A lot of my friends only like old games. What does this have to do with the topic name? Well, nowadays, mostly sequels are released, so old games can be named "innovative". Well, so why did I make this topic? Because, they ONLY like old games. They only like the mario games released before 2000, claiming the others "don't have that Mario feel". They only like the first 2 Gothic games claiming the 3rd and 4th ones don't have that Gothic feel (I agree with the 4th, but not with the 3rd). They only like CS 1.6 and the ones before, claiming the "Source" and "Global Offensive" ones lost the original CS touch. They basically hate every single game that has a number greater than "1" at the end of it. I want to ask, what's your opinion? I disagree completely with my friends, as sequels may be innovative (note that they're not always innovative, but mostly yes, in my opinion), the same as "old" games can be. Is this turning into a "trend" ? I'd like your opinion, to confirm or not that this is something usual amongst gamers.

Also, imagine that there are 2 games of the same type (i.e. Fifa and PES, Dave Mirra's Freestyle BMX and Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX). Is it normal that my friends only like a single game, and they hate the other, even though they didn't play it? (i.e. you hate PES but love FIFA, even though you didn't play PES and never seen how it is).

That's exactly what I meant, you don't have to be sorry as I feel the same as you think they are; and they really are sometimes, sequels are made so that they're improvements, but sometimes, sequels are only made because game developers are afraid to innovate (Example: Activision with the CoD series).