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Least favorite game sequel in a series? (piefed.world)
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I am revisiting Medievil II for the PS1 and going through it, but I really recall not having liked the sequel. I was okay with the story, which did make comprehensible sense given the time going forward, someone ending up with the pages of Zarok's spellbook and all. It's just a rehash of the first game, just time going forward.

Some of the bosses you got to fight were okay, but a lot of them weren't memorable. It was cool to fight Jack the Ripper in that game and they made him creepy as hell. The levels were annoying and were poorly planned. Winston the Ghost was like Navi to me in that game, but only more bearable because you can skip his ass a lot of the time.

The weapons aren't that fun to use, only glad they kept the crossbows and a sword, I guess. The cane you get is arguably the worst of them. The characters introduced were forgettable. I mean, I'm finding more setbacks with the sequel than there is to like and I'm struggling.

The original game was more fun with its dark gothic fantasy setting, you went off to some area to get your upgrades and you met characters whose weapons they specialized in which was cool. The talking gargoyle heads had wit to them and I always talked to them wherever they were, loved the voice acting.

The first game was remade twice probably for good reason. Although I probably would have wished that the sequel would've been given a remake of its own, just to see what would be taken out and what it'd be replaced with. It probably would've been better in that exchange.

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[-] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 6 points 12 hours ago

This is me pulling from my youth, but at the time it released I really disliked Jak 2 (sequel to Jak & Daxter). The first one was a wonderful open world action platformer, and while there was a bit of that in the sequel, a ton of it was this weird GTA-esque city map complete with a crime star system. I remember really hating those parts and they just went on and on.

[-] popcar2@piefed.ca 4 points 10 hours ago

It's a very big tonal and gameplay shift, but my biggest issue with Jak 2 is the sudden spike in difficulty. Missions are long, often lack checkpoints, and enemies kill you so easily. Those racing missions still haunt me to this day.

On the other hand, Jak 3 is my favorite one in the franchise. It's still closer to the 2nd but it's such a fun ride with a bigger focus on exploration and platforming again rather than combat. Love that game to death.

[-] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 4 points 11 hours ago

Funnily enough this was my first thought as well. I paid Jak & Daxter about 10 years ago on PS3 and quite enjoyed it. Certainly not one of my all time favourites but it was good. I jumped straight into Jak II after 100%ing the first and just absolutely hated the change of direction so dropped the franchise there and then.

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