Ranking of Personal Favorite Franchises
If you are like me, chances are a good portion of games you like belong to the same franchises. After all if you like one, it stands to reason you'd probably like more in the same vein. This is a rough ordering of my tastes from best to worst. I must have meaningfully played at least 2 games in the series for inclusion. Games shown are my personal favorite entry in the franchise
God Tier - My Absolute Favorite Franchises I'll buy anything it releases at launch pretty much (1-3)
Tier 1 - favorite franchises that I'm a bit more rational about, always have a great time with these (4-12)
Tier 2 - Franchises I love, but I don't need to get these games right at launch (13- 25)
Tier 3 - Franchises I enjoy a lot or ones that that I haven't played enough of to determine whether they belong to tier 2+ (26-41)
Tier 4 - Solid franchises, I enjoy these and will squeeze them when I have the time (42-66)
Tier 5 - Franchises I have to be in the right mood to play (67-97)
Tier 6 - These franchises are ok, not necessarily my thing (98-108)
Tier 7- I don't know why I continue to buy these (109+)
Deponia Tier - I hate these games (deponia)
Update Log:
July 4th 2017- After completing Breath of the Wild, I think Zelda deserves to be No.1 again. Been a very long time since a game made me feel that way. Metroid also shoots up to number 9, jumping two tiers now that I have played Super Metroid. I really should have played the series more before now.
November 30th 2020 - Added Yakuza (Tier 2) and Valkyria Chronicles (Tier 3) as I have now played at least 2 games in each. Promoted Castlevania to Tier 4
September 6th 2023 -
- Moved Dragon Quest to 4, QFg to 5
- Switched Summoner and Unwritten Tales
- Demoted Warcraft to Tier 2 (Inactivity, loss of faith in Blizzard)
- promoted TMNT ti tier 2 since IP is back and great once more
- New additions: Gravity Rush (tier 2), Soul Calibur (Tier 2), The Division (Tier 3), Mighty Switch Force (tier 3), Utawareumono (tier 3), Borderlands (Tier 4), River City/Kunio (Tier 4), Sniper Elite (Tier 4), God of War (tier 4), Pikmin (tier 5), Yooka-Layee (tier 5), Luigi's mansion (Tier 5), Mirror's Edge (Tier 5), SaGa (Tier 5), Injustice (Tier 5), QUBE (tier 5), Middle-Earth (Tier 5), Streets of Rage(Tier 5), Tetris (tier 5), South Park (Tier 5), Steamworld (tier 5), Zero Escape (tier 5), Ratchet & Clank (tier 6), Halo (Tier 6), Battletoads (tier 7) Gears (Tier 7), Call of Duty (Tier 7),
God Tier - My Absolute Favorite Franchises I'll buy anything it releases at launch pretty much (1-3)
Tier 1 - favorite franchises that I'm a bit more rational about, always have a great time with these (4-12)
Tier 2 - Franchises I love, but I don't need to get these games right at launch (13- 25)
Tier 3 - Franchises I enjoy a lot or ones that that I haven't played enough of to determine whether they belong to tier 2+ (26-41)
Tier 4 - Solid franchises, I enjoy these and will squeeze them when I have the time (42-66)
Tier 5 - Franchises I have to be in the right mood to play (67-97)
Tier 6 - These franchises are ok, not necessarily my thing (98-108)
Tier 7- I don't know why I continue to buy these (109+)
Deponia Tier - I hate these games (deponia)
Update Log:
July 4th 2017- After completing Breath of the Wild, I think Zelda deserves to be No.1 again. Been a very long time since a game made me feel that way. Metroid also shoots up to number 9, jumping two tiers now that I have played Super Metroid. I really should have played the series more before now.
November 30th 2020 - Added Yakuza (Tier 2) and Valkyria Chronicles (Tier 3) as I have now played at least 2 games in each. Promoted Castlevania to Tier 4
September 6th 2023 -
- Moved Dragon Quest to 4, QFg to 5
- Switched Summoner and Unwritten Tales
- Demoted Warcraft to Tier 2 (Inactivity, loss of faith in Blizzard)
- promoted TMNT ti tier 2 since IP is back and great once more
- New additions: Gravity Rush (tier 2), Soul Calibur (Tier 2), The Division (Tier 3), Mighty Switch Force (tier 3), Utawareumono (tier 3), Borderlands (Tier 4), River City/Kunio (Tier 4), Sniper Elite (Tier 4), God of War (tier 4), Pikmin (tier 5), Yooka-Layee (tier 5), Luigi's mansion (Tier 5), Mirror's Edge (Tier 5), SaGa (Tier 5), Injustice (Tier 5), QUBE (tier 5), Middle-Earth (Tier 5), Streets of Rage(Tier 5), Tetris (tier 5), South Park (Tier 5), Steamworld (tier 5), Zero Escape (tier 5), Ratchet & Clank (tier 6), Halo (Tier 6), Battletoads (tier 7) Gears (Tier 7), Call of Duty (Tier 7),
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God Tier- Zelda to me has always represented the most fun exploration in games. In my mind Zelda and Dark Souls and Metroid all scratch similar itches.
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God tier- I really wrestled with this one. All of my top 3 has been my favorite at times. Final Fantasy has had at times , since I seem to keep buying systems just to play it. It has the right mix of innovation, gameplay and story for me. Every Final Fantasy is different and that makes it special.
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God Tier- The series that made me a gamer and my original favorite. This series is what defines great gameplay to me
3
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Tier 2- I never played WoW believe it or not. RTS Warcraft to me epitomizes the a fascinating tactical feeling of combat. I consider DOTA part of the Warcraft franchise, and that's my favoriet multiplayer game of all time
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Tier 3- Suikoden's unique mix of recruitment, political stories and occasional army vs army combat make it a very special JPRG series.
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Tier 4- A very zen like experience building cities. One of the few games where I'm actually proud of what I did
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Tier 5- I like these games but man they are hard as crap.
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Tier 6- Another candidate to move up. So far this series hasn't really grabbed me and yet I feel like it should be right up my alley. I love Prince of Persia and I love historical settings and one big narrative.
I never seem to actually stick with them tho
I never seem to actually stick with them tho
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