Best Video Game Series
Submitted by diaskeaus on Fri, 07/28/2006 - 05:42
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I included games I knew that had more than three games per series, and were both influential and popular in their time.
If you feel like I haven't included a game that needs to be on this list, let me know.
Aah, I couldn't find Tekken, Def Jam, Burnout, Civilization and Age of Empires series. I'd vote for Tekken
I added Tekken. I'll add Burnout when Burnout 4 comes out (I think it's still being worked on for the 360.) Civilization is on the list somewhere, and Age of Empires hasn't gone past three games yet...
I know it's a stupid system, but I have to draw the line somewhere. The way I figure is if a game has gone past three because it was successful, it is a good series. I wanted to add the Xenosaga/gears series, but Namco said because it didn't sell like they wanted to, they are stopping publication of Xenosaga 4, 5, and 6. Sad, though I guess for the buck it makes sense. No sense is whipping a dead horse.
Burnout 4 aka Burnout : Revenge is out on the PS2. Fantastic game I say. Absolutely deserving.
The 3-game-minimum rule is certainly a good way of judging a series, but not the perfect one. For eg., the Street Fighter series. Any Street Fighter on PS2 sucks badly. Any if we'd start counting the number of Street Fighter variants...
Pretty objective way of judgement, but then, if there would be a universal favourite of all gamers, aah heaven.
Ok, Burnout has been added... thanks for the update on that. I wasn't aware they had made anything beyond Takedown (which is an awesome game).
I hope that these companies continue to both build on what they have made, while making it new and exciting. I think an excellent model to follow would be the Final Fantasy series, because every game builds on the previous one, but they all have different systems and storylines.
Yes, the 3 game minimum means I have to leave a lot of games out that are really good. There is a possibility in the future that I might raise the minimum to the series in the future, if the average number of games in a successful series is raised.
I chose Mario, but I think you should add Tetris.
I didn't realize Tetris was a series... is there more than one game?
Commmand & Conquer
Added... thanks! I hope they make more of these! It was a good idea at the time, and still has a lot of potential.