Favourite game with a crummy sequel

[Aeshi]

Armored Core 4. I grew up with Armored Core 2, its expansion, and Armored Core 3, and its many expansions. So when I finally got a PS3, I bought AC4... and wow was I disappointed. They changed every iota of the controls and made everything try to appeal to a wider audience, but all it did was make it an uncontrollable mess. The graphics were more polished, but it's like they forgot to add in colour to the game. And now every part has like 100 different stats that all have pros and cons on your mech so it's almost impossible to ever figure out what your parts do. I know there's a few people that will tell you AC4 was "way better than the earlier games", but I strongly disagree.

I hear For Answer is supposed to be better and that the upcoming 5 will go back to PS2-game-mechanics

My bad sequels? Probably Myth III: The Wolf Age and Unreal Tournament 3

 

[UltraDeth]

Army of Two: The 40th Day was ruined potential. The first game was excellent and could've been the start of a cult-classic

 

[spiffleh]

Final Fantasy X -> FFX-2. I kind of liked FFX-2's combat, but the story and tone was just dreadful compared to the original.

 

[Fidelias]

I just thought of a couple others...

Armored Core 4. I grew up with Armored Core 2, its expansion, and Armored Core 3, and its many expansions. So when I finally got a PS3, I bought AC4... and wow was I disappointed. They changed every iota of the controls and made everything try to appeal to a wider audience, but all it did was make it an uncontrollable mess. The graphics were more polished, but it's like they forgot to add in colour to the game. And now every part has like 100 different stats that all have pros and cons on your mech so it's almost impossible to ever figure out what your parts do. I know there's a few people that will tell you AC4 was "way better than the earlier games", but I strongly disagree.

This. Holy crap was it awful. I couldn't understand anything. I died so many times because I had no idea what they meant when they said that my "primal armor was offline" or something. I then figured out it was code for "You are so screwed". I love mech games, but I couldn't even finish this because of how ridiculously complicated it was.

 

[Vivace-Vivian]

The Longest Journey. The sequel was good but the end made me yell "WHAT" louder then ten thousand leaf blowers behind a megaphone.

 

[kidwithxboxlive]

Cod 4 -----------------------------> Cod 6
Yes, There is a massive dfference

 

[standokan]

Donny Darko, I'm sorry, I meant to type everything what came after Modern Warfare 2.

 

[Steve Butts]

So many!

Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Crimson Skies are the two that come to mind first.

MUA was so much fun and so full of great details, but the second game just had no spirit.

Crimson Skies was a fantastically smart and funny game on the PC. The console sequel wasn't terrible, but it was so much less than the original game that I couldn't help but be disappointed.

 

[Rylot]

I really enjoyed the original Red Faction quite a bit. I don't know how many times I played through it. The second one? God did I hate that POS. Horrific color pallets, nonsensical storyline, broken mechanics. However the third installment returned my faith in the series and I'm curious for the next one.

 

[BENZOOKA]

I honestly can't think of an awful sequel to a game I really like.

Those usually come from hype, expectations and in the end because they did change something or because they didn't change anything, so it's a lose-lose situation at times.

edit: Oh, right, I forgot. Dawn Of War II vs. Dawn Of War. It's a completely different kind of game even. I don't like it one bit.

 

[kromify]

every movie sequel ever...

 

[DanielDeFig]

Still the awful attempt to take the Spyro the Dragon series into the PS2 era, the whole series went down the drain afterwards.(assuming 'sequel' is being used in reference to any game chronologically after the first in the series)

 

[Captain Pirate]

Surprised no one has said Star Wars: TFU.
The first may not have been phenomenal, but it was good, and I think did a great job of bridging the trilogies.
Had a bit too much fan service for 1-3 fans though, and this is coming from a 1-3 fan.
I loved the three films, but I would've like some more stuff from 4-6.

However, I've heard terrible things from TFU:II.

Another game would be Bad Company.
I mean, MP in BFBC2 is superb, but I preferred the original's.
Much more simple. Plus, you could actually kill the Gold Bars with good ol' bullets and bombs.
Takes a fucking decade in BFBC2.
And, the Singleplayer was a clearly light-hearted version of something akin to CoD.
The sequel made it more like CoD, like, ridiculously so. America getting invaded? At least do it right....
I had absolutely no idea what was going on either.
Like, literally not a fucking clue. There was some bit with a tank, which was utter shite compared to the original's Tank-on-a-gold course.

Gaming hell is an FPS with the campaign of BFBC2, and the Multiplayer of MW2.

 

[BENZOOKA]

every movie sequel ever...

That's not vague at all: Godfather II, Return Of The King, The Empire Strikes Back, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade, Toy Story 3, Terminator 2, Kill Bill Vol. 2...

Alright then.

 

[x-machina]

I'll with Mass Effect 2, it got rid of nearly all the rpg elements in favor of subpar shooting mechanics, the story was really really bad, and they somehow made planet exploring even worse then driving around in that crappy mako.

Worse in nearly every way.

 

[DVS Storm]

KOTOR was just so awesome and while the second one wasn't that bad, it still was a huge disapointment. Same with Bioshock. Well I didn't exactly wait for the sequel because there was no need for a sequel but still.

 

[Ice Car]

Tales of freaking Symphonia. That is all.

 

[Grey_Focks]

Crackdown, easily. That game was what I had always wanted GTA to be, just pure over-the-top awesome. The sequel? Doing the same two quests again and again, none of the charm or unique boss fights of the original....just a terrible letdown.