Game sequels, unlike movie sequels, usually improve greatly on the games that came before them and are often standalone experiences designed to bring in a new audience; you can easily play Assassin’s Creed 2 without playing AC1 for example.
I talked about this with my partner and we could only come up with three good examples (I’ll try to spoil them as little as possible):
Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward. The story is honestly hard to follow if you didn’t play the first ZE, and it even plays better for a 999 vet.
And of course, The Last of Us Part 2. For character death reasons.
And Telltale’s Walking Dead series really should be played in order.
What are your examples?
Just wanted to give a quick heads-up for people not following the Diablo 2 Resurrected news too closely. In the most recent blog post on their official website Blizzard has quietly announced, buried in the FAQ section, that they’re removing the TCP/IP multiplayer feature from both the beta and the final game, despite explicitly stating in the past that it will still be available.
A: TCP/IP support will not be available in the upcoming Beta or the final game. After careful deliberation, we will no longer be supporting this option as we identified potential security risks and are committed to safeguarding the player experience.
TCP/IP multiplayer was a mode in Diablo 2 that allowed people to play online using a peer-to-peer connection instead of the official dedicated servers. Its main function was enabling playing over LAN, but it was also possible to play over the internet using a tool like Hamachi or GameRanger, completely circumventing Battle.net. The downside was that it …
I recently looked at the RTS market and was surprised to learn that Age of Empire 2 seems to be the most popular RTS game on Steam. The HD and Definitive Edition have around 150k reviews! Assuming a conservative engagement rate of 2%, this would mean that around 7.5 Million units have been sold.
CoH2 is a distant 2nd with around 50k reviews. Both games have currently a sequel in production.
Here is my data: https://imgur.com/a/ge1Z82f