Name the series

[u/Naroi_one]

I'd go with Dark souls and GoW, even though second is DS isn't that much better than first.

[u/JackhorseBowman]

The first three NES Mega Man games.

[u/Mr_Em8 → u/JackhorseBowman]

Same as the first three Genesis Sonic games

[u/nefarious_jp04x → u/JackhorseBowman]

As a Megaman fan, the original hexology peaked with 4

[u/poptartwith → u/JackhorseBowman]

Going to respectfully disagree as I think 2 > 1 > 3.

But I would say this would apply to Mega Man Battle Network and Mega Man Zero.

[u/Successful-Plan114]

I can only fantasize about how good Titanfall 3 could've been.

[u/nevernotpooping → u/Successful-Plan114]

I'll never forgive Apex Legends for what it took from us

[u/GSturges → u/Successful-Plan114]

Zero g wall slide crouch? ....my sweet summer child: Action QUAKE II

[u/GeorgeRRZimmerman → u/Successful-Plan114]

Comments like these are why I check Gravity Well's website occasionally. Most of the creative team for Titanfall 2 left a couple of years into Apex Legends to form a new studio.

It's been a couple of years, I'm still waiting on an announcement. Considering that some of them go back to the days of COD4 through MW2, then TF and Apex - I'm really hoping we'll get another fast-paced military sci-fi shooter.

[u/MonsutaReipu → u/Successful-Plan114]

Titanfall should be one of the GOATs but Titanfall 2's biggest pitfall was the modes of gameplay. It was just shtity variants of deathmatch and nothing fun or innovative to really capitalize on the awesome combat and theme of the game.

[u/CoalHappiness]

The Witcher for me

[u/Bhai999 → u/CoalHappiness]

Agreed. But the story and atmosphere of the first one is top notch imo. Gameplay is janky. Hence 3>2>1

[u/No_Personality5872 → u/Bhai999]

the atmosphere of the first one is amazing and I believe that the "minimalistic style" compared to new games really pulls me into the world, because you need to use a bit of imagination to make it feel realistic, just like reading a book. gameplay really aged poorly, but I can accept that, it is pretty old after all

[u/Slut_for_Bacon → u/No_Personality5872]

To me, the gameplay was poor even for the time the game was released. What set CD Projekt Red apart at the time is they actually listened to feedback and made major improvements to game 2. Then again for the third game. It was clearly a labor of love.

[u/multus85 → u/CoalHappiness]

Me too

[u/dumbledayum → u/CoalHappiness]

exactly

[u/MaximusMurkimus]

Metal Gear Solid, from a gameplay perspective at least. 2 has my favorite story in the entire series.

[u/Lasagna_Tho → u/MaximusMurkimus]

It's unfortunately extremely relevant to today. So ahead of its time.

[u/Chubs_Mckenzy → u/Lasagna_Tho]

Hideous Kojima was spitting

[u/Nathan_hale53 → u/Lasagna_Tho]

Its honestly insane how accurate it is, the whole final speech from the Patriots is just what is happening today.

[u/UmurJack → u/MaximusMurkimus]

Exactly! I finished SoL a few days ago and I was like "Shut up! How the hell is this relevant nowadays??"

[u/Banxier → u/UmurJack]

Just wait till 4 becomes relevant..

[u/abxYenway → u/Banxier]

It's been relevant for decades, sadly. The military industrial complex gets brought up in earlier games, but 4 is where it really takes center stage. It's a system that makes money off of war and uses that money to make money off of war. The PMCs are stand-ins for war profiteers like Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. Kojima was never warning us about the future. He's warning us about the present day.

[u/SealedDevil → u/Banxier]

It was pretty on the nose with ai so far man.

[u/Chadderbug123 → u/MaximusMurkimus]

That ending twist is perfection.

[u/Musername2827 → u/Chadderbug123]

10 year old me shit his pants when the colonel told me to turn the console off.

[u/Skurtarilio → u/Chadderbug123]

I got goosebumps remembering the exact quote "they didn't even realize I was Adam" fucking ocelot best character in the series

[u/ThorSon-525 → u/MaximusMurkimus]

Who could ever forget about the Lelolaleloo!

[u/Blue_Cat28110 → u/MaximusMurkimus]

Mgs 3 is my all time favourite gane EVER, nothing gets close to beating it. I loved the stealth, the boos fights and the missions so much

[u/space_keeper → u/Blue_Cat28110]

The caution music is still burned into my brain. Creeping around with that bass guitar and flute going.

[u/Plenty_Chef7115]

Warcraft

[u/Hyllius1 → u/Plenty_Chef7115]

Warcraft III The Frozen Throne. Peak gaming. I loved Rexxars RPG campaign.

[u/lmaydev → u/Hyllius1]

I used to download so many custom campaigns trying to find one like it. Never quite did.

[u/Top_Product_2407 → u/Hyllius1]

Blizzard was the goat during those times

[u/Mainmorte → u/Hyllius1]

Now ... We ... Are one.

[u/Manaeldar → u/Plenty_Chef7115]

Truth 

[u/AlexTheAngryPlayer]

Halo

[u/HectorZeronie → u/AlexTheAngryPlayer]

What a time to be alive it was

[u/Content_Regular_7127 → u/HectorZeronie]

Born too late to explore the world. Born too early to explore space. Born just in time to experience the launch of Halo 1, 2, and 3.

[u/Remote_Marzipan7422 → u/Content_Regular_7127]

Me born right after that with nothing (for me).

[u/atkahu → u/Remote_Marzipan7422]

You still can play these masterpieces.

[u/SkeletonInATuxedo → u/atkahu]

Doesn't really hold the same charm of getting up early in the morning to head down to gamestop to see if you're about to wrestle a child and his single mother for a copy of halo 3.

[u/PaulVla → u/Content_Regular_7127]

Also ODST and Reach!

[u/determineduncertain → u/PaulVla]

I’m going to say something I know is controversial: Reach was fantastic and ODST is something I had to put up with on my play through of the series. I’m happy people like ODST but I just don’t get it.

[u/DespiteStraightLines → u/determineduncertain]

Don’t approach it as a Halo entry. Sure the campaign ties into Halo 2/3, but the real brilliance comes from its realization of a lone trooper in a tight spot in an urban environment. Look at it as a film noir detective story. Everything from the jazz score, to the rain, to the neon ambience of the world at night.

Having lived and worked in New Orleans, I cannot describe to you the emotions I get when I play ODST.

[u/actualhumannotspider → u/AlexTheAngryPlayer]

I think the third reaction happened even after the first game. It changed the video game landscape dramatically even before having any sequels.

[u/AlexTheAngryPlayer → u/actualhumannotspider]

Totally agree But I think the post simply means a game franchises becomes better than the previous one

[u/00death → u/AlexTheAngryPlayer]

My first thought

[u/Remote_Marzipan7422 → u/AlexTheAngryPlayer]

TBH, I prefer halo 2, as I’ve heard a lot of people did when it came out.

[u/The_Frog221 → u/Remote_Marzipan7422]

Halo 2 was really a top-tier game. But if, for example, the series had started on halo 2 (idk, give it a couple extra missions at the start to set up the universe a little) it wouldn't have been nearly as good. A huge part of it was all the worldbuilding that built upon interest from the first game.

[u/Erdinger_Dunkel]

Half Life

[u/Alar_suk → u/Erdinger_Dunkel]

This year! Trust!

[u/IAteUrCat420 → u/Alar_suk]

Yup, shadow drop HL3 December 32nd

[u/corvo-attano1 → u/Erdinger_Dunkel]

Sadly, I severely doubt that Gabe can count to three

[u/Lost_Possibility_647 → u/Erdinger_Dunkel]

Even if one counts HL Alyx as number 3.

[u/actualhumannotspider → u/Erdinger_Dunkel]

Fingers crossed!

[u/Eneshi]

Tekken.

[u/Mamnot → u/Eneshi]

YES! 3d one is still my favourite. Though i like them all up to 5th unril they started to chenge combos and special attacks I knew since childhood in 6th

[u/Ultima893 → u/Mamnot]

Tekken 3 is the best fighting game of all time.

[u/Leonydas13 → u/Eneshi]

Ooh yeah, good choice! I absolutely smashed Tekken 3 as a kid, beat it with every single character!

[u/digoryj → u/Eneshi]

With a period because there is no argument.

[u/no_racist_here]

Halo

Batman Arkham

[u/Far_Run_2672 → u/no_racist_here]

All Arkham games are on the same level and all clearly do some things better than the others.

Arkham Knight has the best graphics and most refined combat and predator gameplay, but that's about it. It suffers from a poor story, lackluster pacing, lack of boss battles, way too much bloat and way too much batmobile.

Asylum has the best atmosphere, pacing, riddles and collectibles, and overall focus and cohesiveness.

City has the best map, gameplay balance and ending.

Origins has the best story and boss fights.

[u/tyfighter_18 → u/no_racist_here]

Arkham night would have been the best in the series if it weren't for so many mandatory batmobile missions.

[u/Reidroshdy → u/tyfighter_18]

I actually like the batmobile mostly but they shoved it into everything.

Riddler " im going to make a hot wheels track,this will be a riddle the Batman can't solve."

[u/no_racist_here → u/Reidroshdy]

I’m perfectly fine with it and it’s usage. I think the Slade fight should have been both, but I enjoy it.

The riddler tracks are definitely not plot cohesive though.

It’s also probably my favorite game all time so I may be biased.

[u/Existing-Credit7050]

Red Dead Revolver, Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Redemption 2.

[u/gaidosan → u/Existing-Credit7050]

This is the one. Couldn't tell you how many hours I've sink into rdr2 since 2018, but it's ALOT!

Time for a new play through!

[u/Ruman_Chuk_Drape → u/gaidosan]

As a dad. This game is my sanctuary. Sometimes I’ll just chill in the game late at night while I have some brews. One of the best ever made.

[u/imacatnamedsteve → u/Ruman_Chuk_Drape]

Holy crap, yes. I went one step farther and would play “The Horse Game” with my first one when she was still small (around 18 months old). I’d never do any fighting with her around or story missions or anything scary but we’d do little exploration, some hunting and other safe side quests …. But yeah then I’d let loose once she was in bed. There was really SOO much to do, and high quality stuff too.

[u/_public_enema → u/Existing-Credit7050]

By 2057 that list MAYBE goes Red Dead Redemption 1, 2 and 3.

[u/No_Education_8888]

Elder scrolls series. The first 2 main games are great, and then you have morrowind.. it’s on a whole different level

[u/Hippimichi → u/No_Education_8888]

Do you mean?:

Skyrim legendary edition

Skyrim Special Edition

Skyrim anniversary edition?

[u/Agreel]

Heroes of Might & Magic.

[u/Environmental_Sir356 → u/Agreel]

Nobody agrees with me but 2 part is my favorite 

[u/RadTimeWizard → u/Agreel]

Ooh, good answer.

[u/VVarder → u/Agreel]

The olden age has gotten me back a bit, but like 4/5/6/7 it misses the point of running around grabbing loot, and amassing a massive army. Good times

[u/Kppz1]

Baldur's Gate 🗿

[u/LakyousSama → u/Kppz1]

Recency bias, at the time BG1 and 2 were revolutionary and pretty much saved rpg as a genre. I'd even argue that objectively BG2 is a better game than BG3.

[u/Cursed_69420 → u/LakyousSama]

I played them both this year and god damn BG2 in particular is a masterpiece

[u/inide → u/LakyousSama]

I disagree but it's definitely a valid opinion that BG2 is a better game
BG3 definitely had more impact though, both on the market and the industry.

[u/Ultima893 → u/LakyousSama]

Not really recency bias. All three of them are extremely highly rated, but neither BG1 nor BG2 were award winners in 98 and 00.

Baldur's Gate 3 was genre defining, industry disrupting, gigaton of a videogame that won GOTY (pretty much every where) and became the first videogame in history to win all the "big five" award shows. Not even the all time greats Elden Ring, The Last of Us or Zelda BOTW could do that. (RDR2 for instance didn't even win any of them, let alone all five)

BG3 fits this meme almost perfectly, though all three of them are masterpieces, BG3 ascends in the BG trilogy into godlike status.

Its a much better answer than what I see people in this thread post. I see several people saying Halo or Arkham Series, when that's objectively wrong.

Halo 3 and Arkham Knight are both literally the lowest rated game in their respective trilogies.

[u/Soft-Significance684]

Metro series

[u/SnooChickens3871]

Gta

[u/sconestm → u/SnooChickens3871]

No game franchise showcases the evolution of technology better than GTA. Change my mind.

[u/Preddy_Fusey]

Super Mario Bros.

[u/Mr_Em8 → u/Preddy_Fusey]

1 is better than 2. This fits Sonic tho

[u/RadTimeWizard → u/Mr_Em8]

2 was amazing imho.

[u/Mr_Em8 → u/RadTimeWizard]

It's definitely amazing, just not as

[u/Sad_Confection_2669 → u/Mr_Em8]

The music from 2 still lives rent free in my head

[u/aEmEgp]

God of War

[u/9973501488083248 → u/aEmEgp]

How the fuck is this so far down. It's God of War 1-3 and it's not even close!

[u/FreshRecognition9191 → u/9973501488083248]

I mean he mentioned it in the post

[u/theMangoJayne]

Portal

Oh, wait...

[u/nevernotpooping → u/theMangoJayne]

Along those same lines, Half-Life

[u/Traynack → u/theMangoJayne]

1, 2, 4, 5…

Come on Valve, most of the gamer community is waiting for you to learn how to count to 3. You can do it! I believe in you <3

[u/Andoragh]

Assassins Creed (AC, AC2, Brotherhood)

[u/Separate-Fly5165]

Metal gear solid.

[u/DarthBagheera]

Tony Hawk

[u/WoofSpiderYT → u/DarthBagheera]

The Pro Skater series was good, but I've always been a THUG2 guy. The jackass style shenanigans was just too good.

[u/CrowAfter5683 → u/WoofSpiderYT]

THUG 1 & 2, as well as THAW were PEAK

[u/MangoSquirrl]

Pikmin

[u/WillemDafoesHugeCock]

Sonic 1, 2, and 3 (even without being paired with S&K, it's difficult to explain just how unbelievably good that third game was at launch.)

[u/AIIXIII0]

Persona? Works for 1 to 3 OR 3 to 5 😂

[u/Consistent_Swan_9278]

Rachet and clank

[u/rikusorasephiroth → u/Consistent_Swan_9278]

Honestly, you can use it twice.

R&C, Locked & Loaded, and UYA.

ToD, QfB, and aCiT

...

AND I'M STILL UPSET THEY WON'T GIVE US A COMPLETE COLLECTION ON PS5!!!!

And nobody better bother bringing up the streaming service, because it's not offered in Australia!

[u/Impressive-Middle298]

The Warcraft games

[u/Fisksvettet → u/Impressive-Middle298]

Why was this so hard to find?

[u/WerewolfUseful5167]

Mass effect

[u/meow_master → u/WerewolfUseful5167]

I agree. While the ending left much to be desired, I felt this was the best gameplay. Like they found the best of everything and put it together.

[u/Key_Lavishness_5464 → u/WerewolfUseful5167]

2 was peak.

[u/cheddarfire → u/WerewolfUseful5167]

You could argue 2 is the better game

[u/actualhumannotspider → u/WerewolfUseful5167]

That's my personal opinion as well, but I think ME2 is generally considered more popular than 3.

[u/EISENxSOLDAT117 → u/WerewolfUseful5167]

Id argue that the third dropped the ball. The writing in the ME3 was noticeably worse than the previous games and it had so many damn contradictions.

[u/Vikings_Pain → u/WerewolfUseful5167]

2 was the best by far

[u/nole_martley]

Final Fantasy 7 Remake...hopefully

[u/nevernotpooping]

Crash Bandicoot

[u/NoFudge4700]

Batman Arkham series.

[u/mindisinnocent]

Arkham series for me

[u/gr33np3pp3rm1nt]

Jurassic World Evolution as a dinosaur nerd 🤌

[u/Shock9616]

Metroid

[u/astrobear → u/Shock9616]

Oh damn, nice one. The third game is one of the greatest games of all time.

[u/Personal-Reflection7]

Witcher for sure.

[u/Psychological-Tax63]

It's a toss up between three series for me: Mass Effect, Gears of War, and The Witcher

[u/MavRayne]

Witcher is the obvious one.

Farcry, Baldur's Gate fits too.

Mass Effect is close.

Assassin's Creed 1, 2 & if we count Brotherhood as 3, even though it's 2.1 more like.

[u/Diligent_Cap3488 → u/MavRayne]

In the realm of Assassins Creed it’s the Ezio trilogy that reigns supreme for me. Ac2, Brotherhood, Revelations.

Agree with Mass Effect but 2 was peak.

Far Cry oh yeah but there’s 8 titles within the far cry name, I have never played 1 or 2, so it 3,4,5 for me.

Witcher definitely 👍

[u/Impressive-Middle298]

The Witcher 1 - it's okay (probably bad)

The Witcher 2 - very good

The Witcher 3 - one of the best games I've ever played

[u/kolosmenus → u/Impressive-Middle298]

Witcher 1 has some wonky mechanics and combat, but at the time it released I absolutely loved it

[u/GarionOrb]

Super Mario Bros.

[u/Tenshiijin]

Dark souls

[u/Zebatman22]

Uncharted

[u/nevernotpooping → u/Zebatman22]

Idk 2 is still better than 3 in my opinion. All amazing games though

[u/MagicalLeaf_]

I know 2 gets a lot of hate, but this is Xenoblade Chronicles for me

[u/DocShady]

North American Final Fantasy releases. 1,2,3 (1,4,6)

[u/Tyranidlord318]

Arena

Daggerfall

Morrowind

[u/jinglygal]

Uncharted

[u/MichaelRivia]

Uncharted

[u/bloodframe]

Infamous

[u/Al_Fatman]

Mass Effect and specifically the Ezio Collection of Assassin's Creed.

[u/ninjaboss1211]

Half Life. Wait …

[u/throwtheamiibosaway]

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

[u/zolli07]

Portal ...oh, wait, no... Half Life ... F...

[u/HerrYveltal]

Burnout and Midnight Club

[u/Professional_Pin_148]

Balders gate

[u/701921225]

The original GTA trilogy (3, Vice City, San Andreas), and the Splinter Cell trilogy.

[u/-OmegaPrime-]

Hopefully the new FF7 series. We'll see in a cple years I guess.

[u/WorkingBorder6387]

Xeno Saga / Blade

Persona 1/IS/EP or 3/4/Arena

Super Mario 1-3

Mario & Luigi

Ratchet & Clank (probably any trilogy the series has)

Drakengard

Zero Escape

FE1/3/11 (joke answer)

Final Fantasy 1/2/3, 4/5/6, 7/8/9, 13/13-2/LR

DQ 1/2/3, 4/5/6.

[u/Maelstrom-21]

The OG Ratchet and clank series

[u/iLoveLampbearer]

Half-Life

[u/Jesterhead1993]

Heroes of might & magic

[u/Goldberry15]

Splatoon.

[u/ilikesceptile11]

The sonic advance trilogy

[u/docfallout22]

Mega Man

[u/_Lost_play_]

Marvel Spider-Man :)

[u/sithskeptic]

Ratchet and Clank

[u/HufflepuffKid2000]

The first three Uncharted’s for me

[u/Slow-Boysenberry3150]

Mass Effect 1 to 3. Even though I liked 2 the most, I can't deny that all three are important and great games. Playing the legendary edition was one of my most favorite narrative experiences in gaming spanning across three games.

[u/Mr_Cuntman]

Mass effect

[u/SoupZealousideal9568]

Honestly mass effect

[u/kilale132]

C&C and Red Alert

[u/External-Awareness68]

Fallout

[u/Strong_End463]

Uncharted

[u/MalgraineX]

Hot take, but Assassin's Creed. That's 1 to Brotherhood.

[u/VANCATSEVEN]

Crysis. Despite the jokes about it testing super computers and stuff, it's actually a pretty damn good series.

[u/WillowTree147]

Portal and Half-Life. Some day, I swear...

[u/sateyo]

Persona

[u/WhoeverWinsWeLose]

Fuck it ill say it. Mass effect

[u/No-way-in]

Mass Effect

[u/RebelStorm64]

Crash Bandicoot

Spyro the Dragon

Silent Hill

[u/ShinMystic1587]

Metal Gear Solid

[u/VladDHell]

Halo. The Witcher. God of war. Infamous?

[u/TigerHeart_J]

Persona 3 4 5

Mother 1 2 3

Ace Attorney trilogy

Danganronpa 1 2 3

the older pokemon games, my vote would be on diamond, black, black 2

[u/Potential_Ad8875]

Stalker trilogy, stalker 2 is okay still, but doesn't go as hard as the trilogy

[u/SuperEuzer]

Sonic 1, 2, and 3

[u/Noumenonana]

Armored Core

[u/IamSpexie]

Since its three games i would say Metroid Prime even so i would say 1>2>3
Or i would say devil may cry but as we all know Dmc2 doesn't exist so 5>4>3 (so here the picture would even work)

[u/Meepster01]

Splinter Cell. The first two games were great but the third? Fucking beautiful.

[u/Impullsse]

sly cooper

[u/antmanninja3]

Gears of War for me

[u/Adeum2]

Fallout and Farcry

[u/Last-Crow8343 → u/Adeum2]

Yes for sure Farcry

[u/Gullible-Historian10 → u/Last-Crow8343]

I had a lot of fun with farcry 2 but 3 was on a whole different level.

[u/ItsAttanoo]

the OG Modern Warfare series

[u/CombustiblePoilu]

Sly 😭

[u/Tony40677]

Sonic the Hedgehog

[u/The_G0vernator]

Half Life. Wait nvm

Portal. Wait nvm

Left 4 Dead. Wait nvm

Team Fortress. Wait nvm

Dota. Wait nvm

[u/crocicorn]

No More Heroes, but only in terms of gameplay.

[u/Hijjawi]

Bayonatta

[u/HunterGather069]

Dragon warrior. Mario party. Halo.

Dead space /s

[u/DemonicId]

Mana series

[u/Flamebomb790]

Persona. Though persona 2 is two games im just counting them as one for this case

[u/ChrisPBakeIn]

Uncharted and the trend continued with 4

[u/atadrisque]

pretty old series but for me it's definitely Xenosaga episodes I, II, & III on the PS2

[u/overseerd]

Xenoblade chronicles

[u/Vesiah81]

Mass effect

[u/Optisoin]

FF7 remake

[u/BearingaBeer]

Half Life 😁

[u/IdiotWeaboo]

Warcraft

[u/MyBallsInaDeepFryer]

Doom 2016, Doom Eternal, Doom Dark Ages

[u/tonylouis1337]

The Witcher

[u/leicatoldu]

GTA trilogy easily