The problem with sequels in games this good is that the game is so much better than anything else when it is released, that a sequel can't be anything other than an incremental update, and thus feels lackluster.
The same thing will happen with the Deadpool movie sequel. The first movie was innovative in that it was the first mainstream movie to break the fourth wall, have tons of R-rated jokes, etc, but you can only do that once.
Counterexample: Portal 2. Same basic concept, innovated on the original in every conceivable way. Sure, I like the original better because nostalgia glasses, but I can objectively state that the sequel is a fucking excellent game.
I think what he meant to say was that it was the first mainstream movie to combine breaking the fourth wall with lots of R-Rated jokes and certain other unspecified features that is, the list of features was a unit, not a list of things that Deadpool was first at individually.
At least, that's the charitable interpretation that makes the claim not-laughable-on-its-face.
> The problem with sequels in games this good is that the game is so much better than anything else when it is released, that a sequel can't be anything other than an incremental update, and thus feels lackluster.
Depends on the sequel. If the sequel is just an additional collection of levels, then just provide a fun "additional levels pack" as an add-on, and/or provide a way to share community-produced levels. That doesn't have the same expectations as a sequel.
If you're going to actually make a sequel, put enough effort, new mechanics, and story into it to make it a new game in its own right. For examples of sequels that put enough effort in to be a new game while still feeling like a sequel to the original, look at Portal 2, or Super Mario Bros 3 (by contrast to Lost Levels, which was fundamentally just a level pack). Numerous sequels pull this off, even of innovative indie games.
But it's also possible that the new game will end up with entirely new mechanics and story to the point that it isn't a sequel, and instead becomes "a new game from the makers of ...". And that's awesome too.
True. The first movie I 'care about' that fits this description is probably Austin Powers then. Watch it again if you haven't in years, you'll catch all the jokes that flew over your head as a kid.
The same thing will happen with the Deadpool movie sequel. The first movie was innovative in that it was the first mainstream movie to break the fourth wall, have tons of R-rated jokes, etc, but you can only do that once.