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13 Best (Unofficial) Game Sequels

Whether they're spawned by licensing issues or it just came time for an old franchise to evolve into something new, video game spiritual successors are among some of the finest games out there.

Patrick Shaw, GamePro

Spiritual Successors Succeed 1 of 14

From offshoots of primitive RPGs for the Apple II like Fallout, to games that haven't even come out yet like No More Heroes 2 (pictured above, the spiritual successor to Killer 7 and expected in January 2010), sometimes the best sequels are the ones that borrow only certain elements, of varying degrees, from their predecessors. Here is a countdown of 13 of the most successful video game spiritual successors.

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