Best gaming sci-fi series?

I'm not gonna lie...I'm a sucker for amazing stories...and the halo series has such a HUGE story. I find it interesting and I love to keep up with it. The forerunners, flood, halo rings....everything is just deep.

The other choices are really good too. I like Half Life's story a whole lot. I just wish there'd be closure to the end of episode 2 of half life 2!

Mass Effect?

Mass Effect?

Snagal123

Metroid.Cherokee_Jack

Mass Effect, Fallout, Perfect Dark, Halo, Half-Life(and Portal) probably forgetting a few others.BattleTurtles

Mass Effect?

Snagal123

out of those: halo... the actual answer though is mass effectwolverine4262

[QUOTE="Snagal123"]

Mass Effect?

DarkLink77

Well i'm sorry but there's no way that Halo or Killzone are the best either. The only one listed on this poll which could be considered the best is Warhammer 40k.

[QUOTE="Snagal123"]

Mass Effect?

DarkLink77

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="Snagal123"]

Mass Effect?

UnknownSniper65

I'm gonna go with Metroid. I have only played and beaten Metroid Prime, but it was one of the greatest gaming experiences of my life.

Played Metroid Prime when I was a kid, never really scanned anything or beat the game. I guess i was just confused about where to go/what to do. But im replaying it right now, scanning everything I see, and I am surprised by how much detail is in the game. Even though corruption does some things better, I think i like this prime more. Still have to play echoes, if I can find it.

So I guess my answer is metroid.

out of those: halo... the actual answer though is mass effectwolverine4262

Pretty much this.

Mass Effect?

Snagal123

out of those: halo... the actual answer though is mass effectwolverine4262

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="Snagal123"]

Mass Effect?

Snagal123

Well i'm sorry but there's no way that Halo or Killzone are the best either. The only one listed on this poll which could be considered the best is Warhammer 40k.

[QUOTE="Snagal123"]

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"] Please.... no. Just...just no. And Mass Effect is an amazing game, but it is, by no stretch of the imagination, the best.DarkLink77

Well i'm sorry but there's no way that Halo or Killzone are the best either. The only one listed on this poll which could be considered the best is Warhammer 40k.

Played Metroid Prime when I was a kid, never really scanned anything or beat the game. I guess i was just confused about where to go/what to do. But im replaying it right now, scanning everything I see, and I am surprised by how much detail is in the game. Even though corruption does some things better, I think i like this prime more. Still have to play echoes, if I can find it.

So I guess my answer is metroid.

DaViD_99

I would argue that Metroid Prime is about as close to perfection as a game can get. The care and attention to detail put into that game was mind boggling to say the least.

MEtroid Prime 1 and 2

Mass Effect 1 (probably 2 aswell, havent played yet )

Ratchet and Clank

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="Snagal123"]

Well i'm sorry but there's no way that Halo or Killzone are the best either. The only one listed on this poll which could be considered the best is Warhammer 40k.

BattleTurtles

The exception to the rule. But again, they speak English, like all the others, and really, how many Hanar have you seen in Mass Effect so far? You can count them one one, maybe, two, hands. I don't even remember any Hanar in ME2... hm... I liked the Hanar, too.

[QUOTE="BattleTurtles"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"] There's a lot going on in the Mass Effect universe, but it suffers from the fact that most of the aliens don't really feel like aliens. They all speak English, most of them look similar to humans, don't seem to have a defining culture that the game explores outside of codex entries, etc. They don't feel alien. StarCraft is also better. As is Warhammer. Or Half-Life. Even halo, imo.DarkLink77

The exception to the rule. But again, they speak English, like all the others, and really, how many Hanar have you seen in Mass Effect so far? You can count them one one, maybe, two, hands. I don't even remember any Hanar in ME2... hm... I liked the Hanar, too.

[QUOTE="Snagal123"]

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"] Please.... no. Just...just no. And Mass Effect is an amazing game, but it is, by no stretch of the imagination, the best.DarkLink77

Well i'm sorry but there's no way that Halo or Killzone are the best either. The only one listed on this poll which could be considered the best is Warhammer 40k.

Sci-fi doesn't just mean aliens. You can have Sci-fi without aliens all together.

When i think Sci-fi the last game i would ever think of is Killzone. Mass Effect however will always pop into my mind when the words are uttered.

Technology, tone and music are sci-fi as well, and when it comes to Sci-fi type music, Mass Effect is the winner. :)

[QUOTE="BattleTurtles"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"] There's a lot going on in the Mass Effect universe, but it suffers from the fact that most of the aliens don't really feel like aliens. They all speak English, most of them look similar to humans, don't seem to have a defining culture that the game explores outside of codex entries, etc. They don't feel alien. StarCraft is also better. As is Warhammer. Or Half-Life. Even halo, imo.DarkLink77

The exception to the rule. But again, they speak English, like all the others, and really, how many Hanar have you seen in Mass Effect so far? You can count them one one, maybe, two, hands. I don't even remember any Hanar in ME2... hm... I liked the Hanar, too.

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[QUOTE="BattleTurtles"] Hanar?akbar13

The exception to the rule. But again, they speak English, like all the others, and really, how many Hanar have you seen in Mass Effect so far? You can count them one one, maybe, two, hands. I don't even remember any Hanar in ME2... hm... I liked the Hanar, too.

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[QUOTE="DarkLink77"] Please.... no. Just...just no. And Mass Effect is an amazing game, but it is, by no stretch of the imagination, the best.DarkLink77

Well i'm sorry but there's no way that Halo or Killzone are the best either. The only one listed on this poll which could be considered the best is Warhammer 40k.

[QUOTE="akbar13"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

The exception to the rule. But again, they speak English, like all the others, and really, how many Hanar have you seen in Mass Effect so far? You can count them one one, maybe, two, hands. I don't even remember any Hanar in ME2... hm... I liked the Hanar, too.

DarkLink77

Sigh... that is a lazy excuse so BioWare doesn't have to invent any alien languages. I know about it. The game still suffers for it. And again, it is mentioned, I believe, in passing through codexes. I could be wrong about that last part. The story in ME is hardly original, either. There's a lot of things that prevent it from being the best. DarkLink77

So where are all these other games with alien languages?

If every alien did speak its own language in a game, how would i understand them? Use subtitles? Well that makes no sense, it also doesn't make the gameplay any more fun having to read what they say why they make noises i don't understand. Or should i just neve interact with them because i don't understand them?

And how long would it take to do? Wasted time develeping a language 99% of the audience won't udnerstand or even care about.

And as i said before Sci-fi does not NEED aliens, you can have sci-fi without them. I don't consider the defining factor of Sci-fi aliens at all.

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="akbar13"] If you knew the story of Mass Effect you would know about universal translators.akbar13

Mass Effect by a billion.

[QUOTE="BattleTurtles"] [QUOTE="Snagal123"]

Mass Effect?

Nerkcon

out of those: halo... the actual answer though is mass effectwolverine4262

[QUOTE="akbar13"]

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"] Sigh... that is a lazy excuse so BioWare doesn't have to invent any alien languages. I know about it. The game still suffers for it. And again, it is mentioned, I believe, in passing through codexes. I could be wrong about that last part. The story in ME is hardly original, either. There's a lot of things that prevent it from being the best. DarkLink77

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="akbar13"] Why would you want alien languages?

dreman999

When is that ever explored outside of party specific dialogue? Or codexes?

I guess I'm just going to have to agree to disagree with most of the people in this thread. Mass Effect is a great series. Is it the best example of Sci-Fi in gaming? IMHO, no.

no starcraft????????????

[QUOTE="dreman999"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"] Because it makes them feel like aliens? I don't know. It's better than having the universe being one giant melting pot of uniformity, with the exception of maybe the Krogans and the Hanar. DarkLink77

When is that ever explored outside of party specific dialogue? Or codexes?

I guess I'm just going to have to agree to disagree with most of the people in this thread. Mass Effect is a great series. Is it the best example of Sci-Fi in gaming? IMHO, no.

no starcraft????????????

SLIisaownsystem

Starcraft is Warhammer 40k :D

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[QUOTE="dreman999"] So the culture, rights, perspectives, biology, religions and morals don't make them aliean?wolverine4262

When is that ever explored outside of party specific dialogue? Or codexes?

I guess I'm just going to have to agree to disagree with most of the people in this thread. Mass Effect is a great series. Is it the best example of Sci-Fi in gaming? IMHO, no.

[QUOTE="wolverine4262"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

When is that ever explored outside of party specific dialogue? Or codexes?

I guess I'm just going to have to agree to disagree with most of the people in this thread. Mass Effect is a great series. Is it the best example of Sci-Fi in gaming? IMHO, no.

DarkLink77

The Quarians suits, their names...vans and nar mean some thing you know. And their saying "keelah se'lai" , which is not translated because its meaning it too rough. Heck we went to their flotilla and saw all this stuff.

The Krogan and their nuclear winter home world. How they believe in strength through destruction and survival. That they must always test themselves in conflict. Heck, Warlord Orker on grunt recuit mission was the extreme on krogan beliefs.

The Bartarians omega, The Asari's Illium that at the pinnacle of art and technology. I'm sorry but if you look around ME2 has these other alien cultures that defined their races,

I love Mass effect.

Halo and BioShock are also good.

Half Life, Mass Effect (damn good Space Opera IMO), Deus EX, System Shock, BioShock

My favorite hss to be Halo series.

My favorite hss to be Halo series.

istreakforfood

[QUOTE="BattleTurtles"] [QUOTE="Snagal123"]

Mass Effect?

Nerkcon

out of those: halo... the actual answer though is mass effectwolverine4262

If you call 4 Years NEW Mass effect was 1 of the fist 360 games and sinserly this back fire on you you obiosly wanted people to pick Killzone2 ther for you dint mention Fallout3/Masseffect/DeadSpace and many others that Fit best Sci-fi

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My favorite hss to be Halo series.

jasonharris48

Depends on who you ask.A series like Halodefinately has a rich universe with lots of detail if it has its own wiki.