Favourite games in different series

[Pumpkin]

Think of some video game series you enjoy. What are your favourite games from those series? And I mean if you had to pick ONE game from each series.

You don't need to have played all of the games in the series, but at least two

Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy IX
Xenosaga - Xenosaga Episode III
Atelier games - Atelier Totori
Suikoden - Suikoden V
Legend of Zelda - Lgened of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Dark Cloud - Dark Cloud 2/Dark Chronicle
Tales series - Tales of Symphonia
Record of Agarest War - Record of Agarest War (although I've heard 2 improves some issues I've had so this could change soon enough)
Star Ocean - Star Ocean the Last Hope
Tekken - Tekken 6
Harvest Moon - Harvest Moon A Tale of Two Towns
Pokemon - Pokemon X

[Ayen]

Batman Arkham - Arkham Asylum
Command & Conquer - Tiberian Sun
Devil May Cry - Devil May Cry 3
F.E.A.R. - F.E.A.R.
Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy X
Mass Effect - Mass Effect
Metroid - Metroid Fusion
Mortal Kombat - Mortal Kombat II
Pokemon - Pokemon Yellow
Resident Evil - Resident Evil Remake
Road Rash - Road Rash 3D
Sonic - Sonic the Hedgehog 2
StarCraft - StarCraft II
Street Fighter - Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition
Super Mario Bros - Super Mario Bros 2
Tekken - Tekken Tag Tournament 2
The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time
The Walking Dead - Season One
WCW - Revenge
WWE SmackDown! - Here Come The Pain
X-Men - X-Men 2: Clone Wars

[Karifean]

Ace Attorney - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Call of Duty - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Crash Bandicoot - Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Diablo - Diablo II
Dynasty Warriors - Dynasty Warriors 4
Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy X
Key games - Little Busters!
Little Big Planet - Little Big Planet 2
Super Mario - Super Mario World
Super Smash Bros - Super Smash Bros for WiiU
Tekken - Tekken 4
Tony Hawk's - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Warcraft - Warcraft III
When They Cry - Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru
Worms - Worms Armageddon

[Rez09]

Mega Man - Mega Man 9
Mega Man X - Mega Man X2
Castlevania - Rondo of Blood
Mech Warrior - Mech Warrior 3: Pirate's Moon
Sonic - 16-bit Sonic 2
Mario - Super Mario World
Zelda - BS Legend of Zelda / The Legend of Zelda (The former only counts if patched to remove the timer)
Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy VI
SaGa - Romancing SaGa 3
Dragon Quest - DQIII
Fire Emblem - Fire Emblem 3
Street Fighter - Street Fighter Alpha 3
King of Fighters - King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match
Suikoden - Suikoden
Kirby - Kirby's Adventure
Metroid - Metroid Prime
Mario Kart - Double Dash
Twisted Metal - Twisted Metal 2
Tales - Tales of Phantasia (PS1)
Valkyrie Profile - Valkyrie Profile
Star Ocean - First Departure

[Pike]

Zelda: The Legend of Zelda
FF: FFX or FFTA (depending on whether spinoffs count)
TES: Morrowind
Hearts of Iron: HoI 2
Civilization: Civ IV
Sonic: Sonic 2
Mario: Super Mario Bros 3 or Super Mario RPG (depending on whether the RPG series counts)
Pokemon: Gold/Silver, but X/Y is a close second
Starcraft: Brood War
SimCity: SimCity 4
Fallout: Either 1 or New Vegas depending on mood
Deus Ex: Original
Europa Universalis: IV (although III was also fantastic)
Assassin's Creed: II or IV (tied)
Age of Empires: II
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town
Torchlight: II
Warcraft: II but damn, III is good
Diablo: II but damn, III is good
Pac-Man: Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+
Banjo: Banjo-Kazooie
Yoshi: Yoshi's Island
Super Smash Bros: The original
Mario Kart: Mario Kart 64
Donkey Kong Country: DKC 2
Kirby: Kirby Super Star
World of Warcraft (expacs): Burning Crusade

I'm sure I'm leaving out some major series I've played... might come back and add more later

[Madame Adequate]

Whoof, this is gonna be a tough one.

Final Fantasy: Final Fantasy X
Suikoden: Suikoden II
Breath of Fire: Breath of Fire III
Legend of Legaia: Legend of Legaia
Baldur's Gate: Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Age of Empires: Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
Assassin's Creed: Assassin's Creed IV
Dead Rising: Dead Rising
Deus Ex: Deus Ex
The Elder Scrolls: TES III: Morrowind
Total War: Rome: Total War (Though I think Shogun 2 is actually the best, I enjoy Rome I the most)
Grand Theft Auto: GTA: San Andreas
Saint's Row: Saint's Row 2
SimCity: SimCity 4
Space Empires: Space Empires V
X-Com: X-Com: UFO Defense
Fallout: Fallout (but New Vegas comes damn close)
Little Big Adventure: Little Big Adventure 2: Twinsen's Adventure
Populous: Populous: The Beginning
Rollercoaster Tycoon: Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 (but 1 has the best scenarios by far)
Theme: Theme Hospital
Diablo: Diablo 2
Warcraft: Warcraft 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Mario: Super Mario 64
Pokemon: Pokemon X/Y
Civilization: Civilization IV
Star Ocean: Star Ocean 2

[The Man]

Final Fantasy VI
Suikoden II
Chrono Trigger
Yoshi's Island
A Link to the Past or The Legend of Zelda
SimCity 2000
Super Metroid
Marathon Infinity (unless third-party mods count in which case Rubicon, Eternal, or Phoenix might take the top spot)

This thread has made me realise how few game series I've played more than one entry of.

[Ayen]

Fallout: Either 1 or New Vegas depending on mood


Fallout: Fallout (but New Vegas comes damn close)

It's a good thing I liked Fallout 1, or the fallout would have been terrible.

Ho ho ho ho ho. I'm a terrible person.

[Formalhaut]

Oh boy, here we go. The number in brackets indicate how many of that series I have played. For this, a minimum of two games in the series:

Final Fantasy (8): Final Fantasy XII
Legend of Zelda (2): Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Pokemon (8): Pokemon X
Command & Conquer (2): Red Alert 2
Mass Effect (3): Mass Effect 2
Sonic Series (2): Sonic Advance 3
Super Mario Bros (4): Super Mario 3D Land
Ace Attorney Series (7): Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney/Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations
Professor Layton Series (6): Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney/Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Dynasty Warriors (4): Dynasty Warriors 5
Super Smash Bros. (2): Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Worms Series (3): Worms Armageddon
Mario Kart (3): Mario Kart 7
SimCity (2): SimCity 4
Grand Theft Auto (5): Grand Theft Auto IV
Fable (2): Fable Anniversary
The Sims (3): The Sims 3

There were other games which are part of a series, of which I've only played one of, such as DMC: Devil May Cry, for example. I don't have a massive series list, I generally tend to stick to my favorite series, unless I'm introduced to them.

[Loony BoB]

Far Cry 3
Final Fantasy VII
Mass Effect (original)
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
Warcraft II (marginally ahead of III)
Grand Theft Auto V (close call between this one and San Andreas, though)
Age of Empires (original)
Civilization IV
X-COM: Enemy Unknown
Skyrim
Assassin's Creed II
Streets of Rage 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Uncharted 2
Resident Evil (original)
Football Manager 2012
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
Halo 3
Grandia
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Destruction Derby (original)
Wipeout HD
Resistance: Fall of Man
Duke Nukem (original)
Road Rash II

Like Formy, I've played a lot of games from series but not any others from that particular series, so didn't include those. I've also played a lot of series where all the games sort of melded into one for me because it was so long ago or something, and then there are games where there's sort of a series but they aren't official, but are all in the spirit of the same intention but with different names and no story/character ties between them, so I didn't include them either.

[Shauna]

Ace Attorney - Trials & Tribulations
Atelier games - Atelier Iris
Batman Arkham - Arkham Asylum
Crash Bandicoot - Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
Dragon Quest - VIII
Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy X
Grandia - Grandia II
Halo - Halo 3
Kirby - Kirby's Epic Yarn
Mass Effect - Mass Effect
Professor Layton - & The Unwound Future
Resident Evil - Resident Evil 2
Star Ocean - Star Ocean 'til the End of Time
Suikoden - Suikoden V
Super Mario Bros - Yoshi's Island
Tales of - Tales of Vesperia
Tekken - Tekken 3

[Wolf Kanno]

Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy VI
Breath of Fire - Breath of Fire III
Wild ARMS - Wild ARMS
Suikoden - Suikoden II
Mass Effect - Mass Effect
The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past
Silent Hill - Silent Hill 2
Street Fighter - Street Fighter Alpha 3
Mortal Kombat - MKII
Xenosaga - Xenosaga Episode 1
Mario - Super Mario World
Metroid - Super Metroid
Sonic - Sonic and Knuckles
DDR - 3rd Mix
Guitar Hero - Guitar Hero 2
Mega Man - MM2
Mega Man X - MMX
Shin Megami Tensei - SMTIII: Nocturne
Persona - P3:FES
Dragon Quest - DQV
Front Mission - FMIII
Sieken Denetsu - Secret of Mana
Assassin's Creed - AC Reveleations
Soul Calibur - SCII
Guilty Gear - GGXX
Fatal Frame - Fatal Frame II
Lufia - Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Mario Kart - Mario Kart 64
Star Ocean - Star Ocean: The Second Story
Castlevania - Symphony of the Night
Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete
Capcom Vs. - Marvel Vs. Capcom 1
Metal Gear - Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
Kingdom Hearts - Birth by Sleep
Devil May Cry - Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition
Grand Theft Auto - Vice City
Sly Cooper - Sly Cooper and the Thevius Racconus
Arc the Lad - Arc the Lad 2
Chrono - Chrono Trigger

[The Man]

Oh, Wolf's post reminds me that I forgot the Seiken Densetsu series. Seiken Densetsu 3 probably just barely edges out Secret of Mana for me, but it's close.

[Galuf]

Final Fantasy: FF IX
Zelda: Majoras mask
Halo: Halo 2
Mass effect: Mass effect 2
Sonic: Sonic 3 & knuckles (SA2B comes close)
Left 4 dead: L4D 2
Grand theft auto: GTA V
Pokemon: Platinum. ( but if spin offs are OK then without a doubt. PMD Explorer of darkness/time i not played sky)
CoD: ( pfft what is this CoD game?!?. imo the first 5 were great) CoD: Finest Hour
Star Wars games: Star wars battlefront 2
Battlefield: ummm BF 3?
Metroid: Metroid Prime
Streets of Rage: SoR 2
i think this might be it if i think of more ill add.

[Ayen]

Nice to see more love for the original Mass Effect. I"m used to seeing 2 highlighted as people's favorites. Good game and all, but I always preferred the story and cast in the original to 2's.

[Shauna]

I think I preferred the story/characters in ME2, but damn did I enjoy ME better as a game than the second or third.

[Colonel Angus]

Final Fantasy- XII
Dragon Quest- VIII
Street Fighter- Alpha 3
Mortal Kombat- Armageddon
Legend of Zelda- Legend of Zelda
Metroid- Metroid
Mario- Super Mario Bros. 2
Castlevania- Symphony of the Night
Breath of Fire- IV
Doom- 64
Sonic- Sonic & Knuckles
Phantasy Star- IV
Mario Kart- Wii

[Fynn]

Ooh.. I so wanna post here, but I can't risk spoiling my top 25 :p

[Madame Adequate]

I preferred the original Mass Effect in just about every single way. Felt like a real "explore the galaxy" space opera and stuff. The later ones were great, don't get me wrong, but they didn't have that same feeling for me.

[Psychotic]

Assassin's Creed: IV
Bioshock: Infinite
Civilization: 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Crash Bandicoot: Original
Dead Rising: 2
Dynasty Warriors: 7
Fallout: New Vegas
Final Fantasy: VII
Gears of War: 2
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Halo: 3
Mass Effect: 3
Metal Gear Solid: 3
Resident Evil: 5
Tekken: 6
The Sims: 2