Top 10 XBox 360 Shooters
These hit the mark
[1] Half-Life 2: The Orange Box
Developer: Valve
Valve had the gall to stick five games it already released on PC, sell it at full retail price to 360 gamers and expect its console debut to be a success? Yes, the Seattle-based developer did, it was a massive hit and in retrospect we can see why too. It was an excellent port of an acclaimed PC exclusive that was widely untouched by console gamers. To the 15 hours or so of the most creative and lateral-thinking man’s shooters we’ve played was two extra episodes, manic co-operative shooter fun from Team Fortress 2 and a brand new, pithy, pitch-black puzzle game in the form of Portal. Such value for money hasn’t been heard of since.
[2] Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Developer: Activision
A curious, if controversial beginning opened out into one of the most thrilling shooters on the 360, surpassed only by the new benchmark Infinity Ward set in multiplayer.
[3] Halo Reach
Developer: Bungee
Bungee’s swan song for the series was a prequel to the events of the original Halo. This setting might have been considered a massive cop out except for the fact that the game was bloody amazing.
[4] Gears Of war 2
Developer: Epic Games
Building on the already groundbreaking original, Gears Of War 2 actually featured a giant Rift Worm that munched its way through the foundations of several cities. On every level, it was unbelievably better than Gears Of War.
[5] Bioshock
Developer: Irrational Games
Rapture was an underwater work of art and genius, and Bioshock was so good that 2K Games bought the studio, renamed it to something more generic before thinking better of it and changing the name back again.
[6] Vanquish
Developer: Platinum Games
The game that Shinji Mikami left his mark all over was approached cautiously by most people, before they discovered how much fun could be had sliding around on your bum and bashing giant robots.
[7] Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Developer: EA Digital Illusions CE
After the original there was little doubt that Bad Company 2 would be an excellent game, but DICE established itself as EA’s online warfare experts with a modern combat sequel that continues to thrill.
[8] Dead Space 2
Developer: Visceral Games
Multiplayer was a bonus for Visceral’s massively anticipated survival horror sequel, but Dead Space 2’s campaign is where the real horrors lurks. By that we mean fun, of course.
[9] F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Developer: Monolith Productions
Left with a handful of unanswered questions from the first game, it was up to Monolith to return with a reply. Fortunately, that petrifying brat and her minions furnishes us with satisfying answers.
[10] Rainbow Six: Vegas
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
A big overhaul in the series plus a curious strip-lit and casino-strewn environment resulted in a potentially problematic tactical shooter turning into one of the highlights of the year.
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out of all of these I’ve only played 2. COD 6 and Vegas. And I’ve put in my fair share of gaming on both with Cod at 7days and 23 hours being prestige 4 rank 16. and Vegas playing about 3 days and a half. judging by what people say of the others they are all amazing especially Half life which i played at a friends. considering that I haven’t played any of the others but only seen stuff on you tube I’d guess i would have to say that bad company 2 was the worst (dont criticize me i do play it quite a bit and friends houses and personally i think it is terrible) but dead space looks to be a great in terms of horror and just as a general FPS. I’d put them in an order much like this:
1. dead space 2
2. gears 2
3. Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2
4. half life, orange box
joint 5th. Reach, vanquish, bioshock
8. vegas
9. Fear 2
10. BBC 2
1,000,000. black ops
(irrelevant but true(personal opinion))
Silly Massacara2792, BBC 2 is a publicly-funded british terrestrial television channel, not an Xbox 360 first-person shooter.
You silly.
You really put a game that has not even been released on your list? well guess that’s is what we can expect from xbot journalism
i know that you know what i mean. you know.
dead space 2 has been released
@DJ
So it didn’t occur to you that, being a printed Xbox magazine, we just might get games in a long time before they’re out. We’ve had Dead Space 2 in the office since mid-December.
@DJ
Hello DJ: As an XBox magazine, we’ve had a review copy of Dead Space 2 in the office for weeks now. Thanks for your comment though, it was great!
2-HIT-COMBO!
keeperoftheword, youre just one of all those other lazy cod fanboys that are to lazy to get into the more realistic and tactical gameplay of bc2, I have played both,mw2 is good, but bc2 is way better and even better then BO
I see. And at what point did I ever say ANYTHING REMOTELY RELATED to Call of Duty or Bad Company 2…?
This is a funny thread. Could more angry people comment please? KeeperOfTheWord isn’t done pointing the obvious out to you yet.