Another issue with sequels is that people who are curious to the game but on the fence can feel a bit like "oh so I've got to play the whole damn series now or else I'm going to miss out on all the references, long-term themes, in-jokes" etc
If a sequel was made it would probably be better to just style it as taking place in the Age of Decadence setting instead of AoD II (though on the other hand it is a quite striking title and has established a moderate amount of recognition among fans of the genre, judging from 4chan etc).
I think RPG sequels where you play the same character as the previous game (colossal mistake of Deadfire IMO, where nothing makes any sense whatsoever if you didn't play the divisive-at-best first game to completion) aren't smart. Fallout 1 and 2 is a pretty good balance, you can jump into 2 just fine and pick things up with zero knowledge of 1. Final Fantasy is probably the silly other end of the scale where the games have absolutely nothing to do with each other (even thematically or stylistically).
If a sequel was made it would probably be better to just style it as taking place in the Age of Decadence setting instead of AoD II (though on the other hand it is a quite striking title and has established a moderate amount of recognition among fans of the genre, judging from 4chan etc).
I think RPG sequels where you play the same character as the previous game (colossal mistake of Deadfire IMO, where nothing makes any sense whatsoever if you didn't play the divisive-at-best first game to completion) aren't smart. Fallout 1 and 2 is a pretty good balance, you can jump into 2 just fine and pick things up with zero knowledge of 1. Final Fantasy is probably the silly other end of the scale where the games have absolutely nothing to do with each other (even thematically or stylistically).
