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Soul Calibur 2

 

[UnNamed]

Street Fighter 2 is the obvious choice, but...
SF1 was bland, stiff, not that great. But it was 1987 when most of the arcade games had stiff mechanics, and basically there were no other fighting game until 1989, with Street Smart which was much better.
So we can say SF1 was innovative as SF2.

 

[Space Runaway]

What hasn't been mentioned yet...

Tekken 2 (Itself being outdone by 3)
Virtua Fighter 2
Raiden 2
Raiden Fighters 2
Vendetta/Crime Fighters 2
Contra 3
DBZ Super Butoden 2

=P

 

[Naked Lunch]

MGS2

Espgaluda 2

Dodonpachi

Streets of Rage 2

DoDonPachi is a great choice. Outside of Street Fighter 2 - thats the one.

Sam Sho 2 is great - but so was Sam Sho 1.
Donpachi 1 is C grade at best.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

Half Life 2

 

[PUNKem733]

I don't know how it can't be Street Fighter II. Went from a hot mess of a game that has nearly non existant controls and THAT roster to near videogame perfection.

 

[JMarcell]

Mass Effect 2

 

[TintoConCasera]

Portal 2 could be another example.

I just realized that it's spelled, "Shodown" , not "Showdown".

You and me both... In fact, I just realized thanks to your post.

Maybe we just crossed to another dimension where the game is called Shodown?

 

[VGEsoterica]

DoDonPachi is a great choice. Outside of Street Fighter 2 - thats the one.

Sam Sho 2 is great - but so was Sam Sho 1.
Donpachi 1 is C grade at best.

Nailed it. DoDonPachi is a great example of one!

 

[gaming_again]

I don't know how it can't be Street Fighter II. Went from a hot mess of a game that has nearly non existant controls and THAT roster to near videogame perfection.

I can think of no more iconic a collection of characters. Just perfection.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

Bubsy II had a nerf gun, everyone one brought it because it was getting nerfed.

The Sniper 2 is commonly cited as one of the best games on the PS2.

 

[Zuo]

Yoshi's island aka Super Mario World 2
Mario Kart 64
Civilization II

SMW is the better traditional platformer than YI. Really comes down to what you prioritize. I could be totally wrong but I think SMW also has a more diverse soundtrack

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Suikoden 2 was great. I loved S1...but the main character in 2 had those kick ass tonfa like weapons...

 

[NT80]

Diablo 2
Street Fighter 2
Soul Calibur 1 (possibly the next biggest upgrade in a fighting game sequel after SF2)
Virtua Tennis 2 (really doesn't get enough credit for being such a massive improvement).
Fatal Fury 2

 

[Topher]

Half-life 2
Fable 2
TLOU 2
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Diablo 2

 

[cartman414]

SMW is the better traditional platformer than YI. Really comes down to what you prioritize. I could be totally wrong but I think SMW also has a more diverse soundtrack

SMW IMO was not traditional enough. Yoshi's Island had more going for it in terms of exploration based side scrollers in that Yoshi had a unique skillset.

 

[Scotty W]

Doom as a sequel to Wolfenstein.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

DMC2
Zelda 2
Castlevania 2




Said no one ever...

 

[Shubh_C63]

Borderlands 2

Twice as better than the first entry in literally every aspect.

 

[Rendered Tangent]

I'm sure this, as well as some other old skool arcade games, were given away for free via Amazon Prime Gaming a while back.

I have a few downloaded on my pc but haven't played them yet.

 

[jufonuk]

Super Mario World
MvC2

 

[IDKFA]

Mass Effect 2.

 

[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]

Samurai Shodown IV is a perfect sequel to III. So are V Special and Perfect with V.
Art of fighting 2 is a perfect sequel to 1, so is Gaiden compared to 2.