RMD: Easy-to-get-in-to Xbox games

AMC-Campaign · Post by **AMC-Campaign** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:10 pm 0

moobaa wrote:
Flabio wrote:
moobaa wrote:Panzer Dragoon Orta ... it's nice and easy
Ok, I am officially crap at games.

I agree, even on the lowest difficulty it's very tough if you're not in the right mindset - you have to be alert all the time and make good use of your boosts, berserk attacks, and dragoon forms if you want to survive - I know that I was using the latter skill excessively towards the end; not since Ikaruga have I swapped ship types so rapidly and continuously in a shoot 'em up.

Easy games? Outrun 2, BG&E, JSRF. The latter title also happens to be one of my favouritest games of the XB/PS2/GC generation.

moobaa · Post by **moobaa** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:54 pm 0

JSRF - agreed, except for the skyscraper district & pharoah park, which simply did *not* gel for me the first time I played it. And the final level has a bit of a learning curve

Outrun 2, though... I'm up to Stage 9 of the Missions, and having real problems with some of them

shimeril · Post by **shimeril** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:18 pm 0

I don't think racing games get any easier than Project Gotham Racing 2. Very straight forward and a fair bit of fun to boot. MotoGP2 is also pretty easy on the Rookie level, and not that hard either on Pro.

Another vote for JSRF (which is Jet Set Radio Future.. )

THEDARKPRIESTCYRIC · Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:28 pm 0

Fable
The Bards Tale
Advent Rising (save for a certain boss that you may have to check a FAQ to beat)

Flojomojo · Post by **Flojomojo** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:30 pm 0

shimeril wrote:Another vote for JSRF (which is Jet Set Radio Future.. )

I love Jet Set Radio, and it's easy to get into, but it's also easy to hit a wall and not be able to progress any further.

Outrun 2 and Panzer Dragoon Orta are pure arcade bliss, great choices there. PGR2 is sweet -- I would add Quantum Redshift and Rallisport Challenge to that list of racers.

The big favorites Halo and Knights of the Old Republic are popular for a reason. They're both among the few games in their genres (FPS, RPG) that I've actually finished. Halo has a nice rhythm to it, and it's easy to progress. KOTOR is almost a "choose-your-own-adventure" novel with itsbranching storyline and combat that is as simple or as complex as you want it to be.

Some crap games that are easy to start and are nonetheless fun: the Simpsons games. "Road Rage" is a rip of Crazy Taxi and plays like an arcade game. "Hit and Run" rips Grand Theft Auto's structure and is the better of the two for it.

Midway Arcade Treasures goes without saying that it's plug and go. Same for Atari Anthology, which features high-resolution versions of the old vector games and a mess of 2600 ports.

Kamineko · Post by **Kamineko** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:41 pm 0

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. We got it for Â£3 at Smiths, and it's a riot all the time. You can pick it up in seconds, it's a blast.

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:45 pm 0

Flojomojo wrote:"Hit and Run" rips Grand Theft Auto's structure and is the better of the two for it.

Behave yourself.

moobaa · Post by **moobaa** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:05 pm 0

Flojomojo wrote:
shimeril wrote:Another vote for JSRF (which is Jet Set Radio Future.. )
I love Jet Set Radio, and it's easy to get into, but it's also easy to hit a wall and not be able to progress any further.

... I would add Quantum Redshift and Rallisport Challenge to that list of racers.

Jesus. Quantum Redshift has the most vicious vertical-leap-of-difficulty ever

But you're right, damn easy to get into.