"Failed" sequels.

[Whytewulf]

I agree... It is what Fable 1 should have been. It's a tease of a game, so close.. yet...

Oh and I agree about Master of Orion III. I played II until I.. well until I stopped, but that was a long time.

I wouldn't Modern Warefar2 was a failure, but it could have been better... Geez, I would have been happy with a 1 second spawn no death rule. Geez, spawn, die gets old with pavelows and attack copters blowing you up trying to even get somewhere.. Trying to shoot them down with a Javelin.. HA.. oh I digress..

 

[Nomanslander]

Bioshock 2 failed in pretty much every aspect. While I get the design document claim that rapture should've been big enough for more than one story, the story of bioshock 1 introduced, fully fleshed out, and then perfectly resolved every situation in rapture.

Stop believing in every Yahtzee video you see, BS2 is as good as any video game sequel can get, hell I had more fun playing that than the first game, and to be honest BS1 ending and resolution was pretty dumb...0o

 

[Tazz Azreal]

well curently playing bioshock 2 i would not call it "failed" its more or so an emotional heart-string puller, that is still a good game, its more or so bioshock but your a big daddy that can jump and new weapons, so far thats the only difference but im only on level 2 so theres more or less new suprises to be had (i hope)

 

[apelsz]

Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire failed in comparison to Gold and Silver. They were good games, but just... not great.

 

[Daedalus1942]

I'd say Devil May Cry 2, but we all know it NEVER HAPPENED and thank goodness right?

I don't get people... When I was younger, everyone raved about it, and I was addicted to DMC2 ( completed it on the hardest setting just before the invincibility mode, then i gave up). I quite liked Devil May cry 2 and even though there were a few plotholes and essentially the 2nd disc where you play as the girl was the exact same game, but I just don't understand why people hated it. There are far worse games out there and I commend the studio for trying something different and taking it out of a gothic setting to try an urban one. In my opinion 3 was the worst of the lot (though I'm yet to play 4), but i absolutely hated everything about 3. I don't understand everybody's reason for hating 2. Is it just a case of someone hated it and everybody decided they'd jump on the bandwagon? Please explain to me your reasobns for hating it?
My main gripe is how annoyingly difficult they made some of the new enemies to hit in combat.

Because the enemies were crap, Dante was dumbed down to the point of nausea, the combat was simplified. I personally hated it, I beat it on every difficulty mode without using a single healing star or dying. Compared to the other DMCs I find it to be beyond the worst one. It's not about a group mentality, I hated it before I found out people disliked it as much as I did. I'm not asking for it to be insanely difficult but SOME challenge adds to the fun. 3 was great, 1 was great 4 was half a game copy pasted with a really bad character added. But this is all my feelings, if you liked it then cool but I simply don't.

Interesting. I had the complete opposite experience to you. I found 2 to be at times frustratingly hard, whereas the first game I didn't have too much trouble on the hardest setting.

 

[Comma-Kazie]

I would have to go with FEAR 2. The first game set up so much for Monolith to work with, and they totally screwed it up. I would prefer to consider Vivendi's expansions canon rather than the horrific mess that was Project Origin.

 

[Dark Angel Warlord]

metal gear 2 sucked!!!!! u couldnt even play snake u got some whiny emo kid ...
tomb raider sequels
doom3
final fantasy x2 i felt somethign was missing

 

[Daedalus1942]

Modern Warfare 2 isn't a fail to most people but to me it was a personal disappointment.

I've spent maybe 6 hours on it and the majortiy of that was the single player campaign.
Not really much to say after the single player. Apart from spec ops, it's the same fucking game.
Definately a failed sequel imo.

 

[SimuLord]

I've lost count of the number of games I own with a number at the end of the title. Six of my top ten favorite games are sequels either directly or as part of a franchise (Rome: Total War, Alpha Centauri, Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3, and Hearts of Iron 2.)

 

[Birdman1604]

The Prince of Persia game on the 360, picked it up used for $15 because of the name alone but wow... it just doesn't compare to the earlier ones.

 

[AyaReiko]

Master of Orion III

I tried so hard to like that game. Really I did. But the negotiations between races were mind-numbing, the planet settling was mediocre at best, especially when you could supposedly set up a planet any way you wanted, and then the computer would just "fix" it for you because apparently you're stupid at setting up planets.

The best part of the game was the fact that you could basically design your own ships with your imperial budget, but the long-range weapons were so effective that the space battles would start off with ships as tiny dots, and by the time they zoomed close enough to see some detail, the battle was already over. What a waste.

Game got sold back to ElBo within weeks, and only because it was that long before I went back for another game.

Damn you beat me to it. Thank God for GalCiv.

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Not sure if it counts, but even after a decade, Final Fantasy 8 still holds a special spot in my heart as on of the worst games I have ever played. I hated the characters, I really hated the story, and it was way too easy to exploit the game mechanics to make the game piss easy.

 

[Flight]

I consider most modern Sonic the Hedgehog games to be failed sequels, so to speak. Resident Evil 5 was enjoyable, but nowhere near as much as Resident Evil 4 was (and they got rid of the inventory system in 4, too, as well as making Sheva useless on the harder difficulties.).

 

[Snotnarok]

I'd say Devil May Cry 2, but we all know it NEVER HAPPENED and thank goodness right?

I don't get people... When I was younger, everyone raved about it, and I was addicted to DMC2 ( completed it on the hardest setting just before the invincibility mode, then i gave up). I quite liked Devil May cry 2 and even though there were a few plotholes and essentially the 2nd disc where you play as the girl was the exact same game, but I just don't understand why people hated it. There are far worse games out there and I commend the studio for trying something different and taking it out of a gothic setting to try an urban one. In my opinion 3 was the worst of the lot (though I'm yet to play 4), but i absolutely hated everything about 3. I don't understand everybody's reason for hating 2. Is it just a case of someone hated it and everybody decided they'd jump on the bandwagon? Please explain to me your reasobns for hating it?
My main gripe is how annoyingly difficult they made some of the new enemies to hit in combat.

Because the enemies were crap, Dante was dumbed down to the point of nausea, the combat was simplified. I personally hated it, I beat it on every difficulty mode without using a single healing star or dying. Compared to the other DMCs I find it to be beyond the worst one. It's not about a group mentality, I hated it before I found out people disliked it as much as I did. I'm not asking for it to be insanely difficult but SOME challenge adds to the fun. 3 was great, 1 was great 4 was half a game copy pasted with a really bad character added. But this is all my feelings, if you liked it then cool but I simply don't.

Interesting. I had the complete opposite experience to you. I found 2 to be at times frustratingly hard, whereas the first game I didn't have too much trouble on the hardest setting.

Some of the enemies were obnoxious, I wouldn't call them hard. Like the wolves ...ung I think I just gave myself a headache.

Either way, it's just my opinion, don't let it get to you so much. Who gives a crap what I think, it's about what you want man. I hear Sonic Unleashed sucks all the time, I happen to enjoy the Day levels a lot, while the night levels are garbage, the day levels are a lot of fun to me. But meh whatever people think ya know?

 

[Raptorace18]

Resistance 2, Resistance 2 and Resistance 2.

OH! Also Resistance 2. As well as Resistance 2.

Did I mention Resistance 2?

The "boss" fight in the Chicago level was about the most piss poor challenge in gaming history. The only thing that made it hard was a poorly defined staircase.

On the other hand I think the online is pretty good/

 

[Daedalus1942]

I'd say Devil May Cry 2, but we all know it NEVER HAPPENED and thank goodness right?

I don't get people... When I was younger, everyone raved about it, and I was addicted to DMC2 ( completed it on the hardest setting just before the invincibility mode, then i gave up). I quite liked Devil May cry 2 and even though there were a few plotholes and essentially the 2nd disc where you play as the girl was the exact same game, but I just don't understand why people hated it. There are far worse games out there and I commend the studio for trying something different and taking it out of a gothic setting to try an urban one. In my opinion 3 was the worst of the lot (though I'm yet to play 4), but i absolutely hated everything about 3. I don't understand everybody's reason for hating 2. Is it just a case of someone hated it and everybody decided they'd jump on the bandwagon? Please explain to me your reasobns for hating it?
My main gripe is how annoyingly difficult they made some of the new enemies to hit in combat.

Because the enemies were crap, Dante was dumbed down to the point of nausea, the combat was simplified. I personally hated it, I beat it on every difficulty mode without using a single healing star or dying. Compared to the other DMCs I find it to be beyond the worst one. It's not about a group mentality, I hated it before I found out people disliked it as much as I did. I'm not asking for it to be insanely difficult but SOME challenge adds to the fun. 3 was great, 1 was great 4 was half a game copy pasted with a really bad character added. But this is all my feelings, if you liked it then cool but I simply don't.

Interesting. I had the complete opposite experience to you. I found 2 to be at times frustratingly hard, whereas the first game I didn't have too much trouble on the hardest setting.

Some of the enemies were obnoxious, I wouldn't call them hard. Like the wolves ...ung I think I just gave myself a headache.

Either way, it's just my opinion, don't let it get to you so much. Who gives a crap what I think, it's about what you want man. I hear Sonic Unleashed sucks all the time, I happen to enjoy the Day levels a lot, while the night levels are garbage, the day levels are a lot of fun to me. But meh whatever people think ya know?

I loved 06 apart from the severe framerate slowdown issues it had, but It only took me a day to complete. I've seen people struggle to finish it in a weak due to cheap deaths. I still to this day don't know why I had such a smooth runthrough.
I also liked unleashed alot, during the day and I don't hate the night levels apart from that one that's completely tightrope walking. Sonic team must have hired masochists to work on that level.
I also enjoyed Haze, while not the "Halo Killer" it was touted to be, I quite liked the story and for it's time the graphics were top notch. Also, it did alot of things that no other shooter has ever done, which were quite innovative and original, like playing dead for instance I thought worked decently. Don't get me wrong it was a tad broken, you could play dead , but it took so long to get back up that nine times out of ten the enemy saw you and blasted you before you could get on your feet in time to give them a gut full of shotgun barrels.

 

[Daefaron]

Anyone who mentions KOTOR 2 gets their throat slit by me.

Sadly someone will still say it, and I will just sit here and keep enjoying KOTOR 2 regardless.

Seriously it may be people's opinion, but I don't understand how people keep praising only the first one when the second one had far better and improved gameplay as well as a much deeper story and universe.

KOTOR 2 is my favourite Star Wars game, period. The ending is shot to hell, but that is no longer an issue. Do you have the PC version? Here's a mod that will give you the proper KOTOR 2 experience.

The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod.
http://knightsoftheoldrepublic.filefront.com/file/TSL_Restored_Content_Mod;111657

Trust me, this mod is worth it. The game is infinitely superior, and is a worthy competitor with the first game.

Wait, they finally got the restored content mod finished and released?

That might just bump KotOR II from a game I enjoyed but didn't like or play as much as the first (a "failed" sequel?) to a game I love. Will have to try it out.

 

[Blackadder51]

Killzone 2

I found number one to be way more fun

 

[tobi the good boy]

kotor 2

 

[Zersy]

Resistance 2, Resistance 2 and Resistance 2.

OH! Also Resistance 2. As well as Resistance 2.

Did I mention Resistance 2?

Let me Back that up for you.

It totally un did the gameplay style and feel of the last one.
It just copied other shooters "COD" to make it more media noticable.
It had a shit ending.
Multiplayer was full of annoying things.

Though you have to admit, we all liked the Co-Op.

How in the hell did Resistance 2 have a shit ending? It was brilliant and realistically the story couldn't have gone any other way considering the rest of the flow of the story.
It barely copied anything from Call of Cuty 4, considering they were both being developed at the same time, and were released roughly around the same time. How could they have copied anything? If anything resistance 2 felt way more similar to Killzone two, so maybe they ripped some things off the first Killzone.
But, if you think that they ripped things from the Call of duty series, maybe you should think back to a well known EA franchise called Battlefield (pick a number). Call of duty ripped off Battlefield and to a lesser extent counter-strike. To say R2 ripped off Call of duty is just ludicrous.
it expanded well on the first game and is far superiour in nearly every single way, had interesting setpieces, great graphics and difficult enemies.
If it's a failed sequel, how do you explain the shining review nearly every major game site gave it?
http://au.gamespot.com/ps3/action/resistance2/index.html?tag=result;title;0
http://au.ps3.ign.com/objects/142/14211237.html
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/game.php?id=10015
http://www.gamerankings.com/ps3/944521-resistance-2/index.html
http://au.ps3.gamespy.com/playstation-3/resistance-2/
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/resistance2?q=resistance%202
http://ps3.gamezone.com/gamesell/p34508.htm
I'm pretty sure I've made my point...

But the whole Vibe and feel of the last game was gone, The great quadrant health system was gone, the frantic run and gun play style turned into a simple "Shoot them, take damage, wait a lil, get back to shooting" , the 8 carriable weapon system was ditched for a 2 weapon system, all the weapons lost thier "Awesome" factor by becoming overly balanced (In R1 the weapons all seemed to have one main use that made them the best weapon for given job while in R2 you just chose which ever you wanted and it wouldn't really matter) , the enimies were made less imtimidating with the AI and stat redone and it used the "Press L1 to look down sight" system that Call of Duty started.

The point of a sequel is to continue the "feeling" of the past game not totally change and evolve it to the point where you have 2 seperate games with the same character models.

This is just my opinion, (Though I'll admit the ending was only bad because of the huge cliff hanger the rest of it had a nice "wow" effect) Resistance 2 was indeed a huge improvement from Resistance 1 as a closing point to re assure that I don't hate it just I wished they stuck to what made resistance 1 so good.

 

[Super Toast]

Any Pokemon game after Silver/Gold.