Most disappointing sequel to a great first game

My picks in order of most disappointing

1) Half life 2, such a weak story and boring characters ruined the game for me, . Bioshock kills it stone dead.

2) PDZ, was very hyped for this, PD was a amazing game but the sequel was a major let down in every area.

3) Halo 2, boring story, weak single player, commuinty on Xbox live was nothing but moany little kids and trash talkers. Worst online game ever.

4) Metroid Prime Echoes, the whole dark and light thing made for one boring game, Retro should have been taken off the series after this mess.

post your most disappointing sequels to great games, and see if they can match these stinkers.

:(I liked MP2

also, put Mario Sunshine up there.

Hmm, what would I say?

Well if I had to say something it would be Phoenix Wright 2. The cases were not so well put together so I had to guess some ridiculous things. And there are a lot of plot holes and unanswered questions.

yeah, pretty accurate list

PDZ is the pick of the bunch IMO

Halo 2 Halo 2 Halo 2

Bungie took away the magic that made the first one's SP just magic

Invisible War.RobbieH1234

Yeah :(

I agree with the TCs post except for HL2 and here are a few of my inductions:

Great game, but not up to the standards of the first game.

Great in the visuals department and great gameplay, but lack luster compared to original.

Quake 4 SP successor to Quake 2 and theoretivcaly MP sequal to Quake 3, but it failed it both and really ruined what could of been the greatest MP deathmatch game ever.

Halo 2 > All other sub par games

Microsoft really tried to kill the Halo franchise in part 2. Instead of focusing on building more of the story they threw in a multiplayer and made it one of the weakest titles released that year.

They knew there'd be a Halo 3 so they just concentrated on getting to three by making 2 nothing but fluff. There is no value at all in Halo2.

Banjo Tooie probably had loads more on gameplay, but it somehow didn't have the magic of the original. It could just be a case of nostalgia on my part though.

On a side note, I've heard a lot of "Perfect Dark Zero was a letdown in every aspect compared to the original". Anyone care to elaborate? If it's just nostalgia here too, that's fine, but having played through both, Zero is a major improvement.

FFX-2

Sequel to what many people consider to be one of the best Final Fantasies out there. This game sucked hardcore...shame on gamespot for giving this game AA.

Doom3

Sure it looks great but where is the gameplay. Gun without flash light = ULTIMATE FAILURE

mario kart DD. who wouldnt rather play the snes version.

also for halo 2 it was just the end that left a bad taste in your mouth, up till then i had no complaints at all

MASTER OF ORION 3 is the sequel of one of the single best turn strategy space games, Master of orion 2 was near perfect, 3 however.... it just sucked

Alundra 2 was right up there for me.

I hated Gunstar Super Heroes. The original beats it on every level.

LOL I'm glad I'm not the only one that hates Mario Sunshine, after Mario64 i was expecting a slick sequel only to be greeted with crap in the face. As much as I tried to like the game, the more I hated it. To much focus on the water pack and to little focus on Mario I think. Never played Mario Kart DD, but everytime I ask someone if its better than Mario Kart 64 they say no >.>. So I decided to never play it lol.

Anyhow add Ninja Gaiden 3 to the list, such a disappointment after playing Ninja Gaiden 2 :(

The biggest flop of all time: Super Mario Brother 2

Oh good point, someone reminded me of FFX-2.

It was too short, too easy and felt like a cheap game despite the nice graphics.

halo 2 i guess.

btw tc, i disagree totally with half life 2 and echoes :P

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1. Devil May Cry 2 - The original DMC was a great action game with a captivating story and gameplay. The sequel was horrid and an insult to DMC fans.

2. FF X-2 - FF X was an incredibly well done rpg with a very epic story and charismatic, likeable characters. FF X-2 was the first true sequel of a FF game and had scores of fans excited to see the game through and tie up some loose ends. Instead we got this hokey girl power half assed rpg with no particular direction.

3. Halo 2 - Not a bad game by any means. The story was actually better than what most people state, but it could have been so more epic. Billed as an all out defense of earth against a covenant invasion, instead the initial skirmish on earth was nothing more than a short side story and left many fans disappointed.

4.Grandia 2 - Grandia was an incredibly good game for the DC. Grandia 2 was not. Enough said.

5.Soul Caliber 2 - Follow up to one of the best 3d fighting games. Mediocre at best.

Just a few of the top of my head.

Half Life 2

The original is one of my all-time favourites so I anticipated the sequel a great deal. It makes great use of technology for some innovative moments, but the core gameplay is so dull I got more joy from Killzone. I'm deadly serious.

The biggest flop of all time: Super Mario Brother 2

apolloluke

The game was only released in Japan and sold over 2 and a half million copies.

That's not exactly a flop.

[QUOTE="apolloluke"]

The biggest flop of all time: Super Mario Brother 2

Jaysonguy

The game was only released in Japan and sold over 2 and a half million copies.

That's not exactly a flop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._2

its was the biggest disappointment of a game ever

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"][QUOTE="apolloluke"]

The biggest flop of all time: Super Mario Brother 2

Medjai

The game was only released in Japan and sold over 2 and a half million copies.

That's not exactly a flop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._2

its was the biggest disappointment of a game ever

Jaysonguy loves his meaningless sales and figures.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"][QUOTE="apolloluke"]

The biggest flop of all time: Super Mario Brother 2

Medjai

The game was only released in Japan and sold over 2 and a half million copies.

That's not exactly a flop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._2

its was the biggest disappointment of a game ever

Oh you're talking about Doki Doki Panic

I guess you could call that a sequel but it's a completely different series. Most people omit that when talking about the Mario series.

[QUOTE="Medjai"][QUOTE="Jaysonguy"][QUOTE="apolloluke"]

The biggest flop of all time: Super Mario Brother 2

Jaysonguy

The game was only released in Japan and sold over 2 and a half million copies.

That's not exactly a flop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._2

its was the biggest disappointment of a game ever

Oh you're talking about Doki Doki Panic

I guess you could call that a sequel but it's a completely different series. Most people omit that when talking about the Mario series.

Just like Starfox Adventures is really the canned N64 title Dinosaur Planet?

Its Mario Bros 2

1) KOTOR II- You could really tell Bioware hadn't developed this. Useless gameplay mechanics, an annoying focus on being neutral, hordes of plot holes that are NEVER resolved...it was a disaster in comparison to the first KOTOR

2) Devil May Cry 2- Hey, let's take away Dante from half of the game! Fans'll LOVE that!

3) Final Fantasy X-2- Nothing else needs to be said. Was all the proof I needed that the series had been casualized to kingdom come.

If we can consider Xenosaga the sequel to Xenogears, I pick that.

I also think Invisible War and KOTOR II deserve mentioning.

I agree that the single player in Halo 2 was a let down. It was kind of like (but no where near as bad) Pirates of the carabean 2, I kept waiting for it to get good but the credits started rolling first.

the worst sequel for me was Crono Cross, HANDS DOWN!!!!

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"][QUOTE="Medjai"][QUOTE="Jaysonguy"][QUOTE="apolloluke"]

The biggest flop of all time: Super Mario Brother 2

tomarlyn

The game was only released in Japan and sold over 2 and a half million copies.

That's not exactly a flop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._2

its was the biggest disappointment of a game ever

Oh you're talking about Doki Doki Panic

I guess you could call that a sequel but it's a completely different series. Most people omit that when talking about the Mario series.

Just like Starfox Adventures is really the canned N64 title Dinosaur Planet?

Its Mario Bros 2

Please, this is a place where we count how many frames per second a game runs at in each stage.

It's Doki Doki Panic

And no, I'm not having this argument.

he's right. super mario bros 2, was simply doki doki panic (some arabian nights game, i think) with mario sprites.

Although still made my nintendo, it can be considered a mario game as it was made by nintendo and miyamoto did work on it. But i guess its really opinionated.

Invisible War.RobbieH1234

winner!!!

Chrono Cross is above and beyond all of those games, you can understand how great a game was (CT) when its poor sequel still scores a 10/10.MrGrimFandango

Chrono Cross takes the cliche story of Chrono Trigger and turns it into something much more. CC is the far superior game storywise, but I'm not here to debate about that. I respect your opinion of the game.

Anyhow add Alundra 2 to the list, perhaps one of the worst sequels of all time. It has nothing to do with the first one.

Halo2 is by far the biggest one for me. I've probably played Halo:CE more than %99 of you lemmings. I know what I'm talking about. Halo2's campaign blew and the multiplayer ruined all the unique subtleties that made the first so great. Although entertaining, Halo2 just lost all the magic of the first and took a step backwards towards a causal shallow generic shooter.

DMC2 is a big one also (although 3 redeemed it, but 4 will probably suck too since its now a multiplat aimed at casuals)