Story: 3 > 1 > 4 > 2
Gameplay: 3 > 2 > 1 > 4
4's gameplay is only so low because there was so little of it. If they had a lot more gameplay with the Chapter 1/2 stuff, it would've been great. But we got too much story instead. 3's gameplay improved upon 2's and 1... well, 1 is just bare bones stuff.
2 is just a clusterf*** of story and it should be ashamed of itself. The way the story is told, the way in which you feel during it, everything about it is just a pathetic heap of trash. They could have done this so much better, but for whatever reason they royally screwed it up by trying (and failing) to be deep and thoughtful. 3's story is flawless in every way, and 1's story is really fantastic. 4 loses out for some silly stuff, even though it wins on a lot of cool factors. Most of the silliness comes from them having to explain s*** that makes no sense.
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