The Like a Dragon series — known in the West as Yakuza for most of its life — has been carrying Japanese game history on its back since the original launched on PS2 in 2005. Over 20 years, Sega’s action RPG franchise gave us Kazuma Kiryu, a once-in-a-generation protagonist, and used the fictional red-light district…

“Which Resident Evil should I start with?” — it’s the question that stops so many players dead in their tracks when facing this legendary 30-year series. Since the original launched in 1996, there have been more than 10 mainline entries alone, and once you count remakes and spin-offs, you’re looking at nearly 20 games. The…

Say the word “Castlevania” out loud and there isn’t a gamer alive whose blood doesn’t stir a little. Konami’s legendary series started on the Famicom back in 1986, and across nearly 40 years it has produced classic after classic. Stage-based action with real muscle, sprawling castles you pick apart Metroidvania-style, and eventually a full 3D…

Which Grand Theft Auto game is the best one ever made? Ask that about a crime-action franchise that has been running since the very first game landed in 1997, and you will get wildly different answers depending on who you ask. Plenty of players will tell you Grand Theft Auto V is untouchable, but there…

Which Monster Hunter game is the best one ever made? Hunters have been arguing about that question for more than 20 years. Is it Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, the PSP-era legend? Monster Hunter: World, the game that finally turned the series into a global phenomenon? Or the newest entry, Monster Hunter Wilds? The SpotGeeks editorial…

When you hear the phrase “wacky game,” what comes to mind? Off-the-wall premises, gameplay that ignores reality entirely, the kind of game that makes you yell “who on earth came up with this?” the second you put the controller down. That’s the magic of a truly goofy game. Drawing on more than 20 years of…

Which Metal Gear game should you start with? The question is trickier than it sounds. The series kicked off with Metal Gear on the MSX2 back in 1987 and has kept rolling out releases for more than three decades, spanning stealth landmarks, philosophical sci-fi epics, and a razor-sharp action spin-off. Cumulative sales top 63.3 million…