A while ago I sent my friends the covers of the Game Informer magazine that came out the month and year they were born. It was a cool thing to see. Sort like like the cooler version of a Zodiac sign, but only works if you’re in your 20s or early 30s.
Sequels having less features than the previous game without being a complete enough experience that you could ignore it. If they got rid of a lot of shallow features to focus more in-depth on others, that’s understandable.