Which gaming series has been the most inconsistent?

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The other day I was having a discussion with someone about the Mega Man X series since I saw the collection at a gamestop. Another friend that was with me asked about the quality of the games, and I stated that the first three are excellent titles, while the other three are questionable. This lead into a general discussion about the varying degree in quality of the megaman franchise as a whole.

The short version of the discussion was that we realized the series has to be one of the most inconsistent franchises in all of gaming, some titles (X,MM2,Zero,Legends) are top tier quality games, while others are straight mediocre, and some are just outright bad (MMX7). I understand not every game in a franchise is going to be perfect, but there seems to be a serious lack of quality control in those titles.

After the conversation I was left wondering; is there any other series that has a more inconsistent level of quality than mega man?
 
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I think mega man might be the cake winner, but Zelda has some inconsistencies...I.e. side scrolling, boss change ups...etc
 
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Bubsy the Bobcat?
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It's hard to think of series of more than a few games that aren't inconsistent.

I disagree with Zelda, though. That's not inconsistency. That's variety.
 
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Fuzzytaco: I can explain it without using Zelda 2 in 3 letters... C...D...I... Sure Nintendo says they aren't Zelda games, what they are really saying is they are not good Zelda games. They were fully licensed, most real and most horrible.

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Jassin000 said:
Fuzzytaco: I can explain it without using Zelda 2 in 3 letters... C...D...I... Sure Nintendo says they aren't Zelda games, what they are really saying is they are not good Zelda games. They were fully licensed, most real and most horrible.

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I think most of us either disregard or repress memory of the CDI games. They are more like bad episodes of the shitty american cartoon or something. Yeah, they are licensed, but they aren't part of the actual game series. I wouldn't include them any more than I would any other piece of poorly made licensed trash, like a bad t-shirt or something.
 
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SouthtownKid said:
I think most of us either disregard or repress memory of the CDI games. They are more like bad episodes of the shitty american cartoon or something. Yeah, they are licensed, but they aren't part of the actual game series. I wouldn't include them any more than I would any other piece of poorly made licensed trash, like a bad t-shirt or something.
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So, no Hanna Barbara Dragon's Lair cartoon?
 
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Jassin000 said:
Fuzzytaco: I can explain it without using Zelda 2 in 3 letters... C...D...I... Sure Nintendo says they aren't Zelda games, what they are really saying is they are not good Zelda games. They were fully licensed, most real and most horrible.

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I don't know what the fuck the CDi was but it wasn't a game console, and those fmv Zelda whatever the fucks were not games. For Christ sake a 7 year old child could draw better than that.
 
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Maybe it's not the most inconsistent series ever but I always had problems with how the Castlevania games evolved from the NES days to now. I'm a huge fan of the old platformers on NES, MD, SNES, X68k, etc. while the 3D versions (and SotN) bore me to tears, even though some of them aren't bad games per se. IMO Konami lost it with SotN which brought in RPG-ish elements and thus a large group of new fans who preferred the backtracking stuff over the straight-forward platformer approach. Don't get me wrong, SotN is a good game, I just think that it pushed the series in a wrong direction. That and 3D nailed the coffin shut for me.
 
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Takumaji: I've gotta say I more or less agree with you about Castlevania. SotN (PS1) is a fantastic game, and I am glad it was made. That being said its not my most fave of the series, that honor belongs to DX (PCE). After SotN I just expected Konami to return to the classic style. They got hung up on RPG style, then turned to 3D... Both huge mistakes IMO! AoS (GBA) and DoS (DS) are good games, but they really added nothing (other then a completely wack story) to the series. Its just more of the same RPG backtracking stuff that was already done perfectly in SotN. I do like the look of the 3DS title that is being made, no idea how it will compare with the true classics however. At this point they have fallen so far, even if this new game is good I doubt it will be enuf to salvage the series long term. Nail in the coffin indeed!
 
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OrochiEddie said:
Another friend that was with me asked about the quality of the games, and I stated that the first three are excellent titles, while the other three are questionable.
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I would have to say that X4 is also great. X5 and X6 well, those are truly questionable.
 
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if anything, mega man is one of the most consistent series ever.
 
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