Daughter just won an Xbox 360


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Are we talking about games for you or your daughter?

If you mean you..

Halo 3

Call of Duty 4

Bioshock

Orange Box (if you can't play it anywhere else i.e PC)

Gears of War (third person shooter but still good, and the sequel comes out this November)

Battlefield Bad Company

Some other non-FPS you might like..

Mass Effect

Forza Motorsport 2

PGR3 & 4

Grand Theft Auto 4

Rainbow Six Vegas 1 & 2 (mix of FPS & TPS)

Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter 1 & 2

Ninja Gaiden 2

Rock Band

Guitar Hero 2 & 3

Could perhaps start with the good ol' Gears of War, and Halo selections :p Great games. I personally recommend BioShock also. Congratulations on the win, as well, by the way. My girlfriend just won a 16gb iPod touch, as well as new shoes and has just calimed about $500 tax back. All I've won this whole year is $25 from V :p She's lucky.

But yeah...Gears of War, Halo 3 and BioShock for me. Oh, Call of Duty 4 is fun too...but maybe just rent that one out.

Oh and one other thing...this Xbox Live deal...sorry but I haven't payed much attention to consoles since I had a Sega Genesis. I'm assuming that most games don't require that...it's just for team play??

Oh and one other thing...this Xbox Live deal...sorry but I haven't payed much attention to consoles since I had a Sega Genesis. I'm assuming that most games don't require that...it's just for team play??

If you want to play any of the games online you will need to subscribe to Xbox Live (there is different packages including 1month, 3months and 12months iirc). You can play every game without Xbox Live though :)

Some more family friendly games would be..

Viva Pinata 1 & 2

Scene it? Lights, Camera, Action

Kameo Elements of Power

Lego Star Wars

Lego Indiana Jones

Banjo Kazooie Nuts & Bolts is out very soon (along with the N64 classics on Xbox Live Arcade)

All the usual sports titles from EA & 2K Games (NFL, NHL, NBA, Tiger Woods etc)

Rock Band is great family/multiplayer game

Then there is hundreds of games on Xbox Live Arcade aswell from classics like Pac-Man / Frogger to new IP like Geometry Wars / Braid.

Oh and one other thing...this Xbox Live deal...sorry but I haven't payed much attention to consoles since I had a Sega Genesis. I'm assuming that most games don't require that...it's just for team play??

You've got Xbox Live Silver, which is free, and Gold, which is the paid option. Xbox Live Silver includes everything but online multiplayer. That's the one I've got, and it's still alright, you can download demos and stuff and talk to your friends :)

Quite a lot of girls I know (who'd be roughly the same age as your daughter) like Guitar Hero. Rock Band is more fun at parties but also more expensive. My sister absolutely loves Portal, but it's pretty short so you might wanna think about if you're interested in playing Half-life, else the Orange Box might not be worth it.

In terms of upcoming games, Viva Pinata 2 should be good, I've got the original, and that's another one that my sister loves. Lips (like SingStar but with added features) looks pretty interesting, and might be a better choice than GH/RB if your daughter doesn't really like rock music.

Oh, and Halo's good (Y)

EDIT: Someone recommended Bioshock...a fantastic game, I'd recommend that as well (but more for you)

Oh and one other thing...this Xbox Live deal...sorry but I haven't payed much attention to consoles since I had a Sega Genesis. I'm assuming that most games don't require that...it's just for team play??

If you do want to buy xbox Live, get it off of eBay - you can usually find it for about half price (well, here in the UK you can :))

If you do want to buy xbox Live, get it off of eBay - you can usually find it for about half price (well, here in the UK you can :))

Yup, and look out for people selling the 13 month special edition subs. Even more for your money (Y) I'm not sure how many of them will still be floating around, afaik they were Halo 3 promotions.

If you do want to buy xbox Live, get it off of eBay - you can usually find it for about half price (well, here in the UK you can :) )

Keep in mind that when you sign up for Xbox Live, you will get one month of Gold for free. :)

Also look at xbox live arcade games. My wife loves playing Hexic and Zuma. There are free demos you can download from Xbox Live. (Silver or Gold - doesn't matter)

For her (some games are going to be released soon) - well, I like RPGs and I know several girls who like them too:

- The Orange Box (most likely Portal :)

- Eternal Sonata (RPG)

- Lost Odyssey (RPG)

Future releases:

- Rise of Argonauts (Release date: 10/14/2008)

- Fable II (10/21/2008)

- Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (11/11/2008)

- The Last Remnant (11/20/2008)

She's 15, not 8 lol.

I am sure she is exposed to a lot worse at school. Try out the marketplace and see what games you will both find fun. I am not too sure about what games girls enjoy, but there is a massive library online, and at blockbuster / netflix

We got Viva Pinata and SOF Payback (I used to play alot of SOF2 on pc) used at Gamestop. Viva Pinata looks cool, but I've yet to pry her away from it to try SOF. I'm off tomorrow while she's in school, so dad's gonna veg on the couch :D . As far as the Live deal, we're all wireless from my Airport and gamestop was a bit steep on the wireless adapter ($100)--gonna shop around for that.

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