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reavor said:

Indeed. There were no Baldurs Gate games after Baldurs Gate 2. It is a isometric real-time-with-pause game, not the fake from Larian which had wildly different mechanics and camera angles.
Further, there was no Legend of Zelda 2
There was no Super Mario Bros 64
There was no Warcraft 3
There can be no change in game mechanics and game camera angle from one game to its sequel. So it is written, doesn't matter if the creators wanted it that way, only game mechanics decide.

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BG3 was still an isometric, turn-based RPG (real-time-with pause is just a fancy way of doing "turn based" in the case of BG 1+2). The genres between 1-3 didn't really change.

Super Mario Bros 64 was still a "platformer", just in a 3D space. The genre didn't change.

Warcraft 3 was still an RTS, just with updated graphics and slight "3D" elements over Warcraft 2. The genre didn't change.

Adventure of Link vs. Legend of Zelda is your only argument that has a bit of merit, since Legend of Zelda was mostly an early "action-adventure" game and Adventure of Link mixed in some "action" and platforming elements the first game doesn't have.

Fallout 1, 2, and Tactics were ALL tactical, turn-based RPGs (though, Tactics was admittedly weaker in the RPG areas). Fallout 3 and beyond are First Person Shooters. Completely different genre of game. Game mechanics, certain elements, etc. can change and evolve.. sure. Dark Souls 1 is a very different game than Elden Ring. But it isn't a completely different fucking genre. That's the difference.