Xbox 360 has become a major hit amongst video game players all over the world due to its awesome HD graphics, ease of use and ability to connect live with other players around the globe. There are many different games to choose from and in this article I will briefly highlight the top 10 exclusive Xbox 360 games around calculated by number of sales.
Halo 3 - 8.1 million copies sold
Halo 3 is the third title in the Halo series and is a first person shooter concluding the trilogy that started with Halo: Combat Evolved & continued in Halo 2. Players assume the role of Master Chief, a supersoldier waging war in defence of 26th century humanity, led by the United Nations Space Command, against a collection of alien races known as the Covenant. The game features new vehicles and weapons not present in previous titles of the series, as well as a multitude of new features.
Gears of War - 5 million copies sold*
Gears of War is a third-person shooter with the game centring on Delta Squad as they battle to save the human inhabitants of the fictional planet Sera from an unyielding underground enemy known as the Locust Horde. The player assumes the role of Marcus Fenix, a former prisoner and war-hardened soldier. The game is based on the use of cover and strategic fire for the player to advance through the scenarios.
* Gears of War sales may include the PC version of the game.
Gears of War 2 - 5 million copies sold
Gears of War 2 is the 2nd game in the Gears of War franchise and players take control of Marcus Fenix who leads Delta Squad against the Locust Horde, who this time are attempting to sink all cities on the planet Sera by using a giant riftworm to eat the ground beneath them but instead they discover the true intent of the Locust actions. New guns and gameplay mechanics such as "hockey fights" and the ability to use defeated foes as "meatshields" were incorporated into the game.
Halo: Reach - 3.7 million copies sold
Another game in the Halo universe, Halo: Reach is a first-person shooter which takes place in the year 2552, where humanity is locked in a war with the alien Covenant. Players control a member of an elite squad of super soldiers, Noble Six, during the battle for the world of Reach. The UNSC start their heroic yet ultimately futile effort to prevent the alien invaders, the Covenant, beginning their assault on the planet.
Fable II - 3.5 million copies sold
Fable II is a role-playing game with a focus on action. The sequel to Fable, the game takes place five hundred years later in the fictional land of Albion. Weapons are still primitive and with towns have been overtaken by larger cities and castles. Unlike the original, the player can select the gender of their protagonist, while also choosing a character's sexuality, allowing for marriage and sexual liaisons with male and female NPCs.
Forza Motorsport 2 - 2.6 million copies sold
Forza Motorsport 2 is the second title in the Forza Motorsport racing game series - there are 349 cars available, including downloadable content, and are divided into 6 production classes and 4 race classes. A car's class determines which races it is eligible for. With 1000 layers of graphics to create shapes, letters and pictures, most cars can be visually customised with both graphics and aerodynamic parts plus have multiple settings for damage and physics characteristics as well. Forza 2 concentrates on circuit racing with real world tracks available such as - Nrburgring Nordschleife, Suzuka Circuit, Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca, Silverstone, Mugello Circuit, Sebring International Raceway and Tsukuba which are all licensed and included.
Forza Motorsport 3 - 2 million copies sold
Forza Motorsport 3 is a racing simulation video game containing over 400 customisable cars with the ability to race up to 8 cars on track at a time from 50 manufacturers and over 100 race track variations. The new single-player season mode puts the player through a completely customised racing calendar that includes more than 200 different events, including circuit, oval, drag, drift, and timed events personalised to the player's requirements. New tracks to the series include Circuit de la Sarthe and Circuit de Catalunya - these tracks join the already impressive list from Forza 2. New additions to the game include a rewind feature, an in-car view, an updated physics engine which includes tyre deformation, vehicle rollover with detailed undercarriages, one button assisted driving, real-simulation drifting and drag racing. Also new to the series is the addition of stock cars, albeit generic and the inclusion of some SUVs.
Mass Effect - 1.6 million copies sold
Mass Effect is an action RPG where the player assumes the role of an elite human soldier called Commander Shepard who sets out to explore the Galaxy on a starship, the SSV Normandy in the year 2183. The titular mass effect is a form of inertia-suppressing technology, allowing faster-than-light travel. A sequel, Mass Effect 2 (not an Xbox 360 exclusive) takes place 2 years after the events in the first game and utilises the players' completed save data from the first Mass Effect game to impact events and storylines within the second game.
Dead Rising - 1.6 million copies sold
Designed as a sandbox game, Dead Rising is an action-adventure, survival horror where players assume the role of Frank West, a photojournalist, who must defend himself from zombie attacks, rescue survivors, contend with crazed psychopaths, and stay alive while trapped in a shopping mall infested with zombies and still attempt to uncover the truth behind the incident. Frank can explore the mall, using any available object as a weapon to complete several main and optional missions and earn Prestige Points for special abilities. The game features several endings, subject to the decisions players make along the way.
*A Wii remake was released in February 2009 titled Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop.
Crackdown - 1.5 million copies sold
Crackdown is an open world, third-person shooter where the player controls a biologically enhanced Agent tasked with battling 3 crime lords and their organised crime syndicates. The Agent's expertise improves by completing activities such as street races and scavenger hunts and defeating the crime lords & their supporters. The gameplay is nonlinear and instead of following a strict mission sequence, players are free to select the approach to completing their missions and activities as they see fit.
N.B. The sales information based on total games sold has been collated from Wikipedia and is correct as of April 2011. The definition of exclusive games in this article is meant to denote games that have not appeared on any other console (i.e. Sony Playstation 3 or Nintendo Wii).
The need to include the sales from the PC version of Gears of War is due to the Wikipedia article indicating it was not possible to distinguish between the sales from the Xbox 360 and the PC version.
Dead Rising made the list as an exclusive Xbox 360 title because a 'remake' for the Wii console (which was released under a different name - Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop) had several changes from the original Xbox 360 version and so believe this an acceptable 'exclusive' title for the Xbox 360.
Halo 3 - 8.1 million copies sold
Halo 3 is the third title in the Halo series and is a first person shooter concluding the trilogy that started with Halo: Combat Evolved & continued in Halo 2. Players assume the role of Master Chief, a supersoldier waging war in defence of 26th century humanity, led by the United Nations Space Command, against a collection of alien races known as the Covenant. The game features new vehicles and weapons not present in previous titles of the series, as well as a multitude of new features.
Gears of War - 5 million copies sold*
Gears of War is a third-person shooter with the game centring on Delta Squad as they battle to save the human inhabitants of the fictional planet Sera from an unyielding underground enemy known as the Locust Horde. The player assumes the role of Marcus Fenix, a former prisoner and war-hardened soldier. The game is based on the use of cover and strategic fire for the player to advance through the scenarios.
* Gears of War sales may include the PC version of the game.
Gears of War 2 - 5 million copies sold
Gears of War 2 is the 2nd game in the Gears of War franchise and players take control of Marcus Fenix who leads Delta Squad against the Locust Horde, who this time are attempting to sink all cities on the planet Sera by using a giant riftworm to eat the ground beneath them but instead they discover the true intent of the Locust actions. New guns and gameplay mechanics such as "hockey fights" and the ability to use defeated foes as "meatshields" were incorporated into the game.
Halo: Reach - 3.7 million copies sold
Another game in the Halo universe, Halo: Reach is a first-person shooter which takes place in the year 2552, where humanity is locked in a war with the alien Covenant. Players control a member of an elite squad of super soldiers, Noble Six, during the battle for the world of Reach. The UNSC start their heroic yet ultimately futile effort to prevent the alien invaders, the Covenant, beginning their assault on the planet.
Fable II - 3.5 million copies sold
Fable II is a role-playing game with a focus on action. The sequel to Fable, the game takes place five hundred years later in the fictional land of Albion. Weapons are still primitive and with towns have been overtaken by larger cities and castles. Unlike the original, the player can select the gender of their protagonist, while also choosing a character's sexuality, allowing for marriage and sexual liaisons with male and female NPCs.
Forza Motorsport 2 - 2.6 million copies sold
Forza Motorsport 2 is the second title in the Forza Motorsport racing game series - there are 349 cars available, including downloadable content, and are divided into 6 production classes and 4 race classes. A car's class determines which races it is eligible for. With 1000 layers of graphics to create shapes, letters and pictures, most cars can be visually customised with both graphics and aerodynamic parts plus have multiple settings for damage and physics characteristics as well. Forza 2 concentrates on circuit racing with real world tracks available such as - Nrburgring Nordschleife, Suzuka Circuit, Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca, Silverstone, Mugello Circuit, Sebring International Raceway and Tsukuba which are all licensed and included.
Forza Motorsport 3 - 2 million copies sold
Forza Motorsport 3 is a racing simulation video game containing over 400 customisable cars with the ability to race up to 8 cars on track at a time from 50 manufacturers and over 100 race track variations. The new single-player season mode puts the player through a completely customised racing calendar that includes more than 200 different events, including circuit, oval, drag, drift, and timed events personalised to the player's requirements. New tracks to the series include Circuit de la Sarthe and Circuit de Catalunya - these tracks join the already impressive list from Forza 2. New additions to the game include a rewind feature, an in-car view, an updated physics engine which includes tyre deformation, vehicle rollover with detailed undercarriages, one button assisted driving, real-simulation drifting and drag racing. Also new to the series is the addition of stock cars, albeit generic and the inclusion of some SUVs.
Mass Effect - 1.6 million copies sold
Mass Effect is an action RPG where the player assumes the role of an elite human soldier called Commander Shepard who sets out to explore the Galaxy on a starship, the SSV Normandy in the year 2183. The titular mass effect is a form of inertia-suppressing technology, allowing faster-than-light travel. A sequel, Mass Effect 2 (not an Xbox 360 exclusive) takes place 2 years after the events in the first game and utilises the players' completed save data from the first Mass Effect game to impact events and storylines within the second game.
Dead Rising - 1.6 million copies sold
Designed as a sandbox game, Dead Rising is an action-adventure, survival horror where players assume the role of Frank West, a photojournalist, who must defend himself from zombie attacks, rescue survivors, contend with crazed psychopaths, and stay alive while trapped in a shopping mall infested with zombies and still attempt to uncover the truth behind the incident. Frank can explore the mall, using any available object as a weapon to complete several main and optional missions and earn Prestige Points for special abilities. The game features several endings, subject to the decisions players make along the way.
*A Wii remake was released in February 2009 titled Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop.
Crackdown - 1.5 million copies sold
Crackdown is an open world, third-person shooter where the player controls a biologically enhanced Agent tasked with battling 3 crime lords and their organised crime syndicates. The Agent's expertise improves by completing activities such as street races and scavenger hunts and defeating the crime lords & their supporters. The gameplay is nonlinear and instead of following a strict mission sequence, players are free to select the approach to completing their missions and activities as they see fit.
N.B. The sales information based on total games sold has been collated from Wikipedia and is correct as of April 2011. The definition of exclusive games in this article is meant to denote games that have not appeared on any other console (i.e. Sony Playstation 3 or Nintendo Wii).
The need to include the sales from the PC version of Gears of War is due to the Wikipedia article indicating it was not possible to distinguish between the sales from the Xbox 360 and the PC version.
Dead Rising made the list as an exclusive Xbox 360 title because a 'remake' for the Wii console (which was released under a different name - Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop) had several changes from the original Xbox 360 version and so believe this an acceptable 'exclusive' title for the Xbox 360.
About the Author:
PhenomenalAJR has been an avid Xbox 360 gamer since it was released. He put this article together to give gamers an idea of what they may like to play next or add to their games collection. Please visit PhenomenalAJR's Xbox 360 games website for more reviews, opinions & discussions.
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