Summary

• Days Gone and Bloodborne are memorable standalone games without direct sequels, leaving fans craving for continuation.
• The Saboteur and Vanquish also fall into the category of standalone games that offered unique experiences in popular genres.
• Titanfall 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 left fans yearning for more in their respective series, with no direct sequels in sight.

In the era of most well-performing games turning into 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:long-standing series, there is something to be said about the g🗹ames that fall through the cracks. Those great titles that, either due to money, corporate issues, or other reasons, never get picked up for a sequel.

These standalone games may be one and done, but they hold a lofty place in the hearts of their fans despite their short time together. As the years go by, it 🐲gets more and more upsetting to see great games dropped before they can get a sequel, so let's look at some of the best games out there that never got a part two.

10 Days Gone

A Long Road

A more recent addition to the gaming world, Days Gone sought to revitalize 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the zombie genre, and did a pretty solid job at it thanks to fun horde mechanics, interesting characters, and lots of motorcycle-fuel🎶ed travel.

Dღays Gone was far from the longest game out there, which makes the absence of a sequel that much more painful. Especially considering the storyline had a few surprises up its sleeve for the fans that played their way through the main plot. The world of Deek and his compatriots may be changed forever, but we m🐻ay never fuel up our choppers and ride the broken streets again.

9 ✃ Bloodborne 🤡

Bloody Good Times

While there have been more soulsborne games since, the lack of a direct sequel to Bloodborne is a devastating blow to fans of Yharnam e🔴verywhere.

With such an in-depth world and stable fan-base, it seems odd that a Bloodborne 2 wasn't an obvious choice. Seeing Dark Souls become a series, and even Elden Ring now getting a soft sequel drives that point home. As time goes by, fans are wondering if they'll ever be a hunter in those 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:gothic streets again.

8 The Saboteur ཧ

An Explosive Standalone

It's not rare💯 to see a World War 2 game, or many, come up every generation. But, it should be noted when a standalone WW2 game reinvents the genre with some interesting new ideas.

The Saboteur sought not to put you on the frontlines of the Second World War, but inܫstead deep in🔯side Nazi-occupied Paris. Launching a few months before Assassin's Creed 2, the result is a game that led to many of the newer stealth games, and was full of plenty of explosions and open-world shenanigans to keep players wanting a sequel.

7 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance 🦄

Hack & Slash

Technically, Metal Gear games have come after Rising: Revengeance, but none that have been a direct sequel tꦡo Raiden's blood-soaked cyber-samurai epic.

With its own slash mechanics, backstory for some of the side characters of the long-standing serie꧃s, and some over-the-top moments, it's hard to imagine they've given up on Raiden as a protagonist altogether, but with more and more Metal Gear titles coming out, the possibilities are getting slimmer.

6 💎 Half-Life 2

Wake Up Mr. Freeman

No matter what era you started gaming in, you are sure to have heard the sad tale of the Half-Life series. One and two were instant fan favorites, that despite a silent antagonist and an alien ജinvasion p♍lot, felt fresh from the get-go.

Half-Life: Alyx brought those with VR capabilities back to the world under the control of the Combine, but being 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:limited to VR also kept fans away, still waiting for the third and potentially final installment in the series. The time-travel, a twist on the chosen one trope, and plenty of unseemly enemies all added up into a powerful series. Until Valve finally confirms it, players are stuck replaying theᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ first two, or the Portal games of the same universe.

5 ♎ 𒁃 Disco Elysium

Detective Is A Strong Word

RPGs are great for letting players experience huge worlds full of dynamic characters and impressive storylines. A game that took that genre to 🧔new heights was the detective game Disco Elysium and its expansive web of dialogue-based gameplay.

The rather... unusual... ways of the protagonist, and the unique world that you find yourself in made it more than just your usual crime-solving RPG. ✃Sadly, the dissolution of the original development team means a full-fledged sequel will probably never find its way to players, but a spiritual successor or two may.

4 𒆙 Shadow Of The Colossus ဣ

The Bigger They Are...

A giant from Team Ico, Shadow of the Colossus came seemingly out ꦐof nowhere and took 2005 by storm, with a remastered version came out over a de🐠cade later.

The obscure story of a man who has lost his loved one and would take on anything to get her back didn't need much in the way of dialogue or background. The epic quest alone was enough to capture the attention of players to the point where they begged for a sequel. While Ico has released titles since, a sequel has never b🐎een set in stone, it seems.

3 Vanquish

All About Speed

The beginning of the 2010s was the perfect time to unveil new titles to excite gamer🧸s, and Vanquish did just that. It was a bit c𓃲lunky here and there, but the over-the-top action that focused on speed and giant robot enemies paved the way for more modern titles that took on the same concepts, like the newer Doom games.

What would you expect from the same company that made Bayonetta and MadWorld? Unlike those titles, no sequel was ever announced for Vanquish, leaving the jet-powered ARP suit gathering dust in a closet somewhere while players look elsewhere for their next fast-pacܫed third-person-shooter.

2 Ti🐎tanfall 2 🌄

The End Of The Pilots

The first two Titanfall games were quickly seen as pot🥀entially the next big series, with giant robot fights and quick-moving infantry action mixed together.

Titanfall 2 brought a new story to the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:interstellar mech-fights, but, unfortunately, the next in the series was axed early on in develo✱pment. Apex Legends taking place in the same universe was enough to salve the hurt feelings of some fans, but if you're talking battle-royale games, people were hoping to have more giant robots involved. A true successor is still a hope that others hold on to for the time being.

1 Left 4 Dead 2 ဣ

Countless Undead

Another game that so🐠ught to revitalize the longstanding zombie genre. Left 4 Dead did get its well-requested sequel in Left 4 Dead 2, but sadly the series ended there.

Fans were able to get a spiritual successor in the form of Back 4 Blood, but it didn't carry the weight that the Left 4 Dead games did. It was a critical memory for many fans to team up🦩 with friends or bots and take on wave after wave of zombies. The writing on the wall points to fans being more than happy about another four-person-squad vs horde of zombie mayhem game, but it seems like that may never come to fruition.