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What order to get games in

  • 08-11-2010 3:06pm
    #1
    maxwell smart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,939 ✭✭✭


    Ok

    I'm going to get an xbox tomorrow. I had an old one and loved it.

    Now, what order to play the games in? I'm getting Reach with it, but should I play Halo 3 first?
    Also, what about COD? What order to play them in? I don't want to start at the best and work my way backwards and be disappointed!

    All advice appreciated.


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  • #2
    #Daniel
    Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭#Daniel


    maxwell smart wrote: »
    Ok

    I'm going to get an xbox tomorrow. I had an old one and loved it.

    Now, what order to play the games in? I'm getting Reach with it, but should I play Halo 3 first?
    Also, what about COD? What order to play them in? I don't want to start at the best and work my way backwards and be disappointed!

    All advice appreciated.

    Reach is a prequel so you dont really need to play Halo 3. I would get Black Ops tomorrow as everyone will be playing it so might as well hop on the bandwagon. I wouldnt bother with the other recent COD's, well, modern warfare 1 was good but MW2 was all hype in my opinion.
    If you are looking for a good, immersive, RPG I would try out the Mass Effect series. Mass effect 2 is the best game I have played this year so far. Fifa 11 is a good fun if you like sports games. Red Dead Redemption is another great game which came out this year.

    So if I were you:

    Black Ops
    Reach
    Red Dead Redemption
    Mass Effect 1 + 2
    Fifa 11

    You'll be sorted for months :p


  • #3
    garv123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    best bet is check out the top games thread.

    read a few recent posts and you'l see some games appearing alot.

    bioshock 1 would be a game you cant go without playing


  • #4
    muppetkiller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,200 ✭✭✭muppetkiller


    I'd say skip the Halo games, (I personally can't stand them since Halo 2, loved the first one mind you.)

    pick up
    Bad Company 2 Ultimate edition (Which has all the map packs and includes Battlefield 1943 ) - 34.99 in GAME too :D

    Both Mass Effect games - 1 is 8.99 in HMV and 2 can be got for 12.99 in GAME preowned.

    FALLOUT Game of the Year Edition - 15 Squid online.
    Deadspace - 10 euro online

    And Call of Duty Black OPs if only for the Zombie levels lol.


  • #5
    maxwell smart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,939 ✭✭✭maxwell smart


    I'm not worried about the timeline more about going back to a game where the graphics are noticeably poorer!


  • #6
    blaze1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭blaze1


    the cod series is ok although if your going to be doing to multiplayer you should just stick with black ops... the games are ok themselves but online is where its at..

    Other than that fallout 3 & fallout New vegas should be a must!

    Enjoy and welcome


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  • #7
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,081 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    I dunno if the game is immersive enough then who cares about the graphics, I recently replayed Half Life (1998) on the PC and had a blast. :)

    That aside of the games you mentioned the Original Halo still looks pretty good on the Xbox (and the actual game is far superior game to its successors), and the last three CODs used pretty much the same engine with minor enough changes in between so there will not be a hugely noticible graphics quality gradient between them.


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