GameSetQ: 'Lost' Xbox 360 Games?
Another round of the GameSetQ feature ("a daily question to be answered by GameSetWatch readers in the comments of this lovable weblog, and in some way related to the day's gaming issues"), because we've been playing the late Indie Built's previously GSW-mentioned Amped 3 again, and we feel like it really is one of the unfortunately ignored Xbox 360 titles to date.
One of the later, wackier Amped 3 cut-scenes has an evil Darth Vader-style suited game development director addressing a fake GDC lecture on why sequestering your game developers in a zeppelin is a good idea - and the gameplay is darn good fun, too, though definitely reliant on multiple retries of challenges.
So, the question is: "What Xbox 360 or Xbox 360 Live Arcade titles do you think have been unfortunately ignored , under-commented on, or otherwise not given enough coverage, and why?"
Answers below - feel free to start heated arguments, or, of course, you can just be as sweet as sweet can be.
Comments
Ridge Racer 6 - way overshadowed by the other racers, completely unfairly.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 4, 2006 3:26 PM
Snap! I was going to say Ridge Racer 6 as well. It's a beautiful game, with depth and a serious challenge. It offers precision control and stunning aesthetics at incredible speeds and a rock-solid frame-rate. It also features a fantastic multiplayer mode with global time trials and 14-player online races.
Its only sin, as far as I can tell, is that it starts slowly - it gives you plenty of opportunity to learn the tracks in the slower car classes, and it takes a long while to get to the really exciting and challenging stuff. My guess is that most players assumed that the whole game was going to be like the first five hours or so - sadly, they really missed out.
Posted by: VFD | July 4, 2006 5:52 PM
Wik & The Fable Of Souls on Xbox Live Arcade, maybe? Doesn't get talked about too much.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 5, 2006 9:30 AM