Game recommendations for the original xbox

kleefarr

My wife is not much of gamer, but she really did like the Broken Sword series.

What games are available for the original xbox that are of the same genre?
I saw there was a CSI game or is that for the 360?

kleefarr

Anyone?

CiDeRmAn

Fahrenheit is excellent on the Xbox, a great adventure, as is Morrowind and Dreamfall, 3 non traditional games, massive in size and not a Space Marine in sight!

kleefarr

Thanks CiDeRmAn, I'll look out for those.

Anyone else have any suggestions?

dez_warlock

There is a CSI game for the Xbox also. I had it and it was great fun. 10 cases in it and each one takes a while to complete. Unfortunately I sold mine a while back but you should pick up a copy on ebay for cheap.

Da Bounca

I still play the original xbox a lot, even though I have a 360 too.

Recommendations for a Broken Sword fan would be:


-Project Zero ( Scary puzzle game - modern day oriental horror )

-Fable ( Creative role playing game - game revolves around player decisions )

armour87

Knights of the Old Republic if your of a Star Wars persuasion.

Single Malt

Beyond Good and Evil. One of the finest, most under appreciated games ever.

grizzly

+ 1 for KOTOR (esp no. 1)
Fahrenheit v good, but goes downhill before the 3rd act.

kleefarr

Thanks for all of the suggestions guys.

Are these all in the same vein as Broken Sword?

Points to take into consideration are...

1. No killing
2. Present day ish.

It is for a women.

Climate Expert

This is the only game for your wife.
It features a female lead and its very character orientated. Its the same sort of format as broken sword. Less game more interactive adventure.
Dreamfall: Longest Journey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seld64unfAk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmOoIGGb0pI


It looks excellent as well.

kleefarr

Climate Expert wrote: »

This is the only game for your wife.
It features a female lead and its very character orientated. Its the same sort of format as broken sword. Less game more interactive adventure.
Dreamfall: Longest Journey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seld64unfAk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmOoIGGb0pI


It looks excellent as well.

Thanks for the links Climate Expert. I have just shown her the first clip and she said YES after about 50 seconds.

Ciderman had already suggested it so it was on the list.

grimm2005

+1 on dreamfall. havn't played through it yet myself but enjoying the longest journey atm (first game in the series) and the sequel seems very good from the little i played.

The xbox isn't a great platform for those type of games though. There's so many great point and click/adventure games from the '90s on PC which would run on pretty much any computer post 2000 (bar some XP problems with some games) which would be easily recommended (monkey island series, sam n max, dott, lba 1/2, indy and the fate of atlantis, the dig, the longest journey and loads more)

armour87

+1 for monkey island

Jack Sheehan

armour87 wrote: »

+1 for monkey island

Was MI4 on the the Xbox?

grimm2005

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

Was MI4 on the the Xbox?

Only on PC and PS2, but its easily the worst in the series. i didn't think it was too bad but its slammed by many fans as being just a quick cash in. MI2 or MI3 are the best imo. I'd prolly lean slightly toward MI3 purely for the voice acting and all the art looked and still does look fantastic

kleefarr

Ordered a copy of CSI off Ebay last week. It arrived this morning.
She loves it.

kleefarr

CSI is going great lads. Good suggestion. Wife has done half of it already.

This DREAMFALL.
How many are there in the series? I was doing a search and found others ..

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Sequel Funcom's The Longest Journey
Dreamfall Chapters was announced

Are they all related?

Climate Expert

Yes. The longest Journey was the first one and pc only.
Dreamfall the second. Chapters has only been announced but nothing yet gameplay wise.

Dreamfall is available on the 360 as a download in the states and should be coming here in the next few weeks.

kleefarr

Climate Expert wrote: »

Yes. The longest Journey was the first one and pc only.
Dreamfall the second. Chapters has only been announced but nothing yet gameplay wise.

Dreamfall is available on the 360 as a download in the states and should be coming here in the next few weeks.

Thanks. So just Dreamfall for now then.

kleefarr

So far so good lads!

My wife finished CSI a couple of days ago and gave it 8/10.
I got hold of Fahrenheit today so she'll be having a go at that next.

Thanks for the suggestions so far.

kleefarr

Wife finished Fahrenheit today.

She gave it an amazing 10/10 :eek:
It did seem good though.

Will have to see what I can get next.

kleefarr

Well Fable was next to be tested.

It crashed and burned after about 15 minutes. Too much swords and killing.
I have just finished it though.
Was a bit quick, but quite good.

Searching for the next one now, what ever that will be?

Moiph

kleefarr wrote: »

Well Fable was next to be tested.

It crashed and burned after about 15 minutes. Too much swords and killing.
I have just finished it though.
Was a bit quick, but quite good.

Searching for the next one now, what ever that will be?

How long did you get out of the main story in Fable?

CiDeRmAn

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Fahrenheit is excellent on the Xbox, a great adventure, as is Morrowind and Dreamfall, 3 non traditional games, massive in size and not a Space Marine in sight!

kleefarr wrote: »

Thanks CiDeRmAn, I'll look out for those.

Anyone else have any suggestions?

Well if you ever stumble across a couple of copies of Morrowind, let me know! Still on the lookout for a reasonably priced GOTY version of it!

kleefarr

Moiph wrote: »

How long did you get out of the main story in Fable?

Sorry it took me so long to reply.
Wife only tried it for a couple of days. I carried on and finished it after.

She has just finished Dreamfall, I got it for her as a Christmas pressie. She said she enjoyed that and gave it 8/10.

Now the hunt for the next game begins.