Ok *******Follow

Just picked up another X-Box 360 last week. I picked up four games so far.

Dead Rising
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
Ace Combat 6
F.e.a.r.

I love all of them so far. When I had my first 360 I played the **** out of Oblivion and Dead Rising. But now since I have been so far out of the loop and I'm too lazy to go and look myself, you will now tell me what other must have games there are for the 360.

I know Assassin's Creed, Call of Duty 4, and Bioshock I will most likely pick up. Has anyone played the game Two Worlds? It looks like an Oblivion rip off. How is it?

How is Blue Dragon? Is the story too kiddy? The anime style of the characters I really don't like very much but if the story is good I would probably pick it up.

Halo 3 I'm sure is fantastic, but short.

Is Mass Effect worth checking out? I'm not quite sure what to make of it yet. Same with Kane & Lynch.

I'm not a huge fan of Half-Life, so I probably will not pick up the Orange Box. Call of Juarez really interested me but I've heard nothing about it so I'm really on the fence about it.

Anything else really worth getting?

My roommate said Mass Effect is the best game of the year, better than Bioshock (slightly).

I'm going to be out shopping for the BFs burfday today, and plan on picking myself up a game or two. Mass Effect is at the top of my list right now, I've heard nothing but good reviews.

I have rented two worlds and Kane & Lynch: Dead men.


Both suck. Hard. Two Worlds framerate is choppy beyond all belief, the comabt is boring (Hit attack three times and then hit dodge.) K&L has the worst cover system ever invented. You don't go into cover manually you wait until Kane decides if he wants to take cover. That's right, sometimes Kane will refuse to take cover, even if you killed an enemy the was right the same spot.


Enemies pop up from no-where. Your gun couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, while the enemy despite taking a good 5 minutes to think wether or not he wants to shoot you has a perfect bead on your head.

Haven't played K&L, but I agree with justdistant on the two worlds front. That was just about the ********* game I have ever played. The game felt like I was back playing on the PSone, clunky controls and the worst next-gen graphics I have ever seen. The menu's were difficult to navigate and the weapon and stat systems were the most ridiculous pieces of **** I have ever seen. There was absolutely nothing redeeming about the game. I played about 30 minutes and then returned it for a full refund.


On a lighter note, mass effect kicks ***. You should definitely pick it up.

Brill you have currently listed the only games worth purchasing..
- CoD 4 Modern Warfare (if you play thru, you will beat it in a night, but the multiplayer is priceless and the game's story is very well done for a FPS)
- Bioshock awesome single player game that is very very rich in story for a FPS
- Mass Effect the only downer I have heard thus far is that it tends to be shorter than an RPG should be.. I don't know seriously what the expected time investment was for this game but seriously the demo vids make it look VERY impressive.
- Assassin's Creed is very good albeit short. If you can score it as a previously owned game, save a few bucks or even rent it to make the decision
- Timeshift actually was very surprised at how fun this game is

Titles to stay away from:

- Kane and Lynch, pure unadulterated crap, it was made to look good but it fails on so many levels.
- Area 51: Blacksite.. Demo makes it fun, but playing past the demo you will instead take a small cal handgun to your temple for buying it.
- Blue Dragon , if you like Dragon Ball and it's series, buy this game because the artist from DB drew all the characters and was a main hand in the story (hence why it does so well in Japan but is getting yawns here stateside)
- Tenchu Z a total failure from the Tenchu series, boring and VERY repetitive.

Backwards compatible worth getting:

- Fable
- Ninja Gaiden Black
- Jade Empire

If you liked Jade Empire more because of the combat system, then you'll definitely like Mass Effect. A lot. My only complaint is that it's relatively short for a BioWare RPG, but there's still loads of sidequests to immerse yourself in if you insist on extending the playtime. Everything else is pure magic.

If you're looking for a good RPG, then I recommend Eternal Sonata. It came out around the same time as Blue Dragon, but blows it away in nearly every regard. The combat system is some of the most fun I've had in an RPG. And because I love music in general, the entire thing was a kind of easter egg for me.

Man you must have sucked at Jade Empire Even if there were items, you never needed them. All the different forms were more than adequate at keeping you alive. Low on health? Switch to the style that stuns enemies and drains their magic and heal yourself etc.

I still wish they would make Knights of the Old Republic 3 or Jade Empire 2. Those are some fantastic games that they just aren't capitalizing on right now.

Heard Two Worlds was crap. Just another rip-off and really haven't read anything good about it.

Downloaded the demo to Blue Dragon. It's bland, boring, and a little slow for me, if you want to give it a chance grab the demo off the marketplace.

Halo 3 although short if your played the other two and you familiar with the story I suggest picking it up. If you get bored of the campaign then you can always play matchmaking.

If you don't like half life, Portal and Team Fortress make up for it. Portal is a little puzzle game, and Team Fortress is just a quaky class based game, and is a good relief when Halo gets annoying.

If you can grab Call of Duty 4, good game, great storyline and the online in light of the latest xbl slowdown is solid and worth playing.