I'm one of those non-gamer IT guys.  I finally decided to get an XBOX today, mostly because my fiance (Kat) called me up and said she felt like playing arcade games and the only games I had to offer were some simple Flash based games which we downloaded off some random sites.  So I said to heck with it and ran to the local mall and grabbed one. 

More expensive than I thought it would be but then again I should have shopped around.  It shipped with "Top Spin" which includes a super lame snowboarding and tennis game.  The store I purchased it from had a special that if you buy an accessory you get a game free which since I needed 2 controllers I went for it.  I grabbed another controller and the DVD pack.  The free game was Unreal II.

I surprised the fiance with the XBOX and she was excited to play.  A few hours later, just past midnight we decided to call it a night.  Made it pretty farm in the Unreal game. 

Cant wait to play Halo.  I think I have played that game about 3 times in total, and all at DevLabs on MSFT campus.  Kat usually kicks my ass in the shoot'em up kind of games so it will be fun.

What other games do you guys recommend?

7 Comments

• Joel Ross said Wednesday, October 6, 2004 4:32:00 AM

  If you like racing games, you have to try Need For Speed: Underground. I got that game about a month ago, and haven't played anything else since!
  
  Also, if you're a fan of first person shooters, any of the Tom Clancy games are good (Rainbow Six 3, Ghost Recon, etc.)
  

• Chris McKenzie said Wednesday, October 6, 2004 5:18:00 AM

  Star Wars Battlefront on XBox Live, Ghost Recon, Dead or Alive 3, Soul Calibur 2

• Tim Marman said Wednesday, October 6, 2004 7:37:00 AM

  If you're a sports guy, Madden 2005 is the most immersive game ever. I bought the XBOX recently as well, and mostly to play this in HD on my 36" screen instead of 17" monitor :)

• Shannon J Hager said Wednesday, October 6, 2004 10:34:00 AM

  The new Atari Classics disk has 80+ games on it. My gf saw that and demanded an Xbox. I'm trying to figure out how to get around the fact that she once dumped a guy for playing Halo too much. I have to figure out a workaround before Nov 9.

• Puleen Patel said Saturday, October 16, 2004 11:43:00 AM

  
  
  It's about time you got an XBox
  
  Among the best games are
  
  Project Gotham Racing 2
  Grand Theft Auto Double Pack (its fun driving around like a maniac)
  Driver3 (im a sucker for driving games)
  Rallisport Challenge 2 (on my wish list)
  
  

• jast said Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:04:00 AM

  get Chronichles of Riddick : Escape from Butchers Bay
  
  i know its a vin diesel game... but trust me... its the best single player game for xbox. sleeper hit.
  
  splinter cell 2

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