13. Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Ninja Gaiden Black for the Original Xbox was the first Hack n' Slash I ever played. It's also one of the most difficult hack n' slashes I've ever played in my life. Yes, more difficult than Dark Souls. The great thing about this game is that it forces you to learn how to play. The first boss is a thousand times harder to beat until you learn how to do ultimate moves with good timing. I swear I died 400 times to him the first night I played. The Black Samurai has some attacks that are too powerful to be blocked, and some attacks that are too fast to be dodged, so you have to learn to use both dodging and blocking. Then after you've mastered all that, he starts to throw a grab move in for good measure. There are a ton of weapons, which all look and feel different from one another. Sigma is the ultimate edition of Ninja Gaiden, so it makes the list over the OG Xbox titles.
P.S. Ninja Gaiden Black, Halo, Jade Empire, Morrowwind, and KotOR were why I loved the OG Xbox so much. Once the 360 came out and dominated the generation, I thought MS was here to stay. But no, the times are a changin. They got greedy with DRM, dropped nearly all 1st party exclusive support, and are chasing graphics with the XB1X.
