[Mikekelly]

I believe that "The Last Window" is better than Hotel Dusk. I just love both games, but "The last Window" is improved over the origonal.

[chrissie]

For me consistently good sequels include The Blackwell series, & The Carol Reed games which get better & better.

[LegendLongy]

Originally Posted by chrissie

For me consistently good sequels include The Blackwell series, & The Carol Reed games which get better & better.

I'll second the Blackwell series. As for the Carol Reed games, I've never been a fan of 1st person mouse controlled adventure games, so I couldn't give my opinion on them.

[TimovieMan]

I disagree with the premise of this thread. Sequels to movies are generally a lot worse than the original with only a few exceptions (most of which are parts of a trilogy) like The Godfather II, Aliens, Terminator 2, The Empire Strikes Back and The Dark Knight.

As for games it's generally the other way around: sequels tend to be better most of the time. Reason probably being that they mostly want to build on the previous games' strong points and improve on its weaknesses. Plus improving the graphics.
Movie sequels are often just "cashing in". Games do that less often, imo.

As for adventure games that I thought better than (or at least as good as) the original:

- Day of the Tentacle
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
- Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
- The Curse of Monkey Island
- Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe
- Discworld Noir (yes, I consider it a sequel)
- Dreamfall (not necessarily better, but definitely better written)
- Professor Layton and the ... (these games are all exactly the same in terms of quality, imo)
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations

[Adventurere No.1]

aha!
a big list for sure Movieman but comparing to how may sequels out there ...hmm i am not sure they would be the common still i guess they are the exceptions

[Fantasysci5]

I'd say "Riven" is better than "Myst", but that's just my opinion, and not everyone may agree with me. "Myst" was pretty amazing.

[ozzie]

Kyrandia: Hand of Fate is generally thought to be a better game than its predecessor.
And what about Runaway 3?

[Adventurere No.1]

Originally Posted by Fantasysci5

I'd say "Riven" is better than "Myst", but that's just my opinion, and not everyone may agree with me. "Myst" was pretty amazing.

Riven is better than anything

[Arial Type]

Originally Posted by Adventurere No.1

aha!
a big list for sure Movieman but comparing to how may sequels out there ...hmm i am not sure they would be the common still i guess they are the exceptions

There are far more examples of greater sequels in this thread than

Still Life 2 and Dreamfall , Secret Files 2

of yours, so it looks otherwise