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wrreisen2@yahoo.com

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

Hi,

What are the best games released so far for Xbox 360 in each genre?

Thanks.

Tim Bird

2006-08-03, 6:14 am


<wrreisen2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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quote:

> Hi,
>
> What are the best games released so far for Xbox 360 in each genre?


I'd say the following:

RPG: Oblivion
Racing: PGR3
Sport: Rockstar Table Tennis
FPS: COD2

That's the major food groups covered...

Best game so far: Oblivion.

If you get those 4 and perhaps Condemned you'll have a good set of games
that'll keep you busy for a while.


Mattuzzi

2006-08-03, 6:14 am


"ScoopeX" <scoopex@scoopex.co.uk> wrote in message
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quote:

> wrreisen2@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> halo 2 covers the lot
>
>


he was asking about 360 games.


booty bandit

2006-08-03, 6:14 am


<wrreisen2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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quote:

> Hi,
>
> What are the best games released so far for Xbox 360 in each genre?
>
> Thanks.


COD2 or GRAW (both are great!)
PGR3
NBA 2K6 or Top Spin 2
Kameo
Condemned
Oblivion


Tom

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

booty bandit wrote:
quote:

> COD2 or GRAW (both are great!)


Both are great but are too different to be considered the same genre.
GRAW is slow and tactical to the extreme whereas COD2 is a fast paced
arcade shooter. They are in different genres but both are the best of
their genre.

booty bandit

2006-08-03, 6:14 am


"Tom" <tom_overton_1968@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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quote:

> booty bandit wrote:
>
> Both are great but are too different to be considered the same genre.
> GRAW is slow and tactical to the extreme whereas COD2 is a fast paced
> arcade shooter. They are in different genres but both are the best of
> their genre.



That is being way to technical on 'your' part.
Both are FPS games which falls under one genre (FPS).


Chris F

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:22:48 -0400, "booty bandit"
<boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote:
quote:

>
>"Tom" <tom_overton_1968@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:1153154802.526467.42800@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>That is being way to technical on 'your' part.
>Both are FPS games which falls under one genre (FPS).
>

except graw is played in third person.
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Mattuzzi

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

ScoopeX wrote:
quote:

> Mattuzzi wrote:
>
> I know.
>
> ;)


then why did u mention halo 2?

TheGame

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

Best single player: Oblivion
Best online FPS: BF2MC
Best tactical shooter: GRAW
Best racing: Burnout
Best Sports: Table Tennis

wrreisen2@yahoo.com wrote:
quote:

> Hi,
>
> What are the best games released so far for Xbox 360 in each genre?
>
> Thanks.


Doug Jacobs

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

In alt.games.video.xbox Mattuzzi <xxxlestatxxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
quote:

> then why did u mention halo 2?


*sigh*

It's not funny if you have to explain the joke.
Chris F

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:40:29 -0000, Doug Jacobs
<djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote:
quote:

>In alt.games.video.xbox Mattuzzi <xxxlestatxxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>*sigh*
>
>It's not funny if you have to explain the joke.


no, it's just not funny ever.
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Jordan

2006-08-03, 6:14 am


TheGame wrote:
quote:

> Best online FPS: BF2MC


? Que?

Aha... Battlefield 2: Modern Combat... You threw me there for a
second...

Is that actually a FPS or is it more of an action game? (That's how
ToTheGame describes it...)

They show 4 FPS in release:

Call of Duty 2 - 90.1% (Gamerankings)
Far Cry Instincts: Predator - 77.6% (Gamerankings)
Prey - 82.6% (Gamerankings)
Quake 4 - 75.9% (Gamerankings)

Which is odd because that means they don't consider Perfect Dark to be
a FPS either (80.8% Gamerankings.)

Of all these titles the only two I've played are CoD2 (great!) and
Perfect Dark (not great!)

- Jordan

Mr. Impressive

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

Tim Bird hasath spokeneth theseth wordeths ofeth wisethdometh:
quote:

>
> <wrreisen2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1153144392.600152.114040@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
>
> I'd say the following:
>
> RPG: Oblivion
> Racing: PGR3
> Sport: Rockstar Table Tennis
> FPS: COD2
>
> That's the major food groups covered...
>
> Best game so far: Oblivion.
>
> If you get those 4 and perhaps Condemned you'll have a good set of
> games that'll keep you busy for a while.


Ha, Condemned can be beaten in around 6 hours.

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Pez D Spencer

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

the best (of the ones i've played):

rpg--oblivion, duh!
fps--call of duty 2, awesome
racing--pgr3

that's about all i need at the moment.

i thought kameo sucked until i saw one of my friends playing a later
level.

Android

2006-08-03, 6:14 am


"Andrew Ryan Chang" <archang@sfu.ca> wrote in message
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quote:

> ScoopeX <scoopex@scoopex.co.uk> wrote:
>
> When you're the only one typing "LOL" to your own "joke", and I am
> using that term for the sake of argument in this case, it's a sign it
> bombed.


I don't think it bombed. Mattuzzi just didn't get it. When Halo 2 is the
most popular game played by 360 owners online, it isn't a joke to name Halo
2 as the best game available for the 360.




Android

2006-08-03, 6:14 am


<wrreisen2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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quote:

> Hi,
>
> What are the best games released so far for Xbox 360 in each genre?
>
> Thanks.



Sim-style racing: PGR3
Arcade-style racing: Burnout
FPS: Call of Duty 2 (except it stunk online)
Shooter: Ghost Recon:AW
Sports: I liked NBA Live, but I haven't tried table tennis...if you
consider that a sport
RTS: Lord of the Rings (from the demo, at least)
Action/Adventure: Kameo or Tomb Raider?
Platformer: Has there been one?






booty bandit

2006-08-03, 6:14 am


"Chris F" <chris@asifimtellingyoulot.com> wrote in message
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quote:

> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:22:48 -0400, "booty bandit"
> <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> except graw is played in third person.


"can" be played in the third person.
Just because it gives you that option doesn't make it in an entirely
different genre.
Everyone on my friends list plays it in the 1st person view.
Again you guys are being to technical.

Hell why not say

Racing
Arcade - Burnout Revenge
Arcade/Sim - PGR 3
Sim - Moto GP3 until Forza or Toca is released anyway

If we did that we would be here all day and confusing the hell out of the
original poster.



booty bandit

2006-08-03, 6:14 am


"Jordan" <lundj@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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quote:

>
> TheGame wrote:
>
>
> ? Que?
>
> Aha... Battlefield 2: Modern Combat... You threw me there for a
> second...
>
> Is that actually a FPS or is it more of an action game? (That's how
> ToTheGame describes it...)
>
> They show 4 FPS in release:
>
> Call of Duty 2 - 90.1% (Gamerankings)
> Far Cry Instincts: Predator - 77.6% (Gamerankings)
> Prey - 82.6% (Gamerankings)
> Quake 4 - 75.9% (Gamerankings)
>
> Which is odd because that means they don't consider Perfect Dark to be
> a FPS either (80.8% Gamerankings.)
>
> Of all these titles the only two I've played are CoD2 (great!) and
> Perfect Dark (not great!)


Don't waste your time with Far Cry or Q4. They definitely fall under not
great. Prey would fall under the almost great but short single player and
just ok but lacking bigtime in the online department.


Chris F

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:39:37 -0700, "Android"
<androvich@NOSPAMcomcast.net> wrote:

quote:

>FPS: Call of Duty 2 (except it stunk online)


much better now though, but could do with more players.
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Tom

2006-08-03, 6:14 am


"Chris F" <chris@asifimtellingyoulot.com> wrote in message
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quote:

> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:22:48 -0400, "booty bandit"
> <boodybandit@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> except graw is played in third person.
> --
>
> gamertag: Chrisflynnuk
> http://live.xbox.com/member/Chrisflynnuk


I thought it was second person (as in over the shoulder view), but it can be
played first person too.


Chris F

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:05:35 -0400, "Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote:
quote:

>
>"Chris F" <chris@asifimtellingyoulot.com> wrote in message
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>
>I thought it was second person (as in over the shoulder view), but it can be
>played first person too.
>

over the shoulder view is third person. 2nd person would have you
playing the game from someone else in the squad/story's viewpoint,
which would be very odd indeed.
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GrispernMix

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

3rd person shooters are always the way to go.

http://mrvendetta1.googlepages.com

knight37

2006-08-03, 6:14 am


wrreisen2@yahoo.com wrote:
quote:

> What are the best games released so far for Xbox 360 in each genre?


Most genres don't even have multiple games yet for the 360 so lets just
go with "best games".

1. Oblivion (prefer the PC version tho)
2. Call of Duty 2
3. Tomb Raider Legend
4. Kameo
5. Burnout Revenge

Tom

2006-08-03, 6:14 am


"Chris F" <chris@asifimtellingyoulot.com> wrote in message
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quote:

> On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:05:35 -0400, "Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote:
>
> over the shoulder view is third person. 2nd person would have you
> playing the game from someone else in the squad/story's viewpoint,
> which would be very odd indeed.
> --
>
> gamertag: Chrisflynnuk
> http://live.xbox.com/member/Chrisflynnuk


You're right, that would be skewed to see in gaming LOL. Anyway, I prefer
first person shooters, though some 3rd P-shooters are cool too. It would be
great if games gave the choice to be played in either mode; I know some do.


Chris F

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:08:12 -0400, "Tom" <noway@nothere.com> wrote:

quote:

>You're right, that would be skewed to see in gaming LOL. Anyway, I prefer
>first person shooters, though some 3rd P-shooters are cool too. It would be
>great if games gave the choice to be played in either mode; I know some do.
>

i don't mind either really, as long as they're done right.

usually you find if a game has both modes, one will be a bit crappy,
as the developer will have concentrated on one, then jus added the
other in later (take Oblivion as a great example of this.)
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Quiet Desperation

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

In article <1153338862.753832.88310@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
"knight37" <knight37m@gmail.com> wrote:
quote:

> 3. Tomb Raider Legend


Ack! I d/l the demo. AWFUL control scheme, IMHO. I had no problems with
the first two in the series. Why do they have to fix what isn't broken?
Andrew

2006-08-03, 6:14 am

On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:29:24 -0700, Quiet Desperation <x@x.com> wrote:
quote:

>Ack! I d/l the demo. AWFUL control scheme, IMHO. I had no problems with
>the first two in the series. Why do they have to fix what isn't broken?


What is wrong with it? I had the choice of getting the 360 or the PC
version, and went with the 360 as it played so well with the 360 pad.
Very good game IMO.
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