SatoAilDarko
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This Suda 51 game:
Flower, Sun and Rain to The Silver Case
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Secret Sequels to video games
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Zap Rowsdower
Banned
Ah, alright then.
Human Killing Machine is the forgotten sequel to the original Street Fighter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqDg42hfzgc
Zap Rowsdower
Banned
To be specific, its hinted in one of the item descriptions that Vergil and Dante's mom was an Umbra Witch. Also I think Kamiya said that the Enzo in the DMC expanded material and Bayonetta are the same character.
best example
Man that was so half assed.
"man how are we going to connect this game to the other one?"
"uhh ... docks and lighthouses"
"oh SHIT there was a lighthouse in the first one huh?"
"yep"
"should there be any other connection?"
"fuck no"
"why is it called bioshock then?"
"fuck you"
"uhh ... docks and lighthouses"
"oh SHIT there was a lighthouse in the first one huh?"
"yep"
"should there be any other connection?"
"fuck no"
"why is it called bioshock then?"
"fuck you"
Tony Redgrave is name dropped in Bayonetta as well - which is Dante's traveling name. IIRC it's also implied that the bar Rodin runs is the same bar Dante frequents in the DMC expanded universe novel (the same one that introduces Enzo)
GurgleBot20
Member
Doom 2016 being a sequel and not a reboot to the old games was kind of a secret.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Tekken and Soul Calibur are in the same universe, with some stages shared between games, only set at different periods of time.
NinjaMouse
Member
Does Ghouls and Ghosts > Maximo connection count?
Noisepurge
Member
Project Snowblind is the lost Deus Ex game
Nah, this was a neat moment.
Infinite in the title refers to the infinite universes that the girl has access to as a part of her power, which is also the source of the Comstock/Booker conflict. At that point in the the game, you're on the run and jumping from universe to universe and land in Rapture for a while. It's a cameo. It was enough. It was good.
Seemed forced and shitty to me, as a huge Bioshock fan I was disappointed there weren't more connections to Rapture. Neither 2 or Infinite came anywhere close to the original for me. The lack of connections between them was insulting.
Fake edit: I don't care about the further phoned in DLC either.
Real edit: the
twist also seemed forced in and wasn't explained very well. Gameplay wise it was fun, but the story was pretty convuluted.
Again I built a new PC just for infinite and wanted it to be the best. More disappointed than anything.
SatoAilDarko
Member
There's no definitive connection between the series though?
Isn't that a Sleeping Dogs - True Crime situation where a sequel was repurposed into an original game?
Secret Character
Member
Considering it isn't made by Capcom, I don't think so. It looks like the gameplay is ripped completely from SF, but it isn't a sequel.
That would be like saying Fighters' History is a sequel to Street Fighter II.
Infinite should have been called something else. System Shock > Bioshock > Aeroshock. At least then the marginal connections to the first game wouldn't be so annoying.
But that's not how you sell software, despite the little sense the name made.
As far as secret sequels, Knuckles Chaotix is fantastic for any 2D Sonic fan.
But that's not how you sell software, despite the little sense the name made.
As far as secret sequels, Knuckles Chaotix is fantastic for any 2D Sonic fan.
This !
I thought it could be interpreted as
framing the events of the first game as Harry's "dead man's dream" after the accident, but I don't remember the details very well, so you could be right. It was still a very surprising twist after the rest of the game makes you think the story will basically follow the first game.
Now, that's an awkward one. The home computer versions of Street Fighter were reasonably successful, and there was demand for a sequel, but Street Fighter 2 didn't actually exist, so HKM is what was spawned as a result - a sequel to the home computer versions of Street Fighter, but nothing to do with Capcom and with no ties to the Street Fighter storyline (such that it was back then!)
(Also, even more racially questionable than SF was. Includes a fight against a bikini-clad prostitute in the Netherlands, and final bosses of Arabic terrorists from Labanon)
It's probably best thought of as the Snake's Revenge (from the Metal Gear series) equivalent.
ProgenitorCastle
Banned
Lmfaooooo!
On topic, its debateable El Shaddai is a secret sequel to DMC1...the character designer of Dante in that game designed the main char. of El Shaddai, and directed it too...and the combat is reminiscient of DMC1 with timed combos and a dialed-back combo system
ProgenitorCastle
Banned
Knuckles Chaotix is a flawed masterpiece!
Lord British
Member
Oh, heck no. It's one of the blandest games in terms of level design that I've played, especially given its pedigree. I'm a big fan of Mega Drive Sonic and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone to play. Great aesthetics though, super colourful with excellent music. I also like the special stages a lot.
Just my opinion though, obviously you and others disagree.
I think The Last Window counts because it was such a low profile release. One day I just saw it in the DS games section and looked at the cover and was like, "Man, this really looks like Hotel Dusk" and then I turned it over and on the back it said "TURN THE DS SIDEWAYS! KYLE HYDE! TAKE ON ME!" (paraphrased) and then I was like "Oh my god, it is Hotel Dusk" and it was the best day of my entire life.
Tavernacle12
Member
I believe in the base game it was still heavily hinted that
the Vigors were created by stealing the idea from an alternate dimension Rapture
Great example!
GoodMorningPluto
Member
I dunno how "secret" are some of the answers here, when it's a clear continuation, just without number 2 in the name.
I've got the real scoop: Soul Calibur is the secret sequel to Soul Edge.
I've got the real scoop: Soul Calibur is the secret sequel to Soul Edge.
/s
redfox088
Banned
Just found this out last week
It is indeed. The game is probably better than Deus Ex 2, but nowhere near as good as Human Revolution, so it was probably the right decision in the end. Worth a playthrough for fans though.
Seven Force
Banned
Castlevania Judgement is secretly a prequel to
, of all things.
Kid Dracula
Forgot to mention this.
I remember loving Terraningma and enjoying IoG but that was a long time ago, how are the games related? this really picked up my attention
Going with the movie thing, lots of people don't realize My Blue Heaven is a loose sequel to Good Fellas. I forget if it was the writer or director who talked to henry hill about his mob life and turned it into Good Fellas. His wife had a conversation about life in protective custody and turned it into a comedy with Steven Martin.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Ah that might be the case. My bad.
Soul Blazer - > Illusion of Gaia : The secret Boss when you get the 50 red Jewel.
In Terranigma i think there Cameo of character and other reference, but all these game shared the same concept on destruction and recreating the world.
allenpergallon
Member
D
and N
is probably the best example as brought up.
Another that comes to mind is maybe Sonic Battle and Sonic Advance 3? Advance 3 basically acts as a happy ending to the former game, and besides Gemerl in 3 being a direct callback to Emerl in Battle there are a few music cues that really tie the two together (i.e. this and this, that and that, etc.). I guess it's not much of a secret if you've played Battle beforehand, but otherwise it's a neat nod in what could otherwise just be the third game in the trilogy.
Also, Kirby
and
was another nice one I was glad I didn't catch right away.
rakengard
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Another that comes to mind is maybe Sonic Battle and Sonic Advance 3? Advance 3 basically acts as a happy ending to the former game, and besides Gemerl in 3 being a direct callback to Emerl in Battle there are a few music cues that really tie the two together (i.e. this and this, that and that, etc.). I guess it's not much of a secret if you've played Battle beforehand, but otherwise it's a neat nod in what could otherwise just be the third game in the trilogy.
Also, Kirby
and the Amazing Mirror
Triple Deluxe
From what I know, these are the ones that go beyond just mere references to instead being cases where more concrete connections between two series are intended....
Shadow of the Colossus is a prequel to
, this isn't just a minor reference, it's the core implication of the ending.
As mentioned, Portal and Half-Life are connected.
I've read that Rockstar's seemingly unrelated major franchises games share the same universe, for example, Bully shares the same universe as the GTA series.
Hitman and
are connected.
Shadow of the Colossus is a prequel to
Ico
As mentioned, Portal and Half-Life are connected.
I've read that Rockstar's seemingly unrelated major franchises games share the same universe, for example, Bully shares the same universe as the GTA series.
Hitman and
Kane and Lynch
DigitalDivide
Neo Member
PS1 Shooter Philosoma had a Japan only sequel called Phase Paradox, which was a survival horror game.
PayOffWizard
Member
Mass Effect is somehow a distant sequel to Dragon age.
