What is the most epic and complex gaming series of all time?

I'm asking this: What is the Star Wars of gaming? A series that with so much depth, history, and development that people would continue to buy broken installments and poor spin-offs just to get another taste of the mythos.

In my opinion: Metal Gear. Anyone who's beaten all of these games knows that the story is just.. immense. I've had to sit and create diagrams and chronological timelinesjust to put certain things together. Easily the most detailed and intricate story ever told in gaming.

Honorable Mentions: Fallout,Chrono, Xeno-series.

Note: Please don't say Final Fantasy. These games have very little to do with each other. That is, unless you seriously believe that the Final Fantasy VII story arc (VII, CC, DoC, AC)is greater than any other, in which case, feel free to explain, and we'll agree to disagree.

I agree. The Metal Gear series has one of the deepest, complex story in video game history, full of memorable characters people actually care about. Another game series that is pretty epic are the Half Life and Fallout series.

Complex =/= Convoluted

I'm asking this: What is the Star Wars of gaming? A series that with so much depth, history, and development that people would continue to buy broken installments and poor spin-offs just to get another taste of the mythos.

In my opinion: Metal Gear. Anyone who's beaten all of these games knows that the story is just.. immense. I've had to sit and create diagrams and chronological timelinesjust to put certain things together. Easily the most detailed and intricate story ever told in gaming.

Honorable Mentions: Fallout,Chrono, Xeno-series.

Note: Please don't say Final Fantasy. These games have very little to do with each other. That is, unless you seriously believe that the Final Fantasy VII story arc (VII, CC, DoC, AC)is greater than any other, in which case, feel free to explain, and we'll agree to disagree.

di_sgt_barber

Star Wars is hardly complex.

Metal Gear Solid I would say in terms of story.

after playing the first 3, i would have to say metal gear solid. Its just so good.

Halo, fallout, half life are close finishers aswell for me.

The Wii series.

Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Fit, Wii Music...

Pokemon, most complex game ever

Pokemon, most complex game ever

blingchu55

Complex =/= Convoluted

Aljosa23

One could argue that complex = convoluted.

Darn TC... I was going to "inb4mgs" but you ruined everything :P. Anyway I would personally say Silent Hill. Even though the games aren't really connected, each game (excluding the recent ones) has such deph and complexity within the story. However, if you meant complex gaming series in terms of all the games together, then I would say the MGS series.

The Wii series.

Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Fit, Wii Music...

Silverbond

Star Wars is hardly complex.

cobrax75

The Elder Scrools

[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

Complex =/= Convoluted

One could argue that complex = convoluted.

[QUOTE="blingchu55"]

Pokemon, most complex game ever

porky_ownsu

MGS for me so far. The storyline, whilst confusing at points, was fulfilling through to the end of MGS4 (the ending wasn't the best).

Half-Life is my next favourite by far. I want Episode 3 and Half-Life 3.

[QUOTE="jechtshot78"]

[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

Complex =/= Convoluted

moose_knuckler

One could argue that complex = convoluted.

Prove it wrong.

[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

Complex =/= Convoluted

One could argue that complex = convoluted.

For epic/complexity ratio I would say it's got to be the Total War series. It's not mega complicated by genre standards, but it's easily mega epic by genre standards.

i dotn know if youll count it as a series but im gona go wtih KOTOR hopefully i thrid one will come out in this day and age, but i dont know if my dreams will come trueonehandmaster

A complex story does not make a complex game

Metal Gear Solid is way too over the top corny at times to make it truely epic for me.

[QUOTE="moose_knuckler"][QUOTE="jechtshot78"]

One could argue that complex = convoluted.

lordxymor

I'm no English professor, but can you substitute a synonym's synonym? If so then you're right

Complex =/= Convoluted

Aljosa23

It's either Metal Gear Solid or Silent Hill

MGS for the story.

[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

Complex =/= Convoluted

One could argue that complex = convoluted.

The entire Metal Gear Solid games with fill that spot, play every metal gear game in chronological order without skipping any cutscenes or codec calls and u will realize what an epic masterpeice Hideo Kojima created 8)

The entire Metal Gear Solid games with fill that spot, play every metal gear game in chronological order without skipping any cutscenes or codec calls and u will realize what an epic masterpeice Hideo Kojima created 8)

Generalmojo

[QUOTE="Generalmojo"]

The entire Metal Gear Solid games with fill that spot, play every metal gear game in chronological order without skipping any cutscenes or codec calls and u will realize what an epic masterpeice Hideo Kojima created 8)

blingchu55

[QUOTE="Generalmojo"]

The entire Metal Gear Solid games with fill that spot, play every metal gear game in chronological order without skipping any cutscenes or codec calls and u will realize what an epic masterpeice Hideo Kojima created 8)

blingchu55

errr

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (brilliant ending :cry: )

Mgs: Portable ops (psp)

Metal Gear

Metal Gear 2

Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of liberty

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots

[QUOTE="blingchu55"][QUOTE="Generalmojo"]

The entire Metal Gear Solid games with fill that spot, play every metal gear game in chronological order without skipping any cutscenes or codec calls and u will realize what an epic masterpeice Hideo Kojima created 8)

porky_ownsu

[QUOTE="porky_ownsu"][QUOTE="blingchu55"] What's the order?Generalmojo

[QUOTE="Generalmojo"]

[QUOTE="porky_ownsu"] 3,1,2,4porky_ownsu

I guess Metal gear solid best answers your question.

Just looking for the series which offers the most "Epic" experiance it would probably be the Total War series. Freakin epic battles.

For me it's a dead heat between Metal Gear and Elder Scrolls.