9. The Good… Mass Effect 2
The first Mass Effect is a great game, no question, which is why it’s so impressive that Bioware managed to top it in almost every conceivable way. Gone were the dry repetitive side-missions, replaced with more story driven and consequential affairs, that were just as compelling as the main plot.
Combat also received a massive overhaul, in the first game combat was merely tolerated in order to continue to story, not so in Mass Effect 2. Shooting felt fast and fluid, something to be enjoyed on its own merit, while offering more replay value to a game that was already bursting with reasons to visit it again and again.
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I think Dead Space 2 is a massive step up from the original, the second is completely non stop, story focused action which is a lot more about the main character, whilst the first was a walk and collect, mission based thing which although good didn’t get interesting until the last two levels.
I totally agree with no.1
AC 2 REALLY improved the franchise
Hoping to see AC3 on future lists :D
To qoute wiki Red Dead Redemption is a “spiritual successor” to Red Dead Revolver, thus it is NOT a sequel. That being said I did enjoy Red Dead Redemption.
Fable 2 was brilliant. Fable 3 on the other hand…
I agree! Fable 2 was amazing. It should have been Fable 3
In terms of graphics and animation Assassin’s Creed 2 unfortunately sucked. The only game I know to actually have worse graphics than its predecessor
What about Gears of War 2? The first game was no slouch and the second didn’t improve much in terms of core gameplay, but the story was approximately 10 times better. It’s not just a great sci-fi shooter, it’s also an excellent adventure. The third game’s story was just a ton of fetch quests though.
Ahem… GTA IV?
Halo 4 should be in the good list, Halo 3 in the bad. Halo 3 continued what I felt was a downward slide of the Halo series begun with the release of Halo 2. The first Halo was epic. A great story and fun multiplayer. It felt like in 2 that Bungie/MS got to a point where they seemed to tell the developers “Ok, finish what you have on the campaign, then it’s all hands on deck for the multiplayer experience.” Doubt if it went that way, but that’s how it felt. Nothing like the first game. Halo 3 was a huge disappointment as well. I’m so glad 343 Studios picked up and ran with Halo 4. It feels like playing the first game again.