10 More Great Video Games That Never Got Sequels
So much untapped potential to keep these franchises going.
It's always a shame when greatness gets sidelined for the sake of making money, but that's the harsh truth in any medium. It can be an absolute banger of a game/movie/TV series, loved by not exactly many but enough to get it critical reception, yet still not see a continuation.
Gaming suffers this, too, as the returns may not outweigh the costs, leaving potential sequels and ideas abandoned as not worth the investment. Which can be a shame.
Would John Woo gone on to have directed more games? Would Andy Serkis be able to reprise his role as the anti-hero, Monkey, or what about the continuing adventures of the Dead Echo squad?
Whether it be the law of diminishing returns that see some of these peter out as a later sequel, or perhaps it's the proverbial one hit wonder, these titles sadly have never had sequels. Some were greenlit, whilst others just were left to die a quiet death in a bargain bin.
You may recognise some of these and wonder why they didn't carry on, whereas some might tickle some nostalgic memories of them. Whatever the case, here are some more great games that have never had sequels. Sadly.
10. Stranglehold
Chow Yun Fat and John Woo made waves back in 1992 with Hard Boiled, a precursor to Max Payne with all the dual-wielding, diving and multi-angled nonsense that hadn't really been done before.
So when it was announced that Woo and Fat would be bringing this to the world of videogames, with Stranglehold launching in 2007, anticipation was high. We'd had two Max Payne's, but Stranglehold promised more over-the-top than film noir.
It promised, and it delivered. What other game let you dive sideways, land on a catering trolley, only to jump off and run along a ceremonial dragon statue? It was a blast to play, with players trying to to rack up more varied and creative shootouts as they went.
Yet sadly, that was all for the continuing adventures of Inspector Tequila. Whilst there's reportedly a movie adaption on the way (presumably to right the wrongs that the Max Payne film did), there's no Stranglehold 2 in development.
There's just not enough games feature shootouts in the midst of flocks of doves anymore.