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"It's not the best in the series, but it's my favorite one"
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Wasn't my first Halo, but I feel the same way about Reach. The campaign hits a lot of buttons and it has the finest score of the series, in my opinion. I had a lot of fun with Firefight back in the day as well.
In that case, probably Donkey Kong Country Returns (prefer it slightly over Tropical Freeze), Mario Kart Wii, Metroid Prime 2, and Sonic Heroes.
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
I couldn't stand Ezio's story and that gameplay style when it came out, and I still can't.
Max Payne 3
I love those old games but I Rockstar's twist on it was amazing.
I couldn't stand Ezio's story and that gameplay style when it came out, and I still can't.
Max Payne 3
I love those old games but I Rockstar's twist on it was amazing.
Not necessarily. I think Mass Effect 2 is a better made game than the first in terms of combat feel and design, mission structure, performance, etc. But the original's still my personal favorite - it introduced me to that world, the characters and holds a special place in my heart.
Dark Souls 2 (SOTFS)
I think Vendrick might be my favorite character across all videogames. Such an interesting figure with a really complicated history, twisted morals, who is clearly deeply flawed and yet heroic in his own strange way. I love Vendrick so damn much. And his voice acting is just superb. Really nailed that internal struggle that you can extrapolate from all the other bits and pieces about his life.
The Majula theme also hits me in a way that little other music does. It's just right. A perfect expression of the mood of that game.
I think Vendrick might be my favorite character across all videogames. Such an interesting figure with a really complicated history, twisted morals, who is clearly deeply flawed and yet heroic in his own strange way. I love Vendrick so damn much. And his voice acting is just superb. Really nailed that internal struggle that you can extrapolate from all the other bits and pieces about his life.
The Majula theme also hits me in a way that little other music does. It's just right. A perfect expression of the mood of that game.
Dark Souls 2. Love that dumb mess of a game and its willingness to experiment and try new things with the Demon's Souls formula. Stuff like bonfire acetics and a proper NG+ never should've been dropped from DS3.
It has by far the best PVP in the series due to build variety, stamina management, offhand weapons having full movesets, the backstep iframes, powerstance and great PVP covenants. If it wasn't for the lack of a proper red eye orb and the inclusion of soul memory I'd have almost no complaints with the multiplayer, but even those are easy to work around.
Perhaps controversially I also think it has the best fashion and some really underappreciated lore, characters and themes. Vendrick, Aldia and Lucatiel in particular are some of my favourite NPCs in the series.
PVE is the weakest in the trilogy though (especially bosses) other than the excellent DLC so it's hard for me to outright say it's the best with such a glaring flaw, but I love it anyway and stand by it being the best online experience in the series to date if nothing else
It has by far the best PVP in the series due to build variety, stamina management, offhand weapons having full movesets, the backstep iframes, powerstance and great PVP covenants. If it wasn't for the lack of a proper red eye orb and the inclusion of soul memory I'd have almost no complaints with the multiplayer, but even those are easy to work around.
Perhaps controversially I also think it has the best fashion and some really underappreciated lore, characters and themes. Vendrick, Aldia and Lucatiel in particular are some of my favourite NPCs in the series.
PVE is the weakest in the trilogy though (especially bosses) other than the excellent DLC so it's hard for me to outright say it's the best with such a glaring flaw, but I love it anyway and stand by it being the best online experience in the series to date if nothing else
first post nails it.
this is also how I feel about Star Trek Deep Space 9. I can't say it's better than TNG, but its by far my favorite, for a lot of the same reasons listed above about MP2 lol.
Assassins' Creed 1 (It just felt like missions made more sense for the goal of assassinating someone, even as repetitive as they were)
Mass Effect 1 (debatable on it not being the best one, actually)
Splinter Cell: Conviction (against Chaos Theory and Blacklist)
Mass Effect 1 (debatable on it not being the best one, actually)
Splinter Cell: Conviction (against Chaos Theory and Blacklist)
Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice
There, I said it. It's my favourite.
I loved everything about the first case, finally realizing who your defendant is (big WTF moment for me), learning that people are lying to you left and right, I loved Apollo's gimmick (still do), Apollo as a new main character with his own style of going about things, a prosecutor whose stick is not being an evil asshole that is just there to drag out the case with a bunch of bullshit witnesses for once, I even love that stupid magic show video that they make you watch a billion times and you can't skip (that one is partly Stockholm Syndrome though, to be fair).
Anyways, I really didn't like what happened in Dual Destinies, and I am still straight up SALTY about Spirit of Justice. My poor man Apollo didn't needed a new backstory with each game just to be eventually written out of the series, Capcom did him dirty. In my heart he'll always be an ever-doubting lawyer, not a wizard orphan from Nepal that wants to go to space...
I know its's not the best in the series. For one it has that awful magic show case. It's inconsistent and leaves a bunch of open threads. It ends in an extremely weird (fake) player choice, and basically is both the start of a new trilogy and trying to self-sabotage its main premise.
I like that it's weird and tries to go off the rails, but it's constantly holding itself back by wanting to both tie into the first trilogy and set up a new one as well as stray from the formula (spoiler, that doesn't work very well).
Weird, very flawed game. Definitely my favourite in the series.
Oh shit, also this one. The music and the humor in this one just got me so much more than the first two. It's also the first in the series I played, so that gives it a special place in my heart.
Yup, that's the one for me.
There, I said it. It's my favourite.
I loved everything about the first case, finally realizing who your defendant is (big WTF moment for me), learning that people are lying to you left and right, I loved Apollo's gimmick (still do), Apollo as a new main character with his own style of going about things, a prosecutor whose stick is not being an evil asshole that is just there to drag out the case with a bunch of bullshit witnesses for once, I even love that stupid magic show video that they make you watch a billion times and you can't skip (that one is partly Stockholm Syndrome though, to be fair).
Anyways, I really didn't like what happened in Dual Destinies, and I am still straight up SALTY about Spirit of Justice. My poor man Apollo didn't needed a new backstory with each game just to be eventually written out of the series, Capcom did him dirty. In my heart he'll always be an ever-doubting lawyer, not a wizard orphan from Nepal that wants to go to space...
I know its's not the best in the series. For one it has that awful magic show case. It's inconsistent and leaves a bunch of open threads. It ends in an extremely weird (fake) player choice, and basically is both the start of a new trilogy and trying to self-sabotage its main premise.
I like that it's weird and tries to go off the rails, but it's constantly holding itself back by wanting to both tie into the first trilogy and set up a new one as well as stray from the formula (spoiler, that doesn't work very well).
Weird, very flawed game. Definitely my favourite in the series.
Oh shit, also this one. The music and the humor in this one just got me so much more than the first two. It's also the first in the series I played, so that gives it a special place in my heart.
Yup, that's the one for me.
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I think that Pokemon BW2 or HGSS are the best in the series, but Pokemon BW came out at exactly the right time in my life for me to kind of escape into. Also one of the few Pokemon games I replay every year.
I consider it the best metroid game, it's also been my favorite game of all time for the last decade.
Usually people rank Suikoden 2 as the best in the series But I really enjoyed Suikoden 5 the most.
One of the few JRPGs I finished twice. And since it's been so long i've been thinking about a third. I would love for the series to be on the Switch. Insta buy for me.
One of the few JRPGs I finished twice. And since it's been so long i've been thinking about a third. I would love for the series to be on the Switch. Insta buy for me.
Max Payne 3.
I get that the first was way more revolutionary than the third one, so I can see how people consider that the best, or even the second one.
But boy the presentation was fucking good. I don't even care about the unskippable cutscenes because they were just so damn good. The voice acting, the music, the camera work. Fuck. I love that game. It was dark, unique and full of character. It is among the kings in cinematic storytelling. I would rate it on the same level TLoU is.
Of course the gameplay is a masterpiece, but that goes without saying.
I get that the first was way more revolutionary than the third one, so I can see how people consider that the best, or even the second one.
But boy the presentation was fucking good. I don't even care about the unskippable cutscenes because they were just so damn good. The voice acting, the music, the camera work. Fuck. I love that game. It was dark, unique and full of character. It is among the kings in cinematic storytelling. I would rate it on the same level TLoU is.
Of course the gameplay is a masterpiece, but that goes without saying.
Mario Sunshine (more like shunshine am i right) is still the one 3d mario game i return to the most. it feels absolutely incredible to play, and it brings me a fuckton of joy.
Depending on the perspective, Metal Gear Solid 5 fits this for me. It's my favorite gameplay of the series, but also objectively the worst one for being released entirely unfinished.
Shenmue.. I do believe the second game is better in every aspect, it just that I'm emotionally more attached to the original, it felt cozier
Yep, but you've just stated everything that makes it the best in the series tho :p
Agreed. I understand why people like TTYD more, and I do fully agree it does some things better, but the combat always felt less special to me; it felt like it went a little too far down the road of traditional JRPG compared to 64's more puzzle like battles. I also like Color Splash more than TTYD for this same reason.
All three are great though!
For me it has a lot to do with my mindset at the time. Wind waker is not the best Zelda game, but it was part of an almost perfect summer in my teenage years.
Personally, Battlefield 1942 and Yakuza 2.
It would've been far more unpopular if you'd said V3.
It would've been far more unpopular if you'd said V3.
Starfox Adventures is my favorite Starfox game.
However, this is the case because I like Zelda-likes and don't like rail shooters, and wasn't really a fan of Starfox before Adventures. It's basically a genre change, and I totally understand why those who like the series because of its original genre would hate Adventures. (Honestly wish this could have just stayed Dinosaur Planet and not been tied into Starfox to begin with. Would've kept both parties happy.)
If we're strictly sticking to games within a series that don't pull a Nuts&Bolts/Starfox Adventures genre switch, then I submit Skyward Sword.
It has the most of what I love about Zelda games and the least of what I don't like about them, and I enjoyed the story-heavy (by LoZ standards) parts. I also never really had any major problems with the "waggle" controls. (I did admittedly get quick at hitting that "re-zero the sensor" button, though.)
However, this is the case because I like Zelda-likes and don't like rail shooters, and wasn't really a fan of Starfox before Adventures. It's basically a genre change, and I totally understand why those who like the series because of its original genre would hate Adventures. (Honestly wish this could have just stayed Dinosaur Planet and not been tied into Starfox to begin with. Would've kept both parties happy.)
If we're strictly sticking to games within a series that don't pull a Nuts&Bolts/Starfox Adventures genre switch, then I submit Skyward Sword.
It has the most of what I love about Zelda games and the least of what I don't like about them, and I enjoyed the story-heavy (by LoZ standards) parts. I also never really had any major problems with the "waggle" controls. (I did admittedly get quick at hitting that "re-zero the sensor" button, though.)
Final Fantasy VIII
Resident Evil 3 PS1
Metal Gear Solid PS1
Uncharted 4
Maybe I made it easy on me, because all those games are absolutely fantastic without being the most popular ones in the franchise and I also love basically all other games in those series. Like Resident Evil 2 PS1, Uncharted 2, Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid 3 are all masterpieces that I basically like as much as the games I listed, but the above list would be my personal favorites for other reasons that would be hard to explain objectively.
Resident Evil 3 PS1
Metal Gear Solid PS1
Uncharted 4
Maybe I made it easy on me, because all those games are absolutely fantastic without being the most popular ones in the franchise and I also love basically all other games in those series. Like Resident Evil 2 PS1, Uncharted 2, Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid 3 are all masterpieces that I basically like as much as the games I listed, but the above list would be my personal favorites for other reasons that would be hard to explain objectively.
For a series with multiple amazing games, Final Fantasy V is such a fun time to play despite a lot of entries being technically better.
For a more obscure game Super Robot Wars W on DS is probably my most played one of the SRW series beating both Alpha 3 and Z the usual top contenders
For a more obscure game Super Robot Wars W on DS is probably my most played one of the SRW series beating both Alpha 3 and Z the usual top contenders