Top 10 Worst Game Sequels

Rare's 2008 Xbox 360 sequel took a beloved 3D platformer franchise and turned it into a vehicle-building game nobody asked for. The opening literally mocked fans for wanting a traditional sequel, and the series has been dormant for nearly two decades as a result.

Capcom's 2003 sequel stripped away everything that made the original a stylish action classic. Dante went from a wisecracking demon hunter to a mute bore, the combat was dumbed down to hold-trigger-to-win gunplay, and the level design was so empty it felt procedurally generated before that was a thing.

Maxis' always-online reboot shrunk city plots to a fraction of SimCity 4's size, forced multiplayer integration into a single-player franchise, and launched with servers that collapsed immediately. The backlash was so severe that EA killed the SimCity brand and pivoted to Cities: Skylines competitor status.

343 Industries' 2015 sequel marketed a Master Chief vs. Locke rivalry that lasted approximately two cutscenes. Its campaign was the worst in series history, it shipped without split-screen co-op for the first time ever, and the REQ Pack loot boxes tainted its otherwise solid multiplayer.

Robomodo's 2015 disaster required a day-one patch larger than the game itself and launched with physics so broken that skaters clipped through floors and launched into orbit. It scored a 32 on Metacritic and effectively killed one of the most beloved franchises of the PS1 era.

Microsoft's 2019 sequel spent five years promising revolutionary cloud-powered destruction that never materialized. The final product was a generic open-world collectathon that felt like a 2010-era game, wasting Terry Crews' infectious charisma on a hollow shell of a game.

EA Los Angeles' 2010 finale to the Tiberium saga removed base building from a real-time strategy franchise built on base building. It required an always-online connection for single-player, capped unit counts, and delivered a campaign so insultingly short that fans pretend it does not exist.

Sonic Team's 2006 reboot shipped with loading screens lasting up to a minute, controls that fought the player at every turn, and a plot where Sonic kissed a human princess. It is the definitive example of how far Sega let their mascot fall and the benchmark for franchise disgrace.

Visceral Games' 2013 sequel traded the isolated horror of the original for co-op action and microtransactions at EA's insistence. The shift from survival horror to cover-based shooter alienated the fanbase so completely that EA shelved the franchise and eventually shut down Visceral entirely.

Rare's 2008 Xbox 360 sequel took a beloved 3D platformer franchise and turned it into a vehicle-building game nobody asked for. The opening literally mocked fans for wanting a traditional sequel, and the series has been dormant for nearly two decades as a result.

Capcom's 2003 sequel stripped away everything that made the original a stylish action classic. Dante went from a wisecracking demon hunter to a mute bore, the combat was dumbed down to hold-trigger-to-win gunplay, and the level design was so empty it felt procedurally generated before that was a thing.

Maxis' always-online reboot shrunk city plots to a fraction of SimCity 4's size, forced multiplayer integration into a single-player franchise, and launched with servers that collapsed immediately. The backlash was so severe that EA killed the SimCity brand and pivoted to Cities: Skylines competitor status.

343 Industries' 2015 sequel marketed a Master Chief vs. Locke rivalry that lasted approximately two cutscenes. Its campaign was the worst in series history, it shipped without split-screen co-op for the first time ever, and the REQ Pack loot boxes tainted its otherwise solid multiplayer.

Robomodo's 2015 disaster required a day-one patch larger than the game itself and launched with physics so broken that skaters clipped through floors and launched into orbit. It scored a 32 on Metacritic and effectively killed one of the most beloved franchises of the PS1 era.

Microsoft's 2019 sequel spent five years promising revolutionary cloud-powered destruction that never materialized. The final product was a generic open-world collectathon that felt like a 2010-era game, wasting Terry Crews' infectious charisma on a hollow shell of a game.

EA Los Angeles' 2010 finale to the Tiberium saga removed base building from a real-time strategy franchise built on base building. It required an always-online connection for single-player, capped unit counts, and delivered a campaign so insultingly short that fans pretend it does not exist.

Sonic Team's 2006 reboot shipped with loading screens lasting up to a minute, controls that fought the player at every turn, and a plot where Sonic kissed a human princess. It is the definitive example of how far Sega let their mascot fall and the benchmark for franchise disgrace.

Visceral Games' 2013 sequel traded the isolated horror of the original for co-op action and microtransactions at EA's insistence. The shift from survival horror to cover-based shooter alienated the fanbase so completely that EA shelved the franchise and eventually shut down Visceral entirely.