The most disappointing game sequels
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Definitely for me it was Final Fantasy 13. I don't like FF games that much, but FF12 was probably the best RPG on the PS2. That or Dragon Quest 8.
I would say only around 3 months at most too early. That would be all that is needed to add fifteen or so more quests in around 3 or 4 more dungeons in a couple more areas.Edhellen said:
Other than the game having only 6 or so different dungeon, the rest of the game was perfect because the fixed all the problems that DA:Origins had. My first play through of DA2 kept my attention for around 40 or more hours and was able to beat it. I don't even beat DA:Origins, it was so messed up I lost interest around 20-25 hours in and I barely had any of the main stuff in the game finished, the biggest thing I did was the whole elves and werewolves part and that was for the big story stuff after leaving Lothering.
It wasn't dumbed down, they fixed all the problems that DA:O had with combat, leveling, and dialogue. It made playing the game fun and rewarding, instead of the chore that DA:O was.Aircross said:
The plot was fine, it was just a different style of story telling than DA:O was. The characters were perfect, better and more likeable than DA:O's characters.
The main trumpeting I get from people that hold up DA:O's characters on a pedestal, is that they are so "Complex" they have these dark pasts and they are slow to change but in the end they come around and are better for having traveled with you.
That is the most cliche tripe I have ever heard. I remember how closed off and dickish characters were in DA:O, the one I liked the most was Liliana, because she actually opened up and told me things from the start. If I tried to get anything out of the others, I would basically get the equivalent of a middle finger and a bugger off. Who cares if they change for the better in the end after some epiphany while traveling with you, that is the most cliche/over-used character build, and it gets ludicrous when everyone of them is like that.
DA2's characters were fun and light hearted, at least half were right up front with how they felt and they didn't change throughout the game. A couple did have some changes in how they thought, but those changes never changed the core of who they were, their personality.
I would have been pissed if Varric had changed his wise-cracking rogue ways. I would have been irked if Merrill had went from naive elf mage, to a confident and most knowledgeable elf mage that doesn't make mistakes and errors in judgment.
Though Aveline opened up a bit with Donnic, she still stayed that strong captain of the guard, that we love, that takes shit from nobody.
The games still has the dickish type character in the form of Fenris, barely bothered to talk to him because he was such a jerk.
Thing is, their personalities were more varied than than DA:O characters(because the majority of them acted like closed off jerks). DA2 characters felt more real, because I could compare their personalities to people I know in real life.
The reason DA2 gets so much flack is because BioWare tried to do something different, and succeeded in making a spectacular game with only one minor flaw to complain about. They chose to go away from the norm and not make a generic rpg, with generic characters, generic and out dated dialogue system, broken generic leveling, and generic combat.
Fable III. I liked Fable II, even though it was fundamentaly different than Fable I or TLC. II, however, was so off the mark that it would have done much better as DLC for Fable II. It was too short, cut most fo the interesting functions that were in I and II, and just had less of everything. The graphics weren't even better. I was very disappointed with it, though I do still play it from time to time. It just seems like there is less you can do with making a character, and it just comes out as Good Male/Female or Bad Male/Female. Even the damn bad choices later in teh gaem make you teh most beloved ruler of all time. It's just weird.
Still, that anticlimax was fucking funny you have to admit, just because nobody saw it coming.Psychotic-ishSOB said:
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I was unfortunate enough to play it right after release, it was a bugged mess and the gameplay was basically reputation grind 90% of the time.
And another vote for DA2.
I was unfortunate enough to play it right after release, it was a bugged mess and the gameplay was basically reputation grind 90% of the time.
And another vote for DA2.
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I fell in love with Actraiser during the early 90's when one Saturday morning I found the cartridge in the system. The only game I had was Mario World for a year, at which point I scored Darius Twin for fifteen dollars at Costco and played through it countless times. Needless to say, finding a random new game was a rarity (my brother no doubt had blessed me with this pleasant surprise) and my first thought upon starting was 'why am I a floating paracute?' I spent all day Saturday and Sunday rebuilding civilizations and cursing bats who were making off with my people.
A year later the mailman brought one of my first subscription issues of GamePro and I was in awe of a sequel being developed. That is, until I played it. Not only was city-building unnecessarily absent, but the difficulty was insane. I never did make it up the Tower and decided to stop playing in lieu of my controllers safety (from being thrown across the room).
To this day I remember the code to relive the original's bodacious envisioning of Tanzra-> Xxxx Yyyy Zzzz
Where's my Magical Aura, Enix?
I fell in love with Actraiser during the early 90's when one Saturday morning I found the cartridge in the system. The only game I had was Mario World for a year, at which point I scored Darius Twin for fifteen dollars at Costco and played through it countless times. Needless to say, finding a random new game was a rarity (my brother no doubt had blessed me with this pleasant surprise) and my first thought upon starting was 'why am I a floating paracute?' I spent all day Saturday and Sunday rebuilding civilizations and cursing bats who were making off with my people.
A year later the mailman brought one of my first subscription issues of GamePro and I was in awe of a sequel being developed. That is, until I played it. Not only was city-building unnecessarily absent, but the difficulty was insane. I never did make it up the Tower and decided to stop playing in lieu of my controllers safety (from being thrown across the room).
To this day I remember the code to relive the original's bodacious envisioning of Tanzra-> Xxxx Yyyy Zzzz
Where's my Magical Aura, Enix?
Did you try the online free-roaming? I could see someone getting bored by the single player, but it would suck if you missed out on a taste of the multi-player. It wouldn't have made up for the single-player or the unresponsive controls, but wreaking havok with other GTA players was the best part.Adam Jensen said:
Why are all of these threads always contemporary? The most disappointing sequel EVER was FFX-2, followed closely by Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.
And I just want to add, in contemporary fashion, I thought the Killzon sequels were craptastic. Then again, I hated the entire series. However, like an idiot, I listened to the reviewers here and bought them, then realized, again, these games suck. I really need to rent more, and not just trust reviews.
And I just want to add, in contemporary fashion, I thought the Killzon sequels were craptastic. Then again, I hated the entire series. However, like an idiot, I listened to the reviewers here and bought them, then realized, again, these games suck. I really need to rent more, and not just trust reviews.
Resident evil 5, considering how gd 4 was, how did they mess that up? (ok it wasnt bad, but it was a bit of a mess)
any silent hill after 3, but considering how highly regarded they r its not surprising
dow 2, mostly cause it was just an entirely different game (it is a personal bug bear of mine when a game changes genre and gameplay so it bares no likenss to the original yet claims its a sequel)
mercenaries 2
gta4
and most unplanned sequels that were only made cause the first one did well and they like money despite the story been so full of bs its stupid
oh and ff x-2 as my number one most hated sequel
any silent hill after 3, but considering how highly regarded they r its not surprising
dow 2, mostly cause it was just an entirely different game (it is a personal bug bear of mine when a game changes genre and gameplay so it bares no likenss to the original yet claims its a sequel)
mercenaries 2
gta4
and most unplanned sequels that were only made cause the first one did well and they like money despite the story been so full of bs its stupid
oh and ff x-2 as my number one most hated sequel
I didn't like the story either, but the game itself wasn't a disappointing sequel.Psychotic-ishSOB said:
The characters acted like they were written by someone who had read the character synopsis in the game manuals of the first two games. But at least the plot wrapped up nicely, and the game itself was awesome.
My Captcha was "calling eedbol". If there is anyone here named Eedbol, Captcha was looking for you, didn't say why or anything.
KOTOR Might be my favorite game ever. Then I played KOTOR 2 and was more disappointed by it than any other game. I even played through twice to make sure it wasn't me. I know it sounds odd to play through a 50-something hour game a second time after not liking it the first(and not getting achievements for it), but I REALLY wanted to like it.Blindrooster said:
The gameplay was good(I think it ran on the same engine as the first), and there were even some improvements to it. But the real kicker was the writing. WORST WRITING EVER. I mean side-stories, characters, and the entire plot. Each conversation seemed to go nowhere. I have never heard to much being spoken with so little substance.
I thought dow 2 was good, but it irks me too when a game completely changes its shit for the "sequel". If your going to go in a different direction, make it a spin-off, not a sequel.dickywebster said:
