gaming sequels that are a little off

direct sequels that are very different from its prequel -- in a weird but special and perhaps better (?) way!

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Bomberman: Act Zero
Bomberman: Act Zero
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
groundbreaking for better and worse
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Conker's Bad Fur Day
if you didn't knew it was a sequel, then this explains a lot about this game.
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
DoDonPachi II
DoDonPachi II
Doom 3
Doom 3
The Evil Within 2
The Evil Within 2
Fallout 3
Fallout 3
Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Guilty Gear 2: Overture
Guilty Gear 2: Overture
Guilty Gear 2: Overture
Guilty Gear 2: Overture
Jak II
Jak II
this game probably changed naughty dog as whole
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Kid Icarus: Uprising
idk if its a sequel or a reboot but im gonna trust my homie cold_comfort on this one
Kingdom Grand Prix
Kingdom Grand Prix
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Lisa: The Painful
Lisa: The Painful
Mario Party 9
Mario Party 9
Mega Man X7
Mega Man X7
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Fusion
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat
Mother 3
Mother 3
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
in a totally bad, awful way
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Pepenga Pengo
Pepenga Pengo
Persona 3
Persona 3
this is the core of what persona is known today, but still very different from its predecessors!
Postal 2
Postal 2
Prey
Prey
more like a reboot but the ideia is the same i guess!!
Quake 2: Co-Op or Die!
Quake 2: Co-Op or Die!
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4
Rhythm Heaven
Rhythm Heaven
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Sonic Adventure 2
Sonic Adventure 2
this looks so much like sonic adventure 1 sequel but still doesn't. this game is weird.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 2
this is doki doki panic but it was very influential for the franchise so . . .
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Sunshine
System Shock 2
System Shock 2
Tekken 4
Tekken 4
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
Touhou Fuumaroku: The Story of Eastern Wonderland
Touhou Fuumaroku: The Story of Eastern Wonderland
Unreal 2: The Awakening Special Edition
Unreal 2: The Awakening Special Edition
Wild Arms 4
Wild Arms 4
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

30 Comments


dragon quarter 🍫

2 years ago

fato

2 years ago

false, they all on point.
^your opinion

2 years ago

the right opinion*

2 years ago

hattori are you brazillian

2 years ago

portuguese

2 years ago

oooh i see. this does explain a lot, still!!
cacetinho

2 years ago

Idk if you're putting a one per franchise rule in place here but I'd also say Super Paper Mario and Skyward Sword would qualify

2 years ago

sticker star is in there because super paper mario was suggest but the consensus was that ss was a bigger departure. i could include skyward sword, yeah. tho zelda by itself being very different (wind waker is already very different from majora's). mm is the most weird one, you know?
Mother 3

2 years ago

i'd say galaxy was a bigger departure than sunshine, but the real mario candidate is smw2

basically every rayman game between 1 and legends belongs here, don't they?
mega man zero 4

2 years ago

mother 3 does make sense actually!! why mmz4 tho? smw2 is only yoshi's island on japan and sunshine is the weirdest 3D mario, even tho i understand your point! rayman 2 was suggested but it seems much like . . . 2D to 3D only?

2 years ago

off the top of my head I would say Kirby super star and rhythm heaven DS

2 years ago

does Apollo Justice count??

2 years ago

Nier Automata?

2 years ago

@Nightblade Rhythm heaven is a good one! kirby is very mutable imo so while i do understand the choice to super star ultra idk if i will include it . . . @letshugbro why apollo justice? Never played it!! And @Hoessam i dont think of automata this way because i guess that all taro's works are very off by nature!

2 years ago

ah I just said kirby super star because of the focus on 6 games instead of 1 and doing different things from the kirby games previous lol

2 years ago

I feel like if you're counting Prey on the basis of it being a reboot then all reboots should be on here? That's the whole idea of a reboot?

2 years ago

prey is there bc weird bomberman is in there too so . . . i can take it off tho

2 years ago

Ay it's your list I'm just sayin'!
da pra colocar um pepenga pengo aí
ah, panzer dragoon saga também

2 years ago

FATO. panzer dragoon saga
The Evil Within 2. Feels so much like overcompensation for the first game that it is technically a sequel in name but everything feels completely disconnected and jarring to play right after the first. Even the same main character has a 180 with how he's written.
I'd say Final Fantasy 8 belongs here.
And that's not a compliment.

2 years ago

Metal Slug 4

1 year ago

Yo Noid 2, because its actually good


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