Board 8 > Game series where every new entry is better than the last?

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wg64Z
05/18/17 10:22:27 AM
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With at least 3 games in the series?

Me and my buddies have been brainstorming which game series has accomplished this, and even the ones we thought of are debatable. We figured:

Most sports franchises, Madden, NHL etc.
Grand Theft Auto
Elder Scrolls
Witcher
Pikmin

And that's about it. Any thoughts?
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Jesse_Custer
05/18/17 10:28:25 AM
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Arguably Civilization
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wildstrike1516
05/18/17 10:31:55 AM
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I don't share the same opinion with GTA, I didn't even finish the last one. It seems like it's been the same game for ten years now.
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VeryInsane
05/18/17 10:35:43 AM
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Jesse_Custer posted...
Arguably Civilization


But really only when all the expansions are out
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Tom Bombadil
05/18/17 10:36:02 AM
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Pokemon is close if you take off the nostalgia goggles and really like the water parts of RSE
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EndOfDiscOne
05/18/17 10:37:01 AM
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Final Fantasy
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wg64Z
05/18/17 10:49:37 AM
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Eh, X/Y were pretty meh to me. I wouldn't put Pokemon in that category.
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redrocket_pub
05/18/17 10:59:08 AM
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LOL Oblivion > Morrowind
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05/18/17 11:00:11 AM
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Metal_DK
05/18/17 11:00:42 AM
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Morrowind and Daggerfall are the only Elder Scrolls games worth playing, so LOL at Elder Scrolls

Civ 2 and 4 are the best civ games, so nope.
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ArvTheGreat
05/18/17 11:03:00 AM
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Tmnt 1-4 shenmue sonic 1- knuckles ninja gaiden
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Furious Fura
05/18/17 11:05:39 AM
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Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings

Although crusader kings isn't really a series there are only two games
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Furious Fura
05/18/17 11:06:27 AM
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Persona maybe although I haven't played 5 yet I'm really hoping it somehow is better than 4
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Arti
05/18/17 11:06:30 AM
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Rune Factory
Hyperdimension Neptunia
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swirIdude
05/18/17 11:14:46 AM
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Furious Fura posted...
Persona maybe although I haven't played 5 yet I'm really hoping it somehow is better than 4


It is.
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SupremeZero
05/18/17 11:16:26 AM
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wg64Z posted...
Elder Scrolls

No.
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azuarc
05/18/17 11:23:27 AM
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Not Elder Scrolls (Oblivion)
Not Civilization (3)

The obvious answer here is The Witcher. Nobody even knew about the first game. The second was acclaimed. The third was lauded.
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NeoElfboy
05/18/17 11:41:19 AM
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Grandia. I haven't played Xtreme but 3 > 2 > 1 by very significant margins in each case to me.

I'd also lean towards Shadow Hearts though I acknowledge 2 is a better game than 3, just 3 plays more to my biases by having better gameplay.

Can't think of any longer series without at least one counterexample. Maybe certain sub-series like the GBA/DS Castlevanias? I haven't played all of those yet but it's true from what I have played.
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Dark Silvergun
05/18/17 11:45:46 AM
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To me, Resident Evil stayed that way with the main series through RE4, and then things started to falter thereafter.
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Shaduln
05/18/17 11:52:53 AM
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Assassin's Cre....ok, yeah, even I can't finish that
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wg64Z
05/18/17 12:35:36 PM
#21:


ArvTheGreat posted...
Tmnt 1-4 shenmue sonic 1- knuckles ninja gaiden


Wasn't Ninja Gaiden 3 terrible? for Xbox 360 right?
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JonThePenguin
05/18/17 12:42:31 PM
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wg64Z posted...
ArvTheGreat posted...
Tmnt 1-4 shenmue sonic 1- knuckles ninja gaiden


Judging by the rest of the list I assume he means the 2D trilogy from the NES.
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OliviaTremor
05/18/17 12:43:41 PM
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Soulblazer series (Soulblazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma)

Mother

Other than those two I really don't know what can be considered beyond a doubt. Maybe Max Payne?
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wg64Z
05/18/17 12:43:57 PM
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I was more meaning the entire series, not just cherry picked trilogies. Otherwise I could think of many, many series that can meet that standard.
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Big Bob
05/18/17 12:45:15 PM
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Persona, arguably. Whether or not you like the story and characters is up to personal taste, but the gameplay and presentation is noticeably better with each game.
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VeryInsane
05/18/17 12:48:10 PM
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JonThePenguin posted...
wg64Z posted...
ArvTheGreat posted...
Tmnt 1-4 shenmue sonic 1- knuckles ninja gaiden


Judging by the rest of the list I assume he means the 2D trilogy from the NES.


NES Trilogy goes downhill after the first one
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wg64Z
05/18/17 12:48:22 PM
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Warcraft? Only if you believe WoW is the best Warcraft game.
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KCF0107
05/18/17 12:50:54 PM
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Max Payne
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MrGreenonion
05/18/17 1:06:09 PM
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JonThePenguin posted...
wg64Z posted...
ArvTheGreat posted...
Tmnt 1-4 shenmue sonic 1- knuckles ninja gaiden


Judging by the rest of the list I assume he means the 2D trilogy from the NES.

Ninja Gaiden 3 sucks
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azuarc
05/18/17 1:11:40 PM
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OliviaTremor posted...
Soulblazer series (Soulblazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma)

Illusion of Gaia was part of a series??
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OliviaTremor
05/18/17 1:20:57 PM
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wg64Z posted...
I was more meaning the entire series, not just cherry picked trilogies. Otherwise I could think of many, many series that can meet that standard.


I don't think you could. Those that I mentioned aren't cherry picked trilogies. Cherry picking would be something like 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, but only the first 4' or 'Sonic the Hedgehog, but only Sonic 1-3 and Knuckles'

Also, you have Witcher and Pikmin in the first post.
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Nanis23
05/18/17 1:23:26 PM
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Tom Bombadil posted...
Pokemon is close if you take off the nostalgia goggles and really like the water parts of RSE

Have to disagree
Pokemon new features pretty much peaked with BW2
Gen VI made it much easier to breed (and O Powers) but those were just QoL improvements, nothing major
And Sun and Moon were pretty much a step back in everything besides graphics and story

And sadly I can't have any answer for this topic, any video game series I can think of ruined it at some point
The only way it works is if I divide games into trilogies, but since we can't do that..yeah, I got nothing

Warcraft? Only if you believe WoW is the best Warcraft game.

Actually I think this one might work
I don't think WoW can be considered part of the "Warcraft" series, the same way Hearthstone can't be considered either
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scarletspeed7
05/18/17 1:23:42 PM
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wg64Z posted...
Madden

This is not true.
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ZeeksFire
05/18/17 1:25:18 PM
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I don't know about the Dragon Quest series entirely, but i know it's probably better off than lots of the choices put up so far.
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EndOfDiscOne
05/18/17 1:31:07 PM
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The series of SNES Donkey Kong Country games featuring Diddy Kong
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JonThePenguin
05/18/17 1:31:37 PM
#37:


EndOfDiscOne posted...
The series of SNES Donkey Kong Country games featuring Diddy Kong

Now see THIS is cherry picking.
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baubeta
05/18/17 1:41:40 PM
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scarletspeed7 posted...
wg64Z posted...
Madden

This is not true.


Madden 05 is really great. Madden 06 is unplayable trash. The claim that "every sports game is better than the last one" is actually a thinly veiled insult towards the genre by people who haven't ever played them.
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Ultimaphazon
05/18/17 1:43:17 PM
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I'd argue Marvel vs Capcom, though MvC3 > MvC2 is certainly not a universal opinion.
Also, it's (probably) about to be ruined soon.
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Snrkiko
05/18/17 1:47:40 PM
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metal gear solid

and then 4 and 5 happened
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Metal_DK
05/18/17 1:48:22 PM
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And 3
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swordz9
05/18/17 1:51:50 PM
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Furious Fura posted...
Persona maybe although I haven't played 5 yet I'm really hoping it somehow is better than 4

It basically is in everything other than main characters where it is far weaker than 4 and even 3
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STElNER
05/18/17 1:53:18 PM
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Metal_DK posted...
And 3
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LOLIAmAnAlt
05/18/17 1:59:13 PM
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Forza
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MrGreenonion
05/18/17 2:09:06 PM
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Ultimaphazon posted...
I'd argue Marvel vs Capcom, though MvC3 > MvC2 is certainly not a universal opinion.
Also, it's (probably) about to be ruined soon.

I can agree with the first part. I'm a little worried about the second part but I'm cautiously optimistic so far.
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LOLIAmAnAlt
05/18/17 2:10:01 PM
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Street Fighter Alpha
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wg64Z
05/18/17 2:22:14 PM
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OliviaTremor posted...
wg64Z posted...
I was more meaning the entire series, not just cherry picked trilogies. Otherwise I could think of many, many series that can meet that standard.


I don't think you could. Those that I mentioned aren't cherry picked trilogies. Cherry picking would be something like 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, but only the first 4' or 'Sonic the Hedgehog, but only Sonic 1-3 and Knuckles'

Also, you have Witcher and Pikmin in the first post.


Sorry, I wasn't responding to you. I was responding to the TMNT/Sonic post.
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wg64Z
05/18/17 2:23:58 PM
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MvC Is a pretty good one actually. Though the new one dropping back to 2v2 is kinda crappy...And no X-Men super sucks.
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SwiftyDC
05/18/17 2:24:43 PM
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Maybe Breath of Fire?
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pyresword
05/18/17 2:24:49 PM
#50:


swirIdude posted...
Furious Fura posted...
Persona maybe although I haven't played 5 yet I'm really hoping it somehow is better than 4


It is.

It is, but Persona is still not a correct answer.
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