Action 2003 for Xbox — top best games in the Action genre / Page 2

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon - a game in the Action genre

Simulation, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Action

Game released: Xbox → 25 September 2003

Players: 4.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a hardcore tactical shooter with a first-person view. The events of the game will take you to Eastern Europe in 2008...

Crash Nitro Kart

Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox → 28 November 2003

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Crash Nitro Kart — This is the most typical arcade racing game, where players can use power-ups and weapons that can be picked up on the track...

Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: Xbox → 17 June 2003

Players: 5/10

Metacritic: 57/100

This third-person action horror game follows Ash as he tries to save Dearborn from the deadites pouring through a vortex opened during an...

Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Third-person view, Isometric

Game released: Xbox → 26 March 2003

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

A dinosaur park management simulator in which the player fulfills Dr. John Hammond’s dream by designing and developing a Jurassic Park theme park...

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, The Lord of the Rings

Game released: Xbox → 4 November 2003

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An action game with role-playing elements based on the final film in The Lord of the Rings trilogy follows the closing events of the War of the Ring...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield

Simulation, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Tactics

Game released: Xbox → 8 July 2004

Players: 4.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This tactical first-person shooter follows Rainbow, an international counter-terrorist team facing a threat across several countries. The squad races...

Armed and Dangerous

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Comedy

Game released: Xbox → 26 February 2004

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This humorous futuristic action shooter follows the Lionhearts, a band of rebels on an almost impossible mission to save the world. The crew must...

Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: Xbox → 28 March 2003

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This third-person action adventure sends Indiana Jones to China in 1935, where he must keep a powerful artifact from falling into the wrong hands...

Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 14 October 2003

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 65/100

This action-adventure platformer with puzzles follows Wallace and Gromit as they attempt to free a zoo from Feathers McGraw. The penguin has...

MechAssault

Action, Third-person view, Combat robots

Game released: Xbox → 12 June 2003

Metacritic: 87/100

A third-person action shooter about mech combat in the 31st century. Players pilot a 40-foot walking tank called a BattleMech and take on missions in...

Starsky & Hutch

Action, Shooter, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox → 9 September 2003

Metacritic: 58/100

A racing action game based on the 1970s television series, following detectives Starsky and Hutch as they chase criminals through Bay City. Starsky...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Tactics

Game released: Xbox → 11 March 2004

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder — 2010. Since Castro's death in 2006, the Cuban people have been ruled by increasingly incompetent...

True Crime: Streets of LA

Action, Shooter, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox → 28 October 2004

Players: 4.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

This third-person action game follows Nick Kang, a former police operative investigating Russian and Chinese crime syndicates in Los Angeles. The...

Dead to Rights (2002)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox → 21 February 2003

Players: 5.7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

This action shooter follows Jack Slate, a police officer framed for murder and sentenced to execution. After escaping, he sets out to take revenge on...

Enter the Matrix

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Xbox → 19 June 2003

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 62/100

An action game set in the world of The Matrix, where Agents hunt the heroes and humanity is trapped inside a vast simulation. The player dodges...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Comics

Game released: Xbox → 30 April 2004

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 57/100

An action game based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, in which the turtles battle The Shredder and his Foot Ninjas. Players...

Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War

Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: Xbox → 25 December 2003

Players: 8.2/10

Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War is a first-person action game with a touch of shooter from the masters of Gray Matter Interactive Studios...

Disney's The Haunted Mansion

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 30 March 2004

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 70/100

This third-person action horror game with puzzles follows Zeke Holloway as he tries to rid a haunted mansion of evil spirits while keeping fear at...

Grabbed by the Ghoulies

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 29 April 2004

Metacritic: 66/100

This action game with horror and puzzle elements follows Cooper as he enters Ghoulhaven Hall to rescue his kidnapped girlfriend. The mansion is...

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: Xbox → 28 November 2003

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

A first-person shooter set in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The player takes the role of Marine Corporal Joseph Griffin in a story about two...

Shenmue 2

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox → 21 March 2003

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 80/100

An action-adventure with fighting elements, Shenmue II continues Ryo Hazuki’s story as he arrives in Hong Kong to avenge his father’s death and...

Otogi: Myth of Demons

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox → 27 August 2003

Metacritic: 80/100

This third-person fantasy action game follows Raikoh, a warrior from a cursed clan suspended between the worlds of the living and the dead. He...

Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium

Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga

Game released: Xbox → 7 March 2003

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

This fighting game brings together characters from the Capcom and SNK fighting universes. Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium features a roster...

Fatal Frame

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

Game released: Xbox → 2 May 2003

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Fatal Frame is a Japanese-style third-person action-horror adventure game. Armed with a camera, the young girl Miku Hinasaki, along with an ancient...

SoulCalibur 2

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox → 26 August 2003

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 92/100

SoulCalibur II is a 3D weapon-based fighting game built around one-on-one battles. Its roster includes 13 fighters from earlier entries in the series...

Scooby-Doo!: Night of 100 Frights

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 27 August 2003

Metacritic: 68/100

This action platformer with puzzle elements follows Scooby-Doo as he searches for his kidnapped friends from Mystery Inc. and tries to foil the...

Sonic Heroes

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Xbox → 6 February 2004

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Sonic Heroes is a 3D platformer. It gives you the opportunity to manage a team of three characters. The player directly controls one of them, but if...

House of the Dead 3

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view

Game released: Xbox → 21 March 2003

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

This first-person shooter is set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland overrun by the undead. Armed with a shotgun, the player fights waves of zombies...

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Xbox → 6 June 2003

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 72/100

A fighting game about battles between giant monsters, with the fate of Earth at stake. Players can choose Godzilla or one of his longtime rivals and...

Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter

Action, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Xbox → September 2003

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 63/100

This science-fiction first-person action game with flight-simulation elements follows Mace Griffin, a Ranger who is framed and sentenced to ten years...

RoboCop (2003)

Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Fighting

Game released: Xbox → 24 July 2003

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 30/100

A first-person action game about the police cyborg RoboCop, who investigates a conspiracy involving OCP, local gangsters dealing a dangerous new...

Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home

Action, Third-person view, Sports game, Wrestling

Game released: Xbox → 14 November 2003

Metacritic: 51/100

This arcade wrestling game unfolds across sprawling interactive environments where the surroundings become part of each bout. Players attack...

Robotech: Battlecry

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots

Game released: Xbox → 5 December 2002

Metacritic: 73/100

This science-fiction action shooter follows combat pilot Jack Archer as he fights the alien Zentraedi forces threatening Earth. The campaign spans...

Hulk

Action, Third-person view, Beat them all

Game released: Xbox → 27 May 2003

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Set one year after the events of the film, this action game follows scientist Bruce Banner and his enraged alter ego as they battle the Leader, who...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds

Action, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox → 25 December 2003

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person action-adventure based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series follows Buffy and her friends as they confront an ancient enemy known...

Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Comics, Cyberpunk

Game released: Xbox → 23 February 2005

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 55/100

This first-person shooter based on the Judge Dredd comics is set in Mega-City One in the third decade of the 22nd century. With unemployment...

Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds

Action, Fighting, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox → 22 July 2004

Metacritic: 70/100

This fantasy real-time fighting game brings creatures, spells, and enchantments from Magic: The Gathering into 3D battles. Players choose a duelist...

Taz: Wanted

Action, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox → January 2003

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 64/100

This third-person action-adventure follows Taz as he escapes from a zoo and tries to stop Yosemite Sam from turning his homeland into a theme park...