In many ways, I love the current age of movies and television. The Marvel Universe and Star Wars, both under the wing of Disney, are churning out exactly the kinds of movies (and Netflix TV series) that I want to watch. Meanwhile in the videogame world, Nintendo is about to unleash the next in the Zelda series (and it looks pretty spectacular), Naughty Dog is in the process of making The Last of Us 2 (a sequel to the game that I believe held one of the best stories to date), Rockstar Games is making Red Dead Redemption 2, and many other of my favorite franchises are looking to continue producing games that I love.
Yet the game I've been playing the most lately has been Overwatch, a completely different kind of game that was not a sequel to anything. While I have enjoyed playing games and watching shows that hold familiar thrills, it is the unique experience that usually sticks with me. It's the experience that scratches the itch I never knew I had that is usually the most satisfying, partially because I'm not always measuring it to the other parts of its series.
This doesn't mean that sequels are bad. I can think of many cases where sequels were far superior to the original (Final Fantasy VI, Resident Evil 4, The Wrath of Khan, etc.). Still, I worry about how worn some of the trails are in the realm of entertainment. There can be too much of a good thing.
That said, I wouldn't say no to Firefly: The Next Generation.
Yet the game I've been playing the most lately has been Overwatch, a completely different kind of game that was not a sequel to anything. While I have enjoyed playing games and watching shows that hold familiar thrills, it is the unique experience that usually sticks with me. It's the experience that scratches the itch I never knew I had that is usually the most satisfying, partially because I'm not always measuring it to the other parts of its series.
This doesn't mean that sequels are bad. I can think of many cases where sequels were far superior to the original (Final Fantasy VI, Resident Evil 4, The Wrath of Khan, etc.). Still, I worry about how worn some of the trails are in the realm of entertainment. There can be too much of a good thing.
That said, I wouldn't say no to Firefly: The Next Generation.
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