10 Video Game Sequels That Made You Play The Original Again

10. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5

There are bad games that make you revisit the originals just to wash the damn taste out of your mouth, and then there's whatever the fresh hell fans did to deserve Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5.

Even though the legendary skater series' best days seemed long behind it by 2015, that Activision allowed such an obviously curled-out dud to be deemed fit for player consumption was absolutely infuriating.

Granted, the writing was very much on the wall in the months leading up to THPS5's release, with lackluster marketing suggesting that the publisher was squeezing the title out before their contract with Hawk expired.

And indeed, THPS5 remains one of the most embarrassingly incompetent sequels in any beloved franchise. It looks dated, the skating doesn't even feel good - something the series mastered in its very first entry - and it launched jam-packed with glitches.

After years of so-so Tony Hawk's games and increasingly desperate attempts to make the series relevant again, this was the last straw - a cynical turd dumped in stores with all the enthusiasm of a late tax return

It quickly had fans going back to the incredible original trilogy in particular, something Activision themselves apparently recognised a whole five years later, when they belatedly released the brilliant Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 remake collection.