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by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 06/13/2014, 6:46am PDT |
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Most sequels are often an attempt to "cash in" on the success of the existing property. In movies, books, and video games, too often a sequel - or a remake - does not come up or exceed the level of story, or content of the initial work. The few times you do see a sequel or a remake as better than the original it is very rare.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was one of those few motion picture sequels where it was actually far better than Star Trek I. It worked, not just as science fiction, but as fiction. You could have done the whole thing with battleships on the ocean and a nuke bomb and it would still work, because it wasn't a science fiction story about technology, it was a battle between two men.
Die Hard II (the one where McClain tears up an airport instead of a building), is arguable, could be as good as the original, and I think it was. Some may disagree.
"Grand Theft Auto III" was a real improvement over "Grand Theft Auto II", which was a 2D flat game.
Most remakes and sequels suck because the ideas aren't there or they'd have made a new work instead of trying to cash in on something already there.
It's a lot of risk to develop a new work - the average professional video game costs as much to make as a Hollywood movie - and game studios often look to reduce risk by either doing licensed versions of other media such as movies or possibly books, or by doing sequels of prior successful works (or possibly sequels of not necessarily successful works, which is another example of stupidity.)
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I admit defeat. You've beaten me, id. by Rafiki 06/12/2014, 2:02pm PDT 
I want to see the same movies forever and play the same games forever NT by laudablepuss 06/12/2014, 3:27pm PDT
The problem is we get the same games and movies, but worse by EuroKramer 06/13/2014, 2:10am PDT
This is also why I keep reading Warhammer 40K books by EuroKramer 06/13/2014, 2:19am PDT
Something I loved about Doom was the thematic consistency of the episodes. by Jerry Whorebach 06/13/2014, 3:55am PDT
Excellent writeup, totally legit by EuroKramer 06/13/2014, 2:27pm PDT
No, the real problem is with sequels by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 06/13/2014, 6:46am PDT
I can't complain about that, because I just bought Mario Kart 8 after owning 1-7 by Rafiki 06/13/2014, 9:55am PDT
I wonder if Jonesy is bitter that endless reheated crap didn't get served by a generation earlier - WITTGENSTEIN 06/13/2014, 10:50am PDT
Re: I wonder if Jonesy is bitter that endless reheated crap didn't get served by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/13/2014, 11:28am PDT
This is a really crazy post to find in a thread about Galaga... by Jerry Whorebach 06/14/2014, 6:53am PDT
I would call those ports, not sequels NT by WITTGENSTEIN 06/14/2014, 11:59am PDT
That would make them astonishingly inaccurate ports. by Jerry Whorebach 06/14/2014, 12:51pm PDT
I admit the Galaga title is a sequel, the Pac Man CE was a port. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 06/14/2014, 8:26pm PDT
Aren't all the levels different? I feel like you're abusing the word 'port' here by Worm 06/14/2014, 9:25pm PDT
Also by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/14/2014, 10:41pm PDT
Tons of great arcade games are clones! Come on! by Worm 06/15/2014, 10:42am PDT
Oh man, you have got to play Pac-Man CE *right now* by Jerry Whorebach 06/15/2014, 6:50am PDT
In an effort to get even more off-topic has anyone played Wonder Project J? NT by Worm 06/15/2014, 10:19am PDT
Have we ever talked about Gaming in the Clinton years? by fabio 06/15/2014, 10:35am PDT
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