The Xbox 360 is Microsoft’s follow-up console to the Xbox. It directly competes with Sony’s Playstation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii. It was one of the best consoles to utilise online technology, allowing players to compete over the internet, download new games, trailers, and access third-party media streaming services such as Netflix in the USA and BT Vision in the UK.
10. Mass Effect 2
A space-based role-playing game that is intense, epic, and action-packed. It features lots of great characters that are interesting and unique, excellent voice-overs, brilliant shooting style that makes every encounter very exciting, and each level is original and well-designed making every mission new and thrilling.
9. Fight Night Round 3
Fight Night Round 2 was one of the best games on the earlier generation Xbox. EA had set high expectations with their previous release so gamers awaited Round 3 with anticipation. What EA have delivered is an even better gaming experience. This is the best boxing game on the market. Superb graphics and streamlined gameplay. If you like boxing or sports-based games, try Fight Night Round 3.
8. Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
Viva Pinata is sometimes dismissed by pure gamers as a video game purely for children. Don’t be fooled by the game’s cartoonish look. The game mixes a little of Pokemon with the straightforwardness of The Sims to create an addictive game that will provide you with hours of game-playing enjoyment. Viva Pinata is a game for ages.
7. Gears of War 2
The sequel to Gears of War promised to be bigger and better than the previous incarnation and it doesn’t disappoint. Every bit of the gameplay, the graphics, and the story have been improved upon. The multiplayer aspect of the game is even better too with new modes including online and offline game-playing. This is an epic game featuring scintillating moments of game-playing heaven.
6. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty remains one of the most popular video games. It excels in the three major aspects of modern game-playing – single-player, cooperation, and multiplayer action. The action is packed with excitement, and you’ll get loads out of the cooperative aspect of the game as well as the more rewarding multiplayer game.
5. Fallout 3
Differing from the first two Fallout games, Fallout 3 is designed to be more universal in its appeal. Exploration, combat, and brilliantly nasty bad guys, make Fallout 3 an adventurous and entertaining shooting game. You’ll enjoy the huge world to explore, and the graphics are superb. The game, from developer Bethesda, will provide you with hours of fun.
4. Assassin’s Creed 2
Like other sequels, this is bigger and better than its previous incarnation. Assassin’s Creed 2 benefits from superb graphics and a beautifully created world ready for you to explore. Apart from the production values, there’s great variety in the gameplay. You get lots of different missions, weapons, and exploration and attack techniques, that make it a much more satisfying experience than the first game.
3. Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins is a fantasy RPG that features exciting adventures, great characters, and storytelling that will immerse you in the game. It’s an intricate and involving experience, with great voice-over and dialogue from the characters that bring them vividly to life. The world is rich and diverse, with plenty to explore, and lots of twists.
2. BioShock
BioShock was one of the best games on the Xbox and its progression to the 360 has continued its dominance as one of the most popular amongst gamers. It combines great storytelling, with complex gamplay and brilliant graphics. As a gamer you are sucked into its first-person shooter-based world, giving you hours of entertainment. This is one of, if the best, first-person shooter games on the market.
1. Halo 3
This is the best version of Halo yet and as such tops our list of best Xbox 360 games. The whole game has been expertly put together with great graphics and superb gameplay. Developed by Bungie, this first-person shooting game has one of the best online multiplayer modes you’ll ever play.
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