in the description. I remember because I was disappointed we'd only get one more. Little did I know they'd release 27 more for side-piece hardware like the DS. Now I wish it had been the next and last game.

[@tubensalat1453]

Didn't Assassin's Creed also kill their story? From what I remember it was intended to be a trilogy, but as they found they had a money printer on their hands they threw that out of the window together with the "real world"/"the Ancients" (or whatever they were called) story line.

[@chrisrudolf9839]

I wouldn't say they killed that storyline, because it was basically stillborn. Most fans hated the real life bits and considered them an unnecessary and distracting addition to the story of the various past time protagonists. Granted, that whole animus trope was a neat gimmick to give an in-story justification for video game mechanics like respawning and invisible walls and the present time story was a vehicle to tie various sequels together that were set in totally different time periods with an entirely different cast of characters, but the present time story line was never good. Also, they didn't really kill it, they just reduced it to a bare minimum, but they still use it IIRC.

[@mage1439]

@@chrisrudolf9839 The problem is, YES, people hated the present-day stuff at first, but then we started to get invested in it and they ruined it.

[@Zeroninja-j5c]

lol they killed off Juno in a comic I had no idea existed.

[@WideOldDan]

the modern day of the original was amazing and it pretty much fell flat after that

[@Jackrazorus]

At no point was it supposed to be trilogy. There is interview even on youtube with Nolan North, who talked to the lead writer, who admitted, that they don't really have an ending, but the plan basically was, that Desmond would keep learning the skills of asssassins and eventually he would somehow be able to travel in time, basically making him the "main assassin" for each installment. Of course, that is a history now.

[@thetruesora]

kingdom hearts 2 had been made with the intention there would be other games following it, the ending had Sora get a letter from mickey (that the contents of it were revealed in a later game). also 3 isn't "the third game", 2 is. this sounds like it was wrote by someone who chooses to ignore or at least disregard anything that isn't 1,2 or 3 as "filler" or "spinoffs"

[@Wavyles]

I agree, It just wouldn't make any sense if that was meant to be the end & not the start of another journey lol

[@mage1439]

There's a lot of confusion here with the fact that sometimes the game that's mentioned in the number title is the bad sequel and sometimes it's the one that should have been the last one.

[@TCPolecat]

I kinda got the impression that Saints Row 4 was demanded by higher ups because SR3 did so well, and this was the way for writers to insure they couldn't make a Saints Row 5, they just razed EVERYTHING to the ground, flipped the bird at the higher ups, and walked away. If they wanted another Saint's Row, let 'em start from scratch.... in a rather Saints like move, if I'm being honest. Of course that could just be me reading way too much subtext into things as an older gamer who remembers when Saint's Row 1 was just a dumbed down GTA3 knockoff.

[@newelljoseph5060]

I enjoyed Saints Row 4 and Gat Out of Hell, they pushed things to a zany level that I enjoyed personally. If anything, the Saints Row Reboot was the thing that ruined the series

[@pwpresents5660]

In the Walking dead’s case, I went with the ending where Clem and Ajay went out into the sunset alone, so their emergence into season 3 made a bit more sense from my pov.

[@bigpmp883]

Now how are you going to slander Saints Row 3 when the reboot exists?

[@kenhales9496]

Saints Row 3 & 4 I feel didn't need to be on the list as they are both very enjoyable in the goofy and fun value. I never played the original Saints Row and couldn't even get through Saints Row 2 before I just lost interest in it. The only problem is the insurance fraud map levels always pick the wrong time to do hardly any vehicles to send you into the air, why they added the evilcars cheat in 4.

[@Xone9]

You didn't miss much. Honestly, the original Saints Row was the one game in the entire series I did not like. And yes, that includes the sequels and even the reboot.

[@oliviamoore3426]

Top 5 games where the controller pad were the main boss

[@SpanishFly120]

Patiently waiting for the sequel to this to include Life is Strange: Double Exposure, and maybe others like Mass Effect Andromeda or Borderlands 3.

[@bluegold1026]

I'd add The Last of Us Part 2 in there as well.

[@orlandowoolf85]

Double Exposure absolutely deserves to be on a list like this one.

[@Jianichie]

Star Ocean 3 could've made this list. Don't get me wrong, I do love the game, but being told the last two didn't matter definitely irked me.

[@binbix1]

I didn’t actually hate Sly 4 as it was still a fun game but I did hate that it ended on a massive cliffhanger and they’re never finishing the story. This also in turn makes the whole 4th game pointless as the 3rd had a solid ending which they upended

[@kallie6662]

I still think they could have done a Saints Row 5 Saints in time with the time machine at the end of 4. Have it set in one city across three eras and build a legacy traveling back and forth in order to get enough resources to save the planet making it only look like it was destroyed. Run into some ancestors of some of the cast that was killed, engage in some historical antic, have changes in the past alter the city in the future. There's a way of doing it that could have been cool. Shame about the reboot. I really wanted to like it.

[@chrisrudolf9839]

I'd add Senua's Saga to the list. The strongest point of the story of the previous game Senua's sacrifice was the immersive depiction of a protagonist suffering from schizophrenia. It is a puzzeling journey during which Senua constantly struggles with hallucinations. It ends on a lucid moment of hers and a full revelation of what happened to her guy, but it very fittingly leaves it open to individual interpretation how much of her journey into the underworld really happened and how much of it was just her internal struggle with her insanity. The sequel tries to continue the story in a similar manner, but it doesn't work because there are often other characters present with her who see and react to the supernatural stuff, which establishes that pretty much all of the supernatural elements are real (even if they try to retcon part of that in the weak ending). According to the shaman guy, her being able to "see the hidden things" and thus communicate with the small folk even basically makes her the chosen one to solve the island's problems. Also the voices in her head are more supportive than in the first game and basically just serve as a vehicle to annoy the gamer with constant unwanted hints how to solve the puzzles. Those aspects combined make her mental disability appear to be more of a superpower than a challenge to struggle with. The supernatural elements being obviously real in the sequel even makes you question whether Senua actually suffers from a psychosis at all, or whether she is a perfectly sane medium with slightly judgemental guiding spirits talking to her.

[@darthralin]

Oh no, they didn't let Kiryu retire, they gave him a tragic death instead. Well, an implied impending doom, really. But still. Not even finding another main protagonist kept him on the bench for long. That said, I think the tragedy they eventually decided on portraying works better with Yakuza's theme of good people trapped in an evil system than usch a quickly-attained happy ending.

[@peoplebro_1294]

Man what happened to the small wholesome messages from Jules at the end of the videos

[@Saddonghussein]

A lot of those choices show that whoever made this list never play those games, ex. the new frontier had a god story but having Clem as a side character made desicions harder, like when you learn she was new frontier or when she kill people you dont want to go against here because she is clementine even if what you see is not ok, so you choose to back her up, BUT taht could cost you your "son" or girlfriend at the end

[@lisondlovu6971]

Considering that 'Alan Wake II' brought back Mr Sratch, does this mean that 'American Nightmare' is now canon? If so, then it should've also made this list.

[@saminyeasar9256]

In case of Yakuza,, one thing that bugged me was, Yakuza 3 had my fav story. Somehow, even tho I love Yakuza 7 and Infinite Wealth, bringing hack characters back from death, the deaths which served purpose as hartenders without logical explanation, made my fav story a bit pointless for replay. Still I'll always love this franchise. Waiting for that Majima spin-off.

[@Aeturnalis]

I'm surprised there's no Mass Effect Andromeda. To be fair, I liked it, even better than the first ME, but they really did end the story in ME3, even if it wasn't quite the ending that everyone wanted. Honestly, how do you top an invasion of the galaxy by a race of sentient machines that has wiped out life in the Milky Way every 50k years for the past hundreds of millions of years? Andromeda had its work cut out for it lol

[@Jackrazorus]

I liked Andromeda too. Honestly, I think they should have doubled down and continued the story of Andromeda, the set ups for the future were good and the premise was also good. They just had to fix some of the issues. Don't release the game full of bugs, make characters more interesting, add more races to the galaxy, etc.

[@toongrowner1]

I would argue KH lost the plot even sooner with dream drop distance. As soon time travel was involved, the story just got too complicated to pretend to be clever. And no, Nomura having planned this from the beginning does not excuse bad writting.

[@bdp226]

i have to add the last of us part 2 to this list.

[@dustinmillar120]

So many of these remind me of the Jason Bourne books. It wrapped up so well with ultimatum that it seemed like a disservice to kill characters just to keep going

[@MrAtda]

I think SR just ran into the same problem of a lot of games at the time which was slamming out sequels with minimal effort. The sheer sameness of them all melt together in my memories. Also some agents of mayhem drizzled around that main memory for some reason.

[@renamoda5450]

7:40 Harley kills Batman to avenge Joker's death,but in the game's Season 1,Joker is alive.......This garbage claims to be Arkham's direct sequel,but it can't even do that right.

[@Knight71288]

But this is a Joker from another Universe. Don't ask questions, just consume products, thats the western game industries motto.

[@majincaveman2709]

My main complaint with kh3 was the lack of final fantasy elements, 2nd complain was it was to easy because of all the attractions added in, storywise tho I thought it wasn't bad at all

[@Aguktar]

I liked Death of the outsider, if you think about it, the outsider was omniscient not all powerful

[@jsmooth7160]

But it wasnt really batman it was a clone ftom brainiac

[@orlandowoolf85]

I second what @SpanishFly120 said about adding Life is Strange: Double Exposure to a sequel to this video about terrible sequels.

[@joesunday199]

Gears 4 & 5 weren't really "bad". They did make some changes they shouldn't have. Gameplay wise it was still fun. And while Gears 4 cast isn't better than Gears 1-3; they weren't bad. Mediocre maybe. But, in Gears 5 they did become more likable.

[@IamDaBlitz64]

Agreed. Gears 4 was completely forgettable...and short af, but Gears 5 gave everyone more depth + additional mechanics.

[@swordbladez]

These are older but Bionic Commando (even went with the same name but the one that went 3D) tried to be a prequel but only works if it’s a parallel universe as the story is so different making the main bad guy the guy you team up with in the NES version! Wizards and Warriors 3 going off the rails. Many hold Zelda 2 as not a Zelda game…

[@CalebJohn-i9b]

Final fantasy 13-2 and 10-2. I love final fantasy 13 but the sequels had to retcon alot and add plot armor

[@juanacevedo340]

Saints row is the biggest tragedy, you go play SR2 and you just wonder what it could’ve been man. SR3 is fun but man it went downhill

[@Saddonghussein]

sure buddy, sure

[@skipmanghondarg]

It was half-serious half-goofy Personally i liked that more

[@akiira69]

Lich KIng was the best expansion pack for WoW. If you want to look at horrible expansion packs for WoW you should have used Warlords of Draenor.

[@Eldun]

Gosh I miss Saint's Row 3, it was Absurdly funny to me, hell of a game. But 4, yeah... The mechanics made it SO easy that almost break the "funny" part to me.

[@Jamal-bl7yh]

Dead Or Alive 6

[@SpanishFly120]

Hey, that game knew how to appeal to our core values.

[@randyward2846]

Bluesky for the win

[@natsune09]

Saints Row 3 was the start of the downfall of the franchise. 1 & 2 worked so well because of the taking over territories, so you felt like you were building something. It also worked by not taking it self too seriously. GTA takes it self too seriously and the games usually have a massive flaw. Eating and exercise was annoying in San Andreas. Constantly annoying friends hurt GTA 4. Saints Row 3 took its two great characteristics and threw them away. It went from not taking it self too seriously to not taking it self seriously at all. GTA was the pendulum on the right, Saints Row 1 & 2 was the pendulum in the center, and Saints Row 3 was the pendulum breaking off and flying into the wall on the left.

[@TheRonanSchuck]

Saints Row 3 and 4 showed a lot of people creativity is a bad thing. No, please, bring back the generic crime stuff we're definetly saturated, while keeping the creativity to a minimum. Yeah, they wrote themselves into a corner, but you know what? Saints Row 3-4-Gat out of hell are the only SR games I own, and they're ridiculous and perfect

[@AndrewDceltic3650v6]

Guessing am only phew that actually really enjoyed saints row 4. But I can see why people enjoyed 3rd more . But the get out of hell felt a bit let down . Yer perhaps 1st 5mins felt cool been in hell but apart from that's about it

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

Also much preferred SR4 over 3. GOH wasn't as good but I still enjoyed it while it lasted

[@el8901]

you forget the fucking rebood of the sanits row

[@stug5041]

Not a sequel, it’s a reboot

[@JPIbanez84]

If you can't even spell reboot or saint don't even try to make a point. It's written on the video btw, and it's just Saints, not The Saints for crying out loud. Bad words don't make up for it.

[@rhys4249]

Massive dishonored fan. Always shattered that they tied up the franchise in such a lacklustre way

[@khrisbreezy3628]

With all the ways Halo 4 may have disappointed Halo fans after 3, Halo 5 and Infinite did worse imo In different ways, each of those stories ruined and or discarded the strongest points of their previous titles, just muddling the water further. Thats what kills me the most. We didn't need the harbinger or endless in Infinite, we needed Atriox and maybe a bit of Cortana not just killing her offscreen cause Halo 5 was so reviled. Halo 5 didn't need revived and evil Cortana, it maybe needed Didact again instead of fake killing him in 4 to be killed for real in a comic the day after the end of Halo 4 itself. They even had concept art of Didact for H5.

[@jamesianhutchison1165]

Armored Core literally does have about 17 sequels. 😅 Varying degrees of quality of course, AC4:FA is my favourite of the lot, but it was 5 and 6 that killed the franchise for me. 5 was unplayable solo and they f**ked up the servers and didn't fix them before it was too late and the game was dead. 6. Well, Armored Core aways had a fair difficulty curve, it didn't need the "git gud" treatment. Doesn't even play like an AC game. 🤷‍♂️

[@MaxWeb2599]

Why are on some title cards the name of the bad games while on others the name of its predecessor, who even got praised in the video?

[@alexb5351]

Black ops 6 Warzone killed Warzone. RIP. 😔 🥀

[@Deragon0416]

Cataclysm didnt ruin wow it just drove away the try hards which was a good thing.

[@stevenmain4958]

wheres the last of us part 2. it ruined part 1...

[@cnett486]

If anything, I'd say either Saints Row 3 ruined the series, or the reboot did. Even it was dumb, I did have some fun with 4.

[@CedricPETIEU-hh3tk]

Saint Row have been rebooted. And it's was a disaster. So, the goofy mafia style was not the bad point.

[@drpuffington_]

How dare you put Death of the Outsider on here

[@iwannabelikemike3]

Blue Sky for the win 👏 Nice move!

[@occupationalhazard]

Pretty sure Bloodlines is going to fall into this category. 😢

[@jhedbergklock7720]

Resistance 2 was the worst PS3 title to ruin a great story

[@ryancraig110]

Trails of cold steal 3 not the actual story itself but more so some character writing feeling really fan fiction like and tropey. and with how much everyone wants to bone the main character it legitimately takes me out of the story like come on I'm here for the political intrigue and conspiracies and all that stuff stop trying to make it a harem anime

[@OOglebot421]

What's up Jules? Frickin love ya man!

[@tjsvanaria]

What about Megaman X...after 5

[@psychopath6993]

And then u get Saints Row Gat Out Of Hell which was the final nail in the coffin and killing the series forever😐😑

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

The last Saints Row game did that.

[@psychopath6993]

@zachtwilightwindwaker596 Na they tried to revive it bt flopped hard

[@bosssnax8598]

Andromeda and Veilguard

[@SeongJeonHwan]

how dragon age the veilguard not being here??, it completely ruined the storyline of dragon age after the third game

[@jamesmullan1577]

Without Yakuza 3 and the Orphanage Kiryu's story is so much poorer and less fulfilling

[@WideOldDan]

I see Saints Row 3 as the low point of the series because it's boring. SR4 brought it back up a bit

[@ahmadrezasaleh2672]

Why dragon age vailgurd is not here. This game spitt over its procedure

[@user-hf4vy8kz7z]

Totally agree with the Death of the Outsider. Ruined Dishonored for me.

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

It's funny because I completely disagree. They only expanded the mystery questions imo. They exposed the Outsider for a cursed human, sure, but that only means the truth is far bigger than even him. That means something else effectively rules the void. Something far scarier and more significant than he could ever be, even as scary and significant as he is given he plays with the future like a science experiment.

[@user-hf4vy8kz7z]

​@@ledumpsterfire6474The Outsiders mysterious aura and his ability to gift powers to anyone in their darkest times made him to the great enigma in the first place. Making him vulnerable was the worst thing they could have done to him. I always thought the outsider was the human manifestation of the void. Making him a cursed human is dull. Feel free to disagree.

[@indubitablysoyall]

SR3 and Andromeda??? No.

[@KisekiFan]

Dragon Age Veilguard, retconned and erased everything that came before. Also I disagree with Saints Row 3 and 4, sure story wasn't good from 4 onwards but the game was damn fun to play, it was wacky in an enjoyable way, besides not everyday we see Gat singing like a Disney princess 🤣.

[@AvidCat5000]

Pokemon. So many sequels. Only a few shine through. I've played nearly every one, but Gold & Silver (& the remakes) were peak imo.

[@PartovtheFurniture]

Pokémon's stories were never perfect and literally none were ruined by sequels, as the only true sequels (Black 2 & White 2) expanded logically upon their predecessors. The rest of the stories stayed mercifully self-contained. And I'm saying that as somebody who's been playing the series since Red & Blue.

[@IamDaBlitz64]

All Pokemon games (except for BW > BW2 & Colosseum > XD) are self-contained stories, NONE are truly connected & not sequels. In fact, it's been stated that each game simultaneously occurs at the same time as others. Oh, you playing in Johto w/ Gold? Sword in Galar is on his own adventure at the same time. The only anomaly would be PLA, as it jumps into the past; which ofc, couldn't fall into this pattern even if it wanted.

[@johnmyra4056]

Where did you research your info on WoW Cata? Nothing you said was even close to correct, just nonsense lol. Cata Classic is going full swing. If you said these things about WoD sure that makes some sense but everything said was wrong...

[@cbleakley9149]

The last of us

[@senwod70]

This is why half life 3 will never be released.

[@TheBlackAdder1964]

Where's TLOU2?

[@creadgrey4089]

Some of these reasons are mistaken

[@TBone4Breakfast]

Last of Us…

[@nightinxgale7083]

⛳️🏌️‍♀️

[@jessedellross3245]

LOU2 is one of the best sequels ever and is better than the 1st in almost every way. Its story is brilliant

[@raidengoodman8754]

@@jessedellross3245yeah well that's just like.... your opinion man

[@LCE040490]

Part 2 sucked in every way

[@jessedellross3245]

@@raidengoodman8754 it’s a great game. Why do you think it’s not? And Joel being killed doesn’t count. His death made sense to the story. Which again was good

[@TheDarioushurt]

the kingdom heart one was dumb

[@thatoneguyfromtheinternet6174]

Gears of war after 3

[@mateosimon4237]

TLOU part 2

[@CarlosMendoza-es4rx]

You Forgot Mortal Kombat 11 (New Villain, But Not Dark Raiden).

[@raidengoodman8754]

That was such a fumble man

[@bluegold1026]

Who said it HAD to be "Dark Raiden?"

[@raidengoodman8754]

@@bluegold1026 gee idk, maybe the POST CREDIT SCENE FROM THE PREVIOUS GAME

[@bluegold1026]

@@raidengoodman8754 Perhaps that would be the case...if MK 1 didn't restart the timeline and retcon literally everything from MK 9 to MK 11.

[@raidengoodman8754]

@@bluegold1026 we're not talking about MK1, bozo

[@mastertucker]

Nah KH is all the better for how it is now.

[@sorahearts3317]

It was never going to end at KH II. You're delusional if you think otherwise.

[@rollingstar1111]

You failed to understand the assignment. He's not saying KH2 should've been the finale, he's criticizing that KH3 made a poor one. KH1-KH2 had Sora defeating both Ansem and Organization 13, so who's the villains in KH3? Ansem and Organization 13...making defeating them in the previous games pointless.

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

You're delusional by thinking you could deliberately twist what Jules said into something he didn't and not get instantly corrected. Better luck next time

[@sorahearts3317]

It all makes sense if you actually pay attention. Ansem is Xehanort's Heartless. Xemnas is his Nobody. Defeating them both caused the true Master Xehanort to return. And as to why they exist alongside Master Xehanort in KH III it's replicas I'm sure. As the Riku Replica was there and Roxas returned via a replica.

[@davidfitzpatrick6535]

3:20 or if u were me went off by urself as while Kenny had in fact lost his mind Jane lied to Clem ditched the group TWICE and made her think AJ was dead. Shes a manipulative flake that goes where the breeze blows her. The reason I let her kill Kenny (who in general is loved by the fans) is because then Kenny can FINALLY find peace by Duck and Katjaa's side in the afterlife.

[@Spotastic9]

Totally agreed with Cataclysm. I played WoW since beta and my wife joined me at the beginning of Wrath. We both decided to stop at the end of Cataclysm because it just wasn't the same anymore, nor was it worth paying $30 a month, plus full price on expansions.

[@punkrocksandsoda]

Last of Us Part 2. Completely killed everything Ellie’s character was supposed to be.

[@Saddonghussein]

from a kid survivor to a survivor?

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

Didn't deserve Game of the Year.

[@Urwrngshtup5791]

No it didn't. What're you babbling about?

[@Urwrngshtup5791]

​@@zachtwilightwindwaker596shut up.

[@YosiahW]

I never got to play SR1 since I didn’t have an Xbox growing up. SR2 was the best title in the series hands down from a storytellingperspective. SR3 was where it started to fumble but it was still fun if you can ignore the few glaring mistakes. SR4 was a mistake but it had some redeeming features. SR5 is like seeing someone spit in their palm and slap you, it can only be perceived as blatant disrespect.

[@Ryan-sb5pc]

Yeah wrong, Halo 3 ruined the trilogy and what Halo 2 set up with the lazy trash story telling and filler deaths.

[@4fortune1984]

Omg yes the 1st two Saints Row games were perfect like I wish they would remake both of them!!! And then continue the franchise after two!

[@Axel_Mallory]

I feel like Prototype is worth a mention on this topic

[@mcisneros4451]

Mass Effect

[@SonicMTD]

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown completely ruins the message of Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. Apparently Bandai Namco were on a time crunch and had to get the plot out as fast as possible. In doing so it ruins one of their best games. So much for a “Sky no longer in need of heroes.”

[@IBESMusic94]

Dragon Age lol

[@duhmzdaih]

To be fair, Kingdom Hearts story was already ruined beyond repair before we even got to the middle of Kingdom Hearts 2.

[@WalkingDistance8]

The issue with Kingdom Hearts 3 isn't the overcomplicated story. All of the games (especially 2) are overly complicated. The issue is that the story is incredibly stupid. You spend 90% of the game doing absolutely nothing, for no reason, until the plot finally decides to kick in at the last hour. And even when it does shift into gear, it's so stupid and cringeworthy. Plus, it has the most boring gameplay of the series. By far

[@cblifeform8535]

DA the veilguard

[@HolyHadou]

FF7. I don't mind what went down with Advent Children & Crisis Core but Dirge, Remake and Rebirth were a step too far into the realm of WTF. Also kinda Star Ocean Till The End of Time. Kinda killed the series. They could never make a sequel that took place after that story's revelation. I love the game but the story was aggressively a step in the wrong direction.

[@Dzsorden1]

I'm sorry but this list can't be complete without Life is strange Double Exposure and Dragon age Veilguard

[@malcomf7991]

Returded voice

[@thatoneguyfromtheinternet6174]

Borderlands

[@daniellewis4154]

Why? Borderlands 4 is coming out soon