What is the best game series around right now?

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#1 Celtic_34
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seems like everything is a series with the same games being released over and over. Which one is the best?

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#2 KittenNose
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I would have to say Far cry. 3 and Blood Dragon were just plain fun.

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#3 Ballroompirate
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I have to say MGS or TES

Runners up would be LoZ, Soul, Mass Effect, Persona and the Arkham series

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#4 Couth_
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Souls and it's not even close

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#5  Edited By foxhound_fox
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Even after the disappointing (but still good) Corruption and Other M, Metroid still stands as a pinnacle to consistent quality and adherence to a focused gaming archetype.

Sad we haven't seen a new iteration for almost 4 years now. And Nintendo blatantly ignored the 25th anniversary of the series' debut. It's one of those niche franchises they own that consistently maintains it's fanbase despite poor relative sales numbers. I've been with the series for 20 years now... and haven't had a reason to leave it behind.

Mario (mainline console platformers) is probably second.

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#6 The_Last_Ride
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Assassin's Creed, Batman Arkham series, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Forza, are just some that i like a lot

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#7 melonfarmerz
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For me, it's hands down Mass Effect.

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Too many to post.

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@melonfarmerz said:

For me, it's hands down Mass Effect.

I'd agree but ME3 ending left a bad taste in my mouth, other than that ME1 and ME2 were amaaazing

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@Couth_ said:

Souls and it's not even close

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uncharted

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#12 starwolf474
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The same series that has been the best for the past 30 years, Mario.

Mario always delivers high quality and it did so again recently with the amazing Super Mario 3D World.

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@Ballroompirate said:

@melonfarmerz said:

For me, it's hands down Mass Effect.

I'd agree but ME3 ending left a bad taste in my mouth, other than that ME1 and ME2 were amaaazing

I don't think the problem was the ending. I think the problem was the hype. The ending was your standard science fiction fodder. The computers killing people to save people from programing computers that would kill them is really old school.

The backlash came from all the hype. If gamers were not told for years that their actions would change the ending of 3, and 3 didn't have a built in meter proclaiming that your actions would change the ending, and if every side mission wasn't junping up and down proclaiming that it would impact the climax, I think most of the post game talk would have been about how awesome Tuchunka and The Geth Collective were.

It is a very solid series. Bioware just showed a lot of bad form in how they promoted it. Doesn't really take away from the series though, just shows that devs are happy to lie to make a buck. I mean seriously can you claim that Tuchunka and The Geth Collective alone were not worth sixty bucks?

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@Ballroompirate said:

@melonfarmerz said:

For me, it's hands down Mass Effect.

I'd agree but ME3 ending left a bad taste in my mouth, other than that ME1 and ME2 were amaaazing

ME3s multiplayer was the perfect mouthwash to said bad taste. Even now when I think of ME3 I think of the MP.

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#15  Edited By Liquid_
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@Couth_ said:

Souls and it's not even close

Because you are a hipster.

Far Cry 3 easily.

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#17  Edited By StrongBlackVine
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I really enjoy too many series to pick just one. I would say Mass Effect and Uncharted were my favorite series last gen though.

All-time favorite is probably Resident Evil or Tomb Raider

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Far Cry, Assassin's Creed, The Elder Scrolls.

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My favorite is call of duty and battlefield and no I'm not joking.

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@kittennose said:

@Ballroompirate said:

@melonfarmerz said:

For me, it's hands down Mass Effect.

I'd agree but ME3 ending left a bad taste in my mouth, other than that ME1 and ME2 were amaaazing

I don't think the problem was the ending. I think the problem was the hype. The ending was your standard science fiction fodder. The computers killing people to save people from programing computers that would kill them is really old school.

The backlash came from all the hype. If gamers were not told for years that their actions would change the ending of 3, and 3 didn't have a built in meter proclaiming that your actions would change the ending, and if every side mission wasn't junping up and down proclaiming that it would impact the climax, I think most of the post game talk would have been about how awesome Tuchunka and The Geth Collective were.

It is a very solid series. Bioware just showed a lot of bad form in how they promoted it. Doesn't really take away from the series though, just shows that devs are happy to lie to make a buck. I mean seriously can you claim that Tuchunka and The Geth Collective alone were not worth sixty bucks?

Honestly what pissed me off about the endings were Shepard dies in ALL OF THEM!! tell they patched the "red" ending, I didn't spend years of getting to know my version of Shepard, mold his relationships between his team just for him to die in all 3 fraking endings

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#21  Edited By Couth_
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@Liquid_ said:

@Couth_ said:

Souls and it's not even close

Because you are a hipster.

Far Cry 3 easily.

P.sure liking souls has become too mainstream for a hipstre like yourself.

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super mario

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#23 hrt_rulz01
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Mass Effect is probably the main one that comes to mind.

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#24 PAL360
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TES, The Witcher and Mass Effect to me.

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#25 Pffrbt
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Bayonetta.

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#26 IMAHAPYHIPPO
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Mario -- the main platforming series, not the widespread franchise-whoring.

Pretty much anything by Rockstar North, they've yet to make a bad game.

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#28  Edited By kinectthedots
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Dark Souls, a few years ago I would have easily have said MGS.

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@SNIPER4321 said:

Deus Ex and its not even close.

You're right, it's not even close....

to being the best series, Booosh!

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Mario (over 25 years and debatably at his best right now)

Donkey Kong Country (with the last two games, it's the pinnacle of the platforming genre)

Batman Arkham (The new standard for action adventure games)

Super Street Fighter (still one of the strongest and most well balanced fighters in the industry)

Souls (I'm still about halfway through Dark Souls, but I can see it's something worth mentioning)

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The venerable Mario platforming games.

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#32 longtonguecat
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Souls series

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Mass effect and Battlefield for me. Im also one of the few that love the Crysis series.

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the Uncharted series.

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If we go by scoring, probably the Souls or GTA series.

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#36 Malta_1980
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Uncharted, GOW, GT, MGS, Geow, Forza & Battlefield are some of the best imo !!

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Grand Theft Auto, Uncharted, Souls, GOW, MGS, Mass Effect, Deus Ex, Arkham, Battlefield, Gears of War, Witcher, Forza, and GT are all highly rated. Down to individual choice really.
Not always highly consistent but worth a shout :: Resident Evil, Assassins Creed, DMC, Dead Space, COD, Final Fantasy too.

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#38  Edited By Sushiglutton
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Batman Arkham imo. If we are talking yearly franchises it's Assassin's Creed.

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Either Mass Effect, Forza, Tales series, Souls series, Uncharted, Halo, or Batman Arkham for me.

Titanfall has potential to be one once it inevitably becomes a series.

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Probably Mario, Metroid, or Resident Evil.

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#41  Edited By deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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In order:

  1. Persona
  2. The Legend of Zelda
  3. Super Smash Bros.
  4. Pokemon
  5. Mario Kart
  6. Assassin's Creed
  7. Zero Escape
  8. Uncharted
  9. Mass Effect
  10. The Elder Scrolls
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I'd say Advance Wars if the series weren't in limbo.

I will say Souls even though Demon's and Dark are technically 2 different IPs but who really gives a damn.

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Goat kart 8

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@charizard1605 said:

In order:

  1. Persona
  2. The Legend of Zelda
  3. Super Smash Bros.
  4. Pokemon
  5. Mario Kart
  6. Assassin's Creed
  7. Zero Escape
  8. Uncharted
  9. Mass Effect
  10. The Elder Scrolls

Not bad but you could do better 6/10 :P

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#45  Edited By deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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@Ballroompirate said:

@charizard1605 said:

In order:

  1. Persona
  2. The Legend of Zelda
  3. Super Smash Bros.
  4. Pokemon
  5. Mario Kart
  6. Assassin's Creed
  7. Zero Escape
  8. Uncharted
  9. Mass Effect
  10. The Elder Scrolls

Not bad but you could do better 6/10 :P

Given your distaste for SSB and Mario Kart, I can understand you crossing those off, and I know Assassin's Creed is divisive, but...

Zero Escape? Dude, you gotta give that one a shot. Amazing games!

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#46  Edited By Ballroompirate
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@charizard1605 said:

@Ballroompirate said:

@charizard1605 said:

In order:

  1. Persona
  2. The Legend of Zelda
  3. Super Smash Bros.
  4. Pokemon
  5. Mario Kart
  6. Assassin's Creed
  7. Zero Escape
  8. Uncharted
  9. Mass Effect
  10. The Elder Scrolls

Not bad but you could do better 6/10 :P

Given your distaste for SSB and Mario Kart, I can understand you crossing those off, and I know Assassin's Creed is divisive, but...

Zero Escape? Dude, you gotta give that one a shot. Amazing games!

I actually like SSB, there's just series I like that I think are better :P. I've tried ZE, it's too slow for my taste (as in it moves too slow to get to a point or objective).

Anyways this would be my top 10 series, so judge away so try and not be jelly :D

  1. MGS
  2. TES
  3. Persona
  4. Mass Effect
  5. LoZ
  6. Soul
  7. Arkham
  8. Fire Emblem
  9. Pokemon
  10. The Witcher
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@Ballroompirate said:

@charizard1605 said:

@Ballroompirate said:

@charizard1605 said:

In order:

  1. Persona
  2. The Legend of Zelda
  3. Super Smash Bros.
  4. Pokemon
  5. Mario Kart
  6. Assassin's Creed
  7. Zero Escape
  8. Uncharted
  9. Mass Effect
  10. The Elder Scrolls

Not bad but you could do better 6/10 :P

Given your distaste for SSB and Mario Kart, I can understand you crossing those off, and I know Assassin's Creed is divisive, but...

Zero Escape? Dude, you gotta give that one a shot. Amazing games!

I actually like SSB, there's just series I like that I think are better :P. I've tried ZE, it's too slow for my taste (as in it moves too slow to get to a point or objective).

Anyways this would be my top 10 series, so judge away so try and not be jelly :D

  1. MGS
  2. TES
  3. Persona
  4. Mass Effect
  5. LoZ
  6. Soul
  7. Arkham
  8. Fire Emblem
  9. Pokemon
  10. The Witcher

I can live with your picks :P I wanted to put Batman on my list, but I have only actually played Asylum, so...

And aw, if you managed to get through ZE, you'd be so completely enthralled by it. It's something special.

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#48 PurpleMan5000
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The Legend of Zelda

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Batman Arkham series and The Elder Scrolls games.

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#50 Liquid_
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@Couth_ said:

@Liquid_ said:

@Couth_ said:

Souls and it's not even close

Because you are a hipster.

Far Cry 3 easily.

P.sure liking souls has become too mainstream for a hipstre like yourself.

Can you construct a readable sentence?

Dark Souls is universally despised. Deal with it.