dcx4610
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On a whim (the stimulus didn't help), I decided to purchase an Xbox 360. I've never owned a 360 as I was mostly a PC gamer and preferred Sony systems since they mostly had the same multi-plats and a ton of exclusives. At the time, I just didn't like the idea that the Xbox used DVDs with less storage space than Blu-ray (making some games use multi-discs) and potentially less powerful hardware overall. Also, the then idea of paying for Xbox Live to play online or even use a web browser or apps was absurd to me as a PC gamer.
Fast forward to 2021 and for some reason, the 360 is fascinating to me. Despite the PS3 being more powerful, the 360 was easier to program for and the multi-plats tended to be better on the 360. Also, this era for PC gaming was rough. With the 360 being PowerPC based and the PS3 using cell, PC games had to be completely programmed specially for PC. It's not like now where everything uses x86 and it's a quick and easy port between all 3 platforms. Almost without fail, the PC ports from this era are garbage or don't play well on modern computers.
With this being the case, I decided I'd like to get a 360 as a companion piece to sit alongside my PC. Thus the search began for a 360. I'm guessing due to COVID, all game systems are hard to find. I went to numerous local shops and no one had any. I took to eBay and I can't believe how grody most of the listings are. How in the world do people treat their systems where they are scratched to hell in that rough of shape? I eventually found a listing for a still sealed 250GB S model at a reasonable price and bit on it.
All of that out of the way, what are most must play games and especially games that have rough PC ports that would be definitive? I definitely want the Gears of War games and Red Dead Redemption since they don't have PC releases. I'll probably grab Call of Duty 3 as well since it never got a PC release. Anything else I should be on the lookout for?
Fast forward to 2021 and for some reason, the 360 is fascinating to me. Despite the PS3 being more powerful, the 360 was easier to program for and the multi-plats tended to be better on the 360. Also, this era for PC gaming was rough. With the 360 being PowerPC based and the PS3 using cell, PC games had to be completely programmed specially for PC. It's not like now where everything uses x86 and it's a quick and easy port between all 3 platforms. Almost without fail, the PC ports from this era are garbage or don't play well on modern computers.
With this being the case, I decided I'd like to get a 360 as a companion piece to sit alongside my PC. Thus the search began for a 360. I'm guessing due to COVID, all game systems are hard to find. I went to numerous local shops and no one had any. I took to eBay and I can't believe how grody most of the listings are. How in the world do people treat their systems where they are scratched to hell in that rough of shape? I eventually found a listing for a still sealed 250GB S model at a reasonable price and bit on it.
All of that out of the way, what are most must play games and especially games that have rough PC ports that would be definitive? I definitely want the Gears of War games and Red Dead Redemption since they don't have PC releases. I'll probably grab Call of Duty 3 as well since it never got a PC release. Anything else I should be on the lookout for?