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firebush03 said:
Chrkeller said:

Pikmin 2 is garbage, while 1, 3 and 4 are superb. 

Oomphf that’s the spiciest take I think I’ve ever come across… calling Pikmin 2 garbage. All four Pikmin games are masterpieces, and Pikmin 2 is easily tied with Pikmin 4 as being the best.

Getting back on topic: TLOU:PtII. Maybe if I gave the game a second chance, it would click better, but I remember when playing it last year, I was extremely disappointed. Gameplay felt very same-y with the OG, and the story was filled with tons of moments that created a cheap sense of “catharsis” IMO.

Pikmin 2 had the time/day thing, but no deadline in completing the mission, like 30 days in Pikmin 1, which defeats the whole point of the game.  Pikmin 4 was more adventure.  I also thought Pikmin 2 had way too many boring dungeons.  Just didn't like it.  

TLOU 2 is a good, but a massive step back.  



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I have a few:

Deus Ex vs all its sequels except maybe Mankind Divided

Thief The Dark Project vs all its sequels

Commandos Behind Enemy Lines vs all its sequels

Carmageddon vs all its sequels

Heroes of Might & Magic II vs III



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Kaunisto said:

I enjoyed Star Wars: Battlefront (the old ones) much better than second.

Lego Racers. I wouldn't quite say I loved the first, but it's good. The sequel was awful.

I didn't really like the main new features of battlefront 2 (playable heroes and space battles) so I can understand this but the other extra maps and features still put it above the original imo. The original feels a little bare by comparison. I can definitely see how you would prefer it though.

Lego Racers is great but I've never played the second and only heard bad things.

m0ney said:

I have a few:

Deus Ex vs all its sequels except maybe Mankind Divided

Interesting, IIRC Human Revolution was generally liked much better than Mankind Divided.

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Chrkeller said:

Pikmin 2 is garbage, while 1, 3 and 4 are superb.

Prime 4, need to play more, but not tracking well at the moment.

Edit:

Oh, going a bit old school but Act Raiser 2...  awful, while the original was fantastic.

Agree on Pikmin. 2 is the only I didn't really like. 



m0ney said:

I have a few:

Deus Ex vs all its sequels except maybe Mankind Divided

Interesting, IIRC Human Revolution was generally liked much better than Mankind Divided.

Human Revolution was a big deal, long awaited sequel, but I disliked everything about it. Mankind Divided flew under the radar, few people bought and played it, but it was the better game IMO. I'm at fault too - I got it for free on Epic.



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Fallout 3. In fact, every Fallout that has been made by Bethesda I consider trash compared to Fallout 1,2 and to a lesser degree, New Vegas. Heck, I even consider Brotherhood of steel superior to Fallout 3, and Fallout 3 was the best one made by Bethesda...

One Must Fall 2097 vs One Must Fall 2. But that's pretty much the consensus, the successor is on a level worse than Bubsy 3D in terms of hatedom amongst fans of the first one.

While not quite hate, Serious Sam: BFE I really dislike compared to the originals TFE and TSE. The sprinting and aiming down sights just don't feel like Serious Sam anymore. I even consider Serious Sam 2 superior, though just slightly.

Master of Orion 3 compared to MOO2 (Or as I like to call it, Motuba, for MoO2BaA (Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares)). Pretty much everyone agrees that 3 is a mess, killing off most races present in 2 also certainly didn't help matters.

m0ney said:

Heroes of Might & Magic II vs III

While I know people who prefer other parts of the series over the 3rd entry (personally, I prefer HoMM IV), I never heard somebody hating HoMM III, so I'm a bit surprised to say the least, and I wonder why the dislike of that entry specifically?



m0ney said:

Heroes of Might & Magic II vs III

While I know people who prefer other parts of the series over the 3rd entry (personally, I prefer HoMM IV), I never heard somebody hating HoMM III, so I'm a bit surprised to say the least, and I wonder why the dislike of that entry specifically?

2 is one of my all time fav games, in fact I played it today for an hour or so on my work pc. When 3 came out in 1999 I was super hyped because I loved 2 so much, but.. I did not like the art style at all - it looked something like a medieval painting, the town screens looked too 'realistic' and I hated that the units in battle screens looked like plastic figurines. I did not like the classical music either alhough you can always turn it off. I was so disappointed that I uninstalled the game. Of course I ended up playing it for hundreds if not thousands of hours for the following several years, but the disappointment never went away, and it's the second game that I still keep coming back to, while the third game gives me an 'eww' feeling whenever I think about it.



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Deus Ex (2000) - a game that pushes the boundaries of what the video game medium is capable of to a degree unmatched to this very day.

Banjo Kazooie and Tooie are amazing, Nuts 'n' Bolts its hot garbage.

RE4 is the greatest game ever made, RE5 and RE6 are awful.

Mario 64 is a golden classic, while Mario Sunshine was a monotonous bore.



I don’t hate any sequels.

There are a lot of sequels I don’t care for, but hate is a very strong word.



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Final Fantasy X-2, the first FF game to have an actual sequel, and it was terrible and awkward. My friend's mom walked in when he was playing the massage mini-game, and concluded then and there that neither of us would ever have a girlfriend. 

Civilization V, after the best in the series (Civ IV), it dumbed down too many mechanics, removed unit stacking, and generally made the entire concept worse. I only ever played 20-30 hours of it (compared to the hundreds in Civ IV).

Deus Ex: Invisible War - it was always going to be hard to follow one of the most revolutionary titles in gaming history, but IW did nothing new, had an insane control scheme, and a half-assed story. 

Arcania: A Gothic Tale (Gothic 4) - G3 is among my favorite games of all time, Arcania shat all over its legacy with this release. Luckily, Piranha Bytes went on to make Risen, which was actually good. 

Diablo 3: It took the best ARPG in history, threw it in the trash, and came up with a cartoon-colored WoW-lite with uninspired design and mechanics made for a "broader audience", fresh with free build changes whenever you wanted and that damned season system. The biggest letdown I had ever experienced from Blizzard, until Diablo 4 released...