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Unrelated sequel

Video game concept

Games in a series that have nothing to do with the previous games in the series.

12
games
10
platforms

Alternate name: Sequel in name only

Quake III: Arena (Dreamcast)
Quake III: Arena
DC 2000-10-10
Far Cry 2 (Windows)
Far Cry 2
WIN 2008-10-21
Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls (Windows)
Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls
WIN 1997
Quake III: Arena (Linux)
Quake III: Arena
LIN 1999-12-07
Far Cry 2 (Xbox 360)
Far Cry 2
X360 2008-10-21
Far Cry 2 (PlayStation 3)
Far Cry 2
PS3 2008-10-21
Quake III: Arena (Windows)
Quake III: Arena
WIN 1999-12-02
Shivers Two: Harvest of Souls
W31 1997
Quake III: Arena
BEOS 1999-12-07
Quake III: Arena
BSD 2006-03-20
Quake 2
GP2X ? *
IOQuake 3
PAND ? *
These can be seen as riding on the fame of the previous game's name but not actually bothering to use anything but the name from it. Thus this is a purely marketing move that has nothing to do with the game itself.

This tag may need a better name.

Popular tags

farcry quake-series twitchshooter

Parent group

Series

Games by year

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The first Unrelated sequel video game was released in 1997.

Ubisoft and Sierra published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 3
BeOS 1
Win3.1 1
BSD 1
Pandora 1
Linux 1
Dreamcast 1
GP2X 1
PS3 1
X360 1

Most common companies

Ubisoft3
Sierra2