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badgenome on 18 July 2008
Riachu said:
Now this is what I don't get. Both Chrono Cross and MGS2 both got very high score in EGM and well, pretty much everywhere and yet they are the top 2 most disappointing sequels according to 1up. What that hell is wrong with them? A Top 5 Disappointing Videogame sequel list is uncreditable IMO if it doesn't include FFX-2.

Oh, god. The pain. No pun intended.

I remember being so psyched for a sequel. Then it opened with a J-pop concert, and my fantasy world of sky high expectations crashed down around my very ears.



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Torillian on 18 July 2008
badgenome said:
Riachu said:
Now this is what I don't get. Both Chrono Cross and MGS2 both got very high score in EGM and well, pretty much everywhere and yet they are the top 2 most disappointing sequels according to 1up. What that hell is wrong with them? A Top 5 Disappointing Videogame sequel list is uncreditable IMO if it doesn't include FFX-2.

Oh, god. The pain. No pun intended.

I remember being so psyched for a sequel. Then it opened with a J-pop concert, and my fantasy world of sky high expectations crashed down around my very ears.

 

Lol....I remember during that whole song thinking "maybe the rest of the game isn't like this.......please ; ;"



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Riachu on 18 July 2008
axumblade said:
I always heard that the SnakeEater was worse.

Actually, fans consider MGS3 as the better game, if I am correct?

 



 

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Naum on 18 July 2008
brute said:
2. Chrono Cross
System: PS1 | Release Date: 2000 | Publisher: Square EA

Admittedly, Chrono Cross had a lot going against it. As a sequel to a fondly remembered SNES RPG created by a dream team of developers spanning multiple companies, Cross' existence alone almost seems like an act of hubris. Even so, this sequel didn't help matters much with its treatment of the source material; soon after starting a new game, you learn that the entire cast of Chrono Trigger was implausibly snuffed out offscreen -- the only way that this scene would have been more perfect is if the words "SCREW YOU" scrolled across the screen, followed by the game deleting the contents of your memory card. This disrespect to Trigger was bad enough, but original scenario writer Masato Kato decided to make the story an impermeable mess this time around instead of a charming and simple tale like the original -- blame this on all of the time Kato spent on the ill-fated Xenogears.

Then I'm glad that Chrono Cross was such a failure beacuse Xenogears has THE best story ever.



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Xen on 18 July 2008

MGS 2???? worst sequel????????? it's my damn favorite MGS!



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ItsaMii on 18 July 2008
Riachu said:
ItsaMii said:
Chrono Cross deserves number 1.

You fail because Final Fantasy X-2 was way way more disappointing than Chrono Cross

 

 

FF X-2 had a good battle system. CC had a awfull plot, a crappy battle system and the worst battle music ever. FF X-2 didn`t kill every member of the original cast (they even ressurrected one). FF X-2 was the sequel to "just another FF game", CC was the sequel to the best RPG ever. FF X-2 plot is lame, like most of FF games. CC plot is retarded and offensive to CT fans.

So I say CC is worse and my opinion is worth more than yours.



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Riachu on 18 July 2008
ItsaMii said:
Riachu said:
ItsaMii said:
Chrono Cross deserves number 1.

You fail because Final Fantasy X-2 was way way more disappointing than Chrono Cross

 

 

FF X-2 had a good battle system. CC had a awfull plot, a crappy battle system and the worst battle music ever. FF X-2 didn`t kill every member of the original cast (they even ressurrected one). FF X-2 was the sequel to "just another FF game", CC was the sequel to the best RPG ever. FF X-2 plot is lame, like most of FF games. CC plot is retarded and offensive to CT fans.

So I say CC is worse and my opinion is worth more than yours.

I agree, FFX-2's plot was stupid but when you say most FF games having lame stories, I have to beg to differ. FFX had a great story. How is your opinion worth more than mine? You are being very arrogant for saying that and many people frown upon that since being arrogant is very rude. FFX-2 is considered to be a very bad game by fans for seveal obvious reasons.

 

EDIT:Oh, and FYI, Masato Kato stated that CC was more of a side story than an actual sequel

 



 

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slimeattack on 18 July 2008

Come on, MGS2 was awesome.



ItsaMii on 18 July 2008
Riachu said:
ItsaMii said:
Riachu said:
ItsaMii said:
Chrono Cross deserves number 1.

You fail because Final Fantasy X-2 was way way more disappointing than Chrono Cross

 

 

FF X-2 had a good battle system. CC had a awfull plot, a crappy battle system and the worst battle music ever. FF X-2 didn`t kill every member of the original cast (they even ressurrected one). FF X-2 was the sequel to "just another FF game", CC was the sequel to the best RPG ever. FF X-2 plot is lame, like most of FF games. CC plot is retarded and offensive to CT fans.

So I say CC is worse and my opinion is worth more than yours.

I agree,  FFX-2's plot was stupid but when you say most FF games having lame stories, I have to beg to differ.  FFX had a great story.  How is your opinion worth more than mine?  You are being very arrogant for saying that and many people frown upon that since being arrogant is very rude.  FFX-2 is considered to be a very bad game by fans for seveal obvious reasons.

 

How telling others they fail is not arrogant? And worse, telling me that my opinion fail. I only answer in such a manner when I see no room for rational discussion. Had you said "I disagree. FF- X2 was much more of a disappointment IMO. For example, I think that factors X, Y and Z are ..." I would not have any reason for harsh answers.



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shio on 18 July 2008

MGS2 and Invisible War were very disappointing, but they aren't bad games. Well, they're not great either.



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