XBOX Game Reviews

2005 XBOX Game of the Year

A little slow with this XBOX Game of the Year post - but maybe you're like us and trying to find something interesting to play, check Gamespy's XBOX Game of the Year list and see if there's something you missed:

Xbox Top 10 Games of the Year
  1. Half-Life 2
  2. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
  3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  4. Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
  5. DOOM 3
  6. NBA 2K6
  7. Psychonauts
  8. Mercenaries
  9. Jade Empire
10. The Warriors

XBOX Game Reviews

Forza Motorsport Cars - XBOX

Having trouble picking your favorite car for XBOX's Forza Motorsport? Well we don't blame you. Forza Motorsport has more than 230 cars from over 40 of the world’s top car manufacturers.

A couple of our favorite Forza Motorsport Cars, in no particular order:

1967 AC Shelby Cobra
1964 Ferrari 250 GTO
2003 MINI Cooper-S
2003 Porsche Carrera GT
1968 Shelby Mustang GT-500KR

What's yours?

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Jimmy Eat World - Burnout 3: Takedown Xbox Live

Game with Fame: Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World's new CD Futures, releases Tuesday, October 19, 2004. What you probably didn't know is that, the very next day, you can play with the band on Xbox Live™!

On Wednesday, October 20, 2004, from 3:00 – 5:00 P.M. (Eastern), or noon to 2:00 P.M. (Pacific), you can take on Jim, Zach, Tom, and Rick in Burnout® 3: Takedown. Look for this Gamertag: jimmyeatworld

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Project Gotham Racing XBOX Game Review

That's right, we're going to the wayback machine for this xbox review of Project Gotham Racing (not Project Gotham Racing 2) an Xbox Platinum Hits Title. If you're not familiar with the title think Tony Hawk for cars. That's because the gameplay is based on "kudos' which are rewards or bonus points you receive for pulling off combos and driving with flair-- not just for driving fast. This can be good or bad, depending on your point of view. Do you want straight racing? Then you won't like the kudos - my 8 year old hates them, he just wants to drive fast with cool cards. Do you want rewards for pulling off a great cornering move, or stringing together multiple smooth moves? Then you'll love the kudos.

There are also Events Racing and a Time Attack mode and numerous tracks and around 28 cars to try out, though many need to be unlocked by completing challenges.

Project Gotham Racing is worth picking up, it still looks great and the kudos system is an interesting twist - plus is cheap. After you play it, then go pick up Project Gotham Racing 2 which refines the kudos and adds XBOX Live as well.

Bottom Line Rating: 3 out of 5

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DRIV3R XBOX Game Review

DRIV3R Xbox Game Review

Rented DRIV3R over the weekend and gave it some playing time.
Quick impressions: fun game in the free for all mode, extremely annoyingly repetitive in the actual scenario mode. IGN had it right in their review "What you'll do is replay the same level over and over again, despite the relative ease of the levels."

The problem is when you start to play the levels you have to repeat them over and over to get it right. At first you are having fun figuring out the driving, but soon you are cursing the lack of save points that make you redo the whole thing, and wondering just how your car can flip when you hit a curb at the slightest of angles, and how far you have to chase the guy until the level is accomplished. I ended up quiting the regular game and just running around in the open-ended 'training' level. It promised that you could find secrets, etc., but I didn't come across any at all.

What did I like? The driving was fun, checking out what you could do with different cars - raw acceleration vs. cornering - was cool for a while. The motorcycles were a blast.

What didn't I like? Walking around added an extra dimension, but in the end was not executed well. Boats and swimming also added a new twist.

Should you play it? Yes & No... Rent it our buy it cheap and it's well worth it, pay full price and unless you are hardcore driving game enthusiast willing to take a lot of flaws along with the game you won't feel you got your money's worth.