Board 8 > Top 5 series that are consistently good?

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What would you say are the top 5 series that consistently produce above-average games with few-to-no duds?

I'd say the following are definitely in the running:

Metal Gear/Solid
Mario platformers
Professor Layton
Ace Attorney
Pokemon (the main-series RPGs)
Elder Scrolls

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Batman Arkham games so far.
Advance wars
Half Life
Layton
Metroid

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Final Fantasy
Metal Gear Solid
Elder Scrolls

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Resident Evil
Assassin's Creed
Elder Scrolls
Soul Calibur
Metal Gear

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imo

Resident Evil
Pokemon
Street Fighter
Mega Man
Diablo

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The Legend of Zelda
Super Mario
Super Mario RPG
Kingdom Hearts
Super Smash Bros.
Pokemon

Kirby
Metal Gear
Dragon Quest
Pokemon
Layton

Kirby is definitely #1 though among consistently good games when you consider how many there are and how many are fantastic.

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Menji76 posted...

Final Fantasy
Metal Gear Solid
Elder Scrolls

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No With recent FF games they have not been very good at all. Which is sad considering my favorite game of all time is Final Fantasy VI.

My list:

Zelda
Metal Gear
Elder Scrolls
Grand Theft Auto
Assassin's Creed (though Revelations was a bit disappointing)
Mass Effect

That's what I can think of right now.

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Super Smash Bros

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Halo
Anything by Blizzard
Rock Band
F-Zero
Metal Gear

Atelier
Disgaea
Kirby
Pokemon
Professor Layton

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Halo (never played Halo Wars so maybe that sucks)
Mario (Core series)
Starcraft
Half-Life
Grand Theft Auto

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Mario
Pokemon
No More Heroes (only two, but both stellar)
Tekken
Kirby

Crash Bandicoot would have made this list during the PS1 days.

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Anything by Blizzard
Death and Return of Superman
Justice League Task Force
RPM Racing

Sure, it's been a while since they came out, but these spectacular duds should still be included...

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Assassin's Creed (Even the first was an above average product upon release and I loved it)
Metal Gear Solid
Halo
Super Smash Bros.
Uncharted

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Pokemon
Dragon Quest
Smash
Total War
3D Mario

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Hmm...

Wild Arms
Disgaea
Ouendan
Layton
Medievil

No entry I outright hate, and enjoyed every last one.

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I see the psp doesn't exist in this topic.

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Shin Megami Tensei

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How many games need to be in the series to qualify? Like... does Batman: Arkham games qualify with only 2 entries?

Also, how do you quantify a dud?


Final Fantasy games definitely qualify. The only "dud" has been FF14, as every other entry has had immense praise (and it's fair share of criticism as is to be expected when you have a huge franchise), and high scores.

I'd say Uncharted hasn't had any disappointing entries yet, but it also has less than 5 games to it's series.

Ratchet and Clank series have always been popular as have God of War.

Assasin's Creed first game is the lowest rated game of the series and has been getting nothing but better as it produces.

Don't think I've heard anyone complain about any of the Metal Gear games, except maybe 2.

Mario Games of course always do well, except maybe that Luigi's Mansion game... and maaaaaaaaaybe Sunshine.

Of course there is the killer of all games.... The Legend of Zelda.

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Pokemon
Metal Gear
Mega Man
Mario RPGs and Platformers
Assassins Creed
Kirby
Halo
Resident Evil
Smash Bros

dunno which to pick

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came in to say Pokemon and Metal Gear Solid just off the top of my head. Zelda too, really.

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Final Fantasy games definitely qualify. The only "dud" has been FF14, as every other entry has had immense praise (and it's fair share of criticism as is to be expected when you have a huge franchise), and high scores.

12 and 13 both have noticeably lower scores on sites where anyone can submit a score. Metacritic or here for example. Whether a 77% average means the series isn't "consistently good" anymore I'm not sure. But there's no doubt 12 and 13 have received a lot more criticism than anything since the series got really good around 4.

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Super Mario
Grand Theft Auto
Sly
Mario Kart
WarioWare

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If you want to talk about series duds, mgs has quite a few. Assassin's creed has a couple as well, it's called the psp.

On topic, smt is good in this regard. Not entirely good, but consistent over the decades.

Ys is another.

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Civilization
Elder Scrolls (only bad one is oblivion, the rest are all well above average)
Metal Gear Solid

I want to include the NES styled Mega Mans, but most think 4,5, and 6 were just average and "more of the same". Ill be honest though i think 4, 5 and 6 are all great games and close to the level of greatness that 2 and 3 are

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Pokemon
Mario
Mario Kart
Disgaea
Uncharted
Wii Sports/Play/Music/Sports Resort

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mario
pokemon
final fantasy

everything else i can think of has one or two stumbles, making it inconsistent. and i mean mario has sunshine and FF has 13, but both have so many more games than most other series that i would still call them consistent.

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Diablo
Gears
Professor Layton
Shining Force
maybe Elder Scrolls I don't know what the first few were like

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Top 5 (In terms of consistency)
01. Metal Gear
02. Resident Evil
03. The Legend of Zelda
04. Uncharted
05. Ratchet & Clank

Top 5 (series bomber included in ( ))
01. Final Fantasy (2, 11, 13, 14 and 12 are all below par in terms of FF quality)
02. Metal Gear (none)
03. Resident Evil (none but needs new ideas)
04. Suikoden (4 bombed mercilessly, otherwise Suikoden would be in the top 5 in terms of consistency)
05. Persona (1 - almost unplayable, 2 - incomparable to P3 and P4, anyone saying otherwise is just fooling themselves)

Top 5 series run to the ground
01. Spyro the Dragon (Insomniac's sacrificial goat or rather sheep for R&C)
02. Crash Bandicoot (Naughty Dog's sacrificial goat for Jak and eventually Uncharted)
03. Mega Man (No new innovations, merely average and beaten to death mechanics)
04. Mana Series (Haven't played even a decent Mana game since Legend of Mana)
05. Final Fantasy (What was once the undisputed best series in video games is fiddling with mediocrity (FF11,13 and 14) and merely 'good' games (FF12)

- FF6-FF10 is what I'd call the highest point in not just the series but gaming itself.
- Ever since Metal Gear turned Metal Gear Solid, the series has all produced atleast 9/10 games
- Most improved series: Resident Evil after the release of the 4th installment
- Undisputed best JRPGs after FF10, SMT: Persona 4 followed by Persona 3
- IMO only 2 Zelda games have reached the heights of best game ever material: Skyward Sword and Majora's Mask.
- Uncharted is this generation's most consistent series IMO
- Ratchet & Clank may be Sony's most consistent series if you exclude the horrible Size Matters on PSP

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Metal Gear
Resident Evil

Are the only true answers.

Kirby
Pokemon
Mario Kart

For consistently good but not great.

Mario Platformers would easily be up there though if not for the New! curse.

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