Have you ever liked a sequel, but not the games before it?

For a variety of reasons I won't bother to get into, I passed on Assassin's Creed back in the day. It didn't appeal to me that much. But last night after reading Ryan's review for Assassin's Creed II, I found myself really interested and looked it up on a few other websites. Now I'm most likely gonna get it. 
 
This is probably the first time that this has happened to me, that I actively passed on a game but became interested in its sequel. I mean, I like the Soul Calibur series, and I never played any of those games before SCII (there were like two or three games before "Soul Calibur", which is confusing), but that's not quite the same thing since I didn't know those games existed at the time. 
 
How about you? Ever warmed up to a game after an iteration or two?

Yes, yes I have.  
 

@Deusoma

" For a variety of reasons I won't bother to get into, I passed on Assassin's Creed back in the day. It didn't appeal to me that much. But last night after reading Ryan's review for Assassin's Creed II, I found myself really interested and looked it up on a few other websites. Now I'm most likely gonna get it. "

I'm still playing the first one, but i understand why you are hyped. 
 
The first one sure has faults, but it's really fun.
 
What are your gripes with it?
 
You should consider if you will find them in the second one, so you won't enjoy the game much or at all. 
 
Answering the question of the op, i liked broken sword 3, but never got around to play the first two ones, though they are very different in style.
 
i also didn't like FF7 much, and i love FFX and FFXII.
 
The new castlevania games "metroidvania" style, but not the early ones.
 
cheers

Sort of, with the Fire Emblem games.

Well I enjoyed Killzone 1 but Killzone 2 blew it out of the water, I loved it.

Does loving the original...then hating the sequel with an extreme passion.....then really loving the sequel to THAT game count? lol
 
 
*cough* Devil May Cry *cough*

" I'm still playing the first one, but i understand why you are hyped.   The first one sure has faults, but it's really fun.  What are your gripes with it?  You should consider if you will find them in the second one, so you won't enjoy the game much or at all. 

Uncharted 2.

uncharted  1 i don´t like it too much , but i LOVE uncharted2

Grand theft auto 4

I didn't really like the first Skate game, didn't even finish it.  I love Skate 2 though.

Kinda, I I played the hell out of Guitar hero 1 and 2 but didn't care for any after that but I have gotten way into Guitar Hero 5 lately.

Hell yes eg.
GTA 3
GTA 2 was good for its time but i didn't like the overhead view.

@fuzzyponken:

I didn't care much for Bad Company 1, but #2 looks really good and I enjoyed it greatly in the beta.

" Does loving the original...then hating the sequel with an extreme passion.....then really loving the sequel to THAT game count? lol   *cough* Devil May Cry *cough* "

I loved the 3D Zelda games, the 2D Zelda's...not so much.
 
@marioncobretti said:

" absolutely adore Banjo Kazooie Nuts and bolts but HATE...like really HATE Banjo kazooie/tooie "

"For a variety of reasons I won't bother to get into, I passed on Assassin's Creed back in the day. It didn't appeal to me that much. But last night after reading Ryan's review for Assassin's Creed II, I found myself really interested and looked it up on a few other websites. Now I'm most likely gonna get it.   This is probably the first time that this has happened to me, that I actively passed on a game but became interested in its sequel. I mean, I like the Soul Calibur series, and I never played any of those games before SCII (there were like two or three games before "Soul Calibur", which is confusing), but that's not quite the same thing since I didn't know those games existed at the time.   How about you? Ever warmed up to a game after an iteration or two?"

Halo and elder scrolls Oblivion was just better than morrowind

Resident Evil 4, Elder Scrolls IV

Can't think of any.

The original Age of Empires is pretty hard to go back to. The first C&C games, too. And the first Fallout, honestly, is impossible to play now.

Yea, I liked BloodRayne 2. It was a descent game. The original BloodRayne is shit though.

I thought Assassin's Creed 1 was merely OK. Assassin's Creed 2, on the other hand, is awesome.

kind of, i played uncharted 2 multiplayer demo/beta then i went out to buy uncharted 1. i looked at the game like wow 2 is so much upgraded graphics, things just felt better. 
 
another thing playing gta 3 and then playing vice city and going back to 3. a big difference in things. san andreas probably changed that also  i never tried them.

Yeah, definitely. Lots of times the game just doesn't quite get it right the first time, but then fixes up the problems and adds a pinch of awesomeness in the sequel.

I couldn't stand Morrowind but loved Oblivion. The opposite goes for Fallout 1&2 and Fallout 3. F3 was not a Fallout game by comparison.
I also thought San Andreas blew the first two in that series out of the water.
Dawn of War 2 is much more fun than Dawn of War. 
Same for STALKER Call of Pripyat compared to Shadow of Chernobyl and Clear Sky. And I loved SoC.
Final Fantasy 6 was much better than the earlier ones.

I haven't finished AC1 yet. I got bored with it. Wasn't planning on trying 2 until 1 is done with.

I love me some Street Fighter 2.

The one that comes to mind is F-Zero.  I never really got behind the first game.  I really enjoyed F-Zero X and absolutely loved GX.

I absolutely hated PGR3, but liked PGR4

Bushido Blade II.

Yeah, the obvious game is GTA 3, just because the gameplay changes so much from 2 to 3.  Another might be RE 4.  Hopefully I'll be able to think of more.....

i can only think of a helluva lot more games where the sequel has been worse.

The Half-life series.  Maybe it's because I played Half-Life years and years after it came out, but I just couldn't get into it.  Half-Life 2 (plus episodes 1 and 2) , on the other hand, is one my favourite games of all time.  There really isn't a single thing about that game that's bad to me and the ending of episode 2 is probably the most emotional and gut wrenching finishes to any game I've ever played.  I still feel kind of bad that I didn't give the first one enough of a go.

I absolutely adore Wipeout Pure, and I ended up buying all three PS1 Wipeouts in 2006 as a result. The original was too obsolete and punishing, XL had an unfavorable progression stucture, and I just never grew attached to 3. I always would rather play Pure. Now after owning HD for a few months, I still would still rather play Pure.
 
Also, Burnout 1 and 2 were never able to catch on after I had played and enjoyed Burnout 3 so much.

Fallout 3 and World of Warcraft! Don't like either of there games before hand!

I would say Zelda prolly

Everything after GTA III

Burnout 3.