Sequels that didn't match or surpass the games before it

Venom_Raptor · 2012-05-22 02:59:35

What, in your opinion, are some games that never equalled or surpassed the quality set in a game before it. It's hard not to compare a sequel to an original, even when you should maybe be reviewing the game as an individual, but my choices below reflect the comparisons I made.- To me, both sequels to F.E.A.R. never reached the same heights set in the scary original. The psychological horror was never treated as well and the stories fell dreadfully flat despite the promise of intrigue the first game opened up on.- Fallout: New Vegas was not as engrossing or fulfilling as Fallout 3; the open world wasn't as big, the increase in glitches was outrageous, and the technical side to the game was that of an unfinished one with constant stuttering framerates, screen tearing, and potential freezing.- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception was an exciting and perilous adventure with likeable protagonist Nathan Drake back again, but it just wasn't as good as the phenomenal second game. Uncharted 2 was always going to be challenging to surpass.- Dead Space is my favourite game, and a sequel would had to have done something truly special to level it. Dead Space 2 wasn't nearly as perfect, and whereas the first game was constantly terrifying with a silent protagonist pushing through the horror, the talkative Isaac in #2 (and the rest of the cast) never made an impact on the not-so-good plot, and the occasionally cheap from-behind attacks by enemies was kind of annoying. Still an amazing game, but it was easy to point out the negatives when I made a comparison between the two games.Edit: Infamous 2 was no way near in the same league as the first game. Sure the karma moments resulted in more diverse plot paths that granted different powers and the gameplay as a whole saw many improvements, but otherwise the story in Infamous was slow but captivating and ended brilliantly, whereas in the sequel it wasn't interesting just like the boring cast of characters.

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#51 Sokol4ever

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Dragon Age II - No where near the quality of theoriginal game.

Bioshock 2 was ok but couldn't get close to superb original game.

Mass effect 2 was good but I enjoyed more RPG elements of first game.

Assassins Creed Brotherhood didn't feel near as polished as ACII, revelations had some great improvements but messed up on few additional useless gameplay changes.

Those games come to mind.

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Kane and Lynch 2 I enjoyed the first game better.

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Uncharted 3:It is still one of the best games on the console but Uncharted 2 is my favorite game on PS3.

Metal Gear Solid 4: MGS3 Snake Eater was just mind blowing it was never gonna top it.

Resident Evil 5: It took out everything that was good about Resident Evil out. It felt like a dated RE4 with co - op plus the inventory sucked.

Mass Effect 3: As with Uncharted 3 Mass Effect 3 just could not match the quality of number 2.

Jak 3: Jak 2 was one of the best Playstation platformers around.

Gran Turismo 5 Countless delays and for what this embarrassment of a game.

God of War 3 the weakest in the trilogy but still better than the PSP games.

If Assassins Creed Brotherhood and Revelations count as sequels then them too. Number 2 was just a masterpiece.

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[QUOTE="big_boss1988"]
did anyone mention assassin's creed?
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assassins creed 2 was better than the original

I like the original better actually, but even I'll admit that I'm in the minority... I loved fallout 3 and new vegas, thought new vegas was adequate, and for the most part lived up to fallout 3.... I haven't seen these listed yet: Motorstorm Apocalypse: I friggin LOVED Pacific rift, and think motorstorm should be pushed harder by sony, but mannn apocalypse was garbage... just abysmal... FF13: garbage. What happend to the great ff10 days or even 12 was more than decent...(never played 7 etc). Ninja Gaiden: great first title, hack and slash royalty in the making...but then it just kept getting crappier and crappier... sure being incoherent in games isn't anything new...but you can only rely on jiggle physics for so long.... Killzone 3: F cod. F cod and all it's done to the shooter genre. It has it's place in games, but the side effect it's had on every other shooter is just ridiculous. I was/am an avid KZ2 fan... Choke points and all... but killzone 3 was a step in the wrong direction... And it all started with one hit melee attacks...booooooo. Battlefield 3: 1 step forward and then 2 back. Bad company 2 was an excellent online shooter... BF3... Just feels stripped down from BC2.... *tear* Nhl hockey franchise: you don't get my money anymore... we're looking at like 5 years with the same goddamn engine... every year they add one small element from the real life sport and everyone flocks to pay full price for "scrums infront of the net!!!"....Seriously?

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