16 Best Video Game Trilogies Of All Time

14. God Of War

Remember the definition of what makes a good trilogy hinging on taking one core gameplay mechanic and building extensively around it? God of War is the shining example of that, being that from the first to the third game (and beyond) you were partaking in humungous, epically-shot boss battle quick-time events, uttering many a badass machismo-line and above all, using the square, square, triangle move in abundance.

Seriously, Kratos' dual-chained combo might as well be up there with Ryu's down, diagonal, left, punch Hadouken, so engrained is it to any and all who played. That became both a help and a hindrance to God of War as a series, as for all the great many things it initially did perfectly, what followed was doubling down on giving you them with increasingly shiny graphics.

So let's say gameplay trumps all for the sake of this entry, as when it came to the actual feel of tearing a creature limb from limb as Kratos heaved and spouted righteous comments about avenging his family, from the opening Hydra boss to tackling Zeus himself on Mount Olympus, there have been few things quite so viscerally satisfying since.