"Super Mario 3D Land... perfectly combines all great aspects of past games in the series."
"Tekken 4 represents the biggest shake-up the series has ever seen."
"One thing for AC we've always tried to push the combat system because combat is important for us."
"Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to take a journey over the next 30 years to break down how exactly this series came to be what it is today."
"The Evangelion Rebuild films show us something harrowingly new: visual styles totally unknown to anime and a world that might not even register as part of Evangelion if those child characters weren't still running around within it."
"Civilization VI refines ideas the series has been playing around with for decades."
"The exciting thing about Dragon Ball right now is that there's a good chance that we could see the story move past the end of Z."
"Breath of the Wild represents a big departure for the Zelda series."
"He believed that that was what the series should look like."
"This particular one is also pretty much the last entry in the series that really gave a damn about pushing the modern narrative."
"Jason Lives" is a huge change to the series, but still remains true to everything that draws in fans."
"Best series is one that previous years I could 100% understand why there wouldn't be."
"Final Fantasy 4 is when the series began to show its more cinematic side, a tribute that would no doubt influenced later installments in the series."
"Streets of Rage 4 is designed to retain that which makes the series special expanding in areas that made sense."
"By the end of the finale, Game of Thrones had become a typical, cliched fantasy story about good against evil when it had started as the opposite."
"Resident Evil 4 is a massive departure from just about everything the series was known for."
"Sonic's level design feels like the culmination of everything they'd been building in 3D."
"Nintendo started the slow and gradual change of the Smash Bros series from being a simple showcase to a celebration of gaming."
"Civ 4 is the first modern Civ game, and all the great parts we see here led to the modern Civ games."
"Cover-based shooting was a staple for the series, but Andromeda's mobility brings a positive impact."
"Greg's quest feels like a balance between classic series and Alien Force villain."
"The violence in the series has become increasingly more gruesome and gory."
"It's not easy to pick a direction for this series so many years later."
"The most hunter series is always building upon itself."
"Pokemon Legends Arceus is going to open new doors for the Pokemon series."
"The level of ambiguity surrounding the Super Mario series is fascinating, and is only increasing with time."
"Marvel vs Capcom 2 was the maturation of years of versus titles."
"Final Fantasy 9 represented a departure from the two games that had preceded it."
"Despite its Origins in Journey to the West, Dragon Ball eventually found its own identity, developing plotlines and characters in a unique and dynamic way."
"Perfect Dark improved it in almost every conceivable way."
"The show has changed in many ways, like updating animation style and its cast of characters."
"This game is very rough and basic compared to later entries."
"This is the evolution to the Metroid series that it has desperately needed."
"That's one of the great things about the show: there's always this chance for Renewal."
"Periodically Doctor Who must change a lot because that's what it does best."
"Zoids are, depending on the series, either piloted mechs, techno-organic life-forms, or both."
"Beast Wars wasn't afraid to tell bigger stories and make monumental changes."
"Dungeons have been improved, it's a big step forward for the Tales of series."
"The Bandana Waddle Dee has been in the games since Kirby Super Star; a minor character in the old series but significant."
"Miss o is now the new Big Boss, the new Big O which she should have been from the start if we're being honest."
"Blackout looks insane, man. I think they said it's like 15 times the size of Nuketown in the past 10 years of the Black Ops series."
"Don't turn this into let's make it what it used to be."
"I’m on board for more Homer-Chalmers going forward."
"In Gears of War I the developers went all out updating the gears formula introducing a lot like new enemies and saying farewell to Old Friends."
"Ultimately Devil May Cry 5, as a collection of combat systems, manages to build even further on a series framework that is widely (and rightly) regarded to this day as one of the peaks of the action genre."
"This is already feeling quite different from the previous Yakuza games."
"It's got the largest stakes the series has so far."
"How Haki has completely simplified combat in the series."
"90 Day Fiance keeps trying to evolve somehow."
"I personally love Diablo 2 item quality as the best but I think Diablo 3 legendaries were actually a lot of fun too."
"Breath of the Wild challenged the conventions of Zelda and offered players the experience of a lifetime."
"Unreal Tournament 2004 was the Chad version of Unreal Tournament 2003."
"This game added pretty much all of the staples that insomniac keeps adding to the series without much justification now and it's probably the best sapphire the series had to offer."
"The Predator series ended up losing that sort of tense and horrifying feeling after the first film."
"DMC 5's gameplay is excellent. It's the classic Devil May Cry formula that we all know but it's the most polished and refined it's ever been."
"As a whole, I’ve always viewed Season 15 as the 'maturation' year in Al Jean’s tenure as showrunner."
"The initial decision in 1969 to make Doctor Who more earth-based and to give him a regular team had arguably paid off entirely; ratings were higher than they had been in years."
"You have slowly crafted Dresden into not only what is an arguably epic fantasy series."
"This is easily the most mature Star Wars that we've gotten so far."
"The mood of Dragon Ball Z in comparison is different; it's not nearly as charming as it once was, and the stakes are much more grave."
"This is the kind of evolution of Star Wars that I wish we would see more of."
"The newer Ninjago seasons are starting to get way better and more emotional than the older seasons."
"It's been so fun to follow over the years and I can't wait to see where it goes from here."