11 Video Game Sequels Not Made For Their Original Audiences

6. Doom 3

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Although Bethesda's 2016 DOOM reboot managed to bring the series back to its relentlessly paced, chaotic self, the previous entry - Doom 3 - signalled a massive change in direction for the franchise.

Gone was the sense of empowerment and the breakneck pace of combat. Instead, Doom 3 rebranded the series as a survival horror, grinding the game to a halt and losing what made the previous two entries in the series so enjoyable to the franchise's veterans.

It just wasn't all that enjoyable, but hey, at least everything worked out in the end. Doom Eternal is going to release sometime in 2019, and we're all very excited.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.