Ign greatest games of all times

MechWarrior was a beloved PC game franchise. It was one of the best pen-and-paper-to-video-game RPG translations that had ever been made to that point, and MechAssault took that universe and made a faster-paced, more arcade-y version of it that felt great to play with a gamepad for the original Xbox.

It managed to retain the soul of the more simulation-focused parent series. Even better, it was a day-one launch title for Xbox Live, and its multiplayer proved to be unique and brilliantly suited to the Xbox Live environment. This is another game that has remained disappointingly dormant in the years since its release MechAssault 2 hit a couple years later but wasn't as good , leading fans to wonder if MechAssault will ever return. That is what we'll always think of first when we think of this beloved Xbox racing franchise from the renowned developers at Bizarre Creations.

When you did awesome stuff on the track, like drifting, passing, powersliding, etc. The power of the Xbox hardware relative to the PS2 really shined here, as PGR2 was gorgeous as future entries in the series would be as well. PGR2 deftly walked the line between arcade and simulation racing, making itself incredibly approachable for more casual players, while still offering enough for hardcore sim fans to grab onto as well.

Its soul seems to live on today in Forza Horizon. KOTOR was the first and it has historically gotten all of the glory, but the second was Jade Empire, an excellent Eastern-influenced epic that took home one of the highest review scores IGN had ever given at the time. It borrowed the morality system from KOTOR but ditched the turn-based combat in favor of a real-time combat engine, resulting in much faster, more fluid fights. It was a classic and unfortunate case of critical success and commercial failure, but it's never too late.

If you get the chance, play it. It wasn't a true open-world game, but there were plenty of spots you could get out of your fighter plane and interact on the ground while on foot. Crimson Skies boasted fantastic graphics and great multiplayer that wasn't like anything else on the Xbox, and it eventually became something of a cult classic on the console, with fans clamoring for years afterward for a sequel that never came. Many Dreamcast fans would agree that the original Xbox was, spiritually speaking, the Dreamcast 2.

Sega threw its full support behind Microsoft's fledgling console after its own had failed, and of the many great Sega games to land on Xbox, Jet Set Radio Future was arguably the most memorable. The stylistic in-line-skating action game was unlike anything else on this or any console, and at one point it was even a pack-in game with the Xbox along with the also-excellent but less-remembered Sega GT Racing.

Jet Set Radio Future was so unique it was never really imitated, though it does seem to have been a clear influence on Insomniac's Xbox One classic Sunset Overdrive. Rainbow Six 3 continued Tom Clancy's dominant run on the first Xbox by bringing close-quarters, team-based tactical military shooter gameplay to Xbox Live.

While Xbox's new online service had stars early on — MechAssault is also on this list — it wasn't until Rainbow Six 3 released one year into Xbox Live's life that the network finally had its first breakout hit. But it wasn't all about multiplayer; the single-player campaign was great, too, and its really nifty party trick was the ability to don the Xbox Live chat headset while you were running the campaign and issuing simple voice commands like, "Stack up" and "Go go go!

Fable had a lot to live up to thanks to Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux's lofty pre-release promises, but in the end Fable turned out to be a heck of a game. Albion is a wonderfully realized British fantasy world, with appropriately British humor and charm.

A true good and evil system allowed you to play how you wanted to, with good deeds eventually creating a literal halo over your character's head, while breaking bad would cause horns to grow out of your hero's skull. Fable didn't reach the peak of its potential until its first sequel on the Xbox , but the first Fable was nevertheless one of the original Xbox's best and most memorable games.

Movie-licensed video games suck. Or at least, they did until Starbreeze Studios and Vin Diesel's own Tigon Studios came along and threw that stereotype into a Dumpster. Riddick would've been a classic even with no association to Diesel's film series, because Escape From Butcher Bay was an impeccably designed first-person stealth game that mixed a stunning bespoke game engine heck, even the normal-mapped rotating metal cube of a menu screen looked amazing with great characters, a fantastic story, and a mix of gameplay styles.

Riddick was light years better than it had any right to be, and it was an Xbox exclusive to boot. The weapons, the moves, the enemies, the set pieces, the bosses, the 60fps action — all of it was as close to flawless as an action game can possibly be.

Sure, you might throw your controller through a wall before it's all said and done, but the sheer satisfaction of defeating bosses like Alma arguably paved the way for the Soulsborne-style challenge that many gamers thrive on today. If you could guide Ryu Hyabusa through the entire lengthy campaign on Master Ninja difficulty, then you truly were a gaming god. Ninja Gaiden was a marvel. The original Xbox wasn't just trying to compete with the PlayStation 2 on a hardware level.

It also had to stand up to Sony's highly successful machine on the software side too, of course. It was not only the greatest role-playing game on Xbox, but one of the greatest RPGs of all-time.

It's so legendary that it's being remade 20 years later. BioWare's masterpiece spun an irresistible Star Wars tale set 4, years before the original film trilogy, and brought with it memorable characters like HK as well as, crucially, a morality system that allowed you to be the most noble Jedi you could be or And the twists and turns the story took The third Splinter Cell from the ultra-talented team at Ubisoft Montreal had everything.

Killer graphics? Check those dynamic shadows! Incredible Dolby 5. A brilliantly designed single-player campaign that let you go full-stealth, gadget-crazy, or guns-blazing? A four-mission later expanded to six through free DLC co-op campaign that was unlike anything we'd ever experienced before? We included games from all systems and generations.

The best part about these tournaments, as it is in sports, is that a new winner is just waiting in the wings to be crowned next. Only you can help make that happen, and we look forward to seeing you for our next glorious battle… BOY.

Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter AdamBankhurst and on Twitch. God of War. GTA San Andreas. Red Dead Redemption. By Adam Bankhurst Updated: 30 Sep pm. Have you played God of War? YES NO. We'll be publishing one editor's list per week, until all have had their say. Everyone has been given full freedom to include any games they want, and as many games as they want. One thing to keep in mind - we're a diverse group of gamers here at IGN, so although you're sure to see plenty of award winners, you're also sure to see plenty of games that aren't widely considered great, or maybe even good.

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