Nah, it's because the directors always decide they know better and end up drastically changing and ruining the pre-existing story. Ton of people would love to see a near 1 to 1 recreation of a loved game story made with real people but that basically never happens.
So yeah the same universe spin-off story ones work better because there isn't a pre-existing story to completely butcher and fans can be like "hey I get that reference" during it.
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So yeah the same universe spin-off story ones work better because there isn't a pre-existing story to completely butcher and fans can be like "hey I get that reference" during it.