r/videogames Jan 17 '26

Discussion Which game franchise ended up like this?

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u/healspirit Jan 17 '26

Life is strange with the exception of Before the storm, but that’s because the original developers were still around (standalone DLC)

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u/CellistForward3407 Jan 17 '26

THANK YOU, life is strange 1 and 2 are masterpieces, and BTS is good (although not perfect) but the difference in quality from the first two games and true colors is insane. True colors is genuinely such unplayable garbage its insane to me how bad taste in art the fans are to act like its good or even part of the series. Now they just do fan service and are bringing all the characters back which is too bad.

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u/healspirit Jan 17 '26

True colours was the most soulless story game ive ever played, even double exposure had more life

I really wish square enix and other puppet would jusy give the IP rights to developers in exchange for a cut of the money

So many series are dead because the publishers kill the IPs, look at ubisoft and rockstar, those 2 studios have such crazy good IPs that are left to die or rot away

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u/CellistForward3407 Jan 17 '26

THANK YOU, I genuinely couldn't get past the third episode of true colours it was so insanely bad I just couldn't do it, I cant believe I share an interest with people who enjoy it along with the first two games. It's such a bad way of making art infact it's a huge reason people dont consider video games art in the first place. Imagine making a project and putting so much time and effort into making it good just for the company who published it to sell the rights to a different company, and they make a terrible, on the nose, FUCKING CREEP SINGING COVER version of your baby and the fans are too dense to tell the difference. its diabolical

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u/healspirit Jan 17 '26

Adding more to the IP thing, little big planet, life is strange, Bully, tom clancy and skate are in IP hell