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Which number is the best number?

Here's a hint, it's four. No really! Find out why inside

Words: Tyler Wilde, GamesRadar US

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Skykid - 6 months 12 days ago

@helix92 Amen, my brother, amen.

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silvereye - 6 months 12 days ago

If 4 is so great and many franchises have a 4th entry, does this mean were all screwed when a fifth game comes out or another number like 6 or 7 will become the greatsest number?

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MrBuffalo - 6 months 12 days ago

Hopefully a Halo 4 will have a brilliant campaign mode like the original and not just good multiplayer like 2 and 3.

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mishmoigon - 6 months 12 days ago

I also like fours the best

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RedOutlive10 - 6 months 11 days ago

It's good to know metacritic scores do not mean jack.

Metal Gear Solid 2 was the worst entry of the series, it couldn't give an inch of the excitement the first was able to provide.

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Juggernaut140 - 6 months 11 days ago

Also Oblivion sucks

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TheWebSwinger - 6 months 11 days ago

This article seems very unsure of itself.

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DarthPunk - 6 months 11 days ago

Why in Gods name did you use the Dreamcast version of RE:Nemesis for its average score instead of the PS1 orginial?

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Cernunnos - 6 months 11 days ago

DMC 3 isthe best game in the series, the first is awesome, the fourth is really good, and the second sucks giant, wet donkey balls. on my very first run-through of DMC 2 i used little more than, what, 3 hours.

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skyline19 - 6 months 11 days ago

DMC4 is actually my favourite of the series :(

But yeah as someone said Elders Scroll is a great example also.

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Picnic1 - 6 months 11 days ago

I think that there is a good case for the number 2 or 3:

Monkey Island 2 is many fan fan’s favourites but I adore part 3 (‘Curse of ‘) for its animation and sound whereas 4 had obscure solutions to puzzles and 3D animation that wasn't quite as pleasing as part 3.

Sonic 2 and 3 are both good- I prefer Sonic 2 though.

I got the feeling that Devil May Cry 3 was now regarded as regarded as the best by many?

Silent Hill 3 is more highly regarded by 4 but I suppose that most people regard part 2 as the best- I’m not sure why- all that fog is annoying.

I prefer the Gamecube Resident Evil remake (technically still Resident Evil 1) than RE4.

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Seabread - 6 months 11 days ago

just wait til they reach 7th iteration in game engines/releases. 7 will be the best number.
eg: it's 77.7% certain that track #7 on any album you pick at random will be a stellar track. not necessarily the best but certainly note-worthy.

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breener96 - 6 months 11 days ago

YOU'RE F**KIN KIDDING!!!! MGS 2 IS THE WORST IN THE SERIES. NOT SAYIN THAT IT'S BAD, BUT IT'S BY FAR THE WORST FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!

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Ascian - 6 months 11 days ago

Ace Combat 6 lost the points for the lack of a good story.
Unfortunately I have no idea about the other games you described

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Xeacons - 6 months 11 days ago

Whether or not 4 is always the best, there's no denying that, in games, 4 is a magic number. You don't see a lot franchises stop at trilogies. 2's company, 3's a crowd, 4's a party!

Take Half-life 2 for instance: with Episode 3, that individual story get's a total of 4 parts (consider HL2 the pilot episode).

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