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The Ten Greatest Xbox 360 Games Of All Time

The Xbox 360 is a great gaming system. Terminal Gamer looks back over the past four years of Xbox 360 and chooses the greatest games to have ever graced Microsoft's white box.
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Published: 146 days 19 hours ago | Article | Xbox 360 | Gaming
 
 

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kalebgray92 - 146 days 19 hours ago
1 - lmao
only 2 exclusives lol..... still a beast list though and bioshock was a good #1 choice but ps3 top 10 is way better

edit:and yeah i started off with that comment praising the ps3 so what
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xwabbit - 146 days 18 hours ago
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From what i see.... 360 only owners havent really had any new good games to play for a while
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StanLee - 146 days 18 hours ago
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Any list of the XBox 360's greatest games without Halo 3 is bogus. Say what you want about Halo 3 but it's one of the best games on any console. List needed a huge "IMO" in its title.
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Harry_Manback - 146 days 18 hours ago
1.3 -
Just like how your comment needs a huge "IMO" in it.
See how that works?
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Marcelles25 - 146 days 18 hours ago
1.4 - completely agree
Halo is the best series ever made
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Maddens Raiders - 146 days 18 hours ago
1.5 - I'm a bit disappointed -
I thought Bomberman Act Zero would've made it.

[sarc]
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Microsoft Xbox 360 - 146 days 17 hours ago
1.6 -
Halo 3 is the Britney Spears of video games, it should be on the list according to American media.
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Silellak - 146 days 17 hours ago
1.7 - @1.1
Really? So I haven't been playing Red Faction for this past month? Damn! Could've fooled me.

Sigh. You ridiculous PS3 fanboys really seem to think only exclusives exist. Guess what? I imagine more than 75% of the best games this generation are multiplatform. I don't really care if PS3 owners get to play a particular game, as long as I can enjoy the same game on a console I already own.
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Poopface the 2nd - 146 days 17 hours ago
1.8 - that was an OK list
halo 3 should be somewhere on it simply because it is the most complete multiplayer game released this generation. Also no mass effect?? maybe crackdown or red faction.

no surprise to see the ps3 fanboys out in full force on this one.

Please, for the 500th time, tell me how great the ps3 is.
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fermcr11 - 146 days 16 hours ago
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You do realise that games like: Oblivion, GTA IV, Call of Duty 4, The Orange Box, Fallout 3 and Bioshock would also be in the PS3 list.

Dead Rising, Ghost Recon should not be in that list.

Games like Mass Effect, Braid, Geometry Wars, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Halo 3, Fable 2, Gears 2, Dead Space, Crackdown and others belong to that list.
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Traveler - 146 days 16 hours ago
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Those are some really great games, but honestly the title could have been "The Ten Greatest Multiplatform Games", because that is what the list was basically comprised of. I played a couple of those on the PS3 and a couple on the PC. They should have had Gears 2 and Halo 3 on the list, since those are two of the 360's true exclusives that are actually good.
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Silellak - 146 days 16 hours ago
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I love how an article that had nothing to do with exclusive games suddenly became entirely about exclusive games as soon as the SDF showed up.

We get it. The PS3 has some great exclusives. Can you please find something better to do with your time than trying to justify your purchase to yourselves? Because I can't think of any other reason for you people to be posting that crap here.
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Poopface the 2nd - 146 days 16 hours ago
1.12 - this list is from someone with a gamerscore of 500
just a comparison. From just playing through just bioshock I had around 800 gamerscore.

Do you think someone who has a GS of 500 has played through 10 360 games to make a list? How can you make a top 10 list when youve only played 10 games. And its clear taht he hasnt even played through 1 360 game, let alone 10.

This is like me making a list of the 10 best Ps3 games when I have only 5 trophies(even worse every 360 game has achievements to get, so 500 is insanely low for someone who supposedly played all these 10 games) Clearly he hasnt finished these games on 360, I wonder If hes even played 10 games on 360. Cause with a Gs of 500 he mustve stopped playing each of the 10 games pretty quickly to keep such a low GS.

I understand if you want to subjectively believe this guy, but if your an objective gamer your not going to take someone with a gs of 500 seriously. Why? Because in order to make a top 10 list you need to actually play games on the system. With a 500 gs, this guy most likely didnt even complete one of these games. let alone 10 or more.

Even playing 10 games for 20 mins each, youll probably get around 500 gs, maybe even more.
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xwabbit - 146 days 15 hours ago
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Silellak y so defensive ? something i said hurt u ? and im CLEARLY a fan boy i mean look at my comment history... NOT, nt tho.
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Silellak - 146 days 14 hours ago
1.15 - @1.14
Which games, currently released, am I missing out on by not owning a PS3?

Uncharted: Looks fun. Not worth $400.
Valkyria Chronicles: Looks fun. Not worth $400.
Ratchet and Clank: Looks fun. Not worth $400.
Little Big Planet: Entertaining, but I found it was really overhyped after playing for a couple of hours.
MGS4: I stopped caring about the series after MGS2.
Killzone 2: I don't like playing FPS games with the Dual Shock controller.

Don't get me wrong - this is all OPINION. I'm not saying the PS3 ISN'T worth owning. It certainly is, especially if you don't have a 360 for the multiplatform games. And it's not like I haven't debated buying a PS3, but every time I reach for my wallet, I can't quite justify it yet. Does it really bother you people so much that someone who could easily afford a PS3 CHOOSES not to because they get enough entertainment out of their 360 for the time being?

Saying they aren't games coming out for the 360 worth playing is a flat-out lie. Are there less exclusives? Of course. Does that suddenly make multi-platform games worth less? Of course not.

I'm sure I'll get a PS3 for God of War 3, if not sooner. And by then, many of the more impressive exclusive games should've dropped in price, so all the better.
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robbo918 - 146 days 10 hours ago
1.17 - @Sil
Unless you bought the cheap arcade version (which is stupid IMO) or didn't get all the stuff that comes with all PS3s, then I would stop talking about the PS3 being so expensive. It has been proven when you add all the features that come by default with the PS3 the X360 is not so "cheap" in comparison (not to mention the blu ray player we get).

I am not saying the X360 isn't worth it, if a person wants it then it is to them, but stop with the "overpriced" crap like the idiot who wrote this blog of an article. Add up all the things you bought extra with your X360 or admit the one you own doesn't have the features the PS3 comes standard with.
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TerminalGamer - 146 days ago
1.18 - @poopface the 2nd (1.12)
Since you took it upon yourself to not only tackle my gamerscore on the comments here at N4G but also at my site - I wanted to address your comment personally.

My gamerscore is 500 for a reason. My hard drive crashed a month ago, and living at college previous to this year, and in Vermont, I did not have Xbox Live. So, I couldn't recover my gamertag and lost all my gaming history.

Honestly, do you think I would make this list of the ten best games I've played on the 360 if I hadn't actually played them? For instance, I left Mass Effect off the list (even though I full well know it's considered one of the best games for the 360) because I haven't finished it yet. I don't want to include a game I have yet to finish on my list.

So, I did play through all these games and I've played through many more. My low gamerscore is because I just finally got my own internet (I was stealing my neighbors for a while and didn't have the wifi card for the 360) and finally have a gamertag online. Since I started with my new gamertag all I've played is the Orange Box, a bit of Halo 3 multiplayer, bad company, and left4dead.

So you'll have to excuse my low gamerscore, but please, just think - would I really write this list if I hadn't played (and beat) these games and others to compare them against?

Sorry for the long message - but I wanted to clarify why I have low gamerscore and explain that I do have the credentials to actually talk about the top games I've played on the 360.
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raztad - 145 days 23 hours ago
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I love how 360 fans like Silly are quick to deem as "not worthy" games never played by them. LOL @ "looks fun" but not worthy.

On topic:

This list is author's opinion as every other top ten list, so it should be respected like that. Many multiplats in it, and very few exclusives (real reason to choose a console over another).
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Silellak - 145 days 21 hours ago
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Dear lord, you say anything remotely negative and the SDF shows up with Standard Fanboy Responses to things that aren't even up for discussion.

I wasn't comparing console prices. I was saying I don't believe a few great looking games aren't worth $400 if I already had a 360. What, am I supposed to buy the console AND the games in order to find out if they're worth it?! I have to make value judgments based on what I know. I'd love to try out those games, but the two PS3 owners I know don't have them.

I got a 360 before a PS3 because of the well-known 1080i issue when the PS3 came out - I had an older HDTV that couldn't do 720p, so the PS3 would've downscaled the image to 480p. This was unacceptable for an HD console, so I went with the 360 which would upscale to 1080i. If this wasn't the case, I might very well have ended up with a PS3. However, now owning a 360, I don't YET see the value in being a PS3 owner. As more games are released, I'm sure that will change. How is that not a reasonable stance to take?

I know this is N4G, but seriously, are you people that offended by any comments about the PS3 that aren't 100% positive in tone?
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robbo918 - 145 days 18 hours ago
1.21 - @ Sil
I think it is just how you are coming across. You call people SDF if they don't agree with you. I could care less if you own an X360, one of my best friends works for MS and we pick on each other all the time about the Sony vs MS thing, doesn't mean I like him any less for playing the X360.

For example, "However, now owning a 360, I don't YET see the value in being a PS3 owner. As more games are released, I'm sure that will change." You don't see the value in being a PS3 owner...is it because you don't like any of their exclusives? If so that is your call just like I could care less about Halo (not saying it is a bad game but I personally don't like it when I have played it at my friends).

The things is what you wrote sounds like you are implying the age old fallacies of the extreme X360 followers: PS3 doesn't have many games and that PS3 is too expensive in comparison to the X360. The PS3 has tons of games, trust me. Yes the X360 has more games but it also has a year's head start to have more games. The price thing I pointed out earlier is a joke also. If you put everything on the X360 that is standard on the PS3 the price difference vanishes. NOW before anyone jumps on that, I agree that some people may view some features on the PS3 as trivial or not important, and to them obviously the X360 is a better value.

All in all while you may call me the SDF you would be wrong. Yes I support Sony. I have never had a problem with any of their products. I owned the same PS2 and never had to replace it. I have had a Sony tv in my home for over 15 years with zero problems. I personally don't like MS and their approach to business (from a personal standpoint). This doesn't mean I want MS to burn to the ground. I like them in the market because I would never want a single console/company market, it would be horrid. I even would like a couple of MS titles to jump over <gasp>, like Mass Effect and even Alan Wake (IF it lives up to they hype). I don't like playing a ton of games on PC except things like Civ, Diablo, and a few others.

This is just me and my view, as you are entitled to yours. The thing is don't post on N4G unless you can handle people who don't see the world the same as you. Oh and don't post on N4G unless you can handle the disagree ghosts or extreme radical X360 and PS3 fans (of which there are plenty of each). Have a good weekend all.
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Nuri - 146 days 19 hours ago
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Kind of surprised, I thought I would have come in here and saw Halo 3 at the top, to be honest that's a shocker. Anyway I'd still have to give Bioshock a try as much as I've been putting it off, I need to at least rent it one of these days.
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Poopface the 2nd - 146 days 16 hours ago
2.1 - Bioshock is great
but it doesnt really have enough staying power to be #1. I am a HUGE fan of FPS, especially really good single player FPS, but often times these games dont have the staying power of games with a good multiplayer too.

So far, bioshock is one of my favorite FPS single player Ive played on 360, but after beating it on the hardest mode(loading my last game everytime I died) and seeing both endings theres not much left to do. I will play through it again tho soon.
If you like SP FPS, youll probably love bioshock.

after you figure out how to kill big daddy easy it become really easy. (hint - use the trip wires)
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stewgart - 146 days 16 hours ago
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Bioshock is one of the best FPS to date and deservedly at number 1 on this list. Make sure you get round to playing it. It will make you spit on halo3 quite frankly.

Very surprised ghost recon made that list.

edit @ nuri: you have similar taste to me, but I thought Halo CE and Resistance FOM were great and I'm not a massive FPS fan. Seriously try bioshock though, it feels like an RPG in FPS view. Best shooter this gen. Killzone2 and Halo3 are just straight up shooters with not much thought put into it and are only really good for MP.
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Nuri - 146 days 16 hours ago
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There is only one small problem though, I dislike FPS. I mean I've played a few: Halo (only the first) , Resistance, Killzone 2, GoldenEye, and Perfect Dark. Of which I only liked Perfect Dark and GoldenEye. Only reason I would get/rent Bioshock is for the philosophy to be quite honest, I heard it was rather deep and engaging in a sense.

Though yeah for some reason I'm more of a person who likes FPS Single-plalyer wise more so than multiplayer. Though if it's local or just with friends I'd play perhaps.
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blizzard_cool - 146 days 18 hours ago
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only 2 exclusives.... wow
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Traveler - 146 days 16 hours ago
3.1 -
Actually the only exclusive on that list is Dead Rising. The rest can be played on the PC or PS3.
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blitz0623 - 146 days 18 hours ago
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its still early to say "Of all time". There are still more games coming up. The list is just the best up to today. These articles just keep getting worse and worse
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CobraKai - 146 days 9 hours ago
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I know. This would only make sense if we were well into the next generation of systems.
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Sangria - 146 days 18 hours ago
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Hopefully there's no Halo 3, but i'm surprised there's not Mass Effect (especially when you see there is GTA IV). ME is really a great game, any 360 owner should give it a try (especially as it can be found now for really cheap).
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Andrez92 - 146 days 18 hours ago
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Halo 3 isnt on? thats dissapointing
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BaseballFan15 - 146 days 18 hours ago
7 - WTF
they totally droped the ball by not including halo 3
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KingEamon - 146 days 18 hours ago
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Kind of a bad list really. Agree with the games just would would have put them in a different order. Like oblivion>fallout 3. Anyway I'm glad halo 3 wasn't up there. It's about time people stopped treating it like god.
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Death - 146 days 18 hours ago
9 - Only 2 exclusives?
I guess they have too much third party support or maybe too big a library?

Seriously, this isn't a definative top 10, just the author of the stories top 10. Not everyone's top 10 will be the same. Halo would be in my top 10 for the Xbox 360 and for the PS3 I would have Lair and not LBP in my top 10. Everyone's opinion is their own.

Still a great list. I need to pick up Fallout 3 sooner or later.

-Death
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MEGATRON D - 146 days 18 hours ago
10.1 - I'm wondering what generated this rant...
... no I'm not. It's boring, tired, tedious, juvenile, off topic and unnecessary. Nobody cares but you.
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Death - 146 days 18 hours ago
10.2 - You get what you pay for.
If the PS3's online experience was as good as Xbox live, nobody would pay. That isn't the case though and untill that day comes I will be happy to shell out $50 a year. The overall experience with the Xbox 360 and Live is much more refined. Something so simple as achievements which have been standard since 2005 still haven't been implemented properly on the PS3. Sure, Sony has trophies, but this is mid 2009 and they still aren't standard in every game.

-Death
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II Necroplasm II - 146 days 17 hours ago
10.3 - Oh god
just kill me now. so many idiots here.
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00 - 146 days 17 hours ago
10.4 - I'm dissapointed
in you Nasim surely you could come up with something better.
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Silellak - 146 days 17 hours ago
10.5 -
You seem to have gotten confused and posted in the wrong thread. Or, at the very least, the wrong zone.
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00 - 146 days 18 hours ago
11 - horrible list
no Mass Effect, no Halo, No Crackdown, No Lost Odyssey or blue dragon, this list is full of fail.
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GameOn - 146 days 17 hours ago
11.1 -
Agreed.
Bad,bad list.
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ape007 - 146 days 16 hours ago
11.2 -
agreed man,crappy list,halo 3 online is amazing,crackdown is perhaps the most underrated game in this gen
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shocky16 - 146 days 18 hours ago
12 - My top 10 360 games -
1: Mass Effect
2: Gears of War 1 + 2
3: Forza 2
4: Lost Odyssey
5: Fable 2
6: Call of Duty 4
7: Crackdown
8: Fallout 3
9: Halo 3
10: Banjo Kazooie: Nuts + Bolts
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BaseballFan15 - 146 days 17 hours ago
12.1 - well see
that list doesn't have the orange box or bioshock. it is impossable to make a list that makes everyone happy.
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militant07 - 146 days 17 hours ago
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I never though Mass Effect is that good, Im looking forword to play it.

i recently bought it ,what a good deal, bounce disc include Soundtrack, Making of Mass Effect, Art Work, Bring down the sky DLC, NXE Theme, around 15 gamer picture and the game disc :)
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LostChild - 146 days 18 hours ago
13 - Fixed
Mass Effect
BioShock
The Orange Box
CrackDown
Gears of War
Call of Duty4
Left4Dead
Fallout3
GTAIV
Oblivion

Ghost Recon and Dead Rising are great games, but they are not one the top 10 greatest 360 games of all time.
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Whut - 146 days 18 hours ago
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You guys realise that's the opinion of 1 guy?

PS3 owners talking crap up there STFO
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jleack - 146 days 18 hours ago
15 -
Weak list.
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