Edit: Thanks so much for all your awesome recommendations and feedback. Based on sheer popularity it looks like my next 3 franchises will be Mass Effect (5 votes), Dead Space (3 votes) and Batman Arkham (3 votes). I love Lemmy!

So since picking up my steam deck last year I’ve been slowly but surely working through some old trilogies that I never got round to playing. I’m a very casual gamer who plays when opportunity strikes, so it’s taken me a year to play all 3 bioshock, mafia and tomb raider games. I played them in alternating order of release (bioshock 1, mafia 1, tomb raider, bioshock 2, mafia 2, tomb raider 2 etc) and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of watching each story unfold and graphics improve.

So as I approach the end of Mafia 3, I’m looking to repeat this exercise. The Assassin’s creed collection just went on sale on steam, so I’m thinking I may start there, so am looking for recommendations for another 2 franchises to compliment (or change up) my playing experience over the next year.

Any help much appreciated!

  • Foreverwinter@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 years ago

    Mass Effect is one of my favourite game franchises of all time (the trilogy - I never really got into Andromeda) and can definitely be played on a casual basis.

  • LemmyLefty@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 years ago

    I played them in alternating order of release

    I don’t mean this in a rude way, but what are you?

    As for your question, here are a few options (not all trilogies): Mass Effect Dragon Age Stalker Deus Ex Amnesia Dead Space (skip 3) Dishonored Far Cry 3-6 Metro Saints Row Wolfenstein

    • StijnVVL@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      Why skip far cry 1&2? 1 is a little dated yes but iconic in itself. The setting of far cry 2 is one of the most unique in gaming history and it brought some very interesting mechanics into gaming which were revolutionary for that time.

      There might be a lot of nostalgia speaking here though. I had so much fun with both games!

      • nfntordr@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        I still maintain the opinion that the original Far Cry is the best. Followed by 3 and 4. I couldn’t get into Far Cry 2 for some reason though some of the tech in it is rad.

    • thenofootcanman@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      Surely it should be far cry 2, 3 and that weird one ive never played but people love. Everything past that is a reskin of 3

  • kratoz29@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 years ago

    I was going to recommend you the Uncharted trilogy, but then I noticed you said on Steam Deck, then I proceed to be sad because I don’t have one lol.

    Is emulating an option? That opens up more stuff!

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 years ago

    If you’re a fan of the Elder Scrolls franchise, there’s a trilogy made by an indie dev crew called SureAI (just game devs, nothing to do with AI, lol) that are built from the assets of the Elder Scrolls games.

    Enderal is built from Skyrim, Nehrim from Oblivion, and… idr the Morrowind one.

    These games are there own lore-universe, and have nothing at all to do with Elder Scrolls. Different characters, races, terrain, voice actors, music, etc.

    Enderal is fucking incredible. The other two are decent.

    Free on steam, provided you have the corresponding Bethesda game in your library for the SureAI ones to cannibalize.

  • MrBusinessII@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 years ago

    For games that you can download and play right away on the Steam Deck

    -Mass Effect Legendary Edition Remastered

    -Dead Space

    -Yakuza series

    -Uncharted Trilogy

    -Shadows of Mordor and Shadows of War

    I would also recommend Max Payne 1-3, but that I know of the first one, at least, does need a bit finagling.

    Also the Borderlands series, not sure if it can be played on Deck as is. 2 is a masterpiece though

    I also would also not recommend anything Ubisoft right now with the whole deleting people’s profiles and game libraries right now, even though Black Flag is one of my favorites. With all the other games and series everyone else is recommending, anything Ubisoft made can take a backseat for now imo.

  • habanhero@lemmy.ca
    2·
    2 years ago

    Dead Space. It’s like the brutal lovechild of Bioshock and Resident Evil. Cannot recommend the trilogy enough if you like the horror shooter genre. Especially Dead Space 1 and 2, truly ahead of its time.

    I recommend playing the Original Trilogy first, then play the recently released Dead Space Remake if you’d like (OR be a real patient gamer and wait ten years before playing the Remake). The original trilogy should be pretty affordable everywhere but they are also all on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate if you have that.

    Edit: I played the entire trilogy on my Steam Deck. Chef’s Kiss 👌

  • RGB3x3@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    How has nobody mentioned the Bioshock trilogy?

    1 and 2 are fantastic and Infinite is great, though a huge departure from the first two.

    It’s just about my favorite trilogy of all time.

  • glau@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    GTA 3D universe games: GTA III, Vice City and San Andreas

    You can go as deep as you like from just doing the main missions to 100 percenting them. I think they hold up well enough on most fronts, even graphically, but seeing some of the games in your list that shouldn’t matter.