Pure is an arcade-style ATV racing game based on wild, vertical tracks and outlandish tricks. The more and crazier stunts you pull off, the faster you can go and the more points you'll rack up. Almost nothing about Pure is a simulation -- that's not what the game is about. It's about huge air, crazy speeds and ridiculous draw distances.
Taking a huge jump and pulling off a combo of wild maneuvers is enormously fun and satisfying. And when you land after a drop of hundreds of feet, only to take off with a nitro boost for the next insane jump, you just can't help but smile.
As if there could be any doubt. Bethesda Game Studios ' upcoming role-playing epic takes everything that was good about the massive, freely-roaming world found in the Elder Scrolls games and then drops a bunch of nukes all over it, creating a world that's more dangerous, surprising and infectiously desolate than anything Bethesda has done before.
That it pulls from the rich lore and history of the Fallout series means that while the game may look like Oblivion with radiation, the truth is a bit more complex. That truth is that this is, despite how the view and presentation may have changed the world, still Fallout. The game still focuses on skills, perks, and stats like few games, and the new VATS targeting system that lets you pinpoint enemies' body parts, provides a strategic way to take on multiple targets.
If the world is even half as densely populated as the Elder Scrolls games have been, the attention to recreating the feel of Fallout's post-apocalyptic world is more than enough reason to have us giddy with excitement. Rather than re-invent the gear with the follow-up to its breakout hit shooter, Epic Games has spent the last couple years filing down the rough edges. As a result, Gears of War 2 is shaping up to be the ultimate console shooter.
It looks amazing, plays like a perfectly broken-in pair of combat boots and adds several features that had our jaws dropping at E3. Whether in the single-player campaign or on the multiplayer battlefield, you're best off teaming up with a friend in Gears if you want to stay alive, and Epic is taking that philosophy to crazy new heights. Downed players can crawl to cover while awaiting help, but now that cover may just be chipped away by enemy fire; and weapons and melee attacks have been finely tuned to further encourage tactical team play.
And nothing draws that all together like Horde, a new co-operative multiplayer mode Epic and Microsoft had on display at E3. The premise is simple. Locust enemies swarm forth, and you and your teammates must beat them back for as long as possible. It's intense, addictive and insane, and we can't wait to see what else Gears 2 has in store. Action sports gamers have fond memories of Amped 2 on the original Xbox.
The hope that another company would grab hold of the same concepts for Xbox has finally been realized. Shaun White Snowboarding is the spiritual successor to the Amped series. Rather than throw in arcade gimmicks like colored monkeys flying out your ass see Amped 3 or over-the-top tricks, Shaun White Snowboarding keeps it real. Every trick you pull off is one Shaun White has landed at some point in his career.
The four monstrous mountains exist online at all times. In other words, whenever you hop into Shaun White Snowboarding, you will be online with other virtual snowboarders.
At any time you can hop into a single-player or multiplayer challenge -- or you can spend a few hours riding the mountain with friends. The mountain is open to your whims. Just when it seemed Ubisoft had done all it could with the Tom Clancy license, one last idea was brought to the front. Tom Clancy's EndWar is a real-time strategy game designed specifically for consoles. The RTS genre is having an awakening of sorts on Xbox , but EndWar is the first that is trying something completely new.
We all know that the main issue with bringing an RTS to the is transitioning controls. To solve this, EndWar strips the need to use controls -- everything can be done by voice command. And after an extended play session with the E3 build, we think there's a good chance it will succeed. Developer: Number None Inc. Though at first look many mistake Braid for a platformer, it is truly a puzzle game. Your task in Braid is to collect the puzzle pieces scattered throughout a variety of worlds.
This isn't a matter of hunting for hidden pieces. In fact, you'll be taunted by puzzle pieces laying out in the open. The trick is mastering the time powers in Braid to discover the solution for each room. Each world introduces a new twist to your time powers.
At first, it's just a matter of being able to rewind time. But this evolves into creating doppelgangers, slowing time in specific area, and more. Play together in your living room or across the world! Major record labels and leading music publishers have signed on to provide unrivaled access to master recordings and legendary rock artists — from punk, metal and alternative to classic and southern rock. Full support for downloadable content delivers never-ending challenges.
New content will be available every week. Metallica has signed on to offer several tracks as digitally-distributed game levels for Rock Band as well as "Enter Sandman" for the Rock Band ship disc. Create your own rock avatar! Mold a unique rocker using Rock Band's character creator. Chose from gender, body shape, face, hair, clothes, tattoos and signature moves. Drumming in the spotlight! Showcase a real drum solo with Rock Band's freestyle drum fill windows featured in each song.
Break out your own rhythm and style as anything goes! Ad-lib your own words or shout to the crowd to raise the rock intensity of the performance. Band mates can fail out of a song for poor performance, but the band still plays on. Rescue your failing mate by busting out signature moves and blistering solos to wow the crowd with showmanship. The game makes it possible for everyone to experience the thrill of owning the world's most exotic and exquisite cars.
Live the most realistic racing experience ever as you take the wheel of more than of the most-beloved cars on over renowned real-world tracks and exotic road courses from around the globe. With breathtaking HD graphics and the most advanced vehicle performance modeling in a video game, Forza Motorsport 3 includes a host of driving assists and adjustable skill levels to make the game a gripping pick-up-and-play experience for audiences of all ages and skill levels. There, the imprisoned super-villains have set a trap and an immersive combat gaming experience unfolds.
With an original script penned by Emmy Award-winning Batman writer Paul Dini, the game brings the universe of DC Comics' detective to life with stunning graphics. Batman: Arkham Asylum offers players the chance to battle Gotham's worst villains with Batman's physical and psychological strength in a graphically distinct and story-driven game. Based on Robert Kirkman's award-winning comic book series, The Walking Dead is about a world devastated by an undead apocalypse and the horrifying choices you're forced to make to survive.
Assume the role of Lee Everett, a convicted criminal, who has been given a second chance at life in a world devastated by the undead. With corpses returning to life and survivors stopping at nothing to maintain their own safety, protecting an orphaned girl named Clementine may offer you redemption in a world gone to hell. Rock Band 2 builds upon its foundation as the first music game to introduce co-operative band gameplay, multiple instruments, a robust online multiplayer experience, an unrivaled offering of downloadable content and raises the bar by delivering an entirely new level of depth, connectivity, authenticity and features including: Backwards compatibility with Rock Band downloadable music content.
All previously purchased tracks immediately load into your Rock Band 2 song list. No need to re-purchase or re-download. The biggest and most diverse soundtrack ever featuring some of rock's most prolific acts, comprised entirely of master recordings. Major new and dynamic online modes that connect the entire Rock Band community in more ways than ever before both locally and globally.
More variety of instrument choices than ever before with new and improved drum and guitar peripherals, enhanced functionality and innovative new designs - all fully compatible with the original Rock Band instruments. The follow-up to Street Fighter IV further redefines the fighting game genre with classic 2D Street Fighter fighting action, a host of new and returning characters, more advanced online gameplay, new ultra combos and much more.
The impressive new roster includes classic combatants from previous Street Fighter games like T. Hawk as well as all-new characters such as the mysterious and deadly female fighter, Juri.
Super Street Fighter IV adds new Ultra Combos and advancements to the state of the art online matchmaking and online gameplay introduced in Street Fighter IV with numerous additional features. Super Street Fighter IV takes many of the groundbreaking features introduced in Street Fighter IV and refines everything to deliver the ultimate vision of Street Fighter to fans the world over.
Prepare to die Dare yourself to engage against intense gameplay in a vast world powered by a new engine. Immerse yourself into mind-bending environments filled with new twisted monsters and deadly bosses.
More intricate customization options provide weapons and armor tailoring to player style. From the beginning, you know the end. In Halo: Reach, players experience the fateful moments that forged the Halo legend.
It's the story of Noble Team, a squad of heroic Spartan soldiers, and their final stand on the planet Reach, humanity's last line of defense between the terrifying Covenant and Earth. This darker story is echoed by grittier visuals amid a backdrop of massive, awe-inspiring environments. Characters, enemies and environments are rendered in amazing detail by an all-new engine designed to deliver epic-scale encounters against the cunning and ruthless Covenant.
Your job is complicated by the very fact of your humanity, as no one trusts you and you need to find a way to convince everyone of the grave threat. You will travel across an expansive universe to piece the mystery together. As you discover and explore the uncharted edges of the galaxy, you come closer to an overwhelming truth - learning that the placid and serene universe you know is about to come to a violent end and that you may be the only person who can stop it! In addition to the main story arc of the game, players are be able to visit a large number of uncharted, unexplored planets which are side quests independent from the main story.
At any time during the campaign, a player can choose to explore one of these planets and have an opportunity to discover new alien life, resources, ruined civilizations and powerful technologies. Talents and abilities are upgradeable and advanced talent options become available at higher levels. Weapons and vehicles are customizable to include various effects, abilities and upgrades using the "X-Mod" system.
Each character class have unique talents and abilities which increase in power as the player progresses through the game. Forza Motorsport 4 is the biggest entry in the series to date. The best driving circuits in the world.
Bringing you closer to the cars of your dreams. Online features that redefine online community. Forza Motorsport 4 promises to be an entirely new car experience. Developed by acclaimed studio Epic Games and available only on Xbox , "Gears of War 3" plunges players into a harrowing tale of hope, survival, and brotherhood that will conclude the current story arc for "Gears of War.
In Far Cry 3, players assume the role of Jason Brody, a figure alone at the edge of the world, stranded on a mysterious tropical island. In this savage paradise where anarchy and violence are the only sure thing, players dictate how the story unfolds, from the battles they elect to fight to the allies or enemies they make along the way.
As Jason Brody, players slash, sneak, detonate and shoot their way across the island in a world that has lost its understanding of what's right and wrong. Assassin's Creed II is the product of over two years of intensive development by the original creative team behind the Assassin's Creed brand. In a vast open world environment, the game invites players to incarnate Ezio, a privileged young noble in Renaissance Italy who's been betrayed by the rival ruling families of Italy.
Ezio's subsequent quest for vengeance plunges players into an epic story that offers more variety in missions, surprising and engaging new gameplay elements, diverse weapons and a profound character progression that appeal to fans of the original Assassin's Creed as well as entice players new to the brand. Bayonetta is a stylish and cinematic action game directed by creator Hideki Kamiya.
Outlandish finishing moves are performed with balletic grace as Bayonetta flows from one fight to another. With over-the-top action taking place in stages that are a veritable theme park of exciting attractions, Bayonetta pushes the limits of the action genre, bringing to life its fast-paced, dynamic climax combat.
In , the U. IWS combines advanced weapon systems, satellite communication devices and enhanced survivability into one fully integrated combat system.
The IWS program has been developed to meet these new threats head on. Now, it can be tested on the battlefield. Following an insurgence in the heart of Mexico City, the U.
Army's most elite Special Forces team is deployed to the center of the conflict to regain control of the city. Greatly outnumbered but fully equipped with the IWS, this elite team is the first and last line of defense on the battlefield.
They are the "Quiet" professionals. They are the Ghosts. Gain access to the future of military technology. Using a fully integrated combat system with cutting-edge weapons and revolutionary communication systems, gamers embody the soldier of the future. Based on actual U. Army research, the Ghosts give gamers a realistic view of how war will be fought in the next decade. Use the revolutionary Cross-Com, a communication device powered by satellite technology.
Attached to the soldier's monocle, the Cross-Com provides full situational awareness and command of the battlefield. Command the Ghost squad and remote allied forces and drones, and direct artillery and air strikes. See what the squad sees and receive visual and auditory intel from allied forces and unmanned drones.
The follow-up to Trials HD brings the bike-racing action back to the Xbox Ride in real-time multiplayer with two to four players, either locally or through XBLA. Take part in single player career with 50 tracks, challenging unlocks, and tricky achievements.
A massive, track editor lets you build the track of your choosing and share it with the world. Or simply download highly-rated tracks from around the globe using Track Central. Johnny has been creating business opportunities for The Lost in Liberty City, but his first loyalty must be to the patch he wears on his back and to Billy Grey, the club's President.
However, when Billy returns from rehab hell-bent on bloodshed and debauchery, Johnny finds himself in the middle of a vicious turf war with rival gangs for control of a city torn apart by violence and corruption. Can the brotherhood survive? Developed by series creator Rockstar North and set in Liberty City, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned features a new main character, Johnny Klebitz, and plot that intersects with the storyline of Grand Theft Auto IV; new missions that offer an entirely fresh way to explore Liberty City with new multiplayer modes, weapons and vehicles; and a diverse soundtrack with additional music - all with the incredible production values that are the trademarks of Grand Theft Auto.
All-new missions and a new storyline that interweaves with the original story arc of Grand Theft Auto IV. Experience Liberty City now with the perspective and lifestyle of a member of a biker gang.
Added range of weapons - including the all-new grenade launcher and sawed-off shotgun. New weapons will be available for use in single-player and in all new multiplayer modes. New vehicles - featuring a collection of bikes that include Johnny's own customized heavy-duty chopper. New and improved bike handling and physics.
Set of new action-packed multiplayer modes - details coming soon. All-new in-game TV, internet and radio content featuring new radio shows and original music. Plus new side-missions and Xbox Achievement. FIFA Soccer 12 brings a new physics engine into the soccer gameplay. On the pitch, critical gameplay fundamentals have been enhanced to ensure that FIFA Soccer 10 mirrors real-world soccer, providing more sophisticated ball control, and physical interaction between players.
In addition, players now move, behave and position themselves more realistically. On attack, players analyze space more effectively, curve their runs in an attempt to stay onside, create passing lanes naturally, and drive for more variety in attacking options. On defense, new concepts like position priority enable defenders to multitask so dangerous spaces left open by teammates out of position are covered.
Plus, slide tackle targeting, press marking, and better-urgency clearance logic provide new options that make defending a tactical skill in FIFA Soccer In goal, a myriad of improvements and refinements to goalkeeper intelligence result in a more responsive and powerful rushing system and ultra-realistic saves.
Better balance on lofted through balls, improved goalkeeper intelligence, more realistic shooting mechanics with less shots hitting the goal posts, a practice arena to perfect skills, and a more immersive soccer experience through continuous play and quick free kicks are just a few of the issues raised by fans and addressed in FIFA Soccer Three new innovations revealed today at E3 have been developed to change the player control experience in FIFA Soccer The first-ever true degree dribbling system gives players finer control of the ball, enabling them to find spaces between defenders that previously were not possible.
Using an all-new animation technology, skilled dribblers now have the ability to face the defender and use highly responsive lateral dribbling to skip past him. An innovative concept called Freedom in Physical Play enables players to perform wider dribble touches and new collision sharing creates a varied, less predictable, and extended fight for possession between the dribbler and a defender.
FIFA Soccer 10 also features a deeper iteration of the ever-popular Manager Mode with more than 50 major improvements, including new match realism, realistic player transfers based on multiple decision points, and true-to-life player growth curves. Designed to change the way you approach, manipulate, and surmise the possibilities in any given environment, Portal has earned over 70 industry honors for its innovative gameplay, with more than 30 "Game of the Year" awards.
Break the laws of physics using "portal" technology to solve puzzles and survive in this darkly comic story weaving adventure with brain-bending puzzles. Experience the first first-person puzzle-action-adventure game with hours of single player gaming. The game includes fourteen brand new bonus puzzles to challenge even the most skilled test subjects. And, get a glimpse into the making of Portal: Still Alive with commentary from the developers.
Mark of the Ninja is a side-scrolling stealth action game from Klei Entertainment that combines fluid 2D animation with intense stealth gameplay.
Super Meat Boy is a tough as nails platformer where you play as an animated cube of meat who's trying to save his girlfriend who happens to be made of bandages from an evil fetus in a jar wearing a tux.
Hero Isaac Clarke returns for another heart-pounding adventure, taking the fight to the Necromorphs in this thrilling action-horror experience. New tools to gruesomely slice and dismember the Necromorphs complement Isaac's signature Plasma Cutter, empowering him as he meets new characters, explores epic Zero-G environments, and fights against a relentless necromorph onslaught.
Survival isn't the only thing on Isaac's mind in Dead Space 2 — this time, he calls the shots. New features include six action-packed gameplay modes, new enemies, new scoring strategies, and a diverse list of exciting achievements. If that's not crazy enough for you, try multiplayer mayhem for up to four players. Use power-ups in versus mode to boost your stats or handicap your opponent, or team up with others in co-op mode.
Play it all in razor-sharp p to new pulse-pounding music. Achievements: Go for 12 entertaining and inventive ways to boost your gamerscore. Geoms: Collect Geoms to increase your multiplier -- but act fast, they won't last forever! New enemies: Shoot down all the usual suspects, then say "Hello" to new enemies that have found additional ways to hunt you down.
At the helm of XCOM, you command the global defense team in battle against a frightening alien invasion. Determine the destiny of the human race by building and co-coordinating a fully operational base, researching alien tech, formulating combat missions, and choreographing soldier movement in battle. Forza Motorsport 2 features over 60 tracks carved out of 18 environments, including 13 real-world licensed circuits such as Road America, Silverstone, Tsukuba, and Laguna Seca. Four new real-world licensed circuits further expand the world of Forza Motorsport 2.
Collect, upgrade, and tune hundreds of cars. Take your car to the garage and install alternative engines, suspension kits, bolt-on superchargers, brakes, rims, racing slicks, and more.
Dial in advanced suspension settings, tire pressure, and gear ratios. Forza Motorsport 2 allows you to own the cars that will own the competition. Create and share your masterpiece with the world. Express your inner artist in the paint and upgrade shops with near endless visual personalization. Customize the shape of your car by combining different licensed rims, performance parts, and aftermarket body kits. Create your own unique paint scheme using millions of paint and decal options.
Take in-game pictures of your creation in the Forza Motorsport 2 photo mode. Take your personalized car onto Xbox Live for some intense online wheel-to-wheel racing. Earn in-game credits and even complete single player career objectives while racing over Xbox Live. Watch the best racers from around the world complete on Forza Motorsport 2 TV. The way players control the ball has been transformed, eliminating near-perfect touch for every player on the pitch, and creating more opportunities for defenders to win back possession.
Poor passes are harder to control, enabling defenders to capitalize on errant balls and poor touches. Rayman Legends is the follow-up to last year's Rayman Origins and aims to bring multiplayer interactions for you to use. The Glade of Dreams is in trouble again. During a year nap, the nightmares multiplied and spread, creating new monsters even scarier than before. These creatures are the stuff of legend… Dragons, giant toads, sea monsters, and even evil luchadores.
With the help of Murfy, Rayman and Globox awake and must now help fight these nightmares and save the Teensies. Play as one of 4 new vault hunters facing off against a new world of creatures, psychos and the evil mastermind, Handsome Jack.
Make new friends, arm them with a gazillion weapons and fight alongside them in four-player co-op or split-screen on a relentless quest for revenge and redemption across the undiscovered and unpredictable living planet. Call of Duty 2 lets players experience four individual soldier stories as they overcome insurmountable odds in multiple campaigns.
Players have the freedom to follow each of the four storylines through for the ultimate character-driven experience, or they can engage in the historic battles chronologically for quick hitting action. Infinity Ward has also expanded the scope of combat to deliver a truly realistic battlefield experience.
Squads now have the freedom to take on a variety of mission objectives, on expansive battlefields that allow for multiple paths and the ability to utilize actual combat tactics like outflanking and fire and maneuver capabilities.
Call of Duty 2's new engine and A. Concealment can be key as battlefield smoke or even deployed smoke grenades cloud visibility.
Weather effects such as the dusty sandstorms of North Africa and whiteout blizzard conditions of Russia, for example, will keep soldiers glued to their bunkers. The team has also employed a state-of-the-art Battle Chatter System that brings the action to life as squad-mates bark out context-sensitive updates in real-time to players through an advanced A.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks. Obstacles like a setting sun, creeping fog and a swimming pool add to the challenge, and with five game modes to dig into, the fun never dies! Rez opens your senses The dynamic, total integration of visual presentation, sound and player input provides the ultimate audiovisual experience.
Old-school vector style graphics, sensory response, and beat synchronization sets the title apart and is recreated in this port for Xbox LIVE Arcade in high-definition and 5. Rez consists of five different levels, each with its own unique visual theme and style, musical track and a boss battle at the end. The game also features several different modes and lots of unlockable elements, giving it plenty of replay value.
Play through the five areas in regular or Score Attack mode. Uncover the riddle behind why the castle has returned and what became of the world's last hero, Richer Belmont. Upgrade your weapons, armor, and stats by defeating the castle's defenders. Encounter allies and enemies throughout the castle who help you uncover the real story of both Castlevania and Alucard's personal demons. With non-linear gameplay and multiple endings, its up to you to guide Alucard through the castle as you see fit.
Achievements, to challenge players to completely conquer Dracula's castle. Leaderboards, so you can vie for position with other players to become the undisputed worldwide master of Symphony of the Night. Enhanced background visuals that take advantage of the HD graphics capabilities of the Xbox All of the original PlayStation music, sprites, and gameplay content.
Ported controls let you experience every battle and boss fight as originally envisioned. Gamer themes and picture packs coming soon to let you customize your Xbox in the Castlevania style. Set years after the original, Fable II provides gamers with an epic story and innovative real-time gameplay, including a massive amount of freedom and choice to explore a vast collection of dungeons, catacombs and caves in the world of Albion.
Players can enjoy the short albeit extremely fun career mode in either single-player or co-op. Finally, the multiplayer mode offered players a ton of replay value.
Fable III is the third installment of the franchise and is oftentimes remembered as the greatest. Players truly witnessed a compelling narrative develop before their eyes. The protagonist is tasked with overthrowing an evil King. Once the successful uprising is complete, the player then assumes control of the throne. It is an all-encompassing story that begins as a revolution and continues as you command an entire kingdom.
As you could imagine with a game that delivers such an extensive narrative, it does take some time to build up. However, this slow buildup is certainly worth the wait.
The environments are imbued with such vibrant personalities. From a small village to castles every detail looks fantastic. Fable III is all about building relationships and alliances. Therefore, interacting with characters is a vital aspect of the game.
What makes Fable so special is that you are always in control. Although combat is not the main attraction, it does occur often.
Players can attack with short-range, long-range, or magic options. Different weapons will be available to you throughout the game.
Unfortunately, the combat mechanics were criticized for being overly simple. In truth, the game would have benefited from a more complex system. Thus, the voice acting is a major selling point of the series. It seems as though the Batman: Arkham series appeared out of thin air.
It is safe to say at the time nobody was truly asking for a Batman video game series. Its sequel Arkham City quickly became a highly anticipated instalment. As a stealth game, the camera angle was always going to be a legitimate concern. It is no surprise that a third-person perspective is utilized.
This way, players control Batman as the camera freely rotates around him. The camera motion is smooth and rarely hinders stealth gameplay. Even in the shadowy locations, enemies remain visible.
Combat is immensely satisfying this time around. It is up to the player to counter blows and attack in real time. Striking down enemies is tons of fun. It hits the perfect balance between button mashing and strategy. Certain enemies can only be taken down in specific circumstances. Therefore, combat variety is also taken into account. For a campaign centric game, Arkham City has surprising replay value. In addition to its 40 hours of core gameplay, a new game plus mode is unlocked after completing the game.
This mode sees an increase in difficulty, as enemies are stronger. Luckily you can keep the equipment used in the first play through. As expected for a game based on comic book material, most of the voice acting borders on corny and ridiculous. Often times the dialogue will have you cringing.
This leads into the following issue of too many characters. The number of characters distracts from the storytelling. It feels as though most are thrown in for fan service purposes. Fallout 3 is credited with reviving the franchise after being dormant for ten years. Most people are unaware that the Fallout franchise debuted back in The franchise never broke through the mainstream.
That is until the release of Fallout 3. The game released in would propel the franchise into much deserved critical and commercial success. As a survivor of a nuclear apocalypse the protagonist lives underground as most survivors do. Forced to flee his safe haven, the protagonist must venture to the world above to find his father who mysteriously disappears.
This plotline sets up the perfect premise for an open world game. The first-person camera and open-world environment work extremely well in tandem.
However, Fallout 3 provides the unique option to let the player decide between first person or third person camera. Very few games allow for this optional preference. The desolate wasteland is truly a shocking sight to see whether in first- or third-person. Due to the repetitive nature of combat and enemies, combat quickly feels stale after a few hours of gameplay.
Thankfully, the desire to level up your character pushes you through the majority of combat and eases the pain of repetitive battle. This has more to do with the sound effects than it does the in game music. The creepy noises that can be heard throughout the game add to the loneliness of your surroundings.
With the human population nearly extinct, the world is a hollow ground and the soundtrack perfectly captures this feeling. Although Fallout 3 won Game of the Year in , a disappointing ending keeps it from being one of the greatest games of all-time. One thing is true; there is no shortage of stellar games to choose from. The dilemma arose from the countless options. Having too many options is definitely a modern problem. However, it is a problem nonetheless.
These categories might be able to help shape your decision. Oftentimes, presentation is the first aspect that gamers notice, making it an extremely important component. It is essential to nail that first impression. This includes several aspects such as graphic style, menu layout, and aesthetic. Presentation has a lot to do with how a game makes you feel. For example Fallout 3 is a game that flourishes due to its presentation's quality.
Its vast open world may not have all the detail of a more modern title, but it nevertheless presents an apocalyptic version of Washington D.
Graphical style is an important piece of the world-building puzzle. The game is given a personality through the presentation of its visual style.
Repetitive gameplay can turn a hour campaign into a snooze fest. Many developers choose to implement variety to freshen things up, and Call of Duty: Black Ops II is the perfect example. Three core game modes help deliver an experience that will keep most gamers satisfied for a full year. Not only must they make conceptual sense but the modes should be fully fleshed-out experiences. As video game standards increase, more and more gamers expect a cinematic experience from their beloved series.
The right score can imbue scenes with a sense of larger-than-life grandeur. Take the Halo franchise, for instance. This iconic franchise is renowned for wonderfully composed music that appears throughout the campaign. That is definitely the case with Halo Reach. The cutscenes play like an actual Hollywood movie in large part due to the high-quality soundtrack. Need for Speed: Most Wanted is one of the games on this list that features intricate sounds effects.
All in all, there are many facets that go into a classic Xbox game, and the ones here are easily the best of the best. Unfortunately, the console was subject to various technical issues. For example, an AV cable error would light up all four quadrants of the circle in red lights. However the most infamous without a doubt was the occurrence of three out of four flashing red lights.
This indicated a general hardware failure. Unfortunately for gamers, this meant that the console would need to be replaced. Just like that, it became unusable. This would occur seemingly at random. Thankfully, a warranty would protect users from losing out on an entire console.
The user would need to send the console to Microsoft who would either provide a replacement or fix the issue. The list of best-selling Xbox games will surely surprise many gamers. For starters, there are very few Xbox exclusives on the list. The notable exclusives can be found at number one with Kinect Adventures selling 24 million copies. Next, the Halo franchise takes up the 9, 12, and 13 spots with Halo 3, Reach, and 4 respectively. This is surprisingly low for a franchise that is synonymous with the best Xbox games around.
The final notable exclusive would be the Gears of War franchise which occupies the 14 and 15 spots with 5 million units sold. The majority of the top ten is made up of non-exclusive franchises such as Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto. Interestingly enough, the Xbox finds itself in the top ten gaming console sales of all time. It sits comfortably in ninth place with over 84 million units sold.
In comparison, the predecessor to the Xbox sold only 24 million units. In addition, the Xbox One failed to reach the heights of the Xbox As a successor to the Xbox , it sold around 51 million units. The seventh generation of consoles is the one time that Microsoft succeeded in challenging Sony for the top spot.
The Xbox kept up with the PS3 that sold a reported In addition to the original version available at launch, the Xbox earned two redesigns. The Xbox S. The S is meant to signify slim.
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