Gonna go with Tony Hawk here if we're not gonna go into the mobile entires.
GTA Advance though
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Which Series Has the Longest String of Great Entries in a Row
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As a huge Street Fighter fan...
SSF2 Vanilla was a dud
Zero 1 was like a beta
New Generation like a slightly better beta
Street Fighter V 'version 1', which was for sale boxed in shops, was essentially literally a beta.
Lots of duds in there, without even stating my personal opinions about IV being crap as a whole.
Agreed.
I have a hard time understanding the divide and anger, but well...
I don't really like Fates, not only because of the character design, but the "voice acting" and story are worse than ever. I was super hyped due to the setup.
Super Mario series:
Super Mario Bros 1-2jp-2-3
Super Mario Land 1-2
Super Mario World
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Sunshine
New Super Mario Bros 1-Wii-2-U.
Super Mario Galaxy 1-2
Super Mario 3D Land-World
Super Mario Odyssey.
Incredible games with just a few games that I would classify as "Just great" in that list (SMB2, SML and NSMB2 to be precise). 33 straight years of quality.
Super Mario Bros 1-2jp-2-3
Super Mario Land 1-2
Super Mario World
Super Mario 64
Super Mario Sunshine
New Super Mario Bros 1-Wii-2-U.
Super Mario Galaxy 1-2
Super Mario 3D Land-World
Super Mario Odyssey.
Incredible games with just a few games that I would classify as "Just great" in that list (SMB2, SML and NSMB2 to be precise). 33 straight years of quality.
Uncharted 2, 3 GA, 4, LL.
MGS 1, 2, 3, 4, PW, 5.
What about 4 and 7?
MGS 1, 2, 3, 4, PW, 5.
What about 4 and 7?
Yakuza 0-6 and FF IV-X.
Ahh fuck it, I agree, 6 is awesome.
Wish I could also agree with MGS, but I just can't, not with that boring, monotone and puke-inducing Big Shell in MGS2, ugh.
Ahh fuck it, I agree, 6 is awesome.
Wish I could also agree with MGS, but I just can't, not with that boring, monotone and puke-inducing Big Shell in MGS2, ugh.
Regarding Fates, the story is bad, but the gameplay... damn, it's surreal. So it's still a great game for me.
By voice acting, are you referring to the EN dub? I have both the localized and JP version, and I agree the EN dub is so inferior compared with the original.
Woops, my bad! For some reason I keep thinking HSIFS is 14.
Also yep EO is mad consistent!! Good pick!!!
<- Halo
Halo CE, 2,3,ODST and Reach had both memorable Campaigns AND Multiplayer offerings.
Then Halo 4 had probably the best Campaign of the entire franchise (but the lesser Multiplayer) while Halo 5 had the best Multiplayer (but with the lesser Campaign)
The most solid modern franchise overall for me.
Halo CE, 2,3,ODST and Reach had both memorable Campaigns AND Multiplayer offerings.
Then Halo 4 had probably the best Campaign of the entire franchise (but the lesser Multiplayer) while Halo 5 had the best Multiplayer (but with the lesser Campaign)
The most solid modern franchise overall for me.
Yes, the English dub is absolutely horrendous. It's mostly voices iirc. I finished Hoshido path, stopped Nohr after 75% and didn't touch Revelations...
XI is absolutely phenomenal. I am currently playing it (close to 65h so far). It's high up in my GOTY list.
Smash Bros. has only had 4 games so far (5 if you count 3DS and Wii U separately), and there hasn't been a single bad game in the series. They're all excellent multi-player games.
There's never been a bad Kirby game either. Maybe some that are average at worst, but mostly good or great overall.
There's never been a bad Kirby game either. Maybe some that are average at worst, but mostly good or great overall.
It's low-key Tony Hawk
Metacritic Scores:
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 [1999] = 92
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 [2000] = 98 (Highest rated PSX game of all time)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 [2001] = 97 (Tied with GTA3 as highest rated PS2 game of all time)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 [2002] = 94
Tony Hawk's Underground [2003] = 90
It dropped off with Underground 2 (82 MC), but Neversoft had half a decade of back to back 90+ releases, some of which were the highest rated games on their respective consoles.
EDIT: Not really "mainline", but worth noting that Pro Skater 2 is also the highest rated GBA game of all time with 95 on MC.
Metacritic Scores:
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 [1999] = 92
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 [2000] = 98 (Highest rated PSX game of all time)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 [2001] = 97 (Tied with GTA3 as highest rated PS2 game of all time)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 [2002] = 94
Tony Hawk's Underground [2003] = 90
It dropped off with Underground 2 (82 MC), but Neversoft had half a decade of back to back 90+ releases, some of which were the highest rated games on their respective consoles.
EDIT: Not really "mainline", but worth noting that Pro Skater 2 is also the highest rated GBA game of all time with 95 on MC.
Nice pick, but in fairness back in those days every half-decent game scored a 90+
You'd only know a game was really good if it scored like a 9.9 on the likes of IGN and Gamespot, if it 'just' managed a 9.0 then it was only alright, not great.
GTA3 onwards.
Never been a bad or even mediocre game.
Even as divisive as GTAIV was it was still a solid game.
Never been a bad or even mediocre game.
Even as divisive as GTAIV was it was still a solid game.
Really depends on how you look at it. Sure, there have been installments in each SF sub-series that are rendered obsolete. There's no reason to play SSF2 when you got Hyper Fighting and Super Turbo, for example. But SFII was a GAAS series long before GAAS was a thing. Without SSF2 introducing the four new challengers, we don't get ST. Without the vanilla versions of Alpha, III, IV, and V, we don't get the updates. The games were meant to evolve, so I don't think an underwhelming installment is a knock on the overall consistency.
If any of the SF subseries ended without a lasting classic, I would agree with your argument. But each time out SF has eventually found that magic, and sometimes multiple versions of magic (HF and ST, A2 and A3). They shouldn't be penalized for not giving up on games and continuing to develop them over years. They earned their greatness streak through iteration.
This was what I thought of as well. I would say it ends after a Crack in Time, though, as the spinoffs after it, All 4 One and Full Frontal Assault, are at best good games. There's also the two PSP spinoffs bt another developer around the time of Tools of Destruction. I think they maintained the quality level though, so it doesn't end the streak in my opinion.