Xbox 360 Games for a new generation of owners

Dulath

I got a 360 yesterday.

I need to know what games to get that I've missed since the system launched. I have GoW, Dead Rising, and Saint's Row. I have a kickass Conroe PC so suggestions for games with PC ports are unwise (Oblivion, CoD2, etc). Beeeginnn!

Gaming-Module

Viva Pinata is universally loved by all. I haven't seen one negative post panning the game yet across a half dozen forums that I read.

fragglefart

Aye, Viva Pinata is great.

Also, Geometry Wars. Already an all-time favourite game evar in my mind.

OneEyedJack

Why not play the three damn games you already have.

Also, GRAW.

TexiKen

Marvel Ultimate Alliance is a fun game. Nothing groundbreaking, but a good timekiller.

Top Spin 2 is the spiritual successor to Virtua Tennis (out soon in March).

Enchanted Arms is good too.

liquidlogan

Vegas, undoubtedly. You might even want to consider Perfect Dark Zero (I liked it), PGR3 and Kameo.

Pent

Enchanted Arms

Mattie

Pent wrote:

Enchanted Arms

Nah.

ginguskahn

Must play...

Rainbow 6 Vegas
Gears of War
Dead Rising

Get cheap...

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Perfect Dark Zero
Project Gotham Racing 3
Fight Night Round 3
Dead or Alive 4

If you didnt play them on the pc... (no doubt u did, but still)

Fear
Quake 4 (only if also cheap)

If your a fan of the Series...

Tony Hawks Project 8
Splinter Cell Double Agent
Burnout Revenge

Sports...

One of the Sega NHL games
Pro Evo 6 if you like your footy

Pre Order...

GRAW2
Lost Planet

Think that covers it, other than viva pin and the live arcade titles mentioned.

s3rial one

Mattie wrote:

Pent wrote:

Enchanted Arms

Nah.

Bearing in mind that my only experience with Enchanted Arms is from trailers and gameplay videos, I have to say, the character designs and voice acting are so bad, they make Star Ocean: Till the End of Time's seem decent in comparison.

OneEyedJack

I think Mass Effect had better be the best game of all time, anything less will be a huge letdown.

fragglefart

Crackdown demo in a couple of weeks should be sweet.

OneEyedJack

fragglefart wrote:

Crackdown demo in a couple of weeks should be sweet.

I keep going back and forth on that. The concept is amazing...but the videos never really grab me.

fragglefart

OneEyedJack wrote:

fragglefart wrote:

Crackdown demo in a couple of weeks should be sweet.

I keep going back and forth on that. The concept is amazing...but the videos never really grab me.

The co-op video on xboxyde sold me x 10.

Co-op sandbox action should be really, really fun with a few guys I know, and some drinkies.

Bionic Monkey

I just finished Prey and was pleasantly suprised. Definately worth it if you haven't already played it on the PC. And Blazing Angels is quite fun, though I understand it's "more of the same" if you play flying games regularly.

Galcian's Son

Sneak King.

Elessar Elfstone

Vegas is awesome.

Bamelin

Dulath I suggest grabbing Rainbow Six, Viva Pinata, and TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED. I can't state enough how underated TDU was when it came out ... this is a must have in my opinion.

Burnout Revenge and PGR3 are also really great titles.

Some maybe games include Star Trek Legacy (it works on the 360 unlike the PC and is alot of fun if you're a Trekkie), and possibly Chromehounds if you are a mech freak. Lord of the Rings:BFME is a worthy title if only because it's one of the first RTS's to work well on a console, however it is a PC port.

Zolden

i got my 360 a couple weeks ago so im kind of in the same boat, i will say i picked me up some gow, vegas, and motogp06... only because im a motorcycle kinda guy. today i also grabbed double agent and pgr3, only because i couldnt find used copies of burnout revenge. im thinking im pretty set at the moment since i have alot to playthrough, even if i cant seem to get back into the swing of double agent or vegas online.

i was considering dead rising in place of double agent today, but i figured id become bored of it and it wouldnt see any replayability due to no multi.

bruin

Download Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved. It is really, really excellent.

POKÉMON MASTER WT SHERMAN

Bamelin wrote:

TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED

download the demo before you get this

a lot of people like it but i personally thought the handling was a crime against humanity and couldn't get into it, and i know a few others felt the same way

DarkSymphony

Dead Rising is seriously the reason I'm getting a 360 some day down the Line. I really like gears, it's absolutely a system seller, but my god...dead rising was SO FUN. holy shit.

oh....and this pisses me off. go look at gamerankings.com and check out who reviewed Lost Planet so far. One of the reviews is a 3/5 or 60%. wtf? the videos I saw looked AMAZING. how can it possibly be that not-so-good? or are they just a bunch of idiots who can barely read and write?

Iriah

MidnightRealism wrote:

Bamelin wrote:

TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED

download the demo before you get this

a lot of people like it but i personally thought the handling was a crime against humanity and couldn't get into it, and i know a few others felt the same way

It's been said many many times that the handling was vastly off in the demo, and was corrected in the actual game. I can't comment on this, but ask people with the full game (unless you have the full game, in which case I apologise in advance) how they found the handling.

mr jones

I live in a vacuum, and I never knew that Test Drive Unlimited was released. I've never seen it at either the Target, nor the Game Crazy near me. I'm now contemplating picking it up, because I liked the demo...

Anyways,
Geometry Wars is the best deal on Xbox Live Arcade. It has simple arcade gameplay, and it focuses on two basic things that made old arcade games classic: get on that hi-score leaderboard, and stay alive. You'll be amazed how addictive those 2 things can make a game. Its also pretty, on both standard and hi-def TVs.

I'll also recommend Table Tennis. It has some fugly players, but its a really fun game, its multiplayer, and its 20 bucks. I'm sure you could find it for 13-16 bucks used.

bruin

DarkSymphony wrote:

Dead Rising is seriously the reason I'm getting a 360 some day down the Line. I really like gears, it's absolutely a system seller, but my god...dead rising was SO FUN. holy shit.

oh....and this pisses me off. go look at gamerankings.com and check out who reviewed Lost Planet so far. One of the reviews is a 3/5 or 60%. wtf? the videos I saw looked AMAZING. how can it possibly be that not-so-good? or are they just a bunch of idiots who can barely read and write?

That was Gamepro, right? Yeah.

JWFokker

ginguskahn wrote:

Must play...

Rainbow 6 Vegas
Gears of War
Dead Rising

Get cheap...

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Perfect Dark Zero
Project Gotham Racing 3
Fight Night Round 3
Dead or Alive 4

If you didnt play them on the pc... (no doubt u did, but still)

Fear
Quake 4 (only if also cheap)

If your a fan of the Series...

Tony Hawks Project 8
Splinter Cell Double Agent
Burnout Revenge

Sports...

One of the Sega NHL games
Pro Evo 6 if you like your footy

Pre Order...

GRAW2
Lost Planet

Think that covers it, other than viva pin and the live arcade titles mentioned.

I think most of those should be rented. Dead Rising, Perfect Dark Zero, DoA4, Fight Night, Tony Hawk and Burnout are not worth owning.

Six

Fight Night and Burnout are absolutely worth owning.

Hardtarget

Test Drive Unlimited is lots of fun, Also make sure you get Gears of War if you don't have it.

Now do you like sports? Do you like Golf in particular? Some of the most fun I've had with the 360 has been with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07.

This is not a popular thing to suggest, not because the game sucks, but I just don't think anybody on these boards has it! It is mega fun and an amazing golf game.

bruin

JWFokker wrote:

ginguskahn wrote:

Must play...

Rainbow 6 Vegas
Gears of War
Dead Rising

Get cheap...

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
Perfect Dark Zero
Project Gotham Racing 3
Fight Night Round 3
Dead or Alive 4

If you didnt play them on the pc... (no doubt u did, but still)

Fear
Quake 4 (only if also cheap)

If your a fan of the Series...

Tony Hawks Project 8
Splinter Cell Double Agent
Burnout Revenge

Sports...

One of the Sega NHL games
Pro Evo 6 if you like your footy

Pre Order...

GRAW2
Lost Planet

Think that covers it, other than viva pin and the live arcade titles mentioned.

I think most of those should be rented. Dead Rising, Perfect Dark Zero, DoA4, Fight Night, Tony Hawk and Burnout are not worth owning.

Oh Dead Rising is so worth owning.

Smudge

I put more time into dead rising and fight night 3 than any other game on my 360. They are SO worth owning if you like them.

Not everyone will like them, but making absolute statements like them not being worth owning is just ignorant.

I love them. Love them both to bits.

Bionic Monkey

Smudge wrote:

I put more time into dead rising and fight night 3 than any other game on my 360. They are SO worth owning if you like them.

Not everyone will like them, but making absolute statements like them not being worth owning is just ignorant.

I love them. Love them both to bits.

Absolutely. Dead Rising was the first game that really made me content with my 360 purchase.

Darlan

Smudge wrote:

I put more time into dead rising and fight night 3 than any other game on my 360. They are SO worth owning if you like them.

Not everyone will like them, but making absolute statements like them not being worth owning is just ignorant.

I love them. Love them both to bits.

So no one can use that "if," then?

Shooter Mcgavin

Out of GoW, Viva Pinata, and Tomb Raider, the most played game on my 360 (just got it) on New Years Eve was the Burnout demo. JUST THE DEMO. Everyone took turns playing for hours, it was nuts.