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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
But I suppose it is hard to look forward to something that hasn't been seen before, while a sequel has an audience wanting more and that creates more "buzz". I'm as guilty as anyone, but when I saw this thread it just struck me that everything mentioned had a number behind the title.
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I agree with you for the most part. It is sad to see that most of the "AAA Must Have Titles" are sequels and I would also like to see more new and exciting types of games come out. For the most part it is just easier to make, market and sell tonnes of games that are based around well known franchises.
Sometimes I like to look at the sequels in the light of "what have they done to make this game better than I last remember it" and looking for innovation wherever I can find it. Fallout 3, for example, has been updated in graphics and gameplay (whether these are an improvement is up in the air) and what is kept is the setting and, hopefully, the tone (it also has been AWOL for more than 10 years). Fable 2 is something new to me, since I have never played Fable. Gears of War 2 however looks to me to be exactly like Gears of War 1 with a shinier coat of gray and brown paint, with a few more options thrown in to to make it more interesting killing tons of dudes.
Some games that are coming out that aren't sequels that I am interested in are Mirror's Edge, little BIG Planet, Left 4 Dead and a few more that I can't remember right now. Your new and exciting game choices go up exponentially if you use PC as a gaming platform as well.