a good sequel?!?!

[James Cassidy]

I hate to break it to you guys, but Final Fantasy games and Zelda games are not technically sequels. They are more like Spirit successors. So I don't think they really count.

A sequel is something that continues the the story of the previous game.

Half-Life 2
Halo 3
Fable 2
BioShock 2
Uncharted 2
Assassins Creed 2

and many more are sequel.

Final Fanatsy VII to VIII is not sequels because the two game have nothing to do with each other. Now FF X to X-2 is a real sequel.

Sequels that are better than the original? Too many to name really, but some of them are arguable.

Like FEAR 1 to FEAR 2. That's about 50-50 on fan opinion.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Half-Life 2, Mass Effect 2, Crackdown 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Battlefield:Bad Company 2, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no... and no.

I liked Gears of War 2 better than Gears 1... mostly because I could actually see more than 3 feet in front of me because someone decided to turn on a light or two. Sims 2 was also better than Sims 1... but Sims 3 was the worst. And I don't know if you can count this, but Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade was better than Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War. And Call of Duty: United Offensive was better than Call of Duty.

Left 4 Dead 2
Halo 3
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 2
Battlefield: Bad Company 2

You can leave as well. Does this face look like it's joking to you? And you can take your box of cupcakes with you, as well. They had coconut on them and no where here likes coconut.

Elaborate on you position, or be EXTERMINATED!!

I shall. Both here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.166918-Professor-Layton-Reviews-Battlefield-Bad-Company#4448703] and here. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.188706-Professor-Layton-Reviews-Battlefield-Bad-Company-2#5820392] Honestly, Bad Company 2 was great and I really enjoyed it, it's just that Bad Company was really where Battlefield went over into a true single-player campaign. It was really a different type of FPS with a fun lightness of tone and a couple of jokes here and there that set it apart. Bad Company 2 on the other hand decided to say "screw it" with the single player and just focus on the multiplayer again. Which isn't a bad thing, because I love the multiplayer! I was just playing it earlier today! But compared to the first, it was just another brown FPS. All the character's seemed to have their personalities drained and there were tons of continuity errors.

Also, Left 4 Dead 2 was great, yes, but Left 4 Dead 1 was better with pacing and creating really epic scenarios. Sure, they were a lot more varied in Left 4 Dead 2, but the plane crash at the end of Dead Air was spectacular and you really don't see those types of moments in the sequel. Halo 3 was terrible compared to Halo 2 which was my personal favorite of the series and the multiplayer couldn't even hold a candle to it. Call of Duty 2 and 4 were completely different engines and screwed the idea that the first one had that set it apart of having you, the main character, not being the most important person of the squad and trying not to be a one man army type game. Instead, 2 and 4 went on to being one man army type games. And don't even get me started on the multiplayer. And I've already expressed my opinions on Bad Company.

 

[thenoblitt]

mass effect 2 had a shit ton of improvements over mass effects but it also had a couple downgrades but the improvements far outway the downgrades

 

[voetballeeuw]

Far Cry 2, everyone likes guns jamming on them.

 

[CrysisMcGee]

An old one, But I would say Myth 2: Soulblighter. Also Max Payne 2, Warcraft 2, Hitman 2, No one lives Forever 2, Thief 2. Yes they are older games and they will stay with me forever because that's what i grew up with. I also have many others but I those are the ones that i can see the boxes of at the moment.

 

[Khrisiah]

*Blah blah blah*.

sorry i wasnt aware that my english teacher would be reading my post

but thanks for the heads up

This is The Escapist, half of us are english teachers (or at least we think we are).

Or we're just far too concerned with grammar than would be considered healthy. >.>

Well, at least it's refreshing to see proper grammar on the Inter-blag.

OT: For the movies I'd say The Dark Knight

 

[zimtheawesome]

Resident Evil 4
Ninja Gaiden 2 (current Gen)
Kingdom Under Fire Heroes
Battlefield 2

Also Kotor 1 was a better game than kotor 2 in my opinion.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Earthbound was a sequel.

 

[Ultress]

Ninja Gaiden 2

Persona 4 in terms of really tighting P3's mechanics even if it lost (IMO), P3's excellent pacing.

Wild Arms 2, took the series in an interesting direction away from it's fairly typical predecessor.

KH:358/2 day: as a semi sequel to Chain of memories for not bringing back that god-awful card battle crap.

 

[Tallim]

Worst Sequel : Devil May Cry 2
Best Sequel : System Shock 2

 

[Buschmaki]

Firstly, punctuation: what is the reasoning for including such silly punctuation as "?!?!" That sort of punctuation simply does not exist. A question mark is perfectly adequate. Your title makes it seem like you're in my face, screaming your question at me like some sort of ten-foot tall gerbil on cocaine.

Few sequels, IMHO, have been better than the originals. Some have things that are better than other things in the first, but very few are truly better than the original.

A few ones of note however: Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Diablo 2, and Icewind Dale 2 and Super Mario Brothers 3.

That's a rather specific example. I agree with you on Ocarina of Time i used to play the hell out of that game with my brother, also Star Fox 64.

 

[Lem0nade Inlay]

I want to say Half life 2, I really do...but I can't!

Maybe Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. It really improved on Baldur's Gate, creating more freedom and IMO a better universe and greater gameplay.

Also:

Jedi Knight 2. I rest my case.

Is that, Jedi Academy? Because that was definitely better than the first one (where you play as Kyle Katarn, right?)
Honestly, playing a third of the game as an FPS with no lightsaber was just stupidity. IT'S STAR-WARS, WE WANT A LIGHTSABER PEOPLE!

 

[aLivingPheonix]

Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon, any Commander Keen, except for 3.5/7. Uhh... Half Life 2. Team Fortress 2... Does CS:S count? If so, then that.... Thief 2, so far, as I just started it.

 

[Teh Ty]

TF2 and Powerstone 2, but The original powerstone had 2 other characters, but Powerstone 2 was a bit better.
Also, I have to say, Sonic adventure. The level design in Sonic adventure 1 was better, but sonic adventure 2 was just overall better.

 

[Kimarous]

This is in the off-topic section yet nobody seems to mention anything besides games. How about stuff like films?

PS: "The Rescuers Down Under" kicks ASS!

 

[vance32]

World of warcraft STOP THE EXPANSIONS make a game were me and my nerdy friends can fell like were playing dnd without dice books and 300+ dollars for everything and a fallout mmorpg

 

[AidoruKami]

i rather preferred bioshock 2 to 1.

Same here

I also thought that Mario Galaxy 2 was better then the orginal

You too. Get out. The doors over there.

Why didn't you like BioShock 2?

Anyway, IN MY OPINION... BioShock 2 was better than the first... Mass Effect 2 was much better than the original, all Metal Gear Solid sequels improved upon the first, Left 4 Dead 2, Uncharted 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Resident Evil 2, (And following sequels) Gears of War 2, and someone mentioned Red Dead Redemption... While technically a sequel, it's... eh. Red Dead Redemption was undoubtedly superior to Revolver, in fact, incredibly superior. And this is coming from somebody that loved Revolver.

There are likely more, (Most of them probably older games that haven't been on my mind in a while) but that's what I can think of for the time being.

Ragh! How could I forget Spyro 2 and 3!

 

[omega_peaches]

Half-Life 2, Mass Effect 2, Crackdown 2, Assassin's Creed 2, Battlefield:Bad Company 2, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2

No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no... and no.

I liked Gears of War 2 better than Gears 1... mostly because I could actually see more than 3 feet in front of me because someone decided to turn on a light or two. Sims 2 was also better than Sims 1... but Sims 3 was the worst. And I don't know if you can count this, but Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade was better than Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War. And Call of Duty: United Offensive was better than Call of Duty.

Left 4 Dead 2
Halo 3
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 2
Battlefield: Bad Company 2

You can leave as well. Does this face look like it's joking to you? And you can take your box of cupcakes with you, as well. They had coconut on them and no where here likes coconut.

Oh, my bad, I have a different opinion than you, I apologize greatly.

 

[esperandote]

Silent Hill 2,3
Soul Reaver 2
Parasite Eve 2
Blood Omen 2
Resident Evil 2,3,4
Fatal Frame 2,3
Megaman X
Street Fighter 2