Yep, I caved. It's no secret I adore the Playstation 3 as it's no secret I think the 360, on various levels, is a tad bit overrated. As a gamer (an old one at that), I find it harder and harder to NOT play games I fully know, good and damn well, I want to play. Peep game: I traded my Daxter PSP bundle and 4 games in for an Arcade. My PSP had more dust on it than my Wii. Don't get me wrong, it's a great product. I'm just not a mobile gamer. I like my couch. I like it a lot. I still hate the nickel and diming that comes along with the 360, but with the help of friends (friends determined to get me back on XBL and gaming with them) I got a free 20GB HDD, headset and charge n play cable. Next up, the games. So I come to you, the N4G communtity of level headed gamers, fierce debaters, realistic thinkers and trolling asshats to suggest some games to compliment my new broken console. So far I know what I'm going to rent (Left4Dead, Mass Effect and Gears of War 2) but what should I BUY?! I'm open to XBLA games too (minus Braid). Thanks!
-AB
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "This is a collection of short Late Looks picking up on some of the games I meant to write a full article for but was too busy to do at the time. This time the games in question are the original Diablo, Balatro, and Kingdom Hearts III - a perfectly natural combination of games that you definitely expected to see grouped together. Not quite review and not quite rant, it’s more a casual assessment of what I – the gamer of the future – consider to be each game’s strengths and weaknesses in retrospect."
"Bottom Games are today very proud and excited to announce that their anthropomorphic hack-and-slash, ‘Verminsteel’, is coming to Steam in 2027." - Bottom Games.
"Bohemia Interactive and Enjoy Studio are today very happy to announce that their highly-anticipated sandbox RPG, ‘Everwind’, is coming to Steam EA on March 17th." - Bohemia Interactive and Enjoy Studio.
As far as XBLA games get Carcassone. Best game I played on there. however it can only be fully enjoyed if you have a friend to play with. Friend, GF, Wife or whatever. Great game. I think it even has a demo.
AS far as regular games I hated Mass Effect myself but many liked it... but I would say rent crackdown before buying unless you get a cheap used deal. It's fun enough and apart from that it's hard to say.
See there aren't too many 360 exclusives out there for me. I play them on PC...
So im just ripping off a list off the top of my head...some are multiplats so you may have played them already. Anyways here we go.
Dead Rising
Bioshock
Halo 3
COD 4
Gears (both of them)
Forza
Braid
Dead Space
Viva Pinata...yes I said it, much cooler then you would think
I don't think there's anything wrong to own both systems (PS3 and 360), especially since it helps you understand the strengths of each system and its respective library. I just have too large of backlog with my PS3, PS2, PSP, and DS games to even consider another system.
I had a 360 at launch and up to my 6th RROD on 3 different consoles ("fixed" by MS). I've really only missed out on the last 2yrs of 360 gaming. I had Gears, I beat Gears, I know what Gears 2 is about...I'll rent it. Beat Dead Rising. Beat Crackdown. Beat Dead Space (PS3). Own COD4 (PS3). All your suggestions are appreciated!