Series' that have never misstepped

**gameoverDude** · 12 May 2003, 11:50 PM

Thunder Force- Parts II, III, and IV have all been excellent. Part III eschewed the Last Mission style overhead scenes to give us more of what IMO is the real part of the game- the horizontal sequences. TFIV is more than likely the pinnacle of the series with its strong challenge and 10 stages that are in many cases a good 2-3 screens high. TFV is still very good but unfortunately shorter and less challenging than IV.

Rolling Thunder- I like the arcade version of 2 the best, but the quality is consistent through the series.

Darius- Face it, this is Taito- a company who has never compromised on their shooters.

DoDonPachi- Let's pretend that the so-called DoDonPachi II is not a real part of the series since Cave didn't do it. All of Cave's own DP games are sterling.

Streets of Rage- All 3 are excellent. The only bad thing in 3 is the absence of Max. The music is just fine, even if it veers onto a rather different path.

**Doug Branches** · 13 May 2003, 12:10 AM

Doom

**Mr_Furious** · 13 May 2003, 01:15 AM

Originally posted by kingoffighters
Bomberman series (although, I remember the bomberman 1 was quite boring on the NES).

Atomic Bomberman anyone?

**Drewbacca** · 13 May 2003, 01:33 AM

Wario, Mario, and the Yoshi's Island series.

**Jeremy** · 13 May 2003, 01:34 AM

Yoshi's Island SERIES?

xS · 13 May 2003, 02:08 AM

Darius- Face it, this is Taito- a company who has never compromised on their shooters.

Ever play Darius Twin?

**Drewbacca** · 13 May 2003, 02:14 AM

Originally posted by Jeremy
Yoshi's Island SERIES?

Yes.

**OmegaFlareX** · 13 May 2003, 02:24 AM

Darius Twin isn't a bad little shooter. It's nothing stellar, but it's solid nonetheless.

Let's see...

Final Fantasy? Er... nope, 8's characters and story were wicked lame.

Dragon Warrior? No, 7 was naaaaaaaaasty-looking.

Raiden? The SNES/Genesis ports keep that one from being perfect.

Street Fighter? SF1 is a steaming pile of donkey turds.

Contra? PS1 games. Enough said.

San Francisco Rush? Awesome series, but the PS1 version of the first is one of the worst games in the genre.

I give up.