What makes a sequel memorable in gaming?

Question

Who can explain why sequels are incredibly essential in video games as well as most remarkable?

Answer 1

I've seen the same chicken jockey ad 8000 times in this playist

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I hate that I saw this comment the moment I got that ad.

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I thought I was the only one. I’m losing my mind seeing chicken jockey so much

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FUCKIN JESUS WHY

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Makes me never want to purchase a Microsoft product ever again.

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I’m loosing it because of this damn ad

Answer 2

Looks fantastic, but charging $80 for a game who's entire story and lore is lampooning capitalism. Well, the irony isnt lost on me.

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Cheapskate

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Liked the first one, but like that one I will wait for a sale

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As someone who paid $70 for N64 games back in the late '90s, I kindly say: stfu entitled kiddos

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the game is on game pass. you clown. they can charge how much they want if its on game pass. its not like nintendo games, sony games

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There doing that because of microsoft. It has nothing to do with game development.

Answer 3

The first game was alright, enjoyable for a little bit but obviously had a really small budget. If Obsidian isn't bullshitting us about the extra depth and rpg stuff put into this, I'm excited.

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.avowed was way better

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.Avowed was excellent — maybe try things for yourself rather than being an influencer drone

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lol tell that to the failed player numbers and loss in revenue, keep coping

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you have to be coping or you are a bot

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. cry more

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how am i crying? Avowed failed

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.Don't waste your time. These are the type of drones that would call Veilguard a "return to form." Avowed was extremely mediocre, a perfect sequel to the extremely mediocre Outer World. Avowed failed hard in the market so whatever they say is not applicable in the real world.

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.I read Obsidian considered avowed a commercial success. Not every game is projected to be the next big thing, sometimes they do enough.

Answer 4

A dystopian corporate reality. Boy I wonder how that is like...

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I’m not sure how you interpreted what you did from their message but clearly they’re making a sarcastic allusion to the real world, not criticizing the game’s themes

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When Uber "invented" buses recently, yeah that was a real Outer Worlds moment.

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that's even more stupid because we clearly do not live in a dystopian corporate world.

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Here for comments.

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Cheapskate

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​@@phhsdjSure of course not. It's not like we have corpos in charge of our daily lives? It's not like we have ceo's making selfish choices in our government. No sir.

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Microsoft made over $245 billion in 2024 they don't need you to defend their ridiculous price increases.

Answer 5

The difference between this and MKW is that Mario kart will still be $80 in 3 years and this will be $20

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this one will be 20 or less within less than year

Answer 6

The reason why it’s $80 is because XBOX wants you to pay forever for their Game Pass Subscription which will become more attractive as games kept being sold at such a price!

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Actually gamepass is not profitable for MS. They just want to lure players in for the ecosystem but it has been out for a few years now and Sony is still going pretty strong. All games sell much more on PS5 because MS game pass eat their sales on PC and Xbox.

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dont think its obvious theres been a lot of talk lately about raising game prices because of the costs to make them.

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA LAUGHING FACE EMOJIS VERY MUCH FUNNY MAKE BIG LAUGH JUICY CHUCKLE CHUCKLE

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so people should pirate it or completely ignore it to show microsoft/obsidian how unacceptable that is

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And I’m all for it

Answer 7

3rd person and science armors are awesome additions

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The 3rd person is the upgrade they needed and they did it.

Answer 8

The entire flaw bit with Ben Schwartz was so good. I love that they got him for this.

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came to the comments for this. I thought for sure he was Jean-Ralphio, but got confused for a second.

Answer 9

I'm making my dude a space detective with bad knees, he shall be known as Captain Crunch.

Answer 10

I will play this now there is 3rd person

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Weird I usually much more excited when a title has fps, but happy for ya

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there are more fps games than 3rd person

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definitely not in open world single player genre.

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I'm just happy they added it

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Weird how people need to see the back of their character

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First person make some people motion sickness @@McGeezle

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I will play this if it’s 60fps

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first person is more immersive

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it's not. it's just awkward and makes me feel like i'm a tiny person glued to an RC car with arms

Answer 11

This was already my most anticipated game of the year, and now it is doubly so.

Answer 12

I will very stupidly play an all-in science build as my 1st playthrough.
I'm sold, btw, this game looks like the kind of fun that I like.

Thanks for the coverage on TOW2

Answer 13

This is EXACTLY what I wanted fallout 4, AND starfield to be. This is my game of the year already and it's crazy how I played clair obscur....

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I'm glad Starfield and F4 isn't like this cringeworthy trash..

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you're a tasteless AAA enjoyer who needs help

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We get it man, you're a joyless freak.

Answer 14

The character creation and progression sound a lot more interesting than it was in the first game.

Answer 15

they added 3rd person LFG, count me in dawg

Answer 16

The variety of weapon design is surprising for an fps rpg!

Hope they also have livable and detailed cities too. It was the main letdown of starfield.

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Starfield wasn't a bad game.

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1) Starfield was great

2) Obsidian didn’t develop Starfield

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I just don't know if detailed livable cities is a realistic expectation of a present day game

Answer 17

Guys, this game never criticised capitalism. They took a piss at it but that's it. It's made by a company owned by a big corpo that has a near monopoly in basic software and that uses money to influence politics. It literally cannot criticise capitalism or corpocracy - that's the joke. So stop with your 'you can't criticise capitalism and charge $80'. You are literally the main character in the game, completely oblivious to their world lmao

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Who are you lecturing to?

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"...Capital has the ability to subsume all critiques into itself. Even those would would critique capital end up reinforcing it instead." - Disco Elysium

Answer 18

80$ is absolutely nuts.

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Find a new AAA game that isn't 80 dollars... I'll wait

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you stupid or something?

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It's free on Game Pass.

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're not bright

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Gamepass isn't free.

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How recent I can give you some in the last 3-4 years
Remnant 2
Elden Ring
Elden ring Nightreign
Lies of P
Lords of the Fallen
Wasteland 3

Hell I'll give you AAA quality games that are indie
Expedition 33
BG3
Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon

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​@@aToastedPickleGhost of Yotei

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of tsushima 2, ninja gaiden 4, metal gear solid 3 remake, death stranding 2, silent hill F I could go on but I think I've gave enough examples to make your comment look foolish

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Ghost of Yotei comes out around the same time and it’s $70. Lost Soul Aside is coming out after almost a decade of spending on development and it’s $60. The new Mafia game is $50. AAA games definitely don’t need to be $80.

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Thank Nintendo

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gamepass is significantly less, cancellable and has access to more than just 1 game.

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Theyre literally promising the reactivity of new vegas and you saying its not worth it? I'd pay 80 for a new vegas remaster alone.

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all of us use gamepass i don’t have an Xbox anyway and i buy most of my main games on PS5

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Is price really that important?

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I understand the gamepass point from people, but not everyone has access to gamepass. So what the idea here, to just screw absolutely everyone else? At the end of the day, that gamepass subscription will also be going up in due time just as it did recently.

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It's funny how PS5 games were $70. Then Elden Ring came out a few years later and charged $60 when they could've easily charged $70. I didn't hear anyone complaining about games still being $70. But now everyone is losing their mind over $80. If y'all broke just say so.

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gamepass not only in xbox though

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youre missing the point. If they get away with 80 dollars they'll go to 90. Then 100. You get the point.

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Cheapskate

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Just like when they went from $50 to $60 from PS2 to PS3? They were going too go to $70 for PS4 but everyone complained. So they waited until the PS5 for $70. $80 is here making up for the PS4. $90 will be PS6. $100 will be PS7. It's how life goes. More expensive technology, more expensive games.

Answer 19

It's amazing how they had everything going for them. They practically already had my money... then they showed the $80 price tag. Im not hurting for money but im not paying for that.

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40+ y/olds like myself remember paying $70+ for N64 games back in the late 90s…getting way less game for the money.

You don’t know how good you have it today. Games cost tens of millions to develop now, not to mention game prices have not kept pace with inflation. Entitlement, I swear…

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it's a deal breaker because it doesn't need to be that high. I'd rather not support an obviously greedy business practice.

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bro you aint fooling nobody, stop sucking on obsidian's banana and think for a sec

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Is it entitled to want a hobby to be affordable to everyone? Last time I checked the game studios releasing the best games today have sold their product at $40-$60 with Elden Ring, BG3, Epedeition 33, and Remnant 2 to name some off the top of my head.

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with your wallet. The price will drop if people don't pay. Otherwise, however unfortunate it may be, it'll take time for the prices to drop. Just get it on game pass or when it goes on sale.

Answer 20

Expanding on what makes obsidian games great. Honestly, I’m pumped for this in October and may take some PTO