Bad sequels .

[omega 616]

I checked the search bar and got nothing, I did only check for "sequels" and "bad sequels" though.

I loved the first dawn of war, so I thought I'd get the second.

After taking an hour to install the game, update it, get a steam account and set up windows live (even though I don't have an 360) only to be bitterly disappointed it was nothing like the first.

Incase you haven't played the first, think of command & conquer but it's a bit quicker to form a massive army and the super weapons are massively powerful units.

The second takes all the good points of RTS and throws them away in favor of speeding so fast to the best units that you can have the best stuff in four clicks, one click for the HQ, one click to upgrade once, another click to upgrade again and a final click to build the best unit (you have to wait for the upgrades to finish).

You can't build turrets, barracks, the building that upgrades stuff, a super weapon, the building that build tanks, the HQ does everything.

Me = gutted, I can't even take it back for a refund.

Now for the discussion part: So is there any games you have loved the first (or second) but
then a sequel gets released and destroys what you loved about the game? Like C&C releasing "Renegade".

 

[Worgen]

devil may cry 2

oh, and dont be a sissy *****, go play last stand, its a blast

 

[robman1130]

well unlike most of the interwebs i love almost all of the sequals i buy, then again i only play good games

 

[NeutralDrow]

This isn't a particularly new topic. I thought it was standard to hate sequels here.

I mean, I don't, not on principle. Only if they're disappointing, like Soul Calibur 3.

 

[omega 616]

devil may cry 2

oh, and dont be a sissy *****, go play last stand, its a blast

I would but I only have mobile Internet and I am pretty certain that it would eat through 4 meg pretty fast.

I gotta ask, how was I being a sissy? It's not like I am scared to play it.

 

[EMO_of_LiGHT]

Final Fanasy X-2. Took everything that was good about X and replaced it with wtf and j-pop.

 

[Apathetic_cynicism]

Halo 3. I felt a little cheated somehow and that a piece of my soul was missing, same with 2.

Gears of War 2. An abomination if there ever was one. A story that completely contradicted the first, and the multiplayer was a joke. Horde was fun though.

If there were any others, i have forced them out of memory because they were that bad.

 

[tpizle]

Final Fanasy X-2. Took everything that was good about X and replaced it with wtf and j-pop.

Finaly Fantasy x-2 also, playing final fantasy x was amazing I went back and made sure to get everything in the game, final fantasy x-2 killed that dream..they needed to stop calling tidus him and just call him tidus

 

[Sven und EIN HUND]

Age Of Empires 3.
It was just so shit compared to II.

And Dungeon Keeper 2. 1 was a masterpiece but... ffs

 

[Zeromaeus]

Final Fanasy X-2. Took everything that was good about X and replaced it with wtf and j-pop.

We don't speak of that abomination here.
Earthworm Jim 3D was dissapointing to me...
Halo 2/3 failed to deliver what they promised...

 

[A random person]

Final Fanasy X-2. Took everything that was good about X and replaced it with wtf and j-pop.

About that j-pop part: I actually liked 1000 Words. Other than that, though, the game really does seem like a bad direction from X (I said "seem" because I haven't played it. As for 1000 Words, I heard it in midi, and honestly, it's better that way).

On topic, while not bad, Super Mario Sunshine wasn't all that great, and the water jetpack (forgot the name) felt gimmicky. I did like the trippy water pack-less parts, though.

Also Phantom Hourglass, it made the tedious-but-pretty sailing from Windwaker just dull, not to mention a timed dungeon of unkillable enemies that you keep coming back to.

 

[ComradeJim270]

Halo 3. I felt a little cheated somehow and that a piece of my soul was missing, same with 2.

I actually felt that Halo got better as it went along. The first game had atrocious level design and the weapons were mostly useless or overpowered. The AI sucked. Halo 2 was an improvement, though the story was underwhelming at best, and the multiplayer was garbage. Except for the penultimate level in single-player, I had no complaints.

I have to throw Deus Ex: Invisible War out there. It felt half-hearted, and dumbed down to a degree that is completely unjustifiable. It was poorly written and dull.

 

[Aura Guardian]

This isn't a particularly new topic. I thought it was standard to hate sequels here.

I mean, I don't, not on principle. Only if they're disappointing, like Soul Calibur 3.

Personally, I HATED SC4. SC3 had a lot of better single player modes.

 

[EMO_of_LiGHT]

Final Fanasy X-2. Took everything that was good about X and replaced it with wtf and j-pop.

About that j-pop part: I actually liked 1000 Words. Other than that, though, the game really does seem like a bad direction from X (I said "seem" because I haven't played it. As for 1000 Words, I heard it in midi, and honestly, it's better that way).

On topic, while not bad, Super Mario Sunshine wasn't all that great, and the water jetpack (forgot the name) felt gimmicky. I did like the trippy water pack-less parts, though.

Also Phantom Hourglass, it made the tedious-but-pretty sailing from Windwaker just dull, not to mention a timed dungeon of unkillable enemies that you keep coming back to.

Ok, I didn't mean to say J-Pop is bad, I listen to some of it, but it's just that it feels like a HUGE step back after the magnificance that was X.

 

[A random person]

Final Fanasy X-2. Took everything that was good about X and replaced it with wtf and j-pop.

About that j-pop part: I actually liked 1000 Words. Other than that, though, the game really does seem like a bad direction from X (I said "seem" because I haven't played it. As for 1000 Words, I heard it in midi, and honestly, it's better that way).

On topic, while not bad, Super Mario Sunshine wasn't all that great, and the water jetpack (forgot the name) felt gimmicky. I did like the trippy water pack-less parts, though.

Also Phantom Hourglass, it made the tedious-but-pretty sailing from Windwaker just dull, not to mention a timed dungeon of unkillable enemies that you keep coming back to.

Ok, I didn't mean to say J-Pop is bad, I listen to some of it, but it's just that it feels like a HUGE step back after the magnificance that was X.

Just checking, a lot really do hate it but I like some of it (here's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhJOwVBCYms] some [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqIL78NEHAw] I [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLQ2hOOhKrU] like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Mggtgtiw0]). And yeah, I also thought it was a step backwards since it was totally out of place for any Final Fantasy game.

 

[minoes]

Tomb Raider from 3 through The Angel of Darkness. Because they were pretty much the same game, well except The Angel of Darkness, which is just plain bad.

 

[EMO_of_LiGHT]

Final Fanasy X-2. Took everything that was good about X and replaced it with wtf and j-pop.

About that j-pop part: I actually liked 1000 Words. Other than that, though, the game really does seem like a bad direction from X (I said "seem" because I haven't played it. As for 1000 Words, I heard it in midi, and honestly, it's better that way).

On topic, while not bad, Super Mario Sunshine wasn't all that great, and the water jetpack (forgot the name) felt gimmicky. I did like the trippy water pack-less parts, though.

Also Phantom Hourglass, it made the tedious-but-pretty sailing from Windwaker just dull, not to mention a timed dungeon of unkillable enemies that you keep coming back to.

Ok, I didn't mean to say J-Pop is bad, I listen to some of it, but it's just that it feels like a HUGE step back after the magnificance that was X.

Just checking, a lot really do hate it but I like some of it (here's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhJOwVBCYms] some [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqIL78NEHAw] I [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLQ2hOOhKrU] like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Mggtgtiw0]). And yeah, I also thought it was a step backwards since it was totally out of place for any Final Fantasy game.

Yeah, sampled some of it, not bad. You managed to find some pretty decent ones there. I'm too lazy to go find videos of it, but some of my favorates are Chain Ring from Zombie Loan, The World from Death Note, and Resonance from Soul Eater.

 

[blankedboy]

You found NOTHING? I've seen this thread at LEAST three times...