The 49 Best Sequel-Less Games

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Kyle Ackerman
While store shelves may be glutted with Maddens, Tony Hawks, and Calls of Duty, there are many games that never got a Part 2. Check out the 49 Best Sequel-Less Games!

For us, games are about fun. We explore new worlds, frag foes in multiplayer mayhem, level up and play just one more turn before bed. For publishers, games are just disk-shaped cash. When a game does well, you can be sure you'll see sequels, expansion packs and remakes to harvest more cash from a successful start. Flops, on the other hand, never see the light of day again.

Go ahead; try to think of a game that hasn't been extended or remade. Sid Meier's Pirates! was richly reincarnated. Pitfall Harry returned for a new, uninspired adventure. Even the classic, button-mashing Decathlon has come back again and again. If you strain, you might come up with one or two, offhand. We've got 49 for you... a list of the 49 best games ever made that never had a sequel.

With so much room for argument, let's be clear about the ground rules. We've not only excluded games with sequels, but also expansion packs and remakes. Games that have been ported to multiple platforms are fine, but not games from gigantic franchises. You may want to see a sequel for a classic Star Wars or D&D game, but those don't count for this list. There are no games here from 2006 or later, because if you liked it, there's probably a sequel on the way. Finally, massively multiplayer online games are right out. Their constantly updated content smells too much like other games' sequels and expansions.

Before you scream that we missed your favorite classic, give that game a good Googling. A lot of classics have easily forgotten sequels or follow-on games that quickly shed the prequel's name. For example, Kid Icarus had a sequel you might have missed (Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters) and Maniac Mansion was followed by a game (Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle) that many have forgotten was a sequel. Also, several of your faves, like NiGHTS Into Dreams and StarCraft, have sequels in the works. Enough talk! On with the 49 Best Sequel-Less Games!

The List Starts Here

 

[Mr. Credible]

psi-ops desperately needs a sequel. that's one of the best 3rd person action games i can remember playing.

 

[Nathan]

Beyond Good & Evil definitely needs a sequel. I want the damn intended Trilogy already!

 

[jaydawg]

Eternal Darkness... ****ing right! Should have been higher on the list though.

 

[Havok83]

I deifnetly agree with Psi Ops. I LOVED that game. With the ending they had, Im surprised a sequel hasnt come. That game was amazing and truly deserving to be on the list if not higher

Also agree on Indigo Prophecy. That game was original and had a great idea going. It had its issues but that could have been solved with a sequel. One of the better games I have enjoyed on my PS2

 

[Matt]

Skies of Aracadia 2 damnit!

I am so friggin sick of RPGs with shemale protaginists, overly convulted, weird for the sake of weird stories, and boring characters. Skies of Arcadia was unique because it brought us back to the days of old. Where games didn't have to be long, drawn out, and boring. It was actually a fun gaming experience!

 

[Speedball]

I want a Beyond Good and Evil and a Skies of Arcadia sequel.
I love both games, and Skies of Arcadia is the reason I kept my Dreamcast. It's story and characters rival that of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest games.

How big was the game in Japan?

 

[Sloth7d]

They said they were excluding games with remakes, but put Skies of Arcadia on the list. Even though that game was bad-ass.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

I agree with Eternal Darkness definitely. Loved that game.

 

[TheInfected]

Eternal Darkness for me too....

I also would LOVE to see a sequel to PSOne's Ghost Hunter...one of the most underrated games ever IMO. More people should have played it

I'd love to see a next gen sequel to Spartan Total Warrior too...

 

[Fran]

I want to see:
-Red Dead Revolver 2
-Psi-Ops 2
-Indigo Prophecy 2
-Shadow of the Colossus 2
-Grim Fandango 2
-Psychonauts 2

 

[Rukus]

Eternal Darkness was the first to come to mind. Shadow Of Destiny is another one.

 

[Sloth7d]

Has anyone ever played Guardians Crusade?

 

[TheInfected]

I would have loved that Call of Cthulu sequel too

CoC is one of my favourite games ever...

 

[Matt]

They said they were excluding games with remakes, but put Skies of Arcadia on the list. Even though that game was bad-ass.

Legends wasn't a remake, it was a port. Remakes are entirely different generations, designs, etc. The Resident Evil remake was a remake. But RE Directors cut was not.

 

[arachnid-guy]

Legend of Dragoon.

Oh what a game...!

 

[Avalanche]

Ico and Vagrant Story are both games in desperate need of a sequel.