What other series follow this pattern?

>First game is considerd good.

>second game strays too far and very experimental

>third game refines what was great about the original and is the basis for future games while also being a fan favorite.

First that come to mind are...
Mario 3
Dmc3
Kingdom hearts 2(because CoM was the 2nd in the series.)
And Zelda Link to the Past.

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Final Fantasy (Starting with IV)

crash bandicoor

crash 2 is the best one tho

Splinter Cell, although PT wasn't bad, just nowhere near the glory of CT.

Mgs

Xenoblade (cause xcx was kinda lame)

>>second game strays too far and very experimental

It was the opposite. SMB2J (Lost levels) was a cheap cash in that going by the fact Nintendo barely reference the thing was probably hated in japan.

Can’t think of any more

MGS2 has more in common with MGS1 than MGS3.

OP meant the other SMB2.

Melee before Ultimate arrived
people sucked's cock for so long and they all went back to shit on that and the sequels after that (counting 3DS and WiiU as 4 and 5, entry-wise)

Yeah I forgot lost levels was a thing. I was thinking DokiDoki2.

castlemania probably

so you're saying
>64 is good
>Melee is too experimental
>Brawl is GOAT

Is there any way to play this besides snes emulator or mario all stars?

seeing how brawl receptionally did well for the core casual shit smash was built on
yes
Melee was treated like a dark horse of the series

Halo 3 except they completely disregarded what made 3 great

2 was good though, just like Mario 2 USA

Jak and Daxter

Banjo-Kazooie

Dark Souls
Valkyria Chronicles
Mass Effect.

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user you shouldn't have accepted that drink from Conker

Halo

Brawl also had a terrible adoption rate compared to the other games. It clearly wasn't wildly successful with the casual crowd, or else more than like 10% of the console's owners would've bought it. Most the other smash titles have a 30%+ adoption rate, with Smash 3DS (an obviously inferior way to play smash) being the only one lower.

So nah, Brawl sucked all crowds. Doesn't follow this pattern.

where are you even pulling these numbers on?

Castlevania
Fire Emblem (Maybe? Talking about just 1-3)

Half Life, in my dreams