In the video game world, ARTPOP would be like:
- The Tomb Raider 6 (Angel of Darkness) of the TR franchise
- The Devil May Cry 2 from the DMC franchise
- The Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) of the Sonic games
All video games with great potential that failed to meet the quality and success from their antecessors due to rush releases and internal dramas within the development team. After release, they were all panned by the critics, the GP and their respective fan bases (with always the exception of some members that could still appreciate them for what they were), as well as erased and completely ignored by the companies that released them, in some cases even becoming noncanon