New Xbox Game

[jayt0302]

Hey guys,
I was lookin to buy a new game, i play rock band on the majority of my time, but sometimes i just dont feel like hitting colors.

I have the halos, CoD's, bioshock, merc 2 and assassin creed.

Any of you have any suggestions for a game that isnt rhythm based or 1st person shooter?

I like MMORPG's and games that are more strategic then hack and slash.

Anyone have a suggestion for a game that is pretty sweet, any genre will work, just dont know what i should get?

[HeyRiles]

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

[Meatwad555]

NHL 09
Skate 2.
Fable II

[Kreepman]

Resident Evil 5 or Starfox 64...but that doesn't work with the 360...so nvm.




Actually, buy Starfox 64 regardless if you own a N64 or not.

[supernova1324]

Far Cry 2, Orange Box, and Fallout 3.

[supernova1324]

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Meh.

[n4sc4r]

It's a bit hack n slash, but Oblivion. That game can take over your life for a while if you're not careful.
(350 hours here)

[Kreepman]

It's a bit hack n slash, but Oblivion. That game can take over your life for a while if you're not careful.
(350 hours here)

while your at it, Fallout 3

[jayt0302]

I was at gamestop today debating between NHL 09 and Fable 2. I keep getting mixxed reviews on fable 2, so was hesitant.

And i thought fallout 3 was a 1st person shooter? guess i should do some homework

[n4sc4r]

Far Cry 2, Orange Box, and Fallout 3.
Meh
C wut I did thur?

[Kreepman]

I was at gamestop today debating between NHL 09 and Fable 2. I keep getting mixed reviews on fable 2, so was hesitant.

And i thought fallout 3 was a 1st person shooter? guess i should do some homework

ehh..not really.
Its sorta the same thing as Oblivion except taking place in a different time era.

[supernova1324]

Meh
C wut I did thur?

And I should care why?

[HeyRiles]

And I should care why?


Meh.

Because hypocrisy is of the essence

[Meatwad555]

GET NHL 09!!

It is the best hockey game I've played.

[supernova1324]

Because hypocrisy is of the essence

IMO, Far Cry 2 is a much better game than BK:N&B. I was expecting driving to be a side attraction, not the center of the game.

[JuJuBee]

Buy Conker's Bad Fur Day!

Oh, wait, this isn't the post like it's 2001 thread.

Nevermind.

[FlameSama1]

Dead Space is a decent game, but with no MP, you might not want it. Not a lot of replay value, but a cool game overall.

How about Crackdown?

[Kreepman]

IMO, Far Cry 2 is a much better game than BK:N&B. I was expecting driving to be a side attraction, not the center of the game.

this.
I was highly disappointed :\

[TehFookingFury]

All of the Half-Life series. All of them. They are shooter games, but you have to use strategy and solve puzzles sometimes, so yeah. Half-Life.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

Far Cry 2, Orange Box, and Fallout 3.

Far Cry 2 was very Meh. I loved the Far Cry series when i heard of it on the Original XBOX (Far Cry Instincts)

But i do agree on the others.

And if you are into shooters, Try the GRAW series or the Rainbow Six series.

for stealthy games, Splinter Cell series is also great. Splinter Cell Chaos Theory is on the XBOX Originals.

[TehFookingFury]

for stealthy games, Splinter Cell series is also great. Splinter Cell Chaos Theory is on the XBOX Originals.

Yes. This also.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

i'm still waiting on crap about Splinter Cell Conviction... The game that was supposed to be release like 2 years ago and never was. Well it was supposed to be release on November 17th, 2007.

It's March 2009 and nothing yet. grr!

*edit* Found out that the game could come out anywhere between April 1, 2009 - March 30, 2010.

my goodness!

Also that game was delayed 3 times.

[seinman]

My brother bought Project Gotham Racing 4 today. It was only $10 at Walmart. I haven't played it yet, but he says it's pretty sweet.

[rowtheboat]

Guitar Hero

[Russian313373]

Guitar Hero

did you read his first post at all?

Oh and i say Fable II, once you beat the game, there's still a lot of thinks that you can do, A LOT

[Gowienczyk]

Fable II gets boring as hell after you beat the plotline, though.

[rowtheboat]

GoW2

[hawkofva]

I'd have to concur with Cake, but with the broader recommendation of any of the Tom Clancy games that came out recently. Rainbow Six Vegas, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory & Double Agent, HAWX, and EndWar are all excellent games spanning several genres. I'm sure you can find something you like.

All the games occur in the same Universe (affectionately called the Clancyverse), so crossovers abound in later titles, especially HAWX and EndWar.

Games where the timeline matters: HAWX begins at the end of GRAW2, then covers a bunch of the time between GRAW2 and EndWar. Everything else happens in a vague space of time in the decade before GRAW2.

Rainbow Six: 1st Person Shooter
Ghost Recon: 3rd Person Squad Based Shooter
Splinter Cell: 3rd Person Stealth Action
HAWX: Air Combat Maneuvers
EndWar: Real Time Strategy

The Clancy series is also pioneering groundbreaking voice-command systems. You can play HAWX and EndWar essentially with nothing but your joysticks and your voice, if you so choose.

[Kreepman]

i'm still waiting on crap about Splinter Cell Conviction... The game that was supposed to be release like 2 years ago and never was. Well it was supposed to be release on November 17th, 2007.

It's March 2009 and nothing yet. grr!

*edit* Found out that the game could come out anywhere between April 1, 2009 - March 30, 2010.

my goodness!

Also that game was delayed 3 times.

Damn, it still hasn't came out yet?
I thought it did :\

[Cubecubed]

sonic's ultimate genesis collection

[Rock_Starman]

I think you'd like Hitman: Bloodmoney. It's not a FPS (you can enter FP and shoot if you want but you can aslo go through the whole game and not shoot anyone at all) and it's strategic. You also have the freedom to get creative,poison cake,exploding hambugers,dressing up as santa to infiltrate a modeling shoot etc.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

I'd have to concur with Cake, but with the broader recommendation of any of the Tom Clancy games that came out recently. Rainbow Six Vegas, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory & Double Agent, HAWX, and EndWar are all excellent games spanning several genres. I'm sure you can find something you like.

All the games occur in the same Universe (affectionately called the Clancyverse), so crossovers abound in later titles, especially HAWX and EndWar.

Games where the timeline matters: HAWX begins at the end of GRAW2, then covers a bunch of the time between GRAW2 and EndWar. Everything else happens in a vague space of time in the decade before GRAW2.

Rainbow Six: 1st Person Shooter
Ghost Recon: 3rd Person Squad Based Shooter
Splinter Cell: 3rd Person Stealth Action
HAWX: Air Combat Maneuvers
EndWar: Real Time Strategy

The Clancy series is also pioneering groundbreaking voice-command systems. You can play HAWX and EndWar essentially with nothing but your joysticks and your voice, if you so choose.

i love it how it is possible to use voice commands in Vegas 2 also. the first time i encountered it was when i was talking to myself and said "Move" the next thing i knew the little thing on the ground moved to where i was looking, i didn't press any buttons.

The Tom Clancy games are great.


Damn, it still hasn't came out yet?
I thought it did :\

Yeah, no it hasn't. And i want the game!

[benson111]

Mass Effect.
You will Love It!

[R33DH4M]

PES 09 or NHL 09

[Kreepman]

Yeah, no it hasn't. And i want the game!

It looks promising!

[BuRn7 CaK3]

Yes it does. :D

[hawkofva]

Yes it does. :D
I'm curious as to which version of Double Agent it follows though: the Xbox/PS2/Wii/GCN version had a different ending from the 360/PS3 version.

If you haven't played the Xbox version yet, it's much better than the 360 version. In fact, all those good cutscenes in the 360 version were taken from the Xbox version and repurposed. That's what resulted in some inconsistencies, such as Sam going from climbing a cable to his evac Osprey in the level to seeing him running across the roof and jumping in the side in the cutscene. Ubi Montreal (Who made the original, Chaos Theory, and are working on ConViction) made the Xbox version, Shanghai (Pandora Tomorrow) made the 360 version.

But yes, it does look flippin' awesome.

[Meatwad555]

Mass Effect.
You will Love It!

Mass Effect is kind of bad.

[Cubecubed]

Mass Effect is kind of bad.

wrongo!

[hawkofva]

Mass Effect is kind of bad.

wrongo!

Actually it really depends on what you were expecting. If you were expecting the next Gears of War, you were going to be disappointed. Likewise, if you were expecting it to be similar to KOTOR, you were also just setting yourself up for unhappiness.

If you were expecting the greatest blend of 3rd Person action with RPG storytelling elements and the greatest character interaction system ever created, then you got what you wanted. :D

Oh, forgot to mention the incredibly detailed Universe it takes place in and the novel/blockbuster-like story that you play through. :cool:

[BuRn7 CaK3]

I'm curious as to which version of Double Agent it follows though: the Xbox/PS2/Wii/GCN version had a different ending from the 360/PS3 version.

If you haven't played the Xbox version yet, it's much better than the 360 version. In fact, all those good cutscenes in the 360 version were taken from the Xbox version and repurposed. That's what resulted in some inconsistencies, such as Sam going from climbing a cable to his evac Osprey in the level to seeing him running across the roof and jumping in the side in the cutscene. Ubi Montreal (Who made the original, Chaos Theory, and are working on ConViction) made the Xbox version, Shanghai (Pandora Tomorrow) made the 360 version.

But yes, it does look flippin' awesome.

But wasn't there different endings to the game anyways? Cause i remember 3 achievements reading "Complete the Game with _______ ending" like the good, bad, whatever.

The SP:Conviction looks great, i wonder if Ubisoft is working on a new Rainbow Six?

I could've gotten all 1000 Gamerscore on Rainbow Six Vegas, but the hosting a 16-player matched seemed to be impossible with me, beating the game on Realistic also seemed to be impossible for me. Other than those 2 i could've gotten all 1000 for it. There's another achievement, but i gave up on it cause it's just time consuming. i got all 1000 gamerscore in Vegas 2.

I Wonder what the next Ghost Recon game is going to be like.

E3 2009 should help us.

[TheDean]

You should just get Marble Blat Ultra, Braid, and Portal on the XBL Arcade. In Marble Blast you are a marble that has to finish courses or play online collecting gems. It's crazy fun and addicting. Braid is a straight puzzle game that will challenge your intellect more than almost all others and is extremely rewarding when you finish it without cheating. I haven't bought Portal but played some of it on Orange Box. It's pretty cool and I've heard all good things about it. It'll be cheaper than a disk game and probably much more fun.

[FloodOne]

Mass Effect will push RPGs into a new and better direction.

Not with the shoddy repetitive combat, or poor menu system, or the hokey cliche writing, but with the innovative and endlessly entertaining conversation system. I can't wait until an excellent RPG developer rips off this dynamic system, and we get the next evolution in RPGs.

[Cubecubed]

^^ as far rpg developers come they dont come much better than Bioware.


but i do agree with the XBLA idea.

Games ive gotten within the last 6 months that i enjoy just as much or more than retail games:
braid
Castle Crashers
Peggle
N+
Carcassone

[Cubecubed]

You should just get Marble Blat Ultra, Braid, and Portal on the XBL Arcade. In Marble Blast you are a marble that has to finish courses or play online collecting gems. It's crazy fun and addicting. Braid is a straight puzzle game that will challenge your intellect more than almost all others and is extremely rewarding when you finish it without cheating. I haven't bought Portal but played some of it on Orange Box. It's pretty cool and I've heard all good things about it. It'll be cheaper than a disk game and probably much more fun.

Portal is Ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzziiiiinnnn nnnnnnnngggg

[FloodOne]

^^ as far rpg developers come they dont come much better than Bioware.

I disagree. Of all the Bioware RPGs I've played (KOTOR I & II, Jade Empire, Mass Effect) I've found them to be all pretty derivitive of the typical western RPG. Choice over plot, half-baked battle systems (tho, IMO Jade Empire was decent when it came to fighting), and cliched writing/dialog. I'm not saying that JRPGs aren't getting stale, they are, but at least the characters are well written. That's something most Bioware RPGs are lacking, but ME made excellent strides in that dept. It's just too bad the dialogue was corny.

I just think the western RPG has a long way to go before it comes to the same pinnacle that JRPGs used to hold.

If Bethesda could write a compelling narrative, I think they would be the ones to do it right.

[Cubecubed]

i find most Jrpgs formulaic.

also shallow and pedantic.

[FloodOne]

I agree, for the most part. Final Fantasy X was the last good JRPG.

But there isn't any western developer that has really made an RPG.

It's always ____/Rpg

Its becoming quite the bore to me

But FFVI is my fav of all time, so....

[Cubecubed]

I agree, for the most part. Final Fantasy X was the last good JRPG.

But there isn't any western developer that has really made an RPG.

It's always ____/Rpg

Its becoming quite the bore to me

But FFVI is my fav of all time, so....

I think the western audience doent exactly snap up rpgs, so they to be Action Rpgs(fable),Shooter RPGS(Mass Effect,Fallout 3), or Massively Multiplayer(WoW), to actually sell well. it may even be that the pure rpg is an outdated genre.
on that note,oblivion is the best rpg ive played recently.

[FloodOne]

The western audience doesn't snap them up anymore. FFXII sold a tremendous amount of copies, but its been 3 1/2 years since it released. We haven't seen a AAA JRPG in a long time.

But, IMO the ____/RPG is becoming quite stale, with the exception of what Bethesda is doing.

I will reserve my final judgment on Bioware for Dragon Age: Origins tho.. that game looks like it will be stellar

[Runesmith]

I will reserve my final judgment on Bioware for Dragon Age: Origins tho.. that game looks like it will be stellar

I cried when I found out Bioware delayed the game's release date to November. They probably already finished the console version already...they just wanted the PC and console versions to have a simultaneous release.

[hmxsean]

Fallout 3 and Oblivion are excellent if you want to get fully immersed. Those games will consume you. If you are looking for something stupid that you can sort of pick up and play then you can't go too wrong with Blood on the Sand. That game is ridiculous but I do enjoy it for all its crazy.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

Very True Sean.

Blood on the Sand... that's the new 50 Cent game right??

[Kush_TT]

Saints Row 2 is good fun.

[hmxsean]

Very True Sean.

Blood on the Sand... that's the new 50 Cent game right??

It is. The game is insane. It's not like a "good" game. But I think it is pretty funny. Especially when you pick DJ Whoo Kid as your sidekick.

[Bonez]

I think you'd like Hitman: Bloodmoney. It's not a FPS (you can enter FP and shoot if you want but you can aslo go through the whole game and not shoot anyone at all) and it's strategic. You also have the freedom to get creative,poison cake,exploding hambugers,dressing up as santa to infiltrate a modeling shoot etc.

I was going to suggest Blood Money too. It's a few years old now, but it's aging gracefully...I first played it on the original Xbox, played it again in the box set for the PS2, and I'm playing it again now on the 360.

It's the open-ended gameplay that's making it stand up so well...there are so many ways to complete the levels. It definitely shouldn't be played through just once.

I'm really hoping to see something from the Hitman people at E3 this year. Seeing Hitman fully grasp next-gen's capabilities would create insane amounts of entertainment.

Some other games I've enjoyed recently: Fable 2, Tomb Raider Underworld (although it will be confusing if you haven't played Legend), and Prince of Persia.

[hawkofva]

Fallout 3 and Oblivion are excellent if you want to get fully immersed. Those games will consume you. If you are looking for something stupid that you can sort of pick up and play then you can't go too wrong with Blood on the Sand. That game is ridiculous but I do enjoy it for all its crazy.

Oblivion was the first RPG that made me wish I was better at RPGs. The game was great, but I was awful at it.

Oh, and thanks to the link in your sig, about 1/3 of the people I'm following on Twitter are Harmonix Staff.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

It is. The game is insane. It's not like a "good" game. But I think it is pretty funny. Especially when you pick DJ Whoo Kid as your sidekick.

That's what i thought. I couldn't remember.

All i knew is X-Play actually liked it... they said it was fun, and they hated the first 50 Cent game.

[hmxsean]

That's what i thought. I couldn't remember.

All i knew is X-Play actually liked it... they said it was fun, and they hated the first 50 Cent game.

I never actually played the first one. This one is more like The Club with a slightly more ridiculous plot. Gameplay is all about the combos.

If you have a Wii, and are old enough to buy M-rated games - Madworld is pretty rad too. Greg Proops and John DiMaggio (Bender from Futurama) as the announcers = full-on entertainment.

Both games might be rentals (they don't appear to be too long) but I have enjoyed both recently.

[hawkofva]

Greg Proops and John DiMaggio (Bender from Futurama) as the announcers = full-on entertainment.
First Star Wars, now Madworld. Proops is way too good at being the hilarious announcer dude.

*sheds a tear for Whose Line Is It Anyway and Green Screen*

[BuRn7 CaK3]

I never actually played the first one. This one is more like The Club with a slightly more ridiculous plot. Gameplay is all about the combos.

If you have a Wii, and are old enough to buy M-rated games - Madworld is pretty rad too. Greg Proops and John DiMaggio (Bender from Futurama) as the announcers = full-on entertainment.

Both games might be rentals (they don't appear to be too long) but I have enjoyed both recently.

Makes me wish i had Gamefly.

I'm 19 BTW Sean. And No, i do not have a Wii.

[kiggidykev]

Oh hell, Proopdog is in Madworld? That's really awesome, that guy's standup is killer.

[daftuprising]

Rainbow 6 Vegas 2, and Crackdown. You can come out for under 40 bucks and get two great games.