Quote Originally Posted by Dreddz View Post
Oh and Street Fighter II was a huge step up from Street Fighter. It literally went from absolute skullskullskullskull to one of the greatest fighters of all time. Quite a big leap.
Heh, you ain't kidding. I remember I once found a Street Fighter cabinet in an arcade somewhere and it was so bad I haflway assumed it was some cheap copy.

Anyway, good sequels! Bun Bun's right about Suikoden and BoF, for a start. Resident Evil 2 is way better than the first. And 4 is a big change, but the apex of the series. Diablo 2 is right. Syndicate Wars is far better than the original Syndicate. Turok 2 was WAY better than the first. But then... yeah.

Master of Orion reportedly has one of the best games of the genre as a sequel, but I can't speak from experience. I can say that, at least until Revolutions, each Civilization built on the previous ones. Command and Conquer spawned a whole legion of mostly awesome sequels and spinoffs. Soul Calibur much?

I could go on. But I think the ease that I created that list with demonstrates that many sequels can be glorious things.