Kikyoo said:
I dunno how Red Dead didn't get into anyone's list, but whatever I'll certainly toss it into the mix.
Dragon quest is a series that's been getting better as time goes on... 2 was better than one. 3 was better than 2. 4 was better than 3. five and six kinda piddled around but were still pretty good. seven was good better than the rest. eight was damn good. Nine is the best in the series, makes me excited to see Dragon quest 10.
Disgaea is a series that shows steady improvement with each new release, while maintaining the basics that made it good.
I'm not certain how good Saints Row was, but Saints row 2 was so good I'm not sure anyone can deny that it's a much better game.
And what about Super Mario? nobody mentions how it was steady improvement for a while? no? well whatever.
For me breath of Fire was great, but then Breath of Fire 2 was so much better, then breath of fire 3 was just stellar perfection! I loved it so much! Then breath of fire 4 wasn't very good... then the next one just sucked. hard. so hard there hasn't been another one since. a promising RPG series sucked into the black hole of it's own ass. So sad.
Super Mario? Which games? That's a pretty up-and-down roller coaster ride, my friend.
Let's review (home console "main series" only)
1=amazing
2=disappointment
3=many people's greatest game of all time
4=awesome, but on almost no one's greatest list
5=weird, with tons of use of mode 7
6=reinvented games in the 3d space
7=why am I spraying water everywhere?
8=sweet! I'm flying!
9=sweet? I'm flying again? Now with Yoshi!