最受欢迎的十大游戏：哪一款是你的心头好

　　The video game industry is bigger than ever and everyone has theirfavourite games that they look forward to buying. There will always begreat individual games, but certain franchises keep us coming back formore. They repeatedly hit us with great game after great game aftergreat game, gaining massive audiences around the world。

　　随着游戏行业的不断扩大，每位玩家都能获取自己希望购买的心仪游戏。棒透了的独立游戏也总是不断出现。然而，那些系列性的游戏却能使我们成为永久的“回头客”。它们用一个接一个的好游戏不断轰击我们，在世界范围内赢得了无数玩家。

　　The following top 10 is a list of the greatest video gamefranchises of all time. But ultimately only you know who would be inyour top 10 list, so do you agree that these are the top 10 video gamefranchises of all time?

　　下面的名单列出了有史以来的十款最伟大的系列游戏。但是，你心目中一定有着自己的十大游戏名单。那么，你是否赞同以下列出的榜上有名的十大系列游戏呢？

　　No.10 World of Warcraft

　　第十名 魔兽世界

　　This MMORPG by Blizzard Entertainment was first released in 1994.The World of Warcraft takes place within the Warcraft world of Azerothwhere players can take on the role of a fantasy character of theirchoice and develop them to a high level. A fully online game, playerscan interact, co-operate and go on quests with their friends to gainexperience and gold. Millions of players worldwide are hooked on thisgame and can’t get enough of it. The franchise has grown a massivefollowing and gained cultural recognition, often appearing in manyparodies on television. More installments and expansions are expected tobe released in the future, with increasing numbers of players ready toget questing online。

　　这款暴雪出品的网络游戏最早出现于1994年。《魔兽世界》允许玩家在《魔兽争霸》的世界，也就是艾泽拉斯大陆中扮演一名奇幻角色，并按自己的意愿发展至高等级。这是一款彻头彻尾的网络游戏，玩家之间可以互动，协作，并与伙伴们一起完成任务，获取经验和金钱。全世界有数百万玩家沉迷于此难以自拔。整个系列拥有无数拥趸，而且提升到了文化高度，这往往体现在那些电视里的山寨节目当中。在未来，还会有更多的资料片等待放出，以迎合那些持续增加并等待上线进行任务的玩家们。

　　No.9 Resident Evil

　　第九名 生化危机

　　Capcom’s hugely popular survival horror title game ‘Resident Evil‘began in 1996 with the first installment. Following the evil UmbrellaCorperation, players uncover the story that led up to the release of adeadly virus that turns the dead into flesh eating zombies. Dark eerietentative tones combined with sequences that make you jump and actionpacked parts where you are fighting for your life against a seeminglyendless amount of zombies, marry well together for a roller coaster rideexperience. Loyal fans flock to buy the new releases in the series and aseries of popular Hollywood films have been made. Resident Evil is thebest horror game series that has ever been made and has been theinspiration for many other imitations。

　　卡普空最著名的生存类恐怖游戏“生化危机”的第一部出品于1996年。以邪恶的安布雷拉公司为线索，玩家逐渐揭开了一个关于可将死人变为僵尸并吃人血肉的致命病毒的故事。黑暗压抑的恐怖气氛与面对无尽僵尸极力求生的操作完美结合，为玩家带来一场极尽刺激疯狂的游戏体验。忠实的玩家们无止尽地购买着一部又一部的系列新作，而整个一系列的好莱坞电影也应运而生。生化危机成为了有史以来最成功的恐怖游戏系列，并为众多同类游戏争相效仿。

　　No.8 Pokemon

　　第八名 口袋妖怪

　　You must have been living under a rock for the last 15 years if youhaven’t heard of Pokemon. A truly massive franchise that has hugefollowing and cultural impact on all corners of the globe. Pokemon wasfirst introduced in 1996 as a pair of linkable Gameboy RPG games. Sincethen it has grown to become one of the biggest gaming franchises in theworld, with huge amounts of merchandising including, anime, manga,trading cards, toys, books, films, TV shows and countless others. Thevideo games allow players to search for and catch different varieties ofPokemon to use in battles. A big part of the game is to try to “catchthem all” and collect every type of Pokemon in the game including theiconic ‘Pikachu’ character. Pokemon have shown itself to be a hugelypopular series that continues to gain fans of all ages。

　　如果你没听说过口袋妖怪的鼎鼎大名，那么过去十五年里你一定过着与世隔绝的生活。这是一款在全球各个角落都有着无数拥趸和话题的真真正正的重量级系列游戏。口袋妖怪于1996年在GB平台上发布了一对相互联系的RPG作品，并在这之后发展为全球最大的系列性游戏，并带来了数量庞大的周边营销。这其中包括了动画，漫画，集换式卡牌，手办，书籍，电影和电视节目及无数其他周边。游戏允许玩家搜寻并捕获各种不同的口袋妖怪，并将其用于战斗之中。游戏的一个重要元素就是“全搜集”，即搜集游戏中的每一种口袋妖怪角色，包括标志性的“皮卡丘”。口袋妖怪成为了一款极受欢迎的系列游戏，至今仍不断从各个领域吸收着新的粉丝。

　　No.7 Legend of Zelda

　　第七名 塞尔达传说

　　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 PrincessZelda from the clutches of evil. The 15 official games and severalspin-offs of the series have a huge fan following from around the worldand continue to impress countless more. Link is often referred to as oneof the most iconic video gaming characters of all time. The Legend ofZelda 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: Ocarinaof Time’. The Legend of Zelda has proven to be one of the greatestfranchises of all time。

　　作为任天堂的旗舰性游戏，塞尔达传说是一款高奇幻类的动作冒险游戏，所有故事都围绕着大名鼎鼎的核心主角“林克”展开。玩家总是要控制林克，从各种恶魔手中解救塞尔达公主。全系列的十五款官方游戏和无数外传为其营造了来自世界各地的无数粉丝，其数量还在以难以估计的速度增加。林克也成为了有史以来最具标志性的电视游戏人物。塞尔达传说系列打造了许多经典游戏，例如著名的“塞尔达传说：时空隧道”、“塞尔达传说：黄昏的公主”以及最受欢迎的“塞尔达传说：时之笛”。塞尔达传说系列被证实为有史以来最好的系列游戏之一。

　　No.6 Gran Turismo

　　第六名 GT赛车

　　The hugely popular and highly acclaimed racing game ‘Gran Turismo‘has entertained millions ofbgamers over the years. Since PolyphonyDigital first introduced the series in 1997, over 63 million units havebeen sold worldwide on the variety of Sony Playstation consoles.Stunning graphics and the ability to race some of the most iconicvehicles of all time make the game so appealing to gamers. Branded as“the real driving simulator” meticulous detail has been given to the waythe cars react, which have been modelled on the real life cars. Realrace tracks that are world famous have also been fully modelled allowingplayers to race their favourite cars around the circuits at Monaco,Nurburgring, Laguna Seca and many more. If you are a fan of racing gamesor even just cars in general, you will appreciate that Gran Turismo is agreat series。

　　极受欢迎且被高度评价的竞速游戏“GT赛车”已经在多年中为数百万玩家带来了欢乐。自从PD工作室在1997年研发了该系列的首款游戏以来，超过63000000的游戏碟基于索尼PS的各种平台销售于世界范围。极精致的画面及驾驭各种标志性跑车参加竞速的体验使无数玩家为之疯狂。“模拟真实驾驶”的口号则来自于对现实中驾驶时车辆反应的精细还原。世界闻名的真实赛道也在游戏内忠实体现，使玩家可以驾驶着自己钟爱的跑车在摩纳哥、纽伯格林、拉古纳瑟卡和更多著名赛道上尽情狂飙。如果你是一名赛车游戏爱好者，甚至仅仅就是喜欢名车，你必会钟爱于GT赛车这款伟大的系列游戏。

　No. 5 Metal Gear Solid

　　第五名 合金装备

　　‘Konami’ first introduced us to ‘Metal Gear Solid‘ in 1998 andsince then gamers have been hooked. Following the story of the iconiccharacter ‘Solid Snake’, players take on the role of sneakilyinfiltrating and neutralising terrorist threats and ultimately facingoff against the latest incarnation of the super-weapon “Metal Gear”. Thegame series is proclaimed as the one that made the stealth genrepopular, which has since resulted in many imitations. More instalmentsare set to be released on several different platforms, ensuring thatSolid Snake will continue to entertain fans across the globe for a longtime to come。

　　自从科纳米在1998年发售“合金装备”系列以来，玩家们便深深痴迷其中。跟随着看板人物“索利德·斯内克”的故事，玩家要进行一系列的匿踪渗透，化解恐怖袭击，并最终面对终极超级兵器“合金装备”。这个系列开创了颇受欢迎的潜入类游戏流派，并带起了一大批模仿者。多部资料片在不同游戏平台发布，我们确信，索利德斯内克仍将在接下来的很长时间内为全球玩家带来乐趣。

　　No.4 Call of Duty

　　第四名 使命召唤

　　A first-person and third-person shooter game, Call of Duty hasemerged 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 havebranched off with modern games in the form of ‘Call of Duty: ModernWarfare’ 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 ofall time, with ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2′ making ￡242.4 million($401.6 million) on it’s release date. The series continues to entertainaudiences with action packed gaming and detailed graphics that make itstand apart from many others. No doubt we will see more successfulreleases from this series as the franchise continues to grow。

　　作为系列第一人称及第三人称射击游戏，使命召唤近年来已成为最受欢迎的游戏之一。游戏主要基于第二次世界大战时期，近期却发售了设定于现代的“使命召唤”现代战争”和设定于冷战时期的“使命召唤：黑色行动”。这系列游戏创下了有史以来销售最快的世界纪录——“使命召唤：现代战争2”在发售日当天创下了2.424亿欧元(4.016亿美元)的销售奇迹。这系列将继续以爽快的动作体验和精美的游戏画面取悦玩家，并从众多同类游戏中脱颖而出。毫无疑问，我们将在这款不断成长的系列游戏中看到更多令人惊喜的大作。

　　No.3 GTA

　　第三名 GTA

　　‘Rockstar Games’ multi-award-winning series Grand Theft Auto hasbeen setting the gaming world alight since it was first introduced in1997. An often contrivetial game, players take the form of an up andcoming criminal that takes to the streets of a fictional city, which isheavily based on American cities. A huge open world game that fuseselements of action, driving, role-playing, stealth, shooting and racinginto a massive landscape that players can get lost in. GTA is a massiveseries that will no doubt get bigger and gain even more followers bybuilding on its successful games of GTA IV, San Andreas and Vice City.It continues to make being bad extremely fun to play。

　　“ROCKSTAR”公司出品的综合类系列游戏“侠盗车手”于1997年在游戏世界登场。在游戏中，玩家被设计在高度还原基于美国真实城市的虚拟场景中进行街头犯罪。游戏有着庞大的开放性世界和众多包括动作、驾驶、角色扮演、潜行、设计和竞速等元素在内的架构，足以使玩家迷失其中。自极其成功的GTA4、圣安德列斯和罪恶之城发售以来，这系列游戏无疑将会走得更远更好并迎来更多粉丝。也将会为玩家带来更多“邪恶”的欢乐。

　　No.2 Final Fantasy

　　第二名 最终幻想

　　Famously starting in 1987 as the company’s last project before theyshut down, Final Fantasy was a huge success and has since grown to bethe greatest RPG series of all time. It is continuously pushingboundaries and reinventing itself, often becoming one of the first tointroduce new techniques to gaming, including switching from 2d to 3drendering and using voice acting and lip syncing. Final Fantasy sets thebar so high that it is always at the forefront in the gaming world. Itis credited as having made rpg games popular outside of Japan and hasspawned countless imitations since. A unique element to the series isthat the majority of the games have completely unrelated stories andfeatures to other games in the series. Each installment has differentlevels of success, but some of it’s most popular titles include FFX,FFVIII and one of the greatest games ever made FFVII。

　　在1987年作为公司即将倒闭前的最后一个项目，最终幻想获得了巨大成功并在之后成为了有史以来最伟大的角色扮演游戏系列。这个系列不断创新并超越自我，总是在行业内第一个带来新的技术，其中包括了2D游戏到3D游戏的转换以及配音出演与角色模型口型变换的同步。最终幻想所带来的高度，使它一直作为游戏行业的标杆而存在。就是这个系列使得RPG游戏走入日本，并衍生如无可计数的效仿者。该系列的重要独特元素是，系列中的每一款游戏都有着完全独立的故事，却又有着贯穿始终的某些系统。系列内的每一部游戏都在不同层面获得了成功，而其中最著名的几作则包括了FFX、FFVIII以及有史以来最最伟大的游戏：FFVII。

　　No.1 Mario

　　第一名 马里奥

　　The Godfather of gaming! Easily THE most iconic and recognisablevideo game character of all time, Mario has been bouncing around ourscreens since 1981 and charming millions of people along the way.Despite his charm, it is because he has featured in so many great gamesover the years, continually reinventing himself as video game technologyhas improved, that he is loved by so many. Who has not played a Mariogame 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 gamesthat he has featured in. Mario will definitely be on our screens for along time to come, and the video game industry would not be the samewithout him。

　　游戏界的教父！所有时代唯一的真正的电子游戏标志和旗帜人物。自1981年在我们的屏幕上开始跳动以来便迷倒了无数伏拜于前的痴迷玩家。这不仅仅是因为他的魅力，更因为因为多年来公司基于其所研发的众多佳作。随着科技的进步，马里奥也在不断超越自我，并证明他仍如此受到宠爱。又有谁没有在人生的某个时间段玩过关于马里奥的游戏呢？超级马里奥兄弟，马里奥赛车，超级马里奥64，超级马里奥银河，你肯定玩过其中的一部或更多其他的棒透了的作品。马里奥注定将会在我们的屏幕中继续活跃，而如果没有他，游戏行业也将变得完全不同。

　　(来源：thesquabble.com 中文翻译来自月光博客)