Paper Mario Sticker Star didn't need to be "The Thousand-Year Door 2." It just needed to be "good."
Phil writes, "There's little that hurts a gamer more than hearing that a sequel to one of their favorite games is coming out, it releases, and it turns out to be a dud. It's happened to the best of us. It's like having the rug pulled out from under you when a sequel you've been hyping based off of love for its predecessor does less than satisfy when it finally launches. Sometimes it's due to the formula being changed too much and not for the better. Other times it's because the game is missing what made the original so good.
Whatever the reasons may be, SPC is back with a look at six more disappointing video game sequels that failed to deliver or failed to satisfy for one reason or another."
The Punished Backlog's David Silbert writes:
"Nintendo is widely known for its deep, eclectic well of beloved franchises. From The Legend of Zelda to Wrecking Crew, there’s no library in gaming as rich in history or as popular among fans.
2019 is shaping up to be a banner year for Nintendo, with representatives from Mario, Fire Emblem, Zelda, and Pokémon all gracing the Switch platform before the year’s end. At the same time, there are still plenty of Nintendo franchises that lie dormant this generation, in desperate need of the “Switch treatment.”
While there are plenty of legendary series worthy of a revival, here are six in particular I would absolutely kill to see on Switch in the near future."
A new Golden Sun and Mother would be great, but I wish I wasn't the only one that wants a new StarTropics.
If there’s one thing that any gamer hates, it’s seeing a video game that they love given a terrible sequel. Not only does it mean that you have to wait an extra amount of time to get a worthy successor to your favorite game, but in some cases, you might just find that this terrible sequel means that you will never see another sequel ever again.
I don't know why I click on these list articles and expect anything in depth. This would have been a lot more interesting if the person who wrote it spent more than five sentences talking about each game. Especially DMC2, FF13, and Other M, because there's a lot to talk about there. I will give them credit for going against current shitty "journalism" trends and keeping the whole list on one page, instead of splitting it up into two or, even worse, putting each game on its own page, though.
Gah, now I feel bad lol. I need to see if I can't do write-ups for the ones I care most about, Other M and Sticker Star.
Basically, it's easier to get approval for an article about a general concept than it is to get approval for games that date back to as early as the PS2 era. I have a little more leeway now than I did when I first wrote this article, so I am thankful that I can more articles about specific, older games than I used to.
Also, I can't really figure out how to reply to comments without comments. I am, perhaps, somewhat derp at this.
I think at it's core it had potential (in terms of gameplay) but wasn't executed well.
It had an interesting mesh of 2.5D and 3D gameplay but was really lacking in Metroidvania elements which should be mandatory for any entry in the franchise. I'm not even going to talk about the story... I'd rather forget it...
It was fun but certainly not worthy of being a Metroid game.
I can respect that, it's part of why Other M didn't get the top spot, haha. I don't think any game in the list is objectively bad (and if I say that phrase I was probably being stupidly hyperbolic lol), but for me it was more the scale of how disappointing they were.
Yeah seriously, total lack of effort. One horde mechanic repeated 8 times or something... And the exact same city model with shitty boring textures.
I liked DMC2, don't remember much about it other than cheesing the final boss but it was a solid sequel. FF13 was crap.
I thought the gameplay was ok but the shift 8n setting killed the game for me. You go from this cool castle and medieval type setting on the first game to generic back streets, that dumb ass helicopter fight, and an underwater level.
I suppose it was a bit of a drop in quality, from a 9 to a 7 maybe, but it doesn't belong on a worst ever sequels list. I also preferred the medieval setting but in fairness a more modern feel does suit the franchise better.
Megaman x7 was an unplayable mess when i played it when it came out. 3rd birthday aka parasite eve 3's story was atrocious and technically aya brea only cameos in that game. Every silent hill after 4. Onimusha 3 tried to go Hollywood and put in time travel. Dino Crisis 3 with Dinos in space. My personal list.
