What gaming franchises would you say didn’t have “safe” sequels?
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Gizmo_Duck
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I don't even think prime was a drastic departure from the mainline series. It's metroid in 3d. I feel like the transition was the same as every other game that made the transition from 2d to 3d.
Gizmo_Duck
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Yeah, even if you did want to consider it a direct sequel to super metroid, its not really an “un-safe” one
Early NES sequels thought a new game had to be completely different. Playing it safe seemed like a ripoff. The first 3 of these NES games changed for the 2nd title then went BACK to the formula of the first game.
Mario 2 US - insane 2D platformer. Completely different mechanics. Lifebar, picking up objects, multiple characters. Even though in Japan they got a "safe" SMB2, in America, marketing gave us this out of left field game.
Castlevania 2 - 1st was a 2d action game. 2 is a Metroid style game with a day and night cycle and very convoluted puzzles and item management.
Zelda 2 - turned onto a 2d action RPG with XP points. XP were a relatively new idea in NES games.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 - first was a weird 2d action platformer with an overworld. Difficult in its own right. The sequel is a classic beat'em up.
Wind Waker - everyone was expecting a more "mature" Zelda game since it was the xtreme 2000s and Nintendo released a video demo of an adult Link. Instead we got a cartoon adventure that wasn't fully appreciated till later.
Metroid Prime - abandoned the 2d style Metroid genre it created, for a First Person Scanner. Shooting is involved but the scanning was an amazing part that became the focus after Miyamoto suggested it.
Star Fox Adventures - on rails space shooter became a 3D action adventure. Wasn't well received but the Star Fox franchise is stagnant and they tried something new.
Final Fantasy 9 - you could argue this was safe or wasn't. But a choice was made. Breaking from the futuristic and very successful high-tech style of 7 and 8, FF9 was a purposeful throwback to the medieval fantasy style RPG. Bringing back the black mages from the older games, having a regular knight as a character and then making the main characters childlike and Disney safe princess and thief. This was a goodbye letter to the old style as the future was going to be more mature and pushing the boundaries.
Mario 2 US - insane 2D platformer. Completely different mechanics. Lifebar, picking up objects, multiple characters. Even though in Japan they got a "safe" SMB2, in America, marketing gave us this out of left field game.
Castlevania 2 - 1st was a 2d action game. 2 is a Metroid style game with a day and night cycle and very convoluted puzzles and item management.
Zelda 2 - turned onto a 2d action RPG with XP points. XP were a relatively new idea in NES games.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 - first was a weird 2d action platformer with an overworld. Difficult in its own right. The sequel is a classic beat'em up.
Wind Waker - everyone was expecting a more "mature" Zelda game since it was the xtreme 2000s and Nintendo released a video demo of an adult Link. Instead we got a cartoon adventure that wasn't fully appreciated till later.
Metroid Prime - abandoned the 2d style Metroid genre it created, for a First Person Scanner. Shooting is involved but the scanning was an amazing part that became the focus after Miyamoto suggested it.
Star Fox Adventures - on rails space shooter became a 3D action adventure. Wasn't well received but the Star Fox franchise is stagnant and they tried something new.
Final Fantasy 9 - you could argue this was safe or wasn't. But a choice was made. Breaking from the futuristic and very successful high-tech style of 7 and 8, FF9 was a purposeful throwback to the medieval fantasy style RPG. Bringing back the black mages from the older games, having a regular knight as a character and then making the main characters childlike and Disney safe princess and thief. This was a goodbye letter to the old style as the future was going to be more mature and pushing the boundaries.
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Then make The Witcher: Assassin's Creed... Don't b*stardize Assassin's Creed after 15 games and make it into the Witcher by removing everything having to do with the Assassins and Templars
NZA
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Not necessarily a sequel, but there is continuity in Zelda.
This had people losing their minds
this is the one they showed in magazines leading up to windwaker. bait and switch like a motherfukker
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We ended up not even really getting a main character in AC: Odyssey
. Every minor line of dialogue is picked by the player so there’s no defining traits to them for the player to connect with.
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Bboystyle
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WoW is not a sequel
WoW is not a sequel
WoW is a continuation of the story from Warcraft 3:The Frozen Throne.
It might be an mmo instead of an rts, but story wise its very much a sequel. We never got a warcraft 4 cuz WoW was the next mainline game in the franchise.
Bboystyle
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no the fukk it isnt
WoW is the online unviverse of Azeroth that ties ALL warcraft games into it. It is not a direct sequel to an already PART 3 of the warcraft game