Bioshock= This was the game I bought the 360 for in the first place, and I was not disappointed. Outstanding visuals, immersive gameplay, and a mind-bending story with actual deep themes. The story is actually trying to say something, though I'm not sure I 100% agree with everything it says. Still, to play a game with a story that actually makes you consider some of your own philosophical beliefs is a complete mind-fuck. I hope to see a sequel or something better from this team in the near future.
Naruto: Rise of Ninja= Consider this, this game actually got me to watch the show. Yeah, all the other games based on the show that I played with my cousins sort of bored me to an extent. The fighting engine would often utilize a Super Smash Brothers layout for the contrl scheme, and all the characters played the same. Yet, a western team went and created a game based off of a Japanese product and improved upon it, immensly. The actual fighting game only sports 11 characters initially: Naruto: Sasuke: Sakura (only girl): Rock Lee: Neji: Kiba: Kakashi: Gaara: Haku: Zabuza: and for the first time ever, Orochimaru (the main villain, and this is the first time he's a playable character). Now, this isn't many, but each of these characters actually features a little variety in their play style. Naruto and Rock are close quarters fighters who fly in and unleash constant combos at break-neck speed, while Neji, Kiba, Zabuza and Kakashi are hard hitters who make a few strikes, knock the characters back, and perform a special attack to make quick work of them. Then you have Haku, Sakura, and Sasuke who are more fit for jumping in, delivering a few quick hits, and jumping back out of harm's way, which can prove to be a death wish for characters like Gaara, who likes to keep the enemy beyond arms length, or Orochimaru, who is all about zapping behind an unsuspecting target and beating them senseless. To add to this, Ubisoft is offering extra content through Xbox live, such as new characters (Shikamaru is the only one I know of right now) and the Japanese language track. I'm not even going to talk about the story mode, because enough has already been said in other reviews. It's certainly not a perfect game, but it's a lot of fun, and it stands far above the mountain of Japanese made cash-ins that have plagued the world since the show first came out.
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I'm surprised you haven't played Mass Effect yet.
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