sometimes the second time around just
sucks welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’ll be counting down our top 10 picks
for the most disappointing video game
sequels just to be clear our criteria is
not based on whether or not the game was
terrible because many of these games are
technically very well made
rather these titles didn’t live up to
the expectations or frameworks set by
their predecessors causing a lasting
sense of disappointment
number 10 Perfect Dark zero kicking off
our list is the follow-up to rares
critically acclaimed n64 futuristic spy
shooter centered on a secret agent
caught in the middle of warring alien
factions with Nintendo selling rare to
Microsoft the franchise re-emerged on
the Xbox 360s infinitely superior
Hardware unfortunately what we got was
just a pretty follow up that followed a
bland origin story totally lacking in
aliens as well as all of the spice that
may be original so original that’s big
sorry no not like this number 9 Resident
Evil 5 & 6
Capcom’s previous installment was an
entry so bold that it removed the
classic zombies and retained the scares
proving itself to be arguably the best
of the series
leave it to number 5 to disappoint for
not being remotely scary retain the
control issues and add new ones focus
too much on action and add a healthy
dose of racism to boot then number 6
came along and gave us more characters
more action and even less fun
number eight Dragon Age 2 how do you
disappoint those who gravitated towards
a game for its compelling plot variety
of characters and complex gameplay easy
you don’t include any of those things in
the sequel when you market a game as the
return to deep difficult RPGs it’s best
not release a button mashing sequel
stripped of all the complexity people
want to Dragon Age to be the next
baldur’s gate not a blood of your
version of fable number 7 Duke Nukem
Forever this should have been the
follow-up that kicked ass while chewing
bubblegum even with tone down
expectations following a decade of
development troubles gamers still
expected something to live up to the
name a disjointed mix of old and new
shooter tropes
it featured simple level design subpar
production values and way too much
sexual innuendo alright turn for my
reward gamers had matured the Duke had
not it might grow up to be as awesome as
me number six Star Wars Knights of the
Old Republic – the synth Lords Bioware’s
original Knights of the Old Republic
from 2003 was an RPG that gamers enjoyed
immensely QED everyone’s excitement for
the sequel unfortunately it came way too
quickly after being given to obsidian
for development arriving unpolished and
lacking in strategy or humor oddly the
game was less focused on its own
characters and more interested in those
from the previous adventure this rather
ironically was a feeling that was soon
mirrored by those who played it number 5
starfox adventures once in a while a
game comes along that is a special kind
of disappointment this disappointment in
question came from Nintendo’s decision
to recast rares dinosaur planet project
with starfox characters as a result the
new IP had to sell for being an
installment that betrayed everything the
franchise stood for namely its on rail
space shooting adding insult to injury
the whole thing felt like a weak Zelda
clone with nary a barrel roll in sight
talk about a bummer
nice day to see you again
Fox round number four Diablo 3 although
Diablo 3 offered superlative gameplay
and an intuitive skill system it
committed several cardinal sins that
have had it labeled a resounding failure
in the eyes of many a buggy launched an
opportunistic real-money auction system
and an abysmal plot were one thing but
it was the disappointing endgame content
that finally nailed the coffin shut
gamers expected to be able to play
Diablo 3 for another 10 years like they
had Diablo 2 but a short campaign and a
viciously unforgiving Inferno mode put
those dreams to rest real fast
at least it took some of the heat off
Mass Effect 3’s ending number 3 Super
Mario Brothers 2 while it was a tough
call deciding what disappointed more
this or Super Mario Sunshine we’re going
to have to go with Mario 2 for being
developed under the premise that Western
gamers were too unskilled to handle the
real deal which was already being played
in Japan that’s right Mario 2
transported Westerners out of the
Mushroom Kingdom
and into a radically unfamiliar port of
a game called Doki Doki Panic now
starring Mario number 2 Zelda 2 The
Adventure of Link the first Legend of
Zelda was a big deal that game changed
how we saw and perceived adventure games
to be a year later gamers were left
scratching their heads when the sequel
turned out to be a side scroller hard as
hell it introduced random battle
generations a merciless live system and
a game over screen while many sadistic
Souls enjoyed it the rest of us barely
counted as a Zelda game
number one Deus Ex to invisible war
taking the top spot on our list is a
game that many consider to be the prime
example in the decline of modern games
Deus Ex is still thought of as one of
the best PC games of all time it’s
twisting plot strict RPG style and
limitless gameplay options made it a
timeless classic so the removal of all
of those features for its console
friendly sequel was total video game
heresy PC gamers still hold a grudge
against consoles to this day because of
the oversimplification of a visible war
making it the Phantom Menace of the
video game world
Daleks prepare this table just when the
king of each is out to touch the sky we
would be Duchess and she sent away which
video games sequel massively affected
you with disappointment for more
entertaining top 10s be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com that was fun
was it good for you baby
sucks welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’ll be counting down our top 10 picks
for the most disappointing video game
sequels just to be clear our criteria is
not based on whether or not the game was
terrible because many of these games are
technically very well made
rather these titles didn’t live up to
the expectations or frameworks set by
their predecessors causing a lasting
sense of disappointment
number 10 Perfect Dark zero kicking off
our list is the follow-up to rares
critically acclaimed n64 futuristic spy
shooter centered on a secret agent
caught in the middle of warring alien
factions with Nintendo selling rare to
Microsoft the franchise re-emerged on
the Xbox 360s infinitely superior
Hardware unfortunately what we got was
just a pretty follow up that followed a
bland origin story totally lacking in
aliens as well as all of the spice that
may be original so original that’s big
sorry no not like this number 9 Resident
Evil 5 & 6
Capcom’s previous installment was an
entry so bold that it removed the
classic zombies and retained the scares
proving itself to be arguably the best
of the series
leave it to number 5 to disappoint for
not being remotely scary retain the
control issues and add new ones focus
too much on action and add a healthy
dose of racism to boot then number 6
came along and gave us more characters
more action and even less fun
number eight Dragon Age 2 how do you
disappoint those who gravitated towards
a game for its compelling plot variety
of characters and complex gameplay easy
you don’t include any of those things in
the sequel when you market a game as the
return to deep difficult RPGs it’s best
not release a button mashing sequel
stripped of all the complexity people
want to Dragon Age to be the next
baldur’s gate not a blood of your
version of fable number 7 Duke Nukem
Forever this should have been the
follow-up that kicked ass while chewing
bubblegum even with tone down
expectations following a decade of
development troubles gamers still
expected something to live up to the
name a disjointed mix of old and new
shooter tropes
it featured simple level design subpar
production values and way too much
sexual innuendo alright turn for my
reward gamers had matured the Duke had
not it might grow up to be as awesome as
me number six Star Wars Knights of the
Old Republic – the synth Lords Bioware’s
original Knights of the Old Republic
from 2003 was an RPG that gamers enjoyed
immensely QED everyone’s excitement for
the sequel unfortunately it came way too
quickly after being given to obsidian
for development arriving unpolished and
lacking in strategy or humor oddly the
game was less focused on its own
characters and more interested in those
from the previous adventure this rather
ironically was a feeling that was soon
mirrored by those who played it number 5
starfox adventures once in a while a
game comes along that is a special kind
of disappointment this disappointment in
question came from Nintendo’s decision
to recast rares dinosaur planet project
with starfox characters as a result the
new IP had to sell for being an
installment that betrayed everything the
franchise stood for namely its on rail
space shooting adding insult to injury
the whole thing felt like a weak Zelda
clone with nary a barrel roll in sight
talk about a bummer
nice day to see you again
Fox round number four Diablo 3 although
Diablo 3 offered superlative gameplay
and an intuitive skill system it
committed several cardinal sins that
have had it labeled a resounding failure
in the eyes of many a buggy launched an
opportunistic real-money auction system
and an abysmal plot were one thing but
it was the disappointing endgame content
that finally nailed the coffin shut
gamers expected to be able to play
Diablo 3 for another 10 years like they
had Diablo 2 but a short campaign and a
viciously unforgiving Inferno mode put
those dreams to rest real fast
at least it took some of the heat off
Mass Effect 3’s ending number 3 Super
Mario Brothers 2 while it was a tough
call deciding what disappointed more
this or Super Mario Sunshine we’re going
to have to go with Mario 2 for being
developed under the premise that Western
gamers were too unskilled to handle the
real deal which was already being played
in Japan that’s right Mario 2
transported Westerners out of the
Mushroom Kingdom
and into a radically unfamiliar port of
a game called Doki Doki Panic now
starring Mario number 2 Zelda 2 The
Adventure of Link the first Legend of
Zelda was a big deal that game changed
how we saw and perceived adventure games
to be a year later gamers were left
scratching their heads when the sequel
turned out to be a side scroller hard as
hell it introduced random battle
generations a merciless live system and
a game over screen while many sadistic
Souls enjoyed it the rest of us barely
counted as a Zelda game
number one Deus Ex to invisible war
taking the top spot on our list is a
game that many consider to be the prime
example in the decline of modern games
Deus Ex is still thought of as one of
the best PC games of all time it’s
twisting plot strict RPG style and
limitless gameplay options made it a
timeless classic so the removal of all
of those features for its console
friendly sequel was total video game
heresy PC gamers still hold a grudge
against consoles to this day because of
the oversimplification of a visible war
making it the Phantom Menace of the
video game world
Daleks prepare this table just when the
king of each is out to touch the sky we
would be Duchess and she sent away which
video games sequel massively affected
you with disappointment for more
entertaining top 10s be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com that was fun
was it good for you baby
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