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Love 21 - A sleeveless dress featuring an embroidered bodice and self-tie back. Fully lined100% polyester33" full length, 34" chest, 30" waistMeasured from SmallMachine wash coldImported
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Style Deals - This sleeveless woven dress features an allover floral print, with an elasticized waist and invisible back zipper. Pair with wedges and a lightweight blazer for a classy look. LightweightFully lined100% polyester30" full length, 32" chest, 28" waistMeasured from SmallHand wash coldImported
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Love 21 - We're all about filling our wardrobes with staple pieces that can go through the motions (i.e. mixing & matching, dressed up or pared down) because, let's be honest, it makes getting ready in the morning that much easier! Take this sleeveless sheath dress, for example. Its classic silhouette is enhanced with pronounced topstitching, while an exposed back zipper makes slipping it on a breeze. Pair it with cardigans or wear it on ...
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Love 21 - This sleeveless peplum dress features a studded faux leather skinny belt and a round neckline, with a darted bust and a vented hem. Woven, fully linedConcealed back zipper, lightweight36" approx. length from high point shoulder to hem, 30" chest, 28" waistMeasured from SmallShell: 64% polyester, 32% rayon, 4% spandex; Lining: 100% polyesterHand wash cold, dry flatImported
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Love 21 - A woven sleeveless dress featuring a floral print. Concealed back zipperUnlined100% rayon34" full length, 30" chest, 28" waistMeasured from SmallHand wash coldImported
Available in Grey, Royal
Love 21 - This easy knit dress features an elasticized waist for a structured fit and a sheer woven insert at the yoke and upper back. LightweightUnlinedShell 1: 100% rayon; Shell 2: 100% polyester36.25" full length, 34" chest, 26" waistMeasured from SmallHand wash coldImported
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Love 21 - Prepare to impress at your next fancy affair! This sleeveless sheath dress stuns with its metallic brocade pattern. Its pleated accents in the front and slanted pockets will truly accentuate are subtle touches to accentuate a flattering waistline. With its round neckline, try taking this dress to the next level with a gemstone necklace. Woven, fully linedInvisible back zipper, midweightShell: 50% cotton, 41% rayon, 9% metallic yarn; Lining: 100% polyester34" full length, ...
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Forever 21+ - Boasting a fresh print of stripes on its fluid woven fabric, this sleeveless dress has sunny-weather vibes to spare. With an easy fit and a triangle-shaped back cutout mirroring its V-neckline, this piece is as much about comfort as it is about cute design. Our favorite feature? The removable belt at the waist (perfect cinched in for a flattering look). Sleeveless, unlinedLightweight100% rayon37.5" full length, 47" chest, 56" waistMeasured from 1XMachine wash ...
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A woven fit & flare dress featuring a sheer crochet bodice with an optional classic slip. Round neckline. Sleeveless. Invisible side zipper with hook-eye closure. Shirred waist. Lightweight. DETAILS:Dress: 32.5" approx. length from high point shoulder to hem, 32" chest, 25" waist; Slip: 28" approx. length from bust to hem, 33" chest, 30" waistMeasured from SmallShell 1: 71% cotton, 29% nylon; Shell 2: 100% polyester; Lining : 100% polyesterHand wash cold, line dryImported
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This combo dress is so dreamy. We love how the sleeveless knit bodice plays off the tiered woven skirt. The embroidered waist gives it even more intricate detail (so you can go light on the accessories). Partially linedSleeveless, V-necklineShell 1: 100% cotton; Shell 2 & Lining: 57% rayon, 43% polyester44.5" full length, 30" chest, 26" waistMeasured from SmallHand wash coldMade in China
Available in Black, Olive
Forever 21+ - Cut from a breezy woven fabric that's sure to keep you cool when temps start rising, this sleeveless dress is the perfect throw-on-and-go piece to add to your closest. Its elasticized drawstring waist cinches in just the right spot to create a flattering figure, while ribbed trim along the scoop neckline and armholes offer up casual comfort. Its clean and simple aesthetic makes it easy to dress up or down -trust us, ...
Available in Black, White
Whether you're running through the grassy fields under the glowing sun or giggling with girlfriends during an afternoon tea break, this spring-ready frock is all you need for sunny outdoor fêtes. Crafted from a sleek woven fabrication and cut into a breezy fit and flare silhouette, this sleeveless dress is made ever-so special in way of smart lace panels along the shoulders, sides, and hemline. Now all that's left for you to do is slip ...
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Want a piece that speaks to both your flirty and your refined side? This sleeveless woven dress covers both. Its caged floral lace yoke and back, sweetheart illusion neckline, and fit and flare silhouette make it a little ladylike, a little luxe, and totally adorable. For a bold bombshell look bound to attract attention, pair it with sky-high pumps and wavy tresses. Buttoned keyhole back, concealed back zipperUnlined, lightweightShell 1: 100% rayon; Shell 2: 100% ...
Available in Berry, Black
This sheath dress is practically guaranteed to leave a lasting impression at your next event. Cut from a sheen-woven fabrication into a sleeveless silhouette with flattering seams, it's already a demure head turner. Exuding an air of romance is its eyelash lace trim along the front and hem - so you can keep accessories to a minimum and still look fetching. Invisible back zipper, unlinedLightweight97% polyester, 3% spandex34.5" full length, 34" chest, 28" waistMeasured from ...
Available in Dark Grey
Love 21 - This crepe woven beauty features a classic sheath dress front with a flirty diamond cutout back and bow detail that will capture the attention of those around you with an effortless take. Show off the details in this sleeveless number with an updo for your next classy affair. Fully linedLightweight, woven100% polyester34" full length, 35" chest, 34" waistMeasured from SmallHand wash coldImported
Available in Aqua
This sleeveless pleated dress features a V-neckline and an elasticized waist. Woven from a lightweight chiffon fabric, pair this piece with light accessories and wedge sandals for a promenade ready look. Fully lined100% polyester33" full length, 35" chest, 24" waistMeasured from SmallHand wash coldImported
Available in Black, Teal
Love 21 - Smartly tailored and beautifully detailed, with sleek cutouts at the yoke and back and a vented hem made to show (just a little) leg, this sleeveless sheath is one of those wardrobe stalwarts that travels from desk to dinner with nary a hitch. Structured, refined, and perfectly pared down - this lightweight dress is anything but business as usual. Woven, fully linedButtoned keyhole back, concealed back zipperShell: 74% polyester, 24% rayon, 2% ...
We love anything retro-inspired, and this sleeveless shift dress takes the cake. It features an allover polka dot pattern on a textured woven fabric. Complete with a round neckline and an invisible back zipper, this is a perfect choice to look sweet and sophisticated at any high-class event. Fully lined, lightweightShell: 56% polyester, 44% rayon; Lining: 100% polyester28" full length, 34" chest, 34" waistMeasured from SmallHand wash coldImported
Available in Black, Navy, Red, Seashell Pink
Style Deals - A semi-sheer Georgette maxi dress featuring front and back keyhole cutout with self-tie. Halter-style neckline. Sleeveless. M-Slit. Partially lined. Woven. Lightweight. DETAILS:58" approx. length from high point shoulder to hem, 30" chest, 28" waistMeasured from SmallShell & Lining: 100% polyesterHand wash cold, dry flatImported
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A sleeveless polka dot shirt dress featuring a basic collar. Full button placket. Darted bust. Shirred waist. Slit included. Woven. Lightweight. DETAILS: 32.5" approx. length from high point shoulder to hem, 34" chest, 28" waist Measured from Small 100% polyesterHand wash cold, line dry Imported
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With a heavy dose of athletic inspiration, this tank dress is a sleek example of sporty minimalism. It's crafted from a netted mesh and features contrast piping, which lends a graphic feel. Finished with side and back vents, this sleeveless number is for the type of gal that likes to stand out among a sea of tropical prints. Includes woven slipLightweight knitDress & Slip: 100% polyester33" full length, 36" chest, 37" waistMeasured from SmallDry cleanImported ...
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A woven dress featuring studded faux leather panels and a shark bite hem. Round neckline. Sleeveless. Shirred elastic waist. DETAILS: 36.5" approx. length from high point shoulder to hem, 31" chest, 25" waistMeasured from SmallShell 1: 100% polyester; Shell 2: 94% polyester, 6% spandex; Lining: 100% polyesterHand wash cold, line dry Imported
A floral lace shift dress featuring a crochet-trimmed Peter Pan collar and a velveteen bow. Round neckline. Sleeveless. Keyhole button closure at the back. Fully lined. Woven. Lightweight. DETAILS: 33" approx. length from high point shoulder to hem, 34" chest, 32" waist Measured from Small Shell: 67% cotton, 24% nylon, 9% rayon; Lining: 100% polyesterHand wash cold, line dry Imported
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A maxi dress featuring an abstract print. Cutout back with button closure. Round neckline. Sleeveless. Elasticized waist. Woven. Partial lining. Lightweight. DETAILS: 58" approx. length from high point shoulder to hem, 38" chest, 28" waist Measured from Small 100% polyesterHand wash, dry flat Imported


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Only The Creator Does It Right
This is Creator Worship taken Up to Eleven. When someone makes a sequel to a popular work which they did not create, and it is completely savaged by fans.
Sometimes a Justified Trope because it may be that the original creator is the only one who knew the work, the world and the characters well enough to "do it right."
Can be considered a form of Jumping the Shark, only with that trope, the creator him/herself can do it. If there's a Franchise Zombie, people may claim this.
Contrast My Real Daddy, where the fandom prefers a version of a work or character not made by the original creator.
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Anime and Manga
- Gundam has some fans who insist that the Alternate Universe shows are all crap because Yoshiyuki Tomino had nothing to do with them (ignoring the fact that Turn A Gundam was not only his baby, but acknowledges everything that came before). Some take it a step further and say The Creator Does It Right Only When He's Depressed, savaging Gundam ZZ (made to clear up the gloom from Zeta Gundam).
- The 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist series has gotten hit with this with the conclusion of the manga and the second anime adaptation. The first anime series split off from the manga half way through and ended up creating its own original storyline. This storyline took the Character Development of several of the main characters in a different direction than the manga. As a result... Some fans of the manga have now adopted this mindset.
- One could perhaps say this about anime Filler in general. No matter what the series, it's exceptionally rare for fans to feel that a filler arc is as good as the original manga.
- To say nothing of non-canon anime movies. For example, the non-canon movies from the One Piece franchise are barely acknowledged by the fandom, the exceptions only being the fourth and sixth movies, with the seventh and eighth not counting because they were compressed retellings of previous arcs. When Oda actually penned a movie himself (One Piece Film: Strong World), it was regarded as the best One Piece movie ever and universally praised by the fandom (it also helped that it was canon). The next movie he wrote, One Piece Film: Z, was similarly praised, though it wasn't canon (it was supposed to be, but the story would cause too many plot holes in the main canon timeline, so Oda decided not to include it).
Comic Books
- This is the general opinion about The Spirit comics not written and drawn by Will Eisner. There's some conflict about whether the strips drawn under Eisner's supervision but not personally by him are up to standard, but much less about the several attempts to revive the character after his death.
- Some of the Before Watchmen miniseries might be considered exceptions - Minute Men and Silk Spectre were fairly well-received by critics. (Interestingly, both were done by Darwyn Cooke, who also did some acclaimed work on the Spirit as well.)
- Steve Gerber's comic, Howard the Duck, is considered a classic. Howard comics not made by Gerber? Not so much.
- Brian K. Vaughan and Runaways. As soon as he left, it went downhill.
- The Astérix books written by Albert Uderzo after the death of René Goscinny have been less well received.
- This trope was invoked on the 90s-era Superboy books. After sales dropped substantially during the run of Ron Marz and Ramon Bernado, the character's original creators (Karl Kesel and Tom Grummett) returned to the title in an attempt to recapture the magic the book once had. However, the new stories featured a radically different direction and despite the original team, never truly recovered.
- Jurassic Park III is held by some to be the worst film in the Jurassic Park franchise. Incidentally, it was the one film Steven Spielberg did not direct, as well as the first not even nominally based on a Michael Crichton novel.
- Out of the four Batman films released from 1989 to 1997, the first two directed by Tim Burton were considered the best. And for very good reasons.
- The first two X-Men films were directed by Bryan Singer, while the third one, X-Men: The Last Stand, was helmed by Brett Ratner, and is considered by many fans to be a huge step down in quality. Add that the next X-Men movie which didn't divide opinions was produced and co-written by Singer...
- Cemented with X-Men: Days of Future Past by having Singer back in the director's chair and getting an overwhelmingly positive reception, with many calling it the best in the franchise so far. Its success has reinforced the sentiment among a lot of fans that Singer is the Team Dad of the movie series (with X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn as the Cool Uncle, and the aforementioned Brett Ratner as the Babysitter from Hell).
- Subsequently, any non-Marvel Studios film featuring Marvel characters are regarded as inferior and bastardizations of the source material, and that only Marvel Studios can treat them right. This has been retroactively applied to works like all the X-Men films, which have been declared to have always been of poor quality.
- Cemented with X-Men: Days of Future Past by having Singer back in the director's chair and getting an overwhelmingly positive reception, with many calling it the best in the franchise so far. Its success has reinforced the sentiment among a lot of fans that Singer is the Team Dad of the movie series (with X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn as the Cool Uncle, and the aforementioned Brett Ratner as the Babysitter from Hell).
- Steven Spielberg turned down offers to direct Jaws 2. Most people feel that the sequels get worse with each subsequent film.
- Several people in the Godzilla fandom find any of the movies not directed by Ishiro Honda to be inferior.
- Became an issue on the set of Aliens. In addition to being a perfectionist and a bit of a Jerk Ass, James Cameron was also hated by the British crew for not being Ridley Scott. Fan reaction to the film, however, was more enthusiastic.
- Cameron ended up on the opposite side of this trope after Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- Richard Donner directed Superman, and got fired halfway through Superman II. His cut of the sequel, which emerged in 2006, is generally considered better than the theatrical cut by Richard Lester. Of course, in this case it wasn't the name. There was a push to go Lighter and Softer that would culminate in the now disowned Superman III, and the Donner cut has less of the slapstick that was forced upon them.
- The planned new Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reboot film without Joss Whedon is starting to receive this. Ironically, the TV show embraced this trope, as it was much, much better than the movie, which messily chopped up Whedon's original script.
- A Nightmare on Elm Street is a good example, since the best-regarded installments have Wes Craven's involvement (the original and Wes Craven's New Nightmare are written/directed by Craven, while Dream Warriors was co-written by him).
- The Saw sequels since the departure of creators Leigh Whannell and James Wan are highly regarded as significantly inferior to the original trilogy, with the frequent exception of Saw VI.
- Highly debated among fans of Star Wars. Many fans believe that The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi were much better films than A New Hope in part because George Lucas took a more hands-off approach and left them in the hands of other writers and directors. These fans believe that the prequels would have been much better off if Lucas hadn't insisted on writing/directing all of them, in a case of We Love the Creator, but He Doesn't Do It as Well as Others Do. The now famous internet reviews of Red Letter Media go into this in detail, talking about how Lucas actually didn't have complete creative control over A New Hope and that this was a good thing; the original iconic Star Destroyer opening scene of A New Hope is jokingly speculated by the reviewer to be something that George Lucas probably opposed to putting in the film.
- The first Die Hard film is directed by John McTiernan. All of the sequels are contested, to some extent. Die Hard with a Vengeance, again directed by McTiernan, is the least contested.
- The Bourne Series: Zig-Zagged with My Real Daddy, as one may argue that the Bourne series has two daddies with directors Doug Liman and Paul Greengrass. With The Bourne Identity, Liman gave the film a unique style, but it was Greengrass who would flesh it out in its sequels The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, with Liman still involved as executive producer, garnering even greater acclaim. But when Greengrass turned down the offer to direct The Bourne Legacy, Matt Damon left with him, saying he wouldn't do any more movies without him, and Liman left too. This is part of why Legacy hasn't been as well-received as its predecessors.
- Though it should be noted that Tony Gilroy wrote all four films (and directed Legacy).
- The James Bond novels written after Ian Fleming's death are nowhere near as famous as the ones Ian Fleming wrote (nor as typically well-received). Of course, there wasn't really any other way around the Author Existence Failure.
- Frank Herbert's Dune series was taken over by his son after the former's death, based on his father's notes. Despite this, many fans suggest stopping after Chapterhouse: Dune, Frank's final Dune work (other fans suggest stopping after the original Dune).
- This was one of the reasons The Dresden Files failed compared to the books. Most fans did not see the show as good without Jim Butcher.
- At least a significant portion of the Douglas Adams fans out there were not at all satisfied with And Another Thing, which was written by Eoin Colfer several years after Adams' death.
- Conan the Barbarian. To the most visible portion of the fanbase, the true Conan stories are the ones written by Howard and only by Howard. The post-Howard writers are referred to as "Conantics," and Internet Backdraft ensues if you admit to liking any of the books by Lin Carter or the others. (The films, curiously, don't receive nearly as much backlash.)
- HP Lovecraft is often seen as the best writer of the Cthulhu Mythos literature. Fellow authors like August Derleth who carried on writing literature based on the mythos are derided by some as missing the point of the bleak, hopeless outlook on the universe that Lovecraft conveyed.
- Fans generally don't like the Dragonriders of Pern books written after Anne McCaffrey died.
- Books that get turned into movies are nearly 100% this.
- Some are just horrible, like the Eragon film or the City of Ember movie, a few are average like Percy Jackson and the Olympians or Twilight. Even the well-received book movies, such as Harry Potter or The Hunger Games, get complaints.
- Twilight has a rather interesting inversion in some circles, where folks hate the books but find the movies to be So Bad, It's Good. Most of those people found that both parts of Breaking Dawn lacked the enjoyable narm of the first three movies, and those were the ones that Meyer had direct input into, as a producer.
- Can be averted depending on the source material; less-than-great books have often made great movies. The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Godfather and The Searchers for three noteworthy examples.
- The sequel series to The Chronicles of Amber written after Roger Zelazny's death is universally regarded as Fanon Discontinuity. This stance is considerably helped by the fact that several of Zelazny's friends have publicly stated that abhorred the idea of anyone else writing canonical stories in the Amber 'verse.
Live Action Television
- Supernatural. Many fans blamed the seasons 6 & 7 showrunner Sera Gamble for the show's less-than-stellar state after Eric Kripke, the creator and original showrunner, stepped down (though Kripke still had some input on the show). After season 7, Gamble also stepped down and was replaced by Jeremy Carver. Whether or not he's doing better than her is a bit of a Base Breaker amongst the fandom, but both are generally seen as inferior to Kripke.
- Arguably also true of Smallville. After the departure of co-creators and original show runners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar at the end of Season 7, the show seemed to end up in something of a Running the Asylum state with what was originally conceived as an accessible story about the future Superman with a loose approach to the mythology degenerating into DC Continuity Porn.
- The West Wing. Creator and showrunner Aaron Sorkin left the show at the end of the fourth season; the fifth season was savaged by critics and fans alike, and while the sixth and seventh were generally accepted as being an improvement, there are many fans of the Sorkin era who simply ignore everything after season four.
- Gossip Girl. When Joshua Safran took over as showrunner the quality of the show went drastically downhill and the ratings followed, which led to the majority of the fans complaining about him. It did not help matters that Safran frequently argued with the fans on twitter and that one of the show's directors stated that people who didn't like the changes were not real fans. He left the show after the fifth season, but the damage was done (the next season was its last, and its lowest-rated, and Cut Short to boot. And as for the Series Finale...).
- A widespread perception of the fourth season of Community, made after creator Dan Harmon was fired by the network.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A reboot without Joss Whedon's involvement has been discussed, and fans are already rejecting it. And so are many of the original actors!
- Played straight by Star Trek: The Original Series, where the Gene Roddenberry produced Seasons 1 and 2 are regarded as being way better than Season 3, where Fred Freiberger took over. Inverted by the following Star Trek shows however, which are widely regarded to have hit their strides after the original creators stepped down from the showrunner role (see My Real Daddy for more info). There are also some fans who regard only the Roddenberry-produced episodes and film as genuine Star Trek, and everything else as brainless trash, though this is very much a minority viewpoint.
Multiple Media
- BIONICLE, as far as the story goes, zig-zags this. The Direct-to-Video movies were bashed due not not having been written by Greg Farshtey, but after he took over from Bob Thompson as Story Team leader, Farshtey became something of a Scapegoat Creator, with some fans complaining that he had too much influence on the story. As another inversion, the early Mata Nui Online Game, which was handled almost entirely by an outside-group (Templar Studios), is often seen as the franchise's best piece of media, so many fans are of the opinion that none of the actual creators "got it right" either. And as for the DVD movies themselves, most of the fourth's problems were often attributed to not having been made by the creators of the much more popular (if still not well-loved) first three.
Video Games
- Most infamous example: The Legend of Zelda CD-i Games and Hotel Mario, produced by Phillips. As Nintendo Power put it, these games taught us that "nobody should make Nintendo games except Nintendo."
- The Halo franchise ended up being sold to Microsoft in return for Bungie being able to split from them. Microsoft created a studio for making new Halo games called 343 Industries, and Broken Base ensued.
- The Broken Base was very much there the moment Bungie itself was brought out by Microsoft. There are those that complain that Microsoft restricted Bungie and forced them to crank out the Halo series. On the other hand, there is also an equally vocal side saying that Microsoft rescued Bungie from bankruptcy and gave them needed kicks in the ass whenever delays occured in the development of the Halo games.
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution was starting to receive this... until the beta was leaked. Of course, Deus Ex fans should be reminded that the original creators brought us Deus Ex: Invisible War.
- Fallout 3 is hated by some of the more die-hard fans of the first two games because it was created by Bethesda Softworks and not (the defunct) Black Isle Studios. Especially noticeable when you consider that Fallout: New Vegas was given a more accepting reception and that some of the old employees of Black Isle incidentally worked on it.
- Most of the Legacy of Kain series is considered inferior to the original Blood Omen, since its designers - Silicon Knights - were cut out of the loop, the trademark essentially stolen by the publisher.
- And even among fans of the sequels Blood Omen 2 (actually the 4th game in the series) is widely considered the worst. This is also the only game Amy Hennig had no involvement in.
- Many fans of the original Mafia dislike Mafia II particularly because very few of the original staff were on the Mafia II team, and most of them left during production.
- Some fans / tropers think the Fire Emblem series has never been the same since the fifth entry, Thracia 776. The reason is due to the departure of series creator Shouzou Kaga.
- Some people felt this way with both the newer Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon games.
- Long-time Command & Conquer fans have this in spades. Electronic Arts bought out the original creators of the series, Westwood Studios, and they have responded extremely negatively to almost all of the changes made to the series. While at times justified, such as the Tiberian Twilight example, a lot of the time one gets the feeling most of the negative criticism can be cited down to "it's not made by Westwood, therefore it sucks; EA wants to ruin the series and they must be stopped before they do so, because stupid kids who don't know what they're playing keep buying the games and supporting them."
- On the release of Red Alert 3, these fans claimed that the game had too much blatant fanservice and overdone camp themes, the new faction was silly, and worst of all, Tanya was now blonde. note
- Response to Command & Conquer: Generals was also extremely poor, due to the game not setting place in the Kane continuity, and the gameplay resembling that of a Blizzard RTS.
- Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight didn't help by EA removing every single staple C&C game mechanic, removing such things as base-building and the Command And Conquer Economy, in favour of requisitioning units like Dawn of War II and End War.
- Although they did get lots of positive reviews, Obsidian Entertainment's sequels to two of BioWare's games, Neverwinter Nights 2 and Knights of the Old Republic II, still aren't ranked as highly as their predecessors—although this has more to do with them being horribly buggy (or, in KotOR II's case, unfinished).
- The Dawn of War expansion Soulstorm was not made by Relic, and is coincidentally considered to be So Bad, It's Good.
- Max Payne 3 is getting quite a bit of this, due to Remedy having no real involvement with the series.
- The Mega Man series gets this as well. First there were the official-but-subpar games for the PC and the Game Gear that were not developed by Capcom. Most of the later Mega Man X games also tend to receive this treatment, since Keiji Inafune intended to end the series after X5 but it was continued without his knowledge or input. And now that Inafune has left Capcom, faith in the series has now dropped to an all-time low; though that may have less to do with Capcom's potential ability to do the series justice, and more to do with the fact the company seems like it's trying to bury the series.
- Averted however with Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge and Mega Man III-V for the Game Boy, and the Mega Man Zero series on the Game Boy Advance; while they were outsourced to other developers, the developers in question (Minakuchi Engineering for the Game Boy games and Inti Creates for the Zero series) actually understood the series, ensuring that the games were well-received by fans.
- And then played straight again with the Game Boy Mega Man II, which was not only wasn't made by Capcom, but wasn't made by Minakuchi Engineering either. Instead it was farmed out to Biox, who didn't understand the series at all and ended up producing what is pretty unanimously regarded as the worst 8-bit Mega Man game. Fortunately, Capcom were smart enough to go back to the original developers for the next three games.
- What many fans think about the modern Ninja Gaiden games, and one of the reasons there was so much skepticism about Ninja Gaiden III— now led by Yosuke Hayashi, also director of the first two game's PS3 releases and of the Nintendo DS episode Dragon Sword. Any game not directed by Tomonobu Itagaki can only be a pale imitation. It doesn't help that before leaving Tecmo, Itagaki himself said that he didn't like Sigma, that NG2 was the definitive version of the game and that he was the only one legitimate to continue the series.
- Silent Hill, which has become a Broken Base since the breakup of Team Silent and the series being outsourced to Western development teams. The absence of Akira Yamaoka's soundtrack work on Downpour is already getting this reaction from some.
- Some of the fans of the first three Heroes of Might and Magic games, developed by New World Computing, aren't too thrilled about the fully-3D Heroes V (Nival Interactive) and Heroes VI (Black Hole Entertainment). Of course, there's also Heroes IV, the last game to be developed by NWC, which may fans simply ignore. The biggest complaint is not with the gameplay changes but with the fact that the storylines of the last two games have nothing to do with The Verse of the first four games (and first nine games in the series Heroes was a spin-off of).
- When Konami outsourced the development of the two Playstation Contra games, Contra: Legacy of War and C: The Contra Adventure, to Appaloosa, the results were universally regarded as a disaster, mainly due to poor gameplay. Konami realized their mistake, took Contra: Shattered Soldier into their own hands, and denied the PS games' existence. The fans were pleased with the results.
- U.S. Gold and Tiertex, who had licensed Strider and other Capcom arcade games for European home computer ports, went on to produce a sequel known as Strider II or Strider Returns. Fans were underwhelmed by the colors, controls, level design, and Strider Hiryu being renamed Strider Hinjo for no reason. It was known in some circles as "spectacular crapfest" for these reasons. When Capcom decided to make a sequel themselves, they denied Returns' existence, which they weren't even involved with anyway, and simply titled the game Strider 2.
- Metroid: Some feel this way about certain games that were made after the death of Gunpei Yokoi. Yokoi himself originally wanted the series to be a nice contained trilogy, so the main series games which were made after (Fusion and Other M) received this sentiment.
- The same sentiment was common prior to the release of Metroid Prime, not helped that it was being made by a seemingly failing studio that had released a grand total of zero games. But the game came through, and the rest is history.
- Out of all the Age of Empires games, the latest, Age of Empires Online was developed after Ensemble Studios was closed down. Much Broken Base ensued.
- The 989 Studios-developed Twisted Metal III and 4 received a very mixed reception among the fandom, compared to the SingleTrac-developed (and their successor companies, Incog Inc. and Eat Sleep Play) games. David Jaffe said that while the 989 games were good games on their own, they were just bad Twisted Metal games.
- One of the slogans for 1997's Critical Depth was, "From the Developers Who Know Vehicular Combat!", referring to SingleTrac, the developers of the game.
- Langrisser Millennium was developed without the team that had worked on all previous installments of the series. Hardcore Gaming 101 describes it as "a filthy charlatan, masquerading as an installment in one of strategy gaming's finest series."
- Freespace fans have been known to do this pre-emptively. As it stands there is little chance of the series being continued, but if it did it would probably not be by the original developers (Volition). Some fans have taken the mantra "If it ain't V, it ain't Freespace 3!", as they believe that no one else would ever be able to continue the series satisfactorily.
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- A common criticism leveled against Dark Souls II. Since Miyazaki Hidetaka, the producer of both its prequel Dark Souls and its spiritual pre-prequel Demons Souls is no longer the producer for Dark Souls 2, nearly every fault that Dark Souls 2 has is often blamed on Miyazaki's lack of hands-on influence (whether that is true or not is another matter entirely, considering Miyazaki does have supervisory duty).
- While each Umihara Kawase game has been developed by an at least nominally different company, the only one made without the participation of original programmer and game designer Kiyoshi Sakai was Umihara Kawase Portable, which fans of the series have widely denounced as a Porting Disaster.
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- The Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series is a Neversoft creation. However, the company would relegate other companies to work on the various ports of the series, and said ports are nowhere near as high quality as the ones done by Neversoft. For many fans, 'Shaba Games' brings to mind cheapness, poor graphics and glitches, most notably in the PS1 port of Tony Hawks Pro Skater 4. Neversoft pulled out of the series entirely after Proving Ground, and Activision gave the following installments to other subsidiaries to the point Ride and Shred killed the series - aside from a remake of the original and a phone-only game.
- Neversoft was on the other side of the spectrum with Guitar Hero, which they inherited from Harmonix once it was sold to Viacom and went on to create Rock Band. Their games, which started with Guitar Hero III, had many good reviews and even better sales, but are still divisive exactly for turning the series into a Cash Cow Franchise that Activision ran to the ground.
- Monkey Island - Ron Gilbert worked on the first two games, which are beloved by fans, after which he left Lucasarts. The first game he didn't work on, The Curse Of Monkey Island, was well received and even Gilbert says he enjoyed it, though noting he had a different plan for Monkey Island 3. The fourth game, Escape From Monkey Island, however, was a disaster, and had many fans feeling that Lucasarts were doing a disservice to Gilbert's creation. This was largely due to the glitchiness of the game (which was ironed out somewhat in the PS2 port), the non-point and click controls, Polygon Ceiling graphics, the retconning, the unfunny and stereotypical humor, the reliance on time and memory based puzzles, and nonsensical portions like Monkey Kombat. Ron Gilbert was involved with the first two games' remakes and oversaw some of Tales of Monkey Island (which was a step up from Escape, though not to the degree most fans wanted), but doesn't have particular interest in working on the next parts.
- Duke Nukem 3D's Nuclear Winter expansion pack is generally considered the worst, and is also the only one 3D Realms didn't work on. Though it's not without reason - the first two levels are just slight rehashes of the first two levels in the base game in reverse order, and the music for every stage is Christmas carols. The level designs are also fairly boring in comparison to the other packs, and some parts are fairly similar to other levels from the original game.
- In 2014, Natsume developed and released Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley, as they lost the rights to import future Harvest Moon titles from the original developer Marvelous to XSEED Games, but still having the rights to the name (this meant that the most recent title Connect to the New World is renamed Story of Seasons.) However recepting for The Lost Valley had been met with negative reception.
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- Only the original Ben 10 series involved Man of Action Studios. The sequels, Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien are usually held to be of lower quality thanks to Dwayne McDuffie not really getting the series, despite the high quality of his previous work.
- This is most people's reactions to sequels to Don Bluth movies. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West gets a pass sometimes, but notably Steven Spielberg was still involved in the production as he was with the first movie.
- After Lauren Faust lessened her role on the show, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic's second season has received its fair share of mixed reception episodes.
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- The Superman Theatrical Cartoons produced and directed by Max and Dave Fleischer, respectively, broke new ground for the Superman mythos and provided strong inspiration to other animators. The cartoons produced by Famous Studios don't have as high a reputation.
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The 10-time Gr I winner pulled up lame after a trackwork gallop on Tuesday, prompting managing owner David Archer to consider his options with the Pentire nine-year-old.
Yesterday Archer announced Mufhasa's retirement to the Waikato Times.
"Mufh has done damage to a sesamoid bone and we have decided to retire him," Archer said in an emailed statement.
"He is happy and well, and is looking forward to his retirement as a recreational pony, which was what was planned about now in any event. We are proud of our boy and we are rapt we were able to give him a little more time doing what he loves most, running, which he has done in recent times by his two easy trial wins and that wonderful second in the Windsor Park over the last couple of months.
"We love him, and look forward to spending his retirement with him, which we and Amy Doran will be doing. We are grateful for the support and professionalism shown by Bruce Wallace ... guiding us in the recent times of Mufh."
Mufhasa bows out as a two-time New Zealand horse of the year, and having won 20 of his 62 starts, earning more than $3.62 million for Archer, his partner Di Wright and his children Simon and Natalie Archer.
He retires from the racetrack hard on the heels of Zabeel's retirement from stud duties earlier this week, the two champions bowing out within 48 hours and leaving a big void in their respective spheres.
Bred by Colin and John Thompson, Mufhasa was a $50,000 yearling purchase at Karaka for Archer, who placed the horse in the care of Auckland trainer Stephen McKee.
Under McKee's guidance he flourished, winning his ninth race from 18 starts in the Gr II Coupland's Bakeries Mile at Riccarton. Two starts later he secured his first Gr I win in the Telegraph Handicap (1200m) at Trentham.
He followed up with the first of his two Waikato Draught Sprints at Te Rapa at his next start.
Of his 10 Gr I wins, eight were in New Zealand and two in Australia - the Toorak Handicap (1600m) and the Futurity Stakes (1400m), both at Caulfield.
As with any great turf story, there were scandal and setbacks along the way.
McKee fell out with Mufhasa's strapper, Amy Doran, and in January this year, Archer chose to keep the galloper with his strapper rather than his trainer and transferred him to fellow Auckland trainer Bruce Wallace, so he could continue to be looked after by Doran.
Mufhasa underwent tie-back surgery to correct an epiglottal entrapment in March this year, then ran a mighty second to Pierro in the Gr I George Ryder Stakes in Sydney at his next start back.
However, he then went to Hong Kong to contest the Gr I Champions Mile and bled, a re-entrapment of the epiglottis prompting suggestions he would be retired.
Archer decided to let nature take its course and, satisfied Mufhasa had made a full recovery, brought him back for a final campaign.
Mufhasa showed he had lost none of his zip when his first appearance became a 10-length open trial romp, defeating stakes performer Astute And Agile, and first-up over 1600m he ran a gallant second to Xanadu in the Gr I Windsor Park Plate at Hastings, beating home Gr I winners of the ilk of Nashville, Final Touch, Survived and Ransomed.
He won a trial by three lengths at Cambridge last month, a tuneup for Saturday's Gr III Manawatu Challenge Stakes at Awapuni, a race he won last year - supposedly his final leadup to his swansong performance, a last tilt at the Gr I Waikato Draught Sprint at Te Rapa in February.
However, the sesamoid injury put paid to that.
Archer yesterday said it was an emotional time but he was pleased the pressure was now off Mufhasa and he could enjoy his retirement.
Perhaps he couldn't have said it much better than he did in the wake of Mufhasa's 10th Gr I win in the Windsor Park Plate at Hastings last year: "Time and time again, you stop and shake your head. Why were we so fortunate to buy that little four-legged animal? We got Lotto with that, man. He's a gorgeous animal and I'm just so proud of the horse."
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Obituary: Ivan Chambers
In 1925 Ivan Chambers started work at W.J. Bryce's bookshop in Holborn, London; the shop soon moved to Museum Street, in a building belonging to Stanley Unwin, and Chambers stayed there, after the shop was bought by Bowes and Bowes, until his retirement as managing director in 1971. As a director of "the original pedigree bookshop" he was earning pounds 250 p.a. and was refused a rise, being told, "Your reward will be in the hereafter, my dear boy." He stayed, despite having no religious convictions.
Chambers was born in 1902, in Bulgaria, where his father was working on the financial concerns of a silk-spinning factory. He returned to England as a small child and was educated at St George's Roman Catholic School, Walthamstow, although he had been baptised into the Orthodox Church.
When he was five he caught polio and had to spend much of his childhood on his back, during which time he developed a passion for literature; he was left with a withered right arm and a left arm which he could not lift properly: "I worked on half an arm." He left school aged 14 and "thereafter I was an autodidact". His career started in the city as a linguist for an importer/exporter but, aged 23, he started work with Bryce's.
He had a particular love of Scandinavia and the Orkneys and their literature, and had a long correspondence with the poet George Mackay Brown. Chambers spent many holidays cycling in northern Europe with his father until he married Kathleen Pilsbury, a painter, in 1943. He said of his marriage, "I was a late developer", but his withered arm had made him shy. When Bryce made him become an associate bookseller he began to be more confident and to find his skill as a public speaker.
The Second World War was a difficult time at Bryce's; the shop had supplied schools with their books and prizes but at the outbreak of war in September 1939, many cancelled their orders and publishers were reluctant to take returns. Chambers often worked seven days a week supplying prisoner-of-war camps with hand-picked packages of books sent through the British Red Cross, as well as supplying Winston Churchill.
From 1936 until his death Chambers was a member of the Society of Bookmen. He gave evidence for the defence at the inquiry into the Net Book Agreement at the Old Bailey in 1961, was an executive on the National Book Council and Chairman of the London branch of the Booksellers Association. He was a much sought-after, witty and mannered public speaker, who had a great precision with words. When he retired, the Society of Bookmen gave a lunch in his honour, "one of the most delightful characters of the book trade", at the Criterion Restaurant, for 140 friends, colleagues and admirers.
It was through working for Chambers at Bryce's from 1967 to 1969 that I first learnt about "personal bookselling"; the importance of establishing relationships with customers and the exciting possibilities of enthusing people with previously unknown works.
He retired to Axminster in Devon, where he was the voluntary curator at the local museum. Although his sight failed, his mind remained active to the end.
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Satisfied that its client base of people over age 50 want to use smartphones, wireless company Consumer Cellular is rolling out more models.
The Tigard-based company turned to smartphones last year with some trepidation. After all, it had always marketed its phones to seniors based on ease of use as well as avoiding long-term contracts. Its traditional phone model by manufacturer Doro features oversized buttons.
Now, however, 26 percent of the company's new phone sales are smartphones, CEO John Marick said Tuesday.
Until now the company sold two smartphone models, one entry-level and one mid-tier. The company added two models Tuesday. Priced at $150, the Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate replaces Consumer Cellular's mid-tier model. Priced at $300, the LG 930 offers top-end features.
Marick said another two smartphone models will arrive later this year. The company aims to offer four to five, with enough differentiation for customers to clearly understand what features they'll get for what price.
"We've found over the years that our demographic wants all the features, … they just kind of lag the market a little bit in terms of adopting the technology," Marick said.
Marick said there's a little bit of demographic creep, as more people under the age of 50 are discovering Consumer Cellular. Still, all its marketing, including its status as AARP's exclusive wireless provider, is still aimed at the mature crowd.
Many customers in their 70s and 80s may stick to Consumer Cellular's traditional flip phones, he said. The selection of smartphones, however, should generate more business from people in their 50s.
With 820 employees, Consumer Cellular pulled in revenue of $263 million last year and is on track for $340 million in 2013.
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Fitzgerald has friends in high places, thanks to his following orders to cover up all connections between the CIA and the 9/11 plotters. Anyone with information linking the CIA and FBI to the operation to protect the 9/11 planners from capture befor 11 September either wound up in prison or dead from violent causes.
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Stacy Banner, 38, said that her entire family had been "wiped out" in the shootings at the home of dog breeder John Lowe in Surrey.
Her mother Christine Lee, 66, and 40-year-old sister Lucy were shot dead along with four dogs at the isolated Keepers Cottage Stud near Farnham.
Ms Banner's step-father John Lowe, 82, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of their murder.
Police are investigating if a shotgun which was among guns confiscated by Surrey Police and then returned to the puppy breeder in July last year was involved.
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"Devastated": Stacy Banner She added: "I'm utterly heartbroken — we've been left in pieces.
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