No America butchered the Godzilla franchise with that one. Look at the reactions when the Japanese Gojira defeated the American Godzilla in Godzilla: Final Wars people were off their feet cause of it.
I'm glad Alien Versus Predator got a sequel...cause I didn't want it to end the way the first one did..on a cliffhanger. Even if the movie wasn't the best ever...I still wanted a sequel just from a fan's viewpoint.
No, I can't say I'm too fond of cliffhangers. To me, it's just laziness. It IS possible to make a sequel that continues from the previous one, without leaving the first one in a cliffhanger, like Devil May Cry series, Quake, and Half-Life, just to name a few.
It just depends on the game is done if they stretch out a single syory arc shouldn't go longer than 2 full games and even then it depends on whether or not it's necassary.