Best Trilogy of this Generation

best trilogy is probably uncharted, out of that crappy list you made. Best series without a doubt is Halo.

blaznwiipspman1

Mass Effect not even close. Even with ME having bad gameplay and ME3 having a terrible ending and ME2 not doing much for the overall story, I love the series.

I admit I havent played U3, AC3 or Gears 1 but I doubt any of them would push the series past ME.

Uncharted has nothing remarkable except production values. Multiplayer is pretty fun

Resistance has solid gameplay but doesn't do enough to really stand out amongst other FPS and the sequels failed to build on the potential of the 1st

AC1 too repetitive, still like it more then I should, nostalgia I guess, Ac 2 is excellent but it ruined any potential the Desmond story had for me

Gears 2 horde was great, didnt really bother with multiplayer, Gears 3 horde is even better, and I love wingman. Campaign of both is fun in co-op otherwise not all that great

seriously i don't know who should get my vote between gears, assassin and uncharted

gears have a good single and a perfect multy, assassin and uncharted have a good multy and a perfect single :)

This is a tough choice for me. I'll go with the Assassin's Creed Trilogy aka the Ezio Trilogy. Even the games kept the same core gameplay, it never felt old or repetitive to me. I really liked Ezio as a character as well.

Wow, people really think Uncharted was the better trilogy than ME or GeoW? I mean I can see it being a toss up between UC and GeoW but ME blows both of them away. ME1 amazing, ME2 unbelievable, ME3 great with some shortcomings. Then you have UC1 average, UC2 amazing, UC3 good bordering on great but a letdown. GeoW fantastic, GeoW2 a little underwhelming, GeoW 3 a return to form fantastic.

That's how I see it anyway.

Wow, people really think Uncharted was the better trilogy than ME or GeoW? I mean I can see it being a toss up between UC and GeoW but ME blows both of them away. ME1 amazing, ME2 unbelievable, ME3 great with some shortcomings. Then you have UC1 average, UC2 amazing, UC3 good bordering on great but a letdown. GeoW fantastic, GeoW2 a little underwhelming, GeoW 3 a return to form fantastic.

That's how I see it anyway.

Frostbite24

Wow, people really think Uncharted was the better trilogy than ME or GeoW? I mean I can see it being a toss up between UC and GeoW but ME blows both of them away. ME1 amazing, ME2 unbelievable, ME3 great with some shortcomings. Then you have UC1 average, UC2 amazing, UC3 good bordering on great but a letdown. GeoW fantastic, GeoW2 a little underwhelming, GeoW 3 a return to form fantastic.

That's how I see it anyway.

Frostbite24

You need to add one more gif to your sig to make it into the Ass Waggle Trilogy ;) :oops:

I would say Halo 3, Reach and Halo 4 :P but out of those definitely Mass Effect, EPIC.Spartan070

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Wow, people really think Uncharted was the better trilogy than ME or GeoW? I mean I can see it being a toss up between UC and GeoW but ME blows both of them away. ME1 amazing, ME2 unbelievable, ME3 great with some shortcomings. Then you have UC1 average, UC2 amazing, UC3 good bordering on great but a letdown. GeoW fantastic, GeoW2 a little underwhelming, GeoW 3 a return to form fantastic.

That's how I see it anyway.

AdobeArtist

You need to add one more gif to your sig to make it into the Ass Waggle Trilogy ;) :oops:

Mass Effect by far. They are the only game I have purchased on 360 and PC and might even get it on PS3 because I want to get all the trophies for them. I really love the series that much.

Wow, people really think Uncharted was the better trilogy than ME or GeoW? I mean I can see it being a toss up between UC and GeoW but ME blows both of them away. ME1 amazing, ME2 unbelievable, ME3 great with some shortcomings. Then you have UC1 average, UC2 amazing, UC3 good bordering on great but a letdown. GeoW fantastic, GeoW2 a little underwhelming, GeoW 3 a return to form fantastic.

That's how I see it anyway.

Frostbite24

I'm totally mezmorized by your sig...:D

Why is the Modern Warfare series not here? Technically that is a trilogy right? I know it's a part of Call of Duty, but they number it differently and everything.

SPYDER0416

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"]Asassin's Creed III's story is easily the best in the series.khoofia_pika

Wow, people really think Uncharted was the better trilogy than ME or GeoW? I mean I can see it being a toss up between UC and GeoW but ME blows both of them away. ME1 amazing, ME2 unbelievable, ME3 great with some shortcomings. Then you have UC1 average, UC2 amazing, UC3 good bordering on great but a letdown. GeoW fantastic, GeoW2 a little underwhelming, GeoW 3 a return to form fantastic.

That's how I see it anyway.

Mass Effect is **** terrible, wow SW has bad taste. Uncharted all the way.

And for the record I played Mass Effect maxed on PC and it's on the PS3, just so lems don't forget it's multiplat. This isn't me being a cow, Mass Effect is jsut really really overated.

Wow, people really think Uncharted was the better trilogy than ME or GeoW? I mean I can see it being a toss up between UC and GeoW but ME blows both of them away. ME1 amazing, ME2 unbelievable, ME3 great with some shortcomings. Then you have UC1 average, UC2 amazing, UC3 good bordering on great but a letdown. GeoW fantastic, GeoW2 a little underwhelming, GeoW 3 a return to form fantastic.

That's how I see it anyway.

Mass Effect. It has the best character development, the best gameplay, the best voice acting, the best soundtrack and most importantly the best storyline.

brb all of system wars does nothing but complain about mass effect

brb mass effect was the best trilogy of the gen

brb strong logic

Tie between Gears and Uncharted

As far as best balance, then Uncharted. Every one of those series in your list has bad games in it except Uncharted.

Mass Effect 1 sucked (wholeheartedly disagree)

AC 1 sucked (it was decent)

Gears of War 2 sucked (havnt played it)

Resistance 3 sucked (havnt played it, but Resistance 1 sucked anyway)

All 3 Uncharted games were great. (UC1 wasnt great)

Out of your list, I'll take Bioshock if it counts...assuming Infinite is as good as it looks.

senses_fail_06

Havn't played UC3, but UC was pretty boring and noone near as good as 2 of some of the games from the other other trilogies.

My vote goes to ME, despite the mess that was the original ending in ME3.

Hum, hard to choose between Uncharted and Mass Effect for me. I'll probably give the edge to Uncharted though because its gameplay is better then ME.

Uncharted > ME in gameplay

ME > Uncharted in Story/world/characters

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As far as best balance, then Uncharted. Every one of those series in your list has bad games in it except Uncharted.

Mass Effect 1 sucked (wholeheartedly disagree)

AC 1 sucked (it was decent)

Gears of War 2 sucked (havnt played it)

Resistance 3 sucked (havnt played it, but Resistance 1 sucked anyway)

All 3 Uncharted games were great. (UC1 wasnt great)

Out of your list, I'll take Bioshock if it counts...assuming Infinite is as good as it looks.

Snugenz

Havn't played UC3, but UC was pretty boring and noone near as good as 2 of some of the games from the other other trilogies.

My vote goes to ME, despite the mess that was the original ending in ME3.

Thats something I never seemed to grasp: Someone liking U2 but not liking U1 when they're pretty much the same minus the over-the-top setpieces. Prefering one over the other is one thing, liking one but not the other is another thing. Same applies to those that loved U2 but "hated" U3 when both games are so close in gameplay, setpieces, etc...

Again, I can understand one prefering U2 over U1/U3, but liking one but not the others is just strange to me...

Thats something I never seemed to grasp: Someone liking U2 but not liking U1 when they're pretty much the same minus the over-the-top setpieces. Prefering one over the other is one thing, liking one but not the other is another thing. Same applies to those that loved U2 but "hated" U3 when both games are so close in gameplay, setpieces, etc...

Again, I can understand one prefering U2 over U1/U3, but liking one but not the others is just strange to me...

Vatusus

I enjoyed UC2, thought it was a good game, much better than UC1. Having said that, 1 play through of UC2 was more than enough for me and i will probably never bother with UC3.

You could try looking at it like, bought two, liked one, didnt bother with the third :P.

the gamplay in ME3 is better than Uncharted, espeically multiplayer. texasgoldrush

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"]the gamplay in ME3 is better than Uncharted, espeically multiplayer. DarkLink77

[QUOTE="texasgoldrush"]the gamplay in ME3 is better than Uncharted, espeically multiplayer. DarkLink77

This, seriously. As much as I love ME series thats clearly a statement of someone that hasnt played Uncharted. ME as a TPS is pretty poor. Its all about the characters, decisions, world, story... everything other then the gameplay imo

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Wow, people really think Uncharted was the better trilogy than ME or GeoW? I mean I can see it being a toss up between UC and GeoW but ME blows both of them away. ME1 amazing, ME2 unbelievable, ME3 great with some shortcomings. Then you have UC1 average, UC2 amazing, UC3 good bordering on great but a letdown. GeoW fantastic, GeoW2 a little underwhelming, GeoW 3 a return to form fantastic.

That's how I see it anyway.

AdobeArtist

You need to add one more gif to your sig to make it into the Ass Waggle Trilogy ;) :oops:

Wow, people really think Uncharted was the better trilogy than ME or GeoW? I mean I can see it being a toss up between UC and GeoW but ME blows both of them away. ME1 amazing, ME2 unbelievable, ME3 great with some shortcomings. Then you have UC1 average, UC2 amazing, UC3 good bordering on great but a letdown. GeoW fantastic, GeoW2 a little underwhelming, GeoW 3 a return to form fantastic.

That's how I see it anyway.

Frostbite24

Man, people still cant accept others opinions?

I love ME series, played em all and I still prefer Uncharted because, for me, gameplay > story/characters/world

Thats something I never seemed to grasp: Someone liking U2 but not liking U1 when they're pretty much the same minus the over-the-top setpieces. Prefering one over the other is one thing, liking one but not the other is another thing. Same applies to those that loved U2 but "hated" U3 when both games are so close in gameplay, setpieces, etc...

Again, I can understand one prefering U2 over U1/U3, but liking one but not the others is just strange to me...

Vatusus

[QUOTE="Frostbite24"]

Wow, people really think Uncharted was the better trilogy than ME or GeoW? I mean I can see it being a toss up between UC and GeoW but ME blows both of them away. ME1 amazing, ME2 unbelievable, ME3 great with some shortcomings. Then you have UC1 average, UC2 amazing, UC3 good bordering on great but a letdown. GeoW fantastic, GeoW2 a little underwhelming, GeoW 3 a return to form fantastic.

That's how I see it anyway.

Vatusus

Man, people still cant accept others opinions?

I love ME series, played em all and I still prefer Uncharted because, for me, gameplay > story/characters/world

Mass Effect.

The ending was ***** stupid, filed with plot holes, and convoluted as hell but the build up was amazing.

The way Bioware was able to integrate 3 games into a modern day epic space opera was just beautiful.

Mass Effect 2 and 3 gameplay are very underrated. They were extremely fun and they did a lot of things right, especially ME3.

Mass Effect 2 and 3 gameplay are very underrated. They were extremely fun and they did a lot of things right, especially ME3.

padaporra

ME gameplay I would say its... passable on its own

Now if you compare it to the such of Gears or Uncharted, or many other TPS like Vanquish, spec-ops: the line, MP3, etc... its actually pretty stiff and unresponsive. But then again, its not really a TPS at its core. It does the service it tries to accomplish pretty well, I would say. Its like comparing an WRPG gameplay to Hack'n'slash games. The standards on gameplay wont be the same, obviously

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Wow, people really think Uncharted was the better trilogy than ME or GeoW? I mean I can see it being a toss up between UC and GeoW but ME blows both of them away. ME1 amazing, ME2 unbelievable, ME3 great with some shortcomings. Then you have UC1 average, UC2 amazing, UC3 good bordering on great but a letdown. GeoW fantastic, GeoW2 a little underwhelming, GeoW 3 a return to form fantastic.

That's how I see it anyway.

texasgoldrush

Man, people still cant accept others opinions?

I love ME series, played em all and I still prefer Uncharted because, for me, gameplay > story/characters/worldVatusus

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Man, people still cant accept others opinions?

I love ME series, played em all and I still prefer Uncharted because, for me, gameplay > story/characters/worldSciFiRPGfan

Well, I cant go to deep on this matter as english isnt my 1st language so it could be lost in translation. However I felt both the characters and story of ME are among the best I've seen, not because of what they are but because how they are/were presented to us. For ex, you only end up to know who the real villains of ME really are at near the end of ME1, that built some tension and expectance to see how the rest of the story would unfold. That moment of anxiety and tension, in other word I like to describe ME - MISTERY - within the ME world was masterfully craftet by Bioware. Uncharted games have great characters aswell, but really tongue-and-cheek, with one liners and they lack character development (although they tried more in U3). Uncharted story and characters are what you would expect from a typical "hollywoodesc" movie like. They're fun to hang out with and listen some jokes, but they never develop further that. In ME characters are important, your decisions affect theirs, the closest you can get in a videogame (at least the ones I've played). They're more developed throught that i.e. my Miranda may not be your Miranda, you know what I mean? Just as your shepard may not be your Shepard.

Again, I love ME and what Bioware accomplished with it this gen. ME3 is probably my GOTY 2012, and I didnt even though the ending was THAT bad. But the reasons why I love ME arent the ones related to the gameplay.

TD;LR version: Its not THE story or the characters but HOW they're presented to you

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[QUOTE="Frostbite24"]

Wow, people really think Uncharted was the better trilogy than ME or GeoW? I mean I can see it being a toss up between UC and GeoW but ME blows both of them away. ME1 amazing, ME2 unbelievable, ME3 great with some shortcomings. Then you have UC1 average, UC2 amazing, UC3 good bordering on great but a letdown. GeoW fantastic, GeoW2 a little underwhelming, GeoW 3 a return to form fantastic.

That's how I see it anyway.

Frostbite24

You need to add one more gif to your sig to make it into the Ass Waggle Trilogy ;) :oops:

I grant you moderation immunity :cool:

@Vatusus, if you don't mind, I have few more questions. Not because I would disagree, but to get a better idea about what role your own preferences played in that - i.e. how much it was about you just liking something more and how much it was about you actually thinking, that something was (objectively) handled better in Mass Effects.

Well, I cant go to deep on this matter as english isnt my 1st language so it could be lost in translation. However I felt both the characters and story of ME are among the best I've seen, not because of what they are but because how they are/were presented to us. For ex, you only end up to know who the real villains of ME really are at near the end of ME1, that built some tension and expectance to see how the rest of the story would unfold. That moment of anxiety and tension, in other word I like to describe ME - MISTERY - within the ME world was masterfully craftet by Bioware.Vatusus

Uncharted games have great characters aswell, but really tongue-and-cheek, with one liners and they lack character development (although they tried more in U3). Uncharted story and characters are what you would expect from a typical "hollywoodesc" movie like. They're fun to hang out with and listen some jokes, but they never develop further that.

In ME characters are important, your decisions affect theirs, the closest you can get in a videogame (at least the ones I've played). They're more developed throught that i.e. my Miranda may not be your Miranda, you know what I mean? Just as your shepard may not be your Shepard.

@Vatusus, if you don't mind, I have few more questions. Not because I would disagree, but to get a better idea about what role your own preferences played in that - i.e. how much it was about you just liking something more and how much it was about you actually thinking, that something was (objectively) handled better in Mass Effects.

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And do you think that this story technique - keeping the player in "darkness" for a while - is a better method than something else (e.g. presenting the villain early) in general? Is it something, that for example other developers should strive for as well? In other words, do you think that stories with this type of "mystery" (and twists) are generally better than the stories without it?

Uncharted games have great characters aswell, but really tongue-and-cheek, with one liners and they lack character development (although they tried more in U3). Uncharted story and characters are what you would expect from a typical "hollywoodesc" movie like. They're fun to hang out with and listen some jokes, but they never develop further that.SciFiRPGfan

Yeah. That was one thing I have noticed as well. Still, I am not sure how much importance should I place on it. I mean, character development does make said character more dynamic and diverse, but how important should this dynamic really be? Is it something necessary for every good (deep, multidimensional,...) character or is it just an additional feature (bonus)? And what if a character was "right" from the start? Would he have to change his opinion / position just for the sake of being more interesting or could he stay the way he was throughout the whole game / series? Also, do you think that it is possible to have a well written and likeable character even without any signifficant character development?

In ME characters are important, your decisions affect theirs, the closest you can get in a videogame (at least the ones I've played). They're more developed throught that i.e. my Miranda may not be your Miranda, you know what I mean? Just as your shepard may not be your Shepard.

This one I believe, is the question of game's genre. RPGs and games with interactive dialogues and choices and consequences will always have more value as far as interactivity is concerned than linear action games, but I probably wouldn't attribute this to advantages of characters of some game. Not when it comes to cross - genre comparisons like this one at least. That would be like saying that "choose your own adventure" type of a book is a better written book than a normal one just because it provides a reader with more outcomes. And that would be wrong, because non-linearity and interactivity generally aren't the criteria, according to which the quality of writing / characters is judged. So, if you don't mind, I will simply count this one as your mere preference.

Sorry for the late reply but I was playing U2, conveniently... :)

1st question: Yes. Building tension is better then presenting "it" right at the beggining imo. Case in mind: Jurassic Park. The movie takes a while until a dangerous dinossaur 1st appears. When T-Rex finally shows up, the impact is bigger because the expactance was building up until it finally happens. When it comes to twists, I'm a sucker for them. I like to be completely blown away when something that seems obvious really isnt. But thats my personal preference, dont know about others

2nd question: Character development has different levels of importance, depending on the genre. I wouldnt exepct an action game to have the same character development as an RPG. Being involved within the world and characters is what makes us like RPGs, at least that why I like RPGs. Uncharted "one dimensional" characters fit its genre pretty well but those same characters in an RPG wouldnt do the job. The contrary is also applied. Deep character development in action games also dont fit as it could drag on and deviates the player from the constant action. And yes, its possible to have likable "non-deep" characters. Agent 47 barelly speaks and its a loved character by many. Actions can "speak" for the characters. I honestly dont know how to respond to the question before this one though... at least not in english :(

3rd "question": Yes, it all comes down to preference in the end.

[QUOTE="Frostbite24"][QUOTE="AdobeArtist"]

You need to add one more gif to your sig to make it into the Ass Waggle Trilogy ;) :oops:

AdobeArtist

I grant you moderation immunity :cool:

Mass Effect its not even up for debate. The characters are great, the universe is amazing, great OST but the only thing I didn't like was the ending to ME3 which I have gotten over.

Out of all of these, I think Uncharted is the series with the least amount of negatives.

Also Mass Effect has one of my favorite scenes from any game, when you first meet Sovereign