Buying a 360, need game advice!

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BengaBenga said:

Hi all,

Finally jump into HD gaming! I'll be buying a 360 somewhere next week. Took me a long time to decide between PS3 or 360, but eventually the number of RPGs, Alan Wake and Final Fantasy 13 really persuaded me to go Wii60. RE5 is my most wanted though, and I have good faith that the 360 version will be at least as good as the PS3 one.

Since the 360 has a ridiculously big library I need some advice on what games to buy. I know I can just look at metacritic, but I have had good advice on VGC before, plus I have more faith in the average member here then reviewers these days.

I'm not really into shooters, but if they're really good I can absolutely enjoy those. Please keep in mind that I suck at shooters, so that online is not important to me. I put more value in story.

I'm planning on buying 4 games to start with:

2 JRPGs out of: Tales of Vesperia/Lost Odyssee/Eternal Sonata/Infinite Undiscovery/Blue Dragon
1 WRPG out of: Mass Effect/Fable 2/Fallout 3/Oblivion
1 other: GTA IV/Gears 1/Bioshock/CoD4

 

Of course other advice is very welcome as well.

If your wanting 4 listed games, go with:

Tales of Vesperia (still $59.99) and either Lost Odyssey or Blue Dragon (LO is $39, BD is $19)

If your playing on a budget, get ME and the non-$60 Oblivion - Both could be had for $70.

And finally, any of the 4 would be good choices....Personally, I wouldn't go with GTAIV, but would get Bioshock or CoD4. Maybe pick up Crackdown or Saints Row if you want a good sandbox game.