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Essential Xbox 360 Games - Please read moderator comment (post #1)

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  • 25-08-2011 8:16pm
    #1
    Jericho.
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭


    Moderator Comment: Please read this post first. Do not comment on any post. There is a Games forum for the discussion of individual games.

    This is an essential Xbox game recommendation thread. The idea being, if you want a list of essential Xbox games, you can take a gander at this thread and see what others recommend. And if you want to recommend something yourself, you can either start a new post or endorse one of the games already posted.

    So this is how it will (or should) work. If you want to post about a game that hasn’t been mentioned here already, create a new post and fill in the following information:

    Name:
    Developer:
    Availability: (Xbox Exclusive, XBL Title, Multi Platform etc...)
    Genre: (FPS, RPG, Simulations etc...)
    Description: (General overview of the game)
    Like this? Then try this: (If you like this game, try ******. Similar recommendations.)
    Links: (Official Links, Wiki page, Gamefaqs etc...)

    This should be the only information you put in a post. If there’s important information that you feel should be included, then go ahead but try and make it relevant. And don’t write about more than one game per post, so that each game can be thanked separately.

    If you want to recommend a game that someone else has posted already, then all you have to do is thank that post (the little thumbs up icon in the bottom right of each post).


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    #2
    Smoggy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Smoggy


    Name: Batman Arkham Asylum
    Developer: Rocksteady Studios
    Availability: xbox 360, ps3
    Genre: action
    Description: Batman has to chase down the Joker in the Arkham Asylum.
    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Arkham_Asylum


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    Trevor451
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Trevor451


    Name: Champion Jockey
    Developer: Koei-Tecmo
    Availability: PS3, Wii
    Genre: Horse racing simulation
    Description: Ultra realistic horse racing simulator. Features a fully fledged story mode in addition to a race mode.
    Links: Wiki page


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    cableguy.ie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,173 ✭✭✭cableguy.ie


    Name : Borderlands
    Developers Gearbox Software
    Availabilty Xbox 360
    Genre FPS with RPG elements
    Description: From a choice of Four characters find the vault

    Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderlands_%28video_game%29


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    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,011 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Name: Crackdown
    Developer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crackdown
    Availability: Xbox 360 Exclusive
    Genre: Sandbox
    Description: Crackdown is an open world, third-person shooter video game. It takes place in the fictional metropolis of Pacific City, whose several districts and areas are divided among four islands. The city is controlled by three crime organizations: Los Muertos (which means "the dead" in Spanish), of Central American origin; an Eastern European gang, the Volk (which means "wolf" in Russian); and the formerly above-board Shai-Gen Corporation, from East Asia.[3] Normally, a police-like organization called the Peacekeepers kept the city under control; their forces, however, were overwhelmed by the sudden rise in crime.

    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crackdown

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    #6
    Vicxas
    Registered Users Posts: 15,271 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    Name: Darksiders
    Developer: THQ
    Availability: 360, PS3
    Genre: Action/RPG
    Description: Darksiders is a single-player action adventure in which the player takes control of War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In third-person perspective, the player engages in combat, puzzles and exploration
    Like this? Then try this: God of War 3
    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darksiders


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    #7
    Twilightning
    Registered Users Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭Twilightning


    Name: Bayonetta
    Developer: Platinum Games
    Availability: Xbox 360, PS3
    Genre: Hack 'n' Slash, 3rd Person Action
    Description: An over-the-top, overly cheesy and amazing hack 'n' slash with a pole-dancing giraffe witch with a British accent who can destroy enemies half the size of a small planet with her hair. Heavy emphasis on pulling off visually pleasing combos to rack up higher scores. Amazing level design, enemies, gameplay and bosses. Just don't play it for the story, for the love of god.
    Like this? Then try this: Devil May Cry
    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonetta , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdQAHbS9c44 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAHuqWIavZg


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    #8
    cableguy.ie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,173 ✭✭✭cableguy.ie


    Name Limbo
    Developer Playdead
    Availability Xbox360,PS3,PC
    Genre Puzzle platformer
    Description Boy goes looking for his Sister
    Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo_%28video_game%29


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    ibFoxer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,455 ✭✭✭ibFoxer


    Name: The Orange Box
    Developer: Valve
    Availability: Xbox, PC, PS3, MAC OSX
    Genre: FPS, Puzzle
    Description: 5 games, 1 disc. Has Portal
    Like this? Then try this: Portal 2
    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orange_Box


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    punk77
    Registered Users Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭punk77


    Name: Fallout 3
    Developer:Bethesda Game Studios
    Availability:XBOX 360, PS3, PC
    Genre: Action RPG, Open World.
    Description: Survive the Wasteland in the post-apocalyptic world of Washington DC and its environs.Get the GOTY version and add 5 expansion packs to an already massive game. 100+ hours game-play guaranteed.
    Like this? Then try this : The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (also worth seeking out the GOTY version which includes the 2 expansion packs)
    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_3


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    DARK-KNIGHT
    Registered Users Posts: 10,206 ✭✭✭✭DARK-KNIGHT


    Name: Battlefield bad company 2
    Developer: Dice
    Availability: xbox360, ps3 and pc
    Genre: FPS
    Description: online warfare, this isnt your regular FPS theres so much more going on it is very tactical. teambased more so than any game i have ever played, recommending playing with a group or clan.
    Like this? Then try this: Battlefield 3 (releasing october)
    Links: http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.battlefieldbadcompany2.com%2F&ei=F6FZTqWxPIXLhAf667Ei&usg=AFQjCNGBqwHpi-rY3cXIw9alWd2_DaCFNQ


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    #12
    Tinie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,402 ✭✭✭Tinie


    Name: Halo Reach
    Developer: Bungie
    Availability: Xbox 360
    Genre: FPS
    Description: Futuristic FPS with human "spartans" and aliens. Contains lots of vehicles to drive and fly also. Possibly the best online community and online package of any game. So much to do in the game.
    Like this? Then try this: Call of duty Black Ops; Battlefield Bad Company 2; Halo ODST
    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo:_Reach


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    discodowney
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭discodowney


    Name: Might & Magic Clash of Heroes
    Developer: Capybara Games
    Availability: XBLA/PSN/DS
    Genre: strategy
    Description: a fantastic strategy game. One of those games where you go, just one more battle, and before you know it its 2 am and you dont even notice. Once you get used to each set of units can be a bit easy, but theres online play to make it stretch. Campaign is very, very long for a downloadable title. worth every penny and more
    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Might_%26_Magic:_Clash_of_Heroes#Might_.26_Magic:_Clash_of_Heroes_HD


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    punk77
    Registered Users Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭punk77


    Name: Red Dead Redemption
    Developer: Rockstar San Diego / Rockstar North.
    Availability: Xbox 360, PS3
    Genre: Open world, Third-person shooter.
    Description: Wanna be a cowboy in the declining Wild West of 1911.This is your chance.Lots of combat and gun-play and,of course,horses.Brilliant.
    Like this? Then try this: RDR Undead Nightmare.
    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dead_Redemption


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    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,228 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    Hi Jericho,
    While I know your intentions are good and that this is a great idea, you are not a moderator of this forum and therefore you cannot create rules for posting on any thread.

    Such posts would normally be locked at the very least, but I'm willing to keep it open pending some changes.

    I will be editing the original post and will include a note regarding mod approval.

    FG


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    D3UC3 J3
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭D3UC3 J3


    Name: Mass Effect

    Developer: BioWare

    Availability: Xbox 360, Windows

    Genre: Single Player, Action, Third-Person Shooter, RPG

    Description: You are Commander Shepard of the SS Normandy, an elite agent in humanity’s Systems Alliance Military. Explore the galaxy with your hand picked squad of combat, tech and biotic specialists as you race against time to stop a madman bent on galactic destruction.

    Like this? Then try this: Mass Effect 2, TES: Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Fable 2, Fable 3

    Links: masseffect.bioware.com - Mass Effect 1, en.wikipedia.org - Mass Effect, xbox.com - Mass Effect

    Critical Reception: GameRankings - 91% Metacritic - 91/100 for the Xbox 360 Versions


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    #17
    cableguy.ie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,173 ✭✭✭cableguy.ie


    Name Dead Space 2
    Developer Visceral Games
    Availability Xbox 360,Pc Ps3
    Genre Horror,Third Person Shooter
    Description Isaac Clarke ( you) starts straitjacketed and in a hospital can you escape and stop the necromorphs (Zombies)
    Note Best played at night with the lights off and a headset on.
    Like this Try Dead Space.
    Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Space_2


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    punk77
    Registered Users Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭punk77


    Name: Grand Theft Auto IV
    Developer: Rockstar North
    Availability: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
    Genre: Sandbox,action-adventure,third-person shooter

    Description: Grab the American Dream by the throat in this vast,open-world tps/driver as you rise through the ranks of Liberty City's (NYC) criminal underworld.

    Like this? Then try this: GTA: Episodes from Liberty City featuring the two expansions, The Lost and Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony.

    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_IV


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    cableguy.ie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,173 ✭✭✭cableguy.ie


    Name Guitar Hero 2
    Developers Harmonix
    Availability XBOX 360,PC,PS2
    Genre Music Video Game
    Description Get your rock on and play guitar on your Console.
    Like this Guitar Hero 3, Rock Band
    Links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero_II


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    hidinginthebush
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,679 ✭✭✭hidinginthebush


    Name: Fable 2
    Developer: lionhead Studios
    Availability: Xbox Exclusive
    Genre: Action RPG
    Description: You play as a hero (or villian), in the colonial ages, going on quests and missions.
    Like this? Try Assassins Creed: Brotherhood (similar, but AC:B is less interactive and shorter, with less side-missions)
    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable_II


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    RUSTEDCORE
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 514 ✭✭✭RUSTEDCORE


    Name: Gears Of War 2
    Developer: Epic Games
    Availability: Xbox Exclusive
    Genre: FPS
    Description: :A FPS with the Skill/control/intimacy of a fightng game like tekken:
    In Gears of War 2, the COG continues its fight against the Locust horde, who are attempting to sink all of the cities on the planet Sera. Sergeant Marcus Fenix leads Delta Squad into the depths of the planet to try to stop the Locust during the assault upon Locust territory. The player controls Fenix in the main mission campaign, with the ability to play cooperatively with a second player controlling Fenix's best friend and fellow Squad member Dominic "Dom" Santiago. The game includes several existing and new multiplayer modes including five-on-five battles between human and Locust forces, and a "Horde" mode that challenges up to five players against waves of Locust forces with ever-increasing strength.
    Like this? Then try this: Unreal Tournament
    Links: Competitive montage Trailer Wiki


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