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Just bought an Xbox 360, now I need games...

RaggaholicRaggaholic Registered User regular
edited September 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Thread title pretty much says it all. I just bought an XBox 360 out of being out of the console market for a long time (since the Sega 32x, and I don't really count my Wii). Now, I need games. I have no idea what the killer games on Xbox are aside from household names like GTA, Madden and Halo. I want to get five games, and I'm not sure what to buy.

I've gotten Mass Effect and GTA4 off of Ebay. I'm not going to get Bioshock or Gears, as my friend has them and I can borrow them. Now, I need to figure out three games to get.

Difficulty: It would be best if they weren't also available on PC.

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  • TheSuperWootTheSuperWoot Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Dead Rising is also a great game if you like the prospect of smashing zombies faces in with a plastic lightsaber. You should definitely check out some of the arcade games as well. Stuff like Geometry Wars 2 and Bionic Commando are well worth the M$ points.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    this thread should give you all sorts of ideas. Hope you have access to XBLA, there's some fucking phenomenal stuff on there right now.

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  • TheGreat2ndTheGreat2nd Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    If I may just throw out the casual suggestion of Rock Band or Rock Band 2, which is coming out soon.
    Besides that, go for some Xbox Live Points and buy some XBLA games. Plenty in that area. Castle Crashers, Alien Hominid, Ikaruga, the list is huge.

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  • RocketSauceRocketSauce Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Call of Duty 4, Oblivion, Rock Band. There's like 3 or 4 months worth of play time.

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  • A-RodA-Rod Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    If you get Call of Duty 4 - dont bother with Halo. COD is just so superior, I couldnt get into halo 3 after playing COD4 1st.

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  • Angel177Angel177 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    orange box

    3 great games for one low price(at the moment)

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  • exisexis Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I'm going to third XBLA titles. The quality of some of that stuff is fantastic. Have a look at Geometry Wars 2 and Braid particularly.

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  • RaggaholicRaggaholic Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Dehumanized wrote: »
    this thread should give you all sorts of ideas. Hope you have access to XBLA, there's some fucking phenomenal stuff on there right now.
    Yeah, this looks like gold. Thanks for the suggestions everyone (and I have Orange Box for the PC). As soon as this HD comes tomorrow, I'm going to see what this castle crashers is all about.

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  • ihmmyihmmy Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    assassin's creed
    rock band
    civilization revolution
    elder scrolls oblivion

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  • Nova_CNova_C I have the need The need for speedRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Braid and Castle Crashers are must haves. Absolutely must haves. Penny Arcade Adventures is also good, but it's mechanics are a little rough around the edges.

    Kameo is a decent adventure game that's like $10 now. Eternal Sonata is standard fare JRPG, but has absolutely gorgeous artwork.

    The other titles I have are Dead Rising, Forza 2, Gears of War, Mass Effect, Rock Band and Viva Pinata. If you like open ended sandboxy type games in the vein of The Sims, Viva Pinata is all adorable and fun.

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