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It understands the original and earns its place beside it.

• Jagged Alliance 3 review: Mercenaries, mayhem and too much admin

Played the previous one? Then you have already done most of this.

• Deep Rock Galactic: when shouting "Rock and Stone" into the echo chamber no longer works
• Forza Horizon 6: Japan, but Western Corporate-safe Edition

They read the complaints and fixed the bloody problems.

After this, getting anyone excited about another sequel is going to take some work.

• Code Vein 2: How to kill a successful new IP

A normal series sent to the engagement mines.

• Forza Horizon 6: Japan, but Western Corporate-safe Edition

They updated it until all the things that made the original interesting were gone.

• Another decade, another Halo: Combat Evolved
• Forza Horizon 6: Japan, but Western Corporate-safe Edition

New ideas that make sense for this series. This is why I wanted a sequel.

• Jagged Alliance 3 review: Mercenaries, mayhem and too much admin

A famous title stapled to a complete stranger.

• Ninja Gaiden 4: Competently stylish, yet unfinished and low budget
• John Carpenter's Toxic Commando Review - A.K.A WWZ 2

Old music, familiar props and a hand permanently hovering near your wallet.

• Another decade, another Halo: Combat Evolved
• Ninja Gaiden 4: Competently stylish, yet unfinished and low budget

Maybe restored. Maybe broken. Definitely sold again.

Changes made with a working knowledge of why the original mattered.

More of the same, done competently. They were clearly taking no chances with this one.

• Nioh 3 - a shameless corporate copy-paste job

They copied the appearance and missed whatever made it enjoyable to begin with.

• Another decade, another Halo: Combat Evolved
• Forza Horizon 6: Japan, but Western Corporate-safe Edition

The name is still walking. Everything inside it died years ago.

• Another decade, another Halo: Combat Evolved
• John Carpenter's Toxic Commando Review - A.K.A WWZ 2