"As we look forward to some amazing experiences on the Playstation 4 and Xbox One, I thought it would be interesting to take a look back at some games that I have enjoyed this gen that maybe you never got a chance to play. It seems like the real gems of each console generation come in its twilight, and we’ve seen some amazing releases in 2013 so far: Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, "and The Last of Us have been released to near-unanimous acclaim, and GTA 5 will be dropping in a couple short months. These are not those games. Some people prefer RC Cola to Coke. There are those who prefer the works of Sid and Marty Krofft to the Muppets. We call these interesting folks “crazy insane people” and for these malcontents, I provide you with these under-appreciated, seldom played treasures as alternatives to mainstream, A-List fare. These games are truly next-level bonkers." - Brian Acebedo of Str N Gaming
Most licensed games tend to be below average, but every now and then, developers produce a game based on an existing license that is actually good.
EA back in the early PS2/Xbox/GC-era actually put out some pretty good licensed games, notably 007 Nightfire , 007 Everything or Nothing and some of their Lord of The Rings games.
I enjoyed "The Great Escape" game on the PS2. Also "The Thing" on PS2 wasnt to bad. Unfortunately it was to hard at the time when I was younger.
6th gen in general was a really good gen for licensed games, so many surprising gems from that time
Peter Jackson's King Kong.
Avatar: The game
X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
And love it or hate it, Enter The Matrix really scratched the itch for Matrix games as well.
COGconnected: Some sequels come as a result of the artists behind it truly believing an IP deserves a second chance, could be improved with just a few small tweaks, or is indeed good enough to warrant a sequel. These ones do not.
Loads of people asked for a sequel to Knack, including myself.
The first game was good fun, clearly rushed for launch, but a good launch title for PS4.
The great dunk spoke, and knack 2 was goty before it even dropped. Spaghetti. Meatballs. Puerto Rico.
Knack 2 and Kane and Lynch 2 were so good
Cool article though aha mostly all true.
Still waiting for Kanye and Lynch 3 to solve that insane cliffhanger ending
I will always want more Naughty Bear. Those games are like bad SyFy movies, just so awful but so fun.
Knack 1-2 was Fantastic...,.... hope Knack 3 being developed.
Can't wait for Ratchet and clank 2
Ps4
Here are the seven Xbox 360 games that still need to be backwards compatible with the Xbox One, including one last Call of Duty title and a hip hop artist that needs to find his skull.
GRAW2 and Ninja Gaiden 2 and I’ll be set. I’m a little bitter though you can’t buy Splinter Cell Blacklist digitally, I certainly would have bought a new copy to play, I don’t have my disc anymore and I’ll never own another game on disc. Same thing happened with Red River, not sure why it happens but it is disappointing.
Would love Dishonored 1 and the Batman Arkham games on BC, the remastered versions of those games is hot garbage.
Do people actually play 360 games on the xb1 or do they kinda toy around for a while to check out the improvements? Im curious because i cant stand last gen games
I bought the Xbox one X because of the backwards compatibility. Last gen games look amazing, Gears, Red dead look incredible in 4K. Still some of the best games were on last gen.
Infinite Undiscovery is the only one I'm waiting on, I replayed Blue Dragon when it hit BC.
Funny article and soo true and worst of all they charged 59 bucks for that turd sammich
Enjoyed this article, a good read made me want to play the game..... almost ;).
Seriously, Brianace could convince me to play it, if it were free!
Blood on the sand ,Such a shallow game , it felt like i was playing a smart phone game on a big screen, i borrowed it from a friend one weekend,my condolences to anybody who paid 60 dollars for this . the first game on ps2 , Bullet Proof was way waaay better than this s**t.
I beat that garbage in two days and traded it in for 30. I was one of those suckers that paid for that turd sammich!