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Ugueth Will Shiv You

Post subject: Best Video Game Sequels

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:09 am

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Stemming from a conversation with IMU in another thread, what are some of the best video game sequels you can remember, and why?

IMO, TECMO Super Bowl is perhaps one of the best sequels of all time. While the premise of the game remained the same (as does any sport title), the sheer volume of enhancements and extra features blew gamers away at that time. Game controls was obviously limited due to the NES hardware, but having the ability to save progress, an expanded playbook, NFLPA license, and stat-tracking was groundbreaking.

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 11:45 am

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Street Fighter 2 and Warcraft 2. The originals were weak, while the sequels were epic.

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:12 pm

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Super Mario 3
Road Rash II

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Post subject: Re: Best Video Game Sequels

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:54 pm

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I'm having a hard time with this (and most likely overthinking it) but a lot of the stuff from decades past were less sequels and more reimaginations of the same game (which would explain me leaving out Mario and Zelda titles already mentioned) so I'm going to choose to exclude those from my list.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Halo 3
Uncharted 2
Mass Effect 2
Portal 2
Half Life 2

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:20 pm

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Ms. Pac Man
Galaga
Elevator Action II
MK II
Qix II
Millipede
Super Mario Brothers
Pole Position II

Eight Ball Deluxe
Getaway: High Speed 2
Bride of Pinbot
... I know these aren't video games, ya dick ... give me a choice of every video game or every pinball, I take the latter, and you're wrong for disagreeing ...

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Post subject: Re: Best Video Game Sequels

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:27 pm

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immessedup17 wrote:

denisdman wrote:

Street Fighter 2 and Warcraft 2. The originals were weak, while the sequels were epic.

Warcraft 3's improvement over Warcraft 2 was even bigger than Warcraft 2 over the original.

You heard it here first.

I never got into WC3. I tried it for a few months and found they complicated the game too much. The relative simplicity of WC2 made it the perfect pvp game.

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:28 pm

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immessedup17 wrote:

lipidquadcab wrote:

HL2 was the only one of those better than its predecessor. (Excluding Halo, I've never played those so I can't comment.)

IW forgot how to make multiplayer maps after COD4.

Uncharted 1's gameplay was rough, but every other factor (environments, story, dialogue) was better in the original.

ME2 was a let down...shouldn't even be called an RPG any longer.

Portal 2 added co-op...but doesn't have the "feel" the first game had.

I'll disagree on a few of those originals being better but for the sake of this thread I'll spot you all of them...because I didn't see any requisite where the sequel had to be better than its predecessor.

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 3:36 pm

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immessedup17 wrote:

Oh...I kind of thought that is what we were going for. Maybe I'm wrong...all the ones I posted were games I thought took significant leaps over the originals.

Maybe it was. Even so, most everything I put on there would stay for me.

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immessedup17 wrote:

lipidquadcab wrote:

immessedup17 wrote:

Oh...I kind of thought that is what we were going for. Maybe I'm wrong...all the ones I posted were games I thought took significant leaps over the originals.

Maybe it was. Even so, most everything I put on there would stay for me.

We really don't see eye to eye on those new-fangled video games.

I don't see eye to eye with a lot of people here on them. :lol:

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:12 pm

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My original thought was to list sequels that were a vast improvement over the original.

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:15 pm

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Earthworm Jim 2

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Post subject: Re: Best Video Game Sequels

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:19 pm

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immessedup17 wrote:

Ugueth Will Shiv You wrote:

My original thought was to list sequels that were a vast improvement over the original.

IMU WINS. FATALITY.

edit: Though Babality might be more fitting.

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:28 pm

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I'm thinking that immessedup16 had to be a lot better than this version...

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:48 pm

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immessedup17 wrote:

FFX-2.

My guy! I think we're the only 2 who dig that game.

I would add FFs 4-X, and XII (which may be the greatest game of all time IMO).
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Mortal Kombat Armageddon
Chrono Cross
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2 Yoshi Island
Super Mario 62
Star Fox 64
God of War II
WCW/nWo Revenge
Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword
Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening
Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past
Metroid Prime
Mario Kart Wii-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Mario Kart 64
Street Fighter II Turbo
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Castlevania 3 Dracula's Curse
Castlevania Symphony of the Night

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 5:51 pm

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Grand theft auto 3

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Colonel Angus

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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:19 pm

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immessedup17 wrote:

Angus.

I was being 100% facetious.

I do enjoy the battle system...but it isn't even 1/10th of what FFX was.

May your girlfriend get implants.

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lipidquadcab

Post subject: Re: Best Video Game Sequels

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:21 pm

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Colonel Angus wrote:

immessedup17 wrote:

Angus.

I was being 100% facetious.

I do enjoy the battle system...but it isn't even 1/10th of what FFX was.

May your girlfriend get implants.

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