Board 8 > your top 3 favorite VG series & games [survey]

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List your top 3 fav VG series & (up to) top 3 fav games in those series.

take into account the whole series/multiple games rather than having a series at the top just because you reeeeaaaaallly like one game. or don't. whatever.

me:
Persona + spinoffs (3, 5, Arena)
Pokemon (RB, HGSS, BW)
SoulCalibur (II, V, VI)

1. Final Fantasy (Tactics, X, VI)
2. Uncharted (3, 4, 2)
3. Super Mario (3, World, 2)

1. Resident Evil (RE1 remake, RE4, RE3 original)
2. Silent Hill (SH2, SH3, SH1)
3. Devil May Cry (DMC5, DMC1, DMC4)

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Actually, thinking over it a little, I'll actually go with this for my #3:

Splinter Cell (Chaos Theory, Conviction, Blacklist)

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1. Donkey Kong Country (2, 3, Tropical Freeze)
2. Persona (4, 3 Portable, Arena)
3. Kirby (Super Star, Planet Robobot, Air Ride)

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1 - metroid (prime, super, zero mission)
2 - f-zero (gx, x, maximum velocity)
3 - super mario (3, galaxy, 3d world)

shoutouts to some rhythm games that would probably be here but it felt kind of odd to include "3 best games" there

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1 - Super Mario (Super Mario World, 64, Galaxy)
2 - Advance Wars (AW2 Black Hole Rising, Dual Strike, Days of Ruin)
3 - Final Fantasy (VI, VII, IX)

HM's: Crash (Would be on here if the Post-ND games were better), Spyro (Same), Tekken, Smash Bros (was on there until I "un-forgot" FInal Fantasy)

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1. Tales (Abyss, Berseria, Xillia 2)
2. Fire Emblem (Path of Radiance, Three Houses, Radiant Dawn)
3. Pokemon (HGSS, B2W2, Colosseum)

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1. Dragon Quest (XI, V, IX)
2. Mario (64, 3, Galaxy)
3. Civilization (V: Brave New World, VI: Gathering Storm, VI: Rise and Fall)

That looks about right to me, cheating and all (which is why I'm not placing Civ any higher). I don't care about video game series that much, though, partially because a majority of my favorites are either part of a series I'm not that invested in or not part of a series at all and partially because there's lots of games I haven't played even in series I do care about.

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1. Soulsborne (Bloodborne, DS2, Demon's Souls)
2. Etrian Odyssey (2, 1, 5)
3. Phantasy Star (4, 2, Blue Burst)

There's probably something really obvious I'm forgetting, but I feel confident about the top two. Only thing I'm not sure of is whether EO 5 or Nexus is better, but I gave the edge to 5 for trying to be unique and making me feel nostalgic for EO1 in a totally new setting, where Nexus was more of like... trying to force nostalgia by including stuff from all previous games, but missing a few of the things that I would have really wanted (and putting more emphasis on 3-4 than I would have liked)

There might be a series that I like overall more than Phantasy Star, but nothing else came to mind after thinking about it "really hard" for 45 seconds.


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1. Xenoblade (... DE, 2, X)
2. Metroid (Super, ZM, Prime)
3. Megan Man (X, 9, BN3)

... despite its disappearance in the last decade I can't bring myself to bump Metroid... I mean I beat Fusion about 40 times in a 1-month stretch for heck's sake, it's always gonna be important to me

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Kiseki | Trails in the Sky SC, Trails from Zero, Trails to Azure
Shin Megami Tensei | Strange Journey, Soul Hackers, Devil Summoner 2
Metroid | Prime 2, Prime, Zero Mission

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1. Fire Emblem (Genealogy of the Holy War, Three Houses, Radiant Dawn)
2. Megami Tensei (Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, Devil Survivor 2, Shin Megami Tensei IV)
3. Sonic the Hedgehog (Adventure 2, 3 & Knuckles, 2)

And no, I haven't played the FE/SMT crossover yet. I want to, especially now that it's on the Switch. Soon enough, I'm sure.

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1. Trails (Sky SC, Ao, Sky The 3rd)

Nothing is really even worth mentioning in comparison, but I guess if you insist I'd go with this

2. Persona (3, 4, 5)
3. Legend of Zelda (Skyward Sword, Wind Waker, Ocarina of Time)
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MGS (2, 3, 4)
Mass Effect (1, 2, 3)
Sonic the Hedgehog (3+K, 2, Mania)

(I guess it's kind of close between Sonic and Pokemon)

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Crash Bandicoot (1, 2, CTR)
Final Fantasy (VIII, X, XII)
Halo (1, 3, Reach)

HM: The Elder Scrolls, Forza Horizon, Kingdom Hearts
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Ace Attorney (3, 6, 5)
Hot Shots Golf (Fore, Out of Bounds, World Invitational)

There isn't really a third series that I just love unconditionally. Those are probably the only two where I can safely say that both every game is a winner (yes, even Apollo Justice) and those top 3 in each are all like top 50 overall in my book.

Professor Layton, Mass Effect, Uncharted, Persona, Trauma Center, the Zero Escape trilogy, Elder Scrolls, Metal Gear Solid, Banjo-Kazooie, Danganronpa, Dark Souls, Fallout, and Resident Evil have 2 games I really love, but not really a third.

Then bigger series like Mario Kart, Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter, Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, and Pokemon all have 3 games I feel pretty strongly about, but the bottom half of those are all really mediocre.

I think the closest I get to a third series is either.....
Advance Wars (2, Days of Ruin, Dual Strike)
WarioWare (Twisted, Touched, Smooth Moves)
or Super Smash Bros. (Ultimate, Melee, 3DS)

I don't feel confident saying any of those, though.

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1. The Legend of Zelda (LA, 1, 2)
2. Mega Man (2, 3, 5)
3. Super Mario Bros (3, 1, 64)

Mario Party (1, 2, 3)
Super Smash Bros (64, Melee, Ultimate)
Super Mario (64, Land 2, Bros 3)

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1. Super Mario (World, 3, Lost Levels)
2. Halo (4, 3 ODST)
3. Forza Horizon (3, 2, 1)

Honorable mentions to Hitman, Sly, and GTA
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1. Souls (1, 3, Bloodborne)
2. Fallout (2, 3, New Vegas)
3. Musou (Hyrule Warriors, Pirate Warriors 3, Dynasty Warriors 8)

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1. Ace Attorney (Spirit of Justice, Trials & Tribulations, Dual Destinies)
2. Super Smash Bros. (Ultimate, Melee, 4)
3. Pokmon Mystery Dungeon (Rescue Team, Explorers, Super)

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Fire Emblem (7, PoR, 3H)
Sonic (3&K, Mania, 2)
SSB (Ultimate, 4, Melee)

honorable mention for Pokemon, Ace Attorney, and Mario (especially if Mario Maker counts)

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Spyro (1, 3, 2)
Pokemon (Emerald, HeartGold/SoulSilver, Platinum)
Ace Attorney (3, 1, 6)

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Smash (Ultimate, Melee, 64)
Fire Emblem (4, 7, 12)
Metroid (Prime, Prime 3, Zero Mission)

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Ace Attorney (3, Investigations 2, 5)
Final Fantasy (6,5,7)
Smash (Melee, Ultimate, Smash 4)

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