The Official XBOX360 Game Thread, You Want Games? They're In Here (in progress)

XBOX owners are fortunate enough to have a large selection of games available to play. No matter what your specific genre favorite you're sure to find at least one game that meets your needs. Also the other genres are done so well that the user that tries new genres is almost always sure to get a quality game. This list is to make that process easier, not only can you read over the list but then you can ask your own question and someone will reply with some games.

It's a win/win situation

Since users have different review sites they like I decided to go with Gamespot and IGN and then each of their main collection sites. This way we'll get a nice look at scores. Of course the Gamespot reviews are here first because that's where we are.

******* SPECIAL THANKS TO II-FBIsniper-II FOR HIS HELP WITH THE IMAGES AND DeadApeBladder WITH IMAGES*******

To start off let's have the games that EVERYONE should own no matter if they like the genre. These games are so well done that even if you're not a fan of the genre you'll find entertaining content waiting for you

HALO 3

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Metacritic score: 94
Game Rankings score: 93.4

GRAND THEFT AUTO 4

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Metacritic score: 98
Game Rankings score: 96.3

THE ELDER SCROLLS 4: OBLIVION

Gamespot score: 9.6
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Game Rankings score: 93.8

GEARS OF WAR

Gamespot score: 9.6
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Game Rankings score: 93.8

THE ORANGE BOX

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BRAID

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We all hate bad games but some of them are disguised as games from franchises we think will always be good, in those case we ask............

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Sonic 2 is on sale for 240 points (normally 400)

I don't get it. What's the goal of this thread?C-Lee

I can only imagine how great this is going to be and no I'm not being sarcastic. This is Jaysonguy give him a task and he'll do a great job. I've seen his rants before if he puts half of the effort into this sticky it will be godly. :P

I can only imagine how great this is going to be and no I'm not being sarcastic. This is Jaysonguy give him a task and he'll do a great job. I've seen his rants before if he puts half of the effort into this sticky it will be godly. :P

craigalan23

You should add in defense grid: awakening under arcade games, and battlefield 1943 imo. Also you sohuld get rid of some of the older game and crappier ones.

Funny this thread comes from somebody who wrote a whole blog about how people should do their own research about what games they should buy.

From a recent blog:

"STOP ASKING FOR GAMES

Oh dear LORD it's thread after thread asking "what game should I get?". No, that's a good day, usually what it is some sort of broken monosyllabic utterance like "wut game iz gud?"

Now that the fatman is on the way there's even more of these threads asking what games they should ask for Christmas.

Stop it, stop asking for games
I don't care, no one cares
All you're doing is showing that you have NO BUSINESS PLAYING GAMES.

You're on a gaming site with literally hundreds of thousands of pieces of literature on games of all sorts. Every single possible game you can think of has some sort of notation here. Go look it up."

"Go do your own research or get out of gaming, stop bothering everyone else with your inability to work your hobby."

Sorry, I just thought this was quite ironic.

Did I miss it or did you not put battlefield 1943 for arcade games?

Did I miss it or did you not put battlefield 1943 for arcade games?

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Great catch!

Funny this thread comes from somebody who wrote a whole blog about how people should do their own research about what games they should buy.

From a recent blog:

"STOP ASKING FOR GAMES

Oh dear LORD it's thread after thread asking "what game should I get?". No, that's a good day, usually what it is some sort of broken monosyllabic utterance like "wut game iz gud?"

Now that the fatman is on the way there's even more of these threads asking what games they should ask for Christmas.

Stop it, stop asking for games
I don't care, no one cares
All you're doing is showing that you have NO BUSINESS PLAYING GAMES.

You're on a gaming site with literally hundreds of thousands of pieces of literature on games of all sorts. Every single possible game you can think of has some sort of notation here. Go look it up."

"Go do your own research or get out of gaming, stop bothering everyone else with your inability to work your hobby."

Sorry, I just thought this was quite ironic.

seankane

Someone seems bitter, lol.

I don't think The Godfather 2 deserves to be put with those other games as it did average a 65 through Metacritic.

Fantastic list! Very well done. :)

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I like the layout of the categories. Coming along really nice!

There isn't a recommedation thread on the 360 boards?Sepewrath

Thanks everyone, I'm going as fast as I can lol

I don't think The Godfather 2 deserves to be put with those other games as it did average a 65 through Metacritic.

craigalan23

Even if it's more then ten points lower then the first one on there too?

It's the fact that there was such a drop off from the first to the second in places even if metacritic did score it well overall with the averages

Let me look over all the "bad" games when they're all filled out and then see, if that one sticks out like a sore thumb then it's out of here, ok?

Thanks Jayson it certainly isn't as good as the first but I thought it did improve in certain ways but then it was worse in other ways. I thought it deserved a seven because it was fun but flawed. Certainly isn't a fantastic game but not as bad as Gamespot says it is.

So far so good Jaysonguy, I'm glad to see someone has taken the initiative to get the ball rolling on a new recommendation thread. My only request, and I realize it may be time consuming, is to have a link to the gamespot review for each game. While having scores is nice, I dont think that scores solely will preventusers from still asking"should I get ___ or ____", although I doubt any sticky will...haha

Anyways again, keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing the finished product.

So far so good Jaysonguy, I'm glad to see someone has taken the initiative to get the ball rolling on a new recommendation thread. My only request, and I realize it may be time consuming, is to have a link to the gamespot review for each game. While having scores is nice, I dont think that scores solely will preventusers from still asking"should I get ___ or ____", although I doubt any sticky will...haha

Anyways again, keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing the finished product.

Aft3rBurn3r

Oh don't worry, I PM'd the plans for the entire thread (which I'll put on the finishing touches today)

Thanks for the support

So far so good Jaysonguy, I'm glad to see someone has taken the initiative to get the ball rolling on a new recommendation thread. My only request, and I realize it may be time consuming, is to have a link to the gamespot review for each game. While having scores is nice, I dont think that scores solely will preventusers from still asking"should I get ___ or ____", although I doubt any sticky will...haha

Anyways again, keep up the good work. I look forward to seeing the finished product.

Aft3rBurn3r

Funny this thread comes from somebody who wrote a whole blog about how people should do their own research about what games they should buy.

From a recent blog:

"STOP ASKING FOR GAMES

Oh dear LORD it's thread after thread asking "what game should I get?". No, that's a good day, usually what it is some sort of broken monosyllabic utterance like "wut game iz gud?"

Now that the fatman is on the way there's even more of these threads asking what games they should ask for Christmas.

Stop it, stop asking for games
I don't care, no one cares
All you're doing is showing that you have NO BUSINESS PLAYING GAMES.

You're on a gaming site with literally hundreds of thousands of pieces of literature on games of all sorts. Every single possible game you can think of has some sort of notation here. Go look it up."

"Go do your own research or get out of gaming, stop bothering everyone else with your inability to work your hobby."

Sorry, I just thought this was quite ironic.

seankane

Looks great. Good luck.

Midnight Club:LA for racing games?VinxVince

I like the way you think

Enchanted Arma is a Japanese influenced game and Magna Carta 2 looks like one but it's made by a South Korean developer.