10 Video Game Sequels That Look WORSE Than What Came Before

10. Penny Arcade: Episode 3

Penny Arcade is a long-running webcomic run by the iconic duo Gabe and Tycho (real names Jerry Hokiens and Mike Krahulic) which specialize in gaming humor with a touch of the dark, offensive tone that everything had back in 1998.

In 2008 the PA crew teamed up with newly formed studio, Hothead Games, to develop Penny Arcade Adventures: One the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. Which, if you were a fan of the comic, was chock full of references and writing that fit the namesake perfectly. The game utilized an art style similar to the comic at the time and allowed for a created character to play as.

And then came Episode 3, after Hothead Games stepped away from the series and was replaced by Zeboyd Games. This moved the series from a cell-shaded artistic style like the comics into a 16-bit spritely JRPG style.

Don't take this the wrong way - Zeboyd's game still look fine, but the move to a 'retro' style is a downgrade - especially with the feature loss of your original created character no longer being in the game.