One game for the 360...

[Bralkan]

Alright, I have a 360 and a Best Buy gift card.

The only game I have for the 360 is Assassin's Creed. Good game, but I beat it.

My friends and I play Fifa07 almost religiously on the thing (xbox version).

So anyways, I don't really need to get fifa08 (though I hear it is good).

What game should I get? I was looking at Mass Effect, but I am also a big fan of FPSes so Bioshock was looking good...But then, Gears of War is multiplayer (I've played it a few times at a friends, its fun).

So, what should I get?


Edit: Oh, and I do not have, and won't be getting, Xbox Live.

[Soygen]

Tough choice, but I would probably go with Bioshock.

[Damastas]

If you played co-op with a friend, I'd say you can't beat GoW in terms of sheer fun factor.

[RiskyChris]

Originally Posted by Bralkan

Edit: Oh, and I do not have, and won't be getting, Xbox Live.

Thanks for playing.

Culdcept Saga. You can play against the AI for like, 600 hours.

[Zeste]

Rainbow 6 Vegas.

FTW.

[Lorrac]

Bioshock is great. Around 15 hours playthough, mild replayability.

Mass effect is great as well. Since the difficulty scales with your character level, if you are the kind of guy who rushes to the ending screen it'll just last 8-10 hours. Otherwise count 15-25 and has greater replayability than Bioshock. It's a tough call anyway.

Alternatively, I'd use that gift card to get two el cheapo games: something like Oblivion and Dead Rising. That's a lot of quality gameplay there.

[Aegdaien]

Rainbow Six Vegas has huge local replayability. Terrorist Hunt never gets old.

Or - rent Bioshock, buy Mass Effect.

[cyanbane]

Originally Posted by Lorrac

Alternatively, I'd use that gift card to get two el cheapo games: something like Oblivion and Dead Rising. That's a lot of quality gameplay there.

Bingo. You can get a lot of the 'classic' games for cheap now. I would go with Oblivion and Test Drive Unlimited.

I do have to say though, half of my enjoyment of the 360 is the online play/arcade titles. Its nice to pay $5-$10 for a game and get as much enjoyment out of it (and playing against friends) as a $60 AAA title.

[Korioni]

Lacking xbox live I'd go with Mass Effect for pure brilliance in gaming or Lost Odyssey for classic win.

Mass Effect has some of the best single-player replayability out there.

[Zistrix]

I would go with Kane & Lynch. Awesome replayability & over 100 hours of gameplay.

[Soriak]

Originally Posted by Bralkan

Edit: Oh, and I do not have, and won't be getting, Xbox Live.

HUGE mistake. Online gaming is what the console is designed around, you're going to miss out on co-op in a lot of games. Halo 3 and Gears of War, for example, are 10,000x more fun in co-op than in single player. It really is money well spent - it's the cost of about one game per year. Considering you get more than 15hrs per year out of online play, you'll get more entertainment from the subscription than an additional game.

Only game I'd recommend for offline playing is Mass Effect, cause it has no online mode.

[Bralkan]

I just don't have the time for Xbox live at the moment. I wish my situation was such I could make use of it. Part of the problem is my 360 / big screen is not at my house, so if I am going to play it is at my friend's.

I will probably look at getting live near the end of march / april, depending on what I am doing. But for the next month, no online access.

So for now, I am looking at local only games.

[Clug]

DMC4 is full of win.

[Ejukated]

so if I am going to play it is at my friend's.

Rock Band.

[Burg-Hyjal]

Pretty sure Dead Rising and Rainbow Six:Vegas are both $30 each. I think those are the 2 best with no xbox live (why did you buy a 360 anyway?)