TeamXbox writes: "Maybe it's time we retire the phrase "GTA Clone". The type of open-world sandbox gameplay that Rockstar pioneered with that game has become so commonly aped that it's almost become a genre unto itself. In addition to plenty of excellent variations on the them of "go anywhere, do anything" gameplay in games like Mercenaries 2, and the fact that so many upcoming games like Far Cry 2 and Prince of Persia are adopting the sandbox structure.
But still, the Saints Row franchise is pretty obviously still the closest thing to GTA's original urban crime simulator in setting and theme. In fact, the first game's main claim to fame was that it beat the GTA franchise to the next generation consoles, giving gamers the first opportunity to jack cars, shoot cops and create general mayhem in a large open city environment on the Xbox 360. But to suggest it is a clone was to maybe give it too much credit."
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.
You know the 2000s is 20 years ago too? Maybe, just maybe this wasn’t an article targeted to 30+ gamers? Still says at the very beginning of the title “THE BEST GAMES you may have missed”. Regardless of how well they sold there’s tons of gamers who haven’t touched these older well known games lol.
It's games you "may have missed", insinuating you were around and gaming in the 2000's and were there to miss them. If it was aimed at everyone else then they missed literally everything, not just the top games.
The original commenter is right, this is a badly written article at best pointless at worst.
Besides only being able to miss it if you were around during that time..if your point stands then this is a horrible list. Tons of better games people may have missed
Oh yeah thanks for reminding me I totally forgot they were doing it. Also what the hell happened to Kingpin: Reloaded? On Steam coming soon and nohting from the dev.
Yeah, I was just going to say. It's interesting seeing them back behind the series. Max Payne 3 was amazing, but then Rockstar just sat on the IP.
Well, they sit on virtually anything that isn't GTA and Red Dead now.
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.
the title didn’t say lesser known titles from the 2000s. This is 20 years ago now lol. Big assumption this list was made for older gamers.
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."
I mean, it IS merged with Game pass. you get game pass you get games with gold.
Ah my mistake, I have ultimate. But now that you mention it I do remember them getting me with the upsell, seemed a bit silly not to spend the couple bucks extra for Xbox live (and I guess also games with gold).
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.
Honestly the gold term here was a bad choice .. when it says gold it give impress there is silver and bronze before.
PS+ name is better
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.
This games gonna be crazy!!!!! screw all the haters saying it was going to suck omg octobers a crazy month MAD GAMES!!!!!!! MAD!!
get real!i firmely belive that,now more than ever reviewrs dont play games more than 15 minutes!how the hell can you give this game more than a 6.5!!tecnichal this game IS crap!low framerates,lots of bugs,an most if you compare this to the first one,you can see that its been downgrade visualy all the way!!to you guys remember the color thaT SR1 HAD AND THE GREAT TEXTURES, THE EXPLOSIONS EFECTS!?WELL NOW ITS ALL BEEN DOWNGRADE!BLEND COLORS,POOR TEXTURES,NO MORE SHINE GOOD LOOKING CARS AND TEXTURES,AND THE HORRIBLE SCREEN TEARING IS STILL THERE AND WORST THAN EVER!AND EVERY THING IS WORST ON THE PS3!NEXT TIME DONT DOWNGRADE THE 360 VERSION JUST TO BE ON EQUAL TO THE PS3,BECAUSE THAT SUCKS!KEEP PLAYING GTA SAN ANDREAS IT LOOKS AND PLAYS BETTER ON A HD TV THAN THIS CRAP!
its supposidly a freking blast to play and the graphics dont even look bad