{"id":73215,"date":"2015-03-12T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=73215"},"modified":"2015-03-12T07:02:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T05:02:50","slug":"game-sequels-you-never-knew-existed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/73215-game-sequels-you-never-knew-existed","title":{"rendered":"Game sequels you never knew existed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes even the most successful games get follow-ups that go amiss.<\/p>\n<p>It may boil down to bad timing, a dodgy release platform, or even simply missing out on capturing a small piece of our limited attention span.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reason, we feel that it&#8217;s only right for us to bring some of these forgotten works to light.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some game sequels that you probably never knew existed.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Heart of the Alien<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sequel to: Another World<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another World is one of the most critically-acclaimed side-scrolling adventure games ever made.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone loved it. Even my mom, and she hates everything, especially affection.<\/p>\n<p>Created by Eric Chahi, the game was always meant to open and close the way it did (ending off in a thought-provoking, ambiguous way). Until Interplay was all like, &#8220;Hey, but money!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chahi was persuaded into making a follow-up &#8211; Heart of the Alien &#8211; which followed on directly from the ending of Another World,\u00a0slapped the ending ambiguity in the face and said, &#8220;Here, have this way more depressing ending, instead&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Those who played the game actually liked it, but Chahi said\u00a0it doesn&#8217;t represent his vision of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily for him, it never really hit big on Sega CD, and no one really knows it exists.<\/p>\n<p>The sequel kicks off at the 22 minute mark.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cW4RBhXPRUY\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Dino Crisis 3<\/h3>\n<p><b>Sequel<\/b><strong>\u00a0to: Dino Crisis 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been a long-time MyGaming reader, you&#8217;ll probably be aware of this sequel: we&#8217;ve pointed out previously that it is both <strong><a title=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/30877-5-horrible-sequels-to-good-games.html\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/30877-5-horrible-sequels-to-good-games.html\" target=\"_blank\">horrible<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a title=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/30481-5-games-that-just-disappeared.html\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/30481-5-games-that-just-disappeared.html\">something we wish to forget<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But let&#8217;s mention it one more time because maybe Capcom are reading, and they see how much we really, really want a proper sequel (or reboot) for this series.<\/p>\n<p>Dino Crisis 3 sounds awesome on paper: mutated dinosaurs in space. But it is not.<\/p>\n<p>In a world where Dead Space and Alien Isolation exist, space + scary things is a real winner. Chuck in some dinosaurs&#8230;I mean, how could it go wrong?<\/p>\n<p>Watch below to find out why the Xbox game failed to grab the headlines.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jO53YBtpaLg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Final Fantasy X-2.5<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sequel to: Final Fantasy X-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Depending on how you played the game, Final Fantasy X-2 ends the story of Tidus and Yuna on a pretty settled note. Either the lovers end up happily reunited or Yuna moves on with life with some degree of closure.<\/p>\n<p>Then Final Fantasy X-2.5 (and Final Fantasy X: Will) happened.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s not a game &#8211; it&#8217;s a novel, and an audio story &#8211; it does continue Spira&#8217;s story beyond the events of Final Fantasy X-2, taking the game&#8217;s &#8216;happy couple&#8217; conclusion as canon.<\/p>\n<p>And <strong><a title=\"http:\/\/finalfantasy.wikia.com\/wiki\/Final_Fantasy_X-2.5_~Eien_no_Daish%C5%8D~\" href=\"http:\/\/finalfantasy.wikia.com\/wiki\/Final_Fantasy_X-2.5_~Eien_no_Daish%C5%8D~\" target=\"_blank\">it&#8217;s all pretty messed up<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It was written by Final Fantasy X&#8217;s scenario writer Kazushige Nojima and paints a rather confusing tale of what happens to Tidus and Yuna after they&#8217;re reunited. It&#8217;s death and unraveling the fabric of the universe kind of stuff.<\/p>\n<p>The audio story then expands on that story even further, and ends off on a cliffhanger.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gK3EfCDbOF4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">BattleChess 2: Chinese Chess<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sequel to: BattleChess<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BattleChess was an awesome game. It showed me from an early age that I had a certain gleeful disposition towards violent content, which was in no way related to my aforementioned lack of affection from my mother.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the game had a sequel. How does chess get a sequel? (<strong><a title=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/85165\/chess-2-sequel\" href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/85165\/chess-2-sequel\" target=\"_blank\">Apparently that&#8217;s a thing<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Well, in the BattleChess sense, they went with a title based on xiangqi, commonly called &#8220;Chinese Chess&#8221;. Not sure if racist.<\/p>\n<p>I have no idea\u00a0how Chinese Chess works, or how it compares to western chess, but the game features more death animations, which is all I wanted.<\/p>\n<p>For bonus points, there was another sequel &#8211; BattleChess 4000 &#8211; which took on a sci-fi vibe, and featured<a title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JZnt1DUXDCk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JZnt1DUXDCk\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> less-than-consensual interactions between monarch<\/strong>s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T5M3_BN3dbo\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Welltris<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sequel to: Tetris<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes indeed, Tetris has a sequel.<\/p>\n<p>You may be thinking, &#8220;No DUH, I&#8217;ve played Tetris II, Tetris 2000 and Bikini Babe Tetris MEGA XL a million times over&#8221; &#8211; but you&#8217;d be mistaken.<\/p>\n<p>Those are not sequels, they&#8217;re just spinoffs and clones of the same concept, which suffers from Russia&#8217;s poor copyright handling.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the real world, Tetris&#8217; creator Alexey Pajitnov actually followed up the 1984 game with another gem in 1989: Welltris.<\/p>\n<p>Welltris follows similar 2D falling block gameplay, but takes place in a 3D setting. Blocks &#8216;fall&#8217; down the walls and settle on an 8&#215;8 grid at the end off the &#8220;well&#8221; (geddit? WELLtris.)<\/p>\n<p>See? Communism isn&#8217;t <em>so<\/em>\u00a0bad.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PuUbFv1BAWQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What other forgetten, er, gems have you come across? Share your views in the comments or on the forums.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/73097-dying-light-review-a-stumbling-mess-or-free-running-hero.html\">Dying Light review \u2013 a stumbling mess or free-running hero?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/73109-nvidia-unveils-geforce-gtx-titan-x-most-advanced-graphics-card-in-the-world.html\">Nvidia unveils GeForce GTX Titan X \u2013 most advanced graphics card in the world<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/73087-valves-virtual-reality-headset-with-htc-is-epic.html\">Valve\u2019s virtual reality headset with HTC is epic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes even the most successful games get follow-ups that go amiss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":73217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[21,1806],"class_list":["post-73215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-headline","tag-sequels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73235,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73215\/revisions\/73235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}