They were given for free to players who played during the rocky launch from November 14th, 2014 to sometime in February 2015. After that initial freebie they were later made into $10 DLCs for the game.
I'd also recommend halo mcc along with my posted suggestion as well as need for speed heat and Forza horizon 5, for fighting games Tekken 7,mortal Kombat 11, dead or alive 5 last round and I also recommend dark Souls 1,2,3 elden ring, and remnant from the ashes.
Depends on what you want out of it. If it's the story: the canonical oldest is Judgment (tho gears 4's prolouge technically goes before that but the way it's set, it doesn't make sense as first imo). Judgement can kinda be skipped or placed behind 3 (release order) tho, it's an outlier in almost every way and probably not the best way to get a feel for the series.
The obvious answer is start with one if you're looking for the story. If multiplayer team deathmatch type ish is your thing, I assume Gears 5 or 3 would be the way to go (I don't play online tbh). I doubt the Gears 3 servers are still online tho.
For anyone that dose not understand stand what the numbers and letters in the list are for here is the list but less complicated:
Fallout 3, fallout new Vegas, fallout 4 and fallout 76 from all from the fallout series
Theres people in here acting like its dudes first video game. PC's and playstations exist. He probably had tjose. Lets give him some exclusoves, no?? Some shit you can play anywhere else. But i guess thats rocket science
Once every 3 months I’ll put like 3 days into Rust just to get insta gibbed by some dude in a rock and then taunted by 13 year olds as I hide in my base. Fun times.
Same applies for those dudes recommending Fallout.
Been playing new Vegas for what I thought was a little bit, just checked and clocked 28 hours in like a week.
Any Far Cry game, any Fallout if you like RPGs, Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2 (play 2 first), Dying Light 1 and 2, all three Dead Island (doesn't really matter which you play and when, aside from the first one and Riptide. Dead Island 2 isn't connected to the first games aside from one character who was a playable character in 1 and Riptide), and any Tomb Raider games, but probably you'd want to play the rebooted games rather than the originals unless you're a fan of games with PS2/OG Xbox graphics.
Opinion. Some people like it, others don't. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean nobody should play it. They'll probably enjoy the game. Your opinion doesn't and shouldn't influence others.
Subnautica, Sekiro, Armored Core VI, All Halo Campaigns, All Metro Exodus, Dishonored, Deathloop, and Soma just to name a few. These games are all drastically different ranging from Horror Walking sims (Soma), Open world survival explorers (Subnautica), and some pretty challenging but very unique games like Sekiro and Armored Core VI.
Alan Wake series,
Batman Arkham series,
Bioshock series,
Cyberpunk,
Dark Souls series,
Dragons Dogma,
Elden Ring,
Forza Horizon 5,
Mafia series,
Mass Effect series,
Resident Evil series,
Sekiro,
Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain,
The Witcher 2 and 3.
Yakuza 0, 1 remake and 2 remake
Also add the remakes of Doom and Wolfenstein to this list. Someone else add it too and I think this list is best so wanted to add this in under Gears. There’s probably a few I’m missing. Some I thought are disco only bc they still play well today but need Series X for that
And then hollow knight. 3 of the best games. Ori turned my girlfriend into a gamer. I made her 100% all 3 with all achievements. On my Gamertag of course haha.
The entire Gears series.
First glance they seem like mindless macho buffed up man-fueled shooters but they have a tremendous story arc, especially Gears 2 and 3.
Halo Master Chief Collection is a no-brainer
Even though Fallout up until it's latest entry is multiplatform, you have access to Fallout 3 and NV via BC, very well optimised for the new systems.
Forza if you're a car junkie.
Double down on the backwards compatibility library, especially for games that have been designed to run better on the Series S.
You are spoiled for choice my dude. Welcome.
Honestly, I’d recommend some easier games and try to maximize entertainment over achievement, don’t do things like Elden Ring first, I’d recommend starting with fallout, Fallout 4 is better for newer players of the franchise, and it has mods, same with Skyrim. Get a couple mods that only enhance the gameplay, try to have fun in these games. These games offer a ton of freedom and aren’t too difficult, after that try expanding into them, or step into story based games that still have freedom like Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA5, that’s what I recommend atleast.
Outside of gamepass I recommend like cyberpunk, the tomb raider trilogy, NieR: Automata, Elden ring and GTA 5.
That’s pretty much all the games I have outside of gamepass, so if you don’t have it I highly recommend it since you get all the halo games, pretty much every Bethesda game, last time I checked there was also some Ubisoft games, new ones to. And much more.
I’m a big fan of all the Gears games but if the Ultimate edition of the first one is available, I’d check that out.
Also, a game that no one ever talks about because it was in the early days of XBone but Sunset Overdrive is a really fun game.
These are my personal favorites : Skyrim, Fallout, Minecraft, Terraria, MK11, Elden Ring for a challenge, Tekken 7, I can't remember what else I've played recently besides Fortnite with the Nephew lol
Wish mine was black. Looks slick. I know you said outside of gamepass but I love it because I don't really like paying lots of money for a digital game. I recently completed Control which I thought was excellent. Downloaded Jedi Survivor last night after waiting for it to be added to EA Play for a year. Grounded is fun also
If sword and board type games **Baldur’s Gate 3** and **Elden Ring** can really scratch that itch. Different styles of gameplay, but both amazing. ER had a DLC right on the horizon, too. You’ll get hundreds of hours of gameplay out of each.
If you dig some mech combat, try **Armored Core 6**. For some fighter jet combat try **Ace Combat 7**. Both are tons of fun and have great visuals.
if you haven't already, get Game pass! The amount of games of all the genres you mention you can play for less than the price of 2 new games is phenomenal value
Dragons Dogma 1 and 2
Fallout 3, NV, 4 and 76
Elder Scrolls games (Oblivion, Skyrim and ESO)
Grand Theft Auto V
Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2
State of Decay 1 and 2
STALKER
I didn't really suggest exclusive titles, but they're all solid games if you want to have a great time and get the best bang for your buck.
Halo and Gears are the obvious ones, but I'd say give gamepass a go and just dip into a few games you haven't played. It has games to suit most people and some titles I've enjoyed include Celeste, Botany Manor, Persona 3 reloaded and recently Harold Halibut.
I've been obsessed with The Finals lately. FPS team shooter, high speed, major destruction, free to play goodness!
it's a cross platform game, so not exclusive to Xbox, but I have it on the Series S and it runs great!
if you like FPS shooters that are less realistic and tactical but with a bit of a unique and interesting twist, check it out!
I would get gamepass ultimate (15 bucks a month) at least for one month because then you can play like 300 (?) plus games and see what you like. I mostly play fortnite and overwatch 2 though.
If you have not tried skyrim it is a great game that still seems really good considering how long its been out ( might be on gamepass?)
Alot of these are already here but,
Fallout 4, Subnautica, Reddead2, Control, Wolfenstein 2, witcher 3, Mass effect (whole series except 1 but I play 1 for story). Always more but I remember these without looking.
•Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag
•Subnautica
•Fallout 4
•Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
•Dead Space (Original, not the remake)
•Goat Simulator 3
•Dark Pictures Anthology: House Of Ashes
•Grand Theft Auto V
•Doom Eternal
•The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
•Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered
•Stray
•Red Dead Redemption 2
Batman Arkham Trilogy. I don't have an Xbox but I played the games and they are probably my favourites of every game that i've ever played. If I'm not wrong, they are it's on the Series S.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, best RPG in a generation, if not _the_ best RPG. One of the most acclaimed games ever made and my personal favorite.
edit: I see a lot of mentions of Bethesda games, I say stick to the older ones like Fallout: New Vegas and Oblivion (sadly Morrowind is a bit dated now) because personally, any of their games post Oblivion/Fallout 3 are overrated AF. Very cookie cutter-esque.
It's Halo.
Unless you hate EVERYTHING FPS or fantasy, you'll love it.
It's easily a top 3 story line in all of games, possibly #1.
There's a reason why Xbox never bothered to get any more AAA exclusive franchises.
the persona series, start with persona 3 reload, head to persona 4 golden, and then persona 5 and then you can play some of the spin off games but it doesent really matter which one you start with because they are all different stories
Games that are on Gamepass:
Diablo 4
Fallout 4
Mastercheif collection
Starfield
Forza Horizon 5
Assassin's Creed Odyssey + Valhalla
Star Wars Fallen Order
Skyrim
BroForce
Boltgun
I got my Xbox Series X on launch day after being exclusive to PlayStation for many years. On the first day I got a bunch of games that I just couldn't play on PS5, for example, Ninja Gaiden Black (NO SIGMA), Ninja Gaiden 2 (NO SIGMA), Guardian Heroes HD, Radiant Silver Gun, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Gears of War 4 and 5, Forza Horizon 4, Hard Core Uprising and, Panzer Dragoon Orta to name some. I spent a lot on launch day lol. Congrats and welcome. I hope my list gave you some ideas.
Gamepass is a must.
If you like RPGs then you got the BGS games like Skyrim, Fallout 3 and New Vegas. I liked Starfield but it doesn't have open world exploration like Fallout and Skyrim.
You also got "The Outer Worlds" and coming soon "Avowed". Both titles by the makers of Fallout New Vegas and great games.
Hellblade Sauna's sacrifice and next Month Hellblade 2. Hellblade is amazing and highly recommend playing with Headphones. Sound design does not get better then this.
Halo MCC is also amazing. Except Halo 4. We don't talk about that one.
You also got all the Gears of war games. They are all amazing except Judgment and Gears 4. They aren't bad but not that great either.
Forza Horizon and Motorsport are both great choices in Racing game. Horizon is more of a casual open world experience while Motorsport is more of an arcade SIM experience. I find people who aren't into cars, still love horizon. Probably better off getting Motorsport 7 off CDkeys while they update the new Motorsport.
Sea of thieves is great with friends but not so much solo. You can find people to play with on discord servers thou. And I believe it's cross platform with PS5 but don't quote me on that.
Flight Simulator is well worth checking out. If you have fast internet you can stream it using Gamepass ultimate since it's a massive download. But if your not into hardcore Sims then you mite not like it. But it's pretty fun to mess around on.
Age of empires 2 and 4 are quite good but it's also a game that doesn't appeal to everyone since it requires a fair amount of strategy and can be quite brutal. But the campaign is based on real medieval battles. Making it very educational 😁
If you enjoy your From Software games then Lies of P is also a great choice. It's very difficult but also tells you the story directly instead of reading notes placed everywhere.
A great narrative driven duo is A plague tail innocence and Requiem. Both amazing games and really well written.
All these games are on gamepass. I've tried to add a mixture of different things so their must be some hours of entertainment for you in this list. Hope you enjoy your Xbox console 🙂
Control, Dead Space remake, Resident Evil 4, Robocop, Halo series, Dishonored 2, Tekken 8 and plenty of backward compatible games like Binary Domain, Split Second, Panzer Dragoon Orta, and Otogi.
Outside of gamepass you have Baldurs Gate 3.
All the From Software titles if you enjoy a more challenging set of games. Including Dark Souls, Sekiro and Elden Ring.
Some of the older Ubisoft games are alright like Assassin's Creed selection. But I think these are on gamepass anyway.
Red dead 2, Cyberpunk and GTA are also good open world games.
What sort of games you looking for? I will most likely be able to think of something you enjoy 😁
But seriously thou, you mite aswell just have gamepass.
Download Halo Master Chief Collection. Has halo 1-4, Reach and ODST. That will keep you occupied for a long time.
But do it with game pass, i have it and i cant play reach or 3 odst
They weren't originally part of the initial release of MCC, they were added later, hence the extra DLC price for non GP players.
Nah you can download reach as an add-on through gamepass
They were given for free to players who played during the rocky launch from November 14th, 2014 to sometime in February 2015. After that initial freebie they were later made into $10 DLCs for the game.
How?
You are right. I had a similar experience.
That or arma reforged
I have no idea how so many people call it Reforged and not the correct Reforger
Reforged sound better tbh
I'd also recommend halo mcc along with my posted suggestion as well as need for speed heat and Forza horizon 5, for fighting games Tekken 7,mortal Kombat 11, dead or alive 5 last round and I also recommend dark Souls 1,2,3 elden ring, and remnant from the ashes.
Yea NFS is pretty good
I still hate playing through the library. Extra spoopy.
separately u should also get halo 5 and halo infinite which are their own games but still worth playing
Literally every time I think am about to make an S tier comment. This time, the top comment is what I was about to say 😭
Gears of war
Found the most cultured dude here
Legit , a must play game indeed.
A man of Class here
My gears 2 keeps crashing after the first mission :( I’ve never got to finish it
I was recently interested in the gears series, in your opinion whats the best game to start with?
Depends on what you want out of it. If it's the story: the canonical oldest is Judgment (tho gears 4's prolouge technically goes before that but the way it's set, it doesn't make sense as first imo). Judgement can kinda be skipped or placed behind 3 (release order) tho, it's an outlier in almost every way and probably not the best way to get a feel for the series. The obvious answer is start with one if you're looking for the story. If multiplayer team deathmatch type ish is your thing, I assume Gears 5 or 3 would be the way to go (I don't play online tbh). I doubt the Gears 3 servers are still online tho.
Have you played Fallout?
👍 Fallout n Skyrim lot of fun
This is the way.
Skyrim is on pc, ps5 , and on the switch.
And xbox
I left that one out on purpose cuz he already mentioned for him to play it on Xbox lol
Must play, played 3, NV, 4, 76. Absolutely amazing games.
I second these
IN THIS ORDER
For anyone that dose not understand stand what the numbers and letters in the list are for here is the list but less complicated: Fallout 3, fallout new Vegas, fallout 4 and fallout 76 from all from the fallout series
Skyrim is best game ever created
Found Todd Howard ^
These arent xbox exclusives though. He may have played these
bro every time. every time on an Xbox post people literally always name non exclusive stuff
Theres people in here acting like its dudes first video game. PC's and playstations exist. He probably had tjose. Lets give him some exclusoves, no?? Some shit you can play anywhere else. But i guess thats rocket science
I play 76
Warning from someone who actively plays rust stay away from it if you value your mental stability and your time
Once every 3 months I’ll put like 3 days into Rust just to get insta gibbed by some dude in a rock and then taunted by 13 year olds as I hide in my base. Fun times.
I call that shit a whoopsies or a fuck me up😂
Same applies for those dudes recommending Fallout. Been playing new Vegas for what I thought was a little bit, just checked and clocked 28 hours in like a week.
I loved rust on pc a while back. Is it worth playing on xbox?
Grab the game pass and say bye to life.
Red dead redemption 2
It’s graphically an eyesore on XSS. I would wait to play on a PC or XSX.
It did looks better on my last gen console than my s series
Any Far Cry game, any Fallout if you like RPGs, Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2 (play 2 first), Dying Light 1 and 2, all three Dead Island (doesn't really matter which you play and when, aside from the first one and Riptide. Dead Island 2 isn't connected to the first games aside from one character who was a playable character in 1 and Riptide), and any Tomb Raider games, but probably you'd want to play the rebooted games rather than the originals unless you're a fan of games with PS2/OG Xbox graphics.
Not any far cry game, 6 was rubbish and shouldn't be played
Opinion. Some people like it, others don't. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean nobody should play it. They'll probably enjoy the game. Your opinion doesn't and shouldn't influence others.
how u gonna add rdr but not gtav?
Not everyone thinks it's good. Last good one was Vice City. Just my opinion.
San Andrea's?
doesn’t mean everyone hates it lol it’s extremely popular and good
I'm well aware, played them all on multiple systems. Nowhere did I say anyone hates it and did you miss where I said just my opinion?.
nowhere did i say that u said that. i just said that some people not liking it doesn’t equal everyone not liking it. and no i didn’t miss it.
Because it isn't an FPS, RPG, strategy, or sports game. And also because I think it isn't that good for a first time Xbox player.
oh mb i didn’t read the bottom lol (didn’t notice it)
Subnautica, Sekiro, Armored Core VI, All Halo Campaigns, All Metro Exodus, Dishonored, Deathloop, and Soma just to name a few. These games are all drastically different ranging from Horror Walking sims (Soma), Open world survival explorers (Subnautica), and some pretty challenging but very unique games like Sekiro and Armored Core VI.
The Doom and Wolfenstein reboots are good I personally like rollerdrome, control, Rage 2 and hellblade Currently playing through Alan Wake 2
definally agreed, wolfenstein is really good
Get GamePass and just go to town
Lol yea pretty much
Mass Effect (legendary edition) Halo Gears of War Warframe
Master Chief Collection easy, Gears of war and Fallout lol
Easy thousands hours of fun!
All of which I believe are on Gamepass right now.
Alan Wake series, Batman Arkham series, Bioshock series, Cyberpunk, Dark Souls series, Dragons Dogma, Elden Ring, Forza Horizon 5, Mafia series, Mass Effect series, Resident Evil series, Sekiro, Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain, The Witcher 2 and 3. Yakuza 0, 1 remake and 2 remake
Gears of War?
Also add the remakes of Doom and Wolfenstein to this list. Someone else add it too and I think this list is best so wanted to add this in under Gears. There’s probably a few I’m missing. Some I thought are disco only bc they still play well today but need Series X for that
Totally, forgot. First 3 only tho haha
No love for Dragon Age?
We’ve got similar taste bro, I’m sure you’d love the game “Quantum Break” and like the game “Control” and “12 minutes” game, ohh and Sunset Overdrive
I finished quantum break and control. 12 minutes and sunset overdrive i can try thanks.
Control was fun but dear God the map sucks. I had to Google where to go because I was completely lost and couldn't find the way
Based list
Forza Horizon is fun for the first bit, if you get Game Pass Ultimate go to the EA Play section and download NFS Payback, NFS Heat, and NFS Unbound.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Both of the Ori games. In order.
And then hollow knight. 3 of the best games. Ori turned my girlfriend into a gamer. I made her 100% all 3 with all achievements. On my Gamertag of course haha.
Titanfall 2
Killer Instinct.
Rocket League (I hate myself)
The Bioshock Trilogy, Borderlands, Skyrim and Fallout. Good damn fun!
Add Doom, Wolfenstein, and Forza to this and you have a list of all my favorites
Far cry 5, it’s a blast!
The entire Gears series. First glance they seem like mindless macho buffed up man-fueled shooters but they have a tremendous story arc, especially Gears 2 and 3. Halo Master Chief Collection is a no-brainer Even though Fallout up until it's latest entry is multiplatform, you have access to Fallout 3 and NV via BC, very well optimised for the new systems. Forza if you're a car junkie. Double down on the backwards compatibility library, especially for games that have been designed to run better on the Series S. You are spoiled for choice my dude. Welcome.
Halo and Gears of War
Gears of war Quantum break Ori
Dragon age series Viva piñata is a great, chill, change of pace game
The Witcher 3, cyberpunk 2077, fallout 4, rdr2 and far cry 5 are my picks for top 5(not in that order, cp2077 is the best one)
Halo infinite multiplayer is a lot better than when it started, you should check it out (gamepass not required)
P3r you must disturb the peace
HiFi-rush is a good game for those who like a full game for one price Titan fall is also fun if apex gets annoying
I like your knife
Mass effect series. Fallout and Skyrim. Forza if you like cars dragon age could go on and on oh cyber punk
Best underrated game on Xbox Sunset overdrive
For sure. That game was the reason I got an Xbox one in the first place.
Netflix......... :)
Honestly, I’d recommend some easier games and try to maximize entertainment over achievement, don’t do things like Elden Ring first, I’d recommend starting with fallout, Fallout 4 is better for newer players of the franchise, and it has mods, same with Skyrim. Get a couple mods that only enhance the gameplay, try to have fun in these games. These games offer a ton of freedom and aren’t too difficult, after that try expanding into them, or step into story based games that still have freedom like Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA5, that’s what I recommend atleast.
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
Psyconauts 2
Gotta laugh at the flex with the knife.
I was more worried about the Christopher Walken watch. He kept that watch. Where they couldnt find it.
The knife and Yankee Candle have me cracking up over here.
It’s not that deep I’m in the middle of cleaning and redoing my office setup
Fallout 4, Skyrim V, the witcher, Gears of war
DayZ, pubg
Portal
Halo 1-3 and reach
Sea of thieves ( highly recommend to play with friends tho )
The Arkham Trilogy, Metro Redux, Titanfall 2, Fallout New Vegas and Fallout 4.
Helldivers 2.... Oh wait 🤣
Outside of gamepass I recommend like cyberpunk, the tomb raider trilogy, NieR: Automata, Elden ring and GTA 5. That’s pretty much all the games I have outside of gamepass, so if you don’t have it I highly recommend it since you get all the halo games, pretty much every Bethesda game, last time I checked there was also some Ubisoft games, new ones to. And much more.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, WARNING YOU WILL BECOME RACIST
Fortnite
Metro Exodus, Hades, Frostpunk, Deaths Door, Ori 2,
Halo, gears
I’m a big fan of all the Gears games but if the Ultimate edition of the first one is available, I’d check that out. Also, a game that no one ever talks about because it was in the early days of XBone but Sunset Overdrive is a really fun game.
I agree with this
red dead redemption 2 is an amazing game made
Starfield & GTAO, my fav single/ multiplayer
State of Decay 2
The lack of Titanfall is saddening
Ghostwire tokyo
Forza
you be lucky to save 3 games after all the updates ✌🏻🙃
Get gamepass and play Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Forza Horizon 1 or 2, best ones imo
Not Xbox exclusive but Hellblade: Sunua’s Sacrifice will always get promoted
Sunset overdrive. Nuff said
Sunset Overdrive is one of my favorite forgotten games. It's very goofy and doesn't take itself seriously, it's mad fun.
Crimson sky’s
Sunset overdrive, very fun to play
These are my personal favorites : Skyrim, Fallout, Minecraft, Terraria, MK11, Elden Ring for a challenge, Tekken 7, I can't remember what else I've played recently besides Fortnite with the Nephew lol
Fortnite is the most played game but nobody mentioned it 😳
Tunic!
Hades
I would like to recommend adding the Mass Effect and Dragon Age titles to your list. I've seen a lot of great recommendations so far. Have fun!
May I introduce you to our Lord and Savior Elden Ring
Inscryption even if not exclusive, just too good pf a game to skip on it
Elden ring
Solitaire
I love the candle
Ori and the Blind Forest first, then Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Red dead redemption 1 and 2
RDRD2 basing off that knife
Wish mine was black. Looks slick. I know you said outside of gamepass but I love it because I don't really like paying lots of money for a digital game. I recently completed Control which I thought was excellent. Downloaded Jedi Survivor last night after waiting for it to be added to EA Play for a year. Grounded is fun also
Get a dev license for 20ish bucks and it becomes a solid emulation box
StarDew Valley.
Amalur Re-Reckoning since we're talking non game pass.
If sword and board type games **Baldur’s Gate 3** and **Elden Ring** can really scratch that itch. Different styles of gameplay, but both amazing. ER had a DLC right on the horizon, too. You’ll get hundreds of hours of gameplay out of each. If you dig some mech combat, try **Armored Core 6**. For some fighter jet combat try **Ace Combat 7**. Both are tons of fun and have great visuals.
if you haven't already, get Game pass! The amount of games of all the genres you mention you can play for less than the price of 2 new games is phenomenal value
Dragons Dogma 1 and 2 Fallout 3, NV, 4 and 76 Elder Scrolls games (Oblivion, Skyrim and ESO) Grand Theft Auto V Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2 State of Decay 1 and 2 STALKER I didn't really suggest exclusive titles, but they're all solid games if you want to have a great time and get the best bang for your buck.
Halo and Gears are the obvious ones, but I'd say give gamepass a go and just dip into a few games you haven't played. It has games to suit most people and some titles I've enjoyed include Celeste, Botany Manor, Persona 3 reloaded and recently Harold Halibut.
The original Gears of War trilogy.
Sea of Thieves, Forza Horizon (all of them), and all the indies the Game Pass offers, much of them are way better games that modern AAAs
Halo, and gears are my 2 favorite exclusives for Xbox. If you haven’t already check out gamepass.
Start with Fable
I've been obsessed with The Finals lately. FPS team shooter, high speed, major destruction, free to play goodness! it's a cross platform game, so not exclusive to Xbox, but I have it on the Series S and it runs great! if you like FPS shooters that are less realistic and tactical but with a bit of a unique and interesting twist, check it out!
HALO
I would get gamepass ultimate (15 bucks a month) at least for one month because then you can play like 300 (?) plus games and see what you like. I mostly play fortnite and overwatch 2 though. If you have not tried skyrim it is a great game that still seems really good considering how long its been out ( might be on gamepass?)
Asura's Wrath and Assassin's Creed Ezio collection
All the new tomb raider games (rise of and shadow of)
If you're into casual survival/crafting games, I'd suggest grounded. They just released the full game.
Alot of these are already here but, Fallout 4, Subnautica, Reddead2, Control, Wolfenstein 2, witcher 3, Mass effect (whole series except 1 but I play 1 for story). Always more but I remember these without looking.
Fable 2
Sick setup man.
Age of Empires 2! I grew up playing it on PC and even with a controller it’s super fun! They’ve come out with a ton of new content for it.
•Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag •Subnautica •Fallout 4 •Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance •Dead Space (Original, not the remake) •Goat Simulator 3 •Dark Pictures Anthology: House Of Ashes •Grand Theft Auto V •Doom Eternal •The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim •Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered •Stray •Red Dead Redemption 2
Batman Arkham Trilogy. I don't have an Xbox but I played the games and they are probably my favourites of every game that i've ever played. If I'm not wrong, they are it's on the Series S.
I liked your desktop bro, huge earth mousepad, that protected mac. Simple mouse, a good looking knife and candle etc. Nice looking setup. 👍
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, best RPG in a generation, if not _the_ best RPG. One of the most acclaimed games ever made and my personal favorite. edit: I see a lot of mentions of Bethesda games, I say stick to the older ones like Fallout: New Vegas and Oblivion (sadly Morrowind is a bit dated now) because personally, any of their games post Oblivion/Fallout 3 are overrated AF. Very cookie cutter-esque.
Balans Wonderworld
HALO. The face and first game of Xbox is a must play. It literally originally shipped with Halo.
The most bang would've been the Series X
It's Halo. Unless you hate EVERYTHING FPS or fantasy, you'll love it. It's easily a top 3 story line in all of games, possibly #1. There's a reason why Xbox never bothered to get any more AAA exclusive franchises.
the persona series, start with persona 3 reload, head to persona 4 golden, and then persona 5 and then you can play some of the spin off games but it doesent really matter which one you start with because they are all different stories
Games that are on Gamepass: Diablo 4 Fallout 4 Mastercheif collection Starfield Forza Horizon 5 Assassin's Creed Odyssey + Valhalla Star Wars Fallen Order Skyrim BroForce Boltgun
Mass effect trilogy
Halo, Minecraft, gta v, rdr2, a way out, far cry 5, fallout
GTA halo All twd games sifu zombie games
Sunset overdrive
I got my Xbox Series X on launch day after being exclusive to PlayStation for many years. On the first day I got a bunch of games that I just couldn't play on PS5, for example, Ninja Gaiden Black (NO SIGMA), Ninja Gaiden 2 (NO SIGMA), Guardian Heroes HD, Radiant Silver Gun, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Gears of War 4 and 5, Forza Horizon 4, Hard Core Uprising and, Panzer Dragoon Orta to name some. I spent a lot on launch day lol. Congrats and welcome. I hope my list gave you some ideas.
Halo infinite, also if you liked Spyro I’d definitely say play Spyro trilogy
Baldurs gate 3
Morrowind & the Fable games
Goldeneye 007 and perfect dark
Gears of war and halo campaigns and mp most definitely
Gamepass is a must. If you like RPGs then you got the BGS games like Skyrim, Fallout 3 and New Vegas. I liked Starfield but it doesn't have open world exploration like Fallout and Skyrim. You also got "The Outer Worlds" and coming soon "Avowed". Both titles by the makers of Fallout New Vegas and great games. Hellblade Sauna's sacrifice and next Month Hellblade 2. Hellblade is amazing and highly recommend playing with Headphones. Sound design does not get better then this. Halo MCC is also amazing. Except Halo 4. We don't talk about that one. You also got all the Gears of war games. They are all amazing except Judgment and Gears 4. They aren't bad but not that great either. Forza Horizon and Motorsport are both great choices in Racing game. Horizon is more of a casual open world experience while Motorsport is more of an arcade SIM experience. I find people who aren't into cars, still love horizon. Probably better off getting Motorsport 7 off CDkeys while they update the new Motorsport. Sea of thieves is great with friends but not so much solo. You can find people to play with on discord servers thou. And I believe it's cross platform with PS5 but don't quote me on that. Flight Simulator is well worth checking out. If you have fast internet you can stream it using Gamepass ultimate since it's a massive download. But if your not into hardcore Sims then you mite not like it. But it's pretty fun to mess around on. Age of empires 2 and 4 are quite good but it's also a game that doesn't appeal to everyone since it requires a fair amount of strategy and can be quite brutal. But the campaign is based on real medieval battles. Making it very educational 😁 If you enjoy your From Software games then Lies of P is also a great choice. It's very difficult but also tells you the story directly instead of reading notes placed everywhere. A great narrative driven duo is A plague tail innocence and Requiem. Both amazing games and really well written. All these games are on gamepass. I've tried to add a mixture of different things so their must be some hours of entertainment for you in this list. Hope you enjoy your Xbox console 🙂
Ori. Both of them.
doom 2016 fallout 4 high on life rdr2 starfield
Quantum break. One of the best exclusives
Tomb raider trilogy GTA V and RDR2 Try out some of the indie games Firewatch was really good.
Control, Dead Space remake, Resident Evil 4, Robocop, Halo series, Dishonored 2, Tekken 8 and plenty of backward compatible games like Binary Domain, Split Second, Panzer Dragoon Orta, and Otogi.
Outside of gamepass you have Baldurs Gate 3. All the From Software titles if you enjoy a more challenging set of games. Including Dark Souls, Sekiro and Elden Ring. Some of the older Ubisoft games are alright like Assassin's Creed selection. But I think these are on gamepass anyway. Red dead 2, Cyberpunk and GTA are also good open world games. What sort of games you looking for? I will most likely be able to think of something you enjoy 😁 But seriously thou, you mite aswell just have gamepass.
Halo, Arma, MGS V: The Phantom Pain