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New to 360, what are the must-have games?

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Mide

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So I just bought my wife a Slim 4GB w/ Kinetic for Christmas. While she is not exercising I want to be playing some sort of game on it. I've already played anything that can be played on a PC so that's Dragon Age, ME2, Fallout, etc. So what games have I missed out on?

FF13 is on its way (Yes I know that many think it sucks but I'm a fan of the whole series)
Halo Reach?
Castlevania?
 
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Bioshock
Gears of War
Gears of War 2
Halo 3
Halo Reach
...

There are a bunch of Arcade games that are good as well, but your milage may vary. Download the demos.
 
Red Dead Redemption if you are into the open world type games. I had fun with both Crackdowns. Those can be picked up pretty cheap now too. I would check out some sports or racing games too if you have been playing only on PC. I personally just like those genre's more on a big screen and console.
 
I would not buy both Gears of War. They are near identical and the plot line doesn't matter.

Forza 3 is you like racing simulators; it is not a pick-up-and-go game, it takes practice.

Modern Warfare 2 is reasonably cheap and offers a lot of fun IMO. Great $ per hour playtime
 
Rent gears 1 and 2 (so you will be ready for 3)
Alan Wake
Forza
Red Dead

If you like RTS games Halo Wars is one of the best rts games I have played on a console.

Also a bunch of xbla games but they all have demo's so you can try them out.
 
There are plenty of good games, though I'm not sure if there are any "must have" games. At least none that come to mind at the moment. If this were the N64 I would say Ocarina of Time. PS1 I would say FF7. PC I would say Starcraft. You get the idea.

But among the good games, I would go with both Mass Effects, Bioshock, Batman Arkham Asylum, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Halo ODST (for the multiplayer), Halo Reach, Alan Wake, Dead Space, both Gears of War, Red Dead Redemption, Fallout 3 GOTY, well pretty much anything being mentioned. There is a lot to choose from.
 
Pie- many of those are on PC already, but I agree with your list. I also just started Assassins Creed 2 and it seems decent so far.

Definitely get Red Dead Redemption if you like open-world games, and Forza 3 (or wait till next year for 4) for racing.
 
i like some of the live arcade games like castle crasher and shadow complex. cheap and fun for a short while. for me i played forza 3 most on the console so it's a must have. the lego series are very fun and cheap too if you havent played them yet. so is batman asylum.
 
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Mide said:
So I just bought my wife a Slim 4GB w/ Kinetic for Christmas. While she is not exercising I want to be playing some sort of game on it. I've already played anything that can be played on a PC so that's Dragon Age, ME2, Fallout, etc. So what games have I missed out on?

FF13 is on its way (Yes I know that many think it sucks but I'm a fan of the whole series)
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Well, I can't say any of these are must haves, since I don't own a Xbox 360, but since everyone keeps telling you about games you can get on PC, and since most of the games you listed are RPGs, here's a list of Xbox 360 RPGs that can't be played on the PC.

Fable II
Fable III (supposed to be a PC version in the works)
Blue Dragon
Enchanted Arms
Eternal Sonata
Lost Odyssey
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
Tales of Vesperia

I doubt there are many people that would say that any of these games are must haves, but the Fable series is pretty well regarded and the Star Ocean and Tales of games are from long running Japanese RPG series like Final Fantasy.
 
jlee said:
Pie- many of those are on PC already, but I agree with your list. I also just started Assassins Creed 2 and it seems decent so far.

Definitely get Red Dead Redemption if you like open-world games, and Forza 3 (or wait till next year for 4) for racing.
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Oops, missed that. Thats what I get for skimming through posts.
 
For non-PC games on 360

I like:

....Bayonetta?
On XBL, Castle Crashers is fun for co-op
Read Dead Redemption is good

I can't think of anything else not on the PC

Devil May Cry 4 is good, but on PC
Lost Odyseey is a mediocre JRPG if you are into that, but I think it is better than FFXIII.
Tales of Vesperia is a below average JRPG. I would rate FFXIII high...
I hated Fable 2, haven't played Fable 3 yet but there is supposed to be a PC version.
SO:TLH was terrible
Eternal Sonata is COMPLETELY INTOLERABLE...unless you have someone to play it with for co-op battles

Coming from PC gaming, I wasn't too impressed with gears of war or halo 3/reach...

A game I am really looking forward too is Project Dark (spiritual successor to my GOTG Demon's Souls), but that isn't out anytime soon
 
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