Grey Acumen said:
Just trying to figure out if I'm missing anything majorly important here.
As a gamer, right now, I'm basically Wii/DS/PC and I'm planning on taking on PS3 eventually, I'm curious what good games that I'm REALLY going to be missing out on with that setup. Wii of course has a ton of exclusives that I'm interested in, and PS3 at least has LBP, MGS4 and also gives me access to the stuff that is HD only.
I tried to think of what big exclusives 360 has, but couldn't think of much that was REALLY exclusive. If it's not on PS3, it seems like it's on PC. Halo 3, Bioshock, Gears of War are the only console exclusive games I can think of for the 360, but there seem to be PC versions of them out (I dunno about Halo 3, but there are PC ports of both Halo and Halo 2, which I'd probably want to play first) and as far as FPS go, I just hate Dual Analog, so the PC are actually preferable here. Obviously I have to have missed SOME decent exclusive games, but what are they?
Basically, give me a list that meets the following requirements:
1) 360 game (Downloadable XBLA games count too, as long as they're exclusive) either already out, or scheduled to be released by the end of 2009
2) NOT on PS3 (Timed exclusivity is the same as no exclusivity at all to me)
3) Higher than 80 Rating (either average, or any individual credible game ranking site), higher than 70 WITH a personal recommendation, or hasn't been released yet with a strong personal recommendation.
4) Not sports
5) Not racing
6) If it has, or is confirmed that there will be, a release on PC, then mark it with an '*'
7) If the game is not out yet, mark it with a '~'
I probably am going to refrain from commenting after this, I know there are going to be a number of titles that will immediately spring to mind that I just won't be interested in, (heck, I'm not really that interested in bioshock or gears of War) and I don't want to come across as being a jerk about it, Basically, make the list as long as possible, as long as it meets the 7 guidelines.
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Ah, lets see.
Gears of War *
Gears of War 2
Halo 3
Braid
Mass Effect *
Geometry Wars 2
Rez HD
Left 4 Dead *
Fable 2
Ikaruga
Undertow
Bomberman Live
Viva Pinata *
Dead or Alive 4
Dead Rising
Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix
Crackdown
Tales of Vesperia
Settlers of Catan
Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise
Condemned: Criminal Origins *
Castle Crashers
Saints Row
Ninja Gaiden 2
Command & Conquer 3 *
Ace Combat 6
Uno (may have PC version!?)
Perfect Dark Zero
Marble Blast Ultra
Kameo
Cloning Clyde
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2
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All of the aforementioned games have been released, and are above a 80.0% rating on GameRankings (Sorry, I never use metacritic, and getting a high-rated list on GR is pretty easy). All games have been released.
As for probable 2009 exclusives that will be above 80%:
Alan Wake
Mass Effect 2
Halo Wars
Kingdom Under Fire 2
Splinter Cell Conviction
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And that's just a VERY small slice of upcoming 2009 games. Microsoft, like Nintnedo does NOT announce the majority of exclusives until they're close to release. Heck, Ninja Gaiden 2 was announced 8 months before it came out, worldwide.
Oh, and both lists are partial, FYI.
