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| cornykev:
The library at a university in my hometown is hosting a "Video Game Night" in late January. It will feature game consoles from the second generation onward. I've been asked to bring my original Xbox to represent the sixth generation. However, one stipulation is that I need to provide around half a dozen games that would be considered "family-friendly". They should also be pretty easy to pick up, play, and put down after a few minutes (so no SoulCalibur II, Dead or Alive, or Prince of Persia). I own the Star Wars: The Clone Wars / Tetris Worlds and Sega GT 2002 / JSRF combo discs, and those are the only ones I think would pass. I might be able to include Halo 2 since I don't think there's too much language/blood/gore/etc in the multiplayer mode. I'd like to include between 2-5 additional games. My knowledge of and experience with Xbox is very limited, though. So what good/enjoyable games are available on the Xbox that are "family-friendly" and easy to experience in a pretty short amount of time? |
| emporerdragon:
One thing I can think of is finding demo disks, as those will have 15-minute blurbs of several different games apiece. I would suggest reconsidering SoulCalibur as that's a great game for a demo, both because as a fighting game, games are quite short, and a person can still easily get into it via button mashing. Beyond that, I'd probably suggest: At least one fighting game (If not SoulCalibur, then Marvel Vs. Capcom or King of Fighters) A Burnout game (2 or beyond) Cel Damage Crimson Skies Crash: Tag Team Racing Fuzion Frenzy The Simpsons: Hit & Run A SSX game Star Wars Battlefront (1 or 2) A Tony Hawk game And if you really want to throw people for a loop, Steel Battalion with its controller. Granted, it's not the most demo-able game, but it would make it the center of attention. |
| desocietas:
I wonder if you'd be able to load up a quick save file to make it easy to get to the meat of the game...? Psychonauts is pretty friendly. Can't recall if there's much in way of cutscenes to start if anything, but you can just easily run around and talk to NPCs. |
| ignition365:
My local game stores were telling me it's insane how much folks want original Xbox games and systems these days. Someone trades in an OG Xbox and it gets sold within 10 minutes or so. I was in there yesterday and someone traded one in and someone in the store immediately bought it. Store was basically a middleman taking a giant chunk of money to let one guy sell his xbox to the other guy. Only going to suggest stuff I haven't seen mentioned Blinx the time sweeper Fable OutRun 2 or PGR Timesplitters 2 And if you're insane Steel Battalion |
| insettasport:
> Forza Motorsport. Has quite a few cars available from the start. > Midtown Madness 3. Has fewer cars from the start, but it is open world. |
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