Just ordered a 360

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darkeen

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Jumped at the dell deal and now it's being shipped. I intend to get GTA4, Banjo kazooie, mirrors edge, and dead rising. But, I wanna hear what you all think I should get (no FPS games please, I'm a mouse and keyboard kind of guy for those ;))
 
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DEAD RISING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

crackdown is a fun game as well.
 
See if you can get GTA4 Collectors Edition at Target still. They were discounted down to $22.

I enjoy racing games, PGR3 and 4, Forza 1 and 2.
I have the steering wheel and pedals from MS and they are great.
 
PGR4 for sure if you like racing games. Burnout Paradise maybe as well (try the demo, it's not exactly a racing game).

Get yourself on the marketplace and download a ton of demos as well. Especially for XBLA games. Braid, N+, Geometry Wars 2, Castle Crashers... shit, far too many to list. :) You could easily spend the first couple of weeks with the console just blasting through trials.
 
Ace Combat 6
Braid (Live Arcade)
Carcassonne (Live Arcade)
Castle Crashers (Live Arcade)
Crackdown
Dead Rising
Fable 2
Gears of War
Gears of War 2
Geometry Wars 1/2 (Live Arcade)

Just to name a few...
 
Fable 2
Viva Pinata
Kameo

and I know you said no FPS, I was the same when I first got my console but now playing FPS with a controller is second nature to me, just takes some getting used to so...

Gears of War 2 :D
 
Hehe, I grew up on goldeneye, perfect dark and halo. I'm no noob to the system, I just don't prefer it :p
Thanks regardless and the gears series is I will have to look into. Thanks to everyone else for the suggestions as well and to Jerome, why would I want 3 different versions of geometry wars?
 
Well there's two Geometry Wars games on Live Arcade. I was mearly suggested you get the first or the second (or I guess both if you want). I'm not sure how much the original costs, now that there is a sequel. I have both, and both are great games, though the 2nd game offers a lot more (with additional game play modes). Anyway, I was just listing both, because they're both fun.
 
Make extensive use of the Xbox Live Demo downloads. Case in point, Burnout: Paradise. People love it, I think it's one of the worst games in the series.

Crackdown is really fun after you play for awhile, but I literally finished the game in 3 days. Get it cheap :)
For RPGs: Lost Odyssey and Eternal Sonata
 
mass effect
gears
rainbow 6 vegas (hey it's 3rd person)
ninja gaiden 2
 
I really enjoyed Kameo. Can be found for $10

Others non shooter games I enjoyed:
Condemned 1 (sequel was kind of a letdown)
Dead Space
Dead Rising
Crackdown
GTA4
Ninja Gaiden 2
Too Human
Mass Effect (semi shooter?)
 
Dead Space. it's a third person survival horror game. It's great. It's a spacey-survival horror.

I second Ninja Gaiden 2. I'm currently in the process of beating it. Great game.
 
pandora's box said:
and I know you said no FPS, I was the same when I first got my console but now playing FPS with a controller is second nature to me, just takes some getting used to so...

Gears of War 2 :D
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Well Gears 2 is a THIRD person shooter, so you should be able to sneak it into your recommendations without too much trouble. I know, I'm splitting hairs. Whatever :p
 
Zinn said:
Well Gears 2 is a THIRD person shooter, so you should be able to sneak it into your recommendations without too much trouble. I know, I'm splitting hairs. Whatever :p
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Yeah as you can kiss off any possibility of 2 coming out for PC, Cliff made that perfectly clear.
 
Technoob said:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DEAD RISING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

crackdown is a fun game as well.
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Before you buy Dead Rising, download the demo and imagine playing that x100. It was the first game I got for my 360, and it gets boring FAST, as well as being extremely frustrating in some parts (park w/ jeep.)
 
spydermonkey said:
Before you buy Dead Rising, download the demo and imagine playing that x100. It was the first game I got for my 360, and it gets boring FAST, as well as being extremely frustrating in some parts (park w/ jeep.)
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Somehow I don't think you played the whole game, especially if you think the convicts in the jeep were hard. Best single player 360 game hands down.
 
The demo for Dead Rising really threw me off; I didn't like it. But, I bought the game eventually and LOVED it. Yes, very hard. But, try early for the Zombie Genocide achievement to get the blaster gun, and it makes the game easy (thus more fun, IMO).
 
So today i bought my 360 and the new guitar hero world tour

THE CD DRIVE DOES NOT READ ANY DISC, BUT MAKE LOUD GRINDING NOISES!!!!!!! ARGHH!!!!
 
umm i know that but store is closed till tomorrow.
 
VorpalBFG said:
Ninja Gaiden 2, Gears of War 2 and Halo 3 are no brainers...literally.
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Did they make NG2 as hard as the first? Not sure I've ever been more aggravated in my life... (the original xbox one) I think I may have finished about 1/3 of it... hahaha
 
mdameron said:
Did they make NG2 as hard as the first? Not sure I've ever been more aggravated in my life... (the original xbox one) I think I may have finished about 1/3 of it... hahaha
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Not on the standard mode. It's considerably easier... but don't try the harder modes. :D
 
Nobody mentioned Halo 3. Yes it's fps, but come on, it's halo...You gotta have it if you plan on getting xbox live.
 
Bambi005 said:
So today i bought my 360 and the new guitar hero world tour

THE CD DRIVE DOES NOT READ ANY DISC, BUT MAKE LOUD GRINDING NOISES!!!!!!! ARGHH!!!!
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welcome to the 360.. plan to go through at least 2 or 3 in the next couple years :)
 
doox00 said:
welcome to the 360.. plan to go through at least 2 or 3 in the next couple years :)
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Come on... I know it's bad for a lot of people (I collect 360 death stats at one of the larger forums so I know exactly how bad it is for a lot of people :p), but you'd be unlucky to have more than one fail on you.
 
Psychotext said:
Come on... I know it's bad for a lot of people (I collect 360 death stats at one of the larger forums so I know exactly how bad it is for a lot of people :p), but you'd be unlucky to have more than one fail on you.
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I am on my 4th in 2 years and my 360 does not get much use really. pretty amazing. I have an elite now.. my last premium (was my 3rd premium) which I sold to a friend.. he had it for 4 months and it rrod on him.. so I just rma'd it for em since it was registered in my name.
 
That doesn't really change much. I know someone who has had 14 of the things... but it doesn't mean everyone ends up going through a lot. :)

Or let me put it another way. Going by the stats I collect on NeoGAF (~1400 dead 360s in total) around 20% of those that have had one failure go on to have at least one more (6% of those with at least one failure have more than two failures). Yes, it's shit... and MS deserve all the hate they get for it... but as I said, most people don't experience multiple failures.
 
Bambi005 said:
So today i bought my 360 and the new guitar hero world tour

THE CD DRIVE DOES NOT READ ANY DISC, BUT MAKE LOUD GRINDING NOISES!!!!!!! ARGHH!!!!
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Did this happen when you was flipping the 360 from a vertical position to a horizontal one or vice versa?
 
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