XBox awards

From thecrankyhermit

This is a guide to the best games made on the XBox, year-by-year. Each year will have a number of games that represent the best crop of that year, divided by genre.

I only list games that were either originally made for XBox, or were ported within the same year of their original release.

I hate MMORPGs, traditional sports games, and Maxis-style sim games. I don't include any of them.


2001 awards!

Action:

  • Dead or Alive 3
  • Halo: Combat Evolved
  • Max Payne

Adventure:

  • Silent Hill 2



2002 awards!

Action:

  • Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
  • Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
  • Panzer Dragoon Orta
  • Splinter Cell

RPG:

  • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind



2003 awards!

Action:

  • Beyond Good & Evil
  • Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
  • Need for Speed: Underground
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
  • XIII

RPG:

  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic



2004 awards!

Action:

  • Burnout 3: Takedown
  • Ninja Gaiden
  • Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
  • Thief: Deadly Shadows

FPSlike:

  • The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
  • Halo 2

RPG:

  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
  • Fable



2005 awards!

Action:

  • Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
  • Jade Empire
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted
  • Psychonauts
  • Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Adventure:

  • Indigo Prophecy
  • Still Life

Strategy:

  • Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30



2006 awards!

Action:

  • Black
  • Hitman: Blood Money
  • Tomb Raider: Legend

Adventure:

  • Dreamfall: The Longest Journey