Bad sequels?

[Ironclash]

In a broad sense of sequel, I'd say DBZ Ultimate Tenkaichi, combat was down to rock paper scissors for 80% of gameplay and QTEs for bosses.

Also, sadly, Soul Calibur V for somehow ruining defence (!!!) and lacking any story except a painfully short series of fighting the same people for an hour or so; losing weapon effects and most of all, no more decent endings, intros and profiles for characters.

 

[Ultress]

Dear Wild Arms Fans,


So I heard you liked cleaver puzzles,interesting/likable protagonists, and spaghetti western shenanigans. Well fuck you for thinking the first three games were any good cause you are a moron who wouldn't know a good game if it slapped you on the butt and winked at you.So we'll make Wild Arms 4 to show you all what a good game is like because up till now we've just been guessing

We'll introduce Jude the moralizing prick,Julie the idiot, Armund the worst drifter ever and Rachel the broken. Screw those environmental messages,those are for hippes. We obviously should have a gritty war is bad story. Next we'll make puzzles like throw the box or whack a switch and platforming tom foolery.Also it may be a little tough for your simplistic minds but I guess we can put a few light the torches puzzles in too.

Also you know what's cool?... What's that the Wild west, no. A post apocalypse setting is where it's at,stupid.You actually liked exploring a map and searching for treasures and sidequests,well you can't be trusted with that better give you a mario style map so you won't stray away and find some fun at least until you make it through our riveting story campaign.

Sincerely,


Media Vision (A subsidiary of Sonic team)

 

[laggyteabag]

Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Didn't like it one bit.

While I enjoyed the campaign, but it didn't feel right with no base building, so the multiplayer sucked royally.

Red Faction: Armageddon - Guerilla was BRILLIANT, I loved just about everything about that game, but with Armageddon (Aside from the Nano-forge, and MR TOOTS!) it just felt like a complete downgrade from Guerilla, no free roaming, no vehicles, linear levels, no side missions, spending most of the game underground, and a terribly short story, it was a massive disappointment for me.

 

[Wayneguard]

Condemned 2: Bloodshit is the definition of bad sequel. The first was goddamn brilliant and the 2nd was just... bad.

You sure?

I thought the entire sequence where the rabid bear tears through a ski lodge to hunt you down was damn brilliant.

Everybody always points to that part and says see... good game. I remain unconvinced. The primary problem with Condemned 2 was the descent into camp and ridiculousness the game makes almost immediately after you begin. The first level was fucking awesome where you investigate a decrepit hotel overrun with gangs and drug addicts... that was pure condemned. Then you start throwing explosive babydolls and fight a girl with a lolipop saw blade. And the subtlety with which the first game treated the game's supernatural elements was thrown out the window in favor of psychic cults or some shit. And then there's the final sequence (that we shall never speak of again). One cool sequence does not redeem a broken game.

 

[xplosive59]

Saints row the third was hands down a terrible sequel.
It ruined the series it messed up everything

Saints row 2 was the perfect sequel to the original saints row, it polished the mechanics it expanded the city a bit it gave some new dynamics but it already started to get a tad crazy
There was a lot of build up to the crazy and it still made sense for the universe really.

Saints row the third just went fuck you to everything that made saints row saints row, it gave you everything you needed to work for instantaneously and then came with bullshit like superpowers and stuff like that.

It just messed up the complete experience and feel.

THIS, my thoughts exactly, thanks for saying that so I didn't have to friend!

OT: Although not bad at all I don't think Metal Gear Solid 2 was nowhere near as good as the first 1.

Also I didn't find Little Big Planet 2 as good as the first one, although everything was improved immensely since the first everything felt cold and sterile the storymode was uninteresting. Although it was great that it expanded into new genres of gaming I think it took away from the platforming aspect which was done so well in the first game.

Also I don't think Final Fantasy games should have sequels as it ruins the entire "whole story contained in one game aspect" of the series, Crisis Core was excellent but that was because it wasn't a sequel and went more in depth on something that was already covered in FF7. FFX-2 and FFXIII-2 can just be forgotten in my opinion.

 

[Mister K]

Final Fantasy X-2. Fuck that game. All. Day. Long.

This. How could Square make a siquel of such low quality to my favorite game ? From story of group of highly likable characters saving the world to freaking super happy fun-fun maho-shojo anime game. That is just disrespectful.

P.S. Why many people say that DA2 is bad? It had great story, party members, finally a dialogue icon that symbolizes romance option. No, seriously, when I was playing DAO (I always play as a good guy) I acidentally started a romance with Zevran simply because I was always polite with him. Ouch.
Sure, it had problems, but they are not that huge. Exept for repetative dungeons, obviously.
As for hack-n-slash, you can simply go into the options and change attack to auto-attack.

Oh, yes, and, in my opinion, voiced protagonist with last name is better then "Hey you, yeah you" protagonist.

 

[Astiaks]

AC: Brotherhood, AC: Revelations, Fallout 3, GTA IV...

 

[lord.jeff]

The assassin's creed sequels have all continually disappointed me, not because they are bad, but because they are way too easy. Other than that I can't really think of any.

I found the first to be overly easy myself.

Bad sequels: Dues ex Invisible War/and several Sonic Games

Good but not as good as the first: Kingdom Hearts, Metal gear 4, Devil May Cry 2/4

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

The assassin's creed sequels have all continually disappointed me, not because they are bad, but because they are way too easy. Other than that I can't really think of any.

I found the first to be overly easy myself.

Bad sequels: Dues ex Invisible War/and several Sonic Games

Good but not as good as the first: Kingdom Hearts, Metal gear 4, Devil May Cry 2/4

You must have used something other than the hidden blades then. That and guards always assuming you are going to try to murder everyone. And even then I still agree with you to a point. I killed that entire camp of soldiers without breaking a sweat. I also killed the final boss in a third of the time through an exploit. I still think the sequels were easier.

 

[OldDirtyCrusty]

Saints row the third was hands down a terrible sequel.
It ruined the series it messed up everything

Saints row 2 was the perfect sequel to the original saints row, it polished the mechanics it expanded the city a bit it gave some new dynamics but it already started to get a tad crazy
There was a lot of build up to the crazy and it still made sense for the universe really.

Saints row the third just went fuck you to everything that made saints row saints row, it gave you everything you needed to work for instantaneously and then came with bullshit like superpowers and stuff like that.

It just messed up the complete experience and feel.

THIS, my thoughts exactly, thanks for saying that so I didn't have to friend!

Yeah, SR3 ruined the franchise. With their latest sucess SR4 is already doomed.


Army of two the 40day was bad compared to the first game. The story was ridiculous and fighting the same enemies over the whole game was lame too. The ending ruined it at last.

 

[Lugi]

ME3 was just terrible, what an peace of crap ending I couldnt belive. And yes Deus ex invisible war was also terrible.

 

[Lugbzurg]

I hear that Serious Sam 2 completely broke away from the hectic form the first game, and became more like Doom or Quake, but, less interesting. Haven't played the series, yet, so, I can't verify it.

Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge was kind of alright, but, it broke away from its predecessor way too much.

It was linear, it was so much easier, it was shorter, a lot of power-ups were removed, there was a lot less music than there should've been, there was no score system, only hard mode had a time limit, a lot of enemies made no sense, you moved on after collecting a froglet instead of going back to the beginning (except in one space level), the froglets were changed around, and there were no golden frogs.

However, it did do a few cool things, like, having more of a story (which it could've done better), adding more playable characters, a Challenge Mode, some cheat codes, more multiplayer modes, a main theme, an artwork viewer, the retro levels, and the coin system.

 

[putowtin]

Saints Row the Third.

Ninja'd

SR: The Third has to be one of the most disapointing games ever for me.... so much promise and they kill off the best character in the first ten minutes!

 

[AstylahAthrys]

Assassin's Creed Revelations. The Assassins sucked, there was little creed, and I didn't really see any revelations. That game was so bad. So, so bad.

 

[Goofguy]

FarCry 2. FarCry 1 is a pretty decent game, FarCry 2 isn't. I don't really know how to explain it, it just isn't.

Absolutely this. My biggest issue with the game was the fact that EVERYONE opens fire on you wherever you go. It made travelling around the areas very tedious and bothersome. In a land full of mercenaries and soldiers all dressed alike, you apparently have a sign on your chest that says "Open fire on me".

 

[TheSteeleStrap]

Does Blacksite: Area 51 (of this generation) count as a sequel to Area 51 (of last generation)? If so, that's one that really comes to mind. I've posted this before in forums. Area 51 is great. Blacksite stripped out everything good about it and made it a generic shooter that dissapointed me at every turn. In fact, even if not compared to Area 51, Blacksite is still shit from start to finish.

 

[CardinalPiggles]

Minecraft 2.

Oh wait that hasn't happened yet.

I'll go with Final fantasy X-2.

 

[Savagezion]

Mass Effect 3
Dragon Age 2
Oblivion
Tropico 2


Outside of that there are bad ones but these all actually broke something where the previous titles succeeded and they didn't add in much to compensate for the removal of good ideas.