7 Games With Sequels That Flipped the Script So Hard It Broke

[@deathbykonami5487]

Remember Jak & Daxter, that early noughties platformer about the mute boy and his wisecracking animal sidekick Now remember Jak 2 when that same mute boy started talking, got angry all the time and blasted monsters with a shotgun and collected their scalps to learn more dark powers

[@trustmeimaplaguedoctor4967]

Yes yes I do that was part of my childhood I also remember when he met his dad out in a wasteland with his animal sidekick

[@falconeshield]

@@trustmeimaplaguedoctor4967 Jak 3 was so bad storywise His dad went from a proud Spartan leader to a bubbling old dude who's easily impressed in three cutscenes The female monk was useless she might as well had died like in the original draft Jak is Mar except he isn't to be explored never, here's some car racing Jak's love interest was switched to appease a horny minority because she wasn't sexy enough despite INVENTING A TIME MACHINE THAT WORKS And the reveal was so bad, not to mention Vegar shows up as the big bad outta NOWHERE And yes, his uncle from the first game, we won't forget ND

[@EliasExists]

@@falconeshield As a hardcore fan of the series I agree on most of these points, on the Jak/Mar thing, it isn’t a wholly open and shut case, because there is still some debate on whether Jak was THE mar and the lore there goes really deep. Feel free to watch some videos on it or I’ll edit one in later since I can’t remember the name. On the whole Keira and Ashelin thing, Keira was slated for that, but a change in VA from the original I think Anna Garduño to Tara Strong practically made Keira a mute in 3. About Veger being the big bad, if you mean his introduction into the series as a whole I agree, but in terms of story it was pretty obvious he was gonna be a big bad. Cyber Errol detracted from him a bit but I still pretty much knew he’d be a dick head. I’m just disappointed he didn’t go down in a blaze like Errol did.

[@Brownsamurai]

Metal Gear did not flip the script. It rounded up and shot the script and its family.

[@Asiago9]

What about fallout 3

[@LermaBean]

@@Asiago9 It turned the script inside out and shot it into the next century

[@soulreaper4423]

Agreed

[@godricktheminecrafted3113]

Metal gear rising suplexed two giant animal robots onto the script

[@adamdobry5517]

@@Asiago9arent fallouts in different locations with different characters?

[@Astraeus..]

Can we all take a moment to appreciate just how hardcore physics defying the concept of "launching a missile into a star inside a black hole to cause a supernova" actually is? That's some serious next level kind of impossible video game logic right there.

[@DevilboyScooby]

For some bizarre reason I read the thumbnail as "7 squirrels who flipped the script". Don't even know 7 squirrels.

[@LadyOnikara]

I know Conker, Rocket J Squirrel, Bucky from Emperor's New Groove, and..... I think that's it. Oh, there are squirrels in Breath of the Wild.

[@gogomarioloshi]

Rocky the flying squirrel

[@CrankyMoogle]

Here is a couple more for you... Ray the flying squirrel from the Sonic series, Mr Nutz, and Zero The Kamikaze Squirrel

[@madanotap6492]

Are chip and Dale squirrels? Or are they chipmunks?

[@johngervais230]

I do, and I speak for them. Ask, and you shall have an answer, human.

[@JKM395]

Hey mike! As a 40 year old American who knows nothing about British tax law and failed math, I can confidently say that I'm your guy If you need help with your taxes. Get in touch.

[@timmyteaches7663]

JKM395 hahahahaha

[@X3._.n3]

JKM395 Don't worry I'm British and I don't get it. Then again, I'm still in school.

[@dichu1826]

+Brandon Roberts, Wow! I know you're telling the truth, because I can't even tell what word that's supposed to be!

[@kerj0893]

And you can probably help them with their sink while you're at it...

[@SemperFine]

Id bring them cawfee

[@DayLateGamerWill]

"Battlefield 1 isnt even the first Battlefield game! Its Battlefield *1,942* " LOLOL

[@jhornsby35]

1942

[@rewritable_]

Days I've owned a trenchcoat: 3492 Replicants killed: still 0 Voice gruffness: none A lesser man would start to lose faith.

[@returnedtomonkey8886]

Patience. The replicants will show up. As for the voice gruffness: CIGARS. Just look at the voice actor of Master Chief.

[@Pulse22]

@@returnedtomonkey8886 Single malt scotch adds a fair bit of gruffness as well.

[@jessicalee333]

How do you know the people you killed weren't replicants?

[@richardmetcalfe920]

2 years on, have you started a shady biotechnology company to create replicants, that will ultimately need to be hunted yet?

[@darkwarriorprogram6546]

For me the first thing that pops into mind is the Jak and Daxter series. It went from a game where you had to collect everything and could do anything in whatever order with snarky lines when you died to a game where you shoot things, collect the equivalent of a heart from your slain enemies' corpses, and turn into a ruthless killing machine with knives for finger nails all so you can murder the person who turned you into a killing machine and overthrow an oppressive dictator.

[@savvysnake7711]

Does Outside Xtra count as a sequel?

[@Hellwyck]

no, a spin-off

[@dreamersofdays]

Illuminate: Don't fucking move

[@moof2614]

Andy: "Jane, why are the FBI at our door?"

[@Sma11-might]

I’d say it’s a soft reboot

[@MikeDCWeld]

Free DLC.

[@jbluewind4727]

The first series I thought of was Jak and Daxter vs Jak II. One has a silent protagonist trying to stop bad guys and help his best friend who was turned into a small animal. The other takes place in a dystopian future where the protagonist has dark powers (after being tortured for years) and also a gun.

[@timothymclean]

If you hired a professional plumber to fix your sink, you probably wouldn't have any turtles living under it. So please keep fixing it yourself.

[@IKEnMIKE009]

Also, when you call an emergency plumber, they then to be at home on call when you phone them, coming from an ex plumber

[@timmyteaches7663]

Timothy McLean what

[@timmyteaches7663]

MikeN_Ike what

[@marhawkman303]

what about the fire salamanders? I heard they don't like living under dry sinks. :p

[@drunkrdm]

do yours steal pizza's and where trench coats too?

[@DonkeyKongJesus]

Wanna talk about huge changes? The original Dynasty Warriors was a fighting game. Then they flipped the script so hard that they never went back, hack and slash gameplay even moving to other popular game series.

[@bigboychris446]

It didn't really break, but for me Jak and Daxter into Jak II was the one of the craziest changes ever

[@hypeman6240]

Thought it would make the list too

[@ledumpsterfire6474]

Cutesy platformer turned third person shoot-em-up. Three was kind of a departure too, Jak X even more so, but neither compares to the whiplash you get going from TPL to Jak 2.

[@SomePointlessShit]

Speaking of earthworm Jim, Earthworm Jim 3D was massively different from earthworm Jim 2. Not only was it in 3D unlike the other games, it also wasn’t very good.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

Truly a game flips the script when the sequel is just complete ass.

[@homidahroun8486]

Riggum-raggum-friggum-fraggum.

[@ivelchild]

There's also Dynasty Warriors. First game was a fighting game, 2 turned it into the hack n slash we know today.

[@wariodude128]

Technically speaking, the first and second games are actually part of different series. What we know as Dynasty Warriors is called Sangoku Musou in Japan. What we know as Dynasty Warriors 2 is called Shin Sangoku Musou in Japan. Then again, since one was a spinoff of the other, I guess it does sort of count.

[@ivelchild]

Yeah, I still consider it essentially the same series despite the slight name change.

[@stevenn1940]

You know, I was talking about it with friends: The best example I can point out of this event is the persona series. Persona 1 and 2 were very different from the later entries, with 3 being the brave new guy. The first two were more akin to tactical isometric games, with a fairly thin story that happened over the course of a single day (as far as I remember.) Oh, did I mention how persona 3 added *the entire social half of the series*? Should point that out. Not to mention a larger emphasis on the physiological aspects of the series, namely, the namesake, personas.

[@harishramachandra1746]

It honestly sounds like you read a secondhand description of persona 1 and 2 instead of playing them. Persona 1 does have a thin story but calling the story of the Persona 2 duology thin is completely wrong. Also those games were not tactical at all, they were very much jrpgs with many typical jrpg aspects of them being abandoned by P3 such as pre made dungeons, controllable party members, skill cards, etc until later persona titles.

[@harishramachandra1746]

Persona 1 might take place in a day but the persona 2 duology takes place over the course of a few weeks if not a month when the events of both games are combined together. Your comment on psychology focus is wrong too, persona 1 focuses on the psychology of its main villain and the main heroine while the Persona 2 duology had a big focus on the minds and mental states of it's entire cast, including the villains as well as the silent protagonist.

[@harishramachandra1746]

Apologies if all that sounded condescending but nobody plays persona 1 and 2 as it is, spreading misinformation like that just makes it worse

[@stevenn1940]

@@harishramachandra1746 I'm sorry I got some very minor details wrong in my comment. You're right, I should have said 'a small fraction of the timescale of the later entries of the series,' since one month over the course of two games is... still a tiny amount of time. And I said 'a larger emphasis... namely, personas' In the first games, iirc, they were literally demons like in SMT, nor did the first games go nearly as deep as later games into the phsycology and problems of the cast, which was the main focus of the latter games at points. I did not say the earlier games did not focus on it, but they did not place nearly as much emphasis nor time for devlopment for these aspects as later games

[@stevenn1940]

@@harishramachandra1746 You're correct in that I didn't play two. For one, finding a copy nowadays is not easy. Second, after playing a large chunk of the first game and hating it, I couldn't bring myself to do it again with the second Edit: by tactical, I was referring to the grid, iirc. Either way, tbh, I hated it and would rather not think on it again

[@poonunny]

I have a list idea! 7 Great Game Concepts That Were Poorly Executed

[@timmyteaches7663]

poonunny nice. Actually a pretty good idea mate

[@chiffmonkey]

Nice idea. My vote goes to Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl, because it's taken a decade for modders to turn it into the game it was meant to be.

[@RED01SEA]

what about game sequels that left us cliffhanging without resolution i suggest half life 2 ep 2 - legacy of kain defiance - monkey island 2 -alien isolation -prince of persia 2008 one come to my mind

[@adeptdamage3669]

Dragon Age 2

[@ThePowerOfOneThePowerOfTwo]

I hope they make a vid like this. My vote would be Prototype

[@Jonathon_Hennessey]

The first two Fallout games were role playing games in a third person perspective with rpg style combat sequences, but when Fallout 3 was released under Bethesda Game Studios a number of changes were made such as the game being in a first person perspective and it's turn based combat system being discarded in favor of attacking enemies more than once at any given time and unlike the original games which were set in California the third game was set in the American capital of Washington D.C.

[@margaret_adelle]

I'm so glad to know I'm not the only person with turtles in their sink. Those little jerks make plumbing a pain.

[@marhawkman303]

They're actually there to keep the fire salamanders in line!

[@TheNarrowBoatDungeonMaster]

Yeah but what do you use to keep the turtles in line.

[@SpoonOfDoom]

It's not that bad. I just jump on one of them and throw its body at the others whenever I need to do some plumbing. Watch out for stray shells though - accidents can happen. RIP Captain Fluffpaw, you were my favorite cat.

[@KingdomKey-ik4xk]

The first thing that came to mind for me was NieR: Automata, which completely revamped the series' formula. From the setting to the characters, everything in Automata was meant to take the original NieR to another level.

[@TequilaToothpick]

It's still similar gameplay though.

[@twilightshadow91]

How about Prey? No. The other one. No the last one. Prey, you know? Also: Command & conquer renegade.

[@Banquet42]

Was there a Starcraft FPS game as well or did I imagine that?

[@blakechandler167]

Douwe G technically prey never got a sequel, just a reboot.

[@twilightshadow91]

Blake chandler The Syndicate entry is also a reboot (but yeah. The original got a sequel). But reboot or not: The last Prey is a huge departure from the first Prey in terms of characters, story, setting and some gameplay aspects. It's true that they're bot a sci-fi FPS, but that's where the similarities end.

[@twilightshadow91]

Banquet42 They we're developing Starcraft Ghost, but it was cancelled after many years...

[@CaptainLegend]

Don't talk about Prey... I'm still mad Prey 2 got replaced with the mediocre hard reboot to the franchise... Prey 2 was going to be one of the best games in history...

[@Mediocresinger]

Toejam And Earl was the very first one I thought of. Legend Of Zelda 2 certainly deserves a shout as well

[@skiddadleskidoodle4094]

Come on Jane, don't act like you didn't flood the studio to electrecute the others if they mess up their lines!

[@ptonpc]

Might be a bit awkward if she's standing in the water at the same time....

[@skiddadleskidoodle4094]

ptonpc she's probably smart enough to find a chair or something or the Electricity just gives her even more power... ELDRITCH BLAST

[@someone4650]

Matt the Radar Technician She multiclassed into storm sorcerer awhile back and now she’s immune to lightning :/

[@ThePonz87]

similarly to wolfenstein 3d, duke nukem 3d was quite different from the previous titles, which were platform games also, half-life 3 is completely different: from the brilliant first person shooters that were hl1 and hl2 (+ episodes), to a huge meta-game of waiting......

[@CaitlinRC]

When in doubt, pretend the sequel doesn't exist.

[@Jetfox967]

Caitlin RC like Banjo Kazooie nuts and bolts

[@GhengisJohn]

It worked for Highlander! ... Until that other sequel... and the one after that... and uh... the one after that.... But hey how about that TV show?... No not The Raven... Look, it was a cool idea okay?!

[@James.Stark.Ben.Edition]

Caitlin RC just like Bioshock 2

[@eviino]

aww but bioshock 2 was cool

[@AmaranthOriginal]

Also known as "The Highlander Principle."

[@Steve-YT383]

WoW from RTS to MMO Final Fantasy from turn based to MMO to semi-active combat Zelda from top downtl to xp driven side scroller to openworld Until Dawn qte story mode to vr blaster

[@Gamer3427]

Let's face it, in regards to Final Fantasy, the script has been flipped so hard that it's been atomized.....

[@PogoPinguin1988]

There are people who consider WoW the sequel to Warcraft? Seriously? That's like comparing Super Mario to Mario Kart or any Pokemon game to Pokemon Go.

[@KyleRichter34]

@@PogoPinguin1988 But WoW is a sequel to the WarCraft series. It has all the same characters and continues their stories.

[@deathbykonami5487]

I agree until you mentioned Until Dawn, a total waste of several hours of your short life

[@deathbykonami5487]

@@Gamer3427 when it comes to FF, they change the script with every new installment

[@guidoguido2245]

Is there a video: “10 protagonists, Who have an actual job.” If not, you should definitely make one!

[@timmyteaches7663]

Guido Guido eh... doesn't sound very entertaining..

[@mattmalco10]

I 2nd this idea

[@guidoguido2245]

Timmy Teaches Ah, you know them. They’ll make the video “10 most boring breads in videogames” super entertaining!

[@brentage5000]

There is one about the actual jobs of Heroes. I forgot if it was on OXbox or Oxtra, but I've definitely seen it

[@ThePowerOfOneThePowerOfTwo]

Rio Hazuki is the first that comes to mind lol

[@Joffie69]

i had the original Syndicate way back in the day.. and let me tell you, there is nothing like mind controlling 30+ people to follow you around and pick up weapons cos once you reached you objective, 30+ armed people sure fixed the issue fast.. lol Also used to play Dune 2.. and that was an awesome game.. first game i played on PC i think.. still have it on disk somewhere!

[@ayanhaider303]

I'm suprised the Kingdoms of Amular sequel isn't on this list, as it went in such a different direction, by only existing as a figment of Ellen's imagination, comprising of nothing less than her greatest dreams and desires, all compiled into a single package. Now that's what I call game innovation!

[@timmyteaches7663]

Ayan Haider what

[@patrickracer43]

Timmy Teaches KoA is only talked about by Ellen and if she started to talk about it this video would be ten hours long

[@brentage5000]

My theory is that Ellen actually is the kingdoms of Amalur sequel. It was talked about for so long and so passionately that it gained sentience, and the first thing it did was play Kingdoms of Amalur, and it fell in love with it, thus falling in love with its own parent, which basically makes Ellen a female version of Oedipus Rex

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Electra complex is the female version of Oedipal complex. Which may put the comic book character's backstory in a new light. ;)

[@Gamer3427]

Not going to lie, Ellen wouldn't be alone in enjoying a KoA sequel. Even if it was a departure from the original, I'd probably give it a shot when it came out.....

[@HollyClementine]

Really shoulda had “PREY” on this list. Its nothing like the first one!

[@jasonking7570]

Wait Prey *isnt* the first one??

[@nakoma9711]

I think the new Prey game was supposed to be more of a reboot than a sequel

[@agnel47]

Prey 2017 is an underrated gem.

[@AtrociousAK47]

prey 2017 was literally like bioshock in space, just without most of the rail roading

[@AscendantStoic]

Neither sequels (the one we got and the one that was canceled) were nothing like the original XD

[@Gorbba6632]

Disappointed Jak 2 Renegade wasn't on the list, drastically different to the chill platforming of The precursor's legacy, I mean, they even gave Jak a voice he wasn't just mute anymore, and Dark Jak and weapons?! Robots and cyborg people in a city set years later that the first game? Come on that's a big leap. Great game though, better than the first.

[@frodobaggins7710]

It was also much harder than the first game. Still one of my favourite games though.

[@joshuathomas8401]

That game is WAY harder than the first. Also buggy and there was 1 stage that is harder than the fishing and swamp rat in the first

[@Gorbba6632]

Joshua Thomas ye the checkpoints in Jak 2 were brutal, sometimes had to replay an entire stage even when your death is seconds from the end

[@keybladebanditjing]

This! Such a huge difference from the happy bright colors of the first game

[@maxcollins6959]

It was a great game but I think it needed more Keira.

[@laurasaurus7399]

I feel like Mario is a category of game in itself. Since they've changed it more times than Luke has changed his favourite dinosaur!

[@infomorass]

"That's an entire Pac family tree in under three years!" No wonder they decided to pac(k) it in for another 11 years before releasing Pac-Man 2, there must have been a serious risk of employee burnout leaving them with a ghost studio.

[@66622AcaciaAvenue]

Assassin's Creed origins, it is so different from every assassin's Creed game before it, the only way that you can tell that it's even an assassin's Creed game is the hidden blade and the very few missions outside the Animus

[@om5621]

What do you have to say about AC Odyssey? It doesn't even have a hidden blade!!

[@cericat]

AC3 so totally changed the combat I spent 5 minutes blocking as Haytham trying to counter the first time I played.

[@kin-3877]

But every AC before origins basically blends into 1 long ass game. Fundamentally the same besides a few small changes. I wouldn't count most ACs as sequels to any other AC

[@BananaDynastyX]

@@kin-3877 That's how a sequel works..

[@gezhisoviet1624]

Agree.

[@AngelBeatYunara]

[Tim Curry voice] SPICE!

[@timmyteaches7663]

Angel Beat hahahahaha

[@rewritable_]

Oh God... Can. Not. Unimagine...

[@memorandom7484]

I really hope Denis Villeneuve puts Tim Curry in the new _Dune_ movie. Spiiiiiiiiiiice!

[@Urathamax]

Amazing 😂🙌

[@JThom529]

Memorandom if only (Not with Curry being in the condition he’s in though 😞)

[@LuciMorgonstjaerna]

Jane jests, but the skrillex music in Far Cry 3 during the mission to burn some fields was one of the most awesome moments of the game.

[@frodobaggins7710]

Star Fox Adventures? That was quite a big design shift.

[@KyrosTheWolf]

Yes someone remembers that... furry version of zelda with dinosaurs

[@polkarrty]

Frodo Baggins everytile I read star fox now I get mad because of Lukes abyssmal charading

[@GirlPlus]

Frodo Baggins to be fair, Adventures wasnt even supposed to be a Starfox game originally, it was designed for a different series and then they just slapped the Starfox branding on.

[@KyrosTheWolf]

Yeah Rare was originally creating an original IP for the N64, but I guess Nintendo saw it and thought "Let's make this a Starfox game and release it for the Gamecube instead" I must say though, for a game that was originally supposed to be for N64 it had really good graphics for 2002

[@le-grey-far-away]

Andy had me doubting my sanity and credibility as a gamer I was all "But what about Sonic? What About Sonic?!" Got me good

[@theDegausser]

Metal Gear Survive should be on this list. I mean... it said Tactical Espionage Action on the cover art originally, not “gather wood, nails and clean water to survive a zombie apocalypse... action”.

[@SpurchMcMan]

Eric Lough I gave the beta a try, Survive is not even worth being recognizing as a Metal Gear game. Crafting is frustrating, and you'd need the patience of Buddha to manage your stats and inventory on the fly while trying not to die from hunger or exploding nano-zombie things.

[@maiastniki]

its a spinoff not a damn sequel

[@bluecaptainIT]

@@maiastniki *Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance stares* Not an excuse. Take MGR: the fans hated it before release because it was a spin off *without* the mechanics that were part of the main series. It releases, some fans give it a chance, they actually enjoy it and spread the word, more people buy it and it becomes a success, with its problems, still, but a great spin off. Survive, on the other hand... Caving for classic gameplay when *it is just in the slightest* and TEDIOUS, horrible story and... Lazyness. It was just a cash grab, everyone knew it. Look up the ratings on Steam and Metacritic, not just the score, but the comments as well. Rising: janky and simpler story, but still felt like a DAMN Metal Gear game. New gameplay is excellent, Platinum is not just a name, it's a *Pedigree in hack 'n' slash*. Survive: looks like a Metal Gear, but changes drastically, it's slow paced and empty. What's the point of having an open world to explore if it is empty?! Or always the same encounter?!! Story is messed up in a bad way and continuity is as well (really, a MG Ray coming from a Portal? Fanservice much?). At least they said it's not canon, yaaaaay...

[@trustmeimaplaguedoctor4967]

Kaz to mgs survive:Why are we still here? Just to suffer? Every night, I can feel it my franchise… and my story ... even my creator . The body I’ve lost… the comrades I’ve lost… won’t stop hurting… It’s like they’re all still there. You feel it, too, don’t you?

[@BeeHatGuy]

I love their goofy sense of humor

[@radix4801]

GTA, Fallout, and Duke Nukem also had major shifts at #3 in the series.

[@jesseroach7978]

All true

[@majorchief5449]

Radix black ops

[@chrislaney930]

Fallout 3 or fallout tactics? Either way I guess

[@deathbykonami5487]

"You've got to squint to see the family resemblance" Mike you just described my last family reunion

[@TheOzzieNerd]

Wow that Dune 2 intro gave me chills. I remember it well.

[@AppleSauceGamingChannel]

Westwood - Dune II and Cryo - Dune were developed concurrently. They're more estranged siblings than sequelings

[@respectableaf9061]

I think Mario's biggest problem was that he had crabs.

[@brynellsidney3983]

😂😂

[@Pyregrammer]

That mario arcade game was pretty fun though, I remember that they ported it to Super Mario Bros. 3 for the GBA

[@dracoerrarus4834]

There was also a version of it in SMB 3 on the NES. In 2-player mode, you could challenge the other player by selecting him as a level. Some of the stages were Mario Bros. arcade style, while others were things like collecting coins that spat out of a pipe.

[@matthewbell739]

I'm surprised fallout 3 isn't on this list. For obvious reasons

[@mcclaymation]

The Educated Seal I came here to say this, almost word for word.

[@archangel6263]

yeah it went from a turn based strategy game to first person shooter

[@nguyenhuuvinh6492]

The title of this video might as well be 7 Games with Sequels that released in the 90s. I mean beside Fallout 3, there is so much game that recently released and fit perfectly in this list. To name a few, there are: Prey, Metal Gear Survive, Assassin's Creed: Origins (kind of), Resident Evil 7, Call of Duty Infinite Warfare...

[@wesmcintyre5043]

Yeah I expected it to be here

[@michael6818]

I was going to point that out as well

[@endersblade]

@4:57 that is hands down the smoothest I have EVER seen X-COM Interceptor run lol

[@urface151]

Since cracked died you guys have taken my #1 favorite channel spot. It may be by default but it’s still a big victory! I mean unless you guys start a show where 4 of u are making theories around a diner...... do it

[@timmyteaches7663]

urface151 if they took over that show for this channel that would actually be pretty cool. I liked that show.

[@JallenMeodia]

Wow, I've only just noticed they haven't posted anything for over a month. Also that the guys I know on cracked aren't listed on their about page anymore? huh. And yeah wow, sad-face.

[@riveramnell143]

No, Cracked... *sob* it’s too soon, I’m still mourning... but Outsidexbox has been very therapeutic. I’d been watching them before Cracked... passed away... and now I watch them and Outsidextra pretty much exclusively. Especially since Whatculture let go of all their best talent. Shit now I’m really sad. Guess I’ll just have to watch Outsidexbox until I feel better.

[@archmagusofevil]

Jallen They had a change in management and much of the original staff left. About the only thing cracked produces now is articles. One of the guys from after hours talks about his experience leaving cracked in his new protect called Small Beans.

[@domlocke3845]

Cracked died? That's a shame, I didn't care for a lot of there stuff, but Obsessive Pop Culture Disorder was my jam.

[@UnabridgedGamer]

There are those of us who enjoyed Snydicate (2012)! It wasn't the original game, but Starbreeze did amazing work given the tight conditions they were under thanks to EA...

[@Loctiter]

What about Jak and Daxter: The Precursor's Legacy and its sequel, Jak 2? Jak 2 introduced guns and swearing putting it in stark contrast to its 'aimed at kids' predecessor.

[@bloodbathbidoof8750]

I thought for sure they were going to bring it up. The world was somewhat happy and colorful in Jak 1 and in Jak 2 it was somewhat dark and sinister. They also gave Jak a complete personality rewrite. He seemed carefree and innocent, then he became dark (literally) and broody.

[@sydney229]

I scrolled through to look for this before I typed it out myself, completely agree

[@CheetahsSpot]

Aww come on...just call it what it was.. GTA Furry Edition.

[@memebot6490]

Furry edition? There are no furries in the Jak series unless you count Daxter and he's technically just a straight up animal.

[@tombsofak]

Loctiter Exactly the games I was thinking of! They totally went from being bright and colorful somewhat simple platformer but then Jak II went really more dark and mature! Perfect fit of the description "sequels that flipped the script"

[@SyndicateOperative]

Hahaha... battlefield one thousand nine hundred and fourty two. That was good.

[@c.j.w5141]

Fallout 3 changed the fallout universe into a whole new genre of game, and let's not forget the massive improvements of GTA 3.... Huh, must be 3rd times a charm.

[@xavierhill414]

What about Banjo Kazooie Nut and Bolts that still haunts my dreams

[@emuchamasbunita]

Still don't know how you looked at an openworld collectathon with exploring elements and made a racing game with building mechanics

[@TheReZisTLust]

@@emuchamasbunita hmm what if we made this Mario Kart like

[@TheReZisTLust]

Wait it needs ti be unique though... Let's add minecraft element to it.

[@Bendanna93]

@Your Friend, Ponce Did you grow up with Kazooie?

[@booty_hunter4207]

@@TheReZisTLust not everything building is minecraft

[@snoballuk]

"Land of sand" sounds like the most boring amusement park ever.

[@Powoga]

I hate sand. And not just the men, but the women and the children, too. *Now this is podracing!*

[@eimhinlynch1517]

Or a sick power metal band

[@1246watt]

Wolfenstein 3d did have a true sequel, it was called "Spear of Destiny"

[@gabrielsibthorpquarmby7272]

Metal Gear Rising Revengeance was a bit of a series departure, though it was a spinoff. Although it was impressive, mainly cause it made people like Raiden!

[@marhawkman303]

Until he said "Adios muchachos"....

[@gabrielsibthorpquarmby7272]

I get it could be perceived as Racist, but i found it fairly harmless. Hes meant to have completely misunderstood the culture with hilarious results trying when to blend in.

[@marhawkman303]

No, it's that the line/scene was moronic. Racism isn't the only reason for things to be objectionable :p

[@gabrielsibthorpquarmby7272]

Oh, i see, fair enough. I personally found it funny, but i guess its down to perspective.

[@HaloFTW55]

Naw, MGS4 made us like him.

[@autumnseas3920]

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. Although they're the same game at basic structure, their style of story are as different between the SNES graphics and the Switch graphics

[@BlocKoopa]

Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon felt pretty different from the first one. It changed to a mission-based system and felt pretty cartoon-y compared to the first one. It’s not as big of a change as some on your list, but I think it’s worth mentioning.

[@fionacrosswell2076]

For some reason I'd quite like to see a VR gerbil farming battle royale. Unless it has giant cubes and build battles.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

so each player has to find a house, then farm some gerbils, then have them battle other people's gerbil's? Still sounds better than fortnite and apex to be honest

[@AtrociousAK47]

apex is still better than warzone, as that game is full of campers that just hide on top of buildings sniping and spamming UAV, only good thing about that game is the ability to call in loadouts to eliminate some of the RNG (although they already nerfed that somewhat by basically doubling the amount of cash you need), and of course crossplay.

[@ChloeAriT]

"launching a missile into a star inside a black hole which causes it to go supernova." I might not be an astrophysicist or anything, but that is not how that works! AT ALL! As a somewhat interested Physics student I am deeply offended.

[@someone4650]

If it was especially large, sucking a bunch of energy out of it would make it collapse and then go supernova... but that’d be hard.

[@JachAnen]

I said the same thing when the fired fireworks in space and it looked and sounded like fireworks. They threw more than just the script that flipped.

[@mikeoxmaul577]

Earven I know right?

[@mikeoxmaul577]

Some One This is very interesting, making a black hole go supernova? Hard is an understatement lol. Do you have a link to where you got this information from?

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Real physics wouldn't allow any FTL, which would put a major damper on space games.

[@kattaylor2919]

Jane's "splashing her feet in water" mime made me giggle for ages!!

[@starlight_circuitry]

You know, I always figured Mike was the guy to go to for car insurance stuff. But now I think about it, probably more helpful on the 'using it' side of things.

[@timmyteaches7663]

Jay Servos true

[@DevilboyScooby]

"Therapy 'em up". I just spat my breakfast everywhere.

[@drwolf8601]

Italian man in red jump suit eating mushroom ganing powers makes a good game formula

[@timmyteaches7663]

MACARONI MACARONI it's the only formula ever needed for any game

[@timmcdo974]

You forgot about Cyberpunk 2077. It went from a board game to a first person shooter!.

[@cericat]

Cyberpunk isn't a boardgame... it's a TTRPG. And 2077 isn't a sequel of any description.

[@kin-3877]

@@cericat ITS A JOKE

[@lucasm.3864]

What about Halo: Wars, which turns an FPS into an RTS.

[@James.Stark.Ben.Edition]

Lucas M its not a sequel. It's a spin off

[@timmyteaches7663]

james stark a spinoff is still a sequel although it's technically a prequel too.i love halo wars so much

[@James.Stark.Ben.Edition]

Timmy Teaches not really though. A sequel follows the main story line while a spin off takes an idea from the original and makes it into its own thing, branching away from the main story to tell something that's not really important to understand the main story . For a great example from tv: Vampire diaries was okay but the originals was great The originals is the spin off and vampire diaries is the original.

[@timmyteaches7663]

james stark a sequel is simply a game that comes out after the first that is set in the same universe and follows that same sort of story.

[@josephwhitman8633]

Lucas M the original halo idea was an RTS so go figure

[@shokrithan.k8207]

Classical composer SKRILLEX LOL

[@gabbyc2742]

what about prey? as i recall that was originally marketed as a sequel to prey...

[@fearclaw]

the new Prey is still an FPS so it doesn't count

[@JoshuaEisenbart]

When I read the title, I was expecting it to be about 7 sequels that had a contradictory storyline to what happened in the previous game. On a related note, please do 7 games with subtly self-contradictory lore. Here are a few I know. 1. Dragon Quest iv: the Zenithian equipment can only be worn by those with Zenithian blood, but the shield was once used by the founder of Burland, and the armor worn by the hero Baldur(I think that is the name). Later, in Dragon Quest V, it is revealed that only the LEGENDARY HERO can equip the armor, so neither your wife nor your daughter, both of which have Zenithian blood, can use the stuff. 2. Dragon Quest IX: In this game, at the very end, you lose your status as a Celestrian, and become mortal. However, you regain your angelic status with the help of a ghost, which can only be seen by Celestrians. 3. Super Mario Sunshine: Seriously, you get thrown in the slammer for graffiti(which you didn't do), which caused the scattering of the Shine Sprites, but all the locals seem to hoard the bloody things to reward you with when you help them out. There is even a shop to buy them at!

[@jonahfalcon1970]

You forgot Might & Magic (an open world RPG) and Heroes of Might & Magic (tactical strategy).

[@Banquet42]

It's not a sequel but Final Fantasy Tactics felt like a departure from FF games for me. I preferred it tbh.

[@LastBastion]

And Dark Messiah. It's a very different game

[@phill8273]

Saw the title and the first thing that popped in my head was Golden Sun because they literally flipped the script. Was not disappointed by the video. Very interesting stuff.

[@joemomma3648]

Remember Fable Legends? I wish I couldn't.

[@corbinkendall6330]

I wonder if we'll get another fable game.

[@goobsta8906]

+Corbin Kendall apparently last week I think there was a leak for a fable 4. Look it up

[@joemomma3648]

Lionhead shut down and Microsoft are a-holes, so probably not.

[@SpearM3064]

Filipe Gomes Actually, it still isn't OFFICIALLY confirmed. Whether it's officially confirmed or not, though, I'd say the odds of a Fable 4 are pretty damned high. (The rumor mill is saying that Molyneux wants it to be a prequel.) The thing that worries me is that since Lionhead is gone, they're handing the reins over to a company that has previously only done the Forza racing games. I'm not saying they can't do Fable... I've been pleasantly surprised before... but I will be skeptical until I see the finished product (which won't be this year, for sure.)

[@dialaskisel5929]

A prequel makes a lot of sense if you are one of those crazy people that actually paid attention to the games' extended lore (oddly, that IS a thing for some reason...) It turns out that Jack of Blades was only one of (and perhaps the weakest) a family of void borne terrors... One of the original heroes of Albion ended up defeating them all, fighting the Queen of Blades one v one over the course of weeks, carving valleys and rivers in the land, if memory serves. THAT could be an epic final battle.

[@Medaumplay3]

I would mention Dino Crisis 3. At the end of 2, i was so hyped thinking how I would continue the story of regina, shooting dinos, studying time travel and coming back to save dylan somehow. Then Dino Crisis 3 came around, and it was... on space. For some reason. Also Regina and Dylan were completely forgotten.

[@patrikhjorth3291]

I submit for your review Quake 2. The first Quake game was more or less a remake of DOOM, with better technology. Teleportation, check. Demons, check. Enter Quake 2, vaguely inspired by Heinlein's Starship Trooper. Barely any teleportation, and cyborgs instead of demons.

[@James.Stark.Ben.Edition]

Patrik Hjorth actually, fun fact, quake was supposed to be a 3d rpg with medieval weapons like swords. But when one of the partners at Id left, they made it into a 3d shooter, reskining the original weapons.

[@timmyteaches7663]

james stark that actually makes a ton of sense given how the entire game looks

[@MetalMockingjay]

So it would have been more like Elder Scrolls? Interesting.

[@RED01SEA]

do you know what happen to that game . well it become daikatana one of the worst game ever made it hilarious robots swords weapons demons angel and every thing you would imagine in one big mess

[@Ashtarte3D]

Thematically the entire Quake series is a little weird. The first game was all dark and Trent Reznor-y, the second was about the war against the Strogg, the third was a strictly arena shooter with no real story outside of "kill the other guy," and the fourth went back to the war against the Strogg suddenly.

[@CapHowdy]

I remember buying both the Dune games back on the Amiga, and they were two of my favourite games. Both entirely different, but I could spend hours at a time playing both of them. One of the few examples of two games from a series being entirely different genres, yet both being great. Hell, I even played the first game on my PC a few weeks ago just for nostalgias sake.

[@c.j.w5141]

Having that much water in the studio leaves me wadding for Jane to make a good pun

[@timmyteaches7663]

anti annon you have an extra D there

[@Britain1251]

Toejam and Earl! I had forgotten all about it, what a great game!

[@chrisgodfrey2685]

Thanks for helping me keep track of that pesky metal underwear Mike. We do still need the Metal Underwear Status of the rest of the games in the list though.

[@DamonCzanik]

OMG. My parents bought Dune 2 for my birthday because they misheard me when I said I wanted Doom 2. I was so disappointed but it turned out to be one of my favorite games of all time. And I still got Doom 2 for Christmas. Happy mistake that I'll never forget. Love that game.

[@insain1488]

Should do a video on pieces of technology vital to playing a game like the pipboy from fallout or the phone from watchdogs

[@timmyteaches7663]

james fielding not a bad idea mate!

[@chrisbailet8940]

And the wrench from Ratchet and Clank

[@KFN94]

I can't wait for when KZbin changes it's end video layout again, so Mike is just pointing to things that aren't there anymore.

[@IamHat]

*Deeply prolonged Sniff* you can just smell the sequel to this where commenters will flip the scripts instead

[@timmyteaches7663]

That is true

[@willh3972]

Love the discipline of that wolfenstein guard, sees the enemy enter and fire all around him but keeps to his patrol route

[@vocalcalibration8033]

How about Final Fantasy? Which one you ask? I don't know, pick one. You got FF10 to 11, one being a fairly traditional turn based RPG, the other being an mmo, a trick they tried a second with 13 to 14. And that's not even mentioning 15 which is an action JRPG.

[@timmyteaches7663]

VocalCalibration 11 and 14 are great games. 11 is actually still so popular and has so many players still subscribing that they are still updating it every month and still adding new content

[@vocalcalibration8033]

Timmy Teaches I never said they were bad.

[@tyrus1235]

The Final Fantasy series is something else - it seems Squaresoft (and then Square Enix) were always trying to innovate with something at every turn. From FF II's weird leveling system to FF III's introduction of jobs to FF IV's heavy emphasis on story (even more than FF II) and so on. Even FF IX had the system where you could jump between different characters to see what was happening with them at that moment (something weirdly similar to what Wild Arms did).

[@ThankYouCityOfficial]

I personally loved the Toejam and Earl sequel. My friend and I played this game co op on the mega drive and I still get the music stuck in my head

[@andymcp4752]

How about Crash team racing! It had a plot unlike other karting spinoff games so i count it as a sequel

[@theguardian8317]

Diddy's Kong Racing also was a story based game I think

[@Gammera2000]

The Guardian It had the same level structure, so yes.

[@Zoso14892]

The only problem with CTR was that crash bash was a much better game :D

[@morbid333]

Zoso 14892 no

[@godofcrap42]

Spin-offs and sequels are completely different kettles of fish. Better example would be Legacy of Kain [a top-down dungeon crawler beat'm up] and it's sequential Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver franchise.

[@IamCoalfoot]

Toejam and Earl!

[@CastleCrashersMaster]

I really like your pfp for some reason

[@griff9288]

I hate to break it to you Andy, but full frontal nudity whilst singing is indeed an integral part of the First Contact Protocol. Huh? The author's initials and J.D. ... I'm sure that's just coincidence.

[@RandomSelectGaming]

you know what they say about sinks... "it's turtles all the way down"

[@luketsimmons1982]

GTA III? After GTA was truly epic and GTA 2 was terrible (London was better)... but III was a huge shift from cool but limited top down 2D to third person 3D totes amazeballs-ness.

[@timmyteaches7663]

Luke T Simmons the top down view was cool but it was still 3D

[@Stratelier]

SIerra's _Outpost_ games. The first one was basically SimCity in space where your sole goal was constructing a space colony on a randomized planet. The second one ("Outpost 2: Divided Destiny") added RTS combat. It still retained some basebuilding but the major focus was on building an army to defend against your rival faction.

[@reececowell6642]

Spread sheet? New to me but based on logic I can assume it's a sheet that you spread, so a like a picnic blanket?

[@mellow_mallow]

Reece Cowell you eat your tax credits on it, I think.

[@oddball_the_blue]

There was a sequel to Wolfenstein 3D, It was called Spear of Destiny (I've still got the copy that came with the ID Anthology pack)

[@maxlittlewood]

What about grand theft auto? Went from top down car game to... well you guys have played GTA online

[@-vitalaimeeh05-43]

Max Littlewood I get what you mean! It’s like Saints Row series. It started as a GTA knock off, now it’s earths been destroyed and you have to kill a alien overlord. Third person shooters are just crazy man

[@TRGTACE]

I was aware of Castle Wolfenstein because I had the Ps2 sequel, 'Return To Castle Wolfenstein'. Brilliant little game that was... I was aware of others being sequels, but they weren't as nostalgic.

[@JacobJohnson-lh4gx]

at least they made a sequel, unlike the Half Life series, c'mon we're still waiting for Half Life 3!

[@rockyhorrorfreakshow5091]

Jacob Johnson and Portal 3

[@vincentthought6130]

And you’re not going to get it valve said that there’s no money to make from making games

[@MoonPatch]

Half life 3 will never come out for one main reason, it's too overhyped If Valve released a Half Life 3 people will be inevitably disappointed due to the insane hype

[@timmyteaches7663]

I think we're all a bit tired of hearing about half life 3. It's been so long now that everyone should just forget about it and stop caring.

[@JT3D_YT]

The number 3 is non existent in Valves head

[@marks6928]

started watching this thinking "I hope Toejam & Earl 2 is on here". I was not disappointed. Stellar work.

[@pskeifk]

What about Dakengard and Nier, I didn't even know they were related at first.

[@PenguineFrijoles]

I remember thinking that Jack 2 took a very dark turn as compared to it's predecessor - Jack and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. We went from a happy go lucky, mute main character to one that has a pretty nasty dark side and shoots peeps!