Most degraded sequels

[Grygor]

So I was reading the "most-improved sequels" thread, and I got to thinking, what about the flip side? What about those sequels that are massive downgrades from their predecessors - the gameplay is worse, the controls are stiffer, the storyline is stupider, and so on.

An example for me would be Megaman 7. Set aside the fact that Dr. Wily as the end boss was getting old by the fourth game - the beautiful high-contrast visuals of the NES games was replaced by a bland mess of pastel blah. The new art style made the screen seem kind of constrained and made playing the game feel like having a boxing match in a broom closet, and the controls felt wonky and un-Megaman-like. Then 8 added in crappy voice acting and Megaman & Bass made all these other problems even worse.

 

[Dryk]

I had a nightmare once about a sequel to Deus Ex that took most of what was good about the first game and dumbed it down or flat out messed it up. The worst part of the nightmare was that I still enjoyed it somewhat for what it was.

I'd imagine that if that game existed it would qualify for this thread

 

[Vault101]

the Mass Effect Games

no I dont actually belive that but somones going to say it sooner or later..Ill just ninja them

 

[Zhukov]

Deus Ex Invisible War. That game where the bitter sneers of, "Dumbed down for consoles" really do apply.

Also, I'll just ninja a bunch of people with Dragon Age 2. I didn't hate it anywhere near as much as other people and I was lukewarm about the original, but there's no denying that DA2 was something of a mess.

 

[ChupathingyX]

Destroy All Humans! 3 was infinitely inferior to the first two.

It almost felt like the developers (who were not the same developer of the first two *ding ding*) were trying as hard as they could to be like the first two and ended up just being a (very bad) self-parody of the first two games.

 

[DoPo]

Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2

It literally was a different game with some LoK lore sprinkled and the title slapped on top.

 

[Dandark]

I don't care if it's already been mentioned. Dragon age 2.
Worst sequel ever!

I still enjoyed the game but it was so terrible as a sequel to Origins.

 

[Melon Hunter]

Spyro: Enter The Dragonfly. Dear God, what a glitchy, badly planned, overly short and disappointing game that was, coming off the back of Year Of The Dragon. That franchise never did well after Insomniac left.