After a powerful Xbox Developer Direct to kick 2025 off, issues are trying good for Microsoft and its sturdy steady of first-party studios. However, which Xbox sport sequence get you most excited? Which gave you extra enjoyment than every other within the glory days of the 360? Or in the event you’ve by no means owned an Xbox console, that are you most trying ahead to coming to different platforms like PlayStation, as Microsoft seemingly continues its plans to share its library with the world.
There are numerous legendary sport sequence to select from (particularly since Microsoft’s acquisitions of each Bethesda and Activision Blizzard. Meaning this tier record can embrace any sequence related to Xbox, Bethesda, and Activision Blizzard, so long as there was a couple of entry into it thus far – sorry to MachineGames and Indiana Jones! Give us a sequel, please, after which you can also make the reduce. Only a reminder that this isn’t an all Xbox Recreation Collection record, so we haven’t concerned each single Xbox sport sequence right here, however have tried to cowl the bases of present relevance and historic influence. Check out my private tier record, based mostly fully on what I’ve loved enjoying essentially the most over time, right here:
Doom is a simple S-tier choose for me, with the previous couple of entries being amongst my favorite first-person shooters, and I’m very excited to see that Doom: The Darkish Ages seems to be like id Software program is sustaining type. I’ve additionally positioned Forza Horizon within the S tier as they’re, maybe exterior of Burnout 3 and Burnout Revenge, the very best racing video games I’ve ever performed. I’m positive Halo within the A tier might increase just a few eyebrows, however whereas 2 and three are two of the best marketing campaign shooters ever made, I can’t ignore newer inconsistencies and put it in that prime bracket. I’m additionally extra of a Fallout individual than an Elder Scrolls one. I’d slightly personal a set of energy armour than a dragon, OK?
Don’t agree with me? Assume Gears of Conflict is Xbox’s finest? A giant defender of Fuzion Frenzy? Properly, why not have a go at rating all the Nintendo consoles your self in a tier record under the place you may examine your personal S, A, B, C, and D tiers with the entire of the IGN neighborhood.
Xbox Video games Collection Tier Record
Xbox Video games Collection Tier Record
Is there an Xbox sequence we’ve missed that you just’d like to provide a shout-out to? Tell us within the feedback, in addition to why you’ve ranked the video games within the order you’ve chosen.
Simon Cardy is a Senior Editorial Producer who can primarily be discovered skulking round open world video games, indulging in Korean cinema, or despairing on the state of Tottenham Hotspur and the New York Jets. Observe him on Bluesky at @cardy.bsky.social.
