The great list of recommended games

[Nutcase]

The list becomes bloated and hard to read due to having the same titles for all different platforms. Wherever a game obviously works best on one platform, just put it under that platform. You can still mention the other platforms, like thus:

/// PC
Orange Box (+ 360, PS3)
Bioshock (+ 360, PS3)
and so on. Neater, more compact, and more informative.

The downside of it is that if people want to look up good games for the Xbox360 and PS3, they would have to skim through the PC list as well, which makes little to no intuitive sense.
Perhaps it would be an idea to add a 'multiplatform' list? That would save quite a lot of space.

It makes a whole lot of sense, because people who truly love games respect the game enough to play it on the platform where it runs best. You wouldn't expect a film buff to watch a summer blockbuster from a tiny portable TV with tincan speakers, either; instead, he would wait until he has conditions that do justice to the movie, and try to arrange those conditions.

If a person has truly exhausted the list of good games that are best on their own system, and cannot pick up another system, it's not hard to see rows ending with "360", "PS3", "PC" from the other platforms' listings. They are rather iconic and pop out of any non-capitalized text mass at a glance. Try it and you'll see.

New:

/// PC
FEAR (+ 360, PS3)
Max Payne 1 and 2 (+ 360)

 

[Chesterfield Snapdragon McFisticuffs]

I like all of your Xbox games except Halo and Gears series because they are over hyped bullshit games.

If you are going to make a Flame comment like that at least explain why the games are shit. I don't even own a ps3 and i love both the gears of war and Halo series, because they have Co-op(Very important imo) great multiplayer, good examples of next-gen graphics, and fun to play with mates.
Don't just make one sentence half-assed attacks at 'The Establishment' of Xbox 360 games. They are praised for a reason.

Well first I don't know why you mention that you don't have a ps3 but that's nice. Anyways I don't like the Halo series because I understand the first Halo was a genre defining game and that I believe is true but the last two games have pretty much been that same game with different levels and new aliens and the media freaks out at a new Halo coming out. But thinking about it again Gears isn't a bad game I just don't want it to turn into Halo.

Fail. I mean't i don't own a 360, i have a ps3.
*facepalm*

 

[Faps]

Grim Fandango, the pinnacle of gaming for the PC

Forza 2 for the 360.

 

[BirdBornAsBee]

Not Far Cry 2, not Prototype.

 

[Shepard's Shadow]

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Far Cry 2 should be axed from the 360 list immediatly. Its the most buggy game I've ever heard of or played. There is actually a bug that corrupts your saved game and you can't finish the game; you have to start over.

 

[hypothetical fact]

I like all of your Xbox games except Halo and Gears series because they are over hyped bullshit games.

If you are going to make a Flame comment like that at least explain why the games are shit. I don't even own a ps3 and i love both the gears of war and Halo series, because they have Co-op(Very important imo) great multiplayer, good examples of next-gen graphics, and fun to play with mates.
Don't just make one sentence half-assed attacks at 'The Establishment' of Xbox 360 games. They are praised for a reason.

Well first I don't know why you mention that you don't have a ps3 but that's nice. Anyways I don't like the Halo series because I understand the first Halo was a genre defining game and that I believe is true but the last two games have pretty much been that same game with different levels and new aliens and the media freaks out at a new Halo coming out. But thinking about it again Gears isn't a bad game I just don't want it to turn into Halo.

Halo 3 has the best FPS multiplayer you can find along with theatre mode for making machinima. It also brought in equipment like bubble shields and deployable grav lifts that make the multiplayer completely different from Halo 2; along with new weapons, vehicles, armours to identify yourself, name tags for each player rather than the stupid squiggles in Halo 2, it standardised infection as a game type.

Bungie provides the best available community support from their website which shows all the best plays, articles, weekly updates, interviews and contests; all in an easily understood layout. The game also boasts forge mode which allows players to redesign every map the way they want and come up with completely new game types. Griff Ball anyone? The PC has valve and Gary's mod to make original content and while it offers more control over what is produced; forge is set out so anyone with an idea can make it happen even if it is their first time on a videogame. Finally Bungie has given players the drive to make something of quality through recon armour. Unlike LBP where if you make a good map, kudos to you. If not who cares.

To answer the OP you are missing Timesplitters 2/future perfect.

 

[Fenring]

My list (for 360):
Chromehounds
C&C3
GRAW 1&2
and this is the biggie, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway.

These are just the few games I noticed weren't listed.

 

[AdamAK]

Updated the list again. I will add a multiplatform list later today, to shorten the OP.

Also, I would like to mention ( again ) that I'm reluctant to add titles from the last-gen consoles ( - even though the consoles are backwards compatible -), because the list would grown insanely large. The Wii would have many, many Gamecube and Virtual Console games, for example. In this list I would like to focus on games specifically released for the current-generation consoles. PC has some older games, because it has always been the same platform/'console' for all these years.

 

[Nincompoop]

GTA series (exept for GTA4)? What?

How can you say that :S?... That is the best GTA game ever. It's the only driving game I have found realistic and entertaining enough. Plus, euphoria for the win, I love crashing on people and/or shoot them =P.

 

[Christemo]

where is Prototype?

 

[AdamAK]

where is Prototype?

I added Prototype ages ago.

GTA series (exept for GTA4)? What?

How can you say that :S?... That is the best GTA game ever. It's the only driving game I have found realistic and entertaining enough. Plus, euphoria for the win, I love crashing on people and/or shoot them =P.

Many people in this topic said that GTA IV is quite bad. If many people don't like it, it's not really a game one would recommend getting.

 

[Yooz]

System Shock II.

 

[Skeleon]

*snip*

Dude, you totally forgot Sacrifice by Shiny.
It's for the PC.

 

[Nincompoop]

where is Prototype?

I added Prototype ages ago.

GTA series (exept for GTA4)? What?

How can you say that :S?... That is the best GTA game ever. It's the only driving game I have found realistic and entertaining enough. Plus, euphoria for the win, I love crashing on people and/or shoot them =P.

Many people in this topic said that GTA IV is quite bad. If many people don't like it, it's not really a game one would recommend getting.

Then they're wrong T.t... Anyways, your hands are tied I guess. But I still think it's the best GTA game to date.

 

[shadow skill]

Good thread, I was just looking for 360 games to play. I would suggest Mirror's Edge. It's on PC, 360, and PS3.

 

[Yuno]

Where's Cave Story?

I second that, Cave Story should be added.

 

[TheBigInterview]

Oregon trail for PC!!

Err.. Oddworld!

I don't know many more PC games.. Midtown Madness?

 

[Dottie]

Good list of all recent games that everyones played!

 

[Unknower]

Far Cry

I find it a bit odd that no one has mentioned these two series:

Thief series
Hitman series

They're kinda famous, you know?

Also, you could remove Orange Box from the list. It's not a game, it's a compilation pack!

 

[AdamAK]

Oregon trail for PC!!

Err.. Oddworld!

I don't know many more PC games.. Midtown Madness?

I think those are a little too retro for most people, I think. I wonder what kind of computer would still be compatible with those games

Far Cry

I find it a bit odd that no one has mentioned these two series:

Thief series
Hitman series

They're kinda famous, you know?

Also, you could remove Orange Box from the list. It's not a game, it's a compilation pack!

Added, except for Far Cry. Too often have I heard on these forums that either "the AI is crap" or "It's buggy", so I decided to scrap it off the list. Also, I kept the Orange Box in, rather than the loose games, because all games in it are considered to be great, so it saves some space.

Good thread, I was just looking for 360 games to play. I would suggest Mirror's Edge. It's on PC, 360, and PS3.

Thanks for the compliment. That's what the list is for, so I hope it helped.

Thanks for the new additions, everyone, and sorry for the late update. Had some internet connection problems at home and a pile of assignments, hence the multiplatform list is still delayed. Should be able to do it tomorrow afternoon, though.