Xbox 360 - I have one. What should I play?

[Felon]

Well, my tastes are pretty varied. Most of what has been posted is worth a look....

The hype machine promoting Mass Effect was one of the reasons I got a 360 after skipping the previous generation of consoles altogether. It turned out that it fell short on many features (such as dynamic interaction between characters), so it was something of a disappointment--it simply wasn't revolutionary in any respect--but it's still a rock-solid RPG with FPS elements.

Fallout 3 and Oblivion are different spins on the same kind of game. They're exceptional in the sheer volume of content that they have for the player to discover. They really take the open-world concept in a direction few others go. Mass Effect's developers could stand to take a note or two from Bethesda.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance is a great superhero-genre RPG.

 

[Vocenoctum]

The hype machine promoting Mass Effect was one of the reasons I got a 360 after skipping the previous generation of consoles altogether. It turned out that it fell short on many features (such as dynamic interaction between characters), so it was something of a disappointment--it simply wasn't revolutionary in any respect--but it's still a rock-solid RPG with FPS elements.

Yeah, I think ME was a great game, spent probably 100 hours, loved the characters. The main problem was that they had like, 4 building types and 4 ship types that you did 100 quests in. They had 4 models for 100 worlds to use...

Also, the rover controlled like garbage.

If you ever watch the early coverage of Mass Effect, you'll see how much it changed.


To the OP, I'd suggest trying every demo you can. Most give a good feel for what you're in for.

 

[Woas]

How about those Pinata games? I was playing one of them at my buddies place and I was hooked. Just throwing it out there. I love those kind of games (big Harvest Moon fan). I could sit for hours farming virtual turnips!

 

[Thanee]

Fallout 3 and Oblivion are different spins on the same kind of game. They're exceptional in the sheer volume of content that they have for the player to discover. They really take the open-world concept in a direction few others go. Mass Effect's developers could stand to take a note or two from Bethesda.

Funny enough, I found Oblivion extremely boring and unimaginative, while I really liked Mass Effect (the repetitive parts there were not more than a minor nuisance, while in Oblivion everything felt repetitive and kinda pointless very soon), it's one of the few recent games, I actually played through completely (whereas I couldn't stand playing Oblivion after a couple hours already; same with Morrowind).

In Mass Effect, everything forms together to a great whole, the world lives, while in Oblivion it just looks like stuff put there and there randomly with little coherence.

But tastes obviously differ, so everyone has to figure out for him- or herself what is liked better.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Mark Hope]

How about those Pinata games? I was playing one of them at my buddies place and I was hooked. Just throwing it out there. I love those kind of games (big Harvest Moon fan). I could sit for hours farming virtual turnips!

My daughter is playing Viva Pinata right now, actually . It's a fun, colourful game, part Sims, part Civ, with cute resource management and virtual husbandry and farming thrown in.

The Viva Pinata party game collection (Party Animals) is a hoot - hearkens back to classic games like Mario Kart and is fast, fun and furious (and probably funky as well). I've played this a few times and really enjoyed it.

Haven't played the adventure game, though (Trouble In Paradise, iirc) so no idea what that's like.

 

[Gregor]

Also, I have heard good things about Uncharted.

I believe Uncharted is only available for the PS3.

As for games on the Xbox 360, the games that most people have mentioned are pretty awesome - Bioshock, Mass Effect (although I thought this was hyped up to be amazing, but it ultimately let me down), Fallout 3, etc. ALso, don't miss the Gears of War series which, while a bit cheesy, has amazing production value and has great cliche badass characters.

Try looking for some of the sleeper hits on the system. Games like Dead Space. This game was amazing. If you are in to survival horror set on the ruins of a spaceship where you battle ravening hordes of undead and experience zero-g environments...its the game for you. Its a bit like Resident Evil meets System Shock 2 (old PC game ... or Bioshock which was just System Shock 2 relaunched and set in an underwater dystopia).

Enjoy the 360, it has some great titles.

 

[Mallus]

I believe Uncharted is only available for the PS3.

Yup.

(and add me to list of people who really like Mass Effect)

 

[Thanee]

I believe Uncharted is only available for the PS3.

Ah, well... was worth a try.

Bye
Thanee

 

[sfloyd]

I hear Resident Evil 5 is good but if you've played RE4 you might not be up for it. Fallout 3 is good. So is Oblivion. Fable 2 is a favorite. Mirror's Edge is fun. Bioshock, The Orange Box and Left 4 Dead are also great games. L4D is more fun with other people though.

 

[Felon]

Funny enough, I found Oblivion extremely boring and unimaginative, while I really liked Mass Effect (the repetitive parts there were not more than a minor nuisance, while in Oblivion everything felt repetitive and kinda pointless very soon), it's one of the few recent games, I actually played through completely (whereas I couldn't stand playing Oblivion after a couple hours already; same with Morrowind).

In Mass Effect, everything forms together to a great whole, the world lives, while in Oblivion it just looks like stuff put there and there randomly with little coherence.

But tastes obviously differ, so everyone has to figure out for him- or herself what is liked better.

Well, in Oblivion I played a rogue-type character. I loved sneaking around doing the thief guild missions that rarely involved drawing blood. I enjoyed that characters had daily patterns of behavior--people even went to bed, imagine that (making for a great opportunity to relieve them of valuables)! Also, there were hidden items in the most unlikely of places.

Once I got done with the thief missions, though, I admit I was a bit bored. Because of the way the leveling system worked, my character was woefully outmatched in actual fights. It really felt like building a mage was hands-down the best way to go if you wanted to win fights.