Games That Ruined Their Series

[TheTrueBoss997]

GTA V, I guess?

It's not the worst thing to come out, but it was really underwhelming.

Bigger map amounted to really nothing of interest, really. Most of it was empty desert/forest, and the "last heist" didn't feel like a last heist at all.
Inner city had barely anything you could just walk into, like GTA IV did.
They got rid of the street vendors, which is disappointing when you go to the Pier to gioof around in, only to find you can just go on the Ferris wheel and can't even play mini-games there.
There's a race-track and a casino, but turns both are just decoration. Can't gamble at the casino or bet on horses.

Online is even more boring. Most the unique NPCs (bodybuilders, etc) are just absent. Getting money is grindy as hell and really seems to encourage that "buy fake money with real money" thing, which I'm not a fan of.
Only way to really get money is to do races, and if you want to race on the same track again, it takes like 5 minutes to reload everything, even if the area used is relatively small. Any other mission was not worth playing because of the load times and pay-out.

Only actual fun I had was mostly hunting down bounties in semi-creative ways, like launching them over a cliff by clipping them with a plane-wing or waiting on higher ground and sniping them as they hid on a train. Or dropping C4 from above onto a guys Tank as he basically goes around being the joy-kill.

I also had this problem with GTA V, compared to GTA IV I thought V sucked. Sure gameplay and graphics were improved but I feel as if GTA V was focusing on heist most of the time throughout the game. The protagonist, when compared to the GTA IV era protagonist (Niko, Johnny and Luis) were boring and I didn't like them. The online though is what I enjoy and that's because I play with my friends so I end up having a good time.

DmC was a game that I think also could've been better. It's probably due to my personal preference but I didn't enjoy the setting DmC had compared to Devil May Cry 1 & 3, I loved that kind of castle setting so when I played DmC I really couldn't get used to it's setting. I think the gameplay was improved because I had fun with the gameplay but everything just set me off. The fact that a series I freaking loved was changed around with a story I didn't enjoy was the main factor unfortunately. If it was something brand new then I thought it would've been a major success but the fact it was a reboot of Devil May Cry is what set a lot of fans off from this game.
Did it kill of the series though...? So far it did do a decent job of burying the game series with a good amount of fans of the original series but did create other fans that haven't played the original.

Finally the last game I think ruined the series (hopefully it didn't) was Final Fantasy XIII. I bought it first day and started playing right away and it just sucked. Especially the battle system, I thought Final Fantasy VIII's battle system was garbage because of the draw mechanic but this Final Fantasy XIII takes the cake. Most of my battles consisted of tapping A on the auto option. I really tried liking this game to the point I had to try the game 3 more times because I was suck at certain parts but I just can't... this game was just horrible. I think Final Fantasy XV has to be amazing to bring it back to the top.