10 Most Anticipated Game Sequels Of 2021 | ScreenRant
The video game industry is an ever-growing one, and there is something to look forward to for everybody, no matter what their tastes and preferences. At any given point in time, there are definitely 100 different games in development.
While is it always exciting to see what original games are waiting around the corner, for many people, it's the sequels that hold more importance. After all, it's the sequels that keep the industry running, making people come back again and again to a particular series.
Some video game franchises, such as Call of Duty or FIFA, are releasing sequels every other year, but that's not how it works for many others. Video game development is a time-consuming process if there has ever been one, and many games have been under development for years and years.
10 Life Is Strange: True Colors
Video games have always been used as a medium to tell fantastic stories, and few have done it as well as Life Is Strange. Always told in an episodic format, the games explore the lives of many characters who suddenly manifest supernatural abilities (such as time travel in the first game) and how it affects those around them.
The third sequel of the series, True Colors, will tell the story of Alex Chen, who has the power to visualize and even manipulate the emotions of other people, investigating her brother's death.
9 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
The Ratchet & Clank series remains one of the most established video game franchises on the Playstation, having released a total of 16 games (including this one) over the course of nearly 20 years.
The 2016 installment, named just Ratchet & Clank, was a reimagining of the first game, and essentially a reboot. Rift Apart will continue where that game left off, as the titular heroes fight against their nemesis Doctor Nefarious, featuring the same awesome style of gameplay that is so loved by the series' fans.
8 Halo Infinite
Critical reaction to 2015's Halo Guardians was great, but fans had more divisive responses, something that 343 Industries will undeniably be trying to fix with Halo Infinite. As always, there will be a lot of action as fans get to play as everybody's favorite super soldier, Master Chief. They will fight against hordes of aliens (a new race of them called The Banished), and of course, be involved in a plot about the universe destroying Halo rings.
The game was initially supposed to release with the new Xbox console in the November of 2020 but was delayed to late 2021.
7 Psychonauts 2
One of the all-time classics from the PS2 and Xbox 360 era of gaming, Psychonauts is finally returning after 16 years. Players will once again take control of the psychic Raz as he explores the minds of others, featuring the type of platforming gameplay that made the original game so great.
As it is with virtually any long-term project, the required funding needed for Psychonauts 2 was a big factor in its production, and the developers opted to go for crowdfunding a total of $3.3 million for the game.
6 Shadow Warrior 3
The 2013 Shadow Warrior reboot was a big step up both visually and gameplay-wise from the 1997 game, which was okay, however, for its time, it wasn't able to hold a candle to modern-day games. Much like the name of its developer, (Flying Wild Hog), the Shadow Warrior lives and dies by its chaotic and unpredictable nature, which perhaps comes with the territory when the main character is a ninja with superpowers.
Lo Wang is once again at the center of the plot this time around, trying to fight against an ancient dragon, and the player is armed with new gameplay features like wall-running and a grappling hook.
5 Neo: The World Ends with You
Anime games have become a thousandfold more popular in recent years, and The World Ends with You is one of the all time-classics that first released on the Nintendo DS.
Like its predecessor, this sequel will take place in Tokyo's Shibuya district and revolve around the Reapers' Game, a competition that pits groups of dead people against each other. The winner of the competition can potentially earn the chance to be revived from death, which is what protagonists Rindo, Fret, and Nagi fight for.
4 Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals
Among so many big-budget AAA games from big developers, indie games deserve some love too. Good graphics are common, but beautiful artistic visuals are not, something Oxenfree excels at with its art.
The first game told the story of a group of teenagers, Alex, and her friends, as they visit a desolate island with innocent intentions of having a good time and end up getting involved in its supernatural aspects. The sequel will take place 5 years after the events, following a newer character, who returns to her hometown to investigate some strange phenomena.
3 Age of Empires IV
Real-time strategy games peaked in the late 90 - early 2000s era, but even if they aren't as popular now many still play them. Since the release of the first game in 1997, the Age of Empires series, although somewhat dated, has garnered a reputation for being one of the best strategy game franchises around.
This fourth game will be set in the Middle Ages, and players will get to do what makes RTS games great - build-up civilizations from the ground and engage in warfare with other empires.
2 Far Cry 6
Over the years, Ubisoft has come up with a near-perfect formula for creating a successful action-adventure video game through the Far Cry franchise. The open-world environments and gameplay mechanics are repetitive, but they are still fun nonetheless.
Breaking Bad and The Mandalorian actor Giancarlo Esposito, who has also perfected the art of playing menacing villains, will be joining the ever-growing list of iconic antagonists that the Far Cry series has become famous for through this sixth installment.
Set in the fictional Caribbean island of Yara, players will fight against an evil dictatorship that controls the land.
1 Dying Light 2 Stay Human
With some seriously compelling parkour-oriented gameplay and set in a world that was as scary as it was action-fueled, it really doesn't take much to see why a sequel to Dying Light would be much anticipated.
But after being revealed in the E3 of 2018, where many new gameplay features such as an even more extensive and interactive story were shown, it literally fell off the face of the Earth until surfacing again very recently. Taking place 15 years after the original game, it will be set in a European city in a world that has long collapsed due to a zombie apocalypse.
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