Mid-Day Discussion: Sequel 2: Return of the Sequel Returns

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Posted February 22, 2010 - By Jake Gaskill

Uncharted 2

Between the announcement news earlier about BioShock 2’s upcoming multiplayer downloadable content, DICE’s tease about Battlefield 3, and the preview session I just had with Square Enix’s action-stravaganza Just Cause 2, it’s hardly surprising that the idea of sequels is occupying most of my thinking brain at the moment. And because of it, I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to hear your picks for the best sequels of all time. What makes those sequels great?

My short list would probably be: Half-Life 2, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and Grand Theft Auto III.

Discuss.

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drh1975

Mass Effect 2, GTA IV, Resident Evil 4, Street Fighter 4, Uncharted 2, Fallout 3, Fable II

Posted: February 28, 2010 3:50 PM
mckraut

Okay, so I'm going to stick with true sequels. The second in a series only, so here goes:
Mega Man 2, Action games will never be the same again.
Worms 2, turn based perfection.
Marvel VS Campcom 2, the last great cel shaded fighter, sorry Guilty Gears.
Warcraft 2, Warcraft was good, Tides of Darkness wsa GREAT.
Metriod 2, the best gameboy game I've ever finished, over Link's awakening.
Tie Fighter, what Wing Commander started, Tie Fighter finished, with Lucas flare.
Doom 2, Twice the fun, twice the enemies, twice the numbers.
Quake 2, Quake was a mindless walkthrough, 2 gave a coherent story and awesome multiplayer.
Street Fighter 2, seriously, do I need to explain it. Can I end on a better note???

Posted: February 24, 2010 7:57 PM
Pwnproof

MGS4
Uncharted 2
Motor storm 2
God of war 2
Half life 2 & ep. 1-2
Champions of norrath 2
Killzone 2
RE4
I am sure there are others but....

Posted: February 23, 2010 3:30 PM
river_tron

Super Mario 2, 3 and Super Mario World
Zelda: Link To The Past
Mortal Kombat 2
Resident Evil 2 and 4
Tenchu - Wrath Of Heaven
Silent Hill 2
Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
Street Fighter 2 and 4

Posted: February 23, 2010 1:05 PM
shmaron

Metal Gear Solid 1 & 4 - MGS4 was amazing.
Uncharted 2 - Words can't discribe.
Kingdom Hearts 2 - My fiance's favorite.

Posted: February 23, 2010 8:40 AM
ijump7ft

Megaman 2, 3
Diablo 2
Super Mario Bro's 3
Halo 2
Shining Force 2

Posted: February 23, 2010 7:33 AM
bigboi21

Fallout 3
Uncharted 2
MW2
Battlefield Bad Company 2 (yea i kno its not out yet but the beta's freakin awesome)
Assassin's Creed II
Halo 2
and, Super Smash Bros Brawl (gota give the Wii sometin...although it was just a great game)

old school time...

Super Mario Bros 3
Super Mario Bros Yoshi's Island
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
and, last but not least...Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Posted: February 22, 2010 5:50 PM
Krypton

Grand Theft Auto IV
Halo 2
Mass Effect 2
Fallout 3
The Sims 2(Haven't played the 3rd one yet)
Call of Duty: World at War
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Posted: February 22, 2010 5:49 PM
migespi

Half-life 2
resident evil 2
mass effect 2

Posted: February 22, 2010 5:31 PM
Nub Salad

Mortal Kombat 2

Posted: February 22, 2010 5:24 PM
PCTech714

I never thought anything would top the original Baldur's Gate... and then I played Baldur's Gate II.

Posted: February 22, 2010 4:33 PM
Zx2654

Mass Effect 2
half life 2
Uncharted 2
Mega man 2,4,5,9,10
Lego games

Posted: February 22, 2010 3:23 PM
DukeOfNYaNumba1

a few of my favorites would have to be:

- Panzer Dragoon Orta
- Shadow of the Colossus (as a prequel to Ico)
- Homeworld 2
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 & 4
- Tetrisphere (as a variant-sequel of Tetris)

Posted: February 22, 2010 2:25 PM
SpigotBlister

Sly 2 xD

/nostalgia

Posted: February 22, 2010 2:22 PM
DreamingDarklyRobin

1.Suikoden 2, more of a personal favorite. Luca Blight the best antagonist I've ever seen, but that can happen when you witness your mother getting raped repeatedly.
2.Mass Effect 2, Mining aside this game is perfect IMO. Probably has the best writing in the history of games.
3. Star Ocean 2, great game although its sad this was the last good game in the series.
4. Half-Life 2, I didn't really care for the original but somehow Valve made me fall in love with it.
5. Fallout 2, 2 words, Child Killing

Posted: February 22, 2010 1:49 PM
cpspoo

My top ten overall.

Double Dragon II (NES)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (SNES)
Star Fox 64 (N64)
Super Mario 64 (N64)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64)
Metal Gear Solid (PS1)
Street Fight EX plus Alpha (PS1)
Grand Theft Auto III (PS2)
Fallout 3 (PS3)

Posted: February 22, 2010 1:42 PM
jedimasterchief9

Call of Duty 2. It was the basically the first,( I played Halo once or twice), FPS I ever played. The scale of this game was epic in every aspect. I play at least one campaign every year.

Ratchet and Clank Going Commando took the basic action platforming and redefined it to be even more awesome. I beat that game 5 times. The RYNO, greatest gun ever.

Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory emmursed me into these chaotic war-torn universes.

Also pretty much every 'good' game is going to be a sequel. It is very hard for the first iteration of an IP to be amazing, and not to be improved upon. The only one I can really thing of is Halo.

Posted: February 22, 2010 1:27 PM
cmdluke

how about Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 4

Street Fighter 2.

Posted: February 22, 2010 1:21 PM
Phategod

Zelda Oot, GTA:SA MAssEffect 2, AC2, Metal Gear 3 & 4, Fall out 3, Fable 2

Posted: February 22, 2010 1:20 PM
kenfoss

Sly 3, Super Mario 64, Halo 2, Mass Effect 2, Gran Turismo 2, The Legend of Zelda:LttP and OoT, Half Life 2, Grand Theft Auto 3 would be my shortlist.

Strong story continuation, massive changes to freshen the experience, continued franchise continuity.(ie still feels like a good pair of jeans you've warn before) Tall order.

Posted: February 22, 2010 1:14 PM