Good games that never got Sequels
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Finally, someone else mentions Jade Empire. I've head rumors about a sequel on and off for years, but I don't think Bioware ever committed to it.Jandau said:
OMG Stars Wars: Republic Commando should have had a series, but then again there was a book series written about it that told a much larger far reaching story that tied in with the game perfectly. Check out the book series, cause it made me wanna play Republic Commando again with all the new stuff from the books added in. The book series was the sequel this game was looking for. 
Bloodlines!!!Jandau said:
I'm going to differ slightly on the Planescape thing. Planescape was never fully completed... time and money kept it back and prevented the full realization. There are some mods that unlock hidden content that the developers hid away to keep the whole thing sensical. But at the end of the day Planescape is unfinished with alot of intended content that's simply not present. I want to read Fall-From-Grace's Diary!!!
Bottom line is that I'd say they should re-release Planescape but get as many of the original Torment people as possible to finish it and maybe add a few more thingies that they weren't able to in the first place.
I've been playing the game roughly once(sometimes twice) a year since it was released in 1999 just to be able to experience the entire narrative again and everytime there's some new and little intriguing piece of the game one had missed.
I'm actually planning to do my thesis on Planescape as a narrative by presenting it as ONE OF THE best narratives in human history. Initially I wanted to go for THE BEST but that claim is a little all encompassing to be taken at face value; a little too ambitious.
But, during my studies I've read the best of 19th and early 20th century Russian literature, which as a genre is mostly the best shit ever written... then Lenin died and Stalin F'd everything up for everyone. Also some of the best Ancient Greek, Victorian, English classics, Roman and sadly Christian literature(fear and loathe Eusebius and Lactantius) etc. and I have to say that Planescape as a complete narrative in my mind is by far the best experience I've ever had bar none(movies and other media included). There are MANY deep philosophical, moral, temporal, ethical and even theological issues raised in the game that if considered carefully could completely change the nature of a man(hurr hurr), but seriously. Give this to someone and tell him to complete each and every side-quest and read every line of text in Planescape and you'll have a much MUCH MUCH richer and older soul coming out at the other end.
I think Extra Credits did the "games as people enriching" bit with Mass Effect 2 and the ethical implications of reprogramming the core convictions of an entire demographic. Personally I remember Mass Effect 2 as "that light game that was pretty fun" because, I think, on some level I'm comparing everything I read or watch to Planescape's narrative.
I can go on forever but no, not a sequel, just complete the experience. Planescape is literary, visual and audial(sp?) ART!!!
XIII. Game ends on a ferocious cliffhanger, not to mention they only covered the comic books first story-arc.
Black. you know, that one game for the ps2 and xbox that was about a black ops team and didnt suck but paid pretty good attention to their guns? no? damn you. also i think chrome hounmds would be a good release. and im still waiting for my ps3 version of twisted metal.
I rarely think games need sequels if they present me with a complete narrative. Games like Shadow of the Colossus don't need sequels. It's really just the games that present me with an incomplete narrative only to have the company not continue that I really feel need sequels. At the moment I can only really think of The Longest Journey series and Beyond Good and Evil for this kind of thing. BG&E leaves you with a cliffhanger and Dreamfall leaves you with only a few of its loose ends tied up with heavy hints of more to come.
I was hoping I could be the first one to post that game. It left itself open ended but never got a sequel and it was just FUCKING AWESOME. Hosed and Screwed you died a valiant death.JemothSkarii said:
Ghostwise said:
I'm not done reading through the thread....and I'm dying to go on about Too Human which I love and REALLY want a sequel to (but not sure yet if anyone has mentioned it).
but I HAD to respond to this one. I SO want a good shadowrun RPG. The Muds that were out for it were never that good and the Shadowrun Multiplayer game for the Xbox was total carp.
We NEEEEED a good shadowrun RPG.......seriously it would rule hard.
There are some semi-cyber punk like games like the Dues Ex series that are a step in the right direction....but a true good Shadowrun RPG like the Sega version (my favorite) or the SNES version (still great) only on the PS3, Xbox 360 or even the Wii (or a good PC game I guess)....would seriously rule.
Massive points for the suggestion. Now if someone would just actually make one!!
Ok, I have read through all the threads now and besides Viivrabe quickly mentioning Too Human nobody has really gone into why a sequel should be made.
I consider Too Human to be one of the most under-rated games I have ever played. It's in my top 10 of all times and the only game in that top 10 that wasn't a huge success. I compare it to the original Phantasy Star Online and Diablo 2......In fact those are my top 3 games in play time pretty much.
The game was an action based version of D2 in many ways that involved skill more then any other game of it's type. Sadly many players never bothered to actually become skilled at the game so it flopped.
Due to it's bad reviews and sales a sequel (or even any DLC for the original) has been shelved and we still have no official information on if the rest of the trilogy will ever be made.
It is really sad that more people have not given the game a chance. You can get it for $10 almost anywhere now and honestly I can't think of a better $10 you could spend. That game is awesome in so many ways.
A sequel that included large scale multiplayer (team based) combat and increased the level limit along with a few other tweaks and fixes would be insane. If they went all Blizzard on it and had ladders etc I bet the game could rival or even surpass D2's insane player base and longevity.
While Too Human did have faults and things that could have been fixed with patches or DLC, so did games like Diablo 2 originally. It took work over time to make it the awesome game that captivated the time of so many millions of players. Too Human never got that chance which is very sad...and worse the production of a sequel was stopped as well.
It there is one game over all others that I really want to see given another chance it's Too Human. I'd pre-order the next 2 games right now if I had the option.
I consider Too Human to be one of the most under-rated games I have ever played. It's in my top 10 of all times and the only game in that top 10 that wasn't a huge success. I compare it to the original Phantasy Star Online and Diablo 2......In fact those are my top 3 games in play time pretty much.
The game was an action based version of D2 in many ways that involved skill more then any other game of it's type. Sadly many players never bothered to actually become skilled at the game so it flopped.
Due to it's bad reviews and sales a sequel (or even any DLC for the original) has been shelved and we still have no official information on if the rest of the trilogy will ever be made.
It is really sad that more people have not given the game a chance. You can get it for $10 almost anywhere now and honestly I can't think of a better $10 you could spend. That game is awesome in so many ways.
A sequel that included large scale multiplayer (team based) combat and increased the level limit along with a few other tweaks and fixes would be insane. If they went all Blizzard on it and had ladders etc I bet the game could rival or even surpass D2's insane player base and longevity.
While Too Human did have faults and things that could have been fixed with patches or DLC, so did games like Diablo 2 originally. It took work over time to make it the awesome game that captivated the time of so many millions of players. Too Human never got that chance which is very sad...and worse the production of a sequel was stopped as well.
It there is one game over all others that I really want to see given another chance it's Too Human. I'd pre-order the next 2 games right now if I had the option.
A remake! I could go with that, provided all they did was tighten the controls and improve the graphics!kooroe said:
Kepp the story - that had character growth - the guy went from self defence to defending his family to revenge to hero, all really smoothly. No "I just want to be out of this oh look I'm the chosen one" crap.
A "retelling" would kill things, probably removing the "get C4 - blow helicopter - strike facility" optional stuff for the linear high quality graphics stuff. I still hold out hope that a sequel would be made, and make the most of the optional missions that, more then anything, gave you a reason NOT to do them, if you get what I mean. Usually I would go for the optional missions in all games, as they make things easier for you, but in FF, sometimes you didn't have the health kits to manage it, so just ran the chopper. One smooth game. Might get it for the xbox or PC
I may have said this before, but The Legend of Dragoon definitely needs a sequel. First RPG I ever played, got me into RPGs, and is the reason that Final Fantasy XIII is on my shelf right now...
On second thoughts, you have a lot to answer for, Legend of The Dragoon.
On second thoughts, you have a lot to answer for, Legend of The Dragoon.
