Video Games » Pickups Xbox 360 games, May 2026
written by owen, published 2026-Aug-04, comment
I picked up a few extra games in the month of april-may 2026. Mainly games that were on the edge of my list of games to buy. I picked them up on amazon because they seemed uncommon while still being cheap-ish. Some of these games are later sequels to games I already own but were not available at the time I was purchasing the older version. I wasn’t even aware that MGSV:PP was on xbox 360. I think its because it is a late generation game which have updated versions on the later console.
- Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015) (loose) - $24.95 USD
- Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain (2015) (sealed) - $20.91 USD
MGSV:PP seems pretty solid as expected from a Kojima game - it came sealed so I did not bother opening it. I installed MSGV:GZ and plan to play that first. MSGV:GZ also supports playing music from CDs stored on the 360 hard drive so I imported Moby:Play to test out the feature.
RiseOTTR had a huge 650mb update. I enjoyed the 2013 TR game and the reviewers said this one was the same with better graphics so I decided to pick it up when I got a chance. I played the first 10 minutes of it and it looks good. Will play it at some point.
Both games are common on the 8th gen, not so much on the 7th gen xbox 360. No point in waiting to play the better version when I can get the 360 version now. I always like these "end of generation" games; it is the reason I play console as opposed to PC. The feeling of pushing the hardware to the limit is fun. PC gaming has no limit which is why the players just keep searching and upgrading forever. I will add these games to my backlog.
