@noiob is drakengard that good? we've only barely heard of it, maybe should try it

@Felthry I've only played NieR: Automata which I greatly enjoyed, and the beginning of NieR. Especially the older games have some serious problems (predominantly framerate and to a lesser extent, pacing) but yeah I'd totally recommend it. Yoko Taro's approach to game design is one I enjoy a lot, I'm just not an RPG person :D

@noiob NieR is part of the drakengard series? i thought it was a completely separate thing

@Felthry they technically exist in the same universe, but they're continuations of some joke ending

afaik the games are supposed to stand for themselves anyways

@connie well, it's also about what "best series" means to you personally--it could be "best at being consistently good" or it could just be "contains the best game" or even "contains the game i'm personally most nostalgic for"

@Felthry Part of why I haven't voted: I can only tick one box, so I really don't know enough about any of the others (or even Pokemon, the one I ticked) to actually compare them...

@packbat you can only tick one box??? this is a multi-selectable poll though

or at least it's supposed to be, did something go wrong?

@Felthry oh, no, everything's fine, I can tick as many as I want - but I've only played a game in one of the series...

(...I guess I played Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, but I don't know if that counts...)

@babbage how could anyone NOT include suikoden in a poll like this though

@Felthry because 99% percent of the people i've mentioned it to have never heard of it D:

I'm guilty of only owning V and a demo of IV but i read so much of the lore and i absolutely love it as a series

now i can finally say "georg's eyepatch of shame" and have at least one person get it (probably)

@babbage we've only played 1 and 2 but we own both

suikoden 2 is probably the crown jewel of our video game collection, as well as probably the most expensive single non-essential thing we've ever bought with our own money and not felt guilty about

it's just That Good

@babbage *we own all of them, not we own both

actually just picked up IV a little while ago at a local used game store that apparently had a windfall of good ps2 games, as they'd just gotten in multiple copies each of suikoden 3, wild arms 3, suikoden 4, and final fantasy X, among others

@Felthry Oh nice! I've only recently gotten a PS2 hooked up again, and thus was actually able to play V on something other than an emulator, so I definitely need to grab some of the other games (including a full version of IV)

That said, II is definitely really expensive and I'm just.. hghgh. Most of the listings I've seen are more expensive than my laptop, though the used ones seem like I'd be able to get them (at some point)

I really, really look forward to seeing Viki's prior appearances too

@babbage 1 through 3 are available on PSN too, we've heard

and yeah 2 is really expensive--we were lucky and got a complete copy in good condition for $150 but that was also a few years ago and the price doesn't tend to go down

@babbage 1 and 2, being 2d games, also emulate well on potato hardware, if you just want to play them

@Felthry There's some cheaper copies on ebay, usually for ~$80, but only one of them I've seen so far is a guaranteed buy. Most of the others are auctions.

Also, I kinda get annoyed when I have to emulate things, so I'm probably gonna opt for hard copies

@Linda that's what the Other option is for!

@Felthry ! I didn't even see that thank you