This has been my favorite series this generation by far. The 1st is in my top games of all time list, by far the best of the series for me. The 2nd was very good as well, the combat took a big step forward but it lost a few things in my eyes as well. The 3rd was my least favorite of the 3 (thats not a bad thing, its still really good) We all know the problems most have with the end and I share some of that sentiment as well. I also feel that the game took on to linear of a path for my taste but the combat was just awesome. 95% of this series is is better than top notch in my book, its just hard when you look back and think, I did all that, for that?

Although I am not surprised by this, it still annoys the snot out of me. I have never been able to get into MMOs and with this I know it will most likely be a LOOOOOOOOONG time before we see the next single player game. (if at all)

Sega did a lot of things wrong but for me the biggest problem was the games. Sega has a great library of IPs and did they make it to dreamcast? Not most of them. Some good ones did but it just wasnt enough. A few that should have are:

*panzer dragoon or saga

*shining force

*shining the holy ark

*a true phantasy star (not online)

dont forget some of the huge sega arcade games at the time like

*starwars trilogy

*lost world Jurassic park

Plus all the classic stuff from the 8 and 16bit era like

*miracle warriors

*space harrier

*golvellius

*wonderboy

*shining in the darkness

Nintendo has survived because of one reason, making sure their first party software was the best on the systems. Even if they would have done this they still wouldnt have beat the ps2 but they might have been able to stay alive and fight again.