Best Games for Xbox 360 of 2011 / Page 6

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

April 5, 2011

Metacritic: 51/100

This top-down arcade action game is set on Mars and brings the environmental destruction of Red Faction: Guerrilla into vehicle combat. Players...

Rise of Nightmares

Action, Horror, First-person view, Survival

September 6, 2011

Metacritic: 54/100

Rise of Nightmares is a first-person horror adventure controlled through the player’s full-body movements. Its survival-horror action and exploration...

Two Worlds 2: Pirates of the Flying Fortress

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

September 20, 2011

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This expansion for Two Worlds 2 takes place in the Antaloor archipelago, where the hero helps Captain Ed Teal find Maren, a reclusive woman connected...

Final Fantasy XIII-2

Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

December 15, 2011

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Final Fantasy XIII-2 is a role-playing game and direct sequel to Final Fantasy XIII, with Lightning returning as the lead protagonist. The player...

Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania, Adventure, Indie

August 3, 2011

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This 2D action-adventure with shooter and metroidvania elements follows a journey toward the center of the mysterious Shadow Planet. The protagonist...

Toy Soldiers: Cold War

Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, Isometric

August 17, 2011

Metacritic: 81/100

This action strategy game with shooter elements depicts a fictional Cold War in which toy armies from the USA and USSR come to life. Players command...

Blocks That Matter

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Platformer, Casual game

May 12, 2011

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This platform puzzle game follows a tiny robot called Tetrobot, the last hope of indie developers Alexey and Markus. The robot drills blocks made of...

Prank Call

Arcade, Indie

April 27, 2011

Steam: 60/100

Prank Call is an arcade game with indie game elements from the masters from the Neil Jones studio. The game is published by Microsoft Game Studios...

Kinect Sports Season 2

Arcade, Baseball, Golf, Tennis, First-person view, American Football, Sports game

October 25, 2011

Metacritic: 66/100

A motion-controlled sports arcade, Kinect Sports: Season Two brings baseball, golf, tennis and American football into a virtual arena. Its full-body...

Stacking

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

February 8, 2011

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

This third-person puzzle adventure takes place in a vintage world inhabited by living Russian nesting dolls. Charlie Blackmore, the smallest doll in...

Duke Nukem Forever (Balls of Steel Edition)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Adult game

June 10, 2011

Duke Nukem Forever (Balls of Steel Edition) is a first-person action game with shooter and adult game elements from the masters of 3D Realms...

Hulk Hogan's Main Event

Third-person view, Sports game

October 11, 2011

Hulk Hogan's Main Event is a third-person sports game from the developers of Panic Button, LLC. The game is published by Majesco Entertainment...

Monkey Island: Special Edition Bundle

Adventure, Third-person view, Collection, Fantasy / Medieval

September 17, 2010

Monkey Island: Special Edition Bundle is a third-person adventure with a fantasy twist from the developers at LucasArts. The game is published by...

Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike

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

June 29, 2000

Metacritic: 85/100

Toddler Tantrum!

Educational game (Education)

March 3, 2011

Toddler Tantrum! is an educational game from the masters at All Messed Up Games. The game is published by All Messed Up Games. Toddler Tantrum...

Venetica

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

September 4, 2009

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 50/100

This third-person action role-playing game is set in a fantasy version of Venice in the distant past. Young Scarlett witnesses her companion’s murder...

Red Bull X-Fighters

Arcade, Action, Sports game, Motorcycle racing

June 15, 2010

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 45/100

An arcade game about freestyle motocross, Red Bull X-Fighters follows a rider competing in the 2009 World Tour. Players speed up on a bike, launch...

Hard Corps: Uprising

Arcade, Action, Futurism (Future), Side view

February 16, 2011

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Hard Corps: Uprising is a side-scrolling arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in 2613, when the entire world is under the rule of...

F1 2011

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

September 19, 2011

Players: 4.8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

F1 2011 — the game has a career mode in which the player can go through several seasons of Formula 1 as a driver for one of the teams. There...

Dance Central

Action, Music game, Third-person view

November 4, 2010

Metacritic: 82/100

Dance Central — the gameplay asks the player to perform movements that are tracked by the Kinect. The game offers over 650 different dance...

Deathsmiles

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

April 23, 2009

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Deathsmiles is an arcade action game with a third-person view in the anime style. You will play the role of one of five angels in defense of the...

X-Men: Destiny

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

September 27, 2011

Metacritic: 44/100

A third-person action game based on Marvel comics, in which a new mutant joins the X-Men. The story branches according to the player’s decisions...

King of Fighters 13

Arcade, Fighting, Action, Online

November 22, 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 78/100

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII is a 2D team fighting game built around the King of Fighters tournament. Players form a team of three, either choosing a...

Train Frontier Express

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Trains

August 30, 2011

Players: 5.9/10

Train Frontier Express is a simulator with elements of strategy, business simulator and railway simulator from the developers from the Team Train...

Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga

October 25, 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 57/100

This arcade fighting game set in the Dragon Ball Z universe pits familiar characters against powerful enemies across destructible battlefields. In...

Backbreaker Vengeance

Third-person view, Sports game, American Football

June 29, 2011

Metacritic: 66/100

An arcade American football game based on the Tackle Alley minigame from Backbreaker Football. Its matches are designed for short play sessions...

Bejeweled 2

Action, Strategy, Puzzle, Logic, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

November 5, 2004

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This match-three puzzle game features four ways to play. Puzzle mode challenges players to solve handcrafted brain teasers against the clock, while...

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron

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

April 28, 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This fantasy action platformer draws on the Old Testament apocrypha, the Book of Enoch. The player takes the role of Enoch, who must stop a great...

Guardian Heroes

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

January 26, 1996

Metacritic: 83/100

This fantasy action game combines role-playing elements and fighting with battles against hordes of enemies. In Guardian Heroes, players fight...

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...

WWE 12

Arcade, Wrestling

November 22, 2011

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 72/100

WWE 12 — the game is a significant improvement over previous entries in the WWE video game series. Key gameplay systems have been significantly...

Avatar Kinect

Arcade

June 20, 2011

Avatar Kinect is an arcade game from developers from Microsoft Game Studios. The game is published by Microsoft Corp. The PC version of Avatar...

All Zombies Must Die!

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic

December 27, 2011

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 53/100

Metacritic: 64/100

This post-apocalyptic action shooter with role-playing elements follows four heroes—a gamer, a girl, a mad scientist, and an alien—as they face...

SoulCalibur 4

Arcade, Action, Fighting

July 29, 2008

Metacritic: 85/100

This weapon-based fighting game follows the conflict surrounding two legendary swords, with fighters battling on interactive stages. SoulCalibur IV...

Dead Block

Action, Strategy, Third-person view

July 6, 2011

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Dead Block is an action game with strategy elements about survivors defending themselves against a zombie invasion. Construction worker Jack Foster...

SkyDrift

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Racing, Indie

September 6, 2011

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

SkyDrift is an arcade air-racing game in which pilots compete and fight aboard modern aircraft. Races take place above locations including the Grand...

Rocksmith

Arcade, Simulation, Music game, Educational game (Education)

October 18, 2011

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Rocksmith is a unique music simulator that will teach you how to play a real guitar. The game offers you the opportunity to quickly and joyfully...

Duke Nukem Forever: Hail to the Icons Parody Pack

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

October 11, 2011

Players: 8/10

Steam: 53/100

Duke Nukem Forever: Hail to the Icons Parody Pack is a first-person action game with shooter elements from the masters at Gearbox Software LLC. The...

Power and Glory Car Pack

Racing, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view

June 14, 2011

Power and Glory Car Pack is a first-person racing game from Codemasters Software Company Limited, The. The main publisher of the game is Codemasters...

1001 Spikes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

January 18, 2011

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade platformer with puzzle elements follows Aban Hawkins as he searches the ruins of Ukampa in South America for his missing father...