Posted January 06, 2021
Age of Mythology (if you consider it the third game in the Age of Empires series).
ConsulCaesar
Crossing the Rubicon
Registered: Jan 2017
From Spain
Maxvorstadt
I is more stronger than Darth Vapour!
Registered: Apr 2014
From Germany
Posted January 06, 2021
Saints Row the Third
bluethief
-
Registered: Jul 2012
From Portugal
Posted January 06, 2021
These are some of my picks:
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones - this one brings together what's good from the The Sands of Time and from Warrior Within and added a few more things. Best setting, best boss fights, the speed kills were also a nice addition. It also brings the whole trilogy together in an awesome ending.
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast - out of the 3 games where you play as Kyle Katarn, this one is the best. It improved on everything. It's a classic and still considered one of the best Star Wars games ever made.
Grand Theft Auto 3 - we all know the influence this game had on the gaming industry.
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - still one of the best stealth games ever made.
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones - this one brings together what's good from the The Sands of Time and from Warrior Within and added a few more things. Best setting, best boss fights, the speed kills were also a nice addition. It also brings the whole trilogy together in an awesome ending.
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast - out of the 3 games where you play as Kyle Katarn, this one is the best. It improved on everything. It's a classic and still considered one of the best Star Wars games ever made.
Grand Theft Auto 3 - we all know the influence this game had on the gaming industry.
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - still one of the best stealth games ever made.
amok
FREEEEDOOOM!!!!
Registered: Sep 2008
From United Kingdom
Posted January 06, 2021
Grand Theft Auto 3
Zork III
Fallout 3
Warcraft 3
Halo 3
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Thief 3: Deadly Shadows
Zork III
Fallout 3
Warcraft 3
Halo 3
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Thief 3: Deadly Shadows
Post edited January 06, 2021 by amok
J Lo
Y2J
Registered: Jul 2013
From Canada
Posted January 06, 2021
Sequels are typically regarded as inferior, and threequels are generally worse than either predecessor. What are some examples of threequels that are the exception, rather than the rule?
Super Mario Bros 3 - One of my favourite games. The art style has aged well IMO. I still pick it up occasionally.
Lego Batman 3 - The second Lego game that has voice acting. I feel like they improved upon the first two games.
Witcher 3 - Got bored with the first two. Currently playing it now, and I really like it. Geralt sounded tired in the previous Witcher games. In 3 his voice acting comes off as stoic, rather than uninterested.
Arkham Knight - We finally get the batmobile. DLC that focuses on other characters. My biggest gripe about this game is the ridiculous amount of Riddler trophies.
Morrowind - An Elder Scrolls classic. Wish it didn't crash so much on my modern PC.
https://openmw.org/en/
It's an open source engine that allows a more stable experience on modern systems (as well as other OS's such as Linux)
Paradoks
Mt 10,33
Registered: Dec 2009
From Poland
Posted January 06, 2021
I'm surprised no one mentioned Heroes of Might and Magic 3 yet. The pinnacle of the series in my opinion.
Other than that, my rather controversial choice would be Command & Conquer 3. I honestly enjoyed it more than 1 and 2.
Other than that, my rather controversial choice would be Command & Conquer 3. I honestly enjoyed it more than 1 and 2.
Post edited January 06, 2021 by Paradoks
dtgreene
vaccines work she/her
Registered: Jan 2010
From United States
Posted January 06, 2021
I think Ultima 3 might also qualify, particularly if you compare it to the time of its release and the games that came before rather than the games that follow (where the series took a different direction).
idbeholdME
Doomed Space Marine
Registered: Jun 2016
From Czech Republic
Posted January 06, 2021
There are tons of sequels that are better than the original. But threequels? That might be difficult....
I'd probably say:
Tomb Raider 3
Heroes of Might and Magic III
I don't think it's that controversial. C&C 3 is a very good game from a time when EA was not the complete shit it is today. It is actually a respectable continuation of the franchise and I liked it a lot too. And the cast in it was insane.
I'd probably say:
Tomb Raider 3
Heroes of Might and Magic III
I don't think it's that controversial. C&C 3 is a very good game from a time when EA was not the complete shit it is today. It is actually a respectable continuation of the franchise and I liked it a lot too. And the cast in it was insane.
Post edited January 06, 2021 by idbeholdME
erbello
Dam, Bober not found... (yet)
Registered: Dec 2011
From Poland
Posted January 06, 2021
Deponia 3 with 3 Rufuses ;)
pds41
New User
Registered: May 2009
From United Kingdom
Posted January 06, 2021
I loved Tropico 4 as well, even though I missed Juanito...
Cambrey
Purple Dot Cultist
Registered: Oct 2008
From France
mqstout
Pittsburgh cis-gay-male
Registered: Jun 2010
From United States
Posted January 06, 2021
Post edited January 06, 2021 by mqstout
dtgreene
vaccines work she/her
Registered: Jan 2010
From United States
Posted January 06, 2021
Back in the NES era, it felt like so many series would follow this pattern:
* 1: The original, that ended up setting up the series and its basic conventions.
* 2: Breaks away from the conventions, resulting in a game that's very different and often the black sheep of the series. (Just look at Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA), Zelda 2, Castlevania 2, and Final Fantasy 2 (JP); regardless of how good or bad you feel about these games, you can't deny that they're very different from the rest of the series they're in (excluding PSX-era and later Castlevanias).)
* 3: More like the first game, but with many new features added. You see this with the games I mentioned before: SMB3 is SMB1 with new levels and more power-ups and enemy types, plus a map between levels, Zelda 3 is Zelda 1 with much fancier graphics/sound, people to talk to, and being more linear, Castlevania 3 is CV1 with branching paths and spirit helpers (but Trevor plays just like CV1 Simon Belmont), and FF3 is FF1 with a much bigger class (now called job) selection and the ability to change them at will, albeit more linear and with worse enemy designs.
In general, it feels like the 3rd game in the series was always the upgrade of the 1st game, and if the first game is at least decent, the 3rd game tends to end up quite good. (With that said, I think I prefer CV2 and FF2 over CV3 and FF3, but that may not be the majority opinion in these cases; same with Z2 versus Z3.)
* 1: The original, that ended up setting up the series and its basic conventions.
* 2: Breaks away from the conventions, resulting in a game that's very different and often the black sheep of the series. (Just look at Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA), Zelda 2, Castlevania 2, and Final Fantasy 2 (JP); regardless of how good or bad you feel about these games, you can't deny that they're very different from the rest of the series they're in (excluding PSX-era and later Castlevanias).)
* 3: More like the first game, but with many new features added. You see this with the games I mentioned before: SMB3 is SMB1 with new levels and more power-ups and enemy types, plus a map between levels, Zelda 3 is Zelda 1 with much fancier graphics/sound, people to talk to, and being more linear, Castlevania 3 is CV1 with branching paths and spirit helpers (but Trevor plays just like CV1 Simon Belmont), and FF3 is FF1 with a much bigger class (now called job) selection and the ability to change them at will, albeit more linear and with worse enemy designs.
In general, it feels like the 3rd game in the series was always the upgrade of the 1st game, and if the first game is at least decent, the 3rd game tends to end up quite good. (With that said, I think I prefer CV2 and FF2 over CV3 and FF3, but that may not be the majority opinion in these cases; same with Z2 versus Z3.)
J Lo
Y2J
Registered: Jul 2013
From Canada
Posted January 06, 2021
* 1: The original, that ended up setting up the series and its basic conventions.
* 2: Breaks away from the conventions, resulting in a game that's very different and often the black sheep of the series. (Just look at Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA), Zelda 2, Castlevania 2, and Final Fantasy 2 (JP); regardless of how good or bad you feel about these games, you can't deny that they're very different from the rest of the series they're in (excluding PSX-era and later Castlevanias).)
* 3: More like the first game, but with many new features added. You see this with the games I mentioned before: SMB3 is SMB1 with new levels and more power-ups and enemy types, plus a map between levels, Zelda 3 is Zelda 1 with much fancier graphics/sound, people to talk to, and being more linear, Castlevania 3 is CV1 with branching paths and spirit helpers (but Trevor plays just like CV1 Simon Belmont), and FF3 is FF1 with a much bigger class (now called job) selection and the ability to change them at will, albeit more linear and with worse enemy designs.
In general, it feels like the 3rd game in the series was always the upgrade of the 1st game, and if the first game is at least decent, the 3rd game tends to end up quite good. (With that said, I think I prefer CV2 and FF2 over CV3 and FF3, but that may not be the majority opinion in these cases; same with Z2 versus Z3.)
pds41
New User
Registered: May 2009
From United Kingdom
Posted January 06, 2021
Anyone for Discworld Noir? Very different to Discworld and Discworld II (which were straight up comedy point and clicks and heavily based around parts of the books); Noir was a full on new story and had a style of its own (while remaining true to the original source books).
I didn't like it as much on release, but now I rate it very highly.