When it comes to video games, one of the usual questions is about understanding which are the best sequels out there. And we too wanted to try our hand at this small business
Obviously, when it comes to addressing the topic of the best video game sequelsoften and willingly divisions are created because some sequels are considered ugly, unsuccessful or simply have distorted the starting series (we have already covered the subject here). Here we will try to propose a dozen without any kind of order or preference, because, from great titles come great continuations! But now let’s try to move forward with some order.
Continuing on the right path: ten titles to continue
To try to embrace as many titles as possible in one quick roundup of ten titles we have therefore tried to broaden the range of action going to collect titles that have appeared both on the various fixed consoles (such as the first two versions of the PlayStation, the various declinations of the Nintendo consoles and so on), the portable ones and of course the PC.
Given the amount of titles you will also understand that a second part, when there is material time, is a mustbut let’s not get lost in further talk and let’s go and see together ten of the best sequels that the gaming media has brought to the screen!
Super Mario Bros .: The Lost Levels – The Best Sequels (Part I)
In the “distant” 1985 perhaps one of the most “impacting” games on this list came out, so much so that, even within a vast Odyssey, there is always room for some very personal quotation and reference. The historic first installment of Super Mario Bros. generated so much excitement that fans clamored for a sequel and, in Japan, were satisfied with Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Tsū.
Not to be confused with Super Mario Bros. 2, the game in question is a more difficult version with notable changes compared to the first chapter (in fact its label read “For Super Players”) for an even more complete and challenging gaming experience. Initially sold only within the Japanese lands, it was made known to the world with the Super Mario All – Stars collection and then inside the NES mini catalog.
MediEvil 2 – The Best Sequels (Part I)
Sir Daniel Fortesque he is one of those heroes (or presumed as legend has it) who just can’t find peace. If in the first chapter, our good knight with no eye and no jawwas resurrected by mistake by Zarok who wanted to conquer Gallowmere to the sound of the undead and various monsters, things seem to repeat themselves even years later.
We are in nineteenth-century London and the perfidious Lord Palethorn found some torn pages from Zarok’s spellbook therefore he has the brilliant idea of conquering the Land of Albion as well playing the trump card of the undead. Guess who came back to foil his plans? Exactly! Together with the mummia kiya, to Professor Hamilton Kift ed al fantasma Winston Chapelmountthe good Dan will rise up against him also thanks to new game mechanics (first of all the head on a severed hand to solve puzzles and access new game areas), moves and more powerful weapons.
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass – I migliori sequel (Parte I)
Immediately after the events narrated on The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, in my opinion one of the most interesting chapters of the saga released on GameCube, Link and Dazel are sailing the seas aboard their ship, but as is “normal” there is already something wrong. In fact, it materializes alongside them a ghost pirate ship together with a thick and mysterious fog.
Dazel, who is a brave and somewhat reckless pirate, jumps aboard to investigate and disappears into thin air. Link, therefore, rushes to his rescue by clinging to the ship, but falling into the sea shortly after e finding himself on a mysterious beach (Does it remind you of anything?). Here he will meet the sage Oshus and the braggart, as well as a coward, Linebeck thanks to which it will sail again on the seas for save Dazel and experience another great adventure in a submerged Hyrule from the waters.
Assassin’s Creed II – Best Sequels (Part I)
After Desmond Miles lived his first adventure with the ancestor Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad at the time of the Crusades, his relationship with Abstergo, Lucy and especially the Templars is still far from coming to an end. And the length of a saga like this, now enriched with the new DLC Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok, is the clearest proof.
Desmond and Lucy thus manage to escape from the Abstergo headquarters and reach a secret refuge where, inside, they find the computer scientist Rebecca Crane and the historian Shaun Hastings. Ah, and of course also an Animus to catapult yourself into the shoes of another ancestor in a different historical era. This time the destination is the Florence of the Medici family at war against the Pazzi and not only. Here “the killer on duty” is theiconic Ezio Auditore that so excited fans and generated endless memes. From this title will then originate the trilogy dedicated to the Florentine assassin topped off by Brotherhood and Revelations.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne – I migliori sequel (Parte I)
You remember where we left the detective Max Payne at the end of the first chapter (in any case we talked about it more in depth here)? On top of a building and with a shotgun in his hand as, many floors below him, police sirens pierce the air of a night full of bullets, death, intrigue and corruption.
Leap forward in two years with a Max wakes up in a sore hospital where a long flashback will start which will make us understand how we got to that point. Max was therefore arrested for the murder of his colleague Alex, obviously it was all false, but he was still released from prison senatore Alfred Wooden as there was enough evidence to incarcerate him for life. Today, however, a new threat has arrived on the city, that of the “Diarrhea”along with old acquaintances, such as Mona Sax (playable in some levels), Vladimir Lem and Vinnie Gognittifor more storytelling and deadly double games.
The Curse of Monkey Island – I migliori sequel (Parte I)
Surely it is one of the best series regarding graphic adventures, if we exclude some cosmic ugliness such as Escape from Monkey Island, which has been able to bewitch all fans of the genre and made them puzzling around with riddles and laughing with piratical abstrusities.
Hero once again he is the good Guybrush Threepwood, “fearsome pirate”, who this time is lost in the middle of the sea aboard a bumper car. Intent on writing his diary, the most shabby of the pirates will make us understand how he got there until, a cannon shot, he takes us back to the height of a battle. And from there it will be the turn of a new adventure filled with pirates, three-headed monkeys, undead and a curse which struck the beautiful Elaine Marley. In any case, we bring you here our special in-depth on retrogaming to understand a little better the greatness of this title!
Fallout 4 – The Best Sequels (Part I)
Produced by mother Bethesdaproponent of masterpieces such as the Elder Scrolls saga (some chapters of Wolfenstein and Rage 2) among others, here you return badly to the Contaminated Zone full of radioactive monsters, psychopathic marauders and a rate of radioactivity always beyond any parameter. In short, dear lovers of role-playing and post-apocalyptic settings, welcome back to Fallout!
This time the story is set in the year 2287more than two hundred years after the facts narrated on the previous and immense Fallout 3, in one Post apocalyptic Boston. It’s a quiet October morning in 2077 and we, after calming our baby down and chatting with Codsworth and our sweetheart, get a visit from the Vault Tech representative. Perhaps he has brought bad luck because, a few minutes later, he will have to run inside a Vault and then in a cryogenic capsule. Unfortunately, marauders will arrive, kidnap the child and kill the wife or wife and then leave us to sleep for centuries. But now the capsule has opened so welcome to the post-atomic Commonwealth!
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Best Sequels (Part I)
From the trilogia omnia di JRR Tolkien and his film adaptation by Peter Jacksonincluding the curious “hybrid” cartoon directed by Ralph Bakshi, all fans keep an excellent memory of it and the same goes for the many videogame transpositions of the adventures around Middle-earth.
After a Fellowship of the Ring that didn’t convince too much and before a Return of the King that, as spectacular as the characters were, they almost all had the same moves and patterns, The two Towers brought the adventures of our brave heroes to the screens following the events narrated by the film. We will therefore return to impersonate iconic protagonists such as Aragorn, Legolas e Gimli and power them up with their signature moves. Also, in the prologue that serves as a tutorial, we will tackle the first steps with Isildur. The bonus level is also very interesting and competitive Orthanc Tower to train to mow down hordes of enemies.
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings – I migliori sequel (Parte I)
After dealing with the first primitive civilizations that arose from stone to then move on to Greeks, Romans, Egyptians and Babyloniansthe series ran until the dawn of Middle Ages. Hard times of great conflicts, but also of great heroes around the world (such as Joan of Arc or William Wallace) who have distinguished themselves for their deeds on the battlefield. And what battles!
With Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings the discussion was therefore resumed bringing it up to the early Renaissance years for a very long series of battles and conquests around the known world of the time. An essential title that, thanks also to the latest remastered editions, is able to make itself known even by younger players or by those who want to discover the past of the series before the recent one. Age of Empires IV (here you will find our review about it) which drew heavily from the second chapter.
Donkey Kong Country Returns – I migliori sequel (Parte I)
The starting point of this chapter for Nintendo Wii and 3DS is the famous Donkey Kong Country saga that started in the nineties thanks to the work of Rare who managed to bring this platform mr on super nintendo (as well as on the SNES mini). Unfortunately, for this chapter, the hand of Rare was not therebut this did not unduly affect the beauty and difficulty of this title.
History therefore sees protagonists, once again, Donkey e Diddy Kong who never get to enjoy a moment of peace. Their island, this time, is threatened by the tribù Tiki Yes and no longer by anthropomorphic crocodiles with pirate frenzies (Kremling). This tribe, in particular, is made up of gods tools that hypnotize animals and make them steal the beloved bananas….