"Same," "similar," "cookie cutter," "by the numbers," "remake," "expansion." These are all descriptions that reviewers have ascribed to the recent release of Crackdown 2. You can find similar descriptors in reviews of most sequels. After reading a number of reviews of sequels that used these same sort of descriptions and then playing the games for myself, I was struck by a seeming disconnect between what video game reviewers want from a sequel and what I, as a gamer, want.