PALGN writes: "When the original Saints Row was announced, many people assumed that it was merely a GTA-clone of sorts, with gang-warfare, car-stealing and generally causing as much havoc as possible being the order of the day. When it was released, however, the game offered solid gameplay, an exciting narrative, and most importantly, the game was a hell of a lot of fun. Completely in your face and over the top, it offered an extremely entertaining open-world experience on a next-gen platform, and solidified the fact that Rockstar aren't the only ones who can release a quality gaming experience in this particular genre. Nearly two years on, Volition are back and they have added a truckload of improvements and innovative new features, which we found out first hand when we played Saints Row 2 at Gamers Day last week."
The 2000s was a great decade for a lot of brilliant video games. Here are the ten best games of the 2000s that you may not have played.
You know usually when someone says "you may have missed" it's games that were lesser known, hidden gems, underrated games. These are all super high profile games that sold extremely well.
What is this list? These are all hugely popular games. I was expecting games like Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, Advent Rising, Arx Fatalis, etc.
I've only played 3 on that list. Part of me feels bad about how little I used all the consoles I've owned as a kid. One bright side is, there's over 30 years of games to experience for the first time.
News Wire - "Today, we’re excited to reveal Games with Gold for July! On Xbox One, command your rally car to victory in extreme conditions in WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship and rule the court with high-flying dunks and confidence-smashing rejections in Dunk Lords."
Dunk Lords has a sort of NBA Jam vibe to it so that might be fun. I like rally racers but much prefer the Sega type (arcade style) over the more realistic ones. So that may be a pass. I already have SR2 on disc so I dont need that one. Juju looks cute in a DKC/Rayman sort of way so that might be worth a try. Overall though... its pretty bland month.
Plenty of games seem guaranteed to get sequels. But sometimes, companies surprise people and give them the additional installments they didn't know they needed.