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Xbox 360 Must-Plays 2005-2010
maximumzero
I...wait, what?New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
I...wait, what?New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
So I've owned a 360 since late '07 and I'm only now just getting around to playing Gears of War. Excluding the Halo series, what's the must-play gemstones of the 360 library I should catch up on?
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Earth Defense force 2017.
The Assassin's Creed series.
Singularity was an underrated gem (in my opinion)
The Darkness.
EDIT: Oh, mass effect.
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Bayonetta - It's Devil May Cry 5. That's what it is.
Blur - Call of Mario Kart
Deathsmiles - A cross section of everything good about shumps, and Cave's first localization effort. I wrote a detailed review.
Brutal Legend - You got Hack n Slash in my RTS, now they taste better!
Dead Space - Resident Evil 5 without all the bullshit.
Darksiders - LoZ: Ocarina of Western Edginess, starring War: Horsement of the Apocalypse, who although angry, is more reasonable than Kratos, but still quite angry. He can only make this face :x
Mass Effect 1 - It's worth it just to import your Sheperd over to Mass Effect 2.
Mirror's Edge - I'm jumping rooftops and I'm still alive. And believe me I am still alive.
Bioshock - Objectivist douchebag builds an underwater city with no taxes, no government, and no laws...It's a warzone full of drug addicts.
I would say you could safely skip Assassin's Creed 1, but 2 and up are seriously must plays.
Other than that, I totally approve of the suggestions thus far. And also you should find the slash-signal.
Ninja Gaiden 2 is pretty damn awesome, though fairly difficult, so YMMV.
Super street fighter 4 is great if you like fighting games, less so if not.
The darkness is an under-rated game that you may like, its stupidly cheap nowadays as well.
Actually, I found that if you repress your inner completionist, and just do the bare minimum to get through, AC1 is way more fun. YMMV
Also I'll second EDF 2017. Don't take it seriously though. Get a buddy, get a few beers. Enjoy.
Burnout Paradise.
Split/Second - Burnout directed by Michael Bay.
Lost Odyssey, Resonance of Fate if you like JRPGs.
Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Definitely want to play:
EDF2017
Assassin's Creed
Mass Effect
Dead Rising
Dead Space
Bioshock
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Might Play:
Singularity
The Darkness
Brutal Legend
Darksiders
Mirror's Edge
Resident Evil 5
Burnout Paradise (Even though I'm not a big racing game fan I hear this one is open-worldy.)
Lost Odyssey
Red Dead Redemption.
Not Interested In:
Bayonetta - Not good at the high-speed action games. Never got past the second stage in Ninja Gaiden Black
Blur - Not a big racing game fan.
Deathsmiles - Terrible, and I mean TERRIBLE at shumps.
Ninja Gaiden 2 - See Bayonetta.
Super Street Fighter IV - Not good at the fighters.
Split/Second - See Blur
I said not the Halo series but I own 'em all...except for Halo Wars...which I do mean to pickup some day.
Keep 'em comin'. Making a list to pick up next time the B2G1 and B1-50% sales roll around.
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So is GTA4 though if you were only going to play one I guess I'd go with RDR over that.
So, nifty games that you can't get elsewhere:
Earth Defense Force 2017 - Arcade shooting action. My friend who is not a gamer says it reminds him of Contra if it were a TPS. He's not wrong in that the game is strictly about shooting tons of enemies mindlessly. All you have to worry about is choosing which of hundreds of weapons you're going to bring with you into any given level. Great for local co-op.
Also make sure to check out XBLA if it's available to you. Shadow Complex is a good Metroidvania, and there might be a couple other alright games that weren't released on PSN or for PC (can't immediately think of any right now).
Edit: Spent so long writing this / watching football that I failed miserably keeping up with the thread or even remembering what the OP said. Edited down.
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Edit: From your list so far, EDF2017, Dead Space and Batman: Arkham Asylum are all outstanding!
Same. And even more XBLIG.
From your list of might play's, I can be ok with most of that, but I highly recommend moving Red Dead Redemption up to a must play. It is easily one of the best games released for the 360, and definitely the best one released last year. Sure, some might say it's just GTA on a horse, but that game has kept me entranced all the way through (I still haven't beaten it, but I heard the ending is fucking amazing) while I lost interest in GTA4 before ever hitting the halfway point in the story. In RDR, there's just so much to do, so many stories weaved throughout your play time, so many amazing characters, a beautifully realized western frontier, and (I believe a first for Rockstar) a main character who you actually give a fuck about.
Seriously, you should play RDR.
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Eehhhh....I've heard the TF2 community is pretty small, if it even exists at this point, and none of the DLC has carried over as far as I know. As for the HL episodes and Portal, all of that is better played on a computer, and requires low enough specs that most somewhat recent computers should be able to play them. And they definitely should be played on the computer. Plus, you can pick it up on the cheap during pretty much any of the Steam sales.
Ah, Vanquish. Played the demo, it was okay, and like most 360 games the controls were needlessly confusing. That's my pet peeve of 360/PS3 games in general. I'll likely get it on the cheap someday.
Every damn game flashes that on the loading screen and when you get into the game you're like Buh? What?
I'm not a huge fan of open-world games because I never feel like I finish 'em. I like my games linear when possible. I do like westerns so I'll likely pick it up in the future when it gets cheap with all the DLC bundled in.
I don't own a PC. I use a Mac, so feel free to recommend titles that you'd prefer on the PC.
I'm not a big fan of Metroidvanias because they just get needlessly confusing, and like open-world games I never, ever get close to 100%ing the damn games.
I actually own both Banjos from the XBLA and Nuts & Bolts as well. N&B is one of those games that I need to go back and finish...also want Viva Pinata at some point.
Waiting for the Mac version.
Going on the maybe list. :P
Already own The Orange box on both my 360 and Mac.
List additions.
Vanquish
Red Dead Redemption
Viva Pinata
EDF2017
Assassin's Creed
Mass Effect
Dead Rising
Dead Space
Bioshock
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Might Play:
Crackdown
Singularity
The Darkness
Brutal Legend
Darksiders
Mirror's Edge
Resident Evil 5
Burnout Paradise (Even though I'm not a big racing game fan I hear this one is open-worldy.)
Lost Odyssey
Not Interested In:
Bayonetta - Not good at the high-speed action games. Never got past the second stage in Ninja Gaiden Black
Blur - Not a big racing game fan.
Deathsmiles - Terrible, and I mean TERRIBLE at shumps.
Ninja Gaiden 2 - See Bayonetta.
Super Street Fighter IV - Not good at the fighters.
Split/Second - See Blur
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I actually prefer TF2 on the 360 because it's so simple. No swords and bows & arrows and so many other add-ons that I have to relearn the entire game every 3 months if I take a break. I often get killed by other players with weapons I've never heard of, used, or understood.
Edit: Seriously the game is slowly morphing into World of Warcraft and it bums me out.
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I'll then add Cthulhu Saves the World because it is amazing and shame on all of those who didn't mention it yet.
AssCreed series - I'd probably give 1 a miss unless you find it for cheap and feel lost after playing 2 for an hour or two. I'm definitely in the "1 was a glorified tech demo" crowd, but 2 and Brotherhood are great games.
Hitman: Blood Money - This was a launch title, but it remains great, and no other game since then has even attempted to match the gameplay. The whole point of the game is to walk into somewhere you shouldn't be, do your job, and walk out without ever being detected. The difference between this and other stealth titles is that the stealth is more social in nature; you're not hiding so much as looking like you belong.
Dead Space - I know you said you'd get it, but I'd just like to say that it's great and probably my favorite survival horror game since RE4. Unlike Bioshock it's fun all the way through, and unlike RE5 it isn't annoying as shit to play without another player. Also, the sequel is coming out in a few weeks, so it's a good lead in to that.
Also -- the same search revealed Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon slated for June 28th release, this year. Related?
Yes related... Anticipated by anyone?
Also, I don't think anyone has mentioned Deadly Premonition yet?
I second RDR, AssCreed 2, Crackdown, and Mass Effect
Ouch is right...who knows if they ever printed more beyond the initial run, but I imagine demand has probably not gone down much.
There is a thread for the sequel, but without search it could be hard to find. Consensus at the moment seems to be that it looks alright (selectable characters with different playstyles, online multiplayer) although it is not being developed by the same people.
Also dont forget to pick up Lara Croft: GoL, Limbo for Xbox live.
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Yeah I really enjoyed that too, even the demo is fantastic!
Also, Red Dead Redemption is DEFINITELY a must-have, including all DLC for it. Simply amazing.
Crackdown gets really boring after a while.
Mass Effect 1and 2 are must-haves. Left4Dead is also simply fuckin amazing, personally I found L4D1 better than the sequel but thats just my opinion. The online versus is so much fun.
And I can't believe nobody has mentioned these, but Fallout3 and Fallout New Vegas are definitely awesomez. Both are open world but if you follow the story you can play it as if it were linear.
It's essentially Ghostbusters 3.
It suffered from everyone having too high of expectations once it finally came out.
And if you like multi-player beat 'em ups, try out Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World.
Stranglehold - Some of the best gunplay of any game. Ever.
Bayonetta - The most insane game you can possible imagine.
Alan Wake - The best Stephen King story never told.
Oblivion - Five years old and still the biggest and the best.
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The Ghostbusters game was fantastic and if you are a fan of the movies, hell even if you aren't, you gotta check it out. It's seriously awesome.
I played Metro 2033 on 360 and it was pretty excellent as well. Not sure if it's a "must play" or not; I guess it depends on how into shooters and/or the apocalypse you are.
Definitely play Lost Oddysey if you are fan of JRPGs who has been very disappointed for a long time. It's everything you remember being great about JRPGs in a beautiful package with a well-written and emotionally charged story that might actually bring a tear to your eye. Really.
Not gonna mention most of the obvious stuff that has been mentioned already like the Mass Effects and Bioshock, but definitely check out that stuff too, if you're so inclined.