History TheyChangedItNowItSucks / VideoGames

* The ''Persona'' series had always faced this trouble with the plots of the games in the rereleases of the games.

** ''VideoGame/Persona3FES'' added in two things that weren't in the original that fans felt had ruined the story. [[spoiler:One is during the month after the last Full Moon operation and being betrayed by Itkuski, on specific days in the evenings, you can talk to Junpei, he'll talk about Chidori and feel worried about her, you can encourage him to keep seeing her by picking the correct options, but by doing so on the specific days and picking the correct choices, instead of staying dead for good during the scene when Chidori gives up her life to save Junpei, she would go into a transmogrify state and then wake up in January during the preparation to fight Nyx, but her memories since she had her Persona had vanished, including all of her memories of Junpei.]] Even though the rest of the game from there is exactly the same and doesn't seem like it affects the story all that much, fans still hated it because of how it contradicts the game's main message. This would be carried over to ''Persona 3 Portable''. The other added thing is the epilogue campaign The Answer, which in terms of the story, many players felt it ruined the original story anyways, despite that everything that happens here is the point of how the main message of The Answer is about looking at the past and knowing when to move on from it.
** ''Persona 3 Portable'' adds one new Social Link in the female protagonist route with Shinjiro [[spoiler:where in order to max out the Social Link, you have to go to the police and retrieve Shinjiro's pocket watch, which he mentions that he had lost at Rank 9. But maxing out the Social Link results in Shinjiro not dying when being shot by Takaya to save Ken like in the original, but instead, being put into a coma and taken to the hospital, while the rest of the events afterwards were altered and worked around to make sure the plot stays the same]]. People really despised the outcome of it with how they felt that a major part of the story had been ruined for them.
** ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' adds in a new character named Marie whom people felt was too shoehorned in, even though the only major appearances she makes in the vanilla storyline is through her Social Link and the romance part of her story is only present if the player chooses to romance her in her Social Link.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' originally had a very infamous scene which was present in the original Japanese version of ''Persona 5: The Animation'' too where in the Shinjuku scene, Ryuji is approached by two men who are looking to do sexural things with him, and then they show up later in the beach scene where they're once again looking to do sexural things with both Ryuji and the protagonist. Because of how bad the scene was, it was rewritten for both ''Persona 5 Royal'' and the official English dub of ''Persona 5: The Animation'' where the two men instead drag Ryuji into a cross-dressing pagin. Despite this, many fans hated the rewrite of the whole scene and wished they hadn't touched it, despite the fact that the original scene was hated and rewritten because of it.

** ''VideoGame/Persona3FES'' added in two things that were in the original that fans felt had ruined the story. [[spoiler:One is during the month after the last Full Moon operation and being betrayed by Itkuski, on specific days in the evenings, you can talk to Junpei, he'll talk about Chidori and feel worried about her, you can encourage him to keep seeing her by picking the correct options, but by doing so on the specific days and picking the correct choices, instead of staying dead for good during the scene when Chidori gives up her life to save Junpei, she would go into a transmogrify state and then wake up in January during the preparation to fight Nyx, but her memories since she had her Persona had vanished, including all of her memories of Junpei.]] Even though the rest of the game from there is exactly the same and doesn't seem like it affects the story all that much, fans still hated it because of how it contradicts the game's main message. This would be carried over to ''Persona 3 Portable''. The other added thing is the epilogue campaign The Answer, which in terms of the story, many players felt it ruined the original story anyways, despite that everything that happens here is the point of how the main message of The Answer is about looking at the past and knowing when to move on from it.
** ''Persona 3 Portable'' adds one new Social Link in the female protagonist route with Shinjiro [[spoiler:where in order to max out the Social Link, you have to go to the police and retrieve Shinjiro's pocket watch, which he mentions that he had lost at Rank 9. But maxing out the Social Link results in Shinjiro not dying when being shot by Takaya to save Ken like in the original, but instead, being put into a coma and taken to the hospital, while the rest of the events afterwards were altered and worked around to make sure the plot stays the same]]. People really despised the outcome of it with how they felt that a major part of the story had been ruined for them.
** ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' adds in a new character named Marie whom people felt was too shoehorned in, even though the only major appearances she makes in the vanilla storyline is through her Social Link and the romance part of her story is only present if the player chooses to romance her in her Social Link.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' originally had a very infamous scene which was present in the original Japanese version of ''Persona 5: The Animation'' too where in the Shinjuku scene, Ryuji is approached by two men who are looking to do sexural things with him, and then they show up later in the beach scene where they're once again looking to do sexural things with both Ryuji and the protagonist. Because of how bad the scene was, it was rewritten for both ''Persona 5 Royal'' and the official English dub of ''Persona 5: The Animation'' where the two men instead drag Ryuji into a cross-dressing pagin. Despite this, many fans hated the rewrite of the whole scene and wished they hadn't touched it, despite the fact that the original scene was hated and rewritten because of it.

** ''VideoGame/Persona3FES'' added in two things that were in the original that fans felt had ruined the story. [[spoiler:One is during the month after the last Full Moon operation and being betrayed by Itkuski, on specific days in the evenings, you can talk to Junpei, he'll talk about Chidori and feel worried about her, you can encourage him to keep seeing her by picking the correct options, but by doing so on the specific days and picking the correct choices, instead of staying dead for good during the scene when Chidori gives up her life to save Junpei, she would go into a transmogrify state and then wake up in January during the preparation to fight Nyx, but her memories since she had her Persona had vanished, including all of her memories of Junpei.]] Even though the rest of the game from here is exactly the same and doesn't seem like it affects the story all that much, fans still hated it because of how it contradicts the game's main message. This would be carried over to ''Persona 3 Portable''. The other added thing is the epilogue campaign The Answer, which in terms of the story, many players felt it ruined the original story anyways, despite that everything that happens here is the point of how the main message of The Answer is about looking at the past and knowing when to move on from it.
** ''Persona 3 Portable'' adds one new Social Link in the female protagonist route with Shinjiro [[spoiler:where in order to max out the Social Link, you have to go to the police and retrieve Shinjiro's pocket watch, which he mentions that he had lost at Rank 9. But maxing out the Social Link results in Shinjiro not dying when being shot by Takaya to save Ken like in the original, but instead, being put into a coma and taken to the hospital, while the rest of the events afterwards were altered and worked around to make sure the plot stays the same]]. People really despised the outcome of it with how they felt that a major part of the story had been ruined for them.
** ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' adds in a new character named Marie whom people felt was too shoehorned in, even though the only major appearances she makes in the vanilla storyline is through her Social Link and the romance part of her story is only present if the player chooses to romance her in her Social Link.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' originally had a very infamous scene which was present in the original Japanese version of ''Persona 5: The Animation'' too where in the Shinjuku scene, Ryuji is approached by two men who are looking to do sexural things with him, and then they show up later in the beach scene where they're once again looking to do sexural things with both Ryuji and the protagonist. Because of how bad the scene was, it was rewritten for both ''Persona 5 Royal'' and the official English dub of ''Persona 5: The Animation'' where the two men instead drag Ryuji into a cross-dressing pagin. Despite this, many fans hated the rewrite of the whole scene and wished they hadn't touched it, despite the fact that the original scene was hated and rewritten because of it.

** ''VideoGame/Persona3FES'' added in two things that were in the original that fans felt had ruined the story. [[spoiler:One is during the month after the last Full Moon operation and being betrayed by Itkuski, on specific days in the evenings, you can talk to Junpei, he'll talk about Chidori and feel worried about her, you can encourage him to keep seeing her by picking the correct options, but by doing so on the specific days and picking the correct choices, instead of staying dead for good during the scene when Chidori gives up her life to save Junpei, she would go into a transmogrify state and then wake up in January during the preparation to fight Nyx, but her memories since she had her Persona had vanished, including all of her memories of Junpei.]] Even though the rest of the game from here is exactly the same and doesn't seem like it affects the story all that much, fans still hated it because of how it contradicts the game's main message. This would be carried over to ''Persona 3 Portable''. The other added thing is the epilogue campaign The Answer, which in terms of the story, many players felt it ruined the original story anyways, despite that everything that happens here is the point of how the main message of The Answer is about looking at the past and knowing when to move on from it.'
** ''Persona 3 Portable'' adds one new Social Link in the female protagonist route with Shinjiro [[spoiler:where in order to max out the Social Link, you have to go to the police and retrieve Shinjiro's pocket watch, which he mentions that he had lost at Rank 9. But maxing out the Social Link results in Shinjiro not dying when being shot by Takaya to save Ken like in the original, but instead, being put into a coma and taken to the hospital, while the rest of the events afterwards were altered and worked around to make sure the plot stays the same]]. People really despised the outcome of it with how they felt that a major part of the story had been ruined for them.
** ''VideoGame/Persona4Golden'' adds in a new character named Marie whom people felt was too shoehorned in, even though the only major appearances she makes in the vanilla storyline is through her Social Link and the romance part of her story is only present if the player chooses to romance her in her Social Link.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'' originally had a very infamous scene which was present in the original Japanese version of ''Persona 5: The Animation'' too where in the Shinjuku scene, Ryuji is approached by two men who are looking to do sexural things with him, and then they show up later in the beach scene where they're once again looking to do sexural things with both Ryuji and the protagonist. Because of how bad the scene was, it was rewritten for both ''Persona 5 Royal'' and the official English dub of ''Persona 5: The Animation'' where the two men instead drag Ryuji into a cross-dressing pagin. Despite this, many fans hated the rewrite of the whole scene and wished they hadn't touched it, despite the fact that the original scene was hated and rewritten because of it.

** ''VideoGame/Persona 3 FES'' added in two things that were in the original that fans felt had ruined the story. [[spoiler:One is during the month after the last Full Moon operation and being betrayed by Itkuski, on specific days in the evenings, you can talk to Junpei, he'll talk about Chidori and feel worried about her, you can encourage him to keep seeing her by picking the correct options, but by doing so on the specific days and picking the correct choices, instead of staying dead for good during the scene when Chidori gives up her life to save Junpei, she would go into a transmogrify state and then wake up in January during the preparation to fight Nyx, but her memories since she had her Persona had vanished, including all of her memories of Junpei.]] Even though the rest of the game from here is exactly the same and doesn't seem like it affects the story all that much, fans still hated it because of how it contradicts the game's main message. This would be carried over to ''Persona 3 Portable''. The other added thing is the epilogue campaign The Answer, which in terms of the story, many players felt it ruined the original story anyways, despite that everything that happens here is the point of how the main message of The Answer is about looking at the past and knowing when to move on from it.'
** ''Persona 3 Portable'' adds one new Social Link in the female protagonist route with Shinjiro [[spoiler:where in order to max out the Social Link, you have to go to the police and retrieve Shinjiro's pocket watch, which he mentions that he had lost at Rank 9. But maxing out the Social Link results in Shinjiro not dying when being shot by Takaya to save Ken like in the original, but instead, being put into a coma and taken to the hospital, while the rest of the events afterwards were altered and worked around to make sure the plot stays the same]]. People really despised the outcome of it with how they felt that a major part of the story had been ruined for them.
** ''VideoGame/Persona 4 Golden'' adds in a new character named Marie whom people felt was too shoehorned in, even though the only major appearances she makes in the vanilla storyline is through her Social Link and the romance part of her story is only present if the player chooses to romance her in her Social Link.
** ''VideoGame/Persona 5'' originally had a very infamous scene which was present in the original Japanese version of ''Persona 5: The Animation'' too where in the Shinjuku scene, Ryuji is approached by two men who are looking to do sexural things with him, and then they show up later in the beach scene where they're once again looking to do sexural things with both Ryuji and the protagonist. Because of how bad the scene was, it was rewritten for both ''Persona 5 Royal'' and the official English dub of ''Persona 5: The Animation'' where the two men instead drag Ryuji into a cross-dressing pagin. Despite this, many fans hated the rewrite of the whole scene and wished they hadn't touched it, despite the fact that the original scene was hated and rewritten because of it.

** The version 1.5 update added the Astral Rating system, in which the player's personal rating increases or decreases depending on a combination of their best and recent performances. This new mechanic [[ScrappyMechanic was widely disliked by players]], as it turns what is generally considered one of the more forgiving rhythm games on the market (while still having mechanics that support high-level play) into a much more pressuring experience that can demotivate players. Not helping matters is that many of the charts are considered [[NonIndicativeDifficulty inaccurately-rated]], making Astral Rating not really indicative of the player's abilities. The 2.0 update would then solve this by allowing the player to hide their rating as well as the option to opt out of having performances apply to the player's rating.

** The game has a story snippet in which Arcyone receives a letter from Sylvia, one of her [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies]], that simply reads "Go [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] yourself." When this was changed to "Go ''play with'' yourself" in an October 2022 update, not only was it seen as an unnecessary {{Bowdleris|e}}ation, but many consider it even ''more'' dirty than the original since the phrase can be taken to mean "Go have ADateWithRosiePalms," something that doesn't really convey the enmity between the two as well as the original line.

** The version 1.5 update added the Astral Rating system, in which the player's personal rating increases or decreases depending on a combination of their best and recent performances. This new mechanic [[ScrappyMechanic was widely disliked by players]], as it turns what is generally considered one of the more forgiving rhythm games on the market (while still having mechanics that support high-level play) into a much more pressuring experience that can demotivate players. Not helping matters is that many of the charts are considered inaccurately-rated, making Astral Rating not really indicative of the player's abilities. The 2.0 update would then solve this by allowing the player to hide their rating as well as the option to opt out of having performances apply to the player's rating.

** The version 1.5 update added the Astral Rating system, in which the player's personal rating increases or decreases depending on a combination of their best and recent performances. This new mechanic [[ScrappyMechanic was widely disliked by players]], as it turns what is generally considered one of the more forgiving rhythm games on the market (while still having mechanics that support high-level play) into a much more pressuring experience that can demotivate players. The 2.0 update would then solve this by allowing the player to hide their rating as well as the option to opt out of having performances apply to the player's rating.

* The world's best ''VideoGame/{{Ikaruga}}'' player complained that the Xbox Live Arcade port of the game was "horrible" because it slightly altered a few of the bullet patterns and enemy placements that he had probably spent months meticulously memorising. Of course, he regained his high score and ''then'' complained.

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** The version 1.5 update added the Astral Rating system, in which the player's personal rating increases or decreases depending on a combination of their best and recent performances. This update was widely disliked by many players, as it turns what is generally considered one of the more forgiving rhythm games on the market (while still having mechanics that support high-level play) into a much more pressuring experience that can demotivate players. The 2.0 update would then solve this by allowing the player to hide their rating as well as the option to opt out of having performances apply to the player's rating.

* ''VideoGame/{{KALPA}}'' has a story snippet in which Arcyone receives a letter from Sylvia, one of her [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies]], that simply reads "Go [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] yourself." When this was changed to "Go ''play with'' yourself", not only was it seen as an unnecessary {{Bowdleris|e}}ation, but many consider it even ''more'' dirty than the original since the phrase can be taken to mean "Go have ADateWithRosiePalms," something that doesn't really convey the enmity between the two as well as the original line.

* ''VideoGame/{{KALPA}}'' has a story snippet in which Arcyone receives a letter from Sylvia, one of her [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies]], that simply reads "Go [[PrecisonFStrike fuck]] yourself." When this was changed to "Go ''play with'' yourself", not only was it seen as an unnecessary {{Bowdleris|e}}ation, but many consider it even ''more'' dirty than the original since the phrase can be taken to mean "Go have ADateWithRosiePalms," something that doesn't really convey the enmity between the two as well as the original line.

* ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' has this trope for nearly everything the series did after ''Mario Kart 64''. ''Double Dash!!'' was blasted for having a gimmicky two player per kart system, ''Super Circuit'' was blasted for not fully retaining the features of the retro tracks. and ''Mario Kart Wii'' was blasted for including bikes in a kart racing game plus having 12 racers instead of the usual 8.
** ''VideoGame/MarioKart7'' was met with general positive reception, but many people trashed the game for removing [[EnsembleDarkhorse Waluigi]], especially when it included {{Unexpected Character}}s like Honey Queen and Wiggler as racers.
* ''VideoGame/MarioParty 9'' was met with mixed responses but was also trashed by the hardcore ''Mario Party'' fans for changing the basic gameplay after the series had played out the same way for the past 8 games, basically the original games were board games were everyone moved between spaces individually, but 9 changed into everyone being in a car and moving together.
** Now enter ''VideoGame/MarioParty Star Rush'' which flat out removes turn-based gameplay entirely. Instead all characters have the ability to move around the board freely. This led fans to complain that the true formula of the game was destroyed since no longer having to take turns means the game is no longer a "board game".
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' was generally praised by fans and new players alike, but a decent contingent of ''Mass Effect 1'' players decried the shift from weapons that had infinite ammunition (and used a cooldown to control rate of fire) to disposable heat sinks that act, in the view of many players, as little more than an excuse to introduce clips and ammo to the series. The shift from outfitting each member of the team fully with weapons, armor, and the like to a system of researching Shepherd-specific and squad-wide upgrades was also flamed by some as being too simple and depriving characters of similar class of uniqueness.

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'', despite each game also being criticized for how similar they all were, did have a lot of complaints on a few changes.
** The Second game increased the number of animatronics, the number of actions they player had to do to keep themself safe, and the power limit on the cameras, which made the gameplay go from watching the animatronics and blocking them at the right time, to juggling the mask, the music box and the flashlight.
** The third game, in turn, was criticized before coming out due to it claiming to have only one animatronic. This turned out to be a slight exaggeration, as the other animatronics- returned in the form of hallucinations. It was also criticized for changing the method of blocking the animatronics - the main enemy was blocked by making giggle noises in certain parts of the building, while the hallucinations were blocked by getting the computer to clear the air vents, which was a ''big'' change from the doors or the mask.
** The fourth game was immediately criticized for not taking place in a Fazbear's location, but in a regular house, instead.

** While ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' was largely well received, some criticize it for making major changes compared to past ''Zelda'' games, [[SlidingScaleOfLinearityVsOpenness skewing heavily to a more non-linear, open world experience]]. Some fans felt the game was focused on this to the detriment of other aspects of the series. For example, fans who enjoy finding new items that allow them to reach previously inaccessible areas were disappointed with ''Breath of the Wild''[='=]s almost complete lack of it in favor of making every area accessible from the start, claiming that the game goes too far towards pleasing those who enjoy ''Zelda'' for exploration (with a bone throw towards puzzle solving) over the series' other core elements, leading to a game that can only be fully enjoyed by one type of ''Zelda'' fan to the exclusion of others. Breakable weapons in particular drew many complaints, as traditionally the player always has a standard primary sword that is unbreakable. Another common complaint is the lack of traditional long dungeons with a unique theme and a mix of combat and puzzles, and the lack of enemy and boss variety is also often criticized. Many of these complaints are less about disliking the game itself however, so much as concern the wild success of the game could prevent Nintendo from revisiting the traditional formula. In some cases, the complainers even do enjoy Breath of the Wild, but feel it could be even better if certain traditional elements from the series were implemented. Some other people, particularly those who dislike open-world games in general, think it's a case of the series [[FollowTheLeader following the leader]].

** While ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' was largely well received, some criticize it for making major changes compared to past ''Zelda'' games, [[SlidingScaleOfLinearityVsOpenness skewing heavily to a more non-linear, open world experience]]. Some fans felt the game was focused on this to the detriment of other aspects of the series. For example, fans who enjoy finding new items that allow them to reach previously inaccessible areas were disappointed with ''Breath of the Wild''[='=]s almost complete lack of it in favor of making every area accessible from the start, claiming that the game goes too far towards pleasing those who enjoy ''Zelda'' for exploration (with a bone throw towards puzzle solving) over the series' other core elements, leading to a game that can only be fully enjoyed by one type of ''Zelda'' fan to the exclusion of others. Breakable weapons in particular drew many complaints, as traditionally the player always has a standard primary sword that is unbreakable. Another common complaint is the lack of traditional long dungeons with a unique theme and a mix of combat and puzzles. Many of these complaints are less about disliking the game itself however, so much as concern the wild success of the game could prevent Nintendo from revisiting the traditional formula. In some cases, the complainers even do enjoy Breath of the Wild, but feel it could be even better if certain traditional elements from the series were implemented. Some other people, particularly those who dislike open-world games in general, think it's a case of the series [[FollowTheLeader following the leader]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Zuma}} Blitz'': The Facebook game relaunched with a new version called ''Kroakatoa Island'' in September 2012. A lot of players on both the official forum and their Facebook page are complaining that they want to go back to the old version, largely because the ability to earn mojo (currency) during games to buy power ups has been removed. Mojo, coconuts and idols have all been combined into one currency, coins, which are only earned on level up. Cue cries of this tropes. It was officially shut down on March 31, 2017, and ended up being a FranchiseKiller, as there hasn't been a new ''Zuma'' game since.

* ''VideoGame/{{Zuma}} Blitz'': The Facebook game relaunched with a new version called ''Kroakatoa Island'' in September 2012. A lot of players on both the official forum and their Facebook page are complaining that they want to go back to the old version, largely because the ability to earn mojo (currency) during games to buy power ups has been removed. Mojo, coconuts and idols have all been combined into one currency, coins, which are only earned on level up. Cue cries of this tropes. It ended up being a FranchiseKiller and was officially shut down on March 31, 2017.

* ''VideoGame/{{Zuma}} Blitz'': The Facebook game relaunched with a new version called ''Kroakatoa Island'' in September 2012. A lot of players on both the official forum and their Facebook page are complaining that they want to go back to the old version, largely because the ability to earn mojo (currency) during games to buy power ups has been removed. Mojo, coconuts and idols have all been combined into one currency, coins, which are only earned on level up. Cue cries of They Changed It, Now It Sucks.

** VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry on the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendo is regarded as one of the best games ever made, which causes some raised eyebrows when they intended to remake it on the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance. When the game came out, reception was initially positive, but resulted in a [[BrokenBase divisive fanbase]]. Fans of the GBA port argue that the ability to save whenever desired, the inclusion of minigames and photos, and the bosses having added attacks is nothing but an improvement. Those in favor of the SNES original argue that all of these additions dilute the original game, and make the game far too easy as you can collect large quantities of lives and save after every stage.

** VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3 on GBA is considered to be the weakest of the 3 GBA ports as they didn't add story elements like the other two, and only added one minigame to the game (at the former Wrinkly Save Cave locations). It also removed the original Swanky gallery minigame and replaced it with a 3D runner similar to the special zones of VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2. Even fans of the other two GBA ports admit that it is the weakest, but whether it is better or worse than the original depends on whether the argument for a new world of stages were good or annoying.

* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'': There is a ''very'' vocal minority of people in this fanbase that hate anything that isn't ''Nocturne'' by virtue of the fact that isn't ''Nocturne''. ''Shin Megami Tensei IV'' with its colorful and well-developed cast of characters? Bad because it isn't ''Nocturne''. ''Shin Megami Tensei V'' with the most refined combat and exploration in the entire series that makes it really good for 50 hours of mindless fun even if the plot sucks? Bad because it isn't ''Nocturne''. The "Nocturne Purists" are ''so'' vocal that Atlas became convinced it was a good idea to have a $50 "HD Remaster" of ''Nocturne'' that was basically a glorified port with even the most bare bones of quality of life improvements, namely being able to manually select what skills are inherited through Fusion, only being added in updates after ''intense'' backlash from normal people. And if you can believe it, some Nocturne Purists turned their noses up even at ''that''.