After yesterday’sofficial announcementofMetal Gear Solid 5(woot!), I started thinking about how there really aren’t any bad games in the entire, long-runningMetal Gearseries. All of theSolidgames are near perfect, the handheld games are, at the very least, interesting and well-made, and even the unofficial NES sequelSnake’s Revengehas its odd charms. For more than 20 years, theMetal Gearseries has delivered every single time.
Does this mean thatMetal Gearis the most consistently solid (hehehe) series ever? Is there another series that has been around as long that produces equally high quality games? I would argue the Mario or Zelda series has it beat, but even those are up for debate.
The Mario series, as wonderful as it is, became so saturated over the years with spin-offs and pseudo-sequels, that some less-than-perfect games infiltrated the mix. And, depending on who you ask (not me), there are some people that think a few games in the Zelda series aren’t that great (blasphemy!).
There are other legacy series that could qualify as well:Mega Man,Sonic,Castlevania,Contra,Final Fantasy. But even someone as positive as me can easily find faults in many of the games in these series. Up-and-comers likeUncharted,God of War, orPikminhave a shot, but they are too relatively new to really feel eligible at this point.
So does that makeMetal Gearthe most consistently great videogame series of all time? That’s for all of us to debate in the comments. It very well may be. Even more reason to get super excited forMetal Gear Solid 5.
