Ultra Ninja Jay writes "I think this time around I'll swerve away from spouting the usual gubbins about how a title such as Saints Row can stir up a storm of press related mediocrities that decree the game as yet another violence-fest that will ruin the next jilted generation. We're all happy here as at one point blood would be removed from the likes of Carmegeddon for fears that BMW drivers would become bigger twits than they already are. Yet now, we're all fine and dandy with chainsaw massacring a group of anti-violence protesters. A small poke back at the press I'm sure. Once upon a time bad press was bad press, but now the games industry use this coverage to fuel their advertising campaign that bit further. Get a game banned, and you're in there mate."
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.