Before today, I was an hypocrite, I used to think games going to a different direction was a bad thing, that it was betrayal, Final Fantasy abandoning the turn based system that made it iconic was a bad thing.
But I am playing Max Payne 3, which abandoned everything from previous games, the story, the setting, the noir, the protagonist, etc and I realized I was wrong, it's a pretty good and fun game, even if it went into a GTA direction.
So I realized something. Not because a game does into a different direction it's a bad thing, all games change, either in graphics, tone, gameplay, etc. If Resident Evil hadn't been bold enough to abandon its iconic tank controls we wouldn't have fun Resident Evil 4, or Morrowind, Oblvion and Skyrim if the awful and boring Arena and Daggerfall structure hadn't been changed.
So I realized change is good! We should welcome change and at least, give it a chance, it doesn't have to of our taste, but not because "it's different from the previous games" it means it's a bad thing.
I used to think RE7 wasn't a Resident Evil game for going full horror and 1st person, but I realize now that was a mistake. And I can't wait until Christmas to give Dead Rising 4 a chance again since if i'm going to ignore Max Payne no longer acting like Max Payne and abandoning the setting I shouldn't treat Nu Frank and the "hehe zombie kill fuuun" theme of the game like something bad.
God bless you all and Merry Christmas.