Fallout 3's pretty fun if you go in with no knowledge of how much better it could have been.
You'd probably like Deus Ex Invisible War a lot when it was new if you never played Deus ExThis applies to every game after the first one
Kind of a niche question here. Specifically what I'm asking is, what are some games that everyone says are trash but only because they're derivates of earlier entries and they haven't actually progressed the formula in any way - meaning that someone having never played any in the series will still have a very good time.I think with DW its because I was introduced to it the history and the novel at a relatively young age. I played the orginal nes ROTK. I said who are these people. I went to the Library and picked up the Adbriged Novel. It's been a part of my interests ever since. I'll watch the movies, the series, read the annals ( btw was hard to find and read). I know most if not all the major patcipitants by name if shown. So I'm the kind to get the most enjoyment out of those. I enjoy the he'll out of 9. Yeah it's got issues but it's getting where I think it should go. I would like one where you pick a warlord to serve under but you have to work through the ranks. You can't just grapple hook over a wall. You would get shot even within 100 yards of the gates. I love to see the duels. Guan Yu's early ones are cool. I like the unlocks in 9 but I'd adjust it some. I'd use a currency to unlock the next tier. You shouldn't be able to use The main 3 warlords till way deep in the game after hours and hours. Bring in.some elements of Empires. Drop the regular #titles altogether. Like I said theres more they can do to innovate the series.
People trash Far Cry games for this reason, but I just picked up Far Cry 5 having never played any of them and this shit is pretty great.
Dynasty Warriors, another good example. Great fun, no innovation whatsoever.
Always felt like I might have liked Fallout 3/NV better had I not played 4 first.
This applies to every game after the first one
The original DS New Super Mario Bros. is kinda an inverse of this in that its a great platformer (arguably a top 5 2D Mario game) but because of how soulless the later games got it feels pretty much forgotten about now; still vividly remember playing the demo at Target.
Elden Ring if you count Soulsborne as a series