360 Gamers, HELP!

[Sun Flash]

I'm going to add Alan Wake to the mix. Basically Mr Wake gets writers block and goes off to a cabin in the woods with his wife to chill and shit goes down, of the spooky variety. Get the DLC too.

I find it's a nice change of pace from likes of Left 4 Dead, Halo, Fable, Assassins Creed ect. (all of which are good game series that have already been mentioned)

Happy Gaming!

 

[moretimethansense]

In that case, forget Gear of War. You can shove a chainsaw up someone's ass and cut him in half. Your screen becomes covered in blood.

I'm fine with bloody shooters, and I've played Gears before. It's not bad. What I meant was no horror games that only rely on gore. If I play a horror game, it needs to be more psychological than viceral.

A man after my own heart, shame there aren't that many Psychological horrors of current gen consoles, one good example however is Condemned: Criminal Origins, and the first few levels of condemned 2 before it turns in to a generic action game

 

[scorch 13]

So, for Christmas, I got a 360 for Christmas, and need some recommendations. So far, I have the Orange Box, and on the way are Mass Effect 1 & 2, Batman Arkham Asylum, Assassin's Creed 1, Oblivion, and Tales of Vesperia. Because I'm new to the 360, (and don't have a PS3, Wii, or noteworthy computer), what other games are quintessential for me got get? Any recommendations at all will be appreciated, thanks.

Well it depends on what kind of games you like if its shooters go with halo or battlefield bad company 2,if its racing go with forza 3,and if its RPG's then go with fallout 3,oblivion,or fallout new vegas.And there's also gears of war,bioshock,and assassins creed 2.But as i said it depends on what type of games you like.

 

[vociferocity]

oblivion for sure. also if you're into that sort of rpg, I would maybe rec the fable series? fallout 3/bioshock are also apparently pretty good, idk. are you into music games at all? because guitar hero is crazy fun, or if you have a ton of friends/family members, you could pick up band hero. borderlands is super fun, as is mirror's edge. and if you're into the tales series, you could try any of the other jrpgs - I have enchanted arms, ffxiii and eternal sonata, and they're...not terrible. lol.

OH, and of course, you can't forget lego batman!! super fun hahaha.

 

[Daffy F]

Saints Row 2 for good plain fun,
Halo: Reach for a First-person-shooter,
OR, if you're feeling particularly adventurous - How about Red Alert 3? It's the only console RTS I've played that I thought genuinely worked in both controls and gameplay.

 

[Little Duck]

Well since you have Assassins Creed 1 you should get the other ones as well.

Especially since they're INFINITELY better than the first.

No truer words spoken.

It depends what you're after and into. I can tell you what I liked and if that aligns with what you like FAIR ENOUGH. If not, also fair enough.

Burnout Paradise. Great online, if you have a mic. Loved for the archaic destruction and arcade style driving (see the polar opposite of grand turismo.

Bad company 1. Massive sense of humor in the multiplayer. Free to do pretty much whatever you want.

Bad company 2. Less sense of humor, but better gameplay I guess. Even more superior with microphone.

Halo ODST. Get this ONLY if you have friends with xboxes with halo 3 as well and you want to go LAN. Seriously, the amount of fun you can have with forge and a LAN is unmatched in this. Strongly suggest finding pirate sharks if you do it.

Splosion Man. Get three friends. Chain them to various seating devices in front of your tv. Thank me later. (Note even more fun to be had when they've played it/ own it before hand)

Castle Crashers. A few slow levels at the beginning but this is great with a few mateys. Sucks harder than a hooker with a vacuum cleaner implant as a single player game though.

Also. Get rid of the orange box. Buy it on PC steam instead. It's massively superior on PC to the console versions (about 2 years worth of updates for tf2 and just better with everything else)

 

[IronDefender410]

Bioshock 1 + 2 and Fallout 3 + Fallout: New Vegas

 

[teutonicman]

OH OH OH I KNOW! Get one of those kinect add-ons and those neat-o sex games that are being made for it.

 

[Iron Glorfindel]

Well, they say to say what you know, so I would suggest the Halo series. Reach is good, but still expensive if money is a problem. Really good graphics, pretty good campaign and a damn good multiplayer community. Halo 3, I have only just recently gotten, and it's alright too, but it's quite different as well. Not quite as good of a matchmaking community, ESPECIALLY if you don't have all the Map Packs. Like me. *sigh*
Oh well, that's my two cents, get what you think you'll like.

 

[Chibz]

Splatterhouse. Everyone needs more Splatterhouse.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Well since you have Assassins Creed 1 you should get the other ones as well.

Agreed: Ass-Creed 1 was good but the second was better in many ways and the latest is just as good as the second or, better if you're into multiplayer.

I would suggest Fable 2, Left 4 Dead, Fallout 3 (game of the year edition), Fallout New Vegas, The Saint's Row double-pack, GTA-IV, and, Just Cause 2. I would also suggest you get a subscription to game informer or something so you can see what else is available or, better yet, open up gamefaqs in one tab and, youtube in another and start watching trailers and gameplay footage.

 

[Stoink]

if ypur planning on getting a halo game id suggest to start with the first and move up from there

personally i think 1 and 2 are the best

oh and bioshock of cource

 

[Digitaldreamer7]

I do notice a lack of any of the big shooters on your list.

The reason behind that is because I like more sophisticated shooters, like the Half-Life games.

Friended for this!

I have been saying this for years!!!!

Might I suggest Gamefly it's great for renting. I've used it off and on for years. gamefly.com


Anyways, here's my list

Mass effect (which you already have)
Bioshock 1 and 2.
F.E.A.R 1 and 2. (although I found them more fun on PC)
Shadow complex (Arcade)
Metro 2033
Condemned 1 (2 was not as great as 1)
Dead Space
Blue Dragon (one of my fav jrpg's of this current console generation)
Star Ocean: The Last hope (good jrpg)
GOW 1 and 2 (as previously mentioned, they are mediocre shooters, but good story IMO)
Rock band 3 - if you like music games
Rainbow 6 vegas 1 and 2 - both pretty straight forward, but I like the story and the cover system.
Halo reach - I hate the multiplayer and the community but i love the story that doesn't include master chief. Don't buy this cause theres really no replay value, id recommend a rent.

Games to avoid - all these are in my opinion. Since I don't know your taste im going off of my own bad experiences

Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Blade
Lost: Via Domus (unless you are a hardcore gamer)
Enchanted arms
Fallout 3 and new vegas(in my opinion just an oblivion reskin with a few new things)
Oblivion (boring after a short time)
Infinite Undiscovery
any rock band or guitar hero game with a band name in the title (i.e. guitar hero: areosmith or Rock band Beatles)
Racing Games - Boring
GTA and Red Dead Redemption (if you've played any GTA games, you've played them all including red dead, it's like GTA but reskinned to the old west IMO)
Tom clancey endwar and hawx
All halo games except reach. I liked the story in reach, i hate it's community, therefore i say don't buy this one, rent it.
ANY RTS game on a console - this is a given
all COD games - The multiplayer community sucks just as bad as halo's and the stories are meh at best.

Edit: please don't quote me just to flame that I don't like your favorite game. I don't really care and all of this is in my own opinion. And, frankly since I didn't ask for it, i don't give a shit about your opinion.

 

[MercurySteam]

Any recommendations at all will be appreciated, thanks.

In 2011 there's:

Portal 2
Duke Nukem: Forever
Mass Effect 3
Dead Space 2
BulletStorm
Gears of War 3
Red Faction: Armageddon
Gears of War 3
Brink

The sky's the limit man!