Disc Based
All the good disc-based games.
The List
| Title | Genre | Description | Game Art |
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| Ace Combat 6 | Flight/Combat | A fast-paced, action packed, modern flight 'sim'. Easy to get the hang of. DLC, online multiplayer. Flight Stick available, but too pricy even for the richfags. Worldwide. | 
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| Armored Core 4 | TPS/Action | Build a Core and take part in vehicular-based combat. Simple structure, easy to learn. Online multiplayer. Worldwide. | 
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| Armored Core For Answer | TPS/Action | Sequel to Armored Core 4. Same gameplay. Online multiplayer. Worldwide. | 
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| Assassin's Creed | Action/Adventure/Stealth | A series of fantastic assassinations broken up with repetitive missions inbetween. Worth picking up now that its price has dropped. Worldwide. Available on PC and PS3. | 
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| Bioshock | FPS |
Action FPS set in a destroyed Objectivist utopia. Focuses on plasmids (like firing lightning from your fists) as much as guns. Great story for those who want to explore it. Worldwide. Available on PC and PS3. |
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| Bladestorm | Hack-and-Slash/Real-Time-Tactitcs | A Dynasty Warriors-style hack-and-slash/real-time tactics game based on The Hundred Years' War between England and France in the middle ages. One of the best of the genre. Also on PS3. The gameplay appears fairly similar to Kessen III. | 
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| BlazBlue | Anime Fighter | BlazBlue is a great 2D fighter game for the Xbox 360+PS3 if you liked Guilty Gear then you will love Blaz Blue.(It's made by the same people.) | 
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| Battlefield: Bad Company | FPS | Lacking compared to the PC exclusives in the series, this installment offers improved graphics and destructible environments. Online multiplayer. Worldwide. | 
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| Bully: Scholarship Edition | Adventure/Beat 'Em Up | A GTA-style game for those in society who were too much of a pussy to stand up for themselves and now take it out on younger kids. NA, EU. | 
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| Burnout Paradise | Racing | Offering a whole new city, Burnout Paradise ditches its traditional roots. It feels like Burnout meets NFS. Love it or hate it, the series has changed.. Online multiplayer, DLC. NA, EU. Available on PC and PS3. | 
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| Condemned | FPS/Horror | An action-packed horror game with a strong focus on brutal melee combat. Hard to fault, even if the story falls apart later on. NA, EU. | 
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| Condemned 2 | FPS/Horror | Inferior to its predecessor, it keeps some of the good, but looses lots of it in favor of a horrible story choice. NA, EU. | 
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| Crackdown | TPS | A free-roaming sandbox style game with no strong mission focus. Various tasks available, usually to kill, kill, kill. DLC. NA, EU. | 
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| Dead Rising | Action/Adventure/Horror | A zombie kill-'em-dead, remembered for its various murder techniques. Somewhat repetitive later on. DLC. Worldwide. He's covered wars, you know. | 
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| Dead Space | TPS/Horror | Action-heavy survival horror. A few jumps and a fantastic atmosphere, which it often wastes. A fun third-person shooter nonetheless. Designed to have immersive UI. NFasA, EU.
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| Devil May Cry 4 | Action/Adventure | It's DMC, but now you play as new protagonist Nero as well as everyone's favourite smartass demon hunter Dante. A solid combat system that can be used to rack up frankly insane combos (if you're good enough), hilariously cheesy cutscenes and dialogue (as is apparently standard in DMC) and a fair bit of replayability make this one to consider. Worldwide. Available on PS3 and PC. | 
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| Earth Defence Force 2017 | Shoot 'Em Up | A Serious Sam-style shoot-em-up. Minimal plot. Maximum action. Worldwide. | 
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| Eternal Sonata | RPG | Tradition action-JRPG, featuring Chopin as a character, along with some of his work. Similar to the Tales series. Lots to see, do, and explore. Worldwide. Available on PS3 with extra content (two more playable characters). | 
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| Tales of Vesperia | RPG | What are you, some kind of savant? This game is awesome. | 
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| F.E.A.R. | FPS | Fast-paced FPS with slow-motion. Few horror elements will make those less experienced in the genre jump. Online multiplayer. NA, EU. | 
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| Fable II | RPG | Live a full life inside of a virtual Enlightenment-era world. Buy a house, gay marry, and enjoy a slightly farcical action. Be warned, this may be a rent, not a buy, seeing as it's main story is rather short.-RPG. DLC. NA, EU. | 
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| Fallout 3 | FPS/RPG |
A fantastic post-apocalyptic game in a pseudo-50's era United States featuring a fully explorable world, hours of content, and great writing. The DLC adds even more great content to an already great game. Just watch out for the ending if you don't have the Broken Steel DLC. NA, EU. |
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| Halo 3 | FPS | Fast paced sci-fi FPS. Very active online with a standalone expansion now out (Comes with all maps/DLC). Online multiplayer. DLC. NA, EU. | 
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| Lost Odyssey | RPG |
A traditional JRPG developed by Mistwalker about a man who has lived for 1000 years. If you can get past the very "traditional" JRPG battle system, you'll find a very engaging and emotional story, complete with interesting characters and unlockable short stories exploring the main character's past. Combine all this with not-notch english voice acting (particularly in the case of Jansen) and a fantastic soundtrack by Nobuo Uematsu and you have an underappreciated gem. |
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| Left 4 Dead | FPS | Fast-paced co-op zombie action. Fantastic versus mode. | 
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XBLA
All the good XBOX Live Arcade titles.
The List
| Title | Genre | Description | Screenshot |
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| 'Splosion Man | Platformer | Fun platforman. | 
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| Alien Hominid HD | Button-mashing Action | Difficult button-mashing. | 
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| Battlefield 1943 | FPS | Pretty generic but entertaining action/WW2 title. Planes are fun as hell to fuck around in. However, conflicts can be few and far apart since the maps are huge. Also, snipers are a two-shot kill, and you have to basically zoom out and readjust after every shot. | 
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| Braid | Pretentious Puzzle Platformer | Use some very well-done time manipulation powers to save the princess. Or maybe it's a girlfriend. Or candy. Or the atomic bomb. Don't pay attention to the story, just pay attention to the myraid time-powers (and the ending is pretty good too). | 
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| Castle Crashers | Beat 'Em Up | (XBLA title) 4-player online-able roaming beat-em-up set in medieval times. High level of customization and hidden/unlockable content make this the most fun one can have with a 360. PS3 version in development.NOTE: THIS GAME = BUTTON MASHAN | 
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| Doom | FPS | ||
| Duke Nukem 3D | FPS | ALWAYS BET ON DOUK | |
| Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 | Awesome music, crazy colors, and just the right amount of challenge. Mode variations will keep you busy. | ||
| Geon: Emotions | |||
| Gunstar Heroes | Action | A goddamn classic. | |
| Mega Man 9 | Action Platformer | ||
| Mutant Storm Empire | Fun as shit. Get it. | ||
| Mutant Storm Reloaded | |||
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| Shadow Complex | Simply awesome. Definitely one of the best, if not the best game on the XBLA. One negative is that there is A LOT of backtracking. | ||
| Wolfenstein 3D | FPS | ||
| Uno | Card | Simple Uno fun. A couple of variations. Extremely active community. You'll occasionally get some guy jerking off or some girl showing tits since this game comes with the LIVE Vision Camera. |
/v/'s list of recommended 360 games
Worthwile XBLA titles