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Zisbest on 21 February 2017

Zelda games usually tend to get very good reviews lul.

Agreed in most cases.



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DJjazzyGETH on 21 February 2017

For me the series is Mass Effect, which has always scored exceptionally high.

On X360 (the platform I first played them on), they're as follows:

ME1: 91
ME2: 96
ME3: 93

That probably comes close to how I feel, though I'd honestly score ME3 closer to low 80s or high 70s. I have lots of lingering complaints with the structure and direction of 3, regardless of the ending.



TheDarkShape on 21 February 2017

My favorite series are Mass Effect and Metal Gear Solid. So let's see. Metascore on the left, how I'd grade it on the right.

Mass Effect: 91 | 91
Mass Effect 2: 96 | 98
Mass Effect 3: 93 | 94

Metal Gear Solid: 94 | 92
Metal Gear Solid 2: 96 | 90
Metal Gear Solid 3: 91 | 95
Metal Gear Solid 4: 94 | 92
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker: 89 | 93
Metal Gear Solid V: 93 | 93

So yeah, they seem to line up pretty well. The biggest shifts are MGS2 and Peace Walker, and even then the biggest gap is six points.



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Profrektius on 22 February 2017
flashfire926 said:
Flilix said:
Pokémon is probably my favorite series (maybe Zelda too, but it's hard to compare whole franchises).

Yellow: N/A - 74
Emerald: 76 - 96
Platinum: 83 - 84
Soulsilver: 87 - 92
White: 87 - 82
Black 2: 80 - 85
X: 87 - 91
Moon: 87 - 87

(First score is the metacritic, second is personal)

So, my score is not the same as the Metascore, but the differences aren't too big (except for Emerald, but that's probably due to nostalgia - it was my first real game).

Pokemon is my favourite series too.

It's interesting how no one game in the series is the clear best one(gold/silver has a good case though)Each person has a different game they regard as the best. People opinions vary for this series more than any other.

My ranking:

(First Metascore, then my score)

Emerald: 76 -->88

Platinum:83 -->93

Soulsilver:87 -->90

White:87 -->87

White 2: 80-->89

X: 87-->80

Moon: 87-->92

 

I may or may not be biased towards Platinum since it was my first game.

Before even reading the last sentence I was gonna ask if Platinum was your first Pokemon game. This is pretty much the case with everyone, their first Pokemon game will be their favourite. For me it is Pokemon Red/Blue. I feel it has something to do with falling in love with the concept at first before realizing how many flaws the entire franchise has that never get fixed, and probably never will due to the way the games are set up. I feel like the whole concept is stale and flawed, and rebooting Pokemon franchise completely with a modern take on it, without all the random encounters and the bs of the past, that the game could ever feel fresh again.