The Best and The Worst

[jack_daniels]

There are always a lot of sequels to games but which ones really cut it.. are the later ones better than the original..??

I would kick off by saying that GTA Vice City was one of the most enjoyable of the series.. it just had that something, the fun factor whereas the new GTA IV doesn't do it for me. It's very good in some respects like graphics and all the rest but i'm afraid it's a purchase that i wish i never made...too long...too slow...but hey it's just an opinion..

[PulsatingStar]

Quite often they are better in your mind than reality which is the problem. Especially if they are from a previous generation console. They can be better for the respective release times but compared to the new ones sometimes classics can seem a bit painful to play.

[Altrezia]

I prefer GTA4 to VC, but my favourite is GTA3-LC.

My favourite game of all time is Final Fantasy 8, but it looks like turd now. Closely followed by the Monkey Island series, but they really look pants.

[jimothy]

Altrezia said:

I prefer GTA4 to VC, but my favourite is GTA3-LC.

My favourite game of all time is Final Fantasy 8, but it looks like turd now. Closely followed by the Monkey Island series, but they really look pants.

Monkey Island is ace. Currently playing the first one thanks to Lucasarts making the mac os 9 version freeware and playing it through ScummVM!

[jack_daniels]

I know a while ago i found an old Gran Turismo disc, 2 i think it was. man it was so blocky and bad.. but iremeber putting it on and thinking wow this is so realistic.. should have gone to specsavers...

[Aiten]

I know its not out yet, but Far Cry 2 looks like it could be better than the original. Have to wait a couple of months to be sure though.

[gazza_3]

jack_daniels said:

I know a while ago i found an old Gran Turismo disc, 2 i think it was. man it was so blocky and bad.. but iremeber putting it on and thinking wow this is so realistic.. should have gone to specsavers...

Oh yes, I completly agree with you, and just how bloody unrealistic it was. It was so hard to get the back end out. But at the time I thought it was the dog dangles.

[Mattygooner]

Deus ex, the second one was not as good as the first.

[vdubbin]

gazza_3 said:

jack_daniels said:

I know a while ago i found an old Gran Turismo disc, 2 i think it was. man it was so blocky and bad.. but iremeber putting it on and thinking wow this is so realistic.. should have gone to specsavers...

Oh yes, I completly agree with you, and just how bloody unrealistic it was. It was so hard to get the back end out. But at the time I thought it was the dog dangles.

It did have the rather driftastic Kartworld track though, sometimes I wish they'd bring that back! It's also fun just to read all the infomation pieces on the different cars, lots of 90s motor trivia there!

[Lordsmut]

Street Fighter II. Oh yes!

[Steve Evil]

Lordsmut said:

Street Fighter II. Oh yes!

Street Fighter Alpha 2 > Streetfighter 2.

And Street Fighter 4 looks like it will take that crown too.

[Lordsmut]

Steve Evil said:

Lordsmut said:

Street Fighter II. Oh yes!

Street Fighter Alpha 2 > Streetfighter 2.

And Street Fighter 4 looks like it will take that crown too.

Good shout on the Alpha series. Looking forward to SF4 in a big way

[CooperS]

The worst and most disappointing is the James Bond series..... so much hope after Golden Eye and have never been able to recreate that magic. Problem is its like trying to follow other ground breaking games like Halflife, Halo, Mario et al... so hard to do.

Series i've always enjoyed till recent is Need for Speed.. shame they c*cked the last one up.

[jack_daniels]

One of the best games ever...Street Racer on Nintendo..probably seems the best as it was always played at about 3 in the morning with mates after just getting in from the pub..

[Lordsmut]

CooperS said:

The worst and most disappointing is the James Bond series..... so much hope after Golden Eye and have never been able to recreate that magic. Problem is its like trying to follow other ground breaking games like Halflife, Halo, Mario et al... so hard to do.

Series i've always enjoyed till recent is Need for Speed.. shame they c*cked the last one up.

I really enjoyed Nightfire on the Xbox. The multiplayer was as good as Goldeneye

[Hyper 3]

final fantasy vii introduced to gaming at the age of 9 was awsome. Then counter strike because i get money out of that bad boy =] Four KIngs

[madrob6]

CooperS said:

Series i've always enjoyed till recent is Need for Speed.. shame they c*cked the last one up.

IMO the last proper NFS game was Porsche 2000 (or unleashed as it's also known) as that was before they just knocked out hot pursuit 2 with what seemed like very little effort and then got stuck on the underground tuning side of things.

[wildoliver]

GTA 1 = AWESOME

GTA 2 = AWESOME

GTA 3 = Good as 3d, but lacking somehow.

Vice city = Really good but poor story IMO.

San andreas = Wish I'd never bought it. Awful Awful game.

GTA4 = Got it just right IMO, I really like the game.