Top 10 Best Xbox 360 games of 2011

It's a new year, and that means new games! It's overwhelming to consider the sheer volume of releases in a given year; there are always way more titles than a normal human can afford, and it's near impossible to know which ones will be worth it right at the beginning. Given that there have been some spectacularly expensive flops in recent years that we've all kicked ourselves for buying (nope, not gonna name names), it can sometimes feel a bit ridiculous to try to predict which will live up to the hype. 

However, it's still fun to speculate. Here are a handful for Xbox 360 that I find particularly intriguing.

XCOM 

We've already sung the praises of the original turn-based strategy game, which continues to have a strong fan base, which is why some gamers might be apprehensive to hear that XCOM is being revamped for Xbox 360 as a first person shooter. "WHY?!", you might scream from your parents' basement (hey, I'm not knocking it, sometimes there just isn't room for a full gaming rig elsewhere). Why, indeed? Well, because 2K Marin, who worked on both Bioshock titles (although they were still part of Irrational Games during the first title) has yet to release anything that totally sucks. And admit it, the idea of taking on the role of an FBI agent investigating the events of the original series is not without appeal. Who knows? This new XCOM could end up being the Battlestar Galactica of Xbox games: The originals will always be classics, but the reboot is undeniably good. 

Forza Motorsport 4

Forza Motorsport 4 is the fourth entry in the long running series of racing games based on the Forza license. It will be the first real racing game on the Xbox 360 to utilize the power of the Kinect as a control device as a proper alternative to the gamepad and steering wheel.

With help of the Kinect sensor, Forza Motorsport 4 even allows players to walk freely around their cars and fully inspect their cars by entering the vehicle. You'll undoubtedly need a big living room if you plan on doing all of this.

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 

This title will continue the legacy of the Elder Scrolls games, and is reportedly a direct sequel to Oblivion. If the trailer is any indication, there will be metric tons of  dragons, and potentially even a dude who is part man and part dragon. Unfortunately, there's not much else to go on. Bethesda is being purposely tight-lipped about it, saying only that they didn't even want to announce its existence until it was much further along, so that the time between announce and release would be shorter than usual. I sure wish Blizzard would take a hint from these guys in that respect. 

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