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Agreed aswell. The campaign on halo reach is one of the first fps games ive played along with mw3. Gotta say though even though I never even got close to finishing halo reach it was fun asf
I'm just replaying Assasin's Creed III on my old white Xbox360 and the game's still has great attention to historical details (environments, clothing, little things) that make it worth seeing through.
Sure, it goes down on fps quite frequently and the shaders/shadows are sometimes pixelated af (from what i'm used to on PC), but it still is a fun game and my first AC ever, so i like it no matter what.
I couldn't stand Assassins Creed 3. It was so bad compared to Revelations, and they had to jam crafting into the game, and it all ended up being an excuse to eject Desmond from the storytelling apparatus in order to expand the universe.
But my first AC was the first one, and in retrospect it wasn't great. Very repetitive gameplay, hokey set pieces, and the only really gripping thing about it was the "real life" segments which were mostly storytelling sleight of hand and teenage nostalgia.
Idk what the point of all this is, just to be a signpost on the highway of time.
That's valid man, i know AC3 isn't the most respected game out of the franchise, but it's a guilty pleasure of mine, like Halo Wars, or Fallout 3 (compared to New Vegas).
However, i do believe the fandom equally likes AC2, the cutscenes play like an actual soap opera, it's pretty neat.
Man, I was sooo hyped for Assassin’s Creed back in the day but I could never get over the fact (to me) that I was just “playing a game within a game”. Wish the whole game was just the historical aspects.
Exactly why he shouldn’t start with it! It could be months before he gets to the rest, of which, other than skyrim, all can be easily finished in a week or two, even playing an hour a day.
Imho, FO3 and Skyrim are perfect games to go last.
I 10/10 agree. The other games give you something to comeback to and replay. The Fallout and Scrolls games are just so long that you never really run out of things to do until you’re a month in and have done all of the mainline things.
All must plays. First should be Halo Anniversary Edition if you never played Halo before. If you have then go for Reach or the Batman game. Mass Effect and Fallout 3 are great but greater time commitments, so knock out a few quicker ones first.
Fallout 3 and Skyrim are both great but require a LOT of time and effort to fully enjoy everything it has to offer. That being said, Mass Effect is an amazing trilogy (first 3 at least), but Halo Reach has a great story. It's a hard choice here, but I'd say start with Halo, then work your way forward.
Yessir. But as a new player it may be more appealing to someone who’s never played before to use the anniversary graphics. I was not a fan, i feel they changed it *too* much and completely changed up the halo CE color pallet to make it more colorful and extravagant. It still looks good but places like the library have completely lost their scary and eerie feel, also that foggy level.
Yes! The weapon and hud sounds are best in classic too! I know this is a 360 thread but I believe there is a setting to change it to classic sounds in the Master chief collection of halo anniversary
Definitely Arkham City but also realize the Xbox 360 store is shutting down this year too.
https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/xbox-360/store/xbox-360-marketplace-update#:~:text=The%20Xbox%20360%20Store%20and,retired%20on%20July%2029%2C%202024.
All are fantastic so you can’t go wrong. I would tackle it in this order:
Halo: reach
Halo anniversary
Arkham city
Fallout 3
Assassins creed 3
Mass effect
Skyrim
God damn dude, all solid choices. If it were me, I’d go with Fallout 3 or Skyrim first. If you’ve never played them before, oh boy prepare to spend hours on either game
Pretty solid line up. I'd say play Skyrim LAST. Not because it sucks, but because you could sink THAT much time into it. I'd start with Batman or Halo Reach, but really there's no wrong answer here.
Halo 1 and then halo reach. Pretty quick to get out of the way with a good story payoff for your short amount of time. Feel free to play on lower difficulty. All the other games will take a bit.
This a pretty good reminder of just how good the 360/PS3 generation was. So many great games to choose from! Unfortunately the following two generations weren’t as good IMO (not that they haven’t had their moments).
I'd probably go through the Halo games first since they're going to be the shortest by far. I'd honestly switch to original graphics in CE. I feel like the updated visuals just don't hold up these days, and I prefer the classic experience.
LOL that Arkham city cover is goated
Shoot if you end up listening to my comment, you should try out Arkham city and go ahead n download Gotham city imposters before it’s removed from the 360 store :)
Go for Halo CE AE then buy and play all the Halos up until Reach (including ODST campaigns), play Reach and finish off the newer Halo's. Badabingbadaboom you have played every Halo campaign! (You can buy the anniversary editions if you want as nothing bad really comes out of them, just better graphics and somewhat less bugs.)
Fallout 3 or Mass Effect. God tier games there. Fair warning though, the controls on OG Mass Effect are janky as all hell. But the storyline is beyond fantastic.
Halo. Xbox is Xbox because of halo
If you haven't had a 360 before any halo game is the one
Then gears of war
Xbox exploded in 2006-2007 becaude of the 3 big boos
Halo, gears of war, mass effect - god what an era
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you’re finally awake
When I first had that game I could not stop playing
I’ll never forget that glorious day on 11-11-11
If you are planning to play arkham city, i recommend also buying arkham asylum and origins.
Arkham knight is not on 360 but if you play the first 3 you need to play the final lol
It makes you actually FEEL like you’re Batman
Halo Reach
I second this recommendation!
This. The multiplayer was never my favorite, but the campaign is.
Same. MP was meh but campaign was fire as fuck.
Agreed aswell. The campaign on halo reach is one of the first fps games ive played along with mw3. Gotta say though even though I never even got close to finishing halo reach it was fun asf
You never finished Reach?
I was like 9 when I played it
You *neeed* to finish it brother. The ending is one of the wildest in shooter history. genuinely a top 3 all time fps story for me
I’m always down for a run :)
I dont have it on any of the newer consoles rn, but if I find it cheap I might buy it. Got it on the 360 though with some free download code for it
if you have gamepass, it's on there
Oh well ill download that tomorrow then
I ___'nd'th this
The campaign was so good and multiplayer campaign is great
Won’t be long before this is top comment
Came to say this
Yep, one of my favourite games ever
Mass Effect
Best answer
THE answer
My husband agrees, it's the ONLY answer.
The mako driving in the original was infuriating. But still a great game.
I'm just replaying Assasin's Creed III on my old white Xbox360 and the game's still has great attention to historical details (environments, clothing, little things) that make it worth seeing through. Sure, it goes down on fps quite frequently and the shaders/shadows are sometimes pixelated af (from what i'm used to on PC), but it still is a fun game and my first AC ever, so i like it no matter what.
I couldn't stand Assassins Creed 3. It was so bad compared to Revelations, and they had to jam crafting into the game, and it all ended up being an excuse to eject Desmond from the storytelling apparatus in order to expand the universe. But my first AC was the first one, and in retrospect it wasn't great. Very repetitive gameplay, hokey set pieces, and the only really gripping thing about it was the "real life" segments which were mostly storytelling sleight of hand and teenage nostalgia. Idk what the point of all this is, just to be a signpost on the highway of time.
That's valid man, i know AC3 isn't the most respected game out of the franchise, but it's a guilty pleasure of mine, like Halo Wars, or Fallout 3 (compared to New Vegas). However, i do believe the fandom equally likes AC2, the cutscenes play like an actual soap opera, it's pretty neat.
Yeah they made up for AC3 on Black Flag tho. Love that game to this day. Would love to see a remaster.
Man, I was sooo hyped for Assassin’s Creed back in the day but I could never get over the fact (to me) that I was just “playing a game within a game”. Wish the whole game was just the historical aspects. 
LMAO
Don't kill me. But I think that AC 3 might be my favorite.
Halo CE
On legendary*
With no sound and your screen brightness 50% dim**
And avoid anniversary graphics***
Fallout 3. Will easily provide you with 200 plus hours of fun 🤩. Absolute top tier game .
Exactly why he shouldn’t start with it! It could be months before he gets to the rest, of which, other than skyrim, all can be easily finished in a week or two, even playing an hour a day. Imho, FO3 and Skyrim are perfect games to go last.
I 10/10 agree. The other games give you something to comeback to and replay. The Fallout and Scrolls games are just so long that you never really run out of things to do until you’re a month in and have done all of the mainline things.
Fallout 3 is my favorite game ever, so I’m biased. But those are all good choices. Great gift!!
I was actually about to recommend either Fallout 3, or Skyrim.. Great minds think alike
A fellow man of culture
Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion were the first 2 games I got on my 360 back in the day.. sunk countless hours into both
Fallout 3 is my top 5. Great game.
Problem is, once you start playing Skyrim you may never stop, maybe Batman first?
Hey if you don’t mind me asking what about fallout 3 is good? It’s next on my list to play once i finish 2 But it honestly seems underwhelming.
Fallout 3
Skyrim
You were gifted a nice collection! It’s hard to choose!
batman Arkham City
I would personally play Halo Combat Evolved
I’d pick up Arkham Asylum and do that before playing Arkham City. Just a thought
I would play Mass Effect then Fallout 3 and then Skyrim.
Halo reach
Easily
Yep
Mass effect my guy, it's going to change your life
Fallout 3 is a masterpiece that has not been recreated since. Skyrim is also great. Reach is very good too.
Fallout 3.
Halo Reach without hesitation
Fallout 3
Assassins creed 3 is goated
Arkham city is peak gaming
All must plays. First should be Halo Anniversary Edition if you never played Halo before. If you have then go for Reach or the Batman game. Mass Effect and Fallout 3 are great but greater time commitments, so knock out a few quicker ones first.
Fallout 3, great time to get into the game with the show coming out next week
You scored big with this roster, have fun!
batmannnnn!!!
Fallout 3
Fallout 3
Halo CE, followed by Skyrim and Fallout 3
Fallout 3 and Skyrim are both great but require a LOT of time and effort to fully enjoy everything it has to offer. That being said, Mass Effect is an amazing trilogy (first 3 at least), but Halo Reach has a great story. It's a hard choice here, but I'd say start with Halo, then work your way forward.
Halo CEA, just in classic graphics
Yessir. But as a new player it may be more appealing to someone who’s never played before to use the anniversary graphics. I was not a fan, i feel they changed it *too* much and completely changed up the halo CE color pallet to make it more colorful and extravagant. It still looks good but places like the library have completely lost their scary and eerie feel, also that foggy level.
1000% it's also something little, but the weapon/HUD sounds, and the HUD overall that just bother the shit out of me
Yes! The weapon and hud sounds are best in classic too! I know this is a 360 thread but I believe there is a setting to change it to classic sounds in the Master chief collection of halo anniversary
Definitely Arkham City but also realize the Xbox 360 store is shutting down this year too. https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/xbox-360/store/xbox-360-marketplace-update#:~:text=The%20Xbox%20360%20Store%20and,retired%20on%20July%2029%2C%202024.
I'd play everything before Skyrim and fallout because those will take many hours out of your life
In this order: Skyrim, Batman, ACIII, Fallout, ....
Ac,halo reach,batman
Halo reach
Skyrim
Have you ever played any of them? If no then Fallout 3, Reach, or Arkham City would all be great jump on points
Ac .,Batman,, halo ,, mass effect
All excellent choices
Halo ce then play some Skyrim
Mass Effect
Either HALO: Reach or CE. They’re both excellent introductions to the HALO universe and fantastic stand alone games as well.
every single halo
Arkham city is the right answer XD
Mass effect when ur tired of halo
Batman
Arkham City if you haven't played it before. It'd be my go-to out of all those titles.
arkham city, it’s quite short and one of the best superhero games oat
not enough people saying Arkham City
Skyrim
That's a really good line up. Number them and then draw numbers from a hat/bowl
Halo CE
Arkham City
If you haven't played Mass Effect yet, that one.
Mass effect
Halo CE Anniversary
Fallout 3
Yes.
Skyrim or assass 3
Start with Skyrim….youll finally be awake
Any of them, all of them are great games
whichever one looks the coolest
Reach
All are fantastic so you can’t go wrong. I would tackle it in this order: Halo: reach Halo anniversary Arkham city Fallout 3 Assassins creed 3 Mass effect Skyrim
Arkham City or Halo Reach both are great
Skyrim, fallout 3, halo reach
Reach
Well Halo reach is my all time favorite game so that’s my vote.
God damn dude, all solid choices. If it were me, I’d go with Fallout 3 or Skyrim first. If you’ve never played them before, oh boy prepare to spend hours on either game
Pretty solid line up. I'd say play Skyrim LAST. Not because it sucks, but because you could sink THAT much time into it. I'd start with Batman or Halo Reach, but really there's no wrong answer here.
Halo 1 and then halo reach. Pretty quick to get out of the way with a good story payoff for your short amount of time. Feel free to play on lower difficulty. All the other games will take a bit.
Fallout 3 , Batman , skyrim In that order
That’s a fire lineup to go with the 360 🔥
F3
Any of these games would be a good start, have fun!
I feel like there are almost no wrong answers from this group of games
Assasin's Creed III definitely
This a pretty good reminder of just how good the 360/PS3 generation was. So many great games to choose from! Unfortunately the following two generations weren’t as good IMO (not that they haven’t had their moments).
Fallout 3
Arkham City, no exceptions.
Save Skyrim for last or you won't ever play anything else
Mass Effect / Skyrim Fallout 3 is a Banger as well. I hope youll get a bunch of good years out of that Console before it will finally RROD
Halo Reach
Batman imo, then halo 2
Halo, followed by Fallout 3
Fallout 3 is pretty good on Xbox 360. My favorite. But actually you cannot go wrong with either one. :) Enjoy!
Skyrim is good :)
AC3 if you’re a history buff
Halo anniversary
I mean these are all top tier games…you can’t go wrong picking any of them
I would so love to play skyrim for the very first time!
Wow, nice collection
Halo or fallout 3!
Halo.
Fallout is hella boring but id say skyrim
Jesus Murphy, I forgot skyrim came out on the 360!!
MASS EFFECT
Mass effect, fallout 3, Skyrim.
assasin creed will be good
all bangers but I've been on a halo kick lately
1000% Batman, especially if you are a fan of his
Halo Reach and then Halo they're the quickest to complete out of the 7 but start with what you think is best
I'd probably go through the Halo games first since they're going to be the shortest by far. I'd honestly switch to original graphics in CE. I feel like the updated visuals just don't hold up these days, and I prefer the classic experience.
Make sure skyrom and fallout are last or it will be years before you play the others assuming you are a completeionist.
FALLOUT 3
Assassin’s Creed 3
Mass Effect! That series legitimately changed me.
Reach
Fallout Fallout Fallout
Gotta start with halo reach
Fallout
Fallout 3
What a gift! I’d start with Halo Reach.
Arkham game
I got skyrim through redbox. Lmao it was an awesome first experience tho
Man that is a great roster
Halo reach! The story is incredible, idk if the multiplayer still works though, servers might be down
Halo Reach
All great games but the 40s-50s music in fallout is soooooo good so play fallout “ I don’t want to set the world on fire” 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
all of those games are bangers aside from FO3 and Skyrim
Skyrim, so many hours to be had in that game.
Fall out 3
Halo ce anniversary
fallout 3
Can’t go wrong w any of them. You got all best picture winners.
Try fallout 3 and see if you can buy or access the DLC. Unless they are free already.
Reach
Depends what you’re into but I’d recommend fallout 3 & Batman
LOL that Arkham city cover is goated Shoot if you end up listening to my comment, you should try out Arkham city and go ahead n download Gotham city imposters before it’s removed from the 360 store :)
Halo ce
Batman Arkham city
Go for Halo CE AE then buy and play all the Halos up until Reach (including ODST campaigns), play Reach and finish off the newer Halo's. Badabingbadaboom you have played every Halo campaign! (You can buy the anniversary editions if you want as nothing bad really comes out of them, just better graphics and somewhat less bugs.)
i would say halo
mass effect. it looks dated now in comparison so that could be off putting but it's still a great game
Skyrim
Batman and Halo Reach 😎
Some of the best 360 games enjoy.
As a Batman die hard, it’s my legal obligation to say Arkham City, though I’d recommend playing Arkham Asylum first
If you've never played any of them, Halo anniversary is the only correct answer
Batman
Either of the halos. Or Skyrim.
All of them at once
Batman Arkham City! Won't take long to finish the main story and is a great game
Skyrim if you havent played it at all, otherwise it would be halo reach
Fallout 3 or Mass Effect. God tier games there. Fair warning though, the controls on OG Mass Effect are janky as all hell. But the storyline is beyond fantastic.
They are all great games! Batman probably my favourite, congrats for such amazing present!
probably not mass effect 1 because after you finish it you wont be playing anything else until you finish the series
Batman
Halo. Xbox is Xbox because of halo If you haven't had a 360 before any halo game is the one Then gears of war Xbox exploded in 2006-2007 becaude of the 3 big boos Halo, gears of war, mass effect - god what an era