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What games can keep me busy while I wait for GTA V


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Well, everyone has pretty much said all the obvious ones so here's a few GOOD XBL Arcade/Indie games that I usually download when I want a new fun game experience:

 

Trine 2 - Absolutely beautiful puzzle game!

Limbo - Strange but incredibly addictive puzzle game, a little short tough..

Trials - Awsome bike game with map editor!

Marble Blast Ultra - The best puzzle game I've ever played!

Geometric Wars 1 & 2 - Awsome 2D Arcade shooters

Total Miner - Actually a great Minecraft ripoff

N+ - One of the first arcade games on XBL, and imo one of the best. You play as a ninja!

 

Other great games are:

All the Far Cry games (mainly because of the map editor)

All the Bioshock games

All the Crysis games

All the GTA games

All the CoD games (yes, it's a great timekiller)

All the Battlefield games

All the Dead Rising games

All the Halo games

All the Assassin's Creed games

All the Spilnter Cell games

All the Rainbow Six games

All the Mafia games

All the Hitman games

All the Half-Life games

All the L4D games

Garry's Mod

Saints Row 1 & 3 (absolutely not 2, horrible game imo)

RAGE

SSX Tricky

RDR

Skyrim

 

And those are the ones at the top of my head right now... If you want something else to do, watch a movie: http://www.randommovietitle.com/

 

 

 

 

Wow! After thinking about it I am probably going to buy Skyrim sometime very soon and I told myself that I would play RDR all over again if GTA V was not released sometime this summer and by the looks of it, it won't. Thanks for your input!

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Well, everyone has pretty much said all the obvious ones so here's a few GOOD XBL Arcade/Indie games that I usually download when I want a new fun game experience:

 

Trine 2 - Absolutely beautiful puzzle game!

Limbo - Strange but incredibly addictive puzzle game, a little short tough..

Trials - Awsome bike game with map editor!

Marble Blast Ultra - The best puzzle game I've ever played!

Geometric Wars 1 & 2 - Awsome 2D Arcade shooters

Total Miner - Actually a great Minecraft ripoff

N+ - One of the first arcade games on XBL, and imo one of the best. You play as a ninja!

 

Other great games are:

All the Far Cry games (mainly because of the map editor)

All the Bioshock games

All the Crysis games

All the GTA games

All the CoD games (yes, it's a great timekiller)

All the Battlefield games

All the Dead Rising games

All the Halo games

All the Assassin's Creed games

All the Spilnter Cell games

All the Rainbow Six games

All the Mafia games

All the Hitman games

All the Half-Life games

All the L4D games

Garry's Mod

Saints Row 1 & 3 (absolutely not 2, horrible game imo)

RAGE

SSX Tricky

RDR

Skyrim

 

And those are the ones at the top of my head right now... If you want something else to do, watch a movie: http://www.randommovietitle.com/

 

 

 

 

Wow! After thinking about it I am probably going to buy Skyrim sometime very soon and I told myself that I would play RDR all over again if GTA V was not released sometime this summer and by the looks of it, it won't. Thanks for your input!

Is Far-cry open world?

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If you want a serious open-world game, try Mafia II. One of my favorite games ever made. You could pick the Director's Cut up for $20.

you're right there man. I left it a year after playing the demo til i bought it... big mistake! It's a lot better than i was expecting.

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Cole Phelps Gta

Mafia II really enjoyed this game but i'm a fan of the story. If you don't play games for the story i wouldn't recommend it

 

another thing if you like roman in gta iv you'll love jim the protags best friend

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I second the Dead Rising games. They are really fun sandbox games. If you are unsure; try the original Dead Rising demo or buy DR2: Case West to get a taste.

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Well, everyone has pretty much said all the obvious ones so here's a few GOOD XBL Arcade/Indie games that I usually download when I want a new fun game experience:

 

Trine 2 - Absolutely beautiful puzzle game!

Limbo - Strange but incredibly addictive puzzle game, a little short tough..

Trials - Awsome bike game with map editor!

Marble Blast Ultra - The best puzzle game I've ever played!

Geometric Wars 1 & 2 - Awsome 2D Arcade shooters

Total Miner - Actually a great Minecraft ripoff

N+ - One of the first arcade games on XBL, and imo one of the best. You play as a ninja!

 

Other great games are:

All the Far Cry games (mainly because of the map editor)

All the Bioshock games

All the Crysis games

All the GTA games

All the CoD games (yes, it's a great timekiller)

All the Battlefield games

All the Dead Rising games

All the Halo games

All the Assassin's Creed games

All the Spilnter Cell games

All the Rainbow Six games

All the Mafia games

All the Hitman games

All the Half-Life games

All the L4D games

Garry's Mod

Saints Row 1 & 3 (absolutely not 2, horrible game imo)

RAGE

SSX Tricky

RDR

Skyrim

 

And those are the ones at the top of my head right now... If you want something else to do, watch a movie: http://www.randommovietitle.com/

 

 

 

 

Wow! After thinking about it I am probably going to buy Skyrim sometime very soon and I told myself that I would play RDR all over again if GTA V was not released sometime this summer and by the looks of it, it won't. Thanks for your input!

Is Far-cry open world?

I dont know about number 1 but Far Cry 2 is open world. Ive spent most of the time on the map editor though, you get a map about the size of 2 middle park's next to eachother and you have free controll over the landscape of it and you can put in a large variety of buildings and objects. One of my most favourite maps I have made so far is a sort of excavation site where ther is a big hole with mud ramps going down to where a lost settlement has been discovered, but there is a pretty much endless ammount of possibilities with the map editor if you have a good imadgintion.

 

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Well, everyone has pretty much said all the obvious ones so here's a few GOOD XBL Arcade/Indie games that I usually download when I want a new fun game experience:

 

Trine 2 - Absolutely beautiful puzzle game!

Limbo - Strange but incredibly addictive puzzle game, a little short tough..

Trials - Awsome bike game with map editor!

Marble Blast Ultra - The best puzzle game I've ever played!

Geometric Wars 1 & 2 - Awsome 2D Arcade shooters

Total Miner - Actually a great Minecraft ripoff

N+ - One of the first arcade games on XBL, and imo one of the best. You play as a ninja!

 

Other great games are:

All the Far Cry games (mainly because of the map editor)

All the Bioshock games

All the Crysis games

All the GTA games

All the CoD games (yes, it's a great timekiller)

All the Battlefield games

All the Dead Rising games

All the Halo games

All the Assassin's Creed games

All the Spilnter Cell games

All the Rainbow Six games

All the Mafia games

All the Hitman games

All the Half-Life games

All the L4D games

Garry's Mod

Saints Row 1 & 3 (absolutely not 2, horrible game imo)

RAGE

SSX Tricky

RDR

Skyrim

 

And those are the ones at the top of my head right now... If you want something else to do, watch a movie: http://www.randommovietitle.com/

 

 

 

 

Wow! After thinking about it I am probably going to buy Skyrim sometime very soon and I told myself that I would play RDR all over again if GTA V was not released sometime this summer and by the looks of it, it won't. Thanks for your input!

Is Far-cry open world?

I dont know about number 1 but Far Cry 2 is open world. Ive spent most of the time on the map editor though, you get a map about the size of 2 middle park's next to eachother and you have free controll over the landscape of it and you can put in a large variety of buildings and objects. One of my most favourite maps I have made so far is a sort of excavation site where ther is a big hole with mud ramps going down to where a lost settlement has been discovered, but there is a pretty much endless ammount of possibilities with the map editor if you have a good imadgintion.

Wow, that is cool, do you get to drive cars or anything?

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Grand Theft Auto 4: Complete edition. And if that doesn't work for ya, Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition is coming out in a few weeks. That'll keep you occupied.

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Well, everyone has pretty much said all the obvious ones so here's a few GOOD XBL Arcade/Indie games that I usually download when I want a new fun game experience:

 

Trine 2 - Absolutely beautiful puzzle game!

Limbo - Strange but incredibly addictive puzzle game, a little short tough..

Trials - Awsome bike game with map editor!

Marble Blast Ultra - The best puzzle game I've ever played!

Geometric Wars 1 & 2 - Awsome 2D Arcade shooters

Total Miner - Actually a great Minecraft ripoff

N+ - One of the first arcade games on XBL, and imo one of the best. You play as a ninja!

 

Other great games are:

All the Far Cry games (mainly because of the map editor)

All the Bioshock games

All the Crysis games

All the GTA games

All the CoD games (yes, it's a great timekiller)

All the Battlefield games

All the Dead Rising games

All the Halo games

All the Assassin's Creed games

All the Spilnter Cell games

All the Rainbow Six games

All the Mafia games

All the Hitman games

All the Half-Life games

All the L4D games

Garry's Mod

Saints Row 1 & 3 (absolutely not 2, horrible game imo)

RAGE

SSX Tricky

RDR

Skyrim

 

And those are the ones at the top of my head right now... If you want something else to do, watch a movie: http://www.randommovietitle.com/

 

 

 

 

Wow! After thinking about it I am probably going to buy Skyrim sometime very soon and I told myself that I would play RDR all over again if GTA V was not released sometime this summer and by the looks of it, it won't. Thanks for your input!

Is Far-cry open world?

I dont know about number 1 but Far Cry 2 is open world. Ive spent most of the time on the map editor though, you get a map about the size of 2 middle park's next to eachother and you have free controll over the landscape of it and you can put in a large variety of buildings and objects. One of my most favourite maps I have made so far is a sort of excavation site where ther is a big hole with mud ramps going down to where a lost settlement has been discovered, but there is a pretty much endless ammount of possibilities with the map editor if you have a good imadgintion.

Wow, that is cool, do you get to drive cars or anything?

I'm pretty sure Far Cry 1 wasn't open world but can't say for sure as it was such a long time since I played it. But Far Cry 2 is and is imo much better than the first in many ways!

And yes you can drive cars! As llpalm08 said, the editor is the best about the game, you can do pretty much anything and everything you can imagine!

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Assassins Creed Series

 

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My favourite franchise outside of GTA. As much as I like Brotherhood and Revelations nothing beats ACII IMO.

 

Funnily enough I never got much into AC. It was a good game, but I fell in love with the series with AC II.

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*Saints Row 2 (Don't know if I'm getting 3)

*Red Dead Redemption

*The Call of Duty series

*Every GTA game in existence

*Midnight Club: LA

*A bunch of sports games

*Mafia II

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*Saints Row 2 (Don't know if I'm getting 3)

 

SRTT wasn't as good as it was cracked up to be IMO. You'd be better off sticking with 2.

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*Saints Row 2 (Don't know if I'm getting 3)

 

SRTT wasn't as good as it was cracked up to be IMO. You'd be better off sticking with 2.

You should give it a try, though. I thought the story-line was really good. The only thing that annoyed me were the major bugs that affected the missions.

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*Saints Row 2 (Don't know if I'm getting 3)

 

SRTT wasn't as good as it was cracked up to be IMO. You'd be better off sticking with 2.

You should give it a try, though. I thought the story-line was really good. The only thing that annoyed me were the major bugs that affected the missions.

I did, but I got a negative impression from it. I admit though I only racked up probably 6 hours as it was a rental and maybe the game would've been better as it went on, but those first few hours didn't do a whole lot to impress me.

 

 

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*Saints Row 2 (Don't know if I'm getting 3)

 

SRTT wasn't as good as it was cracked up to be IMO. You'd be better off sticking with 2.

You should give it a try, though. I thought the story-line was really good. The only thing that annoyed me were the major bugs that affected the missions.

I did, but I got a negative impression from it. I admit though I only racked up probably 6 hours as it was a rental and maybe the game would've been better as it went on, but those first few hours didn't do a whole lot to impress me.

I agree with you, the first part is sub-par at best and no where near GTA standards. But I will say that the story does get quite interesting once the zombies invade! biggrin.gif

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saints row is better than gta it's more fun and they make the games faster. They announced saints row 4 just after s.r.t.t dropped rockstar would never have to balls to do that.

 

 

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saints row is better than gta it's more fun and they make the games faster. They announced saints row 4 just after s.r.t.t dropped rockstar would never have to balls to do that.

Wow, really? SR4 is already in production? That's awesome!

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saints row is better than gta it's more fun and they make the games faster. They announced saints row 4 just after s.r.t.t dropped rockstar would never have to balls to do that.

Wow, really? SR4 is already in production? That's awesome!

Well, that can be good and bad... I'm hoping Saints Row doesn't become a yearly series. Seriously. That would be a huge mistake.

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I have been playing a lot of NBA 2k12, My player mode especially, also some BF3 campaign and MP here and there, and rarely some SR3 (already beat it twice, beat SR2 like 8 times, best open-world free-roam game ever IMO). biggrin.gif

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Well, everyone has pretty much said all the obvious ones so here's a few GOOD XBL Arcade/Indie games that I usually download when I want a new fun game experience:

 

Trine 2 - Absolutely beautiful puzzle game!

Limbo - Strange but incredibly addictive puzzle game, a little short tough..

Trials - Awsome bike game with map editor!

Marble Blast Ultra - The best puzzle game I've ever played!

Geometric Wars 1 & 2 - Awsome 2D Arcade shooters

Total Miner - Actually a great Minecraft ripoff

N+ - One of the first arcade games on XBL, and imo one of the best. You play as a ninja!

 

Other great games are:

All the Far Cry games (mainly because of the map editor)

All the Bioshock games

All the Crysis games

All the GTA games

All the CoD games (yes, it's a great timekiller)

All the Battlefield games

All the Dead Rising games

All the Halo games

All the Assassin's Creed games

All the Spilnter Cell games

All the Rainbow Six games

All the Mafia games

All the Hitman games

All the Half-Life games

All the L4D games

Garry's Mod

Saints Row 1 & 3 (absolutely not 2, horrible game imo)

RAGE

SSX Tricky

RDR

Skyrim

 

And those are the ones at the top of my head right now... If you want something else to do, watch a movie: http://www.randommovietitle.com/

 

 

 

 

Wow! After thinking about it I am probably going to buy Skyrim sometime very soon and I told myself that I would play RDR all over again if GTA V was not released sometime this summer and by the looks of it, it won't. Thanks for your input!

Is Far-cry open world?

I dont know about number 1 but Far Cry 2 is open world. Ive spent most of the time on the map editor though, you get a map about the size of 2 middle park's next to eachother and you have free controll over the landscape of it and you can put in a large variety of buildings and objects. One of my most favourite maps I have made so far is a sort of excavation site where ther is a big hole with mud ramps going down to where a lost settlement has been discovered, but there is a pretty much endless ammount of possibilities with the map editor if you have a good imadgintion.

Wow, that is cool, do you get to drive cars or anything?

Please, do yourself a favor and don't waste your money on this piece of trash. One of the most boring and frustrating games I have ever played angry.gif Talk about a huge empty copy paste map for one thing. It's even much worse then Just Cause 2 sad.gif

 

Read this article and save your cash biggrin.gif

 

http://whengamessuck.wordpress.com/2008/10...cry-2-xbox-360/

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saints row is better than gta it's more fun and they make the games faster. They announced saints row 4 just after s.r.t.t dropped rockstar would never have to balls to do that.

Not really sure how announcing a game soon after a new release equates to having "balls". confused.gif

 

 

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saints row is better than gta it's more fun and they make the games faster. They announced saints row 4 just after s.r.t.t dropped rockstar would never have to balls to do that.

Not really sure how announcing a game soon after a new release equates to having "balls". confused.gif

Come on MiamiViceCity, you know the stupidy that is plagued in this section by idiotic children. You shouldn't even bother.

 

As fir the OP, I would say Uncharted 3, May Payne 3 when it comes out, Batman Arkham City, and Legend of Zelda Skywayrd Sword. I'm only basing this off of the game that I currently have, minus Max Payne 3 of course.

 

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Come on MiamiViceCity, you know the stupidy that is plagued in this section by idiotic children. You shouldn't even bother.

 

 

It does feel like day care centre at times I must admit.

 

Also a big yes for Arkham City for me. In saying that I bought the game a while back, but haven't finished it. Arkham Asylum was hands down my favourite superhero game of all time.

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Any open world games? i\'ve tried playing Skyrim with my boyfriend but it\'s very fantasy based and unrealistic. Maybe I\'m just being unfair with it so perhaps I will give it another try.

In what way is it unrealistic? It simply takes place in a different world than our own. Magic classes, random dragons and various wildlife scattered about the forests and people talking in the villages and cities. These were all well done and immersive.

 

And if it's unrealistic simply because of the fantasy elements, well then of course it's unrealistic. It's a FANTASY game.

 

Though if you do want some realism, well, you have already played through mafia II, so maybe the sims or something. Red Dead Redemption?

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Well, everyone has pretty much said all the obvious ones so here's a few GOOD XBL Arcade/Indie games that I usually download when I want a new fun game experience:

 

Trine 2 - Absolutely beautiful puzzle game!

Limbo - Strange but incredibly addictive puzzle game, a little short tough..

Trials - Awsome bike game with map editor!

Marble Blast Ultra - The best puzzle game I've ever played!

Geometric Wars 1 & 2 - Awsome 2D Arcade shooters

Total Miner - Actually a great Minecraft ripoff

N+ - One of the first arcade games on XBL, and imo one of the best. You play as a ninja!

 

Other great games are:

All the Far Cry games (mainly because of the map editor)

All the Bioshock games

All the Crysis games

All the GTA games

All the CoD games (yes, it's a great timekiller)

All the Battlefield games

All the Dead Rising games

All the Halo games

All the Assassin's Creed games

All the Spilnter Cell games

All the Rainbow Six games

All the Mafia games

All the Hitman games

All the Half-Life games

All the L4D games

Garry's Mod

Saints Row 1 & 3 (absolutely not 2, horrible game imo)

RAGE

SSX Tricky

RDR

Skyrim

 

And those are the ones at the top of my head right now... If you want something else to do, watch a movie: http://www.randommovietitle.com/

 

 

 

 

Wow! After thinking about it I am probably going to buy Skyrim sometime very soon and I told myself that I would play RDR all over again if GTA V was not released sometime this summer and by the looks of it, it won't. Thanks for your input!

Is Far-cry open world?

I dont know about number 1 but Far Cry 2 is open world. Ive spent most of the time on the map editor though, you get a map about the size of 2 middle park's next to eachother and you have free controll over the landscape of it and you can put in a large variety of buildings and objects. One of my most favourite maps I have made so far is a sort of excavation site where ther is a big hole with mud ramps going down to where a lost settlement has been discovered, but there is a pretty much endless ammount of possibilities with the map editor if you have a good imadgintion.

Wow, that is cool, do you get to drive cars or anything?

Please, do yourself a favor and don't waste your money on this piece of trash. One of the most boring and frustrating games I have ever played angry.gif Talk about a huge empty copy paste map for one thing. It's even much worse then Just Cause 2 sad.gif

 

Read this article and save your cash biggrin.gif

 

http://whengamessuck.wordpress.com/2008/10...cry-2-xbox-360/

I think the map editor is the best part of the game tbh as you have endless possibilities, and I am going to admit that I havnt played the single player storyline much but I got it for £2 from HMV so for that its a ruddy good game. And Joan you can drive cars on there.

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Any open world games? i\'ve tried playing Skyrim with my boyfriend but it\'s very fantasy based and unrealistic. Maybe I\'m just being unfair with it so perhaps I will give it another try.

In what way is it unrealistic? It simply takes place in a different world than our own. Magic classes, random dragons and various wildlife scattered about the forests and people talking in the villages and cities. These were all well done and immersive.

 

And if it's unrealistic simply because of the fantasy elements, well then of course it's unrealistic. It's a FANTASY game.

 

Though if you do want some realism, well, you have already played through mafia II, so maybe the sims or something. Red Dead Redemption?

Skyrim was a pain in the ass for anyone who isn't into RPG's.

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I plan on playing GTA 3 onwards in the coming year. colgate.gif

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