Mr Puggsly said:
Microsoft has done a fantastic job getting the most notable content of the 360 era on backwards compatibility. Given they're going through the owners of these games, expectations were low on what they could get but they've greatly exceeded the expectations of most I assume.
Ideally everything would be emulated, but that's not gonna happen and getting notable games is most important. In a recent article I saw backwards compatibility ended in 2018 with 550 games in total, with over 100 added in 2018. So what's left to be added? But more importantly what does BC really need that people are demanding and the remaining gems.
In my list there might be games that seem like odd additions or some notable content ignored. Some games were ignored because superior versions exist as ports, while some remain on the list because the ports were disappointments or the original versions are still interesting for reasons.
I think this list will also put into perspective what content could come and perhaps there aren't THAT MANY more games backwards compatibility REALLY NEEDS.
Original Xbox - Notable games, possible or likely additions to BC.
Advent Rising
Arctic Thunder
Area 51
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space
Blood Omen 2
Bloody Roar Extreme
Blood Wake
BloodRayne
Brute Force
Burnout 3: Takedown
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Duty: Finest Hour
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 1 and 2 (Unlikely but would be great)
Capcom Fighting Evolution
Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO (Available on PlayStation)
Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (Surprisingly good)
Cold Fear
Darkwatch
Dead or Alive 3
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Dead to Rights II
Destroy All Humans! 2
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Dino Crisis 3
Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair
Fable
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
Freedom Fighters
Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Gunvalkyrie
Halo: Combat Evolved (Simply so people can play Halo classics untouched.)
Halo 2
Hitman games
Hunter: The Reckoning: Redeemer
Indigo Prophecy
Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders
Kung Fu Chaos (1st party greatness.)
Legacy of Kain: Defiance
Manhunt
Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
Max Payne
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
MechAssault
MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf
Medal of Honor games
Metal Slug 4
Metal Slug 5
Midtown Madness 3
Midway Arcade Treasures series (Very unlikely due to greatness)
Mortal Kombat games pre reboot (Not great games, but not terrible.)
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Otogi 1 & 2 (Notable OG Xbox exclusives)
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
Rayman Arena
Red Dead Revolver
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War
Sega Soccer Slam
Serious Sam II
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 4: The Room
Silent Scope Complete
Sonic Heroes
Sonic Riders
Spartan: Total Warrior
Spikeout: Battle Street
Star Wars games (MORE!)
State of Emergency (Unlikely given the theme)
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Sudeki
Super Monkey Ball Deluxe
SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom
The Bard's Tale
The Suffering games
Thief: Deadly Shadows
TimeSplitters 2
TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
ToeJam & Earl III: Mission to Earth
Tom Clancy games
Turok: Evolution
Unreal Championship 1 and 2 (Could be license issues with these)
Unreal II: The Awakening (They probably want to forget this happen.)
The Warriors (Available on Playstation consoles.)
Original Xbox - Notable but unlikely to be added for licensing reasons.
Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (Music licensing)
Def Jam: Fight for NY (Still available on PSP, so maybe.)
Jet Set Radio Future (Music licensing)
Jaws Unleashed (You play as a shark, a licensed shark.)
OutRun 2
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast
Scarface: The World Is Yours
The Punisher
The Simpsons: Hit & Run
The Simpsons: Road Rage
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2x (So great)
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (The only other game that matters in the series)
X-Men Legends
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
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