Comments on: Sequels: Gaming’s Cancer? http://blog.gamer20.com/2008/12/sequels-gamings-cancer/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:50:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Danreb http://blog.gamer20.com/2008/12/sequels-gamings-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Danreb Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:29:14 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/?p=922#comment-338 Without sequels, there'd be no household names and the industry wouldn't come close to its current size or success. I understand some sequels just don't live up to the hype, but it's up to the gamer to make that decision. Without sequels, there'd be no household names and the industry wouldn't come close to its current size or success.

I understand some sequels just don't live up to the hype, but it's up to the gamer to make that decision.

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]]> By: AJMarra http://blog.gamer20.com/2008/12/sequels-gamings-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-336 AJMarra Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:53:32 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/?p=922#comment-336 Gaming sure does have a lot of cancer. Gaming sure does have a lot of cancer.

]]> By: JacobS http://blog.gamer20.com/2008/12/sequels-gamings-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-334 JacobS Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:00:28 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/?p=922#comment-334 It's incredibly easy with games to take the very same structure and transpose it upon the sequel. I mean you're essentially playing the same formula for twenty or thirty hours, so it's not something that the mind gets tired of easily. I think that there is only so much a developer can do in order to improve upon a formula, however, and so people do get tired of it eventually and want something different. Sales will fall down to earth, and a franchise can be so beaten that the developer has to move on to something else. Sequels can be better than the original if done correctly. Sonic 2 is one example. But if a game is truly unique, then it's going to be hard to find a sequel in there. I think a sequel can work based on two conditions. 1. It's a continuation and features ideas that didn't make it in the original. 2. It's different in tone and gameplay. If a developer is going to make a strict continuation of a game that felt completely satisfying on its own, then I'd question why they're doing it. It's incredibly easy with games to take the very same structure and transpose it upon the sequel. I mean you're essentially playing the same formula for twenty or thirty hours, so it's not something that the mind gets tired of easily. I think that there is only so much a developer can do in order to improve upon a formula, however, and so people do get tired of it eventually and want something different. Sales will fall down to earth, and a franchise can be so beaten that the developer has to move on to something else.

Sequels can be better than the original if done correctly. Sonic 2 is one example. But if a game is truly unique, then it's going to be hard to find a sequel in there. I think a sequel can work based on two conditions. 1. It's a continuation and features ideas that didn't make it in the original. 2. It's different in tone and gameplay. If a developer is going to make a strict continuation of a game that felt completely satisfying on its own, then I'd question why they're doing it.

]]> By: Edward Love http://blog.gamer20.com/2008/12/sequels-gamings-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Edward Love Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:03:14 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/?p=922#comment-335 It just seems to me that everything hinges on money these days. Sure, money makes the world go round, but have developers lost their integrity? Really, I hate tacked on sequels. Worst of all, they're often shipped off to another dev. team to do the dirty work. I like a good sequel as much as the next guy, and Gears of War 2 is, admittedly, a good sequel, but there are too many of them these days and the whole franchise movement seems like a real cash-in. It just seems to me that everything hinges on money these days. Sure, money makes the world go round, but have developers lost their integrity? Really, I hate tacked on sequels. Worst of all, they're often shipped off to another dev. team to do the dirty work.

I like a good sequel as much as the next guy, and Gears of War 2 is, admittedly, a good sequel, but there are too many of them these days and the whole franchise movement seems like a real cash-in.

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