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Games That Deserve New Year Sequels

Posted by Zonk on from the moving-beyond-halo-3 dept.

Retrogaming with Racketboy has a piece looking at 10 Games that 'need' a sequel. Each title is a deserving candidate for an updating, though probably some more than others. From the article: "Possibly one the best games of 2004, Beyond Good and Evil featured a magical combination of action, animation, and storytelling that won it high regard among critics. The game represented high quality and production values when most other games on the market were either re-hashes of other successful games or just plain awful. With all the unimaginative plots in games today, a series like BG&E deserves to live on. Of course, it didn't sell well in its first iteration, but much of the buzz about the game happened just a bit after stores started taking it off their shelves. Now that there is a healthier fan-base, a sequel might just flourish."

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  1. Supreme Commander by Supurcell · · Score: 2, Informative

    One of the creators of TA is working on Supreme Commander. From the previews I've read, it will take TA to the next level.

    http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/supreme-commander/632026p 1.html Here is a link to the Gamespy preview.

  2. I'm on Slashdot? by racketboynick · · Score: 4, Informative

    Wow -- how'd I end up on Slashdot?
    Not that I'm complaining :)

    Anwyay, I must confess, I'm not a big PC gamer and my site primarily covers console games. So that would explain a lot of PC games missing from the list.

    As for the Sonic CD comment, I realize that Sonic Rush is a quality game, but I'm waiting for a full 2D console game that makes the most of the hardware.

    For more of my thoughts on the Sonic topic, check out this post of mine:
    http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2005/12/sega-i-dare -you.html

    And thanks guys, for not chewing my post to pieces :)
    I'm still working on improving my writing.