LP3 has its own warriors too. Written by the guy behind Anachronox, the story is supposed to be really great.
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Game series where one game is far and away the best
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LP3 has its own warriors too. Written by the guy behind Anachronox, the story is supposed to be really great.
AntiFacebook
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Cross is MUCH better than trigger
Morrowind isn't far better than Daggerfall.
only a bit
CircusOfClouds
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Yep, you know what's up.
Weltall Zero
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I find it hilarious that it would be a junior the first to understand this is not intended to be "post your favorite game" thread 7302847, and actually provide two perfect examples. Unjunior this person right now!
The OP lists some pretty good examples so far but for god's sake, put the actual entry on each in brackets of whatever so that when we know nothing about a series we don't have to search the entire thread each time. This would make the thread a wonderful resource to answer those "what game should I start with" we all have occasionally, and even motivate people to play those games (either because playing a single game is less daunting, or because you played the "wrong" game in the series and quit).
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
It's been a while since I played the originals, and maybe it was named already because I didn't go through the whole thread, but what about Wolfenstein: The New Order? I don't remember liking any Wolfenstein game close to as much as I liked TNO.
Beautiful visuals, added some stealth elements into it. And I think FPS just age really really poorly compared to other genres. I just thought the game was aces across the board and one of the best FPS I've ever played to be quite honest.
Beautiful visuals, added some stealth elements into it. And I think FPS just age really really poorly compared to other genres. I just thought the game was aces across the board and one of the best FPS I've ever played to be quite honest.
I'm heard that, but the impressions on the gameplay are generally more negative, aren't they? There's never a 100% consensus, but I don't think it would be as much of a factor in discussing which game is the best.
Anyway, tried to look for more:
Golden Axe: Never really interested myself, but I've heard that Revenge of Death Adder is supposed to be the best one by some measure.
Darkstalkers: Vampire Savior is definitely the best, and the only one that really enters into conversation.
Princess Maker: It's hard to find information on the series, but I think latter games dropped the adventure mode, so I imagine that more people would support 2 as the being the best one for that reason.
Virtual On: Only played the first one myself, but I believe that Oratorio Tangram is generally known as the best one here. It's an improvement over the original, whereas Marz is some weird spinoff.
Strongly disagree.
Maintenance
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Chrono Trigger
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins
Gotcha, fair enough.
MulderYuffie
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Final Fantasy IX
Majora's Mask
Resident Evil 4
Donkey Kong Country 3
Super Mario 64
Majora's Mask
Resident Evil 4
Donkey Kong Country 3
Super Mario 64
muetimueti
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I can dig it.
Fred Feuerstein
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Assassin's Creed is far superior over all other entries, since it wasn't designed with a Skinner box in mind.
Dragon Age: Origins, obviously, this one is set in stone. 2 and Inquisition are bland and a drag to play.
Valkyria Chronicles, because the other ones suck.
Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations, because it hasn't got one weak point, has all the great characters, has great flashbacks and is a conclusion of a fantastic trilogy
999, because it is scarier, smarter and not as convoluted as its successors.
Uncharted 2, because it nails the genre, the setpieces and especially the pacing.
Fallout New Vegas, but that's really my personal opinion.
You need three games to speak of a series in my opinion. Chrono Trigger > Chrono Cross, but that's a bit easy.
Valkyria Chronicles, because the other ones suck.
Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations, because it hasn't got one weak point, has all the great characters, has great flashbacks and is a conclusion of a fantastic trilogy
999, because it is scarier, smarter and not as convoluted as its successors.
Uncharted 2, because it nails the genre, the setpieces and especially the pacing.
Fallout New Vegas, but that's really my personal opinion.
You need three games to speak of a series in my opinion. Chrono Trigger > Chrono Cross, but that's a bit easy.
Shotgun Kiss
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I would have agreed with you before playing Ace Attorney Investigations 2, but now it's a toss-up.
Darkstorne
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Origins is the worst to me. The main story was so bland, and so straightforward, that they had to make 80% of the game filler mini stories that had no relation to the main story at all. Most of the companions were throwaway, and weren't integrated into the mechanics well at all: "Redcliff is coincidentally under attack from a colossal undead army and needs to recruit as many defenders to push it back as possible. Morrigan, Alistair, Dog, come with me. Everyone else chill out around a bonfire until I get back. I'm mentally incapable of commanding more than three people at a time. That's why I'm trying to raise and lead an army..."
Looks like a lot of recommendations are simply personal favourites rather than games that are clearly superior. Anyone listing a Final Fantasy game is trolling. And whoever suggested Heroes of Might and Magic has a clearly superior title - I will hunt you down =P Both 2 and 3 are amazing.
CaviarMeths
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Just missing a Metal Gear Solid and a Dark Souls and you've posted an excellent summary of this thread so far.
ienjoyrawfish
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If you like awful battle music, obtuse logic, tons of soulless superfluous characters, a ridiculous convoluted plot (90% of which is "revealed" at the denouement), meandering verbose expositional dialogue laced with pointless pseudo-scientific jargon and ham-fisted philosophising (seriously, have these writers never heard of "show, don't tell?"), then yes, Chrono Cross is absolutely MUCH better than Chrono Trigger.
If you like great RPGs on the other hand...
I love 1 and 3, but I don't think they rival the quality of 2. It's a clear stand out and one of the best games ever made.
TrynUrLuck
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Mass effect 1!! Sorry not sorry. I really hope Andromeda comes back to its roots. If so it could be my game of the generation.
Well, Wolfenstein's an odd one, because while 3D is by far the most famous game in the series and generally seen as a landmark in gaming history, it's not really "better" than its sequels at anything in particular.
So true
DevilSnake
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Star Wars: Battlefront II
Killzone 2
I'm half tempted to put Bad Company 2 & Assassin's Creed 2, but there's arguably at least 1 close contender to each.
Killzone 2
I'm half tempted to put Bad Company 2 & Assassin's Creed 2, but there's arguably at least 1 close contender to each.
soul reaver has way too many box puzzles to be way better then its sequels. Soul reaver 2 actually had the mind to come up with different puzzles and a more interesting narrative then kill your brothers and kain. Seriously puzzle design is at its worse in soul reaver 1. And since soul reaver 1 doesnt have the best plot of the series it cant unanimously be the best.
sorry for double post.
Yeah, Soul Reaver is like the epitome of "Tomb Raider-style" puzzle design, where you spend half the game pushing blocks.
rottendevice
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I don't think I've seen Jet Set Radio(oooo) posted yet.
respawnIN10
Banned
Arkham. Asylum.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Not a chance in hell is Asylum as good as City or Origins. It has better pacing due to not being open world, but every aspect of the gameplay is worse and the lack of the open world does lose something too. Plus Origins has by far the best story in the series.
mcz117chief
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It isn't. It's pretty average. There are no big reveals or plot twists and it has one of the most deus ex machina endings I have ever seen, spoiler ahead
Dude 1: I will save your family that lives on Earth (very VERY far away from here).
*dude 1 dies*
PC: how will you save my family now!
PC's family: ummm....actually, we are right behind you.
*dude 1 dies*
PC: how will you save my family now!
PC's family: ummm....actually, we are right behind you.
That is LITERALLY what happens. The story isn't bad but this was just so bad. Fun game though. Not many games have that frontier feel. Imagine wild west with aliens on an icy planet.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Enemy Territory are far superior games. Especially Enemy Territory is like a million times better.
balladofwindfishes
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Yep, City and Origins both blow Asylum out of the water.
And I actually have a hard time picking a favorite between City and Origins. Had Origins had Conroy as Batman, it might have squeaked out a favorite by me. Which, when the biggest complaint I had with the game was a personal preference on a voice actor (there was nothing really wrong with Origin's Batman voice), it can't be worse than Asylum. Which I actually found kind of boring.
respawnIN10
Banned
City: I have an idea! Let's make an open world, but shape it like a retarded U. Then let's give the player more gadgets that are useless except for the areas which we designed them for. While we're at it, let's make so many side quest interruptions while going from one side of the map to the other during a main quest line that it could be an hour or so before they even begin to try to remember what they were doing in the first place. Oh, and throw in Catwoman for a bit, the teen dudes dig her right?
Origins: Hey, I have an idea! Let's pass off our next game and instead make a Batmobile game!
balladofwindfishes
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City was the first Batman game I ever played that actually felt like how a Batman game should be. Just roaming around rooftops in a city, fighting crime and solving cases. Origins took it a step further and expanded the solving cases part to be a bit better. I also just generally like games set around Christmas.
But I could probably just play an entire game of predator mode encounters and have a blast. They never got old for me, and I always enjoyed when they came up because those parts felt like the "real" Batman. Playing mind games, intimidating and sneaking around.
I have no issue wandering around for so long doing other things that I forget the main story. I have like 500 hours in Skyrim. I've never beaten Skyrim's main storylines. Neither of them. And yet I found 500 hours of stuff to do in Skyrim.
BlueDogAnchorite
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Hey, I wasn't offended, I just think this would have been a more interesting discussion if people read the OP rather than rushing to list their favourite games.
Thanks man. I'll keep that in mind
CadetMahoney
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I heard One piece Pirate Warriors 3 is the best Musou? True?
It's the only one I've played and I love it.
What's weird for me is that it's like, the ONLY vania game I've ever played. Must've been lucky.
It's the only one I've played and I love it.
What's weird for me is that it's like, the ONLY vania game I've ever played. Must've been lucky.
old manatee
Banned
Battlefield 1942
Worms World Party
Worms World Party
I meant as it was when released (the multiplayer of that time is long dead, what lives today is a very different thing).
castaction
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Damn right