SE4: Franchise Firsts: Finals

[This Old Neon]

Welcome to the "BEST GAME EVER!!!" Project's fourth Side-Event: Franchise Firsts!

You can vote for 2 games in this bracket. Vote carefully—you can't change your vote after submitting it. The top game at the end of the week will be crowned the "BEST FIRST GAME IN A SERIES EVER!!!" (hehehe).

1986 - Castlevania - NES
1986 - Metroid - NES
1987 - [Mike Tyson's] Punch-Out!! - NES
1987 - Phantasy Star - SMS
1993 - Doom - PC
1995 - Suikoden - PS1
1997 - Fallout - PC
2001 - Pikmin - GCN

You are encouraged to discuss your choices and your reasons for selecting the game you did.

[Sharecrow]

Mine were easy votes for two of my most favorite games of all time in Castlevania and Phantasy Star. Both basically perfect games in my opinion. Yeah, I said perfect.

[Claytone]

Still sticking with Castlevania 1 on this one. Still think it's a perfect game, as I said in countless other brackets.

[Kong Wen]

I voted the same way Share did. I agree with Clay that the original Castlevania is basically a perfect game. It's one of my favourite pure action/platformers, up there with Mega Man 2. And like that game, it also has some of the best music that chips have ever produced!

[Spore]

This has probably been brought up, and I don't know why I'm only realizing this now, but Mike Tysons punch out is definitely not the first one.

[Kong Wen]

This has probably been brought up, and I don't know why I'm only realizing this now, but Mike Tysons punch out is definitely not the first one.

Eh, it's the first one that matters.

[Kong Wen]

This has probably been brought up, and I don't know why I'm only realizing this now, but Mike Tysons punch out is definitely not the first one.

Eh, it's the first one that matters.

BUT, if people want to be sticklers about it, we can get Pokémon, Ratchet & Clank, or Mass Effect in there instead.

[Spore]

This has probably been brought up, and I don't know why I'm only realizing this now, but Mike Tysons punch out is definitely not the first one.

Eh, it's the first one that matters.

BUT, if people want to be sticklers about it, we can get Pokémon, Ratchet & Clank, or Mass Effect in there instead.

Half-Life

[evildevil97]

MTPO is my only vote here, but I do agree. Facts are facts, it's not the first in the series.

[Kong Wen]

MTPO is my only vote here, but I do agree. Facts are facts, it's not the first in the series.

Playin' fast & loose in the side events. 2016 is the year of letting it go.