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stickyman05 wrote:
I didn't enjoy Grand Theft Auto I/II...
Neither of them is a disappointing sequel then. :) (For the record, I liked both I and II more than III and its offshoots.)
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theenglishman wrote:
Not as bad as Star Fox Adventures.
Climbing walls was probably the best (read: worst) part of that game, and they donated an entire area to the cause, not to mention half the game.
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moozooh wrote:
(For the record, I liked both I and II more than III and its offshoots.)
i haven't played I and II because i didn't own a computer in the 70s or whenever those came out, but i can see from the graphics that they are pretty boring games. III and IV were good, but wise city was not so good, because when you punch a guy it sounds weird, and the game is also too... flat.
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nfq wrote:
i can see from the graphics that they are pretty boring games
Ahahahahahaha
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Ocarina Of Time and Super Mario 64 can bite my white skinny ass. Holy fucking horror and true rape of great games. Those and Resident Evil 3.
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omg lol this is so fake!!!1 the nes cant produce music like this!
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I'm only considering the ones that were big letdowns. A lot of sequels weren't quite as good as the original, but they were still very worthy sequels and didn't disappoint, so I won't name those. Movies: Cube 2 (see below for my take on it). Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom wasn't one of my favorites simply because it deviated really far from Raiders of the Lost Ark (thankfully, they returned to the Raiders-style action in Last Crusade). I haven't seen Crystal Skull yet, and probably won't because I liked the series ending on a high note in Last Crusade and don't want it potentially ruined. Matrix: Reloaded and Revolutions. Is it just me, or did the storyline take a turn for the nonsensical? Half the time I don't know what the hell is going on. At least Reloaded had some pretty good action scenes though, but for me the highlight of the original was the story. Revolutions...well, it just felt like a chore to watch. The idea of Neo being fueled by love or whatever (forgot which movie that was introduced in) made me want to projectile vomit across the room at my screen. Games: Mario 2 doesn't really count because we all know what the real version of SMB2 is. Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge. This is a fairly obscure one. For those who don't know, Hasbro released Frogger: He's Back!, a 3D adaptation of Frogger, where he has new abilities and more importantly new worlds to explore. The gameplay was great, the worlds were excellent, and the soundtrack kicked ass. Then came Frogger 2, with annoying controls, lack of creativity, only a few interesting levels, and an inferior soundtrack, resulting in an overall disappointing sequel. RC Revenge: Even more oscure than the one above. Its predecessor, Re-Volt, was an RC racing game that plays a lot like Mario Kart, with items and such. It was simply a fun game to play, and it actually had realistic physics, unlike a lot of racing games. The physics made the game a lot more challenging because you actually had to be a good driver to win. You could also build your own tracks and race on them with a pretty flexible track editor. Then came RC Revenge, which took everything good about Re-Volt and discarded it. The realistic physics are gone, and in its place are very clunky unresponsive physics. The tracks were fairly dumb, the track editor was very limited, and to top it all off, it had both vastly inferior graphics AND framerate. There's simply no excuse for that, being that it's a sequel and not a prequel. Final Fantasy IX: Though not a sequel in a technical sense, I think this deserves a mention. This was the one that turned me off from the series. Zidane...let's just say I don't like this guy. The main bad guy isn't any better, and combine that with a lame love story and one of the most random endings ever (complete with a final boss out of nowhere), I could see exactly what road this series was going down. Did you see the same movie as me? Because when I watched Cube 2, I saw a badly written, badly thought out, badly executed ball of crap with some horrendous acting to boot. Everything about it was pure suck. *begin big Cube 2 rant, complete with spoilers* I completely agree with you. Being a huge fan of the original, when I saw Cube 2, I was shaking my head in disbelief, saying to myself "How could they have fucked it up this badly?" The first big problem I have with it is none of the characters are likeable, they're all extremely irritating and I found myself rooting for the traps instead of them. The only one who was remotely half-tolerable was the guy who kept getting eaten near the end, but even he was annoying with his peppy attitude. Half of the characters were complete throwaways with no character development at all (see below). Another thing that got on my nerves was the random interjection of a very weird, completely pointless love scene between the two most useless characters. When you're narrowly dodging death traps in every other room of a 4D tesseract, there are no love scenes. Period. The group even had the exact same structure as it did in the first Cube. Just replace Quentin with that jackass who kept collecting the watches, and there you go. To top it all off, the biggest complaint I have is that the logical problem-solving steps that were present in the first movie are gone. In Cube, the characters used their collective minds to figure out just what the hell is going on, how the cube is constructed, and using this knowledge, they construct an escape plan. In Cube 2, they come across a dead mathematical genius who wrote all over himself, promptly decided "This problem is impossible, let's spend the rest of the movie wandering aimlessly with our thumbs up our asses and only a vague clue as to what's going on", and right near the end they discover "This cube is imploding, nevermind why! Let's get the hell out via (quite literally) a plothole!" And to top it all off, the only surviving character is executed, as if to say "fuck you for watching this movie". Thankfully, Cube Zero was somewhat better, and they did away with all the super high-tech bullshit (returning to the original dark, gritty atmosphere), but it still wasn't as good as the original in my opinion. *end big Cube 2 rant* Man, that was a long post. Sorry about that.
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Oh, I forgot to include this: Wouldn't it be easier to ask what is the *greatest* sequel you have ever seen? Hmm...I'd have to say that my two favorite sequels are Streets of Rage 2 and Terminator 2. Both kick so much ass they should be illegal.
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I keep hearing Terminator 2. I was not a big fan. My biggest problem was the pre-pubescent kid screaming like a little girl at the top of his lungs every goddam second.[/b] Nothing drives me more nuts than some kid screaming all the time, which hurts your ears both figuratively and literally. (Aliens, anyone?)
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I very much agree with this post.
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I can't even watch Terminator 2 anymore. I tried, and I just can't. First one was better, far as I'm concerned, and that's even considering that I don't think whatshisface who played Kyle Reese can act. In truth, I don't even see why Cameron is such a celebrated director... On the other hand, the second X-Men flick was better than the first. And is there anyone who doesn't think Sonic 2 is better than its predecessor? Well, I'm sure there is, but still.
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stickyman05 wrote:
I keep hearing Terminator 2. I was not a big fan. My biggest problem was the pre-pubescent kid screaming like a little girl at the top of his lungs every goddam second.[/b] Nothing drives me more nuts than some kid screaming all the time, which hurts your ears both figuratively and literally. (Aliens, anyone?)
I hear you on that. Maybe you should've gone to a different theater. Or watched it at home. ;)
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superjupi wrote:
And is there anyone who doesn't think Sonic 2 is better than its predecessor? Well, I'm sure there is, but still.
I hated the look of Emerald Hill. The land, the enemy sprites, the two different colors of green... none of it jived with me. However, the spindash = <3
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I hear you on that. Maybe you should've gone to a different theater. Or watched it at home. ;)
I DID(!) watch it at home! XD I was also ~16 when I first watched it, so the prepubescent screaming did not have the same effect on me, as it would have at 12 years old.
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I very much agree with this post.
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superjupi wrote:
And is there anyone who doesn't think Sonic 2 is better than its predecessor? Well, I'm sure there is, but still.
sonic 1 was better than 2 because it had better music.
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nfq wrote:
moozooh wrote:
(For the record, I liked both I and II more than III and its offshoots.)
can see from the graphics that they are pretty boring games.
nfq wrote:
superjupi wrote:
And is there anyone who doesn't think Sonic 2 is better than its predecessor? Well, I'm sure there is, but still.
sonic 1 was better than 2 because it had better music.
Hey, you only have to hit on controls and funfactor, and you'll be an honorary contributor of Gamepro! (old skool edition)
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For me, it has always been the good Disney movies that they want to cash in on and end up going strait to video. - The Land Before Time 2 - (?) I lost track of how many they have actaully done - Brother Bear 2 - Fox and the Hound 2 - An Extremely Goofy Movie To name a few.
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Like I said, *every* sequel sucks (at least on someone's opinion). No exceptions. Useless thread, IMO.
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Everything sucks (at least on someone's opinion). So?
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Not everything. For example, moozooh doesn't suck.
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If game sequels are okay, then Pool shark 2 takes first place for sure.
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Warp wrote:
Like I said, *every* sequel sucks (at least on someone's opinion). No exceptions. Useless thread, IMO.
The thread is about YOUR hate for a sequel, not someone else's. The interest is to find out about other posters here, and their likes/dislikes. We understand your opinion on this thread, all three times you have touched on how useless it is because every sequel sucks... just let it go, man!
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I think Sticky's taking over this thread :(
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theenglishman wrote:
I think Sticky's taking over this thread :D
adelikat wrote:
I very much agree with this post.
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I for one welcome our new sticky overlord Ooh, that's another perennial hated sequel: each season of the Simpsons. I'm a drooling fanboy though so I think it's still funny despite the hype.
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Like I said, *every* sequel sucks (at least on someone's opinion). No exceptions. Useless thread, IMO. And by that logic every thread is useless in someone's opinion. For example, I think the grammar threads are useless.
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