20 Years of Xbox – Here Are The 20 Best (Original) Xbox Games
20 Years of Xbox – Here Are The 20 Best (Original) Xbox Games
Around two decades ago, just as Sega was exiting the console market following the Dreamcast’s failure, Sony and Nintendo got another major competitor in the form of Microsoft and Xbox. And though Xbox has, of course, seen its fair share of ups and downs over the years (as others have), the brand has persevered and strengthened. It goes without saying that the original Xbox, which came out twenty years ago in November 2001, had a huge role to play in that, laying down a foundation upon which Microsoft would continue to build with all future consoles.
And a lot of that is down to the library- which had more than a few killer releases that are considered to be among the best games of that era. As Xbox celebrates its 20th anniversary, here, we’ll be talking about our twenty favourite games in the original Xbox’s library.
Tenerezza is the best action jrpg on the original xbox
Burnout 3 > Paradise
Project Gotham and Dead or Alive 3 were incredible
I was a hard-core Xbox fan since the beginning. I even bought the Xbone Day One Edition. Halfway through the generation Sony seduced me with their games. I’m a Sony fanboy now although of course I’ll always get both.
I preferred the library of ps2, gamecube, and dreamcast (In that order) but xbox still had a few exclusive bangers. Xbox stepped it up big time for the 360 but they haven’t come close to that level since.
Why are y’all showing the remastered Halo CE and 2?
Plays the remastered halo instead of the halo he’s talking about
Disliked, no love for TENCHU.
i remember back in the day when game designers used to listen to what we wanted and delivered the best they could but now….it just seems like i’m not a consumer anymore i’m just an item line in these companies budget.
kinda miss that kind of graphics :v
Bruh you have ssx on here but not NFL 2K5 bruh
You missed SO many good titles that deserve to be here instead of some real trash picks.
_Hunter: The Reckoning_
_MechAssault 1 & 2_
_Star Wars: Jedi Academy_
_Quantum Redshift_
_Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War_
_Brute Force_
_007 Nightfire_
and ESPECIALLY _Jet Set Radio Future._
no mortal combat? this list is invalid without at least one mortal combat game on the list. also fuzion frenzy best sleep over at the era ever made. so many 3 am fights and getting told to stfu or im getting the belt screams and then us giggling.
Back then Xbox invested in NEW stuff, I miss those days.
( No, buying Bethesda isn’t the same thing. Bethesda games would eventually come to Xbox anyway )
I always wanted a Xbox at the time, but had a PS2 which I played most of the games shown on here. I did get a Xbox and it was short lived, because I got a Xbox 360 and moved on to Halo 3 and CoD4. I wanted the xbox, because the graphics in multiplat games were better and it had halo. Haha
Jet Set Radio Future, Chronicles of Riddick Escape from Butcher Bay, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Alan Wake, Crimson Skies
No Defjam outrun 2 jetsetfuture and DOA3
Most of the games are the best PC games, not Xbox
‘Deathrow’ was fantastic. Invest in getting a feel for it and understand the controls. It is one of the greatest sports game I’ve ever played. Excellent graphics, tight controls, refined camera control, a great story, and, truly, some white-knuckle playing.
no bruteforce, metal arms, or republic commando? come on man 🙁
This was a really good video , here is my list of 20 games , that I played on the original Xbox.
OTOGI 1&2 , BRUTE FORCE , ODDWORLD MUNCH’S ODDYSEE , ODDWORLD STRANGERS WRATH , Toejam & Earl 3 mission to earth , Grabbed by the Ghoulies , Stubbs the Zombie 🧟♂️ in Rebel Without a Pulse , Spyhunter , Hunter the Reckoning and Redeemer , BloodRayne , Legacy of Kain Defiance , The Thing , Freedom Fighters , Kill Switch , Predator Concrete Jungle , Enter the Matrix , X-MEN Legends , The Incredible Hulk Ultimate Destruction.
Xbox always had the best graphics
Pariah was pretty good too.
And I know it’s not a game but XBMC needed a mention.
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Be safe and STAY blessed everyone
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Buffy better be on this
I found & purchased an original XBOX brand new a year after the console was discontinued. I wasn’t a fan of the system or it’s games and favored the GameCube Nintendo and even the SONY PlayStation 2. However, after learning of the 3rd party games that are generally superior to the GCN/PS2 counterparts and the quality 1st party games, I started collecting games for the system beyond the games I definitely wanted. I have accumulated roughly 100+ Complete-in-the-Box (CIB) games for the home console.
The XBOX is a great system that was ahead of it’s time! Even till this day, I strongly prefer the GCN over any system that released during that generation, but I do like the XBOX and what it has bought to the table.
08:19 Yeah, sorry but no. GT is still the king of sims when it comes to racing. Forza Horizon is not a simulator type.
I know it wasn’t a huge game but I loved Kingdom Under Fire: Crusaders. One of my all time favorite games
Great list, I’d add Outrun 2 and Jet Set Radio Future.
Fables duel magic is some of the best in all rpg to me.
Not bad.
I’ll name mine:
1) Shenmue 2
2) Jade Empire
3) Ninja Gaiden Black
4) Crimson Sea
5) Dead or Alive 3
6) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
7) Sonic Heroes
8) Fable
9) Tenchu: Return from Darkness
10) Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain
11) X-Men Legends 1 & 2
12) Prince of Persia Trilogy
13) X-2: Wolverine’s Revenge
14) Ultimate Spider-Man
15) The Matrix & Path of Neo
16) Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
17) Spider-Man 2
18) Dead to Rights 1 & 2
19) Blade 2
20) Azurik: Rise of Parathia
And shout out to Sudeki!!
Brute Force is soooo underrated. 😭😭 I need it to be on the newer consoles.
No Azurik?
Halo 3 🎤 drop
The best ogs were Halo, Half-Life 2, spongebob battle for bikini bottom, and the spongebob movie oh and also gta 3, vice city, and of course San andreas.
While I’m glad Jade Empire got a mention the list left out not only Otogi: Myth of Demons and Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors (exclusive Xbox games) but also OddWorld: Stranger’s Wrath (exclusive at the time) and Fuzion Frenzy (another great exclusive). I have to mention Dead or Alive 3 (one of the best games in the series).
I hope you do a list of 20 Best Xbox 360 games!
PGR 1 & 2 were classic as well as Jet Set Radio Future, Fusion Frenzy, Sega GT 2002
Most of these I played on ps2
Armed and dangerous
that riddick game was mind blowing
San Andreas, III, and GTA V are miles ahead of vice city in every way.
I would’ve put Psi Ops The Mindgate Conspiracy, The Thing and Hitman 2 on there.
I remember seeing Fable on G4 TV during their coverage of the E3 stuff back in the day and it almost sold me on Xbox. But I got GameCube instead.
Owned a Xbox 360 but for some reason it felt uncomfortable to navigate around the menu, and yeah not the reason Sony kinda got me too just for the games I guess. But I loved games like Fable and some others in the end though PlayStation won me over. Been gaming over 40 yrs started with Atari 2600 and the 5200 and so on , but I think I could swing my 5 kids and 2 grandsons to get me a new Xbox lol. 👨🦳🤘👍🎮😎
Jade empire is so awesome.
Where’s blinx and conker?
Who was playing Tony Hawk in that video? They were terrible lol
Speaking of max pain … They had a similar game with a dog mechanic called Dead To Rights which I love back when I was a kid. Also ssx 3 is memorable but not as memorable as SSX Tricky was… SSX Tricky is one of those games I want EA to give the rights to Microsoft or somebody so can see it on game pass… which reminds me.. might as well throw in NFL Street and NBA street
Plenty of better games they left out. Jet Set Radio Future, MechAssualt, MotoGP 2, Midtown Madness 3, Panzer Dragoon Orta….I can go on
I’m mechassault 1 and 2 and sudeki are all missing from this list mechassault really needs to be brought back
I wouldn’t consider PGR to be a racing sim