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Must play 360 games that aren't too long
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I'm borrowing my brother's 360 for the next two and a half weeks (just got an HDTV, woo!). I want to make the most of it, since I won't be able to afford one of my own for quite some time (and may get a ps3 instead for blu-ray).
I'm looking for games that take around 10-20 hours or less to complete, or are worth just putting that much time in. So no Mass Effect or Oblivion. Also, I really don't like FPS controls with a controller. I tried COD4 but turned it off in frustration after 20 minutes of fighting with the controller. However, I'm playing Bioshock right now and am loving it a lot, so if the gameplay isn't too twitch based and the game is good enough I can suffer through the frustrating controls. I'm going to try Burnout next, but aside from that I'm not interested in racing games, and I have all of the sports games I'm interested in.
So, once I'm done Bioshock, what should be next on my list? I want to get through (or mostly through) at least 2-3 more games.
I'm looking for games that take around 10-20 hours or less to complete, or are worth just putting that much time in. So no Mass Effect or Oblivion. Also, I really don't like FPS controls with a controller. I tried COD4 but turned it off in frustration after 20 minutes of fighting with the controller. However, I'm playing Bioshock right now and am loving it a lot, so if the gameplay isn't too twitch based and the game is good enough I can suffer through the frustrating controls. I'm going to try Burnout next, but aside from that I'm not interested in racing games, and I have all of the sports games I'm interested in.
So, once I'm done Bioshock, what should be next on my list? I want to get through (or mostly through) at least 2-3 more games.
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If you've any interest in it, you should check out Gears—I think even PC FPS people agree the game just feels built for a controller and works well around it, and that's easily doable in 8-10 hours on the Casual setting.
I'm a bit OCD with games though, especially RPG's (which is why I don't play them much, I get overwhelmed and then bored). I have to explore every bit of a game and I can't stand knowing I missed stuff in a game.
I've played Gears for about five minutes, and I do remember being suprised by how well the controls worked. I'll have to beat that for sure. And I completely forgot about Dead Rising. I wanted to play that so bad when it came out, I'll have to pick that up for sure.
...assuming you haven't already played it for the PS3. >_>
Already said I tried it, can't stand the controls. But if it's that short, maybe I should give it a run through on easy just for the experience. Would it be worth it for that?
Also, I have Orange Box for PC.
Just try to find a human partner. I haven't tried it with the AI one.
Yeah, pretty much these.
Oblivion?... he said he's OCD with RPGs, and I think this is a bad choice :?
I'm a HUGE morrowind fan, but theres no way you should get into Oblivion in just 2 weeks...
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Crackdown
Condemned 1&2
Assassin's Creed
Portal in the Orange Box
Gears of War
None of those should take very long to beat and are awesome.
Shows what I read.
But yes, it's worth it.
Are Crackdown and Assassins Creed pretty short? I'm getting Gears and Dead Rising for sure, so I can probably fit one more game in. If you guys had to pick between AC and Crackdown, which would you pick?
I might have to just not give this damn thing back... way too many games I want to play.
Neither of them have a very focused single player, and while Assassin's Creed is cool, there just aren't as many opportunities for pure awesome fun as in Crackdown. Especially with Crackdown's DLC.
I just saw you mentioned you're getting it though, good move :P I just picked up Crackdown myself so I'm interested to see how it plays out.
Also Project Gotham Racing 4.
Also, I'd advise against too many XBLA games. Many of them are of the type where you don't just play through them and are done. Instead, they're the type that you keep coming back to for mulitplayer, or to get a high score. A game like Pac-Man CE or Geometry Wars may be "short" in theory, but I've spent more time playing them than I have most of my retail games. I think if you loaded up on a bunch of games like that you just wouldn't have enough time to really dig into them and "get" what makes them so great.
I'd recommend Dead Rising too, N+ from the XBLA and, if you haven't played the xbox version and I know it's an odd suggestion, I'd recommend downloading Psychonauts too. It's relatively short and enjoyable.
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In the age of Xbox Live, I've grown to hate playing split-screen since, well, it takes away half my screen. I'm more used to having my own screen and playing with others online.
That said, it sounds like Army of Two is really fun playing with someone in the same room. Can you tell me how it handles the split screen (vertical or horizontal?) and if you felt like you could see enough of what was going on when you were playing that way?
Seriously, I can't stress this enough. The last four or five hours of the game are pure, uncut heroin injected straight into your eyeballs.
In all the time I've had my 360, I have to say at least 90% of the time I've played games on it has been spent on XBLA games.
It all depends on what you want or like to play, but you really MUST try at least these games:
PacMan C.E. Trust me.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, unless you've already beaten that in some other form and didn't like it enough to beat it again (although, if you're good at it, it means a bunch of cheap achievements... a few of which are fun to get.)
Catan: yes, it's a board game. But it's much deeper than it looks, while being easy enough that you'll pick it up within less than an hour. Online play is lots of fun.
Rez HD: this game is BEAUTIFUL! And it's SO good!
Another one I've been playing a lot of, but I don't consider it unavoidable: E4 (Every Extend Extra Extreme).
I would recommend Puzzle Quest, but I have that on the DS, and to me, it works better as a portable game. Regardless, it's a great game that you won't be able to finish in two weeks unless you skip a lot of it (or play it full-time.)
But with just the four I mentioned first, you would be covered for the period you say you'll have the 360.
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Call of Duty 4
Gears of War
Mass Effect -- just the main story line
Average length of around 8 hours (more for ME, around 12), but all very good.