Memories of the Xbox 360 so far

Well on December 1st. The X360 was celebrating its 5th birthday out in the UK.

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What are your fond memories of the Xbox 360 so far?

I can remember when it was first launched the 360 had quite a few problems with the RROD. I think everybody remembers that with such a prolific console introducing HD gaming to your TV. I do remember playing Kameo on the 360 when it was first launched. Good ol brother buying the console and then I soon played a game called Gears of War. Simply one of my favourite games. Definitely not every-bodies cup of tea but its certainly got a massive following does more than reasonably well.

I Only got my 360 last year in November.

I have to admit the back library of games is simply stunning with games like Fallout 3, Halo 3, Mass Effect, Mirrors Edge and even Assassins Creed!

I've been buying new and old games on the cheap. I've played my 360 much more than my PS3 and Wii this year.

In short, the Marketplace. Some of the best games this generation have been released via the Xbox Live Arcade and many series are seeing great revivals on the Arcade as well (Sonic, Lara Croft). Plus, it's an excellent way for indie developers to get their games out.

Its great to be able to play Banjo Kazooie, the classic Sonic The Hedgehog games again.

Had mine about a year dead on now (give or take a week) Gotta say i love assasins creed and just pissing about online on halo and what not

Great to play Fable again. I was lacking the Fable touch when I had my PS3 and a dead 360. Now that I have the 360 again. Its bloody win to go round being a tyrant i.e. Fable 3 or just be plain kickass on Fable 2 by placing high inflation by renting out my properties.

I got my first 360 way back in 2007 a couple of weeks after I went to Portugal. I swapped my old PS2* and all my games in order to get it (regretting it almost immediately* ) - Being a fanboy, the only reason I got it was because of Microsoft buying Rareware and the inevitable Banjo-Kazooie sequel, but when I first got it all I had was Crackdown and Kameo. The latter just didn't click with me; it just seemed too generic high fantasy for a Rare game. Crackdown, on the other hand, I absolutely loved while it lasted - all the freedom and mindless carnage I love about GTA without the more annoying missions ("All you had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!").

My favourite games and memories on the 360 are Nuts & Bolts (built over 30 vehicles, I think O.o), Arkham Asylum, Fallout 3, Fable 2 (which I've completed twice) and Orange Box - I initially bought it for Portal, but Half Life 2 won me over with its brilliance.

(*I got a new one for my birthday the following year!)

Ashworthy-Harvington wrote:I got my first 360 way back in 2007 a couple of weeks after I went to Portugal. I swapped my old PS2* and all my games in order to get it (regretting it almost immediately* ) - Being a fanboy, the only reason I got it was because of Microsoft buying Rareware and the inevitable Banjo-Kazooie sequel, but when I first got it all I had was Crackdown and Kameo. The latter just didn't click with me; it just seemed too generic high fantasy for a Rare game. Crackdown, on the other hand, I absolutely loved while it lasted - all the freedom and mindless carnage I love about GTA without the more annoying missions ("All you had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!").

My favourite games and memories on the 360 are Nuts & Bolts (built over 30 vehicles, I think O.o), Arkham Asylum, Fallout 3, Fable 2 (which I've completed twice) and Orange Box - I initially bought it for Portal, but Half Life 2 won me over with its brilliance.

(*I got a new one for my birthday the following year!)

I recently got Kameo. Simply because it was Rare and how much I liked it when my brother had the game when he first got his 360, which is going back to the launch day for the console. For some reason it just hasn't clicked as I thought it would do. Seeing as Rare is behind the game. I expected to get on with it straight the way like Banjo Kazooie.

I really need to sit down and give Kameo a good play. I tried to do it the weekend just gone but sadly it didn't materialize.

Terrible memories with CoD4.

Wido wrote:

I recently got Kameo. Simply because it was Rare and how much I liked it when my brother had the game when he first got his 360, which is going back to the launch day for the console. For some reason it just hasn't clicked as I thought it would do. Seeing as Rare is behind the game. I expected to get on with it straight the way like Banjo Kazooie.

I really need to sit down and give Kameo a good play. I tried to do it the weekend just gone but sadly it didn't materialize.

I can't put my finger on it either. It's not like it's an awful, unplayable game, but I think I know what the problem is. Basically, if you'd had no idea that Rareware made it, would you be any the wiser? By their high standard of games, it just seems mediocre. To gamers who aren't fans of Rareware (since the majority of their fanbase are nostalgic Nintendo fans), it merely looks generic - how many Tolkienesque High Fantasy games is too many? Generic and mediocre - not a good combination for any medium . At least people remember something they loathe (like me with Friedberg & Seltzer )

No, I'm not trying to put you off playing it Wido. I could suggest you try not to think of it as a Rareware game.

... Or maybe KAmeo failed because the main character seems too familiar...

Its hard not to really. I mean, its Rare. Its like you say. Its a mediocre game and coming from Rare themselves, it does indeed raise a question whether or not Kameo itself as a potential franchise for the developer is a no, go.

I will sit down and play the game and hopefully finish it but for now, it doesn't seem so likely that will happen.

I think with Rare and dissapointment come together with Perfect Dark Zero perfectly.

I hated a lot of the games in the first couple of years but I think this year is gonna be the one I remember with the 360, as Red Dead, Splinter Cell and Alan Wake have been fantastic for me.