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Postby SnoringFrog » Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:21 pm

I just bought an Xbox off my friend ((the original, not a 360)) and am wondering what titles are worth getting. Halo and Halo 2 are all that's on my list atm. I'm up for any genre really, just start spoutin' off whatever's best that comes to mind.
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Postby everdred12a » Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:50 pm

I have absolutely no intention of ever buying an Xbox or a 360, but I always did want to play Jet Set Radio Future and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath. Maybe give 'em a rent before buying, though.

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Postby Fish and Chips » Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:54 pm

You can find a copy of Fable for $20 these days, and at that price it's fairly reasonable. Also, Oddworld - Stranger's Wrath and PsychoNauts are both excellent titles your XBox library shouldn't be without. And assuming you don't own any of the other ports, Sonic Mega Collection Plus.
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Postby GrubbTheFragger » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:33 pm

I agree with fish whole heartedly good games. Ninja Gaiden Black is amazing to the third power XD but be warned easily one of th hardest games ever. Dues ex 2 is great too and if you can deal with slow down Halflife 2 is availible for like 10 bucks at eb. Other than that i can't think of too many off hand there are some great games but i am having a brain fart
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Postby SnoringFrog » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:58 pm

I have absolutely no intention of ever buying an Xbox or a 360, but I always did want to play Jet Set Radio Future and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath. Maybe give 'em a rent before buying, though.


These days, if you can get it cheap used, that's probably cheaper than renting, lol.

Fable and Ninja Gaiden...can't believe those slipped my mind. Definitely gonna try to pick those up. And I'll be looking at Oddworld, Psychonauts and Dues ex. Half life's been on my list for a while, even before I had the xbox.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:26 pm

Actually, a better move would be to grab the Orange Box for PC, which includes Half Life 2, Half Life 2 Episode 1 and 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal. $50, but you can probably find it for a less expensive price.

PsychoNauts and Oddworld - Stranger's Wrath are two games that were widely panned despite getting impressive scores (in fact, I think the Xbox port of PsychoNauts might be out of print). PsychoNauts is a fairly entertaining platformer with a slew of intriguing ideas and excellent writing, making it one of the few billed "Humorous" games today to actually be funny. And Stranger's Wrath is by Oddworld Inhabitants, the company's first (and last?) foray into FPS territory; and for an amateurs' attempt, it's a step above most mainstream FPS efforts in terms of ingenuity and innovation. The only downer is no multiplayer, but I think we can let them live with that.
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:02 pm

The Amped games are fun

Half Life 2

Doom 3

Deus Ex: Invisible War

Knights of the Old Republic I and II

(I can't remember all the games I had, but those are the ones I like now.)
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Postby Tommy » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:43 pm

Fuzion Frenzy, def.

You can find Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind at a ridiculously cheap price.
I usually see it at $1.99

Sure, it's not as good as Oblivion, but where I'm from it's 48$ dollars less.
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Postby GrubbTheFragger » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:30 am

Shao Feng-Li (post: 1206956) wrote:The Amped games are fun

Half Life 2

Doom 3

Deus Ex: Invisible War

Knights of the Old Republic I and II

(I can't remember all the games I had, but those are the ones I like now.)


wow i forgot Doom 3 and Kotor 1 and 2 all three a games are spectacular. Be warned about Doom 3's content it gets pretty graphic and demonic later on in the game
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Postby everdred12a » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:14 am

Grubb wrote:Dues ex 2 is great too

Shao Feng-Li wrote:Deus Ex: Invisible War

Never got to play it, but Deux Ex is one of my favorite games of all time. I really wish I could play IW, though :x

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Postby SnoringFrog » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:38 pm

Actually, a better move would be to grab the Orange Box for PC, which includes Half Life 2, Half Life 2 Episode 1 and 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal. $50, but you can probably find it for a less expensive price.


Which I definately want to do, but my comp doesn't have what it takes to run that, unfortunately, or I definately would.
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:59 pm

GrubbTheFragger (post: 1207006) wrote:Be warned about Doom 3's content it gets pretty graphic and demonic later on in the game


And the point is to blow the buggers back to... well you get it, :grin:

I tried Invisible War on my laptop, but it would crash every time at the start. :\
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Postby GrubbTheFragger » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:23 pm

everdred12a (post: 1207055) wrote:Never got to play it, but Deux Ex is one of my favorite games of all time. I really wish I could play IW, though :x


Dude its a freaking incredilble game. one of the best story,physics and graphics for xbox. Another amazing game chronicles of riddick was a great game,alot of language though
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Postby GhostontheNet » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:18 am

Having owned an Xbox for a number of years, some of my favorite games are as follows.

Jet Set Radio Future
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Street Fighter Anniversary Collection (Xbox Live Enabled)
Soul Caliber II
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic I & II
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Timesplitters Future Perfect (Xbox Live Enabled)
Phantasy Star Online (Xbox Live Enabled)
Capcom Vs. SNK II EO (Xbox Live Enabled)
Sonic Mega Collection
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Shenmue II
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Postby Gabriel 9.0 » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:04 pm

Halo 1 and 2
Deus Ex Invisible War
Jade Empire
True Crime: Streets of LA
Timespliters Future Perfect'
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 1 and 2
Project Snowblind
Far Cry Instincts ( Farcry 1)
Battlefield 2 Modern Warfare
Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Fable
Ghost Recon Summit Strike
Rainbow Six 3 and Black Arrow
RLH
Darkwatch
Gunvalkyrie
Oddworld Strangers Wrath
Conflict Desert Storm 1 and 2
The Hitman games
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Postby Kairi » Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:22 pm

If you're into Japanese anime-style RPGs, then you might enjoy Eternal Sonata. I haven't actually played it yet, but several of my friends say it's good... so yeah? :D;

That's all I can think of that hasn't already been mentioned. My brother just bought an Xbox 360 so we don't have many games for it yet.
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Postby Scarecrow » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:03 pm

Oh ya I've been meaning to get Eternal Sonata.... thats the one where you're Chopan, the famous composer right? I've never played it but the concept sounded awesome. Chopan on his death bed and and the whole game takes place in the last dream he has as he's dying or something like that.

Umm... I don't really have any suggestions though. Assassin's Creed is also available on Xbox360... thats a pretty awesome game I haven't seen that mentioned yet.

Ok so you said Xbox XD Ignore above. Shenmue II, Morrowind, Fable... Monster Hunter if you like going around killing huge dragons. It used to have a lot of people to team with online and this HUGE black dragon only available at the highest level and online but not many play online anymore. But it's still pretty fun trying to figure out how to kill each dragon.
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Postby GrubbTheFragger » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:20 pm

Scarecrow (post: 1207777) wrote:Oh ya I've been meaning to get Eternal Sonata.... thats the one where you're Chopan, the famous composer right? I've never played it but the concept sounded awesome. Chopan on his death bed and and the whole game takes place in the last dream he has as he's dying or something like that.

Umm... I don't really have any suggestions though. Assassin's Creed is also available on Xbox360... thats a pretty awesome game I haven't seen that mentioned yet.

Ok so you said Xbox XD Ignore above. Shenmue II, Morrowind, Fable... Monster Hunter if you like going around killing huge dragons. It used to have a lot of people to team with online and this HUGE black dragon only available at the highest level and online but not many play online anymore. But it's still pretty fun trying to figure out how to kill each dragon.



Monster hunter is for ps2. Good game though
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Postby Popsicle » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:31 pm

I'm going to have to second....

Knights of the Old Republic I and II
Fuzion Frenzy


Man, I need to go find all my xbox games...I forget which ones I have.
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Postby GrubbTheFragger » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:25 pm

i forgot two must have x-box titles. Fable and Indigo Prophecy. IP is the best adventure game to grace consoles in years. I recommend playing it (content is kinda risky near the end PM me any questions) the whole 8 hours in one sitting. It is one of the best stories 31/2/4 percent of the game. A few random unneeded story element thrown in. Easily the best beginning to a game ever.
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Postby Souba » Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:06 pm

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Kotor 1&2
Advent Rising
Halo 1&2
X2 Wolverine's Revenge
and Obi-Wan

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Postby Felix » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:09 pm

Jet Set Radio Future.

Get it.

Play it.

There's also a pretty neat JRPG mech game called Phantom Crash that isn't "AMAZING" but it's actually not that bad and kinda addictive.
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