Whats your favorite series?

[scott]

Everyone plays favorites, and most everyone has a series they hold in higher regard than all the rest.

I'm pretty sure you all can tell mine is Castlevania, but what's yours?

[madmax]

I think mines pretty obvious as it's all i talk about on here

(Final Fantasy)

I'm pretty sure I've said the back story but here goes. I was living at my g-mas because my father had been in a near fatal accident overseas and couldn't take care of me. She got some family member to lend me his snes and a few games to keep me distracted. He had zelda, mario and FFII. I beat zelda and mario but had never heard of Final Fantasy. I picked up the game and started playing it and was pretty much hooked. I left before i got to finish and ever since then I've loved Final Fantasy games.

[darko]

I would have to say Metal Gear.

[desocietas]

Good question... I realize that I own a lot of franchises... How many games constitutes a series?
Looking at my collection, looks like I have:
Broken Sword, Dragon Quest, Etrian Odyssey, FF, Golden Sun, Ace Attorney, Professor Layton, Rune Factory, Persona, other SMT titles, Star Ocean...
Is a franchise anything over 3 titles?

[scott]

Is a franchise anything over 3 titles?

Well anything with sequels would be a series. Also, I tend to interchange "series" and "franchise". Maybe I should reword the question....

[tpugmire]

I have to pick just one?

Nope, can't do it.

Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pac-Man, among others.

[desocietas]

I have to pick just one?

Nope, can't do it.

Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pac-Man, among others.

I'm in the same boat.
I can maybe narrow it down to Persona, Ace Attorney, and Dragon Quest.

[pceslayer]

King's Quest and Ys

[scott]

Actually, Castlevania is on top. But also Metal Gear and Zelda in no particular order. Of course, I do love some Final Fantasy too.... dammit

[desocietas]

King's Quest and Ys

@pceslayer I've been thinking of picking up another Ys after playing through most of Ys Seven.  Thoughts on a definitive Ys title?

[pceslayer]

Ys II  complete on PC  is probably the definitive Ys game in the series, but it doesn't play anything like the newer Ys games. Most people don't care for the run-n-bump style simplicity of the first few Ys games and are pretty much instantly turned off.

So difinitive is the PC remake Ys I & II Complete(PC) and runners up are Ys Book I & II  (TGCD/WiiVC) and Ys I & II Chronicles (PSP)

If you find you're not a fan of the run-n-bump, give Oath in Felghana a try, its a remake of Ys III which was more action oriented by nature and in turn the remake plays just like 7.

[desocietas]

If you find you're not a fan of the run-n-bump, give Oath in Felghana a try, its a remake of Ys III which was more action oriented by nature and in turn the remake plays just like 7.

Cool; incidentally, I already have Oath in Felghana in my possession through GameFly, so I'll be sure to give it a try before sending it back (I haven't been good about actually playing my GameFly rentals lately, unfortunately).  I was wondering about Ys I & II, but noticed that a version had been put out on the DS, then another on the PSP... got confused by that, so I just jumped in with the later Ys Seven title after seeing the positive reviews.  Thanks for the advice!

[monochrome]

1. Sonic the Hedgehog
2. Mario Bros.
3. Final Fantasy

[andrew]

Easy question. Metal Gear, ever since I played Metal Gear Solid when I was younger.

I was also big into Syphon Filter, but the series got bad quick, and I haven't played the newest ones yet. Might as well throw Donkey Kong (Country) out there while I'm at it. Obviously, there's Mario and Zelda among several others.

[pceslayer]

Cool; incidentally, I already have Oath in Felghana in my possession through GameFly, so I'll be sure to give it a try before sending it back (I haven't been good about actually playing my GameFly rentals lately, unfortunately).  I was wondering about Ys I & II, but noticed that a version had been put out on the DS, then another on the PSP... got confused by that, so I just jumped in with the later Ys Seven title after seeing the positive reviews.  Thanks for the advice!

Yea the DS release is pure shite compared to the PSP release. I believe the source for the PSP version is Ys Complete where the DS version someone pulled it out of their ass.