The top 5 biggest rehashes (with pictures) [56K]

These are all my opinions and from my personal experiences, so don't fret if I don't have "X" game on there.

5. Viewtiful Joe 2

I shouldn't have to tell you that Viewtiful Joe 1 was an awesome game. It was in every way of the word. Viewtiful Joe 2 carried the same excellence over, but that's pretty much all it did. It had more puzzles, a few more moves, and offered a new character that I only ever used for puzzles, but other than that, there was no purpose to this sequel. It felt exactly like the one before it. While Viewtiful Joe 2 was certainly a fun game, I couldn't help but feel that I had done all of this before. Viewtiful Joe 2 just felt like an extension of Viewtiful Joe 1.

4. Guitar Hero III

Okay, so you added online, boss battle modes, a new interface, and obviously new songs. This really did not redeem my love for Guitar Hero or anything. I felt like I was playing the second one with worse songs and added in crap as a gimmick. Sure, the battles online were fun at first, but I liked playing solo. Overall, Guitar Hero III didn't really do anything to improve upon Guitar Hero II. Yes, it was more difficult, but how many people do you know could beat Jordan on Expert to begin with?

3. Soul Calibur III

I can't think of much Soul Calibur III brought to the series other than more boobs, bigger boobs, and nicer boobs. It also had a bunch of unimpressive modes that you would only try out once before realizing that they all suck and you'll stick to the basic multiplayer mode. There's no online play to speak of in this version, and the character customization doesn't really give you much options. I can design my character's looks, but it still plays like one of the real characters in the games. Recycled dialogue, animations, and moves don't help its cause, either. If anything, Soul Calibur III is worse than Soul Calibur II because IT HAS NO LINK!

2. Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two

I don't care what anyone says; just because its episodic content doesn't mean that it gets some form of treatment. They are still part of the storyline and the main series. Unfortunately, in order to know everything that happens to Gordan Freeman and company, you are going to have to play through Half-Life 2: Episode One and Two. Instead of Valve working on Half-Life 3 and improving gameplay mechanics, they, instead, choose to give us the same exact puzzles, enemies, and annoying Alyx. Talk about beating a dead horse. I felt like I was playing a condensed version of Half-Life 2, except it looked better, played worse, and had a different storyline. Say what you want. Argue all you want, but it is still part of the Half-Life series, even if it doesn't have the "3" after it. I understand that some Half-Life fanboys like these massive rehashes, but I don't.

1. Mario Party (Insert Number Here)

Well, I own Mario Party 1-8, and the DS one. So I own all of them, except the Advance one. I bought them all for full price, so that's over 460 dollars on Mario Party games, including tax. I have to say that this is the most rehashed series around. There some changes to everything unimportant to the game, but the mini games seem the same after awhile. I could pick any mini game from any Mario Party and link it to "different" mini game in a "different" Mario Party game. Get rid of the board maps, make use of the Wii Remotes, bring back Duel Mode and Mini Game Island, and give me more mini games! Do I even have to say anymore? Mario Party is practically synomonous for the word "rehash."

I'm expecting a lot of "Where's Tony Hawk, Madden, NCAA, Zelda, Halo, Pokemon, and every other game in existance?"

What do you guys think of my list? And post yours, too!

What about Madden? :?ZOnikJJ

I'd run down on the half life episodes

But I read this

" annoying Alyx."

and then this

"played worse, and had a different storyline."

"Say what you want "

And finally

" I understand that some Half-Life fanboys like these massive rehashes"

Then realised whats the point, when the person doesn't even get the gist of the episodes in the first place.

How is adding a harder mode option bad?

go cry somewhere else

I'd run down on the half life episodes

But I read this

" annoying Alyx."

and then this

"played worse, and had a different storyline."

And that

"Say what you want "

Then realised whats the point, when the person doesent even get the gist of the episodes in the first place.

skrat_01

Point of the episodes? To advance the storyline. Too bad the gameplay is a massive rehash.

I don't want to experience the same crap over and over again with just an advancement in the storyline. Do you see anything wrong with that?

I don't want to experience the same crap over and over again with just an advancement in the storyline. Do you see anything wrong with that?

DeathScape666

No, not when you getting more Half Life 2, One of the greatest games ever made.

People saying I'm wrong, please tell I'm why I'm wrong. :|DeathScape666

Guitar Hero III - not a rehash, adding a bunch of new features to the game. A rehash would have been Guitar Hero Aerosmith

Soul Caliber III - All fighting games would follow this same premises for the most part, adding in character customization is big for a fighter since not too many have it

Half-life 2 episodes - They aren't suppose to change the gameplay, they are a continuation of the story itself.

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]

I'd run down on the half life episodes

But I read this

" annoying Alyx."

and then this

"played worse, and had a different storyline."

And that

"Say what you want "

Then realised whats the point, when the person doesent even get the gist of the episodes in the first place.

DeathScape666

Point of the episodes? To advance the storyline. Too bad the gameplay is a massive rehash.

I don't want to experience the same crap over and over again with just an advancement in the storyline. Do you see anything wrong with that?

Never has an expansion pack been about changing the gameplay, what makes you think they should?

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]

I'd run down on the half life episodes

But I read this

" annoying Alyx."

and then this

"played worse, and had a different storyline."

And that

"Say what you want "

Then realised whats the point, when the person doesent even get the gist of the episodes in the first place.

DeathScape666

Point of the episodes? To advance the storyline. Too bad the gameplay is a massive rehash.

I don't want to experience the same crap over and over again with just an advancement in the storyline. Do you see anything wrong with that?

Talk about a double standard, you totally just listed those for the hell of it, they're great expansions, and they move the story very well. Anyone who's played through Episode 2 knows it it left the best cliffhanger ever, and not in a Halo 2 way, a freaking awesome way.

[QUOTE="ZOnikJJ"]What about Madden? :?Silosorz

exactly. EA sports games

Sure. :roll:

Half-Life 2 Episode 1 and 2? :|

You're joking, right?

Half-Life 2 Episode 1 and 2? :|

You're joking, right?

Stevo_the_gamer

I think hes series

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]

Half-Life 2 Episode 1 and 2? :|

You're joking, right?

alexmurray

I think hes series

...:lol:

"i think you dum"

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]

I'd run down on the half life episodes

But I read this

" annoying Alyx."

and then this

"played worse, and had a different storyline."

And that

"Say what you want "

Then realised whats the point, when the person doesent even get the gist of the episodes in the first place.

DeathScape666

Point of the episodes? To advance the storyline. Too bad the gameplay is a massive rehash.

I don't want to experience the same crap over and over again with just an advancement in the storyline. Do you see anything wrong with that?

The gameplay is not supposed to be changed, these are EPISODES which are essentially EXPASNIONS

They expand on the HL2 universe, and refine the gameplay. It doesent take a beat to know that Ep1 and Ep2 - to a massive degree refined the material in HL2, even though there was much less of it.

Even so the gameplay of Half Life is still the same. It hasent changed between sequals.... So how is the same gameplay in The Episodes suddenly a bad thing?

The Episodes as Epsoidic games failed miserably, they wernt released in short secession, as Epsodic games are supposed to, because of the massive production values of the series.

Its understandable many fans want a proper sequal to push the series fowards in a large progressive jump, rather than steps. After Valve finishes Ep3 there will be just that -as it has been stated.

As stand alone expansions, expanding on the HL2 universe, formula and game design, they do so fantastically.

Episode 1 and 2 would be rehashes if Valve made you pay fifty bucks for them and released them as sequels instead of fancy-named expansions.

But they didn't.

"Half Life 2" is in the title of the episodes... what did you expect?

Turok :( Turok 2 was amazing. Everything else was horrible.0rin

[QUOTE="Silosorz"]

[QUOTE="ZOnikJJ"]What about Madden? :?rockguy92

exactly. EA sports games

Sure. :roll:

Erm, yes?

Well Pokemon shoulda definitely been in there imo.

But why HL2 Episodes ? :(

No Devil May Cry 4?

Fail.

Alyx is annoying?

I disagree. She's one of my favorite female game characters ever.