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The Best Games Make Their Predecessors Seem Obsolete

Some games make their predecessors seem super-dated; others might make players wish they were playing one of the titles in their back catalog. A running trend among gaming's biggest hits is that they tend to set the standards for their franchise (or genre).

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Y_51504345d ago

He was talking about Nintendo games but lets go over to recent PlayStation games like inFAMOUS. infamous 2 made it for me that I can't go back to the first one and I absolutely love it! inFAMOUS 2 just made the best thing better. Uncharted and Killzone is a different story to some.

Oldman1004345d ago

Resistance could be included there with Uncharted and Killzone. The coop mode in R2 provided some of the most fun I've had with the franchise. Yet it was nowhere to be seen in the sequel. :(

Y_51504345d ago

Yeah I'm sorry I knew someone would mention that respectful series. I haven't really played Resistance other than the demos so I can't really judge yet.

MerkinMax4345d ago

Gonna have to disagree with you. I could play Uncharted 1 and Resistance 1 today without them feeling obsolete. Graphics improve of course, but they nailed gameplay, story and their respected worlds.

Xof4345d ago

No, the BEST games are timeless, ageless--never obsolete. Ocarina of Time, Homeworld, Age of Empires, Freespace, Final Fantasy VII, Suikoden 2, Shadow of the Colossus... these games will never become obsolete.

Ever.

Good games make their predecessors seem obsolete, but merely being good is not enough to be a classic. Merely good games are doomed to the oblivion of forgotten memory.

ShaunCameron4345d ago (Edited 4345d ago )

Case in point: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Sometimes I wonder why some people and media pundits even bother mentioning GTAIII at all. That's not to say it was a bad game or it didn't make much of an impact upon release, but SA just went above and beyond it. There's a reason why most people regard SA as the ultimate sandbox experience not just the ultimate GTA game.

attilayavuzer4345d ago

Jesus how about Just Cause 2 compared to the first? Talk about compressing shit into diamonds.

glennco4345d ago

but SA really isnt that different from 3 when you look at 3 compared to 2 (or anything else at the time). personally i prefer VC to either of them. i finished 3 and VC and got bored halfway through SA and havent bothered since. GTAIII was an awesome effort, i IMO i don't think they have done enough since then. i want a living city or at least fooled into believing it is. the popup and vehicle vanishing just seems to get worse and worse with each new GTA.

glennco4345d ago

The Best SEQUELS Make Their Predecessors Seem Obsolete

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20 Best Super Mario Games of All Time

Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made to celebrate Mar10 Day.

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Barlos42d ago (Edited 42d ago )

My top 3 are Mario 3, Mario World and Mario 64. Mario Odyssey is also excellent, and I enjoyed Sunshine but didn't care for the Galaxy series.

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A Super Mario 64 Remake Would Be The Perfect Game To Launch The Nintendo Switch 2

Releasing the Nintendo Switch 2 with a Super Mario 64 remake would be the perfect way to unleash the console to the world.

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-Foxtrot74d ago

If they ever did I hope they would add onto it, there's so much you could do with Princess Peach's castle alone

roadkillers73d ago

Or just make the Mario 128... the cancelled sequel that sounded amazing (or was it just an amazing tale).

fr0sty73d ago

Funny that after all these years, we still use 64 bit CPUs, so it wouldn't make sense to call it that.

fr0sty73d ago

Yeah, a straight remake doesn't sound good to me. Same formula, but different game.

Number1TailzFan74d ago

Each level is pretty small today in the original game, I don't like huge levels but I think they could be at least 2x bigger, or close to it and more of them, with more things to do.

They could do a mix of having open levels and more linear ones like in 3D World or Land, I doubt they will do that but it would make a change.

Neonridr73d ago

I mean Odyssey's levels weren't massive, but requiring you to do different things in each world is what made the levels feel bigger than they were.

ZeekQuattro74d ago

I'd prefer a Oydessey 2 or Galaxy 3. Besides the DS
game was a Mario 64 remake complete with more playable characters, stages, bosses and muti player content.

Cacabunga73d ago (Edited 73d ago )

I did not like Odyssey i found the idea of ot lame.. i find it boring to just look for moons instead of exploring and enjoying the levels. Let’s not talk about the extremely repetitive and ridiculously easy bosses. Level design is so meh most of the time. Galaxy 2 is a far better game so Galaxy 3 anytime!!!

TiredGamer73d ago

Agreed. I enjoyed Odyssey for a while, but it quickly became very formulaic where each level felt like a checklist of things to do with WAY too many moons to find. The Galaxy series were the best, as they took some of what made 64 great and juiced it up perfectly.

Lolly74d ago

Yes! Let's release an almost 30 year old game to kick off the next generation for Nintendo...
I'm over re-releases...FEED ME NEW MARIO!

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20 Best Mario Games of All Time

Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made.

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