Apologies for the delay, but here are the results at last.
Quick results
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Halo: Combat EvolvedBungie, Microsoft Game Studios
2001
Available on Xbox One (via
Halo: The Master Chief Collection)
#7 GRecommends Top 10 First-person shooters
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Jet Set Radio FutureSmilebit, Sega
2002
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Ninja Gaiden / Ninja Gaiden BlackTeam Ninja, Tecmo
2004
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Project Gotham Racing 2Bizarre Creations, Microsoft Game Studios
2003
#9 GRecommends Top 10 Racing games
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FableBig Blue Box Studios, Microsoft Game Studios
2004
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OutRun 2Sumo Digital, Microsoft Game Studios
2004
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Halo 2Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios
2004
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Burnout 3: TakedownCriterion Games, Electronic Arts
2004
#3 GRecommends Top 10 Racing games
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Jade EmpireBioWare, Microsoft Game Studios
2005
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Otogi: Myth of DemonsFromSoftware, Sega
2003
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old RepublicBioWare, LucasArts
2003
#3 GRecommends Top 10 RPGs
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The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher BayStarbreeze Studios / Tigon Studios, Vivendi Universal Games
2004
Bubbling under: Beyond Good & Evil (
Ubisoft Montpellier, 2003), Doom 3 (
id Software, 2004), Grand Theft Auto III (
DMA Design, 2003), Oddworld: Strangers Wrath (
Oddworld Inhabitants, 2005), Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell (
Ubisoft Montreal, 2002)
2013 GRecommends Xbox top 10 for comparison (different scoring system)