My Top Five Shooter Series

                I am doing my assignment of my top 5 choices for best shooter series on Xbox.  This is fully my opinion and all of the series I chose I have played most of the games.  I will start at number 5 being my weakest choice then I will make my way to number one, which will be my strongest choice.  I will base my opinions on the campaign or story mode of the game and the multiplayer of the game.         

 

                Number 5 on my list is the Gears of War series.  The series includes a total of three games.  Gears of War follows the troops of Delta squad and their mission of saving the remainder of humankind from the Locust Horde.  This series has a well put together story that features a lot of drama and hardcore killing action.  Over the course of the series Marcus Fenix and the rest of Delta squad face plenty of problems.  My overall experience with the campaigns was good, and I really enjoyed playing the series.  Gears of War 3 kind of ruined the series for me because I didn’t find it as enjoyable as the others.  The multiplayer of the series is definitely not my favorite.  I am a bigger fan of first person shooter, which Gears is not.  It is fun I have to say, but not my favorite.

                        Number 4 on my list is the Borderlands series.  This series consists of two games.  The Borderlands series is about a group of vault hunters who search for a treasure filled vault on the planet of Pandora.  The campaigns of these games are very long and fun.  There is always something to do on Pandora whether it is story missions, side missions or just killing bandits.  The planet of Pandora is very large, in both games, and there are tons of things to see and do.  Also, this series features tons of guns, shields, class mods and grenade mods.  The multiplayer of this game is a four player co-op of the campaign.  This makes the enemies stronger, but better loot is dropped.  This series is one of my favorites because there is always a lot to do in the games.

                Number 3 on my list is the Mass Effect series.  This series consists of 3 games.  Mass Effect is a third person sci-fi shooter which follows the story of Commander Sheppard and his mission to save the galaxy from various alien races.  All three of the games from this series have a very good story and get progressively better for each sequel. There is a lot to do in this game whether it is the main story or the few side missions.  The multiplayer was only introduced in Mass Effect 3 in which you team up with three other players to complete a short mission with varied objectives.  You also earn credits in which you can buy crates with various goodies for use in the multiplayer.  The multiplayer is very fun and it is a different experience every time, but a competitive mode would be much more enjoyable.

               

                Number 2 on my list is the Call of Duty series.  This series consists of eight games.  This is a first person shooter series in which the games often switch between the battles of World War 2 to modern times to the Cold War.  Each game has a campaign mode which is enjoyable, but not the strong point of the series in my opinion.  I find that the campaign has many different environments and many weapons, but the combat gets boring a few missions in.  The strong point of the series for me is the multiplayer.  There are many different game modes to play and many different guns and perks to experiment with.  Call of Duty multiplayer is set up so you can play however you like and that is why I enjoy it.  The Call of Duty series also features a co-op game mode called Zombies.  In Zombies you fight zombies who increase in difficulty as you progress in rounds.  Zombies is possibly one of the best things about the series although it is only in two of the games.

               

               Number 1 on my list is the Halo series.  This series consists of seven games.  This is a first person shooter sci-fi series about the conflicts between the human race and an alien race named the Covenant in which most of the series revolves around the story of Master Chief.  The campaign of these games have a great story to them and the series also has a long and deep back story behind what is shown in the games.  Each game has beautiful environments for each level and very fun combat.  In my opinion the greatness of the series declined with the release of Halo Reach, but will hopefully be regained with the new game Halo 4.  The other Halo games, at least the ones I have played, have a great story especially the ones that follow the story of Master Chief and Cortana.  The multiplayer for this series is very enjoyable.  The maps are beautiful and the series has many guns to fit with each player’s preferred style.  The multiplayer of the series has many modes and maps that vary in size for a game mode that goes along with it. Halo Reach and Halo 3 ODST have a co-op multiplayer mode called firefight in which you and your team fight against groups of Covenant.  This game mode is fun if you are not in a competitive mood.  Halo Reach and Halo 3 have forge mode in which you can build and create your own maps which is very fun if you are feeling creative.

                

                The games I have just listed are my top 5 shooter series.  I used my opinion and thoughts for each.  These series are all very fun, and I recommend each if you are a fan of shooter games.  I hope my thoughts and opinions of these games have helped.