What is the greatest PC franchise?

Post by down_and_out (2 posts) See mini bio

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I'd nominate WarCraft and Civilization immediately; I really don't think I'd need to explain the reason for either. Total War would be in there as well, although it doesn't seem to have the high-profile as other games. Fallout of course could be a contender, or even the greatest depending on how Fallout 3 turns out. And we can't forget Half-Life either. Gordon Freeman is probably the closest thing that the PC has to a mascot.

I'm sure I've overlooked some, so please, do recommend others.

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Post by spragels (71 posts) See mini bio

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i think most people would say warcraft. starcraft is great too, but only has one game and an expansion so far. Half life is up there for sure. some peeps might also say UT or Diablo something.

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Post by TLT21 (54 posts) See mini bio

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Command and conquer, aoe, civ and The sims

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That's a really tough question, but if I had to pick one series based on all the games in the franchise...I would have to choose The Elder Scrolls franchise...I absolutely love those games and I probably put 1000+ hours into Morrowind!

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Post by NoSwear (29 posts) See mini bio

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Half-Life.

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The Sims.

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Post by Shawn (3,156 posts) See mini bio

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Diablo?

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Post by Cartman (3,189 posts) See mini bio

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Thers just so many awesome ones :D

Warcraft, Half Life, Sims (dont play but its extremely popular)

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Post by Cartman (3,189 posts) See mini bio

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Thers just so many awesome ones :D

Warcraft, Half Life, Sims (dont play but its extremely popular)

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Post by svcheats1 (101 posts) See mini bio

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NoSwear said:

"Half-Life."

Agreed.

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Post by epic_pets (1,260 posts) See mini bio

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Diablo

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Post by Cole (33 posts) See mini bio

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Half-Life, Diablo

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Post by calf_exercises (625 posts) See mini bio

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Wow, now that is a good question, Now when you say best PC franchise i think of something that is designed first for the PC and uses the PC to its maximum potencial.
So i'd say Half life, anything made by blizzard, Civ, Unreal tornoment and Quake (only because i think they layed the foundations for what MMO shooters are today) and some of sid myers work

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Post by pause422 (4,083 posts) See mini bio

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"The" single greatest (even though these are only peoples opinions still) seems a bit much to ask,but i'm going to have to go with Wolfenstein. Just because i'm such a fan of shooters and that game really started what we know of as the FPS and how it turned out today,so I have a ton of love for it.

second choice though would probably be Fallout.

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Post by Arkez (102 posts) See mini bio

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Half Life!

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Post by Hungry_bunny (211 posts) See mini bio

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Half-life, Civ, StarCraft and Diable

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Post by Tovan51 (384 posts) See mini bio

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I'm going to say that, by success, The Sims is realistically the best

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Post by Carryboy (3 posts) See mini bio

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I gotta say the football manager series that game has cost me multiple hours and girlfriends.

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Post by Abunai (117 posts) See mini bio

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Sales wise, sims clearly.
Multiplayer wise, Counterstrike?
Singleplayer, Deus Ex (NOT deus ex 2)

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Post by Abunai (117 posts) See mini bio

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Sales wise, sims clearly.
Multiplayer wise, Counterstrike?
Singleplayer, Deus Ex (NOT deus ex 2)

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Command and conquer

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Post by Little_Pauly (12 posts) See mini bio

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Half-Life, Battlefield, Command and Conquer,
The Elder Scrolls and Call of Duty?

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Post by Nobility (252 posts) See mini bio

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Half-Life in terms of reputation. The Sims in terms of profit.

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Post by down_and_out (2 posts) See mini bio

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Abunai said:

"Sales wise, sims clearly.
Multiplayer wise, Counterstrike?
Singleplayer, Deus Ex (NOT deus ex 2)
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They might be good games, but can you say that Counter-Strike and Deus Ex are good franchises? Lets be honest, there's really only one Counter-Strike game. Source, 1.6, and CZ are all the exact same. The one attempt to do anything different with CS, the single-player part of CZ, was terrible. With Deus Ex, you have one very good game, and then you have very bad game; that even you admit too. That does not make a very good franchise.

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Post by InnerBlueAbyss (95 posts) See mini bio

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Jedi Knight Series

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Half Life or C&C universe

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Post by Skywarpgold (14 posts) See mini bio

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The Baldur's Gate series and expansions is easily one of the best franchises, and could only be done on a PC. I'd like to put forward the Ultima series as the best though. Granted, the last two games were quite a departure from the series, but each game made huge changes, and influenced many games that came after it. I still consider Ultima VI the first true sandbox game, as you could do ANYthing you wanted...Blocking town guards with crates and killing them with cannons for their armor (when you were still level 1 no less) ranks at the top. You could even commit genocide on the Gargoyles, eliminating much of the game's storyline in the process.

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