And now I just remember the ending of the short story The Monkey's Paw.

Which kinda makes me wonder if there's any people here who were excited for a new game or a sequel in a series but then it wound up sucking?

I can only think of two, only one of them is a video game (the other is Quantum of Solace, the movie which made me stop following James Bond. I liked them all up until the Craig era).

The video game one is Chrono Cross, which I found such an offense I like to pretend it doesn't exist. There is no Chrono Cross.