Top 10 Video Games

The video game industry is bigger than ever and everyone has their favourite games that they look forward to buying. There will always be great individual games, but certain franchises keep us coming back for more. They repeatedly hit us with great game after great game after great game, gaining massive audiences around the world.
隨著游戲行業(yè)的不斷擴(kuò)大，每位玩家都能獲取自己希望購買的心儀游戲。棒透了的獨立游戲也總是不斷出現(xiàn)。然而，那些系列性的游戲卻能使我們成為永久的“回頭客”。它們用一個接一個的好游戲不斷轟擊我們，在世界范圍內(nèi)贏得了無數(shù)玩家。

The following top 10 is a list of the greatest video game franchises of all time. But ultimately only you know who would be in your top 10 list, so do you agree that these are the top 10 video game franchises of all time?
下面的名單列出了有史以來的十款最偉大的系列游戲。但是，你心目中一定有著自己的十大游戲名單。那么，你是否贊同以下列出的榜上有名的十大系列游戲呢？

10 World of Warcraft

No.10 World of Warcraft
第十名 魔獸世界

This MMORPG by Blizzard Entertainment was first released in 1994. The World of Warcraft takes place within the Warcraft world of Azeroth where players can take on the role of a fantasy character of their choice and develop them to a high level. A fully online game, players can interact, co-operate and go on quests with their friends to gain experience and gold. Millions of players worldwide are hooked on this game and can’t get enough of it. The franchise has grown a massive following and gained cultural recognition, often appearing in many parodies on television. More installments and expansions are expected to be released in the future, with increasing numbers of players ready to get questing online.
這款暴雪出品的網(wǎng)絡(luò)游戲最早出現(xiàn)于1994年。《魔獸世界》允許玩家在《魔獸爭霸》的世界，也就是艾澤拉斯大陸中扮演一名奇幻角色，并按自己的意愿發(fā)展至高等級。這是一款徹頭徹尾的網(wǎng)絡(luò)游戲，玩家之間可以互動，協(xié)作，并與伙伴們一起完成任務(wù)，獲取經(jīng)驗和金錢。全世界有數(shù)百萬玩家沉迷于此難以自拔。整個系列擁有無數(shù)擁躉，而且提升到了文化高度，這往往體現(xiàn)在那些電視里的山寨節(jié)目當(dāng)中。在未來，還會有更多的資料片等待放出，以迎合那些持續(xù)增加并等待上線進(jìn)行任務(wù)的玩家們。

9 Resident Evil

No.9?Resident Evil
第九名 生化危機(jī)

Capcom’s hugely popular survival horror title game ‘Resident Evil‘ began in 1996 with the first installment. Following the evil Umbrella Corperation, players uncover the story that led up to the release of a deadly virus that turns the dead into flesh eating zombies. Dark eerie tentative tones combined with sequences that make you jump and action packed parts where you are fighting for your life against a seemingly endless amount of zombies, marry well together for a roller coaster ride experience. Loyal fans flock to buy the new releases in the series and a series of popular Hollywood films have been made. Resident Evil is the best horror game series that has ever been made and has been the inspiration for many other imitations.
卡普空最著名的生存類恐怖游戲“生化危機(jī)”的第一部出品于1996年。以邪惡的安布雷拉公司為線索，玩家逐漸揭開了一個關(guān)于可將死人變?yōu)榻┦⒊匀搜獾闹旅《镜墓适?。黑暗壓抑的恐怖氣氛與面對無盡僵尸極力求生的操作完美結(jié)合，為玩家?guī)硪粓鰳O盡刺激瘋狂的游戲體驗。忠實的玩家們無止盡地購買著一部又一部的系列新作，而整個一系列的好萊塢電影也應(yīng)運(yùn)而生。生化危機(jī)成為了有史以來最成功的恐怖游戲系列，并為眾多同類游戲爭相效仿。

8 Pokemon

No.8?Pokemon
第八名 口袋妖怪

You must have been living under a rock for the last 15 years if you haven’t heard of Pokemon. A truly massive franchise that has huge following and cultural impact on all corners of the globe. Pokemon was first introduced in 1996 as a pair of linkable Gameboy RPG games. Since then it has grown to become one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world, with huge amounts of merchandising including, anime, manga, trading cards, toys, books, films, TV shows and countless others. The video games allow players to search for and catch different varieties of Pokemon to use in battles. A big part of the game is to try to “catch them all” and collect every type of Pokemon in the game including the iconic ‘Pikachu’ character. Pokemon have shown itself to be a hugely popular series that continues to gain fans of all ages.
如果你沒聽說過口袋妖怪的鼎鼎大名，那么過去十五年里你一定過著與世隔絕的生活。這是一款在全球各個角落都有著無數(shù)擁躉和話題的真真正正的重量級系列游戲?？诖钟?996年在GB平臺上發(fā)布了一對相互聯(lián)系的 RPG作品，并在這之后發(fā)展為全球最大的系列性游戲，并帶來了數(shù)量龐大的周邊營銷。這其中包括了動畫，漫畫，集換式卡牌，手辦，書籍，電影和電視節(jié)目及無數(shù)其他周邊。游戲允許玩家搜尋并捕獲各種不同的口袋妖怪，并將其用于戰(zhàn)斗之中。游戲的一個重要元素就是“全搜集”，即搜集游戲中的每一種口袋妖怪角色，包括標(biāo)志性的“皮卡丘”?？诖殖蔀榱艘豢顦O受歡迎的系列游戲，至今仍不斷從各個領(lǐng)域吸收著新的粉絲。

7 Legend of Zelda

No.7?Legend of Zelda
第七名 塞爾達(dá)傳說

One of Nintendo’s flagship title series, Zelda is a high fantasy, action adventure game following the infamous central character ‘Link’. Players are often given the task of using Link to rescue the Princess Zelda from the clutches of evil. The 15 official games and several spin-offs of the series have a huge fan following from around the world and continue to impress countless more. Link is often referred to as one of the most iconic video gaming characters of all time. The Legend of Zelda series has produced many great games, with notable mentions to ‘The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past’, ‘The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess’ and the hugely popular ‘The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’. The Legend of Zelda has proven to be one of the greatest franchises of all time.
作為任天堂的旗艦性游戲，塞爾達(dá)傳說是一款高奇幻類的動作冒險游戲，所有故事都圍繞著大名鼎鼎的核心主角“林克”展開。玩家總是要控制林克，從各種惡魔手中解救塞爾達(dá)公主。全系列的十五款官方游戲和無數(shù)外傳為其營造了來自世界各地的無數(shù)粉絲，其數(shù)量還在以難以估計的速度增加。林克也成為了有史以來最具標(biāo)志性的電視游戲人物。塞爾達(dá)傳說系列打造了許多經(jīng)典游戲，例如著名的“塞爾達(dá)傳說：時空隧道”、“塞爾達(dá)傳說：黃昏的公主”以及最受歡迎的“塞爾達(dá)傳說：時之笛”。塞爾達(dá)傳說系列被證實為有史以來最好的系列游戲之一。

6 Gran Turismo

No.6 Gran Turismo
第六名 GT賽車

The hugely popular and highly acclaimed racing game ‘Gran Turismo‘ has entertained millions of gamers over the years. Since Polyphony Digital first introduced the series in 1997, over 63 million units have been sold worldwide on the variety of Sony Playstation consoles. Stunning graphics and the ability to race some of the most iconic vehicles of all time make the game so appealing to gamers. Branded as “the real driving simulator” meticulous detail has been given to the way the cars react, which have been modelled on the real life cars. Real race tracks that are world famous have also been fully modelled allowing players to race their favourite cars around the circuits at Monaco, Nurburgring, Laguna Seca and many more. If you are a fan of racing games or even just cars in general, you will appreciate that Gran Turismo is a great series.?
極受歡迎且被高度評價的競速游戲 “GT賽車”已經(jīng)在多年中為數(shù)百萬玩家?guī)砹藲g樂。自從PD工作室在1997年研發(fā)了該系列的首款游戲以來，超過63000000的游戲碟基于索尼PS的各種平臺銷售于世界范圍。極精致的畫面及駕馭各種標(biāo)志性跑車參加競速的體驗使無數(shù)玩家為之瘋狂?！澳M真實駕駛”的口號則來自于對現(xiàn)實中駕駛時車輛反應(yīng)的精細(xì)還原。世界聞名的真實賽道也在游戲內(nèi)忠實體現(xiàn)，使玩家可以駕駛著自己鐘愛的跑車在摩納哥、紐伯格林、拉古納瑟卡和更多著名賽道上盡情狂飆。如果你是一名賽車游戲愛好者，甚至僅僅就是喜歡名車，你必會鐘愛于GT賽車這款偉大的系列游戲。

5 Metal Gear

No. 5?Metal Gear Solid
第五名 合金裝備

‘Konami’ first introduced us to ‘Metal Gear Solid‘ in 1998 and since then gamers have been hooked. Following the story of the iconic character ‘Solid Snake’, players take on the role of sneakily infiltrating and neutralising terrorist threats and ultimately facing off against the latest incarnation of the super-weapon “Metal Gear”. The game series is proclaimed as the one that made the stealth genre popular, which has since resulted in many imitations. More instalments are set to be released on several different platforms, ensuring that Solid Snake will continue to entertain fans across the globe for a long time to come.
自從科納米在 1998年發(fā)售“合金裝備”系列以來，玩家們便深深癡迷其中。跟隨著看板人物“索利德·斯內(nèi)克”的故事，玩家要進(jìn)行一系列的匿蹤滲透，化解恐怖襲擊，并最終面對終極超級兵器“合金裝備”。這個系列開創(chuàng)了頗受歡迎的潛入類游戲流派，并帶起了一大批模仿者。多部資料片在不同游戲平臺發(fā)布，我們確信，索利德斯內(nèi)克仍將在接下來的很長時間內(nèi)為全球玩家?guī)順啡ぁ?/div>

4 Call of Duty

No.4?Call of Duty
第四名 使命召喚

A first-person and third-person shooter game, Call of Duty has emerged in recent years to be one of the most popular game series ever. Games have been primarily based in a World War II era, but recently have branched off with modern games in the form of ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’ and the cold war era in the form of ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’. This series also holds the world record for the fastest selling game of all time, with ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2′ making ￡242.4 million ($401.6 million) on it’s release date. The series continues to entertain audiences with action packed gaming and detailed graphics that make it stand apart from many others. No doubt we will see more successful releases from this series as the franchise continues to grow.
作為系列第一人稱及第三人稱射擊游戲，使命召喚近年來已成為最受歡迎的游戲之一。游戲主要基于第二次世界大戰(zhàn)時期，近期卻發(fā)售了設(shè)定于現(xiàn)代的“使命召喚”現(xiàn)代戰(zhàn)爭”和設(shè)定于冷戰(zhàn)時期的“使命召喚：黑色行動”。這系列游戲創(chuàng)下了有史以來銷售最快的世界紀(jì)錄——“使命召喚：現(xiàn)代戰(zhàn)爭2”在發(fā)售日當(dāng)天創(chuàng)下了2.424億歐元(4.016億美元)的銷售奇跡。這系列將繼續(xù)以爽快的動作體驗和精美的游戲畫面取悅玩家，并從眾多同類游戲中脫穎而出。毫無疑問，我們將在這款不斷成長的系列游戲中看到更多令人驚喜的大作。

3 GTA

No.3?GTA
第三名?GTA

‘Rockstar Games’ multi-award-winning series Grand Theft Auto has been setting the gaming world alight since it was first introduced in 1997. An often contrivetial game, players take the form of an up and coming criminal that takes to the streets of a fictional city, which is heavily based on American cities. A huge open world game that fuses elements of action, driving, role-playing, stealth, shooting and racing into a massive landscape that players can get lost in. GTA is a massive series that will no doubt get bigger and gain even more followers by building on its successful games of GTA IV, San Andreas and Vice City. It continues to make being bad extremely fun to play.
“ROCKSTAR”公司出品的綜合類系列游戲“俠盜車手”于1997年在游戲世界登場。在游戲中，玩家被設(shè)計在高度還原基于美國真實城市的虛擬場景中進(jìn)行街頭犯罪。游戲有著龐大的開放性世界和眾多包括動作、駕駛、角色扮演、潛行、設(shè)計和競速等元素在內(nèi)的架構(gòu)，足以使玩家迷失其中。自極其成功的GTA4、圣安德列斯和罪惡之城發(fā)售以來，這系列游戲無疑將會走得更遠(yuǎn)更好并迎來更多粉絲。也將會為玩家?guī)砀唷靶皭骸钡臍g樂。

2 Final Fantasy

No.2?Final Fantasy
第二名 最終幻想

Famously starting in 1987 as the company’s last project before they shut down, Final Fantasy was a huge success and has since grown to be the greatest RPG series of all time. It is continuously pushing boundaries and reinventing itself, often becoming one of the first to introduce new techniques to gaming, including switching from 2d to 3d rendering and using voice acting and lip syncing. Final Fantasy sets the bar so high that it is always at the forefront in the gaming world. It is credited as having made rpg games popular outside of Japan and has spawned countless imitations since. A unique element to the series is that the majority of the games have completely unrelated stories and features to other games in the series. Each installment has different levels of success, but some of it’s most popular titles include FFX, FFVIII and one of the greatest games ever made FFVII.
在1987年作為公司即將倒閉前的最后一個項目，最終幻想獲得了巨大成功并在之后成為了有史以來最偉大的角色扮演游戲系列。這個系列不斷創(chuàng)新并超越自我，總是在行業(yè)內(nèi)第一個帶來新的技術(shù)，其中包括了2D游戲到3D游戲的轉(zhuǎn)換以及配音出演與角色模型口型變換的同步。最終幻想所帶來的高度，使它一直作為游戲行業(yè)的標(biāo)桿而存在。就是這個系列使得RPG游戲走入日本，并衍生如無可計數(shù)的效仿者。該系列的重要獨特元素是，系列中的每一款游戲都有著完全獨立的故事，卻又有著貫穿始終的某些系統(tǒng)。系列內(nèi)的每一部游戲都在不同層面獲得了成功，而其中最著名的幾作則包括了FFX、FFVIII以及有史以來最最偉大的游戲：FFVII。

1 Mario

No.1 Mario
第一名 馬里奧

The Godfather of gaming! Easily THE most iconic and recognisable video game character of all time, Mario has been bouncing around our screens since 1981 and charming millions of people along the way. Despite his charm, it is because he has featured in so many great games over the years, continually reinventing himself as video game technology has improved, that he is loved by so many. Who has not played a Mario game at some point in their life, be it Super Mario Bros, Mario Kart, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy or one or the many other great games that he has featured in. Mario will definitely be on our screens for a long time to come, and the video game industry would not be the same without him.
游戲界的教父！所有時代唯一的真正的電子游戲標(biāo)志和旗幟人物。自1981年在我們的屏幕上開始跳動以來便迷倒了無數(shù)伏拜于前的癡迷玩家。這不僅僅是因為他的魅力，更因為因為多年來公司基于其所研發(fā)的眾多佳作。隨著科技的進(jìn)步，馬里奧也在不斷超越自我，并證明他仍如此受到寵愛。又有誰沒有在人生的某個時間段玩過關(guān)于馬里奧的游戲呢？超級馬里奧兄弟，馬里奧賽車，超級馬里奧64，超級馬里奧銀河，你肯定玩過其中的一部或更多其他的棒透了的作品。馬里奧注定將會在我們的屏幕中繼續(xù)活躍，而如果沒有他，游戲行業(yè)也將變得完全不同。

（本文中文翻譯來自月光博客）