Okay, my brother seems to have a xbox 360 these days, and his birthday is coming closer.

Any recommendations for Xbox games? He has PES6 or how many is it (soccer game), not much else.

So enlighten me

Shooters: Gears of War, Call of Duty 3 - GoW is the hot favourite for GotY, Cod3 you just can't go wrong with (mainly if you're online). GUN is a fantastic game, but too short, I definately say go for that one though. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter is another excellent game if you want realistic damage and online teamplay

RPG: Oblivion, no doubt. Also 99 Nights if you like hack n slash type games (think dynasty warriors). Kameo is an odd but very fun rpg/puzzle game from Rare which was the first one I played on the 360. Saints Row if you enjoyed GTA (its basically the exact same game with a lil bit added in and changed). Phantasy Star Universe is also out soon, both offline and online subscription play, again more hack n slash than true rpg.

Driving: Burnout or PGR, also theres the new Need for Speed Carbon if you enjoy your street racing.

Sports: you have your Fight Night, Smackdown, Fifa, NHL, NBA and most of the other major sports series will be coming out.

I know I'll have missed off a ton of them, and I'll think of them later, but those are some damn good ones.

Pity Mass Effect aint available.

Id avoid fifa 2007, it sucks, really it does!

Heh, Pev threw all her expertise on the table there If you kinda know what genre of games he likes you can probably take your pick from those J. I'd say Oblivion of course!

He has Oblivion on PC, any difference with the XBox version? (i assume not much).

On the other hand, i could buy him Oblivion, get his copy for pc and start playing it myself. Oh wait .. no .. i STILL don't have a decent pc.
Oh and i don't have any time at all to play. I actually don't have time to type this, but luckily i'm good in improvising stuff so i do have some time for myself. Okay i'll end this now before it turns into a real rant

I heard online play costs money, i say that sucks. How much does it cost (and how does the payment work?). Since i'd get him Gears of War, but if he can't play online (doesn't have VISA for instance, dunno what paying methods are used) it's probably only half as fun.

Get Oblivion, after all, it was created for console.

lol...that's kinda 'touché'


Compard to Daggerfall, Oblivion was a cookie cutter kiddy RPG. But it was still good and the TES universe is cool.

Online play = Xbox Live, and its not too bad at all.

Basically the cheapest way is router + ethernet cable to your pc, so thats cheap to set up, then all you pay is £40 a year (you can buy 1 or 3 months but they work out more expensive). Be wary with final fantasy online and phantasy star universe, they have their own subs as well, all other games are essentially free after you have paid that £40 for the year.

You can also go wireless; obviously you need a wireless router, and you have to buy the wireless adapter for the 360 (£59.99), then its just the £40 for the year again.

I don't find it too bad, its only just over £3 each month to play online whenever you want, adn download demos. To download the arcade games you have to pay for most of them with Microsoft points.

Thx for the info Pev.

And ehm Microsoft points .. do i want to know what it is?

Its Bill Gates ripping you off. Basically its to pay for the arcade games (things like Bejewelled; fun games but not worthy of being made on dvd and shipped to a shop) or for things like extra map packs for Call of Duty, or themes (like desktop themes) for the 360 Dashboard.

You can buy them online for various amounts, or instores (2100 points for £17.50 or equivalent). Most of the games cost 800 points or more, but of course it fools you into thinking they're cheap as its just points you're spending

Generally not worth it, but some classics on there might make him want to invest in them; Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat for example, and there are some damn cool games on there. Just make sure to download the free trials first

Theres a new Mass Effect video available at gamespot, i suggest checking it out, IT ROXXORZ!

At some point, I'll post the list of games I own with a rating and little description, Just for your info Mr. J.

That would be very nice of you Mr. Mole.

I'll be using the terms:
Multiplatform: Xbox/PS2 game at Xbox 360 price, e.g. No updated graphics etc, only difference is usually the gamer score unless otherwise mentioned.


THE GAMES

Condemed - First person shooter/beat'em up hybrid. Lot's of creepy freakin' shit and some pretty brutal fights. Let down by some of the controls not being 100% and not much replay value 8/10

Gun - Western third person shooter with some great action and horseback shooting in it. Let down by the fact it's a multiplatform (read: Xbox game at Xbox 360 price) Plays well, but is short. 7/10

Dead Rising - Capcom arcade style survivor game with up to just over 1000 zombies on scree at any one time. Great hack'n'slash fun with ages of replay value. Loads of weapons and a true to zombie film plot to boot. Great! 9/10

Tony Hawks American Wasteland - Classic style tony hawk game. Multiplatform so again, Xbox game at Xbox 360 price. Dodgey controls let it down, but being a fan of the series that didn't stop me. 6.5/10

Tomb Raider Legends - New tomb raider with a new gameplay style. Very fluid game with some really cool parts. This platforms version was crafted for this platform so you get the updated graphics. VERY SHORT. 7/10

Dead or Alive 4 - A very intricate beat 'em up where you have to be good at the game to be good at the fighting. Reactions and predictions are needed to excell. Great online! Plenty of boobs! Nice graphics and interesting fights. 8/10

Perfect Dark Zero - Pretty good gameplay but aiming is a little funky. Clasic first person shooter, but just a smudge on the shadow of it's N64 original. Good multiplayer. 7/10

Fight Night Round Three: Excellent gameplay and graphics, lot's of sweat! Challenging fights and some nice online play. Looses 1 point for being an EA title. 8/10

Oblivion - You all know what this is like! Only downside is the fairly mid ranged draw distance and a higher lack of detail on the far away textures than on a high end PC. Supports both AA and that Antistrophic (or whatever it is) lighting though, where the PC doesn't. Excellent control system. No multiplayer but it's not made for that so 10/10

Call of Duty 3 - Multiplayer is fantasticly awesome! Not played the single player yet! rating yet to follow.

Call of DUty 2 - Muliplayer and Single player are excellent, controlls perfectly allowing precision sniping. 9/10

Splinter Cell: Double Agent - The 4th in the fantastic splinter cell series. Has a few flaws compared to it's counter parts, the lack of an analogue "light metre" (allowing you to see just how visible to the enemy you are) takes from the precision of the game as it's been replaced with a red/yellow/green system. Single player is great though and multiplayer is pretty fun too. 8/10

Saints Row: GTA Clone with some extra shit such as cool side missions and ragdoll physics. Slower than GTA cars wise. Cool multiplayer modes include "protect the pimp" and "pimp your ride" 8/10

Far Cry Instincts - Semi Multiplatform suffering. Aiming is dodgey so you have to use the dreaded aim aids. Make your own maps for online Xbox live is fun though! 6.5/10

FEAR - not played it but my bro said it's one of the best 360 games he's played. Identical to PC version.

VivaPinata - A fun "sim meets tamagotchi meets RARE's humour" kinda game. Create the ideal world (I.E. a basic version of Zoo Tycoon) for your Pinata's to live in. It's one of those kids games that you play and you say "this isn't made for kids!" 7/10

Test Drive Unlimited - Seamlesly intergrates single player with multiplayer creating an MMOesque world for you to drive in. Racing challenges, Hitchiker challanges and random challenges from other drivers make the game fun. If you turn of the handling aids the game becomes a lot more realistic as the cars physics are powered by the Havok engine. 8/10

Eragon - Plays like the lord of the rings games (Run around with a sworrd etc), but only played it for a few minutes so reserving judgement.

Tony Hawks Project 8 - A new Tony Hawk game with a few extra cool things like nail the trick (use the analogue sticks to control the feet, allowing you to make any trick you want as you go) and better physics with MUCH more realistic animation. 8.5/10

Kameo - Freakin' sweet game. Upskirt action too! Lot's of challenging events, and plenty of secrets to keep you ocupied untill you're bleeding at the eyes. 9.5/10

99 Nights - Hack and slash basic action. Some large battles and plenty of you calling your army completely usless. Kinda like the new Kingdom games. Graphics are ok. 6.5/10

Sonic the Hedgehog - I've been told it get's better later, but it's mostly crappy right now thanks to the TERRIBLE controls. 4/10

Phantasy Star Universe - Arcade style beat/shoot/magic'em up RPG. Pretty good what I've played so far, more for the die hard fans though methinks. £6.99 a month to play online. 7.5/10

Rainbow 6 LA - First Person Shooter. Multiplatform. Dunno, I haven't played it yet.

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfigher - I love it! Third Person Shooter. Great single player campaign but more so the Xbox live fun is immense! Controls wells, Looks good and some nice weapons to aid you. 8.5/10

Burnout Revenge - The single fastest racing game I have ever seen. Immense speeds, awesome crashes and super sweet high def carnage! 9/10


The Scary thing is I think I've missed out quite a few games. Hope that helps ask any questioins you need.

Wow that's quite some list. Thanks a lot.

Btw i think the 99 nights is in the line of the dynasty warriors series if you know these. Don't know the kingdom ones