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Subject: Why do gamers hate seeing games milked and sequals??

Tons of people say they need to not make a sequal or prequal to mass effect. Some people say Halo should have ended with 3. Same with gears of war.

I don't understand why the story has to be left alone though.. Does it really effect your experience with the predecessor once a sequal comes out? People act like its hurting them in some way.

I would not want Halo to be over.. or gears since they are my top favorite games.

  • 12.07.2012 10:15 PM PDT

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  • 12.07.2012 10:16 PM PDT

Posted by: Gen Petitt
ME2 was known for stupidity and being retarded

So you're complaining about how it doesn't hurt the originals.

Fine, but that doesn't mean the new one won't suck.

  • 12.07.2012 10:17 PM PDT
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when its catered to casuals its always bad...

  • 12.07.2012 10:17 PM PDT

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Because you hold the franchise in high regard, with respect. Seeing all those forced out titles with decaying quality is your series being beat to death.

The life gradually leaves the franchise's eyes and you ask yourself, "why didn't I stop it?".

  • 12.07.2012 10:18 PM PDT

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Halo was better when the Forerunners were mysterious, IMO. Halo 4 kind of ruined that for me (I only read the first three books).

  • 12.07.2012 10:18 PM PDT


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Lactose intolerance?
oh I'm sorry were you trying to be funny?

  • 12.07.2012 10:18 PM PDT

Posted by: Gen Petitt
ME2 was known for stupidity and being retarded


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Posted by: RdOG1507
Lactose intolerance?
oh I'm sorry were you trying to be funny?

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  • 12.07.2012 10:19 PM PDT
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The fact that if it is legitimately about getting money, the previous games (pre-milkage) aren't as good quality as they were the first time they were played.
Well, don't seem to be sometimes anyway.



Posted by: finalknight92
Because you hold the franchise in high regard, with respect. Seeing all those forced out titles with decaying quality is your series being beat to death.

The life gradually leaves the franchise's eyes and you ask yourself, "why didn't I stop it?".

^^^this is what I meant to say.

[Edited on 12.07.2012 10:21 PM PST]

  • 12.07.2012 10:19 PM PDT

There's a difference between a developer saying, "We're making a sequel," and, "We're making a sequel for more money."

  • 12.07.2012 10:20 PM PDT

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Because if a series is milked, it shows that the developers only care about sales and less about making something creative.

  • 12.07.2012 10:21 PM PDT

Maybe you'll understand when you're older. Universes have a limit to the stories they can produce, and it's painful to see developers fight against that limit, not in an attempt to increase the longevity of that universe, but to try to make as much money before it collapses upon itself.

  • 12.07.2012 10:22 PM PDT

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It sometimes ruins the first ones, and other times they just wear out their welcome or novelty.

  • 12.07.2012 10:25 PM PDT

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Because mature gamers recognize the positive correlation between milking and degeneration.

This brings to mind the aspects of a closed story versus open-ended story, and how some readers might interpret an open-ended story as something that must be finished simply because.

It's like watching a painter create a master piece, recognizing that it's in its prime... and then watching the painter come back to improve it. You know it has nowhere to go but downhill, which is going to inevitably leave us all with worse memories than if they'd just left it alone and started on something new.

  • 12.07.2012 11:27 PM PDT

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  • 12.07.2012 11:28 PM PDT

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A game getting a sequel and a game getting milked can sort of be two different things. If a sequel will help add to a story or universe then I'd say thats fine but if the sequel is made to really make more money off of a previous titles success, without developing further as far as story or even gameplay goes, then the developers are only hurting the franchise.

What I basically mean is the amount of money being made for a series is more important than the quality of the game in some cases.

  • 12.07.2012 11:44 PM PDT

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Posted by: Lil Ericka
Does it really effect your experience with the predecessor once a sequal comes out? People act like its hurting them in some way.
No, it doesn't harm the previous game and it doesn't directly harm me in any way. I just think it's sad that a studio can't come up with new ideas. I want variety and innovation in the games I play. Sure, it's NICE to play a new version of a game with slightly better graphics and new environments and stories and other improvements over the predecessor... but in the end, you end up in a scenario where over many years you're just buying the same experience over and over again. And I don't want to do that.

I would not want Halo to be over.. or gears since they are my top favorite games.Well... I would. I liked the end of Halo 3. Cortana and Chief were left drifting in outer space. It gave closure to the end of an epic adventure.
It's like Seinfeld: they quit at their height and people were upset, but it will forever be remembered as one of if not the greatest sitcom to ever grace television. But with Halo, instead of its legacy being solidified with Halo 3, they have to make Halo 4 and then change the gameplay here and there and tweak the storyline and kill off characters and leave you wondering where things are going because it's not over yet... there's no end in sight.
Sure, it can be more profitable that way, but I don't think it makes for as satisfying of an experience to look back on.

  • 12.08.2012 12:52 AM PDT

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There is a difference between a milked game and a sequel.

I would not call Halo 1, 2 and 3 milking. I would consider ODLC (overpriced downloadable content), Reach and Halo 4 milking the series.

None of those games were really... necessary.

  • 12.08.2012 1:15 AM PDT

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull didn't ruin the previous 3 films. I take the same attitude with games. It doesn't affect my experience with the previous instalments, but what gets to me if often that in it's place could be a much more original and enjoyable idea.

If a series appears to be made as a trilogy that's fine, once it concludes it's main story arc. Once it opens another immediately after in the same universe though, that's where I feel potential is wasted.

[Edited on 12.08.2012 1:23 AM PST]

  • 12.08.2012 1:22 AM PDT

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Posted by: Lil Ericka
Does it really effect your experience with the predecessor once a sequal comes out? People act like its hurting them in some way.
Let me introduce you to Mass Effect 3.

  • 12.08.2012 1:31 AM PDT

Because it often leads to lower quality games.

  • 12.08.2012 1:40 AM PDT

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Gears and ME should be done because the story arc came to a definitive conclusion.


Halo was left open ended so having more halo games is fine.

  • 12.08.2012 2:58 AM PDT
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OP is correct but the new game can be good or bad. I think a new mass effect would work

  • 12.08.2012 3:41 AM PDT

Posted by: Chupanebre627
There's a difference between a developer saying, "We're making a sequel," and, "We're making a sequel for more money."

Yes agreed!

  • 12.08.2012 3:51 AM PDT

ok i'll spell it out for you if big companies can sit there and milk series dry, they will be much less likely to create new game universes and will wallow in the one theyve already created (see lucas arts/film and/or any Nintendo franchise ever)

  • 12.08.2012 3:53 AM PDT

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