Monkey Island - worse, but I won't complain as the "last gen" game of my favourite franchise was from 2000 and nearly everyone had given up hope to ever see a new MI game
(and at least the IMO overrated Telltale adventure games put the genre back on the radar of the US audience - an audience which seems to be more reluctant to point & click adventure games these days than Japanese gamers to the 360).
(Point & Click) Adventure genre as a whole - much better than a few years ago mainly thanks to continental Europe and Japan; good to see the genre on every system this gen, not only PC.
The Legend of Zelda - no need to compare IMO; one of the very few franchises which had brilliant games in every gen.
(I discovered this outstanding franchise only 6 years ago on GC, which probably makes me less critical here than Zelda fans who grew up with the series).
Civilization - better; CIV IV > CIV III and CIV Revolution on DS is a very pleasant and welcome addition to the franchise.
Pro Evolution Soccer - too early to tell, there's still plenty of room for improvement.
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