"I don't use the word 'perfect' often, but this film is truly the perfect follow-up."
"Lana Wachowski didn't come back to half-ass this sequel; it's meticulously well thought out and terrifically executed."
"Terminator 2 is often considered not just one of the greatest sequels of all time but one of the greatest movies of all time."
"A strong element to any sequel is the theme of evolution."
"This game did right what the first game did wrong."
"Assassin's Creed 2 doesn't just feel like a sequel in terms of gameplay and story, it feels like a sequel in every single way."
"All-Star Racing Transformed: great games, improving upon the previous one."
"Brother Bear 2 surprises as a sequel better than the original, building on the characters and themes."
"If you're going to do a sequel, you've got to do something different and original because that's keeping with the characters. It needs to challenge the characters in ways they were not challenged in the first film."
"Spider-Man 2 is still seen as one of the best Spider-Man movies ever made."
"What makes a sequel bad or awesome often comes down to how the source material is treated."
"To me, Peter Pan II is the kind of movie Disney sequels should strive to be."
"Movie sequels generally tend to never match their originals."
"Now this is a high quality, affectionate sequel!"
"And thus I was able to decipher that the sequel average tomato meter score is 79%."
"Streets of Rage 2 is simply the perfect sequel."
"The second book is even better than the first book."
"Toy Story 2 is just one of the best sequels ever made. It expands the Toy Story universe so thoroughly and tells us way more about Woody and Buzz."
"As much as we loved the first two, this one felt different. It felt bigger."
"It's kind of weird, I know, but I guess for an annual series, a really meaty half sequel with better production values, cleaned up mechanics, and a few extra features is kind of the best thing we could hope for."
"Titanfall 2 is now in the place that Titanfall 1 was. The only difference is that Titanfall 2 will always be an incredible game, yep, and nothing can change that."
"Everything about this is bigger and better than the last movie."
"This is a game that feels like it's been made for you; this is why God of War Ragnarok is the sequel fans deserve."
"Member Movies only exist as diluted versions of the original, regurgitating iconic symbols and moments from their predecessors."
"Finding Dory is one of the best Pixar sequels."
"The core of GT remains intact yet better in Gran Turismo 2."
"It takes the best parts of Half-Life 1, recreates them, and then adds on top of it."
"Creating a sequel that is just better in every single conceivable way."
"It's one of those rare instances where the first film didn't get the sequel treatment but a spin-off brought the brand name down even further into the mud."
"If they made the movie similar to the first good, bring it on."
"Pokemon Platinum is a much, much better game."
"Movies like aliens, a Christmas vacation, godfather 2, terminator 2, and star trek wrath of khan were movies that were sequels which were at least as good as or better than the first movie."
"A crazy amount of new single player content, more characters, stages, better mechanics. 'Melee' had it all and is how a sequel is done."
"The tech is certainly interesting... it's more of what was good in the last one but polished up a bit."
"A movie that improved upon the first movie in nearly every way."
"Mass Effect 2 is simply the gold standard of video game sequels."
"Oh my gosh, that's better than the first one, so good."
"Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2: one of the greatest sequels of all time."
"While I won't spoil everything here, the story in this game is excellent, just like the first game's story."
"Resident Evil 2, the perfect example of a sequel building upon the original."
"Playing this game again has only reminded me of the fact that I do believe this is an authentic sequel."
"Dead Space 2 was the most fun experience I've had with a video game in several years."
"Frozen I feel like was inevitable and I assumed more were coming, I think the only sort of shocker in this announcement was Toy Story five considering the way that that garbage Toy Story 4 movie ended."
"When sequels end up good, they show you how a sequel is supposed to be."
"Thankfully, the second game borrows from the first title and fixes almost every single one of my complaints."
"Gradius 5 feels exactly like a proper entry in the Gradius series but it also feels like a spiritual sequel to Treasure's Ikaruga."
"A perfect sequel... plays better, feels better, and tells a better story."
"This is a sequel done the way a sequel should be done, this is a sequel twenty-something years after a proven classic."
"This game took what the others did so well and literally just boosted it to over nine."
"Just because the game is a bad sequel doesn't make it a bad game."
"Human Revolution is one of the best titles of the last couple of years, partly because it builds its skeleton on the framework of one of the best games of yesteryear."
"Chapter 3 is supposedly going to be the best yet."
"This might be the perfect example of a sequel that builds upon the original game in every way."
"This game's great, it's basically Battlefield 4 version 2."
"They are anti-football greedy people who just want to take money out of the game and destroy this football club."
"Sonic Mania is a great example of a successor that takes already great mechanics but uses them in a different, better way."
"I think I thought that Jurassic world took advantage of that at all and just did like the laziest most cliched non exciting things that it could possibly do."
"A good sequel can be defined in these two ways: It needs to iterate upon the previous game, offering a different viewpoint or improving the experience, and it needs to, but you know, still be good."
"It lacks all the character and ideas that made T1 and 2 so great."
"It's definitely one of the better horror sequels I've ever seen."
"Mega Man 2 is a fantastic for a second game, it does a ton brilliantly."
"The Thousand-Year Door is far from the lazy sequel it could have been."
"Just a bad follow-up to the first, yet somehow as the same screenwriter as the first and the director of the original Ringu."
"This is every bit of what I wanted from Breath of the Wild and more."
"Paddington 2 cleared the already extremely high bar set by the original by being more enjoyable and delightful."
"It's said to be one of the best superhero sequels ever on top of arguably being the first superhero sequel."
"Borderlands 3 has surpassed the bar that its predecessor had set."
"Bioshock 2: a sequel and a super strong one at that."
"Oh my gosh man, that was almost as good as the first one."
"Very funny and entertaining at times, it just is not a sequel that lives up to the original."
"Silent Hill 2 represents something we just don't see enough of nowadays: a sequel to a fan favorite that's not only brave enough to change up the established story and characters but also smart enough to only improve on the gameplay."
"Silent Hill 2 is incredible, it's one of the best sequels ever made."
"Mario Party 2 kept everything that worked and fixed all the issues of its predecessor—it's one of the most well-rounded party games ever."
"A good sequel is where not much stuff has changed, there's just more good stuff added on top." - Hidden Xperia
"Castlevania Bloodlines should be in that five-star rating because it plays more like a Castlevania sequel than Castlevania 4 did."
"Pure brilliance... way better than the first one."
"Fear 2 has a much more solid pace than its predecessor."
"Mad Max 2 is one of those rare occasions where a movie sequel is probably better than its original."
"Jaws 2 captures the look and spirit of the first movie while upping the stakes."
"The resulting game to this day holds a reputation as one of the all-time great sequels in RPG history."
"The Hangover Part 2: It literally feels like they copy and pasted the first movie script, changed a couple of words, and called it a day."
"I think it definitely has completely legitimized itself as a full sequel."
"Super Mario Land 2 remains as well-balanced as its predecessor..."
"Sonic the Hedgehog 2... it is the measuring stick."
"Maybe the biggest thing to take away from sequelitis is that by ignoring dissenting opinion, we encourage stagnation."
"It's one of the best sequels I've ever played and one of the more confident ones as well without being cocky and without biting off more than it can chew."
"Xenoblade 3 might be one of the best sequels ever when it comes to onboarding new players and keeping prior players engaged."
"Evil Dead was... a worthy follow-up to the series."
"Terminator 2, arguably the best sequel ever made."
"A sequel that quite possibly is better than the original."
"This is a world that I love to spend time in."
"I think this is absolutely a worthy sequel to Blade Runner and a great sequel."
"If your game blows up, you’ve basically got yourself set for life."
"I was actually quite moved by the direction that they've taken this in. To me, this is the exact kind of reboot and sequel that I love."
"Cobra Kai Season 1 was so great that it almost seemed impossible for the second season to improve upon it."
"I'm blown away by how well this just complements the Rocky series."
"Horizon Forbidden West is better in every way."
"Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Conquest is the perfect sequel."
"This is like the godfather 2 insofar as it actually bested the previous one."
"This is the rare sequel that doesn't just outdo its predecessor, it surpasses the high bar of its entire franchise altogether."
"Halloween 4 is a really solid sequel that came out when horror films were beginning to fade in popularity during the late 80s and really stands out as an example of how a slasher sequel should be done." - Narrator
"The biggest difference is going to be between book one and two, but two to three was once again an improvement."
"It's fantastic. It's one of the best prequel sequel things I've ever seen."
"Octopath Traveler 2 does what an excellent sequel should... it improves on the original in nearly every way and feels more confident about the story it tells." - Game Informer
"Toy Story 2 is one of the very rare sequels that I'd consider to be perfect."
"I could not be happier with Dune part two, I could not be happier with Dune part one."
"They took everything great about Legends and doubled it."
"It's not often that a sequel is better than the original but when it is, it almost uniformly blows said original out of the water."
"What makes a good sequel is when they take what they did in the first game and do it again but better."
"The first one was as excellent, this movie is still very good."
"Blade Runner 2049 is the rare sequel that surpasses its predecessor."
"Force Unleashed 2 is everything a sequel should be."
"Cameron has compared the sequels of Avatar to The Godfather movies."
"Dune part two follows all the rules of a good sequel."
"I think child play too does everything that a good sequel should do I think Brad Dourif is really like on his a-game in this one he has found his stride and I shop splatoon has some of the best lines out of the whole franchise actually it's hilarious."
"Scream 2 was really important in that it was such a good movie. It made it possible for the franchise to survive on."
"If you're a fan of The Last of Us, this is a follow-up that matches that quality, that high bar in just about every way you could ask for."
"I think it's as good as the original."
"Avatar was a long wait, but that was an incredible sequel."
"Shrek 2 is one of the best DreamWorks features and one of the best animated sequels ever made."
"I think this sequel is just as good if not even better than that first Spider-Man movie."
"It's the greatest sequel of all time, hands-down."
"The music was actually better than the first game."
"A good sequel is made and a studio that does an amazing job at making sequels is DreamWorks."
"They caught some of the charm of what made the first one work."
"It was just as great as everybody hyped it up to be, and that's rare for sequels."
"What a movie, it's very rare that a sequel will be better than the original, but they did."
"Godfather Part Two, I said it's the greatest sequel of all time."
"This is how sequels should be done, very solid, awesome sequel."
"May the Devil Take You Too was a solid sequel that I definitely recommend to fans of the first film."
"Even better than before, raves Peter Travers of Rolling Stone."
"The Lost World deserves an earned A- for being an awesomely different movie that improves upon some aspects of its predecessor."
"There are plenty of horror movie sequels that are arguably better than their predecessors."
"Final Destination 5 is undoubtedly the best film since the original."
"There's a good argument in favor and a large portion of people do prefer it to the original, it's a pretty good sequel."
"Two is a genuinely amazing sequel because you have a villain with pathos and a character with an arc."
"We watched Hellboy, the second one's very good."
"After the first original movie, this is probably the best one."
"Kung Fu Panda 2... it's far superior to the first one."
"Why can't all movie sequels be like Mad Max Fury Road?"