Best Games for Xbox 360 of 2009 / Page 2

Simulation, Baseball, Business / Management, Third-person view, Sports game

January 26, 2009

Metacritic: 48/100

This baseball management simulation follows the work of a Major League Baseball general manager, from spring training through a full season, the playoffs and the...

Brutal Legend

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Third-person view, Comedy

October 13, 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Brütal Legend is an action-adventure set in a world blending fantasy with heavy metal, where demons seek to enslave humanity and bands perform imitation covers. The...

Prey 2006

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

July 11, 2006

Players: 8/10

Prey is an adventure shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young mechanic, Tommy, from the Cherokee...

Way of the Samurai 3

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Japanese role-playing game

November 13, 2008

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 57/100

This action RPG follows a wandering samurai in Japan during the turbulent Sengoku era. The hero explores villages, battlefields, bandit fortresses and castles...

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

October 2, 2008

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel is a dynamic action RPG with an isometric camera view in a fantasy...

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Online

November 6, 2007

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This action-adventure platformer brings together the events of all six Star Wars films in a world built from LEGO bricks. Its campaign spans 36 story levels, from...

Saints Row (2006)

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

August 29, 2006

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This third-person action game with shooter elements is set in Stilwater, a city divided among rival gangs. The protagonist joins the 3rd Street Saints and fights to...

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Open world, Online

February 5, 2009

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 83/100

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is an expanded edition of the racing arcade game with a third-person view. The game is built on three main pillars, which should...

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Combat robots

February 26, 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. — a dynamic flight simulator with first and third person views. The game takes place in the Middle East, Russia and Norway. In the...

Comix Zone

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Post-apocalyptic, Comics, Side view

June 10, 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Comix Zone is an arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view in the style of comics. Sketch Turner is an artist based in New York. One day...

Divinity 2: Ego Draconis

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world

July 24, 2009

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Divinity 2: Ego Draconis is an action role-playing game with a third-person view, the events of which unfold in the Divinity gaming universe. The game is a direct...

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes

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

March 30, 2000

Metacritic: 77/100

This fighting game brings together characters from Capcom and superheroes from the Marvel Universe. Players assemble a team of three and fight in 3-on-3 tag-team...

Need for Speed: Shift

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Online

September 15, 2009

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Need for Speed: Shift is a realistic racing simulator with first and third person views in the popular Need for Speed series. The game is a fairly serious racing...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas

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

November 20, 2006

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas — Rainbow operatives take to the chaotic streets of Las Vegas as an intensifying terrorist siege in Sin City threatens to take...

Peggle

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game

February 27, 2007

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Peggle is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. You have to shoot a limited number of balls at the walls and at the same time you need to hit the multi-colored...

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Online

February 10, 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 78/100

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is a continuation of a dynamic first-person shooter with horror elements. The events of the game begin half an hour before the end of the...

Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Comedy

July 15, 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition — The wildly twisted plot begins with our hapless hero recklessly embarking on a search for the mythical treasures of...

Bionic Commando

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

May 18, 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Bionic Commando is the first true sequel to the 1988 classic Bionic Commando. In the game you will take on the role of a bionically enhanced Nathan Spencer. Time...

Space Invaders Extreme

Arcade, Action, Shooter

June 17, 2008

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

An arcade shooter that reworks the classic Space Invaders with revamped graphics and background videos. New twists on the familiar gameplay keep the pace brisk...

Tekken 6

Action, Fighting, Arcade, Side view

October 27, 2009

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Tekken 6 is a side-scrolling arcade action fighting game. In this game you have to fight with other characters to become the champion of the tournament. A large...

Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

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

April 24, 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is a continuation of the stealth action game with a first-person view, based on the film “The Chronicles of Riddick...

FUEL

First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Post-apocalyptic, Motorcycle racing, Racing

June 4, 2009

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 67/100

FUEL is an arcade racing simulator with first-person and third-person views. The game takes place in a dystopian future, where the entire world is mired in a harsh...

Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires

June 23, 2009

Metacritic: 61/100

This action game with strategy elements is set in ancient China, where players can take part in wars between kingdoms as either a powerful ruler or an officer. A...

Stoked: Big Air Edition

Skiing

November 23, 2009

Metacritic: 72/100

This snowboarding game features fast descents along mountain runs and tricks performed in terrain parks. Stoked: Big Air Edition adds races, marked trails that help...

Colin McRae: DiRT 2

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

September 8, 2009

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 is a continuation of the popular rally racing simulator with a third and first person view. An interesting and, at the same time, quite complex...

Battlestations: Pacific

Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Strategy, Simulation

May 4, 2009

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Battlestations: Pacific is a realistic military simulator with first and third person views. You have to go to the historical battlefields of World War II and lead...

Defense Grid: The Awakening

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction

December 8, 2008

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a fun tactical tower defense strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. In the game, you have to organize an...

Fable 2 (Platinum Hits)

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Fantasy / Medieval

September 18, 2009

Fable 2 (Platinum Hits) is a first-person role-playing game with action and fantasy elements from the developers of Lionhead Studios Ltd.. The main publisher of the...

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent

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

October 17, 2006

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 34/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent is an adventure stealth action game with a third-person view in the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series. The events of the...

Tornado Outbreak

Action

September 29, 2009

Metacritic: 67/100

Controlling a powerful tornado, the player tears through the world and battles evil forces, believing this destruction will help save an epic hero. The mission...

Army of Two

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

March 6, 2008

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Army of Two — The game begins in Somalia in 1993, when Elliot Salem and Tyson Rios are members of the 75th Ranger Regiment. They are assigned to work with...

Lord of the Rings: Conquest (2009)

Action, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, The Lord of the Rings

January 13, 2009

Metacritic: 57/100

This fantasy action game set in The Lord of the Rings universe follows events after Frodo fails to destroy the One Ring. For the first time, players can take part...

NBA Unrivaled

Basketball

November 11, 2009

Metacritic: 25/100

NBA Unrivaled is an arcade basketball game featuring teams and player rosters from the 2009–2010 NBA season. Matches use five-on-five gameplay, with 30 teams to...

Disney/Pixar Up

Action

May 26, 2009

Metacritic: 61/100

Based on the animated film Up, this adventure game follows Carl Fredricksen and young Wilderness Explorer Russell on a journey through the jungles of South America...

Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection

Simulation, First-person view, Top-down view, Pinball

February 26, 2008

Metacritic: 82/100

This pinball simulation collection recreates eight Williams tables in 3D, including their visuals, sound effects, and gameplay. The line-up includes Gorgar, the...

Forza Motorsport 3

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

October 23, 2009

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Forza Motorsport 3 — The game includes a first-person view, a detailed chassis, realistic sliding, and, for the first time in the series, SUVs, the so-called...

Street Fighter 4

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

February 12, 2009

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Street Fighter IV is a fighting game that returns the series to its classic two-dimensional combat, pairing familiar moves from Street Fighter II with...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)

March 18, 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This first- and third-person tactical shooter follows Rainbow's fight against a terrorist threat in Las Vegas. The story unfolds in parallel with the events of the...

Stoked

Skiing

February 26, 2009

Metacritic: 68/100

This open-world snowboarding game lets players explore five mountains and choose where, when and in what weather conditions to ride. Dynamic weather changes the...

Fallout 3 - Mothership Zeta

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

August 3, 2009

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Fallout 3 — Mothership Zeta is an add-on for the role-playing post-apocalyptic action game with a first-person view Fallout 3. A strange alien signal is...