Playing through a whole game series

[Harrison]

How many of you have to play thought a complete game series to know you have completed it all? I definitely do.

So often I discover a series after at least a couple of sequels, buying into the 3rd or 4th game, and then wondering how it developed and evolved, so then having to go back and find copies of the older games in the series to play.

The biggest genre for this is definitely RPGs. And a good example in the west has to be the Final Fantasy series, with FFVII being the first most people in Europe especially will have seen. And being the 7th game in the series this instantly got a lot of people asking about the previous 6 games and what they were like.

So do you have to complete a whole series of games?

[Buleste]

Some games I'll try the whole series or at least the games i can get hold of like Zelda or the Goldbox series for the Miggy.

[Demon Cleaner]

I play the games in no particular order, as often there are already more sequels and I didn't play the previous ones yet. I'm soon gonna play MGS4 but did not finish any of the previous ones. The only series I finished was Xenosaga 1-3, in the correct order. But I guess that was because I began playing the first episode immediately when it was released, and I enjoyed it a lot.

[Harrison]

There are obviously some series that do need to really be played in order. Xenosaga is a very good example of this. As is .hack

[Sharingan]

I play the games in no particular order, as often there are already more sequels and I didn't play the previous ones yet. I'm soon gonna play MGS4 but did not finish any of the previous ones. The only series I finished was Xenosaga 1-3, in the correct order. But I guess that was because I began playing the first episode immediately when it was released, and I enjoyed it a lot.


Ahh ... too bad you didn't finish the other Metal Gears (didn't finish MGS3 myself). I'd recommend at least playing through Metal Gear Solid 1 (or view a compilation video of the cutscenes). MGS4 will have much more emotional impact that way.

As for the question, I guess I will play through a whole series if the stories are interconnected, if I liked the first game AND if any follow-ups aren't blatant cash-ins, (sloppily) designed only to make a quick buck.

I've considered playing through earlier episodes of a game after finishing a sequel (Shadow Hearts: Covenant), simply because the sequel was so good.

[Submeg]

I play the games in no particular order, as often there are already more sequels and I didn't play the previous ones yet. I'm soon gonna play MGS4 but did not finish any of the previous ones. The only series I finished was Xenosaga 1-3, in the correct order. But I guess that was because I began playing the first episode immediately when it was released, and I enjoyed it a lot.

WHAT! U haven't played the others? SHAME! :no:

[Demon Cleaner]

I play the games in no particular order, as often there are already more sequels and I didn't play the previous ones yet. I'm soon gonna play MGS4 but did not finish any of the previous ones. The only series I finished was Xenosaga 1-3, in the correct order. But I guess that was because I began playing the first episode immediately when it was released, and I enjoyed it a lot.

WHAT! U haven't played the others? SHAME! :no:I know, I know. But with so many games to play and no time, it's rather difficult to play everything. And as I'm almost playing RPGs all the time, the other ones come a bit short.

[Submeg]

Yea fair enough, I know what you mean

[Harrison]

There are definitely too many great games being released to ever be able to play them all. And at the moment there are a large number of really good ones just released making it very hard to choose what to play.

However, regarding MGS. You really should set aside some time to play the first PSX game as in my opinion it was the best one.

[Ghost]

Ahum, what about Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake then?

[Harrison]

The MSX games were good, and ahead of their time at release. However I think MGS on the PSX is the first one that truly captured the sense of sneaking about.

However you can play both of the original MSX Metal Gear Games on the PS2 as they are included in the Metal Gear Solid 3 - Subsistence release. Which is actually the first time Metal Gear 2 actually had an official English translation version released. Before this you could only get a fan translated version.

[woody.cool]

It depends on the game.
Most of the time, I'll play the entire series, but not neccessarily in the right order though.

[PubZombie]

I have all the resident evil games game cube versions to play through - just waiting for enough free time to start. and i am determined to start with Wastelands then play through all the Fallout games in 2009

[Harrison]

The GCN versions of the RE games were definitely worth getting as they did improve on the original versions. However I played all the original PSX versions of the games, and the original DC version of Code Veronica. However I did by RE:0 and RE:1 on the GCN and they were both great.

But for survival horror you still can't beat the first Silent Hill game. At the time that was amazingly immersive and very creepy. The surround sound and dark ery short viewing distance of the fog really did work very well. I really need to get hold of the last twl SH games. ;)

[PubZombie]

I really miss not having the original psx RE. the voice acting was truly tremendous I just loved it. zombies freak me out and i find the RE games truly spooky - even the Umbrella chronicals on wii. that reminds me House of the Dead Overkill is out next week . I have HotD 2&3 so when that comes out i will play them all through in order.

[Harrison]

If you have a PSP then you can easily play the original PSX RE on it (as long as it has custom firmware). The PSP breaths new life into any PSX game. The smaller screen helps stop the games looking so dated with pixelated textures compared to newer games, and it is great to be able to play all the great games on the move.