Fight Night
Personally, I've been clamoring for a new Fight Night title since the Xbox One was released. Having the ability with the Kinect to fight your friends online would be a blockbuster hit. Since they haven't released news of one to come, the Fight Night series would be a great hit to bring back to Xbox One. With several games in the franchise, all of them were very in depth and used complex controller schemes that were broken down so even a new user was able to understand and play at an acceptable level.
From creating your own boxer to using one of the all time greats, Fight Night was a lot of fun on Xbox 360 and has many possibilities for Xbox One as well.
What are some of your favorite Xbox 360 games you want on the backwards compatibility program? We know there are many, but try and give us your best ones below.
Blue Dragon
Also by Mistwalker like Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon uses Final Fantasy type turn based combat tactics over open world and dungeon environments. Using shadows of either a bat, minotaur, sabre toothed tiger, dragon or a phoenix, players can upgrade using abilities of the assigned class. You can switch back and forth as you go and run around the open world fighting till' your heart's content in order to level up all of them if you wish.
Released in 2006 in Japan, Blue Dragon hit the US in 2007 as an Xbox 360 exclusive. Getting high ratings as a traditional RPG, Blue Dragon is definitely a must have for the backwards compatibility program.
Midnight Club Los Angeles
Although Forza is really the staple of racers for Xbox, Midnight Club Los Angeles by Rockstar was introduced back in 2008. You could personalize all of your cars from imports to muscle cars. You could race anywhere and anyone you want in Los Angelese and one of the game's best features — no loading times — is something requested in many games on current generation consoles. It was a great game and had a huge array of options that many racers today don't even have. The Los Angeles night scene recreated in current generation power would lend a thing of beauty that we haven't had yet in a racer.
Left 4 Dead
Released back in 2008 with Left 4 Dead 2 in 2009, both games are prime for backwards compatibility with upgraded graphics for Xbox One. Four players in a cooperative fashion taking down the zombies, it's basically Borderlands with zombies. Teamwork, strategy and just overall fun is what you can look out for in Left 4 Dead. With the exception of that damn shrieking witch (god I hate her), all of the enemies and zombies were different with their own strategy that needed to be used to take them down.
With games like Fable Legends, Evolve and others following suit with the 4 v 1 gameplay, Left 4 Dead is sure to have many more hours played via backwards compatibility
L.A. Noire
Set in 1947 Los Angeles after WW2, Officer Cole Phelps works his way up to Detective in Vice over four discs on the Xbox 360. The first game to use motion scan facial capture, LA Noire was a visual beauty that saw you play off of suspects body language in order to solve crimes. The story line was a marvelous gem as it progressed with Cole Phelps' life over nearly two dozen cases.
Focusing on solving cases and the story line rather than shooting as many games do, LA Noire was full of side quests. Newspapers, collectible cars, gold badges and more all made room for around 40-50 hours of gametime. Much like Red Dead Redemption, LA Noire has also been receiving much fan fare for a sequel on current generation consoles as well.
The Fable Series
Granted, this is more than just one game, but the three games really need to be experienced as a whole in order to get the true enjoyment out of them. The complete storyline of Albion (yes, chicken kicking will be there) is a brilliant story that set your choices you made in Fable 2 carry over to Fable 3. This, in combination with the game's own choices you needed to make played a vital role in which percentage of the Kingdom you could save.
Fable Legends is releasing shortly for Xbox One and changed the format from a standard 3rd person adventure title to a 4 V1 fighting game. Whether or not you like the change in format, fans of the series will agree all three titles and the connected story lines made for hours of entertainment.
Red Dead Redemption
Brilliant. Amazing. This was a no brainer and really should be the first one on Xbox's recent list but for some reason COD beat it out. John Marsten first graced us in 2010 when Red Dead Redemption was first released on Xbox 360 and PS3. Beautiful landscapes, vast open world that was able to be fully explored as well as an emotional, in depth story line made Red Dead Redemption such an amazing hit. With rumors of a sequel constantly flying about and Rockstar themselves saying they considered it a permanent franchise, Red Dead Redemption on backwards compatibility would pave the way into its follow up sequel.
Of course, John Marsten wouldn't be able to join us, but we would absolutely love seeing it continue with his son after the way RDR ended.
In November, Microsoft will unleash what the company is calling the Xbox One's biggest update to-date. While the "New Xbox One Experience" will bring "the fastest and most social Xbox experience ever," perhaps the most-welcomed feature is the arrival of Xbox 360 backwards compatibility. Currently in testing, the November update will make it so that all Xbox One owners can enjoy the available pool of Xbox 360 backwards compatible games.
With over 100 titles slated to arrive on Xbox One this fall via backwards compatibility, and hundreds more to follow in the months to come, below are eight games (some franchises) we'd like to see.
Lost Odyssey
Kaim and his journey through his 1,000 years of life was an incredible game on Xbox 360. Originally released in 2008, the Kingdom of Gohtza is undergoing a magical revolution. The game uses both mortal and immortal characters that blends a great deal of strategy. Both types of characters can level up by equipping items with skills on them and taking parts in battles. Once enough of battles have taken place you will have learned that skill. Five members can fight at once but sometimes you have more than that in your party, causing you to switch members in and out.
It's possible to make your entire party essentially indestructible with magic and physical defense buffs as well. The storyline, which took place over multiple discs, is one that Mistwalker amassed a cult following for and have had Xbox 360 players clamoring for for a while now. Gongora and Kaim in full 1080P with the magical abilities used in the game would look outstanding on Xbox One. After all, Phil Spencer himself stated hwants to see the game on Xbox One as well. Here's to hoping.
