if the third time’s a charm what does
that say about the fourth so you full of
clay a fatwa welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be counting down our
picks for the top ten fourth
installments in games across all genres
and all of gaming history these fourth
games represent the very best of their
kind while we don’t really have to place
our one game per franchise limit here we
are excluding any and all spin-offs from
this list so we love you Fallout New
Vegas but we can’t include you this time
from where you’re kneeling must seem
like an 18-carat run of bad luck number
10
halo 4 captain what’s force recons
assessment of the terrain Master Chief’s
return had many descriptors experimental
deserves to be one of them I don’t know
about you but I usually like a little
more Intel with my Intel rather than a
traditional story about military heroics
halo 4 focused on Chiefs struggle to
save his AI companion Cortana find us an
exit don’t wait around on my account
instead of disregarding the series
extended Laura the story chose to
integrate or reference more of it
specifically fleshing out the
forerunners who created the infamous
halo rings full-time
on top of that the gameplay sought to
expand itself by including a new alien
faction a cooperative storyline in the
form of Spartan offs and some of the
most vibrant locales yet
number nine super smash brothers for Wii
U this multiplayer fighting game serves
its series well as the fourth game in
the super smash brothers series it’s
walking a fine line between innovation
and iteration align it thankfully
balances upon items like the Smash Ball
and assist trophy are back along with
fancy new graphics and amiibo support
players also get a healthy main roster
of 49 characters with the mind-blowing
inclusion of third party mascots such as
Megaman and pac-man thank you Nintendo
number eight Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles four turtles in time Oh righto
far cry a game worthy of the heroes in a
half-shell turtles in time is perhaps
the franchise’s most popular video game
outing and simultaneously their first
Super Nintendo game which makes it all
the more impressive though it has the
four turtles cutting through enemies in
traditional beat-em-up fashion using
time travel to introduce new settings
keeps things interesting one level takes
place in the Technodrome from the 1987
cartoon another takes the turtles to the
prehistoric age and yet another sends
the turtles to the Old West and good
times were had by all
number 7 Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag
what past games missed or got wrong
black flag proudly claims for itself
this is a pirate’s yarn celebrating the
fun in debauchery of piracy Golden Age
the only way it knows how by allowing
you to venture about and cause mischief
there’s nothing quite like sailing the
jackdaw battling off other ships on the
high seas plundering their Briggs for
booty and leaving them adrift that
combined with the picturesque Caribbean
setting and stripped-down story about
the personal struggles of privateer
Edward Kenway makes for a positively
emotional experience can you not see me
standing out there on the deck of a ship
that’s sliding into port number six the
Elder Scrolls for oblivion
the first of the High Definition Elder
Scrolls games and one heck of an
experience good the Emperor’s trust was
well-placed you are a lowly prisoner in
the land of Seir adil elevated by
circumstance to the role of hero and
tasked with saving the world duh with
such hope and with the promise of your
aid my heart must be satisfied
underneath this excellent premise lies a
tightly crafted game with countless
options in quests to undertake
customisations with which to tinker
enemies to battle and items to collect
we’re past installments claimed no
limits on what the player can do this
game embodies this principle from start
to finish
number three Metal Gear Solid 4 guns of
the Patriots
if this was to be the end of Metal Gear
like it was originally intended to be
then it would have been a fine note to
end on all right let’s just get this
over with
the game acted like a kind of best of
compilation a psyche bar and camouflage
system in the made of Metal Gear Solid 3
returning characters whose plot lines
intersect and find resolution and a new
team of bosses in the bane of Foxhound
it knew what to tweak and what to keep
the same but most of all it knew how far
it had to go to deliver a satisfying
tale snake it’s me
number four grand theft auto 4 Liberty
city’s charm returns but in different
form you knew I had suspicions grand
theft auto 4 set itself up as a slow
burn doling out characters storylines
and game mechanics at a measured pace it
sees a coptic dog turn left and the
first letter the diner go down one
welcome turn right on the Unicoi all
this build-up however played into why
the game stands out from its
predecessors it becomes a grand tale of
self-destruction and vengeance that
required preparation to play out as
brutally and shockingly as it does
you’ll know what you’re talking about
you messed up and left a lot of bad debt
it’s also an impressive example of early
high-definition graphics and the
improvements to the third-person
shooting are certainly welcome number 3
call of duty 4 modern warfare
in the realm of shooters this was the
one to beat both for 2007 and for the
years to come
call of duty 4 modern warfare brings its
series into the present tasking players
with braving a campaign that is one part
ripped from the headlines war story one
part intense Tom Clancy thriller no one
expected the narrative swerves the
likable cast of soldiers or the constant
stream of jaw-dropping moments the game
also offered an innovative multiplayer
suite that featured the soon-to-be
popularized kill streaks that were the
icing on the cake
number 2 Super Mario World for Mario
this was a key moment in his series
development his fourth main outing and
first Super Nintendo adventure pitted
him against the evil king Bowser and his
seven Koopaling children taking the
famed plumber through seven increasingly
challenging worlds Super Mario World
helped establish the series trend of
introducing items like the three up
moons and the Cape better which even
beyond in Mario’s quest to top it off
this was the first time you could team
up with the beloved dinosaur steed Yoshi
for which we are all thankful before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
number one Resident Evil 4 this is the
big one the game that changed everything
its introduction of the
over-the-shoulder camera angle began a
wave of change in the design of
third-person shooters and the prominence
of QuickTime events meant they would
become a trend for modern action games
now but beyond all that Resident Evil 4
is an excellent game
it delivers large-scale boss battles
that surpassed those of the previous
games brings back Leon Kennedy as a
formidable hero and infuses the Resident
Evil franchise with some delightfully
self-deprecating humor Leon I have some
bad news I’d rather not hear it all in
all it’s a juggernaut to behold do you
agree with our list how can I explain
what’s your favorite fourth game in a
series for more excellent top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
I could have sworn for a minute this
fragile little yokel told me what to do
that say about the fourth so you full of
clay a fatwa welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’ll be counting down our
picks for the top ten fourth
installments in games across all genres
and all of gaming history these fourth
games represent the very best of their
kind while we don’t really have to place
our one game per franchise limit here we
are excluding any and all spin-offs from
this list so we love you Fallout New
Vegas but we can’t include you this time
from where you’re kneeling must seem
like an 18-carat run of bad luck number
10
halo 4 captain what’s force recons
assessment of the terrain Master Chief’s
return had many descriptors experimental
deserves to be one of them I don’t know
about you but I usually like a little
more Intel with my Intel rather than a
traditional story about military heroics
halo 4 focused on Chiefs struggle to
save his AI companion Cortana find us an
exit don’t wait around on my account
instead of disregarding the series
extended Laura the story chose to
integrate or reference more of it
specifically fleshing out the
forerunners who created the infamous
halo rings full-time
on top of that the gameplay sought to
expand itself by including a new alien
faction a cooperative storyline in the
form of Spartan offs and some of the
most vibrant locales yet
number nine super smash brothers for Wii
U this multiplayer fighting game serves
its series well as the fourth game in
the super smash brothers series it’s
walking a fine line between innovation
and iteration align it thankfully
balances upon items like the Smash Ball
and assist trophy are back along with
fancy new graphics and amiibo support
players also get a healthy main roster
of 49 characters with the mind-blowing
inclusion of third party mascots such as
Megaman and pac-man thank you Nintendo
number eight Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles four turtles in time Oh righto
far cry a game worthy of the heroes in a
half-shell turtles in time is perhaps
the franchise’s most popular video game
outing and simultaneously their first
Super Nintendo game which makes it all
the more impressive though it has the
four turtles cutting through enemies in
traditional beat-em-up fashion using
time travel to introduce new settings
keeps things interesting one level takes
place in the Technodrome from the 1987
cartoon another takes the turtles to the
prehistoric age and yet another sends
the turtles to the Old West and good
times were had by all
number 7 Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag
what past games missed or got wrong
black flag proudly claims for itself
this is a pirate’s yarn celebrating the
fun in debauchery of piracy Golden Age
the only way it knows how by allowing
you to venture about and cause mischief
there’s nothing quite like sailing the
jackdaw battling off other ships on the
high seas plundering their Briggs for
booty and leaving them adrift that
combined with the picturesque Caribbean
setting and stripped-down story about
the personal struggles of privateer
Edward Kenway makes for a positively
emotional experience can you not see me
standing out there on the deck of a ship
that’s sliding into port number six the
Elder Scrolls for oblivion
the first of the High Definition Elder
Scrolls games and one heck of an
experience good the Emperor’s trust was
well-placed you are a lowly prisoner in
the land of Seir adil elevated by
circumstance to the role of hero and
tasked with saving the world duh with
such hope and with the promise of your
aid my heart must be satisfied
underneath this excellent premise lies a
tightly crafted game with countless
options in quests to undertake
customisations with which to tinker
enemies to battle and items to collect
we’re past installments claimed no
limits on what the player can do this
game embodies this principle from start
to finish
number three Metal Gear Solid 4 guns of
the Patriots
if this was to be the end of Metal Gear
like it was originally intended to be
then it would have been a fine note to
end on all right let’s just get this
over with
the game acted like a kind of best of
compilation a psyche bar and camouflage
system in the made of Metal Gear Solid 3
returning characters whose plot lines
intersect and find resolution and a new
team of bosses in the bane of Foxhound
it knew what to tweak and what to keep
the same but most of all it knew how far
it had to go to deliver a satisfying
tale snake it’s me
number four grand theft auto 4 Liberty
city’s charm returns but in different
form you knew I had suspicions grand
theft auto 4 set itself up as a slow
burn doling out characters storylines
and game mechanics at a measured pace it
sees a coptic dog turn left and the
first letter the diner go down one
welcome turn right on the Unicoi all
this build-up however played into why
the game stands out from its
predecessors it becomes a grand tale of
self-destruction and vengeance that
required preparation to play out as
brutally and shockingly as it does
you’ll know what you’re talking about
you messed up and left a lot of bad debt
it’s also an impressive example of early
high-definition graphics and the
improvements to the third-person
shooting are certainly welcome number 3
call of duty 4 modern warfare
in the realm of shooters this was the
one to beat both for 2007 and for the
years to come
call of duty 4 modern warfare brings its
series into the present tasking players
with braving a campaign that is one part
ripped from the headlines war story one
part intense Tom Clancy thriller no one
expected the narrative swerves the
likable cast of soldiers or the constant
stream of jaw-dropping moments the game
also offered an innovative multiplayer
suite that featured the soon-to-be
popularized kill streaks that were the
icing on the cake
number 2 Super Mario World for Mario
this was a key moment in his series
development his fourth main outing and
first Super Nintendo adventure pitted
him against the evil king Bowser and his
seven Koopaling children taking the
famed plumber through seven increasingly
challenging worlds Super Mario World
helped establish the series trend of
introducing items like the three up
moons and the Cape better which even
beyond in Mario’s quest to top it off
this was the first time you could team
up with the beloved dinosaur steed Yoshi
for which we are all thankful before we
unveil our top pick here are a few
honorable mentions
number one Resident Evil 4 this is the
big one the game that changed everything
its introduction of the
over-the-shoulder camera angle began a
wave of change in the design of
third-person shooters and the prominence
of QuickTime events meant they would
become a trend for modern action games
now but beyond all that Resident Evil 4
is an excellent game
it delivers large-scale boss battles
that surpassed those of the previous
games brings back Leon Kennedy as a
formidable hero and infuses the Resident
Evil franchise with some delightfully
self-deprecating humor Leon I have some
bad news I’d rather not hear it all in
all it’s a juggernaut to behold do you
agree with our list how can I explain
what’s your favorite fourth game in a
series for more excellent top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
I could have sworn for a minute this
fragile little yokel told me what to do
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