I've been wanting to get into the Wild Arms series for a while and Im about to get 4 and 5 on friday so I want to know compared to Star Ocean, Tales of, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest where does Wild Arms stand up? Is it a Great, Good, Mediocre or Crap Crap Crap Crap Crap series?

I can't tell you on 4 and 5... but I thought Wild Arm 1 was REALLY REALLY good. I like it better than Star Ocean.

Do not get Wild Arms 4 it's not good at all and nearly ruins the good name of the series I highly recomend that you don't get as it's a complete waste of your time and money.

Now moving onto the series as a whole.

My ranking is:

Wild Arms 2 > Wild arms 5 > Wild Arms > Wild Arms 3 >>>>>>>Wild Arms 4

The series as a whole is good and is worth playign as long as you don't play Wild Arms 4.

Oh if you have a PS3 you can download the Original wild Arms off of PSN.

Really Whats wrong with WA4?

Story, Characters? Battle ssytem?

I would say they have steadily gotten worse. The first one was great, 2nd was good. 3rd was just ok. I bought 4 and was so completely turned off by it that I traded it in the next week, never tried 5.

If i were you I would start from the beginning

Wild Arms series is alright. My favorite ones are the first two. The first is great; it has one of the best world map themes. 3 & 4....not so much. I haven't played the 5th one; I was a little worried about it.

I've only played the first and I disliked it very much. Very, very boring. I can't speak of the rest and whether or not they've gotten better.

Should I try the enhanced remake Code Alter F?

the story of the second wild arms is awesome

the third has a great battle system,try them

Ok i own every Wone in the series, The series is good, the stories are very light hearted but hold a theme( that they shove down your throat). WA 1-3 are the best 4& 5 are ok, and yes play the remake of WA1,