Gotcha, guess I won't worry about it then. I finally got my HD cable and Dark Alliance game. Time to start playing that and probably some Crimson Skies after and from there on move to some other stuff. Thanks for the help yall.

Mercenaries.

Can't believe no one has mentioned it yet.

@savagemanlove: Dark Alliance is loads of fun, specially if you do offline co-op. Enjoy! I had great times with that game!

@juggertrainuk said:

This, assuming you didn't already play it on Dreamcast. (UK got Shenmue II on Dreamcast, and a few import copies made their way to the U.S.)

Also the previously-mentioned JSRF and Crimson Skies.

A large amount of good Xbox games are multiplatform titles which looked/ran a little better on Xbox or had added features compared to the PS2. (Burnout 3, Black, Mercenaries, SSX, the Warriors, etc.) The question is if you want to include these games in your list. Some of them received or have since received (PC) (re)releases as well so you can probably safely subtract them from a list of must-have Xbox games.

That leaves the exclusive Xbox games. (It's worth noting that this console has proven to be an extremely difficult system to emulate so those games will likely remain locked up on that platform for the foreseeable future.)

Use this as a basis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xbox_games (Click on the little arrow next to "Exclus." until the green "Yes" games appear first.)
As you can see that list isn't terribly long.

If there is one game that was also released on PS2 that I would recommend you get for Xbox which hasn't been mentioned yet it would be the fantastic Tenchu: Return from Darkness.

P.S.

It pains me to see Dino Crisis 3 on a list of Must Have Xbox Games. Even if it's an exclusive and a bit of a curiosity.

Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

Hands down, the best Star Wars game ever made.

There are several on this list I'd recommend skipping. Advent Rising is shit. Brute Force is shit.

My personal pick for a must have (and criminally slept-on) Xbox game would be Deathrow. Riddick is every bit as good as people would lead you to believe. At the time, it was a technical marvel as well as a paradigm shift towards what we now know as the modern shooter aesthetic.

A fire I don't see on here that I'd also suggest: Rainbox Six 3, Ghost Recon, Timesplitters 2, Genma Onimusha, The Simpsons: Hit and Run, Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee, Dead or Alive 3, SoulCalibur 2, Hitman 2, and Spiderman 2

Edit: If you're a simulation fan at all, if you can track down a copy of Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, you will not be disappointing. Same goes with RTS and Aliens vs Predator: Extinction.

Edit 2: AHHHHH! I keep remembering more: Mortal Kombat Armageddon was incredible. It had a massive amount of content in it and played really well. The Thing and Silent Hill 2 & 4 are some more great horror. Black was an over-the-top shooter that played really well at the time. Stubbs The Zombie was a fun take on sort of free-roaming action and puzzle solving. Test Drive: Eve of Destruction was all the red neck destruction derby dumb fun it could be; also it had chicken cannons. Hunter the Reckoning was more top-down action RPG. No loot, but it was still a lot of fun. Return to Castle Wolfenstien! Phantasy Star Online 1&2 (still works fine splitscreen, and I think it did system link?)

Man, what a great console for only really being supported for 3-4 years.

@mozzle: I would say Jedi Knight 2 is easily better than Jedi Knight 3. They are also both totally games people should get on PC instead of on consoles.

Phantom Dust

Unreal Championship 2

Bloody Roar Extreme (you can transform into sick animals & its a 3d fighter. NUFF SAID)

Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict

I cannot stress this enough.

Jeff Gerstmann's review

@rek503: Yes!!!

Keep in mind, it was just a list of stuff I have in my Wish List not necessarily me recommending for other people. :) Was Dino Crisis 3 that bad? I loved the first one on PS1 (never finished it but still).

Either way, I'm enjoying my time with Dark Alliance. Kind of tempted to just order the second one and maybe pick up Champions of Norrath 1 and 2 on the PS2 while I'm at it. Also thinking about Fallout BOS. I knew that game was not great but I love Fallout games :(

@savagemanlove: DC1 is an OK RE-like survival horror game. DC2 is a special game though. It's like a proto-RE4. Great game.

If you like racing at all, Project Gotham Racing 2 is still one of the most well made and generally fun driving games ever as I remember it.

Half-Life 2. From a completely, "Wow, they managed it." perspective.

I really enjoyed MetalArms: A Glitch in the System. It was a very competent Ratchet and Clank inspired action platformer on a console desperately in need of some.

Other stand outs were Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, Conker Live & Reloaded, Rallysport Challenge 2, Project Gotham Racing, Burnout 3 Takedown, Rainbow 6 Raven Shield, Darkwatch, Dead to Rights, Hunter The Reckoning, Midtown Madness 3, Splashdown and Outlaw Golf.

Ctrl+F Outrun

Outrun 2 SP. It's real good.

I couldn't help myself, I went to a retro game store here in Colorado and bought the following:

Pariah, Second Sight, Project Snowblind, Bards Tale, Dark Alliance 2, Crimson Sea, Brute Force, Advent Rising, RLH (Run Like Hell).

They had pretty good deals on most and was cheaper than trying to buy all of those through Amazon.

If you like horror, there is the good port of Silent Hill 2, called Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams.

Forza Motorsport 1. Project Gotham Racing 1&2. Munch's Odyssey.

• Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
• Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
• Vexx
• Burnout 3: Takedown
• Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
• Conker: Live & Reloaded

I'd recommend Psychonauts but you're probably better off playing the Steam version with a 360 controller.