your TOP 5 game franchises

for the 360 or other wise. it can be a stand alone game, an entire series or only one game out of a series or a series minus certian titles, BUT PLEASE LIMIT YOURSELF TO 5. Top 5 and I mean it, No ties, don't post one game or ten games its 5 or nothing. make qoutes and comments after your list. the last rule is less strict, I would prefer your list of Favorite series of all time but if you throw in your current favorites thats fine but mention which one it is if you can.

For Example my personal top 5 of all time.

1) The Elder Scrolls 3 & 4 (morrowind and oblivion) I'm not petty enough to let a few design choices I didn't like in oblivion to take away from an otherwise awe inspiring game. If monsters auto-leveling ruined this game for you, then yes you are petty. I've got oblivion for PC and 360

2) Total War: Rome and Medieval 2 (Rome was one of the Reasons I failed out of college)

3) the entire Thief series (dark project, metal age and deadly shadows) I plan on naming my first son Garret after the main character of the this game. I've got deadly shadows for PC and Xbox

4) Hitman 2, 3 and 4. Too bad 47 would make an awful name other wise that would be my second kid's name, I have blood money for PC and 360

5) This one is the hardest to choose. Even though I love the halo series and was actually pretty good at it (I won a campus competition) and counter strike: source was the other reason I failed out of school; I couldn't put it down. 5th place is going to the original perfect drug. The Diablo series. it was the first dungeon crawl game that blew me away.

Comment: Notice that I mention halo & counter strike but ultimately choose Diablo thats important, I don't mind you mentioning a tough decision but you have to choose one in the end. quick blurb on each series is cool but try to keep it concise. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST games that have been released, I'm looking forward to Assassin's Creed and Spore as much as you are but this is for games you've actually played.

1. Final Fantasy

2. Halo

3. Resident Evil

4. Madden

5. Hitman

1-GTA

2-elder scrolls

3-Anything tom clancy

4-halo

5-prince of persia

1. Zelda

2. Elder Scrolls

3. Diablo

4. Halo

5. Mario RPGs (paper mario/superstar saga/legend of the seven stars/whatever I love them all)

1. Unreal
2. Final Fantasy
3. Zelda
4. Halo
5. The Chronicles of Riddick - some would debate it's "franchise-ness," but whatever

5. Burnout (had a hard time choosin between Burnouts or Need For Speeds)

4. Madden (used to play them all the time and have every one since '04)

3. Command & Conquer (wasted summers with red alerts and yuri's revenge)

2. Halo (would be higher but Halo 3 isnt out yet)

1. Tom Clancy's (love every branch thats under Tom Clancy)

1.Halo

2.Splinter Cell

3.GTA

4.Pokemon

5.I dont know

Smash Bros, All Things Mario, Zelda, Civilization, Age of Empires, Call of Duty, Guild Wars, and others I can't remember. (In no order)

1.Mario

2.Zelda

3.Crash Bandicoot

4.Halo

5.Everything Else

...Yup thats about it!

1. Zelda

2-5 is in no order as some games are better than others

Devil May Cry, Resident Evil, Mario, Beyond Good and Evil.

(5) Mario

(4) Age of Empires

(3) Gears of War

(2) The Legend of Zelda

(1) Halo

1.brothers in arms

2. halo

3.rainbow six

4.gta

5.mlb 2k...

1. Mercenaries

2. Elder Scrolls

3. Mario

4. Call of Duty

5. Halo

1. POP

2. Warcraft

3. Half Life

4. Onimusha

5. Okami

1. Halo

2. GTA

3. Call OF Duty

4. Banjo

5. Smackdown! Series

1. Resident Evil - This is my all-time favorite series. I've got dozens of awesome memories from playing them. There have been some dips in the quality (i.e. Dead Aim) but overall it's kept me entertained. And it has zombies. Zombie movies are my thing, I love them. So when a game has zombies in it, it gets brownie points in my book.

The last 4 have no real order, it's too hard to choose:

2. Halo - Both 1 & 2 were amazing games. The multiplayer is really what helps this series make my list. I get all warm and fuzzy inside whenI think of all the great times my friends andI have had playing all night. Sometimes we had three tvs, three xboxs, and twelve people all hooked up in one house. It's just one of those games, where as soon as you're done with a round, all you want to do is reflect on it and laugh. Good times.

3.Tony Hawk - I've been playing this series for quite a few years. And even though I haven't been steady with it all the time, it has proved to be solid throughout. In fact, I still remember the night I got THUG 1 I stayed up all night playing.

4. Jak - These were incredible back in my PS2 days. It is one of the two regrets I have about buying a 360. Because now I won't get to play any sequels that may be released. It's the same case with the Ratchet series (which is the second regret).

5. Spyro - Not the new ones. Those are just disappointing. Ever since Spyro made the generation jump from PS to PS2 he sucked. But the first three (Spyro the Dragon, Ripto's Rage, and Year of the Dragon) were the greatest platformers on the Playstation. This series, also, has fond childhood memories attached to it.