Comments for "The 49 Best Sequel-Less Games" Talk at VideoSift.com

By dystopianfuturetoday

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:46:14 -0700

Herzog Zwei, ftw. I'd love to see an update.

By darkrowan

darkrowan (http://videogames.videosift.com/member/darkrowan) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:42:59 -0700

10. Freelancer: I Bittorented the game a few years back in the day, found it in the bargain bin a month back. Need to reinstall after my next reformat. Wonderful, wonderful crack. And I agree that the main story is not a big draw. Good/wise players can do it in 10-15 hrs if that. Finding the ****sploiler**** monkey and robot planets ****spoiler**** is the true test of how far you've come in the game.

3- Beyond Good & Evil: Now getting a sequel. Busted off the list.

By thegrimsleeper

thegrimsleeper (http://videogames.videosift.com/member/thegrimsleeper) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:29:18 -0700

When I was clicking the link I could only think of one game I wanted to see there, and guess what's the first game I see when I scroll down... XIII.

By BillOreilly

BillOreilly (http://videogames.videosift.com/member/BillOreilly) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:31:18 -0700

Psychonauts beat out Skies of Arcadia, Rez, and Beyond Good and Evil?

Who the crap comes up with these pathetic little lists?

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://videogames.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:48:36 -0700

Someone that's played Psychonauts.

I can only wish it had a sequel.

By bleedingsnowman

bleedingsnowman (http://videogames.videosift.com/member/bleedingsnowman) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:27:49 -0700

Nice find.

By NetRunner

NetRunner (http://netrunner.videosift.com) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:04:56 -0700

Several of these had "spiritual" sequels.

Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are actually in the same universe, if not really very related games. The developer actually called Colossus a "prequel" of Ico.

By EDD

EDD (http://videogames.videosift.com/member/EDD) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:29:57 -0700

Great find, indeed, I love these kinds of lists.

And I'd gladly pay even a $150 for a fully-developed Freelancer 2, the original was such a blast of a spacy experience. I advise you get it even today as it's space graphics and FX are nowhere near as outdated as any other game of.. what, was it 2003? And to be fair I don't get what anyone's complaining - the storyline was just as epic and polished as that of Mass Effect.

By jimnms

jimnms (http://videogames.videosift.com/member/jimnms) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:49:53 -0700

How come Outlaws isn't on this list?

By Farhad2000

Farhad2000 (http://farhad.videosift.com) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:10:46 -0700

TERRA NOVA BITCHES

And some of those games should never have sequels, this includes Blade Runner, Grim Fandango and any other great adventure game listed there.

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:36:35 -0700

They missed that incredibly great game from the early 90s called "way out" or "out there" or something like that.

The one where the guy is transported to a parallel world and befriends an ape that helps him on his journey. Kind of a side-scroller, but with a lot of style and fun.

By firefly

firefly (http://firefly.videosift.com) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:03:06 -0700

>> ^dag:
They missed that incredibly great game from the early 90s called "way out" or "out there" or something like that.

The one where the guy is transported to a parallel world and befriends an ape that helps him on his journey. Kind of a side-scroller, but with a lot of style and fun.

Are you thinking of "Out of This World"? (aka "Another World") That game did have a sequel: Heart of the Alien, for the Sega CD.

"3- Beyond Good & Evil: Now getting a sequel. Busted off the list."
That was announced May 2008, about a year after this article was written, I suspect.

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:46:39 -0700

^ yep, that was the one I was thinking about. Didn't know it had a sequel. Loved that game though.

By mas8705

mas8705 (http://videogames.videosift.com/member/mas8705) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:42:55 -0700

I saw the list and it was interesting to say the least... I agree with the top 10... pyschonauts was actually a really good game and its a game that truly deserves a sequel... though Beyond good & evil is a good runner up...

By Crosswords

Crosswords (http://videogames.videosift.com/member/Crosswords) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:29:33 -0700

Of those I've only played Sacrifice and Grim Fandango. Sacrifice was pretty good, certainly had its moments, but Grim Fandango is all kinds of awesome. Originality just oozed from it.

By firefly

firefly (http://firefly.videosift.com) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:55:42 -0700

>> ^NetRunner:
Several of these had "spiritual" sequels.

Ico and Shadow of the Colossus are actually in the same universe, if not really very related games. The developer actually called Colossus a "prequel" of Ico.

As much as I loved Colossus, I really need to get off my ass and find myself a copy of Ico.

By jwray

jwray (http://jwray.videosift.com) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:29:07 -0700

Wow, as someone who's played computer games most of the time since 1993, I haven't played any of the games on that list.

Starcraft was one of the best sequel-less games for a decade, till blizzard announced the sequel (which probably won't be out till 2010).

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:29:07 -0700

Post is already assigned to videogames talk - ignoring all requests by jwray.

By cheesemoo

cheesemoo (http://videogames.videosift.com/member/cheesemoo) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:51:48 -0700

Wow, out of all those I have only played Freelancer, Stubbs the Zombie, and Sunset Riders.

By xxovercastxx

xxovercastxx (http://videogames.videosift.com/member/xxovercastxx) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:11:56 -0700

Some of these games are the classics they are because they didn't come out of a sequel machine.

Quite a few of these games should not have sequels. Some because a sequel could only fail to meet expectations, some because they were downright terrible to begin with, and others because there's just no place for one.

Uniracers - "Uniracers 2" could be a crappy flash game, at best. Leave it alone.
Red Dead Revolver - Not only should there never, ever be a sequel, but I hope a few people lost their jobs for creating the original.
Psi-Ops - A $50 gimmick. By all means, reuse some of the ideas, but no sequel, please.
Tech Romancer - I'm greatly skeptical of any game, show, movie, etc with a title consisting of randomly chosen unrelated English words. I'm looking at you Guilty Gear, Melty Blood, Sailor Moon, One Piece Gear Spirit, Groove Adventure Rave Fighting Live, etc.
Call of Cthulhu - 3 sequels were planned, but the dev went out of business.
Blade Runner - I'd rather see a modern remake than a sequel. A new story in the universe.
The Last Express - Leave it alone.
MULE - The inspiration for an entire genre as well as influencing others. It doesn't need a true sequel. Also, I think the marketability of a game about mechanical equine is pretty poor these days.
Rampart - See Uniracers
Giants: Citizen Kabuto - Inexplicably absent from the list.