5. Final Fantasy XIII

Although the 360 does have Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, both of which come directly from the man behind FF himself, there really isn’t a JRPG to be found on the 360 that comes anywhere close to matching Final Fantasy. It’s even quite possible that no other JRPG will ever out do this longstanding franchise. To have the next chapter appear on the 360 would be a delight for any owner, and even the ones that don’t enjoy RPG’s would revel in their counterparts’ anguish of losing one of Sony’s most important exclusives. Yes, the 360 did receive Final Fantasy XI, but everyone knows how MMO games usually pan out on Microsoft’s console. We’re sure that most 360 gamers are still praying for the true arrival of this franchise, rather some shotty port of a lesser entry in the series.

4. Grand Turismo 5

Racing genre junkies who own both Xbox consoles have always been able to rely on getting their fix with the Project Gotham Racing series, but when it comes to the true gear heads that put motor oil in their breakfast cereal, no other series will substitute GT (not even you Forza). With over 900 cars, GT 5 offers a plethora of racing possibilities, and let’s not forget those stunning graphics that make us feel like a deer caught in a pair of virtual headlights that can’t quite comprehend what it’s seeing. The only real comfort 360 owners can take in having to live without this franchise is that PS3 gamers may not be able to enjoy the full game until after 2009.

3. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

There aren’t many other games quite like Uncharted in general, let alone on the 360. With its intuitive mix of platforming, puzzle solving, and straight up shooting, Uncharted delivers a blockbuster of an adventure that could compete with any summer movie release, and would surely please gamers of either platfom. Not only is Uncharted an important title for its genre, but it also symbolizes the great gaming that can be had on the PS3 as one of the best titles the system has to offer. We can’t really think of any good substitute on the 360 that offers the same style and story that Uncharted does, which makes it one of the most envied PS3 games of all. Although the series is just starting out, don’t bother hoping for a reverse BioShock effect, as Sony owns the developer, Naughty Dog.

2. Resistance 1&2

We can list Japanese RPG games or racing sims until HD-DVD makes a comeback, but the truth is that what 360 gamers really live for are First Person Shooters, so much that we didn’t use the usual acronym. Yes, the 360 is by no means suffering any shortage in the shooter market, but the genre is so near and dear to many who own the console that some jealousy is to be expected at seeing PS3 owners enjoying one FPS franchise that Xbox owners cannot. It’s like taking a Star Wars fan and a Trekkie, then giving the latter a lock of George Lucas’ hair. With the sequel’s promise of even more nifty weaponry and an astonishing 60 player online component, the Resistance games offer a very real FPS experience that just plain can’t be found on the 360. Blasphemy isn’t it?

1. Metal Gear Solid 4

MGS 4 makes it to the top of our list not only because it happens to be the timeliest (releasing this week), but the incredible history of rampant speculation concerning a 360 version point to one thing: Xbox gamers want it BAD. Maybe the root of all this vague hope can be traced back to the taste of the franchise that Substance gave to the original Xbox, or perhaps the envy spawns from all the notoriety the series has in general. Even the most ardent 360 fanboy cannot deny that the Metal Gear Solid series is a hallmark in the history of videogames, offering unrivaled stealth action with a storyline worthy of excessively long cutscenes. Naturally, the most loyal Xbox owner would deny any desire to play it, but don’t think for a second that a 360 port of MGS 4 would be any less successful than former Sony exclusive Grand Theft Auto.

Now before we starting getting a barrage of hate mail from all you 360 gamers threatening to carve three bloody quadrants into our foreheads, remember that this door swings both ways. Stay tuned to TGR for a follow up article detailing all the best Xbox 360 exclusives that PlayStation fans dream of every night.

really liked Uncharted but could have lived without it mainly because short games p!ss me off no matter how good they are.

We can list Japanese RPG games or racing sims until HD-DVD makes a comeback, but the truth is that what 360 gamers really live for are First Person Shooters, so much that we didn’t use the usual acronym.

The 360 has been the JRPG console of choice this generation

I could do without Uncharted and GT5 already.

The rest make sense. Honestly they should have put Rachet and Clank: Future on there.

In my case, 3 out of 5 are correct: Final Fantasy XIII, Uncharted and Metal Gear Solid 4. So I guess it's fairly accurate.


You think Uncharted is short? I think it's considerably long, at least I don't have any other games in this genre that are as long as Uncharted. =S

It's difficult to label what genre Uncharted is exactly but I'd say the game comes under action/adventure to which there's certainly other games that fall into this category which are longer such as the Devil May Cry series

There aren’t many other games quite like Uncharted in general

Yes, I'd definitely label it as action/adventure. But seriously now, Devil May Cry? Devil May Cry is like a billion times shorter than Uncharted (not counting replays on other difficulties). I finished DMC in one day, but Uncharted took me a little over two days instead.

Well this year will see and has seen:

Tales of Vesperia
Last Remnant
Infinite Undiscovery
Fable 2
Lost Odyssey
Culdcept Saga
FallOut 3
Opertation Darkness
Zoids
Spectral Force 3
Too Human

That's 11 RPGs for this year.

your missing my point though.. i am not denying that their are RPG's on the 360 and more of them, what i am saying is there are not that many 360 users to play them and while their sales have been ok, i just dont see the sales being anything to warrant 360 exclusives,

Right now there's more 360 owners than PS3 owners though, Xbox 360 sales hit 19 million worldwide. So wouldn't that mean that there's more chance of an RPG being played on the console with the most gamers?

but if you're really into gaming - being a multiplatform owner is the sweet spot .

therein still lies the problem, what 360 games sale the most? its FPS games and Grand Theft Auto, its not RPG's. So while it does have a bigger install base, most of that install base plays on xbox live and most of that install base is heavy into FPS, GTA, DMC, etc..

its like PS2 vs Xbox. PS2 was your RPG crowd, they knew that buying the console, xbox was the FPS crowd. I think the lines have blurred a lot in this day and age, seeing as both consoles offer both, but in the end, i still think a good portion of people bought and buy a 360 for FPS, while PS3, a lot of the systems sold for the hungry RPG fans who wanted an upgrade of their PS2. I know this does not apply to every PS3 owner or 360 owner but i do feel it applies for a good portion.

I can see your point but I mostly think with the right marketing RPGs will do well on the 360. Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon did very well on the 360 which was down to good marketing and being damn good RPGs. Eternal Sonata hardly sold because no one knew about it despite it being a good game in it's own right.

I always chuckle when I see the 360 be considered as an FPS console because I think I'm one of the few who hardly plays FPS on it since I only own three FPS games haha!! The rest are action, Western and Japanese RPGs To be honest though since I cancelled XLive I can't get the most out of them, so I'll be slowly switching to the PS3 for my fix since it's free.

i dont mean to say everyone who owns the system is a FPS user, please dont misunderstand, just saying the majority of people are. And i also dont mind seeing RPG's on the 360, i think thats great, i just have a problem with these companies seeming to abandon a huge RPG market in the PS3.

5. Dead Rising

Long time PlayStation gamers are no strangers to the zombie survival genre, so it’s only natural for them to be a little envious when 360 owners get to enjoy one of the best. Dead Rising makes use of the next gen hardware by bringing home the feeling of an en masse undead assault with literally hundreds of mobile corpses on screen at once, forcing players to resort to using katanas, guitars, or maybe some unwanted PS3’s found on the shelves of the open ended shopping mall the game takes place in. No matter how many you kill, the horde just keeps coming, and we’re sure PS3 owners feel the same about their counterpart’s bragging. Remember Sony fanboys, Resident Evil 5 doesn’t count as a comeback because that one is on the 360 too!

4. Fable 2

While the original may not have lived up to the hype, can you name us one non-Japanese fantasy RPG on the PS3 that supersedes the first Fable? We didn’t think so. Giving players a dynamic world up to 10 times larger than the first rendition of Albion, Fable 2 looks to be making good on Peter Molyneux’s epic promise to fans of the original with even more ways for players to develop themselves, their offspring and even their pets. Add drop-in cooperative play and you have a sequel that should provide one of the most immersive fantasy experiences outside World of Warcraft, including the addiction. Don’t count on this one pulling a BioShock guys, as Microsoft owns the developer behind Fable, Lionhead Studios.

3. Gears of War 1 & 2

With toys, books, a film, and anything else that the logo can be slapped on and sold, Gears is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing IP’s that the industry has ever seen. The intense stop and pop gameplay has been a favorite of gamers and a boon to the 360 brand, functioning not as mere appetizer for a main course of Halo, but a major franchise in its own right. Gears is also an important symbol when it comes to the 360’s graphical capabilities, showing that regardless of any Sony exec smack talk, the system can most certainly bring on the next gen beauty, or should we say destroyed beauty?

2. Mass Effect

When sci-fi nerds are looking for a new gaming console, which do they choose? The one with the best space opera to be found in videogames of course! BioWare has given gamers an expertly crafted world that feels like an established sci-fi franchise that has already existed for generations.There have been rumblings of the series coming to the PS3, seeing as EA is the new owner of BioWare, but Senior Manager at the Vancouver Developer, Matt Attwood, has said that current plans to port the sequel only go as far as the PC. When it comes to the growing North American RPG market it’s quite clear that some of the strongest titles can only be found on the 360.

1.Halo 3

The most horrid example possible, one that will twist the gut of any PS3 fan reading this. For even the name Halo is but a revolting curse in the world of PlayStation fandom, and to have any love for Master Chief is to in effect harbor warm feelings towards the entire Xbox brand that he so symbolically represents. Sony fans can deny it all they want, but the Halo series remains one of the most influential console FPS games of our time and is arguably the main reason that the 360 exists today. Given the difference that Halo has made, and success it has brought to all things Xbox, there’s no reason why PS3 fans would not wish for an alternative history where Sony got a hold of Bungie’s masterpiece instead of Microsoft. You will never get a Sony fanboy to even acknowledge the prominence or quality of the Halo series, but we all know that it would have flourished on any system

ok so i promised i would post up the five 360 games that ps3fanboys wish they had and here they are.. my opinion is this list is not the games i thought it would be and really leaves me saying "i want these?" I mean besides Gears of War, what on this list scream, OMG GIVE ME IT ON PS3!!! I know its not Halo 1.3, Fable was pathetic so i am not looking forward to gable 2 and Dead Rising/Mass Effect, no interest..

DISCUSS!!!

also, can an admin move this topic to general gaming?



http://www.thegamereviews.com/article-611-...h-They-Had.html

PS3 will probably get Mass Effect 2 (considering EA now owns the rights), but I think the first one might have been published by MS.

Sorry folks, this is just another rumor at this stage. Could BioWare make Mass Effect for the PS3 (or the PC, or some other platform) in the future? Yes we could, but we are not working on a PS3 version currently.