Poll: Series that deliver consistently good titles
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I'm gonna risk it and say Heroes of Might & Magic. Yes, even 4 is a good game when you realise there is a lot more strategy involved when compared to the last one.
6 is actually an amazing game. The first HoMM that allow you to build your hero in any way you want, the combat remind a lot of Kings Bounty except even better which is a really good thing, and they made some pretty smart changes to the game in general.
6 is actually an amazing game. The first HoMM that allow you to build your hero in any way you want, the combat remind a lot of Kings Bounty except even better which is a really good thing, and they made some pretty smart changes to the game in general.
At least it looks likeZhukov said:
They're sticking with Cole being dead. So far, anyway
OT: Wow, I came in here to say Tales and Disgaea. Uncanny. But yeah, from what I've played even the worst games in the seires (Disgaea 3 and Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology) are nowhere near bad for both those series. Always nice to see.
Bioshock's also been good throughout, hopefully Infinite keeps to this trend.
For me, honestly, it's the three "modern" TES games that I have played. They all definitely have their problems (a couple of frustratingly obtuse quests in morrowind, appalling voice acting and faces in Oblivion, and too much hand-holding in skyrim), but on the whole I think they were damn solid games, with the good far outweighing the bad. Also, pretty much all COD games have been consistently good. Yeah yeah, I know they are pretty damn ubiquitous and repetitive, but I think they have been at the very least better than average. The Mass Effect series was solid gold for the most part.
As for the innovation vs playing it safe question, innovation is great when it actually works, but I would say "Don't break something that works in an attempt to make it better". Or, to put it in a less stupid way, I don't like it when game devs piss all over something that works well just for the sake of innovation (paraphrasing croshaw there, I think).
As for the innovation vs playing it safe question, innovation is great when it actually works, but I would say "Don't break something that works in an attempt to make it better". Or, to put it in a less stupid way, I don't like it when game devs piss all over something that works well just for the sake of innovation (paraphrasing croshaw there, I think).
I hate quoting the OP, but when you actually manage to answer what I was going to answer then I have to. The Tales series has never disappointed me. Never. I have played a lot of them, even some of those never released outside of Japan.DeltaEdge said:
The series just suits me too well. I bought a PS3 for Tales of Graces F alone. I can't wait for Tales of Xillia and I really hope we get to see Tales of Xillia 2.
When the series was still with Insomniac, I thought the Spyro games were consistently good. Each one improved upon the last I thought, but there was still a reason to go back and play the older ones as well. It was actually those games that got me into gaming in the first place.
As for modern games, I can think of a few. If you accept two games as a series, I suppose the "Souls" series is so far consistently good (hopefully Dark Souls 2 lives up to that standard). I also think that, while the third isn't as great as the second, that the Uncharted games are still consistently great. There's also the Arkham games, however the change of developers for the third one does have me a little cautious at the moment.
As for modern games, I can think of a few. If you accept two games as a series, I suppose the "Souls" series is so far consistently good (hopefully Dark Souls 2 lives up to that standard). I also think that, while the third isn't as great as the second, that the Uncharted games are still consistently great. There's also the Arkham games, however the change of developers for the third one does have me a little cautious at the moment.
I think the series I've played the most is Silent Hill. I know the first three to four games are untouchable regarding later games but even said later games have been relatively enjoyable and fun to play, if only not as scary/originsl. I've only played two Disgaea games - those were fun - I distinctly liked the first better than the second though. And then I played the first three PS2 Kingdom Hearts games, which were all pretty cool, but I haven't played the rest of the games so that's probably a good thing.
The Dawn of War games are all pretty good. Great RTS action with awesome detail and killing effects. Haven't played Soulstorm or Winter Assualt expantions though but from my understanding its just more DoW with more space marine breasts/dark eldar, and imperial soldiers that no one wants to play as because they suck, respectively.
Megaman, I have yet to play a Megaman game that I didn't like even the battle network games were good
I'd have to say Shin Megami Tensei. I've only played Persona 3, Persona 4, Nocturne and Digital Devil Saga, and all of them were excellent games with unique setting! This is what I really like about SMT, they keep, mostly, the same gameplay, but their setting goes all over the place.
Well up until Final fantasy 13( with the exception of FFX-2 imo ). Squaresoft /Enix , produced quality finalfantasy game . Each numbered game was different from their predecessor , while not necessarily better , but good . They had a good run. Up until they made sequels every game was a risk because each was different . The times they tried to play it safe with sequels ( again in my opinion ) the game were pretty poor.
Legacy of Kain. It has its amazing members, and its good ones; never anything less.
The problem with this question is that very few series now exist that haven't been reimagined and remade or had 12 sequels made, which inevitably tends toward mediocrity.
The problem with this question is that very few series now exist that haven't been reimagined and remade or had 12 sequels made, which inevitably tends toward mediocrity.
The Winter Assault campaign is Ok, if linear compared to Dark Crusade. Soulstorm is the turd of the series although.Spiritmaster said:
My general rule: The longer the series, the greater the chance of a turd popping up.
Winter Assault is great, Soulstorm ... not so much. I didn't hate it as much as everyone else seems to but I'm pretty forgiving when it comes to anything 40K related and had no interest in playing it online.Spiritmaster said:
*Edit* Ninja'd by like five minutes. Heh.
I agree with the mention of Civilization, it's the only long running series I can think of where every game is good. Maybe you could add The Elder Scrolls to that too though? I haven't played a few of the very early titles but I don't think there's any bad ones has there?
I would like to say Disgaea myself, but I heared some subtitles of the series are not so good....
Shin Megami Tensei series:
Nearly all the games are PERFECT even most of the games have the same monsters over and over again. Reason? The very good unique writting each title have! Seriously, even the monster you meet have their unique personality!
One exeption of course is the game "Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon" [yep, this is the real title]. I wanted to like it, but it get sssoooooo boooorrriiiiinnnngggg that I give up....
Hitman games:
Yes, I played all of them, Hitman 1 & 2 on PC and Hitman 3 & 4 in PS2. All of them are good. I didn't played the new one, but I hope to be good as well.
Quake series:
All games are very solid, even Quake 4 that for a strange reason the most hardcore fans hate? Why the heck they hate this game?
Ace Attorney series:
Yep, ALL the games are perfect, even if these games are actually somehow visual novels. The writting is super in any way and always their ending make me siver with excitement!!!
Shin Megami Tensei series:
Nearly all the games are PERFECT even most of the games have the same monsters over and over again. Reason? The very good unique writting each title have! Seriously, even the monster you meet have their unique personality!
One exeption of course is the game "Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon" [yep, this is the real title]. I wanted to like it, but it get sssoooooo boooorrriiiiinnnngggg that I give up....
Hitman games:
Yes, I played all of them, Hitman 1 & 2 on PC and Hitman 3 & 4 in PS2. All of them are good. I didn't played the new one, but I hope to be good as well.
Quake series:
All games are very solid, even Quake 4 that for a strange reason the most hardcore fans hate? Why the heck they hate this game?
Ace Attorney series:
Yep, ALL the games are perfect, even if these games are actually somehow visual novels. The writting is super in any way and always their ending make me siver with excitement!!!