5 Must Buy Xbox 360 Games

We recently looked at a few Xbox 360 games that really went the extra mile with gameplay. These games should be considered as 'MUST BUYS' for Xbox 360 owners, simply because these games are the best there is.

[Madusha]

Please let me know what you think. Agree with ODST as #1?

[Nelson M]

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[KingKionic]

lol...

come on nelson...

At least one .

[randomwiz]

I'd say replace GTA with Splinter Cell... GTA seems like it got old an boring

[ShabzS]

dude mass effect 2 ?? splinter cell c ?

[Greywulf]

heres a challenge..

make a top 10 list.

[Boody-Bandit]

1:Mass Effect 2
2:Halo Reach
3:Alan Wake
4:Forza 3
5:Splinter Cell Conviction

Honorable mention: Crackdown 2

I like my list better :)

[CrazyOrange]

9- GTA: Balled of GAY TONY
8- MASS EFFECT 2
7- FORZA MOTORSPORT 3
6- LEFT 4 DEAD 2
5- SPLINTER CELL CONVEICTION
4- CRACKDOWN 2
3- HALO ODST
2- ALAN WAKE
1- HALO REACH

and people says 360 dosent have enough upcoming games

[Greywulf]

9- GTA: Balled of GAY TONY - Expansion
8- MASS EFFECT 2 - Multiplatform
7- FORZA MOTORSPORT 3
6- LEFT 4 DEAD 2 Multiplatform
5- SPLINTER CELL CONVEICTION Multiplatform
4- CRACKDOWN 2 <--- Really?
3- HALO ODST - Expansion
2- ALAN WAKE
1- HALO REACH <--- Really?

So thats 1. Alan Wake, 2. Forza3.

and other games you know nothing about that have no release dates or information about at all. Good job your must buy list might work for 2011. But its 2009.

You might as well pad the made up list with Huxley/Warhounds and other PC/360 titles that have been added to the list since 2005.

[Ashby_JC]

Not everyone including myself worries about what games are exclusive or multiplat when your making a list of upcoming gmaes that that individual is looking forward to on there console of choice.

Im looking forward to

1. Forza 3
2. NBA 2k10
3. Operation Flashpoint
4. ODST
5. L4D2
6. Gay tony (its alot of hours of gaming for $20)

Doesnt matter to me which is exclusive to my 360 I just want to game and have FUN!!!

[NineteenSeventyNine]

On your whole "multiplat" spin rant, I can't wait to play Mass Effect 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction and L4D2 on my PS3! Oh wait. . .

I find it very entertaining how you fanboys try to belittle games on 360/PC just so your own feeble PS3 game library doesn't look so bad after all. =D

[PS3PCFTW]

90 percent of the titles mentioned here are multiplat.

the others are TIMED 360 EXCLUSIVES.

so 90% of "your" games are on the ps3 as well, except the ps3 can play them all in one gaming session without sounding like a blender, or overheating and commiting suicide.

console suicide. lol. jump out and play BEYOND last gen

[edgeofblade]

A list of released games? Is that the best they can do? I've learned by getting burned. And unreleased games are highly volatile.

And @PS3PCFTW: Hey, turns out you CAN use the argument that PS3 is selling better than 360 when you ignore their first year. Because the PS3 multiplatform games lag behind by a year, too. Why don't you sit on that and show it a good time...

[KingKionic]

Good list....

Honorable mentions....

[Madusha]

Thanks, anything I missed?

[KingKionic]

Well this is a top five so no ......

(Splinter cell :conviction )

:)

[Ron_Burgundy]

3 expansions, Alan Wake, and Flopza 3.

More floping is on the horizon for the bots

you bots need some of this stuff for your flopbox

[Nelson M]

"You Cant Polish a Turd"

[soxfan2005]

Welcome to Loserville. Population - you two.

[Dark Collosis]

Selling your turd polish now because after having to drop $300.00 in retail value. You might now be able to sell that PS3 off without it? No wonder you sony fans are so butt hurt. I would be pissed to if the console i purchased dropped $300.00 HALF in price in less than 3 years of being purchased... Especially after waiting near 2 years to get its first exclusive AAA title........ ouch.. Play any good JRPGs lately or are you still waiting for that same one for the past 2 years?

@ tinted eyes. considering M$ has only really dropped there Elite console by only $200.00 sense it came out 4years ago to Sony having to drop its price $300.00 in less than 3 years??? Talk about DESPERATE .. I hope you dont have Playstation 3 stock because its ALREADY dropped its VALUE in HALF in LESS than 3 years out.. SELL SELL SELL

[Tinted Eyes]

And yet M$ desperately dropped the price to a mere 200 to try and stay ahead.

[talltony]

Umm splinter cell conviction is really the only one I want. Why would they list a dlc over that?

[Nelson M]

The 3Shitsty aint Got 5 Must buy Games

5 Alan Flop
4 Flopza 3
3 Left on Shelf 2
2 Gay Tony
1 Halo Official D*ck Sucking Team

What a Gay,Floppy List

[Panthers]

Haha. I like how you didnt even need to change the name of Gay Tony. Still, that Halo one was hilarious.

[Dark Collosis]

I barely have 5 things yet to bring me to buying a PS3

1. Only $300.00 now HALF its original ass raping price you queers paid.
2. Would like a blueray player for my 1080p LG LCD TV in my bedroom.
Yet should i just buy the $99.00 one at Walmart....hmmmm..
3. Little Big Planet would be nice to have for my 3 sons..
4. Infamous looks like a fun game.
5. God of War 3, but of course i owned both 1 and 2 never
finished them(purchased at the same time and soon after got
a 360 with GoW never turnin back and traded in for Fable2).
Not to mention i really like what i have seen from
Dante's Inferno.

[Aclay]

If I were writing this Top 5 list, I'd say:

#1 Alan Wake
#2 Mass Effect 2
#3 Splinter Cell Conviction
#4 Forza Motorsport 3
#5 GTA Ballad of Gay Tony

I have nothing against L4D2 or Halo: ODST, it's just that I think both Conviction and Mass Effect 2 look a LOT more intriguing than L4D2 and ODST.

[swiftshot93]

Id make ME2 first, and make SC second and Alan Wake third.

[Topshelfcheese]

I have to be honest, I was expecting it to be 5 multiplat games. The title reminded me of the 5 PS3 games not to play article that was 5 multiplat games lol.

Anyway, good list, however I will not bother with Forza, ODST, or Ballad. Mass Effect 2 is my most wanted ;)

[Fishy Fingers]

Not sure how you can label unreleased games "the best there is", perhaps the most hyped there is, but it's a good list and all being well 4 out of the 5 will end up in my collection (Don't own GTA anymore).

[foxtheory]

but I wouldn't put DLC in it, even if it's exclusive. I'd replace Gay Tony with Splinter Cell Conviction, but that's just me.

Oh, and Mass Effect 2 NEEDS to be up there!!

[PandemicPrawn0]

1:Splinter Cell Conviction
2:Mass Effect 2
3:Alan Wake
4:Forza 3
5:Crackdown 2

[RetroPietro]

OMG this is brilliant, tey literally only have one good game on this list HALO ODST!!! Xbox is really in for a tough year unless they get some decent titles. Makes me glad i won a PS3 aswell or I would be very bored

[Kakihara]

I'm not trying to be nasty but if you're looking for games that 'really went the extra mile with gameplay' shouldn't you choose games you've actually played?? Shouldn't at least one or two of these must own games be a game you've played at least a few seconds of?

[Panthers]

Compared to these...

God of War 3
Uncharted 2
Heavy Rain
Ratchet & Clank
MAG

(first off of my head. i know i am missing some big ones)

Not to mention the GOW collection. I am stoked for that.

[divideby0]

If thats the best...my wallet is gonna be fat.
Alan Wake to me is a must buy...all the others are meh..

[MetalGearBear]

list is too horrible!!!!

[blu_yu_away]

To include future releases but not Mass Effect 2 is a travesty.
1. Mass Effect 2
2. Alan Wake
3. Splinter Cell Conviction
4. Crackdown 2
5. Forza 3

[Aquarius]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm 2 years to get its first AAA title.

Uncharted was released in less than a year you numskull

Valkyria Chronicles? (Exclusive)
Demons Souls? (Exclusive)
White Knight Chronicles? ( Exclusive)
Tales of Vesperia? ( Exclusive)

The early 360's didn't even come with a HDMI port. Only When the PS3 was released and M$ decided to go back, I mean Black. The 360 doesn't even come with a HDD and its still overpriced yet to this day. Not even Bluetooth. How very sad indeed. It's going to be embarrassing to own a deathbox in 2012. Can't wait for the jokes :D

The 360 was only designed to rip-off the consumer.

Oh and BTW 360 took two years to get FAILO 3.

I beg your pardon but did you say Dante's Inferno. I'm sorry but you can't play that game because your acting like a child.

EDIT:2 I agree The Iron Sheik. It also had these which are all AAA in my eyes.

Motorstorm
Folklore
Ratchet and Clank Tools of Destruction
Heavenly Sword
The Eye Of Judgement

[The Iron Sheik]

PS3 had its first AAA title at launch. Resistance Fall Of Man. Damn that game was epic.

[Saaking]

crap games on the failbox.

[The Iron Sheik]

If I was a Xbox owner I would be angry that this is all they have coming out. But I'm a PS3 owner and have come to expect superior games. You bots love mediocrity so this is probably good enough for you

[Aquarius]

oh please be gentle. he's only young :P

[bruddahmanmatt]

WOW. Just friggin' WOW. Just when I thought maDOUCHEa couldn't get it done, he goes and pulls something even more stupid and LAZY out of his backside. THIS ENTIRE ARTICLE IS NOTHING BUT COPY AND PASTE PLAGIARISM FROM WIKIPEDIA. WEAK...SAUCE.

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Loser should be BANNED from posting at n4g after this lame move. You don't rip off the words of others and try to pass them off as your own.

[STICKzophrenic]

That's just sad. He speaks as though he has played them all, and he uses wiki entries for the descriptions? What a joke.

My list:

1. Mass Effect 2
2. Halo 3: ODST
3. Halo: Reach
4. Modern Warfare 2
5. Bioshock 2
6. Crackdown 2
7. Alan Wake
8. GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
9. Assassin's Creed II
10. Insert random game here.

I know I have a few multiplats on there, but I'm not much into racers or stealth, so that leaves out Forza and Splinter Cell.

[Saaking]

Disgusting games on the 360.

[bruddahmanmatt]

WOW. Just friggin' WOW. Just when I thought maDOUCHEa couldn't get it done, he goes and pulls something even more stupid and LAZY out of his backside. THIS ENTIRE ARTICLE IS NOTHING BUT COPY AND PASTE PLAGIARISM FROM WIKIPEDIA. WEAK...SAUCE.

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Loser should be BANNED from posting at n4g after this lame move. You don't rip off the words of others and try to pass them off as your own.

[Baka-akaB]

My list of current and future must buy is very limited :

Alan Wake
Kingdom under fire 2
Fable 3 (i dislike the first 2 , but finally the 3 have concept that might amount to something worth playing , but that kind of thinking is most likely a setup for future dissapointment)
Splinter cell conviction , probably the first one i'll like as well

And well i'm afraid that's it , i'm a very bad 360 fan , actually as most already know , not really a fan .
I basically got the console with it's exclusive jrpg in mind , and most hugely dissapointed me (dont worry same goes with the ps3 , but i at least had the excellent Demon souls and Valkyria chronicle out of it) , with the exception of Tales of vesperia , wich i'm getting on ps3 anyway (just try the 360 version anyway , learning it would get a ps3 release with extras)

[pshizle]

1.Mass Effect 2
2.Halo Reach
3.Fable 3
4.MW2
5.Alan Wake

[Karlnag3]

That's the only thing I agree with, but that's coz I own both PS3 and 360 and I'd rather have GT5 than Forza, ODST is sh1t, GTA4 is boring now, and I never liked L4D to begin with, sorry.
If I didn't have a PS3 I suppose I'd agree with Forza 3 too but the rest would still stand. Sh1t list basically.