Xbox 360: 12 Games of Christmas

By Eurogamer staff Published 1 November, 2007

Play these with mince wine.

It is now dark when we walk home and birds are either dropping out of trees in frozen lumps or going somewhere much nicer for their holidays. And, as always happens, the shops are hoisting their Christmas decorations up and getting us all worried about buying presents because we never know what they want is it socks or aftershave. So, we thought we would join in.

Our mission is to sort through this enormous pile of Xbox 360 games that have been released between late August and December and tell you what is the most worthy or promising match for your money. It is not as easy as it sounds, either, as this has been - without doubt - the strongest line-up of games on the console since launch. Except that time we stacked our DS ones on top.

Unfortunately, there will be those that do not make final cut, too. We also have to push Live Arcade releases to one side, despite very strong contenders like Puzzle Quest and love-it-or-hate-it Space Giraffe. But not Battlestar Galactica (frak no). What remains, then, is a list of games that will make you as happy as having a belly full of mince pies and mulled wine - something to beat away the winter blues.

Assassin's Creed

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Unlikely without a trip to A&E.

Assassin's Creed promised the world with its concept of an environment where you could climb anywhere and bound around rooftops mercilessly carrying out assassinations. It also introduced us to new and more believable crowd behaviour where you interact realistically by nudging or shoving idlers from your path. The gorgeous graphics obviously helped, too, as did having the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time team behind it.

Now, just weeks from release, the promise looks like it might be coming true. Those who have seen it are all giddy with excitement, heaping praise on its simple and stylish combat system and balletic manoeuvring. We've yet to see all its tricks, but the fact it has us hungry for more after so long in the limelight is hopefully a testament to its quality. It does make us wonder what that twist will be, too. Maybe Altair's a hamster.

Bonus fact: Assassin's Creed takes place during the Third Crusade, but also takes a few liberties with the truth. For example, you can't swan dive off a building into hay and live.

BioShock

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State of his face.

Millions of pounds may buy you tip-top production values and a good game, but the creative drive and writing talent of Ken Levine proved to be a treasure with few equals, and also gave us one of the best narrative twists in gaming history.

It was his vision that brought this dark and disturbing game to life countless fathoms under the sea, where you are forced to do the bidding of desperate strangers as you explore the leaking dream of Rapture, ever at risk from the blades of its deranged former inhabitants, driven wild by the chemicals their society was so proud of. The same chemicals you will need to survive. The result is spellbinding and captivating, evolving your perception of what a first-person shooter can offer.

Water developer: Fort Frolic is one of the besterest bits of BioShock, but then you'd probably expect that given that it was designed by the person who did Thief: Deadly Shadows' much lauded Cradle level.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

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Guns and stuff, just like Manchester.

Call of Duty 2 used cinematic set-pieces where artillery spat mud in your eyes and filled your ears with deafening explosions and rolling out the barrel [is this right? -Ed]. Crucially Infinity Ward showed us that we were not bored with World War II, simply how it was portrayed. Now its attention is on the present day and on recreating a world as seen through distant news bulletins, cleverly employing a limited palette of colours and fluid animations to transport you there as convincingly as modern gaming hardware has managed.

The developer has shown us inside its compelling multiplayer mode, and driven us purposefully around the campaign, once again proving that perhaps we are not as bored of the modern battlefield as we had first thought. Although Tom still prefers watering plants and making hippos scissor.

Guns don't kill people: But Hank Keirsey, one of Activision's military advisors, probably did, and has given his input to Call of Duty 2 as well as this one.

Eternal Sonata

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Also known as Trusty Bell, although we have no idea why.

Microsoft is not a name synonymous with Japanese role-playing games, and has already reinforced this once in 2007 as big white hope Blue Dragon flopped to the ground under the weight of its own regressiveness. But where it wilted, Eternal Sonata flourished, as it whisked us off to the unusual and inventive dream world of composer Frederic Chopin as he drifted off for one final adventure moments before he died of tuberculosis.

Where Blue Dragon was laborious and steeped in familiar and traditional gameplay, Eternal Sonata was fresh, bright and unique; a sumptuously realised cartoon dream world punctuated with an extravagant score and unique combat system that is worth escaping to time and time again.

Requiem: Chopin died in Paris in the early hours of 17th October. Eternal Sonata was released here on 19th October. They couldn't make that synch up?

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

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Smash the music over the Internet.

The instant joy of picking up a replica guitar and playing along to your favourite rock songs is like being given a very fancy remote-controlled car as a child. Journeys home suddenly become anxious torture, and peeling yourself away to eat, sleep and do waste-disposal duties seems a pointless frustration. Not very rawk, either. Guitar Hero and its perfect blend of rhythm-action earned itself our 2005 Game of the Year award because of it, and very rightly so. (Actually, let's not get into that again.)

But this year is a bit different. Original developer Harmonix hopped in the back of EA and MTV's tour bus to go and make Rock Band, so Activision called on Tony Hawk creator Neversoft to make the third game in the series. We are offered more than ever before and online battles for the first time, and already know there is a juicy track listing on its way. And this year Activision has something to prove. It still has the winning recipe, and will make damn sure its new chef brings out the best cake it has ever baked.

Tra la la: Eurogamer designer Martin Taylor was in an actual proper actual band for ages. upcdowncleftcrightcabc+start are bloody good, too, even if they did reject my idea of calling their first album "Sonic Adventure".

Halo 3

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Under all that is a person with emotions and flesh.

Living up to expectations is an incredible challenge, but like Michael Johnson setting a world record in golden spikes, so too did Bungie deliver. They even gave us an oddly sized hat.

The dramatic finale to the most iconic series on Xbox was always going to be a massive event for Microsoft, and it threw every marketing strategy at us it could muster. But underneath the hyperbole and flattery was the reason it was so well regarded to begin with: well thought out fun.

It is a first-person shooter that you can play with or against your friends while you enjoy a lavish, delightfully overstated storyline. It has enormous production values, lets you drive around in lots of vehicles, and has been tested and revised umpteen times so that the finished version is polished, crisp and fluid. Fun is the reason Halo 3 was awarded top marks by us.

Finish the sentence: There aren't actually any angels in Halo. Or are there? I can't remember.

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men

Kane & Lynch underpins everything we love about life: backstabbing, hate, and a good old punch-up. You see, these two protagonists - a flawed mercenary and psychopathic schizophrenic - share one wonderful quality in common: they absolutely despise each other, which makes co-operating to shoot the baddies kick up all sorts of mistrust and emotional issues, a bit like those explored on Neighbours.

It is a bizarre concept that slightly bonkers but brilliant Hitman developer IO Interactive is seasoning with some of the most compelling multiplayer modes we have heard about, albeit only with local co-operative play.

Aaaand: Kane and Lynch are enemies. On a related note, the Eurogamer content management system hates ampersands. What did they ever do? And why is that interesting?

Mass Effect

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It's even got Seth Green in it.

When a great storyteller sits you down and begins a tale, you would be silly to look the other way. BioWare began its console foray by reinventing Star Wars in Knights of the Old Republic, before recreating ancient and magical China in Jade Empire. It is now taking us back to space, but in its own world where humans are newcomers to the galactic mix, helping the governing body combat an ancient threat unearthed by one of its own elite agents.

You are Commander Shepard and you will build a crew around you as you explore the far reaches of space, building relationships as you watch your and their powers grow after countless battles and encounters. Cinematic immersion in a sprawling setting from stunning visuals and lavish audio is a given, as is the deepest and most accomplished dialogue response system a role-playing game has ever seen.

Expect to be transported into your own science-fiction world, then, as you uncover a story that will likely stay with you for a very long time.

Science bit: "Mass Effect" is the real-life name for dark energy.

Project Gotham Racing 4

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Here and also on real roads Tom can drive quickly.

Bizarre Creations was quite open when it admitted it rushed PGR3 so that it could be a launch title for the Xbox 360, even though it produced a solid and well received racer. This time it had no such restraints and was adamant that it would take as long as it needed to produce the best game it could.

And so it tweaked the Kudos system, adjusted the handling, and improved its track design methods, giving the game greater balance than any previous instalment. Subtle points, perhaps, but vital foundations for the exemplary racing game assembled upon them. Also noteworthy for being the first racing game with fog you actually appreciate. In Macau anyway.

High there: Each of PGR4's cities is based on tens of thousands of recon photos and takes bloody ages to make, as roads and street layouts are painstakingly mapped. But for some reason they guestimate all the heights.

The Orange Box

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Strong love emotion feeling.

Any one of the games contained in this box would have come highly recommended, but instead you get five. It's the first time you will be able to play Half-Life 2 on your 360, for starters, before you can continue the adventure with Episode One and Episode Two, both acclaimed instalments in their own rights.

It also finally delivers the most refreshing multiplayer experience in years in the long-awaited Team Fortress 2, which combines cartoon visuals with an intricately balanced selection of classes to bring about enough tactical flexibility to last you a lifetime.

Then there is the enormously charming Portal, a puzzle game where you have to use a portal gun to solve problems, altering your perception of up and down and left and right and leaving you thoroughly confused but satisfied at every turn. Given that Valve doesn't believe in charging for downloadable content, there's every chance you'll be serenaded again in the months to come.

Anyway, each game is fantastic, and this is simply unmissable.

Interesting fact! You can actually do the final bit of Portal in around a minute. Well, you can't, but someone can. Don't click on that if you haven't finished it, obviously.

Tomb Raider: Anniversary

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Posh.

Lara Croft is a pin-up of the gaming industry. She has had her own troop of models to replicate her in real life, and has been recreated on film by rubber-lipped pouter Angelina Jolie. We have also been bombarded with countless games over the years, but none have lived up to the one that started it all.

Thankfully, then, Crystal Dynamics and Eidos decided to remake the original and bring it into the 21st Century using the Tomb Raider: Legend engine. Much like dabbing away at the layers of make-up on Lara Croft, the result is a fresh-faced and beautiful game that encapsulates all the things we fell in love with originally.

Your grace: Apparently Lara Croft is the 11th Countess of Abbingdon. So be polite when she won't swim properly.

Virtua Fighter 5

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Unashamedly unapologetic.

Virtua Fighter is a series long held aloft by fighting aficionados as the most balanced and competitive game in the genre. It is unashamedly hardcore, but makes no apologies for it [which is what "unashamed" means -Ed].

The fifth instalment is no different, and provided PS3 owners months ago with the best Virtua Fighter game so far. But it had its flaws. It had no analogue control support, was left out of date by changes made to the arcade version, and famously featured no online head-to-head mode.

So while the Xbox 360 version may be late to the party, its prolonged arrival has allowed it to incorporate all of the above while preserving everything that made it so good in the first place.

Please don't sue us. Legend - and I stress legend - has it that a rival beat-'em-up designer once got drunk with Yu Suzuki and asked what the secret to VF's success was. Having found out, he made his own game. Suzuki reputedly now tells people that he left out the most important part, and that's why the other game's rubbish.

Had enough? Tough! Join us again soon for the 12 PlayStation 3 games you ought to consider in the run-up to Christmas.

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  • symbiote #1 4 years ago

    "The result is spellbinding and captivating, evolving your perception of what a first-person shooter can offer"

    The result is spellbinding and captivating, evolving your perception of what a first-person *adventure* can offer

    Fixed.

  • Rodster #2 4 years ago

    Mass Effect is the one truly great game I am eagerly waiting for next month. And by all accounts it will deliver and then some. :D

  • mkreku #3 4 years ago

    Yup, Mass Effect is the only one in this heap that interests me too.

  • DFawkes #4 4 years ago

    Still wouldn't buy PGR4. Even if I go it as a gift, I'd be grateful but secretly disappointed, and I'd never play it on my gamertag as I'd never ply it after the first go.

    I still want all the rest though.

  • the_sas_man #5 4 years ago

    Reading this article for the PS3 is gonna be hilarious!

  • DUFFMAN5 #6 4 years ago

    I have just (today) started Halo 3, after finally having my fill of Saints Row (89%)
    I have TR for the ps2. Will by Ass Cred. Simpsons. COD 4. Have Forza 2 so no need for PGR

  • Darren #7 4 years ago

    Yeah, Mass Effect is the game I most want on the 360 now I've got all the other big releases to date. Call of Duty 4 will be excellent I'm sure but at the end of the day it's just another FPS and I've no interest at all in playing it online, not when I've got dozens of other games across three platforms to play. There just aren't enough hours in the day to play all the games I want to and play them extensively online so Call of Duty 4 will be lucky if I can spare it five minutes. Currently I'm still playing Halo 3 (offline obviously), PGR 4, Eternal Sonata (god that game is sooooooooo good), Blue Dragon (nearly completed it though), Tomb Raider Anniversary, Virtua Fighter 5, Metroid Prime 3 (superb), Super Paper Mario (great), PES 2008 (360) and next week there's Ratchet and Clank Future and Call of Duty 4 out!!! Why can't publishers spread their releases a bit better?

  • BBIAJ #8 4 years ago

    EG clearly forgot about playing Half-Life 2 on BC then...?

  • SleepyMagpie #9 4 years ago

    the_sas_man: "Reading this article for the PS3 is gonna be hilarious!"

    You think?

    Geez. It used to be PS3LOL. Now it's PS3TheTrainWreck that you can't take your eyes off.

    Can we get a 360 for PS3 victims charity fund raiser going? Hey, Yuletide spirit and all, come on!

  • BBIAJ #10 4 years ago

    Are there even 12 PS3 games coming out between now and Christmas, or since August or whatever!?

    Oh, and Darren, Ratchet & Clank scored a measly 6/10 in this months gamesTM, calling it "dated"...

  • reddevil93 #11 4 years ago

    "Reading this article for the PS3 is gonna be hilarious!"

    Take the 7 multi platform games out of that and add a selection of these:
    Uncharted
    Haze
    Rachet and Clank
    Wipeout HD
    Time Crisis 4
    Singstar

    Yeah, hilarious, ain't it?
    Edited by 1 at 01/11/07 @ 14:58

  • GamesConnoisseur #12 4 years ago

    Got half of those titles already, as for those remaining, Mass Effect is simply the must have one for me (as is for most other).

    Looking forward to what would make the 12 Games of Christmas for PS3, Wii, PSP and NDS. Have all consoles but think not going to be easy to top X360's list!!

  • crashVoodoo #13 4 years ago

    its like 2 pages of 360 hard on ....

    /likes

  • speedjack #14 4 years ago

    Best of luck with the PS3 one.

    'Ratchet & Clank...'


    /looks around helplessly



    'Erm... Motorstorm...

    Um...'




    /runs and hides


  • PearOfAnguish #15 4 years ago

    I have heard that Assassins Creed isn't all that special. Aside from the combat and acrobatics there is little else going on.

  • menage #16 4 years ago

    Eurogamer, never let a chance go to put Blue Dragon down. :p

  • JDub #17 4 years ago

    While not as many for sure, half of the above should be available by Xmas on the PS3. With some additional exclusives: Uncharted, Ratchet, Heavenly Sword (glitchy, but still enjoying), Singstar...er, PES2008? LOL

    Seriously though, get over it! :)

  • Hamflank #18 4 years ago

    Mass Effect might force me to buy an XBOX.

  • GamesConnoisseur #19 4 years ago

    XBOX wont be able to run Mass Effect for your info, you ll need Xbox 360!

  • AbyssUK #20 4 years ago

    I think the comment about Manchester was a bit harsh.. everybody knows London has far more guns.

  • suzakuseven #21 4 years ago

    I do believe I have got/will be getting most of those :) It's going to be one hell of a winter for games!

  • Darren #22 4 years ago

    @BBIAJ - I don't care about gamesTM's review of Ratchet and Clank Future, it's been getting very positive reviews from just about everyone else. Edge gave the game an 8 so that's all I need to know. ;)

    Besides I loved the demo and I've never played a Ratchet and Clank before other than demos of the first three PS2 games so for me it's going to be a relatively fresh experience. The GameTrailers and GameSpot video reviews make it look so much fun with the range of weapons it has including one which makes the enemies and bosses dance complete with tacky 70s disco music. This is one game I cannot wait to play. Me loves cute cartoon platformers/shooters. Super Mario Galaxy out the week after too. Has there ever been a better time to be a gamer? :)

  • legendmir #23 4 years ago

    grooooaannnn sometimes i rly wish i didnt have a gf....

  • JDub #24 4 years ago

    Get her a DS then...

  • morriss #25 4 years ago

    Wow. Too many games. The only one I've got no interest in is GHIII. Although I've already got, Orange Box, Eternal Sonata, Halo 3 and Bioshock.

  • Drakron #26 4 years ago

    I guess some Sonytards did not get the memo.

    2008 is the PS3 year, not 2007.

  • Cloudane #27 4 years ago

    You forgot Skate and SEGA Rally folks!

    A good list nonetheless.

  • symbiote #28 4 years ago

    "and I'd never play it on my gamertag as I'd never ply it after the first go"

    Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear. Have a word with yourself my friend, before it's too late

  • Gurgeh #29 4 years ago

    There is no official release date yet for Singstar. The original target was July 2007, then September, which got pushed back to late November, and still the legal problems rumble on. As lawyers tend to get paid by the hour I wouldn't hold my breath on a 2007 release

  • pjmaybe #30 4 years ago

    Apolagetic!?!

    (vf5 pic)

    Peej

  • kangarootoo #31 4 years ago

    Mass Effect and Assasin's Creed are on my watch list. AC I am slightly hesitant over. Only slightly, but I'll need to play before I buy. Mass Effect I'll buy based on previous record.



    And will everyone rattling on about the PS3 just stfu and grow up. God its boring when a thread turns into that kind of nonsense (I apply the same comment to PS3 threads that start turning into 360 bashing wank competitions). So boring I want to kill myself, and everyone writing such comments, and everyone they know. Soooooo, so boring.

    And did I mention childish. Oh don't even get me started on how childish it is. Its about THIS childish (/holds hands really far apart as if describing a big fish, TIME A MILLION.

  • Xerx3s #32 4 years ago

    Under all that is a person with emotions and flesh.

    Yes, complete frustration that he gets sniped every time he mans the turret. \0/

  • Tonka #33 4 years ago

    Something better

  • Bremenacht #34 4 years ago

    Alan Wake doesn't make the cut then?

    Or is it out next year now?

  • FenderMaster #35 4 years ago

    was the fighting game at the end that copied Yu Suzuki's success Dead or Alive?

    i think it was something about instant button press to screen reaction or something...

    btw for all 360 fanboy's, half this list is appearing on ps3

    Assasins Creed, Eternal Sonata, Orange Box, Tomb Raider, Guitar Hero 3, Call of Duty are all coming out on PS3 this christmas and we've already had VF5 for ages (im not an online gamer, and nobody uses analogue c
    ontrol in fighters), we dont have any great exclusives, but theres still plenty of great games for us

    actually eternal sonata isnt coming out until next year on ps3 :(
    Edited by 2 at 01/11/07 @ 15:43

  • Monkey_Puncher #36 4 years ago

    COD4, Assassins Creed and Mass Effect and Lego Star wars the Complete Saga are my most wanted games now!

  • mattigan #37 4 years ago

    But the best versions will be the 360 ones.
    Edited by 1 at 01/11/07 @ 15:46

  • Hughes. #38 4 years ago

    Hmm, the PS3 version will be hilarious? 8 of these 12 games are coming out at the same time or in the case of Eternal Sonata, soon after with extra content, on PS3 as well, in fact 2 of them have been playable on PS3 for months. Still, trolls will be tro..... fuckwits.

  • FenderMaster #39 4 years ago

    how so mattigan?

  • Garulon #40 4 years ago

    "EG clearly forgot about playing Half-Life 2 on BC then...? "

    In fairness it was so on-again off again for PAL users they can be forgiven for skipping over that. I played BC HL2 pretty much all the way through on the 360 though. Lovvving the Orange box, wot with it's silky framerate, HDR and cheevements.

  • Garulon #41 4 years ago

    "btw for all 360 fanboy's, half this list is appearing on ps3"

    At half the framerate!

    (boom boom tish)

  • dudefella #42 4 years ago

    Sad fact is - I'm likely to own all of these in the near future, except for VF5 and PGR4.

  • Darren #43 4 years ago

    Yep, Army of Two has been delayed into 2008.

  • The-Bodybuilder #44 4 years ago

    >"I'm looking forward to Army of Two more than Kane & Lynch, has that been delayed or what? "

    Yep.
    And whoever asked whether Alan Wake was coming out this christmas has been under a rock for quite sometime now.

    As for this list, what about Ace Combat 6?

  • polymorph #45 4 years ago

    @ darren,
    Me to, iv'e never played any of the other ratchets.
    The demo i love, just hope its a bit more varied than the demo, although i understand there is fire, ice and jungle levels!!
    Not sarcastic, just like my platformers, so im hoping someone other than nintendo can make a decent one!

  • Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #46 4 years ago

    Ace Combat was a really close call. Thoroughly recommended though.

  • Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #47 4 years ago

    There will be articles like this for every platform, too. Look at me, spamming.

  • andromeda #48 4 years ago

    assasins creed will be a pretty average game.
    you can just smell it through the thick veil of hype around it.

  • afghan_jones #49 4 years ago

    Ass Creed, COD4 & Kane & Lynch look reet tasty.

    The others ive either already played or couldnt give a stuff about. Actually most looking forward to Ass Greed as after Bioshock, Halo & Orange Box action, my FPS trigger finger is getting kinda weary.

    That said, the COD4 beta was supercool so will still be all over that next weekend (my birthday, Yay!)

  • Kazzahdrane #50 4 years ago

    A few months ago Assassin's Creed was my most anticipated 360 game for this year, now it's falling behind CoD4 (the beta sold the game to me where I most likely wouldn't have bought it otherwise) and Mass Effect.

    I'm just worried that the hype is a big cloud and the the move from tight linear levels in the PoP games to sprawling cities will result in the game having a lack of focus (might also be rubbish to play, mind you).

    Oh, and for everyone saying the PS3 list will be terrible, what about the darling of the press, the DS? Phantom Hourglass is absolutely fantastic but it's the only game I can think of that will appeal to the hardcore this Xmas (are we getting Advance Wars DS 2 this year?). Shame 2007's been such a so-so year for the DS after a bumper 2006, but there were so many good games left over from last year that no one seems to mind. And Hotel Dusk made up for a lot.

  • dirigiblebill #51 4 years ago

    Oh for fuck's sake. I really can't afford to buy a 360. Really. Can I?

    /looks calculatingly at relatives

  • smirny #52 4 years ago

    good god... AC, ME, and GHIII are my primary targets... with K&L and CoD4 at some point later... TOO... MANY... GAMES.... nnnggghg... *faints*

  • TRUTH #53 4 years ago

    Fable 2, Too Human (Keep your eyes on this), Alan Wake, Halo Wars, Banjo & Kazioee, Lost Oddysee, Cry-On, Ninja Gaiden 2, Dead Or Alive 5, Splinter Cell Convection - 2008 will be another great 360 year.

    Oh! Haze & Unreal III are coming to 360; just a few months later...Also why didn't Eurogamer list: Crackdown, Dead Rising, Gears Of War, Condemned, Flatout, Burnout 5, Command & Conquer, Dead Or Alive 4; which are good to excellent games that are for 360 & not PS3 or Wii ?

  • Pulsar_t #54 4 years ago

    I hope by this time next year we have 12 more titles to look forward to.. And not hearing an announcement from MS regarding the X720! :p

  • Pulsar_t #55 4 years ago

    @TRUTH

    Simply because most of those are older titles released before August! :p

  • woodnotes #56 4 years ago

    "Take the 7 multi platform games out of that and add a selection of these:
    Uncharted
    Haze
    Rachet and Clank
    Wipeout HD
    Time Crisis 4
    Singstar

    Yeah, hilarious, ain't it? "

    Impressions of Haze have been terrible. Wipeout HD delayed until next year. Time Crisis 4 not until next year in Europe. Singstar TBC.

  • TRUTH #57 4 years ago

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  • deiseach #58 4 years ago

    Good to see I'm not the only one yearning for Mass Effect. I'd been pondering which next-gen (yes, all right Mr Braben, you know what I mean) console to get for a while, and the impending arrival of Mass Effect sealed the deal for the 360. But I was worried that looking for a single player game was a sign that I was sad(der).

  • Garulon #59 4 years ago

    "Once the users Xbox fails, which it inevitably will do"

    Has your PS3 failed yet? Why not wipe the dust off it, switch it on and find out?

  • AZA #60 4 years ago

    Mass Effect is really the only game thats jumps out at me there, but it is certainly one I want get hold of

  • Apologie #61 4 years ago

    the_sas_man

    Reading this article for the PS3 is gonna be hilarious!

    ------------------------------------------------------------ ----

    I totally agree with you, Ratchet&Clank: TOD, Uncharted: Drakes Fortune, Heavenly Sword, Call of Duty 4, Assassins Creed, Warhawk, Haze, Orange Box etc... are all horrible games... lol

    By the way, only mass efect and Bioshok (that i already have) interest me on that list.
    Edited by 1 at 01/11/07 @ 19:59

  • DjFlex52 #62 4 years ago

    I totally agree with you, Ratchet&Clank: TOD, Uncharted: Drakes Fortune, Heavenly Sword, Call of Duty 4, Assassins Creed, Warhawk, Haze, Orange Box etc... are all horrible games... lol

    By the way, only mass efect and Bioshok (that i already have) interest me on that list.

    @Apologie

    Your vaunted Xmas PS3 list mentions 3 Xbox360 games and then you say no games on the 360 list interests you besides the ones you have....uhhh, make up your mind ;)

    Thankfully noone's responded to Sony troll f3rrari's comments...as the thread would go even worse.

  • SeesThroughAll #63 4 years ago

    Thankfully noone's responded to Sony troll f3rrari's comments...as the thread would go even worse.

    Yes, that was not cool. Trolling against the PS3, on the other hand, is now fashion.

    PS3LOL

    Am I cool and clever or what?

  • DjFlex52 #64 4 years ago

    "Am I cool and clever or what?"

    Nah, trolling the PS3 is so five minutes ago....now it's trolling trolls that's cool ;)

  • Sid-Nice #65 4 years ago

    Where's the list of good games that the 360 fanboy's talk about?

  • silver-jon #66 4 years ago

    Surely the best 6 months of games released in a console's history. Awesome.

    PS3 will get there, mark my words. It may take a year, but it'll get some stunning games in the end.

    So, is someone going to add up all the scores out of 10 for the Xbox line-up and then compare with the Ps3 line-up ? And then laugh at Sony executives for not listening when the vast majority of gamers said "It's over specced and over-priced, and NOT over here, you tossers !".


    I will.

  • Serraphin #67 4 years ago

    TRUTH:
    [link url=http://ww w.gamerankings.com/itemrankings...
    ]http://ww w.gamerankings.com/itemrankings...[/link]

    Here's a little gem that you look into.

    Gief!
    Edited by 1 at 01/11/07 @ 21:13

  • Apologie #68 4 years ago

    @DjFlex52

    It was a joke, Ps3 have a lot of good games coming up just in time for christmas... can't wait to put my hans on Uncharted and Ratchet

  • captainrentboy #69 4 years ago

    Apologie, who is this poor German man, and why would you do such a thing to him?

  • Ace_McCloud #70 4 years ago

    PS3 is rubbish, stop defending it people and let everyone bash it with wreckless abandon. Sony's ridiculous arrogance has brought it upon themselves.

    Once again PS3 is wank. I think most self respecting gamers would take the 360 exclusives in this list over the PS3 ones that have been mentioned... and the 360 multiformat games for that matter.

  • DjFlex52 #71 4 years ago

    "So, is someone going to add up all the scores out of 10 for the Xbox line-up and then compare with the Ps3 line-up ? And then laugh at Sony executives for not listening when the vast majority of gamers said "It's over specced and over-priced, and NOT over here, you tossers !". "

    Sid Nice can add up the scores of both systems cause if the 360 doesnt have good games this xmas it means the PS3 have even worse.

    I know, Sid....it was a joke ;)

    @Apologie

    haha, comedy is your strong suit, Apologie!

  • Apologie #72 4 years ago

    @Ace_McCloud

    PS3 is rubbish, stop defending it people and let everyone bash it with wreckless abandon. Sony's ridiculous arrogance has brought it upon themselves.

    ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------

    Microsoft as a company is just as arrogant and hostile.... and i don't "defend" Sony, i do think they were overconfident and "arrogant"_ if you prefer..., nontheless, i enjoy they'r products and the Ps3 is not an exception... good console, with already some good exclusive games, and by the look of it, with many more to come.

  • bonker #73 4 years ago

    "@BBIAJ - I don't care about gamesTM's review of Ratchet and Clank Future, it's been getting very positive reviews from just about everyone else. Edge gave the game an 8 so that's all I need to know. ;) "

    Yeah I saw that too in the latest It's-Xmas-so-Let's-put-the-PS3-on-the-cover-AGAIN-issue ...

    Gotta admit that there were some harsh words in there for Sony though this time around unlike last year's sickening PS3 fawning - "The future of gaming" & "Lair - the game the 360 could not do" etc ...

  • bonker #74 4 years ago

    "Mass Effect is the one truly great game I am eagerly waiting for next month. And by all accounts it will deliver and then some. :D "

    I'm just hoping that it doesn't turn out like Bioshock, i.e. look different and great early-doors then turn out to be just yet-another shooter ... *yawn*

  • bonker #75 4 years ago

    "I have heard that Assassins Creed isn't all that special. Aside from the combat and acrobatics there is little else going on. "

    My spideysense tells me this is going to be Meh City, Arizona.

  • bonker #76 4 years ago

    "This really is a special/great time for games. I almost feel spoiled. "

    It is.

    While I can't claim to be interested in shooters, there's no doubt that that's a staggering list of, probably, very high quality games in a very short space of time indeed.

    Thank you 360.

  • bonker #77 4 years ago

    "8 of these 12 games are coming out at the same time on PS3 as well"

    Fine but how many of them will be inferior 'wannabe' imitations of the real thing on the 360??

  • Katsumoto #78 4 years ago

    "8 of these 12 games are coming out at the same time on PS3 as well"

    Fine but how many of them will be inferior 'wannabe' imitations of the real thing on the PC??

    fixed ;)

    well, 7 of them anyway. I think.
    Edited by 1 at 01/11/07 @ 23:11

  • TRUTH #79 4 years ago

    Hey PS3 fans! you have to check this page - It's a MUST!

    http://ww w.gamesradar.com/gb/xbox360/gam...
    Edited by 1 at 01/11/07 @ 23:14

  • UncleLou #80 4 years ago

    What a bunch of fucking knobbers in these comments things. Nothing changes I see.

    +1

  • bdc #81 4 years ago

    The +1 also being a tired cliched useless mainstay of such redundant comments threads. Go back in your cage unclelou !

  • UncleLou #82 4 years ago

    You're confusing form with content.

  • Apologie #83 4 years ago

    TRUTH

    Gabe Newell can put his opinion up his ass... he talks like he is enlightened or something, just another arrogant prick, nothing more...
    Edited by 1 at 02/11/07 @ 01:18

  • drumm23 #84 4 years ago

    What actually happened was very simple.
    Sony were hugely responsible for the ubiquitous success of the DVD through the huge sales of the PS2.... (although there is possibly a "chicken & egg" argument there.)
    Sony were disappointed that they could not leverage more revenue from the DVD media, feeling that they were a large part of it's success. They will also happily admit to craving ownership of a dominant media format (see: Betamax, Minidisc, UMD). They saw the PS3 as the chance to do so and were blinded by the Blu light. Incredibly they repeated the exact same mistakes as in the past but also managed to alienate the true console fans that they helped engender with the PS2.

    "...and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it..."

  • The-Bodybuilder #85 4 years ago

    You're all a bunch of tossers, the lot of you.

  • Tonka #86 4 years ago

    Somenice games in that list. Been keeping an eye on Assassins Creed since bloody X05.

  • bonker #87 4 years ago

    ""8 of these 12 games are coming out at the same time on PS3 as well"

    Fine but how many of them will be inferior 'wannabe' imitations of the real thing on the PC??

    fixed ;)

    well, 7 of them anyway. I think. "

    :)

  • Daikon #88 4 years ago

    Ack. Just got my X360 + Halo 3, Bioshock and Oblivion in.
    To top it off I just got Super Mario Galaxy JP for Wii.
    What to try first...

  • asharkman #89 4 years ago

    Ha the funniest part of that article is the 12 must buy ps3 games.
    That's a real riot. Those guys at EG really crack themselves up.
    Next they'll be telling us there are 12 wii games we must buy. Good one!

  • mechamonkey #90 4 years ago

    Thats a great lineup, something for everyone there surely.

    Need more monies plz.

  • mazzl #91 4 years ago

    @EUROGAMER
    i would just like to complain about all the fanboys and girls in this threat, it's realy realy annoying... i've put 6 people on my ignore list just for this news item.
    could je please moderate irralevant replys out of this threat.
    thanx

  • Ryze #92 4 years ago

    It'd be nice if some of these First person games included multiplayer modes where characters can carry out roles other than the standard run n gun.

    I've been looking up Carrier Command on the Amiga / ST / PC and it was an excellent gameplay experience.

    Considering the surprisingly good Warhawk gameplay combines on foot and air combat, it'd be nice if some more play styles could enter the battle.

    I'm not sure if I'll ever really participate in twin tiny analogue stick console FPSs.

  • tancredo #93 4 years ago

    I agree
    I was trying to read comments on 12 great games coming out on the console I own, but I quit after 2 minutes because all the fanboys started talking s**t about other consoles.
    Can we just go back to the article?

    I am personally looking forward to Mass Effect and Orange Box. Undecided between CoD4 or Halo3.
    I give great value to co-op play in shooters so K&L can climb into my standings.
    Edited by 1 at 02/11/07 @ 11:10

  • Apologie #94 4 years ago

    Naughty Dog and Insomniac make every other developer "who claim that the Ps3 is not a good system" sound like retards...

    Now, talking about X360 line-up... Mass effect and Bioshok are the only games i care, everything else is average or multiplatform.
    Edited by 3 at 02/11/07 @ 11:26

  • miiiguel #95 4 years ago

    "Under all that is a person with emotions and flesh."
    true..., odd, but true...
    After hearing and reading so much about racism, stupidity, screaming and such, as beeing part of Halo online experience I've been quite surprised (and realised that that was just another media soundbite), after playing arround 100 Halo 3 games, everyone has been polite and friendly (well, there was this one guy who tried to make fun of someones accent, put he was promptly segregated and even said sorry).

    About these game, yeah..., they're good, probably the best. Who says otherwise is losing some major fun and I find it very weird why some gamers support a brand like a support my football club - I must be getting old, maybe this is trendy now.
    They should have included PES, after all it is THE social men's game.
    Edited by 3 at 02/11/07 @ 11:32

  • the_sas_man #96 4 years ago

    i werent trollig - just being honest - im sure the ps3 will have a great line up next year. but those of you trying to claim warhawk or ratchet & clank (which both hit around 85% in the scores) and comparing them to the 360 titles like Mass effect, Bioshock or Halo 3 are severely deluded.

    im sorry my PS3 cousins, b ut the games drought for you will continue way into next year,at which point you will have some great games to play.

    But untill then just accept the facts - the 360 is stomping over any of the exclusives the PS3 has - and so it should as its been around far longer.

    The truth it out there!

  • Skye #97 4 years ago

    Ther are 12 games on the PS3? That'll be an interesting feature...

  • the_sas_man #98 4 years ago

    "Besides what does 15% better actually mean in real-life terms?" =

    well actually yeah it does as most scores (like anything else in life) works on diminishing returns. The higher you get, the harder it is to achieve a few percent untill it levels out at 100%. If you were to put all gaming scores on a grid you would get a kinda steep curve from 50 - 80% then it would slowly level out.

    Or if you like:

    There is a major difference between a game getting 95% rather than 80% than there is a game getting 50% than 65%.

    And you know it!

  • smelly #99 4 years ago

    @the_sas_man : Well as long as it scores about 8, it's worth getting.

    When scores get into the "perfect" score territory.. Well.. Believe it if you want.. No game is perfect.. But it's worth buying.. so that's all that matters.

    Its no accident that 10/10 games come about when there's a lot of marketing money being spent at the same time... Especially when some reviewers proclaim said game to be the best thing ever (10/10) but others give it 6 or 7 out of 10 THEN you have to start wondering.. Surely if it was perfect - everyone would think it was?

  • the_sas_man #100 4 years ago

    disagree - im old enough and wise enough to know when a game gets a score for hype and a game gets a score because its a good game

    Bioshock deserved its 10 - one of the best gaming experiences ive had in years - so people comparing that to the likes of Heavenly Sword - well i'm sorry but it just dont cut it at all.

    So that score of 8 actually seems perfectly acceptable to those sores of 10.

  • slickster #101 4 years ago

    let's hope your 360's don't brake before christmas because you guy's will be fucked... HAHAHA

  • mechamonkey #102 4 years ago

    HOW DO I BRAKED CONSOLE?