X-box 360: Now what?

[Flash's Lightning]

Okay, I just bought a 360.

Now what? What are the best games for me to get?

[Majinoaw]

Okay, I just bought a 360.

Now what? What are the best games for me to get?

Now you make sure you have a good waranty when that sucker overheats and you get the red eye of death. Don't even argue just prepare for it.

As for games ... what are you into? Left for Dead 2 is pretty decent... so is Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.

[blueheed]

My suggestions:

Fable 2 (maybe even get the downloadable first Fable) - Fun game to interact with the world in many different ways.
Halo 3 - I have never been a huge FPS player, but this game was very enjoyable
Fallout 3 - Amazing apocalyptic RPG/Action game (recently released in game of the year edition)

There are plenty of other great games, but these three would be the ones I'd recommend the most from my playing experience.

Blueheed

[Jack]

If you're posting on this board the best answer is probably Batman: Arkham Asylum.

But what sort of games do you like and have you played anything on PC or another console?

[Flash's Lightning]

Now you make sure you have a good waranty when that sucker overheats and you get the red eye of death. Don't even argue just prepare for it.

I heard about that. What's sad is that it's not "if" you get it, it's "when".

As for games ... what are you into? Left for Dead 2 is pretty decent... so is Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.

I like a variety. Silent Hill, though not a big Resident Evil fan. Halo/Halo 2. The Monkey Island Games. Final Fantasy series.

[Donald M.]

Okay, I just bought a 360.

Now what? What are the best games for me to get?

What type of games do you like?

Personal recommendations (take them as you will):

Grand Theft Auto IV
Mass Effect
Prototype
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Borderlands
Ratchet & Clank: Nuts & Bolts
Lego Batman/Star Wars/Indiana Jones
Dead Space
Silent Hill Homecoming
Burnout Paradise
Earth Defense Force 2017
Dead Rising
The Orange Box (If, somehow, you haven't played any of those games already.)
Crackdown
Bioshock
Fallout 3

[Flash's Lightning]

My suggestions:

Fable 2 (maybe even get the downloadable first Fable) - Fun game to interact with the world in many different ways.
Halo 3 - I have never been a huge FPS player, but this game was very enjoyable
Fallout 3 - Amazing apocalyptic RPG/Action game (recently released in game of the year edition)

There are plenty of other great games, but these three would be the ones I'd recommend the most from my playing experience.

Blueheed

Those sound like they'd be right for me - let me try out the Fable 1, and I'll go on to the second. Halo definitely = win. I've never heard of the Fallout series.

[Flash's Lightning]

What type of games do you like?

Personal recommendations (take them as you will):

Grand Theft Auto IV
Mass Effect
Prototype
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Borderlands
Ratchet & Clank: Nuts & Bolts
Lego Batman/Star Wars/Indiana Jones
Dead Space
Silent Hill Homecoming
Burnout Paradise
Earth Defense Force 2017
Dead Rising
The Orange Box (If, somehow, you haven't played any of those games already.)
Crackdown
Bioshock
Fallout 3

Cool, will look those up. Ratchet & Clank is a good series, though I didn't like the action oriented battle one as much. Lego games are always incredible. And I had no idea there was a Silent Hill for 360.

What is the Orange Box game? FPS?

[carabas]

And I had no idea there was a Silent Hill for 360.

There isn't. Well, Silent Hill in name only. Made by a bunch of americans who did not understand what made the first three games special.

What is the Orange Box game? FPS?

It is Half-Life 2, HL2 Episode One and Two, Portal, and Team Fortress all bundled up.

But really, seeing as you like roleplaying games,
- Mass Effect
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Fallout 3
- Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

All games that are sequels in theory are as stand-alone as a Final Fantasy game.

And in the survival horror genre, Condemned. It's an old one, you probably will have to get it second hand. Underrated classic. More Silent Hilley than Silent Hill: Homecoming.

[Mike Pothier]

IGN's top 25 Xbox 360 games.

[DKR]

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

[Astonishing X-Fan]

Cool, will look those up. Ratchet & Clank is a good series, though I didn't like the action oriented battle one as much. Lego games are always incredible. And I had no idea there was a Silent Hill for 360.

What is the Orange Box game? FPS?

He made a mistake, it's not Ratchet & Clank, that's on the PS3. He meant to say the new Banjo & Kazooie game.

Orange Box is a collection of games: Half-Life 2 and it's two episodic expansions, Team Fortress 2, and Portal. Very good bang for your buck.

[sHayden]

somebody mentioned Dead Rising. Hell of a game for what it costs now. I'd recommend that.

[Donald M.]

He made a mistake, it's not Ratchet & Clank, that's on the PS3. He meant to say the new Banjo & Kazooie game.

Orange Box is a collection of games: Half-Life 2 and it's two episodic expansions, Team Fortress 2, and Portal. Very good bang for your buck.

Oops, my mistake.

And yeah, I have the PC version of the Orange Box myself, but you can get the 360 version for around $20. An incredible deal for one of the best game compilations ever released.

[Donald M.]

There isn't. Well, Silent Hill in name only. Made by a bunch of americans who did not understand what made the first three games special.

Maybe. All I know is I enjoyed Homecoming more than the last Silent Hill game.