I’ll start by saying I had a bit of trouble wording the title but I’ll try to elaborate on it. I find it can be a bit daunting at times figuring out what a decent entry point is in a series of video games without searching online first. Sometimes there will be ten games released across three different generation of consoles with reboots, prequels, and remasters and you can feel a bit left out of the loop if you start with the most recent release.

I’m wondering where people would recommend starting in other popular series like Nier, Final Fantasy, Armored Core, Ace Combat, Assassins Creed, Metal Gear, Metroid, Resident Evil, and so on.

It might make for a fun bit of Friday discussion and encourage some people to try out some new games.

Here’s my example:

With the Fallout series I’d say you could easily start with any game because you have a new protagonist each time and a lot of the lore is reintroduced. The exception being Fallout 2 because it feels a bit more like a direct sequel to the original.

I would probably recommend Fallout New Vegas as a starting point because it’s the fan favorite, has a few quality of life upgrades over Fallout 3, Fallout 4 adds a lot of extra mechanics to the game so going backwards in the series if you wanted more Fallout could feel a tad awkward and take some readjusting if you are accustomed to them, and the classic Fallout games can be a bit of a challenge if you aren’t used to old school RPGs.

  • ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    So many nice recommendations here but here are some of my recommendations in genres (in top 5 form). All of them have PC ports (but not all of the series may be available on PC)

    Platformers:

    1. Rayman
    2. Sonic
    3. Wonder boy
    4. Shantae
    5. Trine

    RPGs

    1. Final Fantasy
    2. Tales of Series
    3. Star Ocean
    4. Elder Scrolls
    5. Pathfinder

    Some noteworthy mentions for RPGs

    1. YS
    2. Mana

    Shooters:

    1. Medal of Honor
    2. Shadow Warrior
    3. Doom
    4. Call of Duty
    5. Wolfenstein

    Puzzles, point and click: Note: This was very hard to list since most of them are standalone and those that are not have interesting plot lines that you will not appreciate unless you play in order such as Syberia, Gabriel Knight, Secret Files. Walking Dead)

    1. Myst (You can play in any order but it would be nice to play the sequels or prequels)
    2. Broken Sword (Don’t touch 4 and 5 but you can play in any order and it would be nice to play the sequels or prequels)
    3. Life is Strange (1 and 2 are standalone stories)
    4. of Loathing series (It has turned based combat but very fun)
    5. Nancy Drew

    I would say I prefer them in the chronological order of their release date. Some of the series I have listed completely have either loosely, small references or completely standalone only sharing a “franchise name”