Games that defined the Xbox

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General_Norris wrote:^Splinter cell and Crimson Skies are both PC ports. Crimson Skies was enhanced though.
I think the PC version of Splinter Cell was technically a port of the Xbox version actually. Nevertheless, I looked online and saw that Splinter Cell was made available for other consoles. So I was wrong about it being an Xbox exclusive. I thought the Xbox version of Crimson Skies was different than the PC one though, but I could be wrong

Well at least my other suggestions qualify
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^You are right on Splinter cell. My bad.
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The first (and still X-Box exclusive) Buffy the Vampire Slayer game should at the very least get an honorable mention, that was a great game.
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scottykick wrote:The first (and still X-Box exclusive) Buffy the Vampire Slayer game should at the very least get an honorable mention, that was a great game.
One of the most under appreciated licensed games ever. Really fun and challenging beat em up with some cool environmental kills and weapons and that's not even mentioning how well they used the license. The multiplatform sequel Chaos Bleeds had its moments, but felt very half assed compared to the original. The best Buffy game is Xbox only
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well, that answers my question.
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puke_face wrote:well, that answers my question.
Is that in reference to your post about Stranger's Wrath? I played it. It was good, but I thought it was the weakest game in the Oddworld series. That's not to say it sucks, but I get annoyed that people often bring it up and praise it while I never see anyone talk about Munch's Oddysey, which I thought was better and truer to what I expected from the series.

I know there are other people on this board who have played it and actually view it more favorably than I do
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Gamerforlife wrote:
puke_face wrote:well, that answers my question.
Is that in reference to your post about Stranger's Wrath? I played it. It was good, but I thought it was the weakest game in the Oddworld series. That's not to say it sucks, but I get annoyed that people often bring it up and praise it while I never see anyone talk about Munch's Oddysey, which I thought was better and truer to what I expected from the series.

I know there are other people on this board who have played it and actually view it more favorably than I do
Yea, that is what i was referring too. I need to play Munch's Oddysey, along with a few others in the Oddworld series. But I have played multiple shooters, and that one is one of my favorites.
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Oddworld: Munches Oddessy
Oddworld: Strangers Wrath
Otigi Myth of demons one and 2 (not sure if thats how to spell it but meh)

All i can think of perhaps the Silent Hill 2 :Restless Dreams i think its called or even the Project Zero games
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I disagree with the idea that multiplatform games should not be on this list. Is someone gonna try to convince me that Halo, Splinter Cell, Kotor, etc didn't help shape the Xbox's identity? Halo was synonymous with Xbox; all I ever heard was "all xbox has is Halo."
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Multiplatform with a single console plus PC generally isn't the same as multiplatform with two consoles, because the demographics tend to be so different.
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