My favourite exclusives (with my score):
1. Gears of War 2 - 96
obvious reasons
2. Halo Reach - 96
obvious reasons
3. Halo 3 - 94
obvious reasons
4. Project Gotham Racing 4 - 92
best current gen arcade racer IMO. Cars, bikes, different types of weather, beautiful tracks and quite a few different modes.
5. Burnout Revenge - 91
best from last gen. Insanely addicting and beautiful to look at in HD.
6. Blue Dragon - 91
annoying characters but one of the best turn based RPGs I've ever played. Very colourful and clean visuals and character/enemy design by Akira Toriyama.
7. Crackdown - 91
pure madness and jumping over rooftops doing some orb hunting might be the best thing ever created
8. Alan Wake 90
great visuals and incredible story
9. Forza Motorsport 3 - 90
also great graphics and great driving gameplay. Loading times are a bit annoying though
10. Crackdown 2 - 89
actually took everything that made Crackdown so great and improved some smaller bits. If you've never played the first one get this instead it's the better game. I just didn't rate it as good, because it's really more like a Crackdown 1.5.
11. Lost Odyssey - 89
fantastic story, great characters and great (though not Blue Dragon great) turn based RPG gameplay.
12. Dead Or Alive 4 - 88
Except for an annoying end boss, this is a very well done beat'em up. character faces look very anime like and unrealistic by nowadays standards though.
13. Halo Wars - 88
Best RTS on consoles. Best CGI cutscenes I've seen in my life. Easy controls, but not dumbed down at all. As a Halo fan this game is a must have.
14. Saints Row - 87
Not as good as Saints Row 2, but if you're a fan of the second one or a classic GTA game this is definitely worth checking out.
15. Too Human - 86
great cyborg/nordic setting and no button mesher due to the right stick attacks. might take some time to adjust, but it's really well done. For a RPG it is a bit short though with 11 hours.
16. Kinect Sports - 86
I think you already have it or are planning to get it so I'm skipping this one
17. Halo 3 ODST - 86
better story than the previous Halo games (2 and 3), but the level design is not as good and overall it's a bit short.
18. Project Gotham Racing 3 - 86
Worth checking out even if you own PGR4 as there are quite a lot of different tracks. Career mode isn't as long and there's not that much to do after completing it and no bikes.
19. Forza Motorsport 2 - 86
good racer, though not worth it if you get Forza 3 instead.
20. Fable 2 - 85
combat is good (though could be better), but the star of the show is undoubtedly the social interactions which can create incredible funny situations.
XBLA:
1. Trials HD - 95
addicting, easy at first and incredibly challenging as it goes on. very good improvements over Trials 2 i.e. 3d world and dynamic physics of other objects that can change the outcome of every trial.
2. Limbo - 94
incredible atmosphere, cleverly done and thrilling. bit short though
3. Shadow Complex - 93
pretty long game, great level design, cool suit abilities
4. Comic Jumper - 87
gameplay is a bit repetitive, but the dialogues are hilarious.
5. Ilomilo - 85
good puzzle game, with nice visuals.
6. Splosion Man - 84
fun platformer though the level design is a bit repetitive
7. South Park Tower Defense - 83
as a South Park fan a must have. Cool bonuses and good game though preferably played by 2 players or more.
8. Hydrophobia - 80
good, story driven gameplay. bit short
