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When you really like something, even love something, it's no surprise to comprehend that you can't get enough of it: TOO MUCH IS NEVER ENOUGH.
So when a game comes along that you really like, it's only natural to find yourself looking forward with great anticipation to the sequel.
Some criticize sequels for being nothing else but the same game rehashed - they label them "cash-ins", but I would argue that most games are too short - there's not enough in them - so a sequel is in effect just giving us the full package, as well as giving us more of what we want.
Take Crazy Taxi for example.
Yes it was a great game, but after a while I found myself longing for more cities to speed around, and the sequel gave me this.
Some said that Crazy Taxi 2 was way too similar to the original game, but that is exactly what I wanted: basically an extension of the first instalment.... and in many ways that's what I got, so why should I complain?
If developers want to milk a franchise then so be it.
No one puts a gun to your head and takes the cash from your pocket.
I'm pretty sure that Tekken fans were jumping with joy when they heard the news that Tekken Tag was in the works for the PS2.
The same goes for fans of the FIFA Soccer, ISS and others.
If pushed though, I suppose I would have to say that perhaps three sequels on the same console is about the limit.
The Tomb Raider games (for example) where milked too much without changing in a significant way, and in the end the reputation of a great game was marred by overkill.
The fact of the matter is this: if you really like a game, if it had an big impact on you, then it is only natural for you to want the sequel as soon as is humanly possible.
I'm sure Grand Theft Auto III fans are already looking forward to Grand Theft Auto IV.....
So when a game comes along that you really like, it's only natural to find yourself looking forward with great anticipation to the sequel.
Some criticize sequels for being nothing else but the same game rehashed - they label them "cash-ins", but I would argue that most games are too short - there's not enough in them - so a sequel is in effect just giving us the full package, as well as giving us more of what we want.
Take Crazy Taxi for example.
Yes it was a great game, but after a while I found myself longing for more cities to speed around, and the sequel gave me this.
Some said that Crazy Taxi 2 was way too similar to the original game, but that is exactly what I wanted: basically an extension of the first instalment.... and in many ways that's what I got, so why should I complain?
If developers want to milk a franchise then so be it.
No one puts a gun to your head and takes the cash from your pocket.
I'm pretty sure that Tekken fans were jumping with joy when they heard the news that Tekken Tag was in the works for the PS2.
The same goes for fans of the FIFA Soccer, ISS and others.
If pushed though, I suppose I would have to say that perhaps three sequels on the same console is about the limit.
The Tomb Raider games (for example) where milked too much without changing in a significant way, and in the end the reputation of a great game was marred by overkill.
The fact of the matter is this: if you really like a game, if it had an big impact on you, then it is only natural for you to want the sequel as soon as is humanly possible.
I'm sure Grand Theft Auto III fans are already looking forward to Grand Theft Auto IV.....
Gamers are always gunna highly anticipate a sequel soon after playing a game they feel is up among the best they've ever played!
The only problem with mnay sequels is that they do not usually live up to all the hype and expectations of the original game.
Mario 64 was an excellent game, and Mario Sunshine is also being hyped about very highly. But there have been one or two moans and groans, and even some Nintys find the idea of using a Water Cannon to clean up paint as lame and dull, when we barely have any full information.
The only problem with mnay sequels is that they do not usually live up to all the hype and expectations of the original game.
Mario 64 was an excellent game, and Mario Sunshine is also being hyped about very highly. But there have been one or two moans and groans, and even some Nintys find the idea of using a Water Cannon to clean up paint as lame and dull, when we barely have any full information.
V.V.V.V.V wrote:
> Take Crazy Taxi for example.
> Yes it was a great game, but after a while I found myself longing for
> more cities to speed around, and the sequel gave me this.
> Some said that Crazy Taxi 2 was way too similar to the original game,
> but that is exactly what I wanted: basically an extension of the first
> instalment.... and in many ways that's what I got, so why should I
> complain?
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Can't wait for Crazy Taxi 3. But I do hope Hitmaker add more worthwhile mini games.
> Take Crazy Taxi for example.
> Yes it was a great game, but after a while I found myself longing for
> more cities to speed around, and the sequel gave me this.
> Some said that Crazy Taxi 2 was way too similar to the original game,
> but that is exactly what I wanted: basically an extension of the first
> instalment.... and in many ways that's what I got, so why should I
> complain?
*
Can't wait for Crazy Taxi 3. But I do hope Hitmaker add more worthwhile mini games.
When you really like something, even love something, it's no surprise to comprehend that you can't get enough of it: TOO MUCH IS NEVER ENOUGH.
So when a game comes along that you really like, it's only natural to find yourself looking forward with great anticipation to the sequel.
Some criticize sequels for being nothing else but the same game rehashed - they label them "cash-ins", but I would argue that most games are too short - there's not enough in them - so a sequel is in effect just giving us the full package, as well as giving us more of what we want.
Take Crazy Taxi for example.
Yes it was a great game, but after a while I found myself longing for more cities to speed around, and the sequel gave me this.
Some said that Crazy Taxi 2 was way too similar to the original game, but that is exactly what I wanted: basically an extension of the first instalment.... and in many ways that's what I got, so why should I complain?
If developers want to milk a franchise then so be it.
No one puts a gun to your head and takes the cash from your pocket.
I'm pretty sure that Tekken fans were jumping with joy when they heard the news that Tekken Tag was in the works for the PS2.
The same goes for fans of the FIFA Soccer, ISS and others.
If pushed though, I suppose I would have to say that perhaps three sequels on the same console is about the limit.
The Tomb Raider games (for example) where milked too much without changing in a significant way, and in the end the reputation of a great game was marred by overkill.
The fact of the matter is this: if you really like a game, if it had an big impact on you, then it is only natural for you to want the sequel as soon as is humanly possible.
I'm sure Grand Theft Auto III fans are already looking forward to Grand Theft Auto IV.....
So when a game comes along that you really like, it's only natural to find yourself looking forward with great anticipation to the sequel.
Some criticize sequels for being nothing else but the same game rehashed - they label them "cash-ins", but I would argue that most games are too short - there's not enough in them - so a sequel is in effect just giving us the full package, as well as giving us more of what we want.
Take Crazy Taxi for example.
Yes it was a great game, but after a while I found myself longing for more cities to speed around, and the sequel gave me this.
Some said that Crazy Taxi 2 was way too similar to the original game, but that is exactly what I wanted: basically an extension of the first instalment.... and in many ways that's what I got, so why should I complain?
If developers want to milk a franchise then so be it.
No one puts a gun to your head and takes the cash from your pocket.
I'm pretty sure that Tekken fans were jumping with joy when they heard the news that Tekken Tag was in the works for the PS2.
The same goes for fans of the FIFA Soccer, ISS and others.
If pushed though, I suppose I would have to say that perhaps three sequels on the same console is about the limit.
The Tomb Raider games (for example) where milked too much without changing in a significant way, and in the end the reputation of a great game was marred by overkill.
The fact of the matter is this: if you really like a game, if it had an big impact on you, then it is only natural for you to want the sequel as soon as is humanly possible.
I'm sure Grand Theft Auto III fans are already looking forward to Grand Theft Auto IV.....