Great Game/TV sequels

Film sequels? FILM SEQUELS? Who fucking cares. Films are the past. Games and Television are where it's at now.

With that in mind... GAME AND TV SEQUELS! GREAT ONES!

I'm still quite asleep, that's why I'm talking like this.

Anyway. What game and TV sequels are both awesome and improve significantly on the original?

Games:

1) Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines

Granted, no-one played Vampire: The Masquerade: Redemption except me but that shouldn't take away from Bloodlines' achievements... it's one of the best games ever made and improves on the original in every way.


2) Call of Duty 4

The fact that this game is fantastic is secondary to the fact that it's the only Call of Duty game that's worth playing.


3) Half Life 2: Episode 2

Now, I hated Half Life 2. The plot was completely absent, there was far too much scripting and Valve appeared to have forgotten how to set up a decent fire fight. All of these factors were sorted for Episode 2 after the frankly disastrous Episode 1


4) Dawn of War 2

Dawn of War was a fantastic strategy game because it wasn't about building as many squads as you could and then rushing the enemy. Dawn of War 2 improved on this by limiting you to four squads and adding RPG elements. As far as sheer naked improvement over a previous installment goes, this is the victor hands down.


5) Red Alert 3

Now, I know I've just said I hate build and rush strategy games... and I do... but Red Alert 3 isn't about the actual gameplay- it's about the sheer stupidity of the story, the units and the atmosphere. They all make up for the shocking gameplay in spades.


6) Hitman: Blood Money

This is also known as The Only Hitman Game Worth Playing. Seriously, the others are drab, dull and single note. Blood Money is vibrant, imaginative and hilarious.


7) Tie Fighter

Yay! A retro one! Tie Fighter improved on X-Wing by having you play as The Empire and getting to kill rebels, which is what all of us wanted in the first place. It merely helped that the gameplay, plot and characters were vastly improved over X-Wing

That's pretty much it as far as I know. Hopefully we'll get a few more later this year, though. We've got:

Assassins Creed 2
Which should be almost identical to the first game but minus the annoying bits

Call of Duty 6
I'm really hoping this one will be good but it may well not be, given how stellar #4 was.

Left 4 Dead 2
Is going to be fucking epic :D




TV:

1) Battlestar Galactica Series 2 & 3

This one has to be in here. Series 2 was twice as good as series 1 and Series 3 was twice as good as series 2. Series 4 was slightly weaker but had some absolutely fantastic story arcs such as the rebellion.

2) Gilmore Girls Series 3

Okay, okay, fucking bear with me. Gilmore Girls is froth but it's intelligent froth. It's one of the best feel good shows ever made, mainly thanks to Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel who ooze charisma. And other things. Dirty things. Anyway, Series 1 & 2 are good but it's series 3 where things really come together.

3) House Series 4

House is comfort television. It's exactly the same every week and that's one of it's strengths. It all changes in series 4, though, when the cast gets shaken up significantly, introducing a load of great new sub plots and characters.

Honourable Mention:

Doctor Who series 3

This is only an honourable mention because, whilst it is very good, Series 1 of the New Who was so fucking good and Series 3 had more than a few dodgy episodes, it couldn't quite beat it's younger self. How very Doctor Who.