* The OcUK Most Recommended Video Games *

Robert1986 · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:38

I think its time we have a list of game recommendations from members on here since threads like this pop up every other day.

If everyone could recommend a game, I'll note it down here and tally it up. The most recommended game being at the top.

You can only recommend games you have played for a considerable amount of time and have a good understanding of.

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Recommended XBOX 360 Games

Top 10:
[4] Grand Theft Auto 4
[2] Dead Space
[2] Halo 3
[2] Street Fighter 4
[2] Mass Effect
[2] Oblivion - The Elder Scrolls
[2] Gears of War
[2] Crackdown

[1] Lost Odyssey
[1] Shadow Complex
[1] Trials HD
[1] Forza 2
[1] Castle Crashers
[1] Rock Band
[1] Devil May Cry 4
[1] Batman: Arkam Asylum
[1] The Orange Box
[1] Bioshock
[1] Saints Row 1
[1] Saints Row 2
[1] Mirror's Edge
[1] Fallout 3
[1] Burnout Paradise
[1] Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
[1] Fable 2
[1] The Darkness

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Recommended Playstation 3 Games

Top 10:
[4] Grand Theft Auto 4
[2] Metal Gear Solid 4
[2] Dead Space
[2] Street Fighter 4
[2] Little Big Planet
[2] Infamous
[2] Super Stardust HD
[2] Uncharted

[1] Motorstorm
[1] Valkyria Chronicles
[1] Ninja Gaiden Sigma
[1] Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
[1] Killzone 2
[1] Wipeout HD
[1] Flower
[1] Rock Band
[1] Devil May Cry 4
[1] Street Fighter 4
[1] Batman: Arkam Asylum
[1] The Darkness
[1] The Orange Box
[1] Bioshock
[1] Saints Row 2
[1] Mirror's Edge
[1] Everybody's Golf World Tour
[1] Burnout Paradise
[1] Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Online
[1] Resistance 2
[1] PixelJunk Monsters

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Recommended Nintendo Wii Games

[1] Super Mario Galaxy
[1] Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
[1] Zelda The Twilight Princess

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Recommended PSP Games

[1] God of War: Chains of Olympus
[1] Patapon
[1] Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core

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Recommended Nintendo DS Games

[1] New Super Mario Bros.
[1] Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney

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Streeteh · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:42

Was thinking of doing this myself, as usual you beat me to it

Here's my template from the 'recommend me a PS3 game' threads that i use, make of it what you will:

Streeteh said:
In no particular order the games i've enjoyed are:

Bold = Particularly good

Disk Exclusives:
Valkyria Chronicles
Uncharted
Metal Gear Solid 4
Warhawk
Resistance 1+2 (more-so 2)
Ferrari Challenge
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
Motorstorm Pacific Rift
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
Killzone 2
Little Big Planet
Infamous
Disgaea 3

PSN Titles:
Super Stardust HD
Wipeout HD
Flower
Shatter
Savage Moon
Pixeljunk Monsters

Pre-orders:
God of war 3
Uncharted 2
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
Gran Turismo 5
Heavy Rain
Final Fantasy VS XIII

360 Wise:
Lost Odyssey
Shadow Complex
Trials HD
Forza 2
Castle Crashers
Mass Effect

PSP:
Patapon
God of War
Crisis Core

MultiPlats:
Dead Space
Rock Band
Devil May Cry 4
Street Fighter 4
Batman: Arkam Asylum

Shamikebab · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:43

1 game each or what?

I'll just do the ones I can think of, all 360 versions.

Halo 3
Mass Effect
Oblivion
The Darkness
Batman - Arkham Asylum
Crackdown
Guitar Hero 2
Guitar Hero 3
The Orange Box
Bioshock
Saints Row 1
Saints Row 2
GTA4
Mirror's Edge

Nanoman · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:44

Everybody's Golf World Tour

simo182 · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:44

I'll recommend a few but only after you change the colour of that text. It's terrible against the blue background.

Doctor_Zhivago · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:45

Barbies horse adventures

Dyson · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:46

PS3/PSP - FF7

PS3 - Fallout 3
GTA 4

Streeteh · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:46

Maybe there should be an extra section for multiplatform games?

Robert1986 · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:48

Shamikebab said:
1 game each or what?

You can recommend as much games as you like as long as you have played a fair bit of that game and not just 10 - 20 minutes of it. Will help making the list of more quality.

Streeteh said:
Maybe there should be an extra section for multiplatform games?

Mutli-platform games will just be added to all the systems its on.

simo182 said:
I'll recommend a few but only after you change the colour of that text. It's terrible against the blue background.

It looks easy enough for me to read. Green on blue.

Streeteh · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:49

Robert1986 said:
Mutli-platform games will just be added to all the systems its on.

Ahh ok that makes sense. I assumed you would only put up a tally for the platform it was recommended on, so if only people recommended the PS3 version of dead space it wouldn't be listed in the 360 list for example which is obviously a little silly.

Shamikebab · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:49

simo182 said:
I'll recommend a few but only after you change the colour of that text. It's terrible against the blue background.

Looks fantastic with the black theme

rp2000 · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:50

PS3: SF4, GTA4, Burnout Paradise, MGS4, LBP, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Online, inFamous, Resistance 2, Super Stardust HD, Uncharted, PixelJunk Monsters.

360: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Gears 1, Fable 2, Crackdown.

Most played games in terms of hours, off the top of my head. Haven't owned/bought the handhelds for a long while and don't own a Wii.

Edit: Good luck maintaining this thread

rp2000

Nanoman · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:50

What about just exclusives under the console titles and then a seperate multiplatform section as some people with only 1 console may not go for a certain title if it's only recommended on the one platform.

Shamikebab · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:51

Robert1986 said:
Mutli-platform games will just be added to all the systems its on.

I'd advise against that, some games are substantially different. For example exclusive DLC or performance issues (The Darkness springs to mind here) If you keep them separate then you can see how each console owner rates the game.

rp2000 · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:55

Shamikebab said:
I'd advise against that, some games are substantially different. For example exclusive DLC or performance issues (The Darkness springs to mind here) If you keep them separate then you can see how each console owner rates the game.

Apart from the Darkness and Orange Box, neither of which are likely to be near the top of the list, can you think of any others that have major performance issues on PS3 and not on 360?

Apart from GTA4 I cannot think of any games that have dramatically different DLC either? Can you?

rp2000

Parmesan · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:55

Got a couple that I would recommend for anyone with a 360

1. Call Of Duty 4 - Simply great for multiplayer fun

2. Fallout 3 - Hours of great game play, with some excellent downloadable content available

3. Bioshock - Another great single player game, almost like watching a film, I was not allowed to play this unless the Mrs was there as she wanted to watch me play through the whole of it.

4. The Darkness - Great single player, with a brilliant story line.

Begbie · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:56

360,

Forza 2,
GTA,
Vegas (not played 2 yet)
COD (all of them really)
BIOSHOCK
TMNT

Nanoman · 9 Sep 2009 at 22:59

Shamikebab said:
I'd advise against that, some games are substantially different. For example exclusive DLC or performance issues (The Darkness springs to mind here) If you keep them separate then you can see how each console owner rates the game.

Which ones? The few bad ports way back in 06 aren't going to matter that much to people especially if they only have one platform. The Darkness was bad but it was still easily playable. DLC such as GTA should be listed on it's own and that's the only major DLC that isn't multiplat I can think of.

Shamikebab · 9 Sep 2009 at 23:02

Nanoman said:
Which ones? The few bad ports way back in 06 aren't going to matter that much to people especially if they only have one platform. The Darkness was bad but it was still easily playable. DLC such as GTA should be listed on it's own and that's the only major DLC that isn't multiplat I can think of.

Well Batman has exclusive DLC on PS3 and I think Mirror's edge has an exclusive map or something? There may be more in the future though, who knows. The bad ports are still bad ports though, doesn't matter how much time passes if we're talking recommendations then I wouldn't recommend The Darkness to a PS3 owner but I would to a 360 owner. I'm not trying to get in to a platform argument here I think I should make that clear.

Sinny · 9 Sep 2009 at 23:04

PC-
Star Wars : Knights of the old Republic
Orange Box
Call of Duty 4
The Witcher

Xbox 360 -

Halo 3
Street Fighter 4
Mass Effect
GTA4

Nintendo Wii -
Resident Evil 4
Mario Galaxy
Mario Kart
Zelda

Nintendo DS/DSi
Mario Kart DS
GTA Chinatown wars
Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow/Series
Tetris DS

PSP -
Extend Every Extra
Lumines

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