Thread 718904008

Every Metroid game.

>>718904008 (OP)
F.E.A.R. 3. Fuck that piece of shit game.

I don't know, maybe I'm just not that autistic but this has always been such a non-issue to me.
I don't think I've ever went into a game thinking
>oh since this is a sequel, that means the protagonist is going to have all the powerups I unlocked in the previous game!!
Like, I get it. It's just for gameplay reasons, bro.
If you have an explanation for it, great, if you don't then that's fine too.

>>718904008 (OP)
Every Mega Man X game.

>>718904008 (OP)
Starcraft 2

>>718904008 (OP)
>megaman legends 2
>roll immediately says "by the way megaman, i sold all your gear so i could buy some new panties and buttplugs, hope you're okay with that lol! xD"

>>718904008 (OP)
Shantae.

Gothic series, Risen, Elex

Metroid. Especially whatever comes after Dread.

>>718904008 (OP)
>Megaman series
>DMC
>GoW
Maybe Borderlands because none of the previous Vault Hunters actually rocking legendary gears.

Gothic 2 is hilarious for this. Arcane explosion somehow made you forget how to swing a sword, aim a bow, use magical runes and even lockpick.

>>718904656
I think the bigger issue is that it prevents the gameplay from advancing more often than not, nevermind that it creates a clear separating of continuity. I mean, the gameplay distinguishes the medium. If you can't carry that, of all things, over to your direct sequel, why are you even making a direct sequel? Just make a new game you lazy homo.
God forbid a developer look at what they have and say "Yeah, I can improve that, AND add onto it as well." Instead of just pressing the reset button while clumsily copy-pasting the same assets, story, concepts, themes, etc...
Yeah man, nothing's funner than having a game TAKE AWAY elements of the gameplay just so they can reuse and/or add in new (and likely worse) ones. I love it when I order a cup of coffee, ask for a refill, and get hot water instead. What a non-issue.

>>718907145
Food analogy. You lost at the finishing stretch.

>>718906420
And retarded store brand cheburashka burned them all anyway.

>>718904008 (OP)
Her name is Phoenix Wright.
Her name is also Kratos.
Her name is also Pelé.

>>718904008 (OP)
FF7 Remake and Rebirth

>>718904008 (OP)
Kingdom Hearts series
Majora's Mask
>>718905010
This plus Battle Network

BOTW -> TOTK
>in-game explanation for his heart loss which is nice
>but 99% of NPCs from the BOTW don't recognize you at all, you didn't help build Tarry Town at all I guess

>>718904008 (OP)
Dune.

ori

>>718904656
just do it like radiant dawn
>start the game with an all new cast to level up
>then your old characters show up promoted like they were in path of radiance to kick your shit in

>>718909192
Based based based

>>718907242
Food and Drink are not synonymous. Checkmate, homoman.

>>718908307
>6+ years between BotW and TotK
>106+ years since the Calamity
>Hyrule is still a destitute shithole with like 50 inhabitants who lack all personality, motivation, or logic
I have never hated a game world both thematically and interactively moreso than BotW/TotK. The story/writing for both being abhorrent is just the cherry on top.

>>718904008 (OP)
Every Yakuza game.

>>718906482
>Gothic
1 and 2 literally had a good explanation for that.
>Gothic 1 ends with you defeating the Sleeper and getting buried under rubble
>Gothic 2 starts with Xardas teleporting you to freedom after you've spent a long time trapped under said rubble, and Xardas could only teleport you, not all your stuff

>>718907145
>it prevents the gameplay from advancing
That's the main reason why we see it so often.
If they turn the MC back into a drooling amnesiac they can just reuse the same power progression, layouts, enemy concepts.
If the player already has the powers of the 1st game they need to to be accounted for while also having to come up with new stuff that is fun and fits which is way harder.

The only series I can think of right now that pulls this off is Respawn's Jedi series. The 2nd game's tutorial is a refresher of the 1st game's unlocked abilities and some new stuff.

>>718904008 (OP)
Trails of Cold steel.
Goddamn how fucking annoying... finished CS1 then the sequel picks up just a few MONTHS after, but naaaaah you go back to level 1 for no damn reason and back to baby level skills again.
It's annoying cause it's supposed to be a continuous fucking saga.
Heck even if Trails in the sky 2 you actualy start at higher levels at least

>>718904008 (OP)
>Pokemon anime, Ash literally forgets everything that Pikachu can do
That's the whole Megaman series

>>718904008 (OP)
The OG trilogy of trails in the sky handles this perfectly.

god of war 2 was a particularly bad offender for me
you start the game like an unstoppable juggernaut, and then they take it all away from you

>>718906546
DMC isn't bad, the devil arms literally break after enough use or he has to sell them to keep the lights on. The only incongruity is having to relearn shit like stinger and air hike.

>>718904008 (OP)

>Baldur's Gate 1 --> 2
>Mass Effect 1 -->
>StarCraft ---> StarCraft 2 (Jim Raynor)

>>718904008 (OP)
The 3d Ninja gaiden trilogy does this pretty damn well. Even tho you start """from scratch""" , Ryu in NG2 feels much faster and much more powerful than in SIgma/Black, and in NG3RE his movesets are even more badass than in 2.
Even tho he relearns Ninpos and unlocks his weapons from lvl 1 again, Ryu still plays much better in each sequel.

>>718904656
I mean some games do it, like Banjo Tooie starts you off with all the moves from the first game being available
But yeah I dont mind Metroid not having all her upgrades, the whole point of the game is unlocking them

>>718904008 (OP)
Rance.

>>718904008 (OP)
Kingdom come series. An injury and robbery kind of explains it tho.

Dark souls

>>718913907
Eh I don't know. That felt rather contrived to me. It's not like you were temporarily hampered for the tutorial to explain why you end up in a shit situation, you just set to zero and nothing form the 1st game matters. It's quite unsatisfying.
Although the 2nd game relies insanely on these cliche manufactured situations, I lost count how often you lose control of the character and got knocked out.

>>718904008 (OP)
Mass Effect

>>718904008 (OP)
>new entry in a long dormant game series
>"OKAY, LETS START SLOW SINCE YOU'VE BEEN AWAY FOR SO LONG"

Gothic 1 and 2.
At least it was kind of explained in 2.
3 makes no fucking sense whatsoever.

>>718906832
Also forgot how to skin animals and extract animal teeth and claws. At least the combat skills can be explained away by nebulous stats being drained.

>>718904008 (OP)
Rance is fucking hilarious for this.
>Has the Holy Armor and fuckloads of money
>By the start of the next game, he has pawned the Holy Armor, stopped exercising so he has zero fitness, spent all his money on food and gambling, and needs to go off on a grand adventure because he's out of fucking money now
And my favorite
>Rance, who will kowtow to no man, gets told to step on a God's plaque to prove he isn't a servant of God to the devils he needs to get past
>Steps the fuck out of it and goes on his merry way
>That God who has been harboring that grudge for the entire game flings Rance off to the middle of nowhere as a punishment, accidentally saving his life
>Next game starts with Rance being totally de-leveled by divine punishment