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Top 10 Games

Project Gotham Racing 4

I give this the no 1 spot mainly because of the amount of time I spend playing it. The Graphics are great. The sound track is OK. Few songs I like to hear while racing –> Disturbed – Stricken and The Crystal Method - Keep Hope Alive along with a song I generally like Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby.

Gears of War

The best graphics I’ve seen in a game. I can’t believe at the time of writing this I still haven’t gone out and got the sequel to this game. This game was mostly fun when playing with other both against other players and when collaborating with them in finishing the story. I’ve finished the game from beginning to end a few times on my own, with my girlfriend and with my brother. This game was most fun when me and my girlfriend played against my flatmate and his friend on a Xbox system link. This game has a good story line, almost as if its an interactive movie. I could easily watch someone else play the story mode. The characters’ behaviour and speech is very believable given the context of the game. Online game play on Xbox live gives this game the edge over Halo 3. Only thing it lacks is good accompanying soundtrack.

 

Halo 3

By far the best single player first person shooter ever made. (At least from what I’ve tried). While Gears of War is great when playing with people, Halo 3 is one of the best game to play alone. The story is beautiful, the music is absolutely fantastic making the Halo Experience worth every penny. I give this game a lot of points because of the Halo universe (well thought out) and the sound track is probably the best found for any video game.

 

 

Descent 2

Very old game, probably available a free download now. This is the first game I played online. By online I mean a modem link when I dialled a friend’s computer using my modem to connect to his pc running this game as a host. The attached video doesn’t make it look very good, its like watching a old cartoon from when you were young. It is one of the first games to ever use six degrees of freedom. (Wikipedia Link)

Portal

Simply mind blowing. One of the better games ever made. This game is a work of art. The developer has a good sense of humour which I enjoyed along with the crazy portals. I won’t go in to words to explain the game. Watch the trailer.

 

 

Zuma

This title is in the 10 because of my girlfriend who seems to be addicted to this. This is the first Xbox 360 Arcade game that I bought using Microsoft Points. Considering the amount of hours we’ve spent playing this game I’d say it has been worth every point’.

 

 

Guitar Hero

I never owned this game. My old flatmate had this game and I used to play this game quite a lot. While I never became as good as he was, I enjoyed this game quite a lot. I still listen to songs from the game playlist.

 

 

Need for Speed 4

I never liked the later versions of Need for Speed, but as you can see from my list, I like racing games. From the Need for speed franchise I believe 4 is what I’ve played the most.  Up until Need for Speed 4 the Need for Speed series had a good soundtrack often including work by Crystal Method.

 

 

Call of Duty 3

I never got the hang of Call of Duty 4, but I really liked this game. Good story line. Online game play wasn’t that good though.

 

 

Burnout Revenge

One of the best games to play when your mates come around. Even expert drivers can easily fail. This game doesn’t even attempt to be realistic. It is a lot of fun. Xbox Live makes it even better. One German cheering me on while a Japanese guy is shouting for crashing his car while driving around at 300kmph.

 

 

Others

Mortal Combat 4

Good old button mashing game where your character beats the crap out of the other. Easy to play. Was easy to set up on any computer at the time and I remember countless hours of fun thanks to this game. I don’t want to ever see this game again. It would be like watching Thunder Cats. You’d remember exciting story lines. But if you watch it now it will be boring as hell and a complete letdown.

 

 

Zelda

 

Sim City 3000

 

Rise of Nations

 

PGR 3

 

Half Life

 

Red Alert 2

 

Need for Speed 2,3

 

 

Fifa 98

The only game based on a sport that’s mentioned in this list. The intro to this game may have played a huge part in it too. As a Sri Lankan who grew up in Colombo, the only two sports that gained any interest were Cricket and Rugby. Football (Soccer) was only known as a game that’s popular in Europe. This game truly introduced the sport to me. Truly the wrong way around but it helped me gain an interest in football. Didn’t like any of the sequels of this game.

 

Quake 3 Arena

I watched some youtube videos while writing this. I think I remember every single map that comes with this game.

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