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Which Open world game should I buy (360)

Quite a few nice suggestions here for games I hadn't considered. I'll be looking into Crackdown, Just Cause, Fallout: New Vegas, Sleeping Dogs, Saint's Row, and Bully.

I remember hearing a bit about Crackdown and saint's row right before I went on hiatus from gaming. I was looking a little bit into Fallout: New Vegas and it seems that it might be a little closer to the original Fallouts in some ways. That sounds cool, and I would probably prefer it, but I think I'll save it for after finishing Fallout 3, just so I can have two fallout games to look forward to.
 
Skytylz said:
If he were playing on PC, I'd say the same thing about New Vegas and 3. However, I recently played New Vegas again on 360 and it was still way more broken for me then 3 currently is.
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I didn't have any problems playing New Vegas on the 360, though it might have helped that I played 3 on the PS3.
 
samus4ever said:
I didn't have any problems playing New Vegas on the 360, though it might have helped that I played 3 on the PS3.
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Same. I originally played it on 360 and it was fine as far as a gamebryo game can be at least. Obviously you'd rather play it on PC but since we're talking 360 in this thread then that version is definitely playable.
 
I would suggest Risen, but from what we heard here the 360 version is just awful.
A mess fro ma technical standpoint.
 
Krowley said:
Quite a few nice suggestions here for games I hadn't considered. I'll be looking into Crackdown, Just Cause, Fallout: New Vegas, Sleeping Dogs, Saint's Row, and Bully.

I remember hearing a bit about Crackdown and saint's row right before I went on hiatus from gaming. I was looking a little bit into Fallout: New Vegas and it seems that it might be a little closer to the original Fallouts in some ways. That sounds cool, and I would probably prefer it, but I think I'll save it for after finishing Fallout 3, just so I can have two fallout games to look forward to.
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You need some Sleepy Dawgs in your life.
 
If you gotta get something off the marketplace, get Crackdown now. See if Skyrim + Dawnguard are a good price on the marketplace on the 31st.

I would highly recommend Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, and Red Dead Redemption as well, but for each of those games, look for the Game of the Year editions in stores. For roughly the same price as the base game on the marketplace, you will get the game along with all of the DLC, which on its own, costs another $20-40 on the marketplace. And with Red Dead, there is a Hardcore mode (only in the GOTY edition) that fixes the base game being too easy, makes smart item & Dead Eye use a necessity, and better encourages you to hunt and be observant of your surroundings.

You can find the GOTY Edition of Fallout 3 and the Ultimate Edition of New Vegas for $20 each online currently. I'd lean towards New Vegas at first if you liked the original games, but they share a lot of similarities and are both quite good and definitely worth playing.

Be warned that, moreso than Fallout 3, much of the overworld in New Vegas is vast, uneventful, and empty (by design that generally works), and navigating that desert can become dull with how slow you move in those games. That isn't an issue in Red Dead though, because not only do you have a horse that makes you orders of magnitude quicker than you can be in Fallout, the random events and animals to hunt in the world make travel in the desert more eventful and less dull than it can be in New Vegas.

Krowley said:
Quite a few nice suggestions here for games I hadn't considered. I'll be looking into Crackdown, Just Cause, Fallout: New Vegas, Sleeping Dogs, Saint's Row, and Bully.

I remember hearing a bit about Crackdown and saint's row right before I went on hiatus from gaming. I was looking a little bit into Fallout: New Vegas and it seems that it might be a little closer to the original Fallouts in some ways. That sounds cool, and I would probably prefer it, but I think I'll save it for after finishing Fallout 3, just so I can have two fallout games to look forward to.
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That's the way to go with the Fallouts. It leaves you something to look forward to. Saints Row The Third is a bunch of dumb open-world fun too. Not essential, but has a uniquely over-the-top tone to all of it. Again, I'd recommend The Full Package edition just because it fills out a game that could be seen as light on content on its own. But that package is still expensive at the moment and there are plenty of cheaper open world options available now.
 
Sojgat said:
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Oh god yes. So good.
 
The Crimson Kid said:
If you gotta get something off the marketplace, get Crackdown now. See if Skyrim + Dawnguard are a good price on the marketplace on the 31st.

I would highly recommend Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, and Red Dead Redemption as well, but for each of those games, look for the Game of the Year editions in stores. For roughly the same price as the base game on the marketplace, you will get the game along with all of the DLC, which on its own, costs another $20-40 on the marketplace. And with Red Dead, there is a Hardcore mode (only in the GOTY edition) that fixes the base game being too easy, makes smart item & Dead Eye use a necessity, and better encourages you to hunt and be observant of your surroundings.

You can find the GOTY Edition of Fallout 3 and the Ultimate Edition of New Vegas for $20 each online currently. I'd lean towards New Vegas at first if you liked the original games, but they share a lot of similarities and are both quite good and definitely worth playing.

Be warned that, moreso than Fallout 3, much of the overworld in New Vegas is vast, uneventful, and empty (by design that generally works), and navigating that desert can become dull with how slow you move in those games. That isn't an issue in Red Dead though, because not only do you have a horse that makes you orders of magnitude quicker than you can be in Fallout, the random events and animals to hunt in the world make travel in the desert more eventful and less dull than it can be in New Vegas.



That's the way to go with the Fallouts. It leaves you something to look forward to. Saints Row The Third is a bunch of dumb open-world fun too. Not essential, but has a uniquely over-the-top tone to all of it. Again, I'd recommend The Full Package edition just because it fills out a game that could be seen as light on content on its own. But that package is still expensive at the moment and there are plenty of cheaper open world options available now.
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I'll have to think about this issue... Obviously the smart thing to do is to buy the GOTY additions, but at the same time, I am tempted by the convenience of clicking a button VS. ordering online and waiting or going to the store...

We'll just have to see how much patience I have, I guess.

I had the GOTY addition of Morrowind back in the day, played a million hours, and never even bothered with any of the expansion content, but I had Ninja Gaiden black (basically a GOTY addition of NG), and played it about 3 times in addition to several playthroughs of the original release. So I've had mixed results with GOTY additions in general, although obviously they're a much better value in theory.

Also what about this Amalur RPG I ran into
 
Fallout 3 and New Vegas. I loved them both for different reasons. The gameplay and writing is better in New Vegas, but I loved exploring the capital wasteland more.

Also what about this Amalur RPG I ran into
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That should be the last thing you pick up.
 
My recommendations:

Far Cry 3 - It's a pretty, pretty sandbox. New, so still higher on the cost, but pretty...and sandboxy. Lots of room to just screw around.

Just Cause 2 - Run around. Go nuts. Totally underrated by most players.

Saints Row 2 - The best of the SR franchise. Three is good, but this one beats it. Was recently on sale for $10 as a download in the past week Probably back up now, but you should be able to find the disc for cheap. Also, more THQ sales likely given the state of the company.

Skyrim - What others said. Look on eBay or CAG for download codes. Should be able to buy a download code on CAG for $15-20. Honestly, I'd recommend getting a download code for this one. The disc version is HELL on the 360 DVD drive. Thing seeks like a MFer.
 
Syriel said:
My recommendations:

Far Cry 3 - It's a pretty, pretty sandbox. New, so still higher on the cost, but pretty...and sandboxy. Lots of room to just screw around.

Just Cause 2 - Run around. Go nuts. Totally underrated by most players.

Saints Row 2 - The best of the SR franchise. Three is good, but this one beats it. Was recently on sale for $10 as a download in the past week Probably back up now, but you should be able to find the disc for cheap. Also, more THQ sales likely given the state of the company.

Skyrim - What others said. Look on eBay or CAG for download codes. Should be able to buy a download code on CAG for $15-20. Honestly, I'd recommend getting a download code for this one. The disc version is HELL on the 360 DVD drive. Thing seeks like a MFer.
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what is the deal with buying download codes? That sounds interesting to me. Is it safe as far as getting ripped off, and how does it work?

My budget is super-limited at the moment so anything that would make this cheaper would be great for me. This whole world of gaming without a disc is pretty cool to me, and a big change since the last time I looked into buying video games, but I don't know how the market works.
 
Krowley said:
what is the deal with buying download codes? That sounds interesting to me. Is it safe as far as getting ripped off, and how does it work?

My budget is super-limited at the moment so anything that would make this cheaper would be great for me. This whole world of gaming without a disc is pretty cool to me, and a big change since the last time I looked into buying video games, but I don't know how the market works.
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Download codes are created for two reason: promotion and retail sales.

Promotion codes are used for contests and the media. Retail codes are put on cards and sold at retail (or bundled with systems).

The codes are basically one time use vouchers (sort of like a GC) good for one copy of the game. If you're ever redeemed a retail serial number on Steam, it's the same sort of thing.

In this case, this year's Xbox 360 bundles had Skyrim (250GB bundle) and Dance Central 2 (250GB Kinect bundle) as download codes. Since they are currently really common, they can be had for cheap.

Over on CAG, you'll find people in the marketplace selling them. Buying is no more or less risky that buying from any other private seller. Most of them ask for paypal, so you pay your money and then they PM or email you a code. Redeem the code on Xbox.com or on the console itself and the game is permanently tied to your account forever.

Stick with people who have good feedback and have been around for awhile and you should be good. You're dealing with people (just like if you trade w/someone here on GAF) rather than a store, so keep that in mind.
 
Krowley said:
what is the deal with buying download codes? That sounds interesting to me. Is it safe as far as getting ripped off, and how does it work?

My budget is super-limited at the moment so anything that would make this cheaper would be great for me. This whole world of gaming without a disc is pretty cool to me, and a big change since the last time I looked into buying video games, but I don't know how the market works.
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It's safe, Skyrim DL code is packed in with all the 250GB units for the holidays so there are lots of them out there.
 
Skyrim you should be able to find it for $30 at really any retailer.

Fallout New Vegas is better than Fallout 3. If you do FO do New Vegas its better for all the right reasons.

If you're into westerns, or seen the movie The Proposition, you owe it to yourself to play Red Dead.

Saints Row 2 is better than 3 gameplay and story wise but 3 is the prettier game

The other games you mentioned have not aged all that well.
 
NBtoaster said:
What do you want from an open world?
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I like freedom, secrets, long games with lots of things to do and lots of different ways to approach missions, or ways to make your own fun that go beyond the boundaries of the games. I also love RPG's but it seems that game genres are sort of starting to blend together now. Everything, even FPS games like COD seem to have RPG character building elements, and everything has action oriented gameplay, and etc..

I'm also a big fan of Zelda and Metroid games on nintendo consoles, both of which are kind of open, but more directed than GTA type games. I love them for the level design and the puzzles.
 
RDR is really good. But if you're looking for something long, I sunk over 100 hours into FO3 (and didn't even touch the DLC) and almost as much into Skyrim. Both outstanding games.
 
Krowley said:
I like freedom, secrets, long games with lots of things to do and lots of different ways to approach missions, or ways to make your own fun that go beyond the boundaries of the games. I also love RPG's but it seems that game genres are sort of starting to blend together now. Everything, even FPS games like COD seem to have RPG character building elements, and everything has action oriented gameplay, and etc..

I'm also a big fan of Zelda and Metroid games on nintendo consoles, both of which are kind of open, but more directed than GTA type games. I love them for the level design and the puzzles.
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get Fallout 3 then. It's got tons and tons to discover on your own and the setting is highly interesting
 
Red Dead. As a massive fan of San Andreas I consider it equally as good. My game of the generation. And before playing it I had absolutely zero interest in westerns. Completely fell in love with the world.
 
Krowley said:
I have surprisingly (and unexpectedly) gotten my hands on a 360 this Christmas. I haven't done any serious gaming in a few years, so my backlog is huge. I plan to buy something on the on-demand marketplace, and I have pretty severe budget constraints so I'm looking at older games, mostly. I'm a big fan of open world games so I'm mainly interested in the following, but it's hard to determine which one is actually the best choice...

Fallout 3
Red Dead Redemption
GTA IV
Elder Scrolls Oblivion (played this one briefly on ps3 and ran into the level scaling issue, which annoyed me, but I'm considering it anyway.)

I would love to try Skyrim, but it is still 60 bucks, and I'll have to wait on it.

But anyway, I'm really torn so I figured I would take the pulse of GAF... Which of these would be the better choice? They all get great reviews, the official threads for all of them seem to be full of praise. I love open world games, loved morrowind and San Andreas last-gen. I'm mostly a nintendo gamer, but I love western RPG's, and my second favorite gaming platform through the years has probably been PC. I loved the old Fallout games, and have been dying to try Fallout 3, but at the same time, I've always dreamed of an open world old-west game, and I love the GTA and Elder Scrolls franchises.

It's just really hard to decide.

Also, are there any other games I'm not considering that might appeal based on this list? Any suggestions would be welcome.
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RDR
 
FO3 and RDR are both so very good.

GTA4 is ...eh, it's decent, but I wouldn't bother at this point, just wait for 5 if you don't have a big need to follow a whole series.

Never cared for Oblivion, I liked Skyrim about as much as I liked Morrowind but I'm not a huge fan of either.
 
Fallout 3 is awesome, best one on your list. Varied playstyles and lots to do.
RDR is great, but its also slower paced and can drag its heels in parts.
GTAIV is also great but it has a lot of annoying stuff and the basic gameplay systems are a bit off (shooting/driving).
Oblivion is good, but everything about it was such a letdown coming from Morrowind that I can't recommend it.

Not on your list, but as its been mentioned already I only just (as in this last week) played through and finished Crackdown 1. Theres a lot of fun to be had, particularly traversing the world is great. But overall its a shallow, repetitive experience with ho-hum combat (which makes up most of the gameplay) and lower production values than most open-world games this gen with a wafer thin story. I wouldn't recommend it, at least singleplayer.
 
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