October 23, 2001, 02:39
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While movie sequels generally suck, are computer game sequels generally superior to the original?
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October 23, 2001, 02:53
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yes
some recent examples
civ2
diablo2
baldur's gate2
now there are limits to how many sequal you can make. I don't like too many sequals (like ultima- I grew bored of that game)
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October 23, 2001, 11:15
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Ya, some are very similar to the orginal which is unfortunate, but they tend to have better graphics, and a better AI. So they tend to be worth purchasing if you never bought the first one. IMO.
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October 23, 2001, 19:51
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Re: Sequels
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Originally posted by Case
While movie sequels generally suck, are computer game sequels generally superior to the original?
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Just as long as it's not overdone...by having too many sequals...
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October 23, 2001, 19:58
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no
some recent examples
Might & Magic 8
Master of Orion 2 (say some)
Imperialism 3
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October 23, 2001, 20:45
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There's an Imperialism 3?
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October 25, 2001, 05:54
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None of many X-Com sequels (at least 4, maybe more?) ever came near the original UFO/X-Com. A game I've played almost daily the last month, something I can't say of Civ2...
While movie tech has progressed slowly (apart from FX/animation), all sides of computer tech has improved with a violent speed.
Every year the resources available for a game programmer will multiply. The movie director has the same old actors to use.
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October 25, 2001, 08:07
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I just remembered that I found AoE better than AoE2...
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October 25, 2001, 11:10
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Re: Sequels
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Originally posted by Case
While movie sequels generally suck, are computer game sequels generally superior to the original?
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Yes, here are a few more
WarCraft II over WarCraft and for that matter StarCraft was even better
Myst III over I and II
Gran Turismo III
All sports games have gotten better
Imperialism II was better than I (didn't know about III)
Quake III
And there are tons more examples. Games seemingly get better with more and more details being allowed to be added as computer technology gets better. That said too many games lose sight of what is fun and just add extra elements.
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October 25, 2001, 11:16
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Re: Re: Sequels
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All sports games have gotten better
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I dunno bout that... the NHL series seems not to be really improveing much. They will improve one thing then another will diminish. Take the latest installement NHL 2002, pretty game... similar to 2001, but apparently the defence sucks.
Sigh, hoping for a game that truly catches the NHL spirit, not these arcade games.
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October 25, 2001, 14:01
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None of many X-Com sequels (at least 4, maybe more?) ever came near the original UFO/X-Com
I don't agree with you fully (since I think that X-COM 2 and 3 were better than the 1st part) but I know what you mean. They started making some kind of a star-wars clone games and I don't even know if Xcom 5 or 6 exist. A shame really.
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