Most under appreciated series/franchise?

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#1 TAKE_IT_BACK
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^Topic.

My pick would have to be Fire Emblem. One of the best SRPG series ever made(IMO), yet when people talk about Nintendo franchises, its all Mario, Zelda, Metroid etc.

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#2 Ragnarok1051
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Grandia. The series is awesome with one of the best battle systems ever.
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#3 Hungry_Homer111
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Ultima. I've only seen a handful of people who have mentioned the games, and yet it's a great, and very influential series. If it wasn't for the Ultima series, the RPG genre would not be the way it is today.
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Blinx

Come on, he gets no love! :(
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Ultima. I've only seen a handful of people who have mentioned the games, and yet it's a great, and very influential series. If it wasn't for the Ultima series, the RPG genre would not be the way it is today.Hungry_Homer111
I agree, and if it wasn't for Ultima Underworld: Stygian Abyss, there would be no System Shock, nor Elder Scrolls, nor Deus Ex.
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Ultima. I've only seen a handful of people who have mentioned the games, and yet it's a great, and very influential series. If it wasn't for the Ultima series, the RPG genre would not be the way it is today.Hungry_Homer111

TBH, the only things I've heard about Ultima were from Yahtzee Croshaw... And they weren't good. Its a WRPG, right?

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#7 claywalker21
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advent rising.
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#8 Salt_The_Fries
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Legacy of Kain, Crusader, System Shock, Jagged Alliance.
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#9 cloudff7tm
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^Topic.

My pick would have to be Fire Emblem. One of the best SRPG series ever made(IMO), yet when people talk about Nintendo franchises, its all Mario, Zelda, Metroid etc.

TAKE_IT_BACK

Before I even clicked on this thread I said "Fire Emblem".

I totally agree with you.

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[QUOTE="Hungry_Homer111"]Ultima. I've only seen a handful of people who have mentioned the games, and yet it's a great, and very influential series. If it wasn't for the Ultima series, the RPG genre would not be the way it is today.TAKE_IT_BACK

TBH, the only things I've heard about Ultima were from Yahtzee Croshaw... And they weren't good. Its a WRPG, right?

The series, starting with Akalabeth (unoficially Ultima 0), went through certain developments in its combat system and other elements in the games. Early games helped to mold the genre as a whole. Early games helped to set up the basics, from the first-person dungeon crawling gameplay of Akalabeth, to the shift in focus to an over-world in Ultima 1. Ultima II didn't really play with the combat system or other aspects of the game as much as other games in the others in the series, but played with the idea of traveling between different times and worlds. Ultima III - V had a combat system similar to strategy what strategy RPGs. Ultima IV was the first game to do something very different from the usual "destroy the ultimate evil" storyline of early RPGs: It had you trying to live by eight different virtues in order to become the "Avatar," an ultimate hero with the traits that a hero should have. Ultima V was the first game in the series to incorperate a somewhat realistic day/night schedule, and also had the towns change depending on the time in the game. Its story delt with a corrupt government that you needed to overthrow, which was unique for the time it was made. Ultima VI was the first time that the series didn't have different maps at different areas (seemlessly transitioning between the overworld, towns, and dungeons). The combat was similar to previous games, but again, it didn't change views for the battles. It still used the It had a unique story, having you trying to stop a war between the humans and gargoyles, which would be caused by a misunderstanding. Ultima VII was no longer turn based. The game was controlled completely with the mouse. You didn't directly control the combat, only turned your character (and party) to a combat mode when there was an enemy nearby, leaving you to control the items that you use durring battle, such as magic spells (for the first time in the series), healing items, and other things. It included a lot of other upgrades to the series as well, big or small, which helped to work the early form of the WRPG. VIII and IX both took things even further into the WRPG. And you can't forget Ultima Online, which was one of the earliest MMORPGs. And that's not even to mention about the spin-off games, Ultima Underworld 1 + 2, and Worlds of Ultima 1 + 2. I don't really know too much about those unfortunately, but I do know, like Salt_The_Fries said, the Ultima Underworld games also had an influence of the WRPG genre.
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legend of legaia!
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Halo's :oops:

I've always loved Sega's Ecco the Dolphin series but seems many others don't.

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#13 50u1r34v3r
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The Legacy of Kain series

The oddworld inhabitants franchise

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#14 Gh0st_Of_0nyx
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Skies of arcadia :( The gamecube remake counts IMO Its an amazing series the only JRPG that I truly liked and didn't bore me to death. Timesplitters is also worth mentioning it is known by gamer but dosent get the love it deserves from the media and casuals
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#15 Youngmav05
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Zone Of the Enders. Seriously if Hideo Kojima wanted to work on another game please god let it be that. throw in some online versus mode and customizable mechs and I swear to whatever videogame gods their are I will reign supreme.
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actraiser
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Persona,Timesplitters, AKI wrestling games (WWF No Mercy/Virtual Pro Wrestling 2), Yakuza, Fear Effect, Fire Emblem, Darkstalkers.
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Phoenix Wright
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resistance
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Tekken, it seems no-one cares about it anymore.
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The 3D PS2 Castlevania's; Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness. They are Castlevania in 3D. That is what the 2D formula would feel like in 3D, which gives you a more blatant look at the 2D formula. I love the games and they have some of the best music in the whole CV series, thanks to Michiru Yamane. Lament of Innocence's soundtrack is outstanding.

Sure, the gameplay is clunky but for any actual Castlevania fan, its just more Castlevania, and with some of the additions in Curse of Darkness like the Combining and Stealing, it adds so much depth to the gameplay. I personally wish that the steal/combine system from Curse of Darkness would have become standard in the CV now.
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[QUOTE="Gh0st_Of_0nyx"]Skies of arcadia :( The gamecube remake counts IMO Its an amazing series the only JRPG that I truly liked and didn't bore me to death. Timesplitters is also worth mentioning it is known by gamer but dosent get the love it deserves from the media and casuals

I so so hope they remake that remake because i still haven't been able to play it :( And that card RPG for the GC as well.
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#23 InfinityMugen
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Tekken, it seems no-one cares about it anymore.Floppy_Jim
I do. Its just that its taking so long to come out.
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