March 2009

After playing and beating all of the games that are going to be presented in this article, as the editors we have to be choosy when deciding which games we should present as some of the best free world games of all time. That being stated firmly, there are only three games that can even hope to make this competition, as from our standpoint, a game needs to offer much more than just a free world and open adventure to qualify as the best of its breed! So, on to the top three, at least in our minds!

Elder Scrolls IV: The Oblivion
An Action packed, choose your own adventure, free world, role playing game that is literally the only of its kind. Your character has one of the largest free worlds to explore in video gaming history. Grow your character’s stats by learning skills. Enchant weapons. Create armor and swords, learn how to become a blacksmith, thief, sorcerer, villain, tyrant, vampire, and so on. Read more

About two months after the release of the long awaited and ultimately disappointing Fallout 3 expansion, Operation Anchorage, finally a newer and far superior expansion has made its way to the Xbox 360 console. And for all of you PS3 players out there, once again you get screwed, as Microsoft retains the exclusive download rights for all added content for Fallout 3 for the next generation consoles. However, if you own an Xbox 360 and you are bored of playing the game because you already have done everything that there is to do, then be bored no longer, this expansion is a hot commodity.

The Scoop
The Pitt is short for Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. A city that has been ravaged by nuclear winter and the aftermath of the world war, which has devastated the people, causing them to grow sicker by the hour and kindled a slave trader stronghold that is ruled by a ruthless warlord known as Asher. Read more

There are several reasons to spend about twenty bucks on the new GTA IV Expansion: Lost and the Damned. Amongst the highest ranking would be that of adding expanded content to your already boring GTA IV game—if you have already beaten it twice as I have, you will quickly realize that the only things to do afterwards are milling through pedestrians in your fancy, stolen cars, or playing online live play against other would-be thugs.

But, with this GTA IV Expansion: Lost and the Damned you also get improved vehicle handling physics, namely for the motorcycles. You also get more vehicles, and weapons. And you get twenty more missions and a few more side missions. So no worries about the price, the twenty bucks is well worth it!

The main premise is to lead a biker gang to victory. After the leader gets nabbed and jailed you become the leader. Then one day he is released from prison, and now threatens to break up your biker gang. Read more

So many games for the Xbox 360, so little time to play them all—and especially even less time to devote to games that suck! So, in order to save you time, money and frustration, the following three games are so bad that you don’t ever even need to rent them. Unless you are fond of wasting your own time and money and getting frustrated at shoddy games for the Xbox 360.

Destroy All Humans 2
Another game that touted the illustrious same console two player mode, only to be a big time letdown in the end! After plopping this horse apple into my Xbox 360, I was treated to the same monotony of the first game, which equally blows. Two player mode is terrible. You are confined to one camera angle and the excitement offered is paramount to singing folk songs for senior citizens at the local nursing home!

Two Worlds
How do you spell Elder Scrolls: The Oblivion rip off in nine letters or less? Easy: Two Worlds. Read more