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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Ranking BIGGEST Game Frachises

So lets rank all the games and gaming franchises in a Tier Ranking.

The rankings are based on various points like -

SALES

HISTORY(meaning how long a game franchise has existed)

MILKING

FAN FAVORITE

ICONIC

GRAPHICS

GAMEPLAY

GROUND-BREAKING INDUSTRY STANDARD

POP CULTURE

DESIGN

UNIQUENESS

COMEBACK(if a game franchises has gone down and then come back after a while)

LIKING

 

This is not a top 3 list but more like a top and bottom tier where '1' stands for top tier and '3' stands for bottom layer.You can name your Tier in any fashion,like 1,5,10 or A,B,C or otherwise.

 

So lets start,this is my ranking for games

 

10 - Mario,Zelda,Metal Gear,Grand Theft Auto,Burnout,Gran Turismo,Final Fantasy(damaged but still an iconic brand),Need For Speed - Hot Pursuit,Road Rash,Minecraft,Pokemon

9 - Halo(too much milking in the last few years),Battlefield,Uncharted,Resident Evil,Diablo,Starcraft,Fifa

8.5 - Gears Of War,God Of War,Crazy Taxi,Mass Effect,The Elder Scrolls,Fallout,Need For Speed,Call of Duty,Resistance,Red Dead Redemption,Donkey Kong,Syphon Filter

7.5 - Street Fighter,Tekken,Age of Empires,Killzone,Angry Birds,Plants vs Zombies,Cut the Rope,Formula 1,Counter-Strike,Star Wars Battlefront,Star Wars - Shadows of the Empire,Hitman,Wolf 3D,Max Payne,Civilization,Dead Space,Assassin's Creed,Left 4 Dead,Portal,Destiny,BioShock

5 - Watch Dogs,Forza

2.5 -yet to rate

1- yet to rate

 

 

You can also give reasons like i have given above about why a game is high or low.



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BasilZero said:

Tier S
-Super Mario (Mainline)
-Grand Theft Auto
-Pokemon (Mainline)
-Super Smash Bros
-Mario Kart
-Final Fantasy (Mainline)
-Uncharted
-Assassin's Creed
-Metal Gear Solid (Mainline)
-Halo (mainline)
-Street Fighter
-Kingdom Hearts
-Minecraft
-The Elder Scrolls

Tier A
-Left 4 Dead 2
-The Legend of Zelda
-God of War
-Tomb Raider
-Resident Evil
-Tekken
-Gears of War
-Forza
-Gran Turismo
-Mass Effect
-Dragon Age
-Battlefield
-Call of Duty
-Counter-Strike
-FallOut
-BioShock
-Batman Arkham
-Dead Space
-Diablo

Tier B
-Portal
-Animal Crossing
-Pikmin
-Soul Calibur
-Sleeping Dogs
-Saints Row
-Souls Series (Bloodborne included)
-Max Payne
-Need For Speed
-Fable

Tier C
-Kirby
-Donkey Kong
-Metroid
-Devil May Cry
-Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
-Final Fantasy Tactics
-Ratchet and Clank
-LittleBigPlanet
-Jak
-Ys
-Fire Emblem
-F-Zero
-Kid Icarus
-Tales Of series
-Castlevania
-Dynasty Warriors
-The King of Fighters
-Star Ocean
-Valkyrie Profile
-Sonic the Hedgehog
-Yoshi
-Paper Mario
-Final Fantasy Dissidia
-Bravely Default
-Burnout
-Resistance
-KillZone
-Valkyria Chronicles
-The Legend of Heroes
-Banjo Kazooie

Tier D
-Disgaea
-Breath of Fire
-Sly Cooper
-Mana (currently)
-Metal Gear Ac!d
-Ico Collection
-Darkstalkers
-Rival Schools
-Ice Climbers
-Bomberman
-PAC MAN


Glad to know that you put my three favorite video game franchises (Street Fighter, Final Fantasy and Mario) in the top tier.



I... Don't know if I got this, but I'm going to try:

Tier A (My currently favorites):

- Super Mario
- Street Fighter
- Mega Man
- Rayman
- Alan Wake
- Variable Geo
- Crash Bandicoot
- Super Smash Bros.
- Yoshi's Island
- Chrono Trigger
- Mario Kart
- Donkey Kong Country (SNES only)


Tier B (My once favorites, but I still like it):

- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Breath of Fire
- Final Fantasy
- Resident Evil
- Bomber Man
- Ratchet & Clank
- Castlevania
- LEGO Series


Tier C: (I play mostly casually)

- The Legend of Zelda
- Metal Gear Solid
- Pro Evolution Soccer



BasilZero said:

Tier S
-Super Mario (Mainline)
-Grand Theft Auto
-Pokemon (Mainline)
-Super Smash Bros
-Mario Kart
-Final Fantasy (Mainline)
-Uncharted
-Assassin's Creed
-Metal Gear Solid (Mainline)
-Halo (mainline)
-Street Fighter
-Kingdom Hearts
-Minecraft
-The Elder Scrolls

Your top tier has 5 of my top 10 franchises! The ones not included being Silent Hill, WWE, Crash Bandicoot, TimeSplitters and Spider-Man.



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VGPolyglot said:
BasilZero said:

Tier S
-Super Mario (Mainline)
-Grand Theft Auto
-Pokemon (Mainline)
-Super Smash Bros
-Mario Kart
-Final Fantasy (Mainline)
-Uncharted
-Assassin's Creed
-Metal Gear Solid (Mainline)
-Halo (mainline)
-Street Fighter
-Kingdom Hearts
-Minecraft
-The Elder Scrolls

Your top tier has 5 of my top 10 franchises! The ones not included being Silent Hill, WWE, Crash Bandicoot, TimeSplitters and Spider-Man.

make it into a tier with multiple tiers



BasilZero said:

Tier S
-Super Mario (Mainline)
-Grand Theft Auto
-Pokemon (Mainline)
-Super Smash Bros
-Mario Kart
-Final Fantasy (Mainline)
-Uncharted
-Assassin's Creed
-Metal Gear Solid (Mainline)
-Halo (mainline)
-Street Fighter
-Kingdom Hearts
-Minecraft
-The Elder Scrolls

Tier A
-Left 4 Dead 2
-The Legend of Zelda
-God of War
-Tomb Raider
-Resident Evil
-Tekken
-Gears of War
-Forza
-Gran Turismo
-Mass Effect
-Dragon Age
-Battlefield
-Call of Duty
-Counter-Strike
-FallOut
-BioShock
-Batman Arkham
-Dead Space
-Diablo

Tier B
-Portal
-Animal Crossing
-Pikmin
-Soul Calibur
-Sleeping Dogs
-Saints Row
-Souls Series (Bloodborne included)
-Max Payne
-Need For Speed
-Fable

Tier C
-Kirby
-Donkey Kong
-Metroid
-Devil May Cry
-Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
-Final Fantasy Tactics
-Ratchet and Clank
-LittleBigPlanet
-Jak
-Ys
-Fire Emblem
-F-Zero
-Kid Icarus
-Tales Of series
-Castlevania
-Dynasty Warriors
-The King of Fighters
-Star Ocean
-Valkyrie Profile
-Sonic the Hedgehog
-Yoshi
-Paper Mario
-Final Fantasy Dissidia
-Bravely Default
-Burnout
-Resistance
-KillZone
-Valkyria Chronicles
-The Legend of Heroes
-Banjo Kazooie

Tier D
-Disgaea
-Breath of Fire
-Sly Cooper
-Mana (currently)
-Metal Gear Ac!d
-Ico Collection
-Darkstalkers
-Rival Schools
-Ice Climbers
-Bomberman
-PAC MAN

whta does Tier S stand for?

also remember,this is not a favorites list.this is how you rate a franchise.You might be a Playstation fan but Halo is a big franchise and you have to rate what franchise is bigger than the others in quality,sales,liking,etc so you might put Halo in the top tier



Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

I... Don't know if I got this, but I'm going to try:

Tier A (My currently favorites):

- Super Mario
- Street Fighter
- Mega Man
- Rayman
- Alan Wake
- Variable Geo
- Crash Bandicoot
- Super Smash Bros.
- Yoshi's Island
- Chrono Trigger
- Mario Kart
- Donkey Kong Country (SNES only)


Tier B (My once favorites, but I still like it):

- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Breath of Fire
- Final Fantasy
- Resident Evil
- Bomber Man
- Ratchet & Clank
- Castlevania
- LEGO Series


Tier C: (I play mostly casually)

- The Legend of Zelda
- Metal Gear Solid
- Pro Evolution Soccer

this is not a favorites list,this is how you rate a franchise.You might be a Playstation fan but Halo is a big franchise and you have to rate what franchise is bigger than the others in quality,sales,liking,etc so you might put Halo in the top tier



HomokHarcos said:
BasilZero said:

Tier S
-Super Mario (Mainline)
-Grand Theft Auto
-Pokemon (Mainline)
-Super Smash Bros
-Mario Kart
-Final Fantasy (Mainline)
-Uncharted
-Assassin's Creed
-Metal Gear Solid (Mainline)
-Halo (mainline)
-Street Fighter
-Kingdom Hearts
-Minecraft
-The Elder Scrolls

Tier A
-Left 4 Dead 2
-The Legend of Zelda
-God of War
-Tomb Raider
-Resident Evil
-Tekken
-Gears of War
-Forza
-Gran Turismo
-Mass Effect
-Dragon Age
-Battlefield
-Call of Duty
-Counter-Strike
-FallOut
-BioShock
-Batman Arkham
-Dead Space
-Diablo

Tier B
-Portal
-Animal Crossing
-Pikmin
-Soul Calibur
-Sleeping Dogs
-Saints Row
-Souls Series (Bloodborne included)
-Max Payne
-Need For Speed
-Fable

Tier C
-Kirby
-Donkey Kong
-Metroid
-Devil May Cry
-Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
-Final Fantasy Tactics
-Ratchet and Clank
-LittleBigPlanet
-Jak
-Ys
-Fire Emblem
-F-Zero
-Kid Icarus
-Tales Of series
-Castlevania
-Dynasty Warriors
-The King of Fighters
-Star Ocean
-Valkyrie Profile
-Sonic the Hedgehog
-Yoshi
-Paper Mario
-Final Fantasy Dissidia
-Bravely Default
-Burnout
-Resistance
-KillZone
-Valkyria Chronicles
-The Legend of Heroes
-Banjo Kazooie

Tier D
-Disgaea
-Breath of Fire
-Sly Cooper
-Mana (currently)
-Metal Gear Ac!d
-Ico Collection
-Darkstalkers
-Rival Schools
-Ice Climbers
-Bomberman
-PAC MAN


Glad to know that you put my three favorite video game franchises (Street Fighter, Final Fantasy and Mario) in the top tier.

this is not a favorites list,this is how you rate a franchise.You might be a Playstation fan but Halo is a big franchise and you have to rate what franchise is bigger than the others in quality,sales,liking,etc so you might put Halo in the top tier



really nobody likes this idea or didn't understand it?

cause i though this was one of the coolest ideas