Poll: Series that deliver consistently good titles

[bafrali]

Half Life had a good run. Aaaaaand...that is about it.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

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.

i do find it hilarious when people try to say all final fantasy games are the same, i generally do laugh out loud at it.

(obviously alot of the character types/themes will overlay, but the actual combat and mechanics change wildly between alot of the games)


OT: it depends exactly on what the "series" is going for. if it is final fantasy, i don't mind them changing it up each game, all the stories are separate (besides the spin off things, which are generally pretty bad) so there is no real disconnect in the character doing combat different or anything, but if it is a story arc like the witcher or mass effect, i'd much prefer it to be very similar to the previous game so it keeps the same atmosphere and i go into the game with my feet running before i hit the ground, so to speak.

 

[Fodder Aplenty]

i don't think anyone would ever fault a game solely for trying something different. but at the same time, it has been 10 years and two spinoffs now, and i would really like a sequel paper mario TTYD

 

[mfeff]

Creative Assembly Total War (Insert War Here) is the most consistent series that comes to mind. Including Total War Rome II, makes 15 games starting in 1999... plus DLC n' mods... cannot say I have ever had buyers remorse.

 

[ScrabbitRabbit]

I think I love every Zelda game. I haven't played the DS ones or Skyward Sword yet, but the rest of the series is amazing.

From what I've seen of Skyward Sword, it looks brilliant. I'm a bit "eh" about buying the DS ones, because apparently you use the touch screen to move? I fucking hate that control system. I'm sure they're still good games, so I'll probably buy them eventually.