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Words Of Wisdom on 27 May 2008
Kasz216 said:

Though I disagree with Bork completely. I think Sequels have a better chance to be good... because Prequels lack a lot of suspense. I mean you basically know who will live and who will die from the onset. Either that or you don't kill off a character that wasn't there the whole time and it feels weird it wasn't there.

Prequels are good when the story has essentially finished the entire game world leaving very little to do without large modifications to the game world. Prequels also do not have to be directly before the original.  For example, if Skies of Arcadia got a prequel, I wouldn't want it to take place just before Vyse's adventures.  Rather I'd want it to take place several eras prior during the age of the moon civilizations.

Sequels are good when the story has left a lot of loose ends.

 



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brute on 27 May 2008

final fantasy sequels dont really work out to well,FFX-2 wasnt really good



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Kasz216 on 27 May 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
Kasz216 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Ajax said:
but a different story in the same universe is not what I would call a sequel.. that's just using the same setting..

You're right. A "series" is the proper definition for what I'm thinking. A sequel would by nature need to continue an aspect of the original storyline.


I disagree. That's still a sequel. I mean if you are using the same characters... but it's a different story and different enemies it's still a sequel.

I mean... look at movies. Die Hard, John Mcclain isn't fighting the same person over and over again. Rocky isn't fighting the same guy everytime. (aside from the first movie.)

Planet of the Apes has sequels... and they don't even have the same characters in the half the times.

 


You can disagree if you like. I was going to disagree to and post a definition of the word "sequel" as I understood it. First link I ran across was Wikipedia which informed me that there is actually a difference between "sequel" and "series."

Barring that, I'd pretty much agree with everything you just said.


I think Wikipedia is just screwing with you.

There is a difference... but it's basically a number of sequels = a series.  

Where i gets screwed up in Videogames is Final Fantasy. 

Which technically shouldn't even be considered a Series. Despite all the fancy numbers at the end of their names... becauase each new game is more a "Spiritual Successor" then it is a sequel.



Kasz216 on 27 May 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
Kasz216 said:

Though I disagree with Bork completely. I think Sequels have a better chance to be good... because Prequels lack a lot of suspense. I mean you basically know who will live and who will die from the onset. Either that or you don't kill off a character that wasn't there the whole time and it feels weird it wasn't there.

Prequels are good when the story has essentially finished the entire game world leaving very little to do without large modifications to the game world. Prequels also do not have to be directly before the original. For example, if Skies of Arcadia got a prequel, I wouldn't want it to take place just before Vyse's adventures. Rather I'd want it to take place several eras prior during the age of the moon civilizations.

Sequels are good when the story has left a lot of loose ends.

 


Oh sure, Prequels aren't bad if they don't happen directly before.  However Prequels that do... i've just never seen one work out right.  They are so hard to do correctly.  Not impossible, but ridiculiously tough. 



Words Of Wisdom on 27 May 2008
Kasz216 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Kasz216 said:

Though I disagree with Bork completely. I think Sequels have a better chance to be good... because Prequels lack a lot of suspense. I mean you basically know who will live and who will die from the onset. Either that or you don't kill off a character that wasn't there the whole time and it feels weird it wasn't there.

Prequels are good when the story has essentially finished the entire game world leaving very little to do without large modifications to the game world. Prequels also do not have to be directly before the original. For example, if Skies of Arcadia got a prequel, I wouldn't want it to take place just before Vyse's adventures. Rather I'd want it to take place several eras prior during the age of the moon civilizations.

Sequels are good when the story has left a lot of loose ends.

 


Oh sure, Prequels aren't bad if they don't happen directly before. However Prequels that do... i've just never seen one work out right. They are so hard to do correctly. Not impossible, but ridiculiously tough.


Lufia 2:  Rise of the Sinistrals was a prequel to Lufia 1. 

In fact, the first 20 minutes of Lufia 1 is the near complete ending of Lufia 2.


If you have honestly never played Lufia 2 (SNES), you should go do so now.  It is quite possibly the best RPG on the SNES or among the top 5 at very least.