Arkham City gets the nod here though, taking everything that made Asylum work and upping the scale tenfold, creating a comic book masterpiece in the process.ĭeveloper: Visceral Games (as EA Redwood Shores) Kicking off with Arkham Asylum, and based loosely on the comic book of the same name, the Arkham series felt like a smart genre blend, grouping together elements from beat ‘em up genre, stealth games and even Metroidvanias to create an action game like no other. Okay, so DC have had a few duds, but Injustice still manages to offer a better story than most comic book video games, while the real creme de la creme of comic book games is still being cited today: the Batman: Arkham series. Or that Aquaman game on the original Xbox. While Marvel might have cornered the market on superhero films, DC by and large has had much better luck with video games, so long as you ignore the various Superman games. Turns out not everything’s better down where it’s wetter.ĭeveloper: Rocksteady Studios, WB Games Montreal ![]() Oh, and there’s some big lads in deep sea diving suits with chainguns. As you’d expect, a society filled with the scientific and social elite naturally devolved into anarchy, with genetic splicing creating super-powered thugs standing in your way. During the console’s 8 year life span and thousands of games, Bioshock absolutely deserves to be mentioned within the top 20, with its two sequels also being in with a shout.Ī horror shooter like no other, Bioshock sees players descending to the bottom of the sea and discovering the city of Rapture, a proposed Paradise away from all other countries and influences. You might think it’s been placed low on this list given its near mythical status within the gaming community, but that just goes to show how star-studded the Xbox 360 library truly was. Undeniably one of the most influential FPS experiences of the Xbox 360, Bioshock is an iconic game that some studios are still struggling to top over 15 years later. Still, it can always be remembered as a brilliant Xbox 360 game, and one of the most important racing games ever made. At this point, it would be nice to point to Forza Horizon on the Xbox Store and say “you can even experience it for yourself”, but thanks to licensing issues leading to the game being removed from sale, that’s not possible. ![]() While PGR might only be a relic of the past now, Forza is still going strong to this day, and that’s largely due to the success of the Forza Horizon series, the excellent open world spin-off.Ĭreated by a separate studio, Forza Horizon brought the iconic racing of Forza to the open road, with the first Horizon offering a lush recreation of Colorado. Okay, swimming might be a bit over the top, considering there were just two major ones, but between Forza Motorsport and Project Gotham Racing, Xbox players had their racing game needs covered. With an art style that’s as evocative now as it was when Limbo first launched in 2010, Limbo deserves its place among the best Xbox 360 games of all time.įor a while, the Xbox was swimming in exclusive racing game properties. Inside the forest is his sister, who the boy hopes to rescue, but that’s if he can get past the obstacles standing in his way, including a giant spider for one. There’s plenty of success stories from that era, including Bastion, Braid, Fez and countless others, but one of the biggest by a wide margin is Limbo.Ī haunting platforming that’ll linger in your memory for a long time after those credits have rolled, Limbo follows a small boy who awakens on the edge of a dark forest. XBLA was a breeding ground for games that might have been smaller in scope, but arguably had just as much ambition to compete with the big boys. One of the crowning jewels of the Xbox 360 was how much support it gave to the Xbox Live Arcade, the first wave of console indie titles that weren’t able to secure a physical release. Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios, Playdead ![]() With both the silly and sick combined, Skate 3 felt like the total package, and being able to free skate with friends online was just the icing on the cake. While still retaining those realistic roots in terms of tricks, Skate 3 also amplified its more ridiculous aspects, allowing players to build massive skate parks filled with 50 ft tall ramps, or compete in bone-crunching Hall of Meat challenges. It was a big risk, but it paid off, leading to the best entry in the series, Skate 3. ![]() While other skateboarding titles opted for a more arcade-like gameplay feel, the Skate series aimed to replicate a more realistic side of skateboarding, with harder to perform tricks and combos. Before the days of the Xbox 360, there was one skateboarding franchise set to dominate the genre for the rest of time, but the 360 era brought forward a new challenger in the form of Skate.
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