Quote Originally Posted by Mercen-X View Post
wow. really? poor subject matter.

Honestly, what game hasn't there been where the sequels were not considered better. If the original game was so good it warranted a sequel, what are the odds honestly that the sequel would live up?
If it's so common maybe you could share a couple? Cause I really can't think of many.

God of War is interesting. GoWIII has the best gameplay and maybe the best art design I've seen in any game, but I think GoWII had the best story. Still, the first game is probably the best paced, by the virtue of David Jaffe being a better game designer than his proteges.

This technically isn't "the first," but EA's 2006 The Godfather was a lot better than the follow-up. The second one was a competent open world mafia game with a lot of cool mechanics, but it just doesn't live up to the perfect capturing of Coppola's 1940s New York, putting you in the story in subtle, ingenious ways and even including things from the book that the movie didn't have. It's like we have this great book, a timeless film, and a very solid video game all representing the same wonderful story and you just can't top that.

Quote Originally Posted by Futan
I'd say that Valkyria Chronicles 1 is better than 2 simply because it was on a console instead of handheld. :x Never actually played 2 so no idea how it is story/gameplay-wise.
This is a huge mistake and you really owe it to yourself to remedy it. Valkyria Chronicles 2 is so good. It's been a few years since I beat the first, but when I beat the second game I really had to question whether or not it was better.