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Can't think of any that started with 2, but there are many examples of sequels making their way to the states masquerading as the first title in a series.
Shadow Tower released on PS1 in Japan only. Shadow Tower 2 was released in Japan on PS2, but when it was released in America, it was just called "Shadow Tower" since no one had heard of the first one.
There's Eat Lead: Return of Matt Hazard. The game does set it up as a joke, but it's also kind of the entire point of the game. You're playing a 25-year-old franchise whose last game was over half a decade prior. Your franchise got bought by a nepo baby whose father basically owns a chain like GameStop. He hated your games, so he decided to make a new one, kill you off for good, and replace you with a new protagonist. This is the first and only game. It's not a very good game, but it's got some laughs.
do you count Trepang2?
technically there WAS a trepang1 from what i've heard but it was a crappy game about a sea cucumber. i think Phann made a video on it (EDIT: found it). and then trepang² somehow spawned out of that
That is an incredible trajectory for a game, what the actual fuck?
I think it's supposed to be trepang squared
Now there's a game in my game library that I forgot about! I'll install it and play it soon! Thanks for the reminder.
There is a MMO called Metin2 which has been really popular in the 2000s. No one knew why it was called 2, if there ever was a 1 or will ever be a 3.
Languages tend to use numbers to make a play on words, so in the original language the title might have some in-the-know meaning which is lost in translation.
That's a good point, I was just thinking it was something about the millennium / year 2000 and onwards. Not sure if there was any lore at all or if I just didn't understand it since the game is from South Korea originally.
Not a 2, but there was Clayfighters 63 and 1/3. But that was just a play on the "[Name] 64" naming convention that N64 games commonly used.
Not 2 but 3.
McPixel 1 & 3. There is no two.
Same with Goat Simulator and Goat Simulator 3
You might enjoy the movie Troll 2
There was Troll before it, actually. 2 isn’t really a sequel to 1 in terms of creative intent but it was titled as such for marketing purposes because the rights owners figured a movie with no plot connections that didn’t even have a troll in it was still close enough.
This is exactly what I thought of haha. Absolute classic that everyone should watch at least once.
Dune II
https://archive.org/details/dune-mr-abandonware
I present to you, dune.
I only know about this because I am old.
Dune II is not really a sequel to Dune.
Came here to say this one.