When IGN first played You're in the Movies back at E3 they were a bit taken with the title. It was quirky and funny and had everyone in the room smiling with the crazy positions that the game puts you in. Just recently IGN got the chance to play a few new scenarios and setups at a Microsoft hands-on (or in this case off) event in San Francisco. They won't pass final judgment on the game right now. Instead all they will say is that they are glad there were drinks.
Kombo: Towards the end of last year (but prior to Project Natal's announcement), I was mulling over the used game section in my local gaming store when my girlfriend tapped me on the shoulder and gestured to the Xbox 360 Accessories section. Towards the bottom of the shelf was an Xbox LIVE Vision Camera bundled with the 2008 casual gaming experiment, You're In The Movies, with a price tag of $19.99. We took the device home and spent time playing a few rounds of what amounted to an interactive movie-themed casual-party-gimmick fest culminating in a campy movie trailer with our likenesses inserted for good measure. By the end of it, both of us were physically exhausted from the minigames and laughing like crazy at the movie trailer.
And something dawned on me - I had more fun than I thought I would.
Craig H writes: "One of our biggest gripes, actually one of the biggest complaints throughout the industry right now, is that the level of quality in games has been suffering lately. Sure there are some great titles that get the perfect amount of polish and love to ensure every drop of potential is squeezed out of the title. But there are those games that hit retail with undeservingly high price tags."
If you mean the one for the movie, that game sucked on every platform. That was the definition of licensed shovelware.
I hate Hannah Montana. Overrated piece of shiat. Anyway, my worst 360 game has got to be Beowulf The Game. I find it interesting that whenever a game title includes the name "The Game", it usually fails.
I only ever played the demo for too human, that put me off it enough to not waste money on it. So I can't say for certain it belongs on this list, but going off the demo alone, it definitely is, at least for me, a 360 exclusive to avoid. The only game on this list I've played was you're in the movies. My dad picked it up at christmas and it was actually a lot of fun with all the family, and I had a lot of lighting equipment borrowed from college that holiday to film some stuff for projects, so I was able to seperate everyone pretty well form the background, so it looked as good as MS advertised it.
Mind you we've never played it again since. Its like my sisters wii, it gets brought out at xmas and thats it. So I guess if you're a hardcore gamer, you're in the movies is another exclusive to avoid. Also I think LIPS should be on this list.
If you grew up on old school loot grinding type games Too Human wasn't that bad at all. and honestly for me if Dennis Dyack hadn't used those lame analog only controls and keep his mouth shut on neogaf the game wouldn't have garnered as much as hate as it did.
Sure, the auto-targeting sucked, the story wasn't very good, the valkyrie junk was also annoying, and I hate that Dennis Dyack guy. He makes me absolutely sure I could never be a reviewer. My review would have been "I HATE DYACK. TOO HUMAN GETS A 2.3 OUT OF 10."
But, regardless, I only played the demo at my house, but my friend took the plunge and bought it. So I stole his controller and played it for a while. The targeting really did suck, but the quick combat really was pretty cool.
You making me think of Too Human means I'm probably going to borrow it tonight.. Definitely.. Haha.
yea i agree with you the auto targeting did suck but the quick combat was fun i wish i rented it instead of buying it
Original title "The Xbox 360 Games That Every Gamer Should Avoid at All Costs"
Nice flamebait editing.
Anyways, I'd have to say Vampire Rain.
@BeaRye - Yes, but it was a 360 exclusive for a year or something. Exclusive or not, it's a very bad game and it's available on the 360.
no the sequel was on ps3 :p
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how did i get a disagree, the one on ps3 is a sequel, trust me i worked at gamecrazy and laughed that it was on ps3
you received disagrees because you're wrong. the tittle was changed, but the game was the same.
Deadly Premonition is not an X360 exclusive. The PlayStation 3 version was released only in Japan.
Is deadly premonition that game that was made by one guy or something? And is supposed to be really weird/bad in terms of dialogue and scenes. I seen one where the main character is sitting opposite end of a really long table with an old lady and they cant hear over the in game music or something?
I dunno why but I really want to play that game... a shame it will never see light in Euro Land :(
Trust me christian, if you are interested by the cut-scene, you would probably like it. It's an old school survival horror in an open world setting. If you know you can handle the clunky controls you are in for a fantastic story. Though I can't help your Europe situation.
If not, then it would be considered exclusive. (Like all the NES "exclusives" that were actually on the Microsoft MSX?)
gears of war 2 immediately comes to mind with its horrible multiplayer. in fact it's not working at all.
and next is fable 2. i rented it and i really did not enjoyed it.
if you are talking in a timeframe of say..2008 then your correct. if you mean today then you couldnt be more wrong. title update 6 completly fixed it in my opinion. next to no lag anymore. gears of war 2 is a steal right now. you can pick it up for 9.99 now and has really good value DLC. which other games offer you 5 free maps for buying it then has the 'all fronts' map pack which includes, extra single player missions and 19 MULTIPLAYER MAPS FOR ONLY 800 POINTS(£5). now that i can give Epic games props for.
lol i saw new cod maps on the dashboard for 1200msp for 3 new maps the 19 maps beside it for gears at 800points lol i found gthat funny
"Deadly Premonition offered one of the best mysteries of this generation and did it exclusively on the Xbox 360."
Poorly researched article, this game is known as "Red Seeds Profile" for the PS3 in Japan.
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Based on your statement I assume you live in Japan? If not, then you're wrong. It's definitely exclusive in North America.
I didn't realise North America was the world. And what has him living in Japan got to do with it, so if he's in Japan then he's correct?
High school 2 for me. I know it was a movie and not a game but never stick that thing in your Xbox nor PS3.
The guy who wrote this article is an idiot. There are worse games on the 360 than these games he mentioned.
The graphics aren't the best because it's a budget game. Starting at $20, this game is a steal with 16+hours of gameplay.
I love games/movies like this, because the developers are in on the joke. It's so ridic campy and it falls into my favorite kind of horror movie - So Bad it's Good. It's laugh out loud funny, and you can't tell if the guy has an imaginary friend or split personalities when he talks to his friend that no one has ever seen... Oh geez, it's epic. Plus, some parts are genuinely creepyy.
If you can appreciate So Bad it's Flippin Amazing, then you shouldn't avoid Deadly Premonition. You should embrace it. <3
Do you work for Ignition? Because who could recommend that game even on the "so bad, it's good" premise?
I love campy horror movies. Love them.
So, I can recommend Deadly Premonition on the so bad it's flippin AMAZING premise. Because, well, it is. It's laugh-out-loud funny, scary, and completely insane. It's well worth the $20. If it were priced at the regular $60 price point, I wouldn't recommend it. But it's only $20 to experience the most campy game I have ever played. Pure awesomeness.
So there, you could have just read my original comment to see how I could recommend it, but I'll restate it for you. Because I'm super nice. <3 Give me all your bubbles, roarrr.
1: Give Deadly Premonition a chance.
Yes the graphics are PS2 level(sorry but PS1? Nope! Go check Dino Crisis 2 or Parasite Eve 2 and you'll see just how BAD PSX graphics were!) and yes the mechanics are pretty terrible but the plot is weird, the jokes are kind of funny, and you'd be surprised how much fun it can be when you aren't shooting at zombies ben backwards in vine filled hallways. It's a rip off of Twin Peaks but it's so bad that it's almost good. I'm not saying that it's for everyone but at least check out the Endurance run on Giant Bomb to get a taste of the silly weirdness.
2. Operation Darkness is NOT an RTS. It's a badly designed Strategy RPG with a horrible camera and for some reason it keeps going AFTER your medic gets killed which means you'll NEVER be able to heal anyone ever again. It sucks but it could probably be fixed into a decent game for download or something.But it definitely sucks. It;s just not an RTS.
The worst game on this list has to be Fusion Frenzy 2. I actually liked Fusion Frenzy on XBOX but '2 is just a complete insult and has a odd Micheal Jackson host waving his hands and an annoying system of ability cards. The worst game to ever enter my 360.
Actually, it's between Fusion Frenzy 2 and Bomberman Act Zero for me. They both completely suck, luckily I had the fortune to play Bomberman Act Zero only for 10 minutes on someone elses 360. I actually tried so hard to like Fusion Frenzy 2.
Why give White Knight Chronicles an honorable mention? I might agree with calling it mediocre or plain-Jane/lackluster but it's far from being a bad game. It's pretty decent actually.
How could they forget about Blue dragon, Enchanted arms, Ninja blade, Section 8 and Perfect dark zero. Those are just a few of the games I've played that I regretted buying. I have played almost every 360 game, not bragging, just saying that I have a lot of free time on my hands. ( when my wife lets me have free time anyway, LOL)
I've never heard of any of these games............
Besides You're in the Movies. But is that game even out yet? -_-
considering the amt of 360 titles available.
Gun, King Kong (unless Ur an achievement whore), that all female wrestling game...so dumb, I forgot the title, The Outfit...
Like any other game console, the Xbox 360 has had its successes and its failures, but some of its failures have just been unforgivable. This article expands on some of its greatest failures, and is meant to pair with Top 5 Takedown's previous article, "Top 5 PS3 Fails", because both consoles deserve some scrutiny by the public that both hates and loves them.
Wow..
this article is just as a big as fail as the 'top 5 ps3 fails'
Now I'mma go make a list called;
Top 5 Journalism fails..
and my no. 1 and no. 2 spots have already been decided ;)
they made a top 5 ps3 fails now they made a 360 one expect to see a wii one up as well
so i don't see what the big deal is?
This is a bunch of fanboys bagging out a gaming system because they have nothing better to do than troll people on the internet.
This and the equivalent PS3 articles are the most useless pages on the entire internet. Even more useless than www.zombo.com
to be honest with you nothing gaming related is considered real journalism
gaming journalism is a joke
5- why would they support a rival,that's just stupid .Not supporting HD-DVD was the real failure .if MS had installed HD-DVD drives in the 360, Bluray would have died bcz they had the upper hand .
4-no one cares about internet browser on a game console.I got a PS3 and i only used that crap ounce .it was terrible.I need games period
3-Both the Eyetoy and the 360 vision cam are failures.You're in the movies wasn't a major realease it was casual gaming crap,not important enough to even be a major failures .JUST STUPID
2-I dont Mind Paying for GOOD service.I got BOTH a 360 and a PS3 and guess what i love my 360 more even with the 50 dollars membership.PSN SUCKS until that change i don't mind paying.
1 I agree 100%
hakeem Don't forget that Microsoft knows how to write code for an internet browser. Depending on how you look at it Internet explorer is a decent browser but I guess MS didn't/doesn't put it on the 360 because of all the Security holes in it. I'm sure they could make a great browser for the 360 but I doubt they will because they will have to give it out for free.
and it's time to bash the 360?
Even as a Sony fan, I am against this because it's as stupid as all the sony bashing.
Really, what the heck is wrong with those journalists?
But it feels soooooo good to laugh at a machine. Especially when they cry. It makes me a cooler person because now those stupid machines know who's boss. Yeah!
nah your just ignorant.
Both consoles are getting equal bashing coz they generate equally great hits.
features of XBOX 360:
1.Games - Last gen
2.Online - Monthly fees,lags = last gen
3.DVD - Are you kidding ?
4.RROD - ;)
5.Design - last gen and ugly
6.Controller - absolutely horrible AA battery brick= last gen
7.Natal = Eyetoy = last gen
Are you kidding? These types of articles are what make up the daily cesspool that is N4G. There has never been a single day in which I log into N4G to get some news, where half the stories aren't pure garbage and shouldn't even have been posted on the interent. N4G is just a breeding ground for this type of stuff, because any idiot can post an "article" and then have his idiot friends bump it all the way to the top of the page.
As for the article, it's just your varied list of crap which has been said for a long long time. These kind of lists can be easily flipped for the Wii or PS3, and I don't know why people still waste time writing and reading them. That's N4G for you though. If there is something out there which can be trashed on gaming wise, you better believe N4G is going to have some sort of article on it.
OMG, guys, remember my comment on that "Top 5 PS3 fails"?
Well it was this exact list! OMG.
Yeh, gotta admit i laughed at the picture, too!
The author of the article made a very pertinent point - not sure if he intended to, but nevertheless, it stands.
He commented on the amazing success of the 360 so far, despite its atrocious reliability problems on the launch consoles and initial revision. While the 54.7% rrod estimate is woefully inaccurate, the problem was undeniably unacceptable.
What we all need to realise is, the reliability problems of the 360 *could* have sunk the whole operation right from the get go.
Yet, the 360 flourishes today!
It begs the question, how well would the 360 have done had it not been for the rrod debacle?
It seems MS did EVERYTHING right, with the exception of the hardware reliability. I hope they learned this lesson, as they did the lessons from xbox1.
Following from this, my guess is, next gen, the MS console will be unbeatable.
found it funny that they list too human but even state that they actually have it a 9/10! lol
but yeh these articles are kinda pointless. we get console x 1 day and console y the other.
it seems if a site is low in hits they bring up and article like this, although tbh i imagine the majority don't even go to the article but instead just argue on here lol
I don't use my 360 much these days, and have migrated more towards the PS3.
But I don't really see how anything other than the poor reliability can be considered a failure. You only have to look at the increase in market share between the XBox/PS3/GC gen and now to see MS have made huge progress.
I don't understand why fanboys are so desperate for the competition to fail. Competition in the marketplace is a GOOD thing.
Arguing about how good/bad a console is just doesn't compute with me. It's like saying I hate Sony, so I'll never go and watch a Sony Pictures movie! Or I hate Microsoft so I'll never use an ATM that runs off Windows! It's dumb.
I promise u i didnt know tha Wii had one and tha 360 didnt.I thought tha PS3 was tha only console to have one.Come on any 360 owner should be pissed about this.
How in tha hell is Microsoft(360) going to be tha only next-gen console not to have one.Come on now people Wii thats right Wii have an internet browser and its graphics is no where near tha graphics you can get on tha 360.
I might get some disagrees for this but that is straight BS on MicroSoft and Bill Gates part.
PS3=internet service and its free
Wii=internet service and its free
360=no internet service and you pay 50 buck a year BULLSH1T.
If a 360 owner can really say they dont have a problem with this then either you is under 18 and dont pay any bills or you is a diehard 360 fanboy.
Your right i find it puzzling that Microsoft boast at times of their supposed live service.
With Sony its FREE and you get a real 'ace up the sleeve' in an integrated FREE web browser.
This always seems to get overlooked in console comparisons and i cant get my head around why Sony have not gone to greater lengths to seriously advertise this feature.
The ability to surf the web in the comfort of your living room on your hd tv as oppossed to the office upstairs is great and its fast as well. (only web problems i occasionally encounter are freezes from time to time with certain heavy javascript sites.)
I for example am using it now as i type this while in the background i am downloading the John Travolta movie 'From Paris with Love' for FREE straight to my PS3 hard drive. (takes on average 45mins to download a movie for me.)
Thats without mentioning the horizontal Olympic sites that can make you go blind.
Xbox 360 fans play down the lack of a FREE web browser and say its rubbish and not needed.
Do you know why they do this?
A --- Because they dont have it.
Heyy where are all the bots that sprinted over to the "Top 5 PS3 Fails" not so keen to show your faces so quickly are you this time, eh?
Americans keep the 360 going almost singlehandedly. It's one of the only countries left where the 360 still outsells the PS3 for no other reason than it's American designed.
How is that being patriotic,the Xbox 360 is built in China.I'm sure that picture above will be used as an avatar by some fanboy.
Fail#6 Tactics regarding the HDD
lets get the first gripe out of the way and that is Price, unfair and backhanded. Next is the proprietary approach to it, not allowing users more freedom to customize only hurts hardware sales. Finally we come to the availability, which is my biggest complaint.. introducing DLC, Games on demand, optional installs, arcadegames, movies and music for a console with a maximum 120GB(unless you buy a 250GB bundle) is silly. I can not find any 120GB drives in my area which suggests that MS is discontinuing the 120GB and will roll out the 250GB, it all seems like a big secret to me and that doesn't help their credibility.
One thing I have always thought was ridiculous about the 360 was paying a fee for the gold service and being forced to buy microsoft's hard drives. I can go and buy a laptop drive for $50 and install it in my ps3 myself. I actually ended up doing that and now Ive got about 320 gbs of space.
Plus, the PS3 and the Wii have a internet browser. Dont say its worthless till the 360 actually has one. You may actually use it if the xbox had one. It was great when my computer was in the shop and I use it from time to time. Its a nice feature to have. Plus, mine has linux installed as well.
If you have a Windows Media Center you can use the MCBrowser that's been available for years. I've been browsing on my 360 since 2006.
Irony i remember xbox 1 being labelled a pc wanna be in box by sony fans and the company and all those awfull ps2 ports really held it back, ps3 is more pc than any console ever in terms of functions but i guess its cool now .those who complain about crappy multiplats on ps3 will enjoy the frustration i endured last gen that said i do enjoy both and posted this on ps3.
i dont even
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