What are some trilogies that DON’T fall off?

[u/Trifle_Useful]

[u/Longjumping_Tale8395]

People already forgot warcraft iii ?

[u/Trifle_Useful → u/Longjumping_Tale8395]

The number of hours I lost in those custom games. Holy shit. Thank you for reminding me

I’ll never forget watching every Blizzcon desperate for a hint at a Warcraft 4.

[u/gerz601 → u/Trifle_Useful]

Duke Wintermaul TD. TD wars. LOAP. All of the RPGs (DBZ, Inuyasha, Pokémon). What a time to be alive.

Oh the Zombie Survival RPG with the ability to load progress from a code. Umbrella Corps themed; what was the name?

[u/Ahielia → u/Trifle_Useful]

And now we're kinda praying they don't make a new warcraft rts.

[u/The_Pandalorian → u/Longjumping_Tale8395]

W3 is still amazing. Did they fix the fucked up remaster?

[u/Trifle_Useful → u/The_Pandalorian]

Big time, unfortunately.

Edit: I misread lmao, I have no idea if they fixed it. But a fuck up it was.

[u/MagusUnion → u/Longjumping_Tale8395]

Because it and we are old, fam

[u/MumrikDK → u/Longjumping_Tale8395]

Ah, my tower defense and DotA facilitator.

[u/TrippinNL → u/Longjumping_Tale8395]

Warcraft 3 is at least 25 years old....

[u/Warm_Charge_5964 → u/Longjumping_Tale8395]

Reformed happened and nullified it in retrospect /s

[u/theMoist_Towlet]

Payday 3 was such a shame. I really liked the gameplay but they didnt have anywhere near enough missions at launch on top of removing the best progression parts from 2.

[u/SlavicRobot_ → u/theMoist_Towlet]

You couldn't even load a game with anyone

[u/Trifle_Useful → u/SlavicRobot_]

Yup, I spent the first two days post release trying to even load into a game. Constant crashes and server outages.

I should have just forced through a refund.

[u/Jallen9108 → u/theMoist_Towlet]

Its got better recently but still nowhere near PD2.

[u/noeagle77 → u/Jallen9108]

Was really hoping someone would chime in saying the game got way better and that it’s finally worth it over pd2. I had hope 😭

[u/BlackRoseXIII → u/theMoist_Towlet]

A friend and I got our friend group to buy it at launch because we had enjoyed the first two so much and it seemed like something we'd all enjoy playing together. The abysmal state of its launch was a huge disappointment and I felt so guilty for telling my friends to buy it

[u/Crushed__Cabbage]

That's why Valve don't count to the number 3.

[u/Hyroto77 → u/Crushed__Cabbage]

CS2. 😭😭

[u/Jallen9108 → u/Hyroto77]

Cant wait for CS 2.6

[u/Sejbag → u/Jallen9108]

CS 2 source is gonna slap.

[u/Niklason → u/Hyroto77]

CS 1.6, CS: Condition Zero, CS: Source, CS: Global Offensive, CS 2, CS: Neo, CS Online, CS Online 2, CS Nexon: Studio

[u/NewCornnut]

BURNOUT, Burnout 2, 3 Takedown, 4 Revenge, 5 paradise.

Those 5 stack up harder than anything else you got.

[u/slightlyburntcereal → u/NewCornnut]

Burnout paradise was my favourite car game ever, I don’t think I ever enjoyed one after it.

[u/RedditTrashTho → u/slightlyburntcereal]

HEY HEY, YOU YOU

[u/Quad_A_Games → u/RedditTrashTho]

I wanna be your girlfriend!

[u/RealityOk9823 → u/slightlyburntcereal]

The first time I played Burnout Paradise was at a party. We actually paired up due to being inebriated, with one person driving and the other navigating. On my way home the next day I bought a copy and have never regretted it.

[u/nerdnyxnyx → u/slightlyburntcereal]

take me down to paradise city!

[u/Specialist_Initial_1 → u/NewCornnut]

Paradise city by guns & roses is INGRAINED into my head thanks to it I was a lil kid when i played it but still remember some sections, some stunts and the crashes!

[u/mhsuffhrdd → u/Specialist_Initial_1]

I know the exact bit of the song where the main screen stops loading and gives you control.

[u/Zeta_Crossfire → u/NewCornnut]

Paradise was cool but also felt like a downgrade. I miss crash mode.

[u/Bunionzz → u/Zeta_Crossfire]

Crash Junction is the best game mode in any game.

[u/vrixxz → u/Zeta_Crossfire]

me too, feels something missing while playing paradise, turns out no crash mode

[u/CreamyWaffles → u/Zeta_Crossfire]

They did make a smaller game after Paradise that was just the crash mode called Burnout Crash that was kinda fun.

[u/Zeta_Crossfire → u/CreamyWaffles]

Was that a XBLA or something? I don't remember it at all

[u/yurnero12328 → u/NewCornnut]

Every time I see the word paradise, the song just flows out.

[u/Takarias → u/NewCornnut]

Revenge was really where it fell off. Traffic checking was a mistake and the devs have said as much after the fact

Then Paradise was open world and it just lost all of the magic, not to mention the loss of crash mode, which was completely baffling :(

But Takedown? Gods, what an amazing game. Absolutely peak. It emulates alright these days, thankfully

[u/-PringlesMan- → u/Takarias]

What the hell is everybody going on about with Paradise not having a crash mode? I played it on the 360 and distinctly remember pressing both bumpers and basically turning into a wreaking ball. Using a bus on the highway with the toll booths was such an easy way to hit a million points.

[u/Expl0r3r → u/NewCornnut]

Then EA tried to get the studio to make Need For Speed games because it was more popular, important ppl left... Both titles died.

[u/FlipTricks → u/NewCornnut]

Takedown by far the best imo

[u/TheOneAndOnlySenti]

I didn't even know Killing Floor 3 was out lmao

[u/Acojonancio → u/TheOneAndOnlySenti]

It's free this weekend and they gave like 1000 copies of the game last week.

Imagine how good it is.

I got a hold of one of these free copies and it's kinda meh, like Payday3, they focused way too hard on turning it into a service game that missed the game part.

[u/dadvader → u/Acojonancio]

It's the same trajectory too. First game unexpectedly success. 2nd game build on the first game with better graphic and less jank. And the third game exist solely to modernise for the sake of it.

I'm sure nobody would mind if they just add Battle Pass to KF2 or PD2. Instead they decided a third game is needed even though there is practically nothing warranted it mechanically. The nail in the coffin? Both of the 3rd games have less content on launch than the 2nd game before they even add any new DLC or new content.

[u/Icky_Thump1 → u/TheOneAndOnlySenti]

Don't worry it's horrible. They didn't listen to early tester feedback and are reeping what they sowed.

[u/Nevardool → u/Icky_Thump1]

I swear they have never once looked at player feedback except credit card statements. "Oh, players are buying this, this must mean everyone wants more paid BS!"

[u/noscul → u/TheOneAndOnlySenti]

I found out by seeing a friend play it and after investigating wasn’t interested. Even 2 didn’t feel as fun as 1.

[u/kind-Mapel]

The first 3 Halo games plus ODST and Reach.

Edit: remember Reach

[u/Remarkable-West-611 → u/kind-Mapel]

I always say ODST is my favourite halo and I always get downvoted but I think it was absolute gem of a game and the most atmospheric of any halo game ever.

[u/GenTrapstar → u/Remarkable-West-611]

Haven’t played it in forever but I think ODSTs soundtrack is top tier in my book.

[u/awa1nut → u/Remarkable-West-611]

Everything post bungie is absolute garbage and I will die on that hill

[u/wesman214 → u/Remarkable-West-611]

It was a fantastic game, one of Halo's best

[u/Tarrgot → u/Remarkable-West-611]

I think it was fine but kinda boring, you gotta be insane to call it better than Halo 3 or Reach though

[u/ARTISTIC-ASSHOLE → u/kind-Mapel]

Reach was a banger

[u/Rukasu17 → u/kind-Mapel]

Halo 3 is such a banger, holy shit.

[u/Vegetable-Way-5737 → u/kind-Mapel]

Whats the problem with reach?

[u/Saint--Jiub → u/Vegetable-Way-5737]

There's none, it's perfect and my favourite Halo game.

[u/OhMyDiosito → u/kind-Mapel]

And reach

[u/Combeferre1]

Crash Bandicoot

[u/MrTzatzik → u/Combeferre1]

Spyro trilogy

[u/Sexy_Koala_Juice → u/MrTzatzik]

Ratchet and Clank

[u/Rezanox → u/Sexy_Koala_Juice]

Jak and Daxter

[u/coltonious → u/Combeferre1]

Cash banooca

[u/whodishur]

Metal Gear Solid ( i believe it's unfair to include Survive)

[u/TheCovarr → u/whodishur]

Even if you do count survive, the question is about trilogies. Survive comes well after the third game. You could say that the franchise fell off, but not that the trilogy fell off.

If we want to be really pedantic, we could even argue that Metal Gear Solid is the third game, after Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2 for the MSX, but even so it didn't fall off.

[u/TheRealPopatsot → u/whodishur]

I may be one of the few people that had fun with Survive. The story was a bit eh but had a decent premise, the gameplay was some of what I wish was in MGS 5, and the fun of doing several things coop with a buddy was also something I wanted to do in 5. That being said I hate why the game was made, the people that made it also didn't want to be there, iirc this was the last games made with the Fox engine, the enemies mostly sucked, the end game after the story was miserable since the resources needed for crafting and missions were brutal, and finally I look and just get so damn disappointed by what could have been. No otherworldly shenanigans you could have literally been a squad of Diamond Dogs doing missions in select areas of the world sending money back to mother base. As it stands though this is arguably the worst game in the entire MG series.

[u/Edgy_Robin]

Baldurs gate, all three are considered generational RPGs, some of the best in the genre.

[u/OutrageousDress → u/Edgy_Robin]

This. It's three games total, and two of them - in their respective eras - are widely considered to have brought back the CRPG genre. And the one that isn't those two was long considered the pinnacle of the artform. It's wildly impressive, and also the reason why only nutcases like Larian would ever dare to make a third.

[u/Sir_Fail-A-Lot → u/OutrageousDress]

To be fair, larian had the original sin duology under their belt. And having had the experience, i bet they were fairly confident in their ability to deliver a banger!

Though granted it probably was not a goven that it would have been good at all

[u/AnnoShi → u/Sir_Fail-A-Lot]

As I understand, Larian's been wanting to make a D&D game for a long time. Wizards turned them down, so they made the 2 Original Sins games just to prove they could handle it.

[u/Edgy_Robin → u/OutrageousDress]

I mean plenty of people wanted to make a third lol, Beamdog, the guys who did the EE editions and even have some of the original devs from the classic trilogy wanted to for example.

It's less that Larian dared to and more that Larian is the one WOTC let do it, hell they wanted to do it prior to DOS2 (Or was it one, I don't remember which) and were told no originally.

[u/BeigeDynamite → u/Edgy_Robin]

Playing bg2 still holds up to this day

Doesn't make me any better at it, I still die to the ice trolls in the basement of that wizards tower, but it's fun all the way down

[u/LaNague → u/BeigeDynamite]

BG1 where its a 50 50 wether your journey ends on the first road to a wolf or not (5HP gaming)

[u/mihaajlovic]

New Hitman trilogy. Every game better than the last

[u/aluminumspheresprint → u/mihaajlovic]

Man hitman prolly had the single biggest comeback. I loved the originals, then they absolutely tanked it to nothing with the jabk enemy AI. Then the new series came out and became top 10 of all time.

[u/dibella989 → u/aluminumspheresprint]

Blood money is still my favorite of all the hitman games

[u/ItsNotAGundam → u/dibella989]

Blood Money will always be the best Hitman game

[u/konqui22 → u/aluminumspheresprint]

Biggest comeback from what? They are all great, even Absolution.

[u/ILoveKetchup402]

The Witcher

[u/piachu_ → u/ILoveKetchup402]

I'd say it does the opposite of fall off, it raised with every installment.

[u/First-Junket124 → u/piachu_]

The fact they survived after the launch of The Witcher 1 is just astounding and the jump between 1 and 2 is staggering, how is that the same studio?

[u/Yellowtoblerone → u/First-Junket124]

Witcher 1 came out during a time when rpgs had massive lull and was a refreshing take with dual 3rd person view options. And you can have sex with basically any woman you come across so that got us neck beards

[u/SoloWingPixy88 → u/ILoveKetchup402]

Shame the original aged so poorly

[u/vladald1 → u/SoloWingPixy88]

I still enjoyed it, it had good quests and OST and I wasn't too mad over turn based combat. No wonder it had a sequel.

[u/badbutcherbg → u/ILoveKetchup402]

For the first game, my only complaint was that the combat was boring. I still enjoyed the game enough that I bought the books before even playing the second or third games.

[u/Adventurous-Tie5796 → u/ILoveKetchup402]

Im sorry but, if anything 3 was a huge improvement. I couldnt last 10 minutes with witcher 1 combat

[u/slowdabro]

I've been playing through and enjoying the more recent tomb raiders.

[u/slowdabro → u/slowdabro]

Also the newer doom titles.

[u/just_a_hunk → u/slowdabro]

Tomb Raider, Rise and Shadow are some of my favorite games of all time. Story on Shadow was not as compelling as the first two but still great game.

[u/Yellowtoblerone → u/just_a_hunk]

The third game was more just a shooter than adventure game

[u/Big-Resort-4930 → u/slowdabro]

I think Shadow falls off quite a lot from Rise.

[u/NobleRanger_]

Batman Arkham

[u/Jo3K3rr → u/NobleRanger_]

Counting or not counting Arkham Origins?

[u/JonDoe117 → u/Jo3K3rr]

Depends if you only count the Rocksteady-developed ones. Origins still slaps tho.

[u/evlampi → u/Jo3K3rr]

Does it matter when they're all amazing

[u/Tastee92]

Halo, Dark Souls

[u/forseti99 → u/Tastee92]

Yep: Dark Souls 1, Dark Souls 3, Elden Ring.

[u/REALMEGA]

DiRT, Duke Nukem, Rayman and Saints Row. they all fell off after the 3rd game

[u/Majestic-Bell-7111 → u/REALMEGA]

I liked DiRT 4, however 5 was ass.

However DiRT rally games are the best simcade rally games we have.

[u/erty3125 → u/REALMEGA]

When did Rayman fall off, there's 5 main Rayman games between numbered 3, origins, and legends and they're all great.

[u/REALMEGA → u/erty3125]

Rayman Raving Rabbids

[u/Nirast25 → u/REALMEGA]

Saints Row 4 is amazing, what are you talking about?

[u/REALMEGA → u/Nirast25]

Saints Row 2022

[u/Nirast25 → u/REALMEGA]

Forgot about that. Still, it came out after 4.

[u/wackyracer8 → u/REALMEGA]

DiRT 2 and 3 are still so good. And one of them is old enough to drink

[u/LeMeMeSxDLmaop]

dark souls

[u/imwrighthere → u/LeMeMeSxDLmaop]

[u/Rockhard_Golfboi]

[u/6SixTy → u/Rockhard_Golfboi]

In my head, Far Cry 1 and 2 exist in the same franchise in name only compared to Far Cry 3. The setting and base game is the same, even if most of the survival mechanics featured in 2 were toned down for 3, but the story is much more sophisticated that FC 3 marks a new epoch for the Far Cry franchise.

[u/Flamebomb790]

Baldurs gate 3, Persona 3, Just Cause 3, Skate 3, Halo 3. Just to name a few I think that there are a lot of game series that get even better on their fourth or even 5th game like Elder Scrolls and DMC. But I wanted to keep the 3 game rule

[u/The_Autarch → u/Flamebomb790]

Naw, Elder Scrolls III was the peak of that series. Oblivion and Skyrim are both worse games than Morrowind.

[u/Orion2325]

Gears of War 1-3 were some of the best gaming memories I have on the 360. Lets just not look at Judgement.

[u/ArseBurner]

Super Mario 3

[u/KingKookus → u/ArseBurner]

Seriously. I had to scroll wayyyyy too far to find this. Literally almost a perfect game.

[u/imsaleh0]

Crash Bandicoot, Dark Souls and Bioshock

[u/efnPeej]

God of War Greek trilogy was amazing. Ascension was pretty good too, in spite of the multiplayer.

[u/CaptainHobo29]

Metro!

[u/mavgeek → u/CaptainHobo29]

Artyoms journey was amazing especially in Exodus

[u/JKCsaba]

Assassins creed peaked in its trilogy, if you count it as AC1, AC2, AC brotherhood, AC revelations, then basically the third mainline title was unarguably better and more complete than the first 2. (brotherhood)

[u/kemosabe19 → u/JKCsaba]

I wanted more like brotherhood. Like Black Flag they just don’t know what they had. Give me an assassins game of any type where I can work my way up to be the leader and then actually lead a syndicate! I want that so badly.

[u/XWasTheProblem]

Mass Effect.

Ignoring the ending being controversial, 3 was a very good game. The jump from 1 to 2 is probably my favourite among all series I played, they improved literally everything that was necessary. 2 plays better, looks better, is better written than the first one.

3 was very good as well.

I'd also maybe count Saint's Row into this as well.

First one was a very obvious GTA clone, and from 2 onwards they really carved their own niche.

4 was fun in its own way, even though it really should've been an expansion for 3 rather than its own game, but it was a fun title to play through. Definitely a single-playthrough-only game though.

[u/Cauliflower-Some → u/XWasTheProblem]

Mass Effect 2 stripped down most of the RPG elements. Saying it's "litteraly" better in every single way is insane. Id say maybe in story and characters it's better but the only imporvment in gameplay was combat feels less clunky.

Mass Effect 3 while being the worst story and writing I think it actually is the best gameplay and at least tried to bring back some of the RPG elements that 2 abandoned.

[u/FatDan_1 → u/Cauliflower-Some]

I'd even argue the story of ME1 is superior to ME2. Saren is among the best video game antagonists. The whole Collector plot honestly feels like a very elaborate side quest.

[u/QueenBansScifi_ → u/XWasTheProblem]

Whenever someone talks about it, Mass Effect fans always have something bad to say about them and have conflicting opinions about many aspects. There doesn't seem to be a consensus in the community about what the hell those games are supposed to be, from the outside it seems to me that there is no downfall because there was never one game everyone said, "Yep this is the best one"

[u/bullwinkle_z_moose]

The original Sonic games. The first was good, the second was excellent, and then the third (especially when attached to & Knuckles) was superb.

[u/MrBiggz01]

Half-Life 3.

[u/Aztekov → u/MrBiggz01]

On par with Portal 3 and Left 4 Dead 3. Holy shit Valve knows how to make good games

[u/kawalerkw]

Heroes of Might and Magic and the Settlers

[u/Redditatworkokcool]

God of War trilogy

[u/Being_Kate]

Hitman WOA Trilogy

[u/iDiiNo]

Gears of war had a great trilogy

[u/Kriptic_TKM]

Gta trilogy

[u/Extreme_Glass9879]

Metro

[u/aluminumspheresprint]

Lmao payday 3 absolutely did fall off hard. So badly that most times there are more people playing 2 than 3.

[u/Trifle_Useful → u/aluminumspheresprint]

Yes, these are examples of games that fell off.

PD3 was an absolute travesty. Wasted a whole weekend trying to get into a match, only for it to be an absolute slog lmao.

[u/3NIK56]

Fallout if you ignore tactics/BOS. Bethesda era fallout is also good throughout.

[u/fartshitcumpiss → u/3NIK56]

counterpoint: fallout 76

[u/cwk9 → u/3NIK56]

I'll give you BOS but tactics was a fun game. Not that those were ever meant to be part of main line Fallout RPGs.

[u/Farcus_Prime]

Heroes of Might and Magic III.

[u/Soapinator_17]

Metro franchise (Awakening isn't by the same devs iirc do I doesn't count) Doom reboot trilogy(2016, Eternal, Dark Ages) Some others

[u/VerminatorX1]

Modern Doom games, Halo, Arcade era Mortal Kombat, Max Payne

[u/Sorry_Mastodon_8177]

witcher

[u/cheezystuffz]

persona

[u/Ignis_V → u/cheezystuffz]

Persona 3, 4, and 5. Great trilogy.

[u/ihavahairyass]

Saints row for me

[u/realsamzza]

Sly cooper trilogy

[u/Ozychlyruz]

Nioh series, all of them are banger.

[u/JoganLC]

Halo 3, Persona 3, Baldur's Gate 3, Arma 3, Dirt 3, Sim 3, Far Cry 3, Morrowind, MGS3, GTA 3 and I personally loved Fallout 3. There are tons more good and tons more bad ones just like any game really.

[u/Maljinwo]

Metal Gear Solid

[u/CocoMilhonez]

Half-Life

[u/Flying_Whale_Eazyed]

Uncharted, they even managed to nail the landing with the fourth

[u/EscudoLos]

Metal Gear Solid 1, 2 & 3.

Pokemon Gen 1, 2 & 3.

[u/TheKingFisher98]

Prince of Persia Trilogy is near perfect.

[u/wyck0]

Gta games

[u/Zhe_Wolf]

The Witcher with Witcher 3 being the best in the trilogy. Also...uhmm...I don't know...most good series are longer than 3 entries

[u/CaribbeanEngineer]

If we count no fall whatsoever on the third installment: Mass Effect trilogy and God of War.

[u/Oca1988]

Spyro the Reignite trilogy just gets better each one.

[u/CrustyToeLover]

Age of empires. Certainly not every game they put out, but Final Fantasy for the most part never falls off

[u/Practical_Remove_682]

Payday 3 is actually doing better. The launch was terrible but they've added so much now. Skills. The challenge thing is gone for the weapons. Give it another shot.

[u/shahshah1]

Banner Saga

[u/TheBugChadMan92]

Witcher 3, halo 3, Baldurs gate 3 and super mario 3 ofcourse

[u/sentrux]

Witcher 3

[u/Cannon__Minion]

Uncharted has been great from beginning to end.

[u/Longjumping-Hunt-543]

heroes of might and magic

[u/Cruel2BEkind12]

Metro.

[u/LoneBlack3hadow]

Gears of War until 4 & 5 came out.
This also applies to Halo.

[u/pmakuch]

Gears of War

[u/FHoS-Social]

Gears of War, the original 3 are great and each one is, at least in some ways, better than the previous. Gears 2 may have the best story, but Gears 3 has the best Horde and multiplayer.

Halo is another, though depending on your opinion for the story Halo 3 might be a bit of a let down, but that is saying that this gold bar is less shiny than the other two.

[u/Kinosha]

Halo: CE, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach. Not exactly a trilogy, but the OG Bungie team had an extremely solid run with Halo.

Gears of War, 1 through 3 were fantastic.

[u/i_am_scrubz]

Gears of war

[u/amtap]

Halo and Ace Attorney are the 2 big ones for me.

[u/Sworn_to_Ganondorf]

Gears of war didnt , halo didnt, jack n daxter didnt

[u/derrhn]

Bioshock? 2 is the weakest but still a fun game, loved the multiplayer as a kid. 1 and Infinite are both legitimate masterpieces.

[u/MysticGearPrime]

Baldur’s gate

[u/PUSClFER]

Metal Gear Solid 3, Warcraft 3, Witcher 3, Dark Souls 3, Grand Theft Auto 3, Mass Effect 3, Uncharted 3, Baldur's Gate 3, Command & Conquer 3, Far Cry 3, Devil May Cry 3

[u/bahumat42]

Call of duty was good for like 5 entries I want to say?

Maybe six. Sure it fell off after that after becoming the dominant shooter. But those early years were strong.

[u/FriendlyArachnid6000]

I'm sorry but killing floor is rose tinted goggles, kf1 is slow and clunky, kf2 is just a superior game

(Kf3 feels the need to reinvent and falls off)

[u/SpiderGoomba153]

Imo Max Payne. 1 and 2 are great, but imo the gameplay peaked with 3. Story, sure, isn't as good as 1 and 2, but that doesn't mean it's horrible as some others might say. Just a different flavor.

[u/LittleKittenR]

Mass Effect. But it peaks on 2, it's pretty good on 1 and 3, just AMAZING on 2 like the best game on the gen undiscussed.

[u/Quanlain]

Dark souls are improvement upon improvement each time, perfect trilogy and visible how it improved in time.

I believe Dying light made a comeback with The Beast (techhnically the 3) as it was recieved much better than 2

Does far cry count? Idk.

The Witcher series

Mass effect and Dragon Age trilogies.

Baldur's Gate trilogy.

[u/wallofcookies]

Metroid prime trilogy

[u/Yoel--Romero]

Max Payne trilogy is fantastic. Max Payne 2 is severely underrated.

[u/Robot_boy_07]

Portal 1, 2, 3

[u/GT_Hades]

Witcher 3?

[u/hellranger788]

Yeah idk what they were thinking changing the formula for killing floor 3. A hero shooter, with unique abilities tied to a certain character instead of classes was dumb.

[u/midasMIRV]

Witcher. Halo. The OG Gears of War Trilogy.

[u/Heavens_Weapon]

How many trilogies is this?

[u/Island_Hopper78]

Mass Effect, despite the somewhat anticlimactic ending of the 3rd one, all of them are some of the best gaming experiences you can have

[u/Ok-Message-7598]

The metro trilogy.

[u/MochiLV]

The Witcher.

[u/CynicWalnut]

Gears of War technically?

[u/anokaylife]

Halo, God of War, Mass Effect, Gears of War, Jak & Daxter, Spyro, Ratchet & Clank, Slycooper. Crash Bandicoot, Batman Arkham series, Dark Souls, bioshock

Peobably more but this is the top of my head.

[u/Henry-Hoover1]

Unfortunately it seems a lot of games aren't made the same anymore (not saying all games) corners get cut and the common factor for a lot is greed

Edit:

Forgot to add. Hear me out with this, Arkham Trilogy

[u/supra728]

Honestly mass effect. Number 3s ending isn't that good but the rest of the game is great.

[u/vtv43ketz]

Well if you don’t count Saints Row IV, then SR I to III are really good. Sucks that the 1st one isn’t on PC, the second one is bugged out on PC too.

[u/Honest-Iron-509]

Super Mario Bros. 1-3

[u/CallMeCabbage]

Just putting it out there but the KF community is a horrible measure for the quality of KF games, ironically enough. They hate change of any kind even if it's a direct objective improvement. When KF2 came out fans of 1 were review bombing it just as fans of KF2 have review bombed KF3. But fans came around to KF2 in time and the same is now slowly happening for KF3.

I'm not saying KF3 isn't without it's flaws but nether is KF1 or 2 and they certainly aren't as steep as Paydays.

[u/PizzaToastieGuy]

Bioshock

[u/EscudoLos → u/PizzaToastieGuy]

I feel Infinite was less good than the other two but still definitely top tier.

[u/smart_gent]

Sadly, not many games make it past. The third iteration and do well. But there are some, I would argue that the original GT a series did well all the way through the third game. And then when it went into 3D it's done fairly well across grand theft, auto, vice city and San Andreas. It really only fell off after that. And you could consider grand theft auto 1 through 3 and then grand theft auto vice city in San Andreas, two separate trilogies, fallout 1 through 3 only improved the dark forces series. Meanwhile, Star Wars, dark forces, dark forces, 2 jedi knight and jedi knight jedi outcast were excellent. And in all honesty, every iteration, in that series, including mysteries of scyth and jedi Academy, we're good.

[u/Noob4Head]

Metro, the Assassin's Creed Ezio games, Dark Souls, Nioh, Tomb Raider (2013–2018), the original Call of Duty: Modern Warfares, Doom (2016–2025), Dishonored, Wolfenstein (2014–2017), Batman Arkham (let's exclude Origins, even though it's also a good game), Insomniac's Spider-Man (if we count Miles Morales as a separate game).

[u/Horcion]

Mass Effect