Level 7 Podcast – 9: Best & Worst Direct Sequels

by Norman Caruso on January 30, 2012 in Level 7 Podcast with 6 Comments
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We give our thoughts on the Final Fantasy XIII-2 demo, Nintendo might be changing the name of the Wii U, and our best and worst direct sequels in gaming.

Music Credits:
Last Chance by OA
Booster Tarantino by djpretzel
Another Winter (cover) by pdude1
Project X 2 by ProjectX

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    • http://twitter.com/ZigTheHunter Cole Parker

      Good show, I agree that people are over reacting to “bad box-art Megaman”.

      The first 3 games in the Breath of Fire series are connected by a timeline, they take place hundreds of years after each other and don’t have enough in common to be direct sequels, the last two take place in separate dimensions like you said.

       I was very surprised to hear After Years was bad from you, I haven’t heard much about it, but nothing really bad, I’ve only played the DS remake of 4 and loved it and was planning on getting the complete edition for the after years, I still will so I can experience it for myself, but its not as high on the priority list now.

    • ZigTheHunter

      Good show, I agree that people are over reacting to “bad box-art Megaman”.

      The
      first 3 games in the Breath of Fire series are connected by a timeline,
      they take place hundreds of years after each other and don’t have
      enough in common to be direct sequels, the last two take place in
      separate dimensions like you said.

       I was very surprised to hear
      After Years was bad from you, I haven’t heard much about it, but nothing
      really bad, I’ve only played the DS remake of 4 and loved it and was
      planning on getting the complete edition for the after years, I still
      will so I can experience it for myself, but its not as high on the
      priority list now.

    • ZigTheHunter

      Sorry for the double post(well now its a triple post), I just wanted it to show up as ZigTheHunter so you knew it was the same person who sent an email.

    • Anonymous

      Blizzard has more going on than just Diablo III. THey have StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm and the new expansion for Wow as well. Also they have been in development on a new MMO for a few years to take over for WoW. so they have a lot on their plate for a small-ish development team (compared to some other AAA developers).

    • mds0014

      i dont like that xbox rumor.  i’ll boycott consoles if they do that.  i already hate the online pass and the low quality dlcs, or even worse, dlcs already on disk that you have to pay extra for.  >:O   i personally would never buy a used game for only a $5 discount but hey some people will.  if they hate gamestop so much, they should go after it more directly instead of trying to force customers to buy things.  hey here’s a novel idea.  maybe stop charging so much for call of duty clones/call of duty resident evil/call of duty xcom/call of duty solitaire edition (ok i’m stretching it, but you know they’d do it if they thought they could make a cheap buck)!!  i’m not saying cod is a terrible game, just the put fps into every genre trend.  i guess its similar to rpg elements being in every genre (even fps like borderlands).  end rant.  :|

    • mds0014

      lol legend of zelda timeline!!!  best sequel, symphony of the night which followed dracula x i think.  also god of war 1,2, and 3 were all good in my opinion.  i like how they have established powers and then built on or replaced them with new ones as well as the over arching story.  i cant think of worst sequels right now. but i know they are out there.  *shivers*

      it sucks how they screwed up the after years. 
      well, awesome cast guys!!!

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