[General Discussion] Epic gaming franchises you've never played

Well, I think we first need to compile an Official List of "epic" franchises, just so we're all on the same page.

I mean, personally I wouldn't consider 'Halo' an "epic" or "legendary" franchise. There are only two games in the series so far, and they're really not all that special except for the fact that they're halfway decent FPS games that happen to be on a console (something of a rarity, it seems). Compared to some of the better PC FPS's...meh.


As for me, I would list Phantasy Star and Shining Force as two noteworthy legendary franchises I've never touched (unless you count Phantasy Star Online...which I don't). It's not so much that I had no interest (in fact, I used to be really into RPGs. I still am, to an extent, but my lack of available free time has severly limited my RPG playing in recent years), but I didn't have a Sega Genesis when those franchises were in their heyday, and by the time I got one I just had too many other things to focus on.


I've never played any of the Splinter Cell or Rainbow Six type games...that type of gameplay never appealed to me.

I've never played any of the GTA games for more than a few minutes...those never appealed to me either. And, even though they're very popular and I've heard lots of great things about them, I've never played any of the Xenogears/Xenosaga games. No real reason why since, as I said, I like RPGs.

Jam it back in, in the dark.