With the drop in price of the Elite 360 on Amazon, I am going to make the purchase and pick up a few exclusive titles.  What are the must play exclusive games on the 360 that I should pick up?  I will be picking up GeoW and Mass Effect so you can leave those suggestions off the list, and please do not suggest multiplatform games.

Already Played:
Bioshock(PC)

Thanks for your help!

Ninja gaiden 2.

Ace Combat 6, Lost Odyssey. Those are the other two exclusives I got with my 360 last week

Others to consider might be Crackdown, Blue Dragon if you are a large jRPG fan, Halo 3, Dead Rising. I am not sure about many others

:)  I just put Dead Rising in my cart, I had forgotten about that game.

As for the Halo series, I have played 1 and 2 on the PC and I dont really care to play Halo 3.  Maybe when it reaches the discount games bin, but not now.  I am not a huge JRPG fan, but I will sometimes play the really good ones.

Halo 3
Lost Odyssey
If you like more JRPGs: Blue Dragon, Eternal Sonata
If you like racing: Forza Motorsport 2, PGR4
Classics: Dead Rising, Crackdown, Viva Pinata, Kameo

Condemned 1/2 are fun and they're cheap!

[Cue 5-page debate on "console exclusives"]

In all serious, though: Do you have a gaming PC and/or prefer to run games on a PC? Assuming that you do, then the best 360 exclusives that don't also show up on the PC are:

Dead Rising: Zombies + GTA + a whole bunch of weapons. Not my style of game, but a lot of people seem to love it.

Halo 3: Overhyped, yes, but still a fun little FPS.

Rez HD: The Dreamcast classic, in 1080p. The only "must-download" from XBLA that I can think of.

Kameo: This game gets trashed a lot on the Internet, but don't let that dissuade you. It's a beautiful 3D Zelda-like, and its only major flaw is that it's almost criminally short.

Earth Defense Force 2017: You're a soldier. You choose two out of hundreds of weapons (all of which have infinite ammo) and wade into battle against armies of giant insects, flying saucers, and War-of-the-Worlds-style tripods. Good, mindless fun - and it has local co-op.


Assuming you'd prefer to play your games on a console rather than PC, I'd also suggest:

Viva Pinata: Sort of like Animal Crossing + Pokemon-style breeding + pinatas. More fun than it sounds, or so I hear.

Condemned Criminal Origins: A scary-as-hell first-person survival horror shindig.

F.E.A.R.: Not really an exclusive, but it might as well be considering how horrible the PS3 port is. A creepy, stylish FPS.

Check Crackdown;

@Garcian Smith

I had a decent quality gaming PC until recently, its a long story, but now just have my 2 year old MacBook Pro which isnt that great for running games.  Rather than invest in a new gaming PC, I figured I would just get a 360.

Thanks for the the recommendations, I will defintely check out RezHD and possibly Halo 3 at a later date. :)

Yep, I will add that to my list.