Author Topic: So what are your "Must Play" XBOX games? (Read 5306 times)

Malenko · « **on:** March 25, 2015, 09:02:19 am »

Im talking original XBOX, not XBONE or XBOX360

Doesnt have to be XBOX exclusive, doesnt have the be the best version of a multiconsole game, none of those restrictions. Just list games you think are fun to play. The purpose of this is quite selfish, I wanna find some new games to play I may have missed!
No need to mention Halo though.

For me, in no particular order:
Forza Motorsports (just started a new career last night!)
Sega GT
Mega Man Anniversary Collection
Mortal Kombat : Shaolin Monks
Marvel Ultimate Alliance/ Xmen Legends
Star Wars Battle Front 2
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Red Read Revolver
Crimson Skies
Star Wars KOTOR 1&2

pbj · « **Reply #1 on:** March 25, 2015, 10:20:39 am »

Gauntlet Dark Legacy is alright and you can carefully map it out with a Kade and make it playable with a stick and six buttons. That and Top Spin Tennis are probably the only actual non-emulated games I play anymore on that system. Sadly no Virtua Tennis. Burnout 3 on a really dull day but my love affair with Striker ended many years ago.

Back when I worked from home the Baldur's Gate action RPGs and Mercenaries were a lot of fun. Can't comment on how well they've aged.

Malenko · « **Reply #2 on:** March 25, 2015, 10:30:30 am »

no Kades or other garbage like that, Im using official non Duke MS controllers. I'll give G:DL a whirl (I heard terrible things about its sequel, Seven Sorrows) and I still have the original Mercenaries , I played the ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- out of M2 and it had one of the greatest songs ever tied to it. Oh no you didnt! I dont think I tried a single baulder's gate games since one of the OLD PC games.

pbj · « **Reply #3 on:** March 25, 2015, 10:54:35 am »

I'm kind of curious if any of the Blitz games on Xbox can be played with just ABXY Black/White. I've tried Blitz League and some other one... 2k3? But there's an older version I can't find online so haven't tested yet.

opt2not · « **Reply #4 on:** March 25, 2015, 12:23:22 pm »

OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Burnout 3: Takedown
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Soul Calibur 2
Shenmue II
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Psychonauts
Conker: Live and Reloaded

thomas_surles · « **Reply #5 on:** March 25, 2015, 04:45:38 pm »

Elder scrolls and fable would be some obvious choices. Doom 3 is not bad.

Generic Eric · « **Reply #6 on:** March 25, 2015, 04:56:28 pm »

I enjoyed Midtown Madness 3

thatpurplestuff · « **Reply #7 on:** March 26, 2015, 12:47:47 am »

Vexx is a very underrated 3d platformer in the vein of Mario 64. Conker is great too

Malenko · « **Reply #8 on:** March 26, 2015, 05:35:13 pm »

Quote from: pbj on March 25, 2015, 10:20:39 am

Gauntlet Dark Legacy is alright......... and Top Spin Tennis are probably the only actual non-emulated games I play anymore on that system. Burnout 3 on a really dull day but my love affair with Striker ended many years ago.

Back when I worked from home the Baldur's Gate action RPGs and Mercenaries were a lot of fun. Can't comment on how well they've aged.

Dark Legacy is just a arcade port, a pretty good one, but I just don't like the game that much. I took it back to 2nd and Charles.
Top Spin is really great

Burnout 3 is a classic
bought BG2 and Mercs on eBay, we'll see how they hold up.

GE, my buddy is giving me his XBOX games, including his midtown madness 3

Loafmeister · « **Reply #9 on:** March 28, 2015, 09:33:03 am »

My favorites:

Crimson Skies (probably my fav original xbox game - this never saw a sequel which must mean it sold badly, because it looks fantastic today and is a superb game)
GTA III and Vice City
Psychonauts (disclaimer - I am stupid as I haven't come close to finishing this brilliant funny game)
Panzer Dragoon: Orta - maybe best graphics of its generation? Fun on-rail type 3d shooter
Outrun 2006 Coast to Coast
Ninja Gaiden
Beyond Good and Evil
NHL Hitz 2003 (soso single player but fantastic multiplayer)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Burnout 3: Takedown
Soul Calibur 2
Fable
Halo 1 and 2
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
NFL 2K3 (I think that's the year? Still the best NFL game IMHO - edit: I think it is NFL2K5)
Star Wars KOTOR - but you'll need to invest a lot of time on that one! Buggy in parts but absolutely brilliant and no, I haven't finished that one either!

Quantum Redshift (wipeout type racer, well I liked it...)

I'm forgetting something obvious I'm sure...

I think a game like Forza is pretty awesome but because the series is still ongoing and especially because it's grown so much aesthetically, I personally don't have any desire in revisiting the first game in the series. Actually I feel like that for most (but not all) 3d racers. For some reason, I don't feel that way with Burnout (though I do like Burnout Paradise on the 360, Burnout 3 is still awesome in its own right) and Outrun 2 ... Weird huh?

pbj · « **Reply #10 on:** March 28, 2015, 10:00:18 am »

Yeah, careful on KOTOR. The characters have level caps and I wasted my upgrades not knowing that. I also had the Galaxy droid bug but it didn't ruin anything. I had to use a trainer to beat the final boss. Seems like "force push" was the ability you needed most.

Actually bought the Xbox at $150 just to play that game....

sharpfork · « **Reply #11 on:** March 29, 2015, 09:56:52 pm »

Quote from: Malenko on March 25, 2015, 10:30:30 am

no Kades or other garbage like that

Is there something we should be doing different? Lemme know, don't want to be spending too much time making "garbage".

Malenko · « **Reply #12 on:** March 30, 2015, 07:44:24 am »

Quote from: sharpfork on March 29, 2015, 09:56:52 pm

Quote from: Malenko on March 25, 2015, 10:30:30 am
no Kades or other garbage like that

Is there something we should be doing different? Lemme know, don't want to be spending too much time making "garbage".

I have no idea how you arrived at that point, please re-read my entire sentence in context.
I prefer to play XBOX with the 1st party smaller controller, nothing else, not even official M$ Duke controllers.

sharpfork · « **Reply #13 on:** April 03, 2015, 10:31:16 pm »

Quote from: Malenko on March 30, 2015, 07:44:24 am

I have no idea how you arrived at that point, please re-read my entire sentence in context.
I prefer to play XBOX with the 1st party smaller controller, nothing else, not even official M$ Duke controllers.

I get it, you like official controllers, not anything adapted. In that discussion, have you tried they wireless logitech's? They are my goto xbox controller now.

Slippyblade · « **Reply #14 on:** April 03, 2015, 10:45:17 pm »

Fusion Frenzy is probably my favorite game on the OG Xbox. I play it with my wife and kids and we have a blast.

eds1275 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 06, 2015, 02:59:20 am »

Quote from: Slippyblade on April 03, 2015, 10:45:17 pm

Fusion Frenzy is probably my favorite game on the OG Xbox. I play it with my wife and kids and we have a blast.

I never played FF1 but had the second one and it was our go-to party game

Anthony Cole · « **Reply #16 on:** May 02, 2015, 02:28:17 am »

Well my family recently acquired an Xbox one
So I was thinking of getting some games for myself.

Currently we have:
GTA V (SO GOOD)
Assassins Creed Unity
Lego Marvel Avengers (don't ask why)
Battlefield 4

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #17 on:** May 02, 2015, 03:02:06 am »

The Prince of Persia games are fantastic.... I really wish Ubi would set Assassin's Creed aside for a while and make a new POP.

Crimson Skies is a forgotten classic... the game is fantastic and should have been made into a series but nothing happened.

I really like the Buffy games. People might pass them over because tv tie-in's are typically horrible, but these came out after the show was pretty much over and they are decent beat em ups.

DeLuSioNal29 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 04, 2015, 11:43:25 am »

+ 1 on "Burnout 3: Takedown"

It's a driving game with a very arcade-like feel. Blowing up stuff when you crash is great too. Satisfying.

D

Malenko · « **Reply #19 on:** May 04, 2015, 02:29:33 pm »

Been going through the sands of time, you can totally tell this was the foundation of which Assassins Creed was built. Im going to try and finish it, but its a ton of trial and error. I would actually like it if Ubisoft brought the franchise back, they've sort of ran Creed into the ground.

Havent tried the buffy games, cant find them at a price Im willing to gamble on; might just download them. I didnt watch any of the TV show, and all I remember is that Paul Rheubens (spelling?) never actually died in the movie.

Howard_Casto · « **Reply #20 on:** May 04, 2015, 07:03:38 pm »

Well not exactly. The tv series is based on Whedon's movie script, not the final film, so the only significant change is that in the tv series she burnt the gym down and had to move from LA to Sunnydale due to expulsion. There she gets a brand new watcher, some sidekicks, and another bad guy (and eventually good guy) that ALSO happened to be nick-named Spike. They have no relation to each other and the show even made it a point to mention the other spike to differentiate the two.

Tv Spike is way cooler than PeeWee Spike is the point I'm trying to get to.

The show is worth watching, if you keep in mind that it's very much like Star Trek TNG... the first few seasons are just terrible and barely watchable.

ark_ader · « **Reply #21 on:** May 05, 2015, 01:48:26 am »

The Xbox port of the classic PC version of Star Control 2.

It is very good.!

Cobolisdead · « **Reply #22 on:** May 08, 2015, 02:27:37 pm »

KOTOR 1 & 2
Halo 1 & 2
Crazy Taxi 3
Black
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher's Bay
Mechassault
The Punisher
Serious Sam 1 & 2

Those are the games that I played the most on the original Xbox.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #23 on:** June 13, 2015, 12:38:48 am »

Another vote for Crimson Skies. Still looks great.

I'm going to say Steel Battalion as well. You probably won't get it because of the controller, although I think I recall PBJ had one going cheap


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