The best sequel

[Solver]

Civ 2 is the best sequel.

Plenty of improvements over Civ 1, particularly the macro language.

What I wanted to was some good gameplay changes. I was never interested in scenarios, I have almost never played any in Civ games. Civ2 kept the boring Caravans, kept Settler micromanagement, kept a rather problematic battle system, so it wasn't that great of a sequel IMHO.

[DarkCloud]

Civ II.

[Guynemer]

In addition to Star Control 2, I'd also like to mention:

Day of the Tentacle

[Skanky Burns]

Seconded.

[DrSpike]

Ah yes, a great game.

[Guynemer]

That has to be the best adventure sequel of all time.

At least if you're considering the level of improvement over the original. MM was very good, but DOTT was transcendant.

[DrSpike]

Gabriel Knight 2 is also a fantastic sequel in that genre.

Possibly you could argue it added less over GK1 than DotT did over MM, which was rather basic. This, though, is due to the level of the original game, not the (admittedly high) quality of the sequel.

[Guynemer]

I was going to make exactly that point in my original post.

The same could be said for GK3. All the GK games were different were basic structure, interface, etc., but all were brilliant in their own way.

MM was a terrific game, but I think DOTT was an improvement in every single way.

If you're talking overall quality of the game, I think GK2 and GK3 are in the same league as DOTT. I think DOTT is a better sequel simply because it was a (slight) improvement on the original.

[DrSpike]

Yeah I hear you. But as I said earlier this definition is strange, since if a game is way better than the original because it sucked donkey balls, then it could be the best sequel, even if it is only half as good as another sequel which added fewer improvements.