Two!? Yea, straight to the bin.

Games where the first entry is loved by their respective communities, and the second entry is not really loved by their respective communities. Opinions not my own, just how they were received by the fanbase. If I missed the mark, or missed smth out, lemme know with a reason why.

Dark Souls II
Dark Souls II
Devil May Cry 2
Devil May Cry 2
Pikmin 2
Pikmin 2
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
The Evil Within 2
The Evil Within 2
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
Drakengard 2
Drakengard 2
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
Prototype 2
Prototype 2
Peggle 2
Peggle 2
Crackdown 2
Crackdown 2
Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix
Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix
Galerians: Ash
Galerians: Ash
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis
Banjo-Tooie
Banjo-Tooie
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy II
Dragon Quest II
Dragon Quest II
The Last of Us Part II
The Last of Us Part II
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Overwatch 2
Overwatch 2
Blood II: The Chosen
Blood II: The Chosen
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
gonna count this as the second entry into the Lords of Shadow subset within Castlevania, cause goddamn Castlevania cool it with the bad sequels.
Tetris 2
Tetris 2
Perfect Dark Zero
Perfect Dark Zero
Dungeon Defenders II
Dungeon Defenders II
Soul Hackers 2
Soul Hackers 2
Nights: Journey of Dreams
Nights: Journey of Dreams
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Dragon Age II
Dragon Age II
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Ape Escape 2
Ape Escape 2
Fire Emblem Gaiden
Fire Emblem Gaiden

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1 month ago

say sike right now

1 month ago

@wreith me and that guy are gonna have a nice long talk

1 month ago

Great list! Interesting to see the evil within 2 here. I much prefer the first one but always assumed most ppl liked the 2nd one more. Cool that a lot of ppl apparently agree 1 is better.

1 month ago

@Parallax_M won't lie, I dropped EW1 on release (so 10 years back) and haven't played EW2. It was just something that kept coming up as a flat or bad sequel when I was researching the list, though it could be more polarised than I initially though. However, if it is polarised then it sits in the same camp as TLOU2, in which case it also deserves being on this list lol.

1 month ago

@wreith makes sense. Also recommending Fire Emblem Gaiden for this list. Similar reputation to Castlevania 2 and Zelda 2 with radical changes to gameplay that were immediately discarded after its release.

1 month ago

@Parallax_M thanks! I've added it


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