Vince Floress breaks down the hits and misses (mostly the misses) with Special Edition versions of games...
"Those days seem to be a thing of the past in recent years as every major title that comes out needs to have a “special edition” release to accompany the “normal edition” of the game."
Not every Halo game has been a banger, but the franchise still has a raft of the greatest games of all time.
Infinite is a dumpster fire and as much as I like ODST, in no universe it ranks above Halo 2. This list is trash.
Best to worst: Halo 3, Halo 2, Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 4, Halo ODST, Halo Infinite, Halo 5.
The Xbox 360 was a fantastic console in its day with some truly classic titles, but what are the seven best games for the console?
I'll go with,
Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Culdcept Saga, Shadow Complex, Ace Combat 6 with the flight stick,A Kingdom for Keflings, A World of Keflings.
Bonus Kinect Games: Happy Action Theater and Sesame Street.
*Skyrim was so bad on PS3 that it almost deserves to be #1*
Ah yes, Shadow Complex! Good indies back in the day. Summer of Arcade. I enjoyed Trials Evolution as well.
Was this made by a.i.? No human being would put Shadowrun, Fable III, and Splinter Cell: Conviction into a list of the 7 best Xbox 360 games.
Would love to play Ace Combat6 on PlayStation, but Xbox decided to buy exclusivity and keep it off a competing platform.
The only mainline game I never played except for one level at a friends place. Game sold less than any other in the series if I remember correctly.
360 had Namco hitters AC6 and RR6... both quality titles. You should at least bust out the 360 for AC6 if you can score the flight stick. Its great.
When the current gen XBOX offering is so lacking people need to refer to games released two generations back....
It's a nostalgia peice same reason we get thousands of YouTube videos on sega genisis. Something people have fond memories for but the era is long gone.
It's xboxs golden year imo it was their genisis years the time where they stuck it to the market leaders Sony.
They stuck nothing. Sony screwed themselves giving Xbox an opening. They would have gotten the usual smack down if the PS3 had launched at $399 and was easier to develop for.
The Xbox 360 launched in North America 18 years ago, and is now officially old enough to buy you a drink in Europe.
Great platform, and many of its games (not bc) still hold up well to this day. Like the PS3, I keep a 360 hooked up for those games you can't play any other way.
The last gasp of greatness from XBox, you are missed, except the RROD that was lame, but amazing exclusives until the Kinect dropped.
I really enjoyed my X360, some great exclusives on it. Used to play the shit out ot Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, two masterpieces
Seen this article about a million times before...
Never got any special editions of anything. Paying more for items that'll be forgotten in a matter of days is a waste of money to me. I completely agree with the author.
I've been jipped into buying a few Collector's Editions in the past.
And in fact I've bought 2 in the last 2 days. LBP2's and Dead Space 2's.
Both so far I think I have seen a fair investment on my dollar though. LBP2's included 11 costumes and 5 avatars that you can (so far) not get anywhere else. All costumes bar one (Clank, SO bad) are fantastic. And you also get a 7 inch Sackboy Plushie, always a welcome addition. :)
Dead Space 2's I think is just good value, for a little extra you get (on the PS3 at least) Dead Space Extraction, Dead Space 2 soundtrack, Lithograph, DLC and a replica LED lit Plasma Cutter. Sure the Plasma Cutter is superfluous but for some reason I like that kind of thing and I will proudly display my nerdom for all to see.
Some duds in the past though include Uncharted 2's. Which had a couple of pieces of DLC for turning your weapons gold, which looked yellow as well as a theme (pretty average theme) and I think there was something else but I can't really remember. Thank god the game is one of the best things of all time... :D Would've loved that edition with the dagger though, boy that thing was schweeet! I do think I'll be getting Uncharted 3's Collector's Edition.
I do get tempted a lot by Collector's Editions, I really wanted the God of War 3 one but managed to refrain from getting it. I really want the Killzone 3 one too, but will hold back as I just don't have that kind of money to put towards 1 single game (instead just getting the regular Collector's Edition).
Some are doing it right and are 'special' some are doing it wrong and are just plain crap. Case in point of the crap one's would be the upcoming Bulletstorm, Homefront and Crysis "special editions". All of them are terrible and offer nothing of worth AT ALL.
The thing what bugs me most is the Collectors editions which have nothing collectable inside, for example the LittleBigplanet 2 CE for Europe...we got DLC and a tin case ¬¬
Or the ones which are really cool and wouldn't mind paying for but you find out that it's a competition and you have to win it........I'M LOOKING AT YOU UNCHARTED 2 FORTUNE EDITION :/
There are some good CEs. Far Cry 2 was ultimately an average-to-good game, but it had a very good CE. And vice-versa, some fantastic games have been treated to sub par CEs, like Resident Evil 4, Killzone 2, Just Cause 2 or Uncharted 2, with pretty much only a steelbook case to warrant the supposedly "collector's edition" name.
Oh well, Killzone 3's Helghast Edition is soon coming out and, like the game itself, will wipe the floor with the other contenders: actual Helghast helmet, making of documentary, statuette, original soundtrack, steelbook version of the game, stuff to download (maps, perks), and an artbook. What more could people want? (except a cheaper price.. >_< )