Sequels You Liked to Games You Didn't

[Driekan]

Won't say I disliked the original... Rather that I liked the sequel far in excess. List goes...

Street Fighter 2 to Street Fighter (I'm shocked no one threw this one in yet)

Neverwinter Nights 2 to Neverwinter Nights

Mass Effect 2 to Mass Effect

Ultima 4 to 1-3

Mirror's Edge 2 to --- Oh, wait... I only dreamt that. Damn.

 

[Driekan]

In response to all the people saying Mass Effect 2>Mass Effect 1, I'd respond with Mass Effect 3>Mass Efect 2

Hell, that's my answer in general. Mass Effect 2 is shit in a can. Mass Effect 3 took all that was horrible about that game and improved it.

I wouldn't say any game in that series is "shit in a can".

I think the deviation in ME2 to 1 was bigger than from 2 to 3, especially in a gameplay and character development department... Hence why most people bring it up more.

There's the ending thing, but I think that has mostly blown over by now and people have gone back to being borderline rational.

 

[StraightToHeck]

I desperately tried to like Dragon Age: Origins, but I just couldn't

I did, however, LOVE DA2; but, to this day, I cannot explain why

 

[lord.jeff]

Devil May Cry 3, the first two are okay but the third is one of my all time favorite games.

 

[Gizmo1990]

I cannot think of any. If I do not like a game I do not play the sequel. Unless you cound Final Fantasy. But each game has a different setting (most of the time) so I don't count it.

 

[ScrabbitRabbit]

And though most people dont think about it, Grand Theft Auto 3.

That's because GTA2 was fuckin' amazing ;D

GTA1 isn't that good, though.

 

[ripdajacker]

Torchlight 2. The first one didn't click with me (no pun intended).

 

[PPB]

Definitely Assassin's Creed 2. The first one was interesting from a technical point of view and for the novelty of the gameplay, but after a while it got incredibly repetitive, the story was simply not interesting and the characters were completely flat. AC2 fixed all of this in my opinion.

 

[bigfatcarp93]

Skyrim. I'm sorry, I really tried to give Oblivion a fair shake, and I played a good seven hours of it, but it's SO BORING! SOO, SOOOOO, BORING!!!!!!!!

Well, okay, maybe it's not that boring, but I'm still not sure whether I'll put time into finishing it.

 

[AD-Stu]

+ another one on Assassin's Creed. I found the first game to be a massive, boring grind but I loved the second one.

I'm the same way with the Ultima games too. I loved U6/U7, but despite many attempts I've still never gotten through U4/U5 (never even bothered to try the ones earlier than that).

 

[an874]

As for me, I really liked Gears of War 2, as well as 3, but I thought the first one was kinda shit.

 

[scarfacetehstag]

Assasins creed as well

The first was a boring game, one hour of content stuffed into six hours. You literally did the exact same things six times. And your reward? Bad philosophy presented more dullely than a university lecture.

And though it has improved, the future story was really stupid.

Ass creed two improved in almost every way, better characters, better pacing, more stuff to do, and an actually interesting plot. (Even if I know it'll end up ending like LOST or some shit)

 

[Pharsalus]

One more for Borderlands 2. Very glad that friends convinced me to get it despite my dislike of the first one.

And though most people dont think about it, Grand Theft Auto 3.

That's because GTA2 was fuckin' amazing ;D

GTA1 isn't that good, though.

This, the first GTA was fun and revolutionary for the time, but nearly unplayable in a campaign sense and damn ugly. GTA 2 had a weird setting but worked very well.

 

[Darmy647]

Crash bandicoot. I hated the original, but 2 got better and 3 freaking rocked on the ps1.

 

[uhddh]

Fallout New Vegas. OK yes, I did start with Fallout 3.

I would say Skyrim>Oblivion, but I played Morrowind and that precedes both of them.

Burnout 3: Takedown was much much better than the two that came before it.

Mass Effect 2&3 tower over ME1.

Not much else though.

 

[spartandude]

Fallout New Vegas. OK yes, I did start with Fallout 3.

I would say Skyrim>Oblivion, but I played Morrowind and that precedes both of them.

*gets down on one knee holding a ring* will you marr-

Mass Effect 2&3 tower over ME1.

you are dead to me

 

[Frybird]

Resident Evil 4.

Every game before it was just a pain to play (And no, i don't let those awful controls slide because it creates "more tension" or some bull****). Eventually picked up the PS2 Port after everyone and thier mothers told me how great the game is, and i guess they happened to be right.
(Actually, i also kinda liked Resident Evil 5...for me the series was hardly ever creepy anyways, so no loss there)

Also, Burnout 2.

I didn't hate Burnout 1, but it was a mostly unremakable Arcade Racer with unforgiving Time Limits (i HATE those in Racing Games, and even though BO2 had those too, you had to actually put some effort into failing them, so that didn't matter). Burnout 2 was just so much greater and more fun, and eventually the series reached perfection with Burnout 3 (Revenge and Paradise and the PSP one were alright too, but just not AS good)

As for me, I really liked Gears of War 2, as well as 3, but I thought the first one was kinda shit.

Have you played the games alone?
Just asking because Gears of War 1 is pretty horrible when playing alone, but is quite fun in CoOp.

 

[uhddh]

Fallout New Vegas. OK yes, I did start with Fallout 3.

I would say Skyrim>Oblivion, but I played Morrowind and that precedes both of them.

*gets down on one knee holding a ring* will you marr-

Mass Effect 2&3 tower over ME1.

you are dead to me

*phew* I was worried for a second.

 

[Judgment90]

Kingdom Hearts 2.

I admit to not liking the original game for several reasons, however, the 2nd installation, despite the bad beginning, was, imo, one of the better games I have ever played, plus, it had Auron in it.