Games that do NOT/did NOT deserve a sequel

[Raziel_Likes_Souls]

Final Fantasy X-2

That never deserved to be made...

This, so fucking much.

But, with the artist's vision, I guess No More Heroes didn't, but the game became all darker and edgier, and felt like a crazy anime. Tone shift, but I liked it. But it was supposed to be a one-off thing.

 

[Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon]

Final Fantasy X-2

That never deserved to be made...

Oh god don't remind me...
Heres the intro

Spoiler: Be warned Epic fail ahead

Begining OK then she sings...

Though I would like to see a prequal...

 

[Wintermoot]

NOT: Pokemon HG/SS Pearl/diamond/platinum was already bad but black/white looks like GARBAGE
DO: a proper Bionic Commando (NES) sequal or a REAL Pokemon Silver/Gold sequal ( I dont consider Ruby/Saphire/Emerald as a real sequal but a new story)

 

[Paddin]

Killzone, which was a mediocre game which was pretty buggy and way overly-hyped. And it still got a sequel? Granted, the sequel was a lot better, but I'd say a game that glitchy, buggy and poorly executed the first time round does not deserve a second chance

 

[cornmancer]

Force Unleashed I have to question as well. While an interesting enough game I can't fathom how the sequel will work. Granted I haven't checked the material on what the sequel's about, but the whole thing just lacks appeal to me. The plot holes of the first one were bad enough...

The game follows the ending to the first game in which

Spoiler: Dont open if you didn't beat The Force Unleashed

Starkiller dies. In TFU2, he is resurrected as a clone by Vader for some reason. There is evidence that Starkiller is not a clone, and trying to discover who or what you are is a major theme of the game.

Sounds kind of stupid to me, but with ood exegcution it could work out all right.

I thought the first was alright, and I think the sequel might be better, but for fuck's sake, that plot has more holes than Spongebob.

 

[omega_peaches]

Halo 3 to ODST (Sure, ODST was the best Halo IMO, but it wasn't needed)
Left 4 Dead to L4D2 (Fun game, but not needed)
COD4 to MW2 (Wasn't needed, but still fun)

 

[JimJamJahar]

Every 'planned trilogy' should've just been released as one game. Would've saved a fair number of IPs from near complete obscurity. Also forces developers to make better games, rather than doing the "half-ass" dance with each installment.

Except Half Life, Silent Hill (that is, until number four), System Shock (BioShock doesn't count), Portal and a number of more others.
Some games do deserve sequels, but most of them are crap.

... none of those were planned trilogies.

I'm talking games that before the first game is even close to finished, two sequels are planned. Assassin's creed, mass effect, soul reaver, on and on.

You do realise that they are all very popular franchises. Having a definite sequel planned means that players can aim all of their criticisms at the developers and allow them to refine it into a great game. I mean, Assassin's Creed 2 was better than the first and Mass effect 2 was better than the first (YMMV).

 

[Lightslei]

Final Fantasy X-2

That never deserved to be made...

Final Fantasy X is already on the questionable side.

X was an ok RPG, the story was generic but the combat system won it for me.

It definitely wasn't one of Square's finer works though.

 

[Grey_Focks]

Bioshock 2 wasn't needed.

Left 4 dead 2 wasn't needed a year after the first

And I'm just gonna go ahead and say it, Final Fantasy as a whole. I'm fine with you making the games, as they really are only related to one another in flavor and name, but ffs, your just milking the final fantasy name when you get to 13, Versus 13, and Agito(?) 13. Come on.

 

[sabercrusader]

Lost Planet. It was a bad idea for a game the first time, it was poorly designed, and horribly horribly written. Making it virtually online only makes it even more annoying. A Dead Rising sequel also seems incredibly unnecessary, especially since they're not even setting it in a mall this time. Tony Hawk's Underground should have never gotten sequelized. Really killed the series for me.

there is a good reason, at the end of the orginal deadrisings true ending, it left us with a cliffhanger........besides so what if it's not set in a mall, does it have to be? last time i checked, there was nothing set in stone that deadrising HAD to be set in a mall.

 

[Blue Musician]

Every 'planned trilogy' should've just been released as one game. Would've saved a fair number of IPs from near complete obscurity. Also forces developers to make better games, rather than doing the "half-ass" dance with each installment.

Except Half Life, Silent Hill (that is, until number four), System Shock (BioShock doesn't count), Portal and a number of more others.
Some games do deserve sequels, but most of them are crap.

... none of those were planned trilogies.

I'm talking games that before the first game is even close to finished, two sequels are planned. Assassin's creed, mass effect, soul reaver, on and on.

I guess that you are right, but wasn't Half Life a planned game series?

 

[jvsulliv]

I loved Bioshock, Bioshock 2 was ENTIRELY unnecessary. And of course, there will be a threequel (no it hasn't been announced but just you watch)

Just thought I'd point out Bioshock 3 was announced in 2008 for a 2011 rellease

however as for games that needlessly got sequels (and there will be haters on me for saying so) Legend of Zelda (Let me finish before you kill me), I like the franchise as much as any one and have bought, played and loved almost every title, however the second one for NES... I wanted more gameplay like the first and what I got was some f***ed up 2D sidescoller (well kindof) lucky nintedo learned from that when making the SNES GB AND DS versions (N64, NGB and WII are all 3D so i dont want to try to compare to them).

 

[The Night Shade]

Final Fantasy X

 

[migo]

Every sports game ever. I've seen rows of NHL 04, 05 and 06 for $1.99, which means whoever sold it only got $0.99 at most for it, and a game has to suck pretty bad for you to take that little money for it rather than hang on to it to occasionally break out.

 

[azaana]

Mass effect works though because you can view them as stand alone or as a whole and I think they improved it when they did the second one.

I find that most sequals are either exta gameplay fetures which could have been added as a patch to original (left 4 dead 2), or a continuation of the story but could have done without the game play changes (sonic, all the 3d metroid games).

There are some really good sequals like Pikmin 2, Neverwinter nights 2

 

[Fenreil]

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. If only they spent their time on something worthwhile, like localizing Tales of Graces or something...

Also Left 4 Dead 2 and all the usual suspects.

 

[cornmancer]

I loved Bioshock, Bioshock 2 was ENTIRELY unnecessary. And of course, there will be a threequel (no it hasn't been announced but just you watch)

Just thought I'd point out Bioshock 3 was announced in 2008 for a 2011 rellease

however as for games that needlessly got sequels (and there will be haters on me for saying so) Legend of Zelda (Let me finish before you kill me), I like the franchise as much as any one and have bought, played and loved almost every title, however the second one for NES... I wanted more gameplay like the first and what I got was some f***ed up 2D sidescoller (well kindof) lucky nintedo learned from that when making the SNES GB AND DS versions (N64, NGB and WII are all 3D so i dont want to try to compare to them).

I've heard about that, but it doesn't make me happy.