Don't Forget the First Xbox

Eurogamer wants to remind us that, before Microsoft's next-gen console, they had this large black box which was sold in stores. A few games were even made for it. They've come up with two lists, one detailing the twelve finest exclusives to grace the system and another to highlight poorly-selling but highly-entertaining 'cult classics' you may have missed the first time around. From the 'best of' list: "Halo made the Xbox - without it, Microsoft would have had a much tougher struggle in the console market, and it's really telling that five years on, almost everyone would still rate the first game as one of its top titles. Unsurprisingly, Halo spawned countless imitators, and the market is awash with the corpses of space-marine-shoots-aliens games which simply didn't resonate with the gaming audience in the same way. The reason is clear; Halo wasn't just a success because people want to be a space marine and shoot aliens. The game was the complete package; it had stirring narrative, great characters, epic, sweeping scale, and absolutely fantastic, haunting music. It may not have brought much to the table in terms of gameplay innovation, and many PC FPS fans turned their noses up at it for that reason - but the production values and the understanding of how to create an involving, cinematic experience which Bungie brought to bear were unmatched."

They're right on the cult classics

[fatty ding dong]

For many of those games, it seemed there was no hype, or the hype was amazing, only to be overshadowed a day or two after release. Its strange to think I may never have played Kingdom Under Fire if my father's friend hadn't done voices for it. It was such a great game and would have passed right under my radar if I hadn't been told about. I wonder how many games have passed under the collective radar like that over the last couple decades?

Psychonauts

[Anonymous Coward]

Hopefully, one day, Psychonauts will get the recognition it deserves. It's one of the most entertaining games I've ever played.

What's very useful about this list is ..

[PaganRitual]

.. that it tells you if Microsoft themselves have forgotten about the games in question :

2. Project Gotham Racing 1 and 2

* Project Gotham Racing 1 review
* Project Gotham Racing 2 review
* Xbox 360 compatible? No - both

Re:LOAD OF CRAP

[Anonymous Coward]

It makes me laugh everytime Halo is mentioned, people feel the need to rush in and explain how much it sucks. Every fucking time on fucking thread on every fucking board.

You can't play a FPS with a pad!
Tribes did vehicles first!
Half life had a better story!
Quake had multiplayer!
They repeated some levels!
It's the FPS for noobs! (Despite the fact that plenty of PC FPS players including myself rate it higher than all but one or two PC FPS's.

Defensive much? Why? I mean really why do these idiots have a drive to slag off a 2001 game 5 years later? Is it because it was on Xbox?

Yawn. We get it, you don't like Halo. Why do you feel the need to comment on it? I can't think of any other 5 year old games that provoke the same frothing reaction.

MotoGP 1 & 2?

[sumday]

No love for this amazing series of racing games? The dual analogue stick control gave the most alarmingly engaging simutated racing experience i've ever come across. Especially on xbox live! No game is perfect, but in my eyes this one came close. I've never felt such a strong desire to get that flawless lap.