For anyone who has yet to play Jet Grind Radio or Jet Set Radio Future, then it might be tough to understand why Street Gears would be a perfect choice to appear on the current generation gaming consoles. While the spray-painting hasn’t been included (yet) the game offers up everything else that made Sega’s Jet Set/Jet Grind series a popular, cult-classic. The game sports a wide variety of uniquely designed tracks and a variety of game-modes designed from the ground-up with multiple players in-mind. The game also sports a bevy selection of tricks to perform and unlock, missions and quests and loot-runs. The gPotato team even added in new custom tuning options to allow players to customize and upgrade their skates and skaters. This in-line skating and racing MMO would be a real treat for console gamers and add something new to the standard-fare racing genre featured in most console games.
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What might best be described as the baby-rendition of Realtime World’s All Points Bulletin, Vogster Entertainment’s CrimeCraft MMO is one of the few custom-heavy shooting games out there. The game sports all sorts of neat armory that range from kick-butt automatic weapons to extremely kick-butt explosive weaponry. This game has one of the few weapon caches that beg to be used and scream for instant frags. There’s also no worries about seeing clones in the game given its extensive create-a-character feature, which definitely makes it a noteworthy action-MMO. Added to this, new content has been added that allow for player-vs-environment quests and in-game advertisements and billboards feature user activity, including top-ranking teams and players. If the developers can iron out some of the game’s common bugs and they build a steady stream of players this would definitely make an excellent candidate for making the jump to the Xbox 360 or PS3.
Easily this makes the list due to its close-proximity in gameplay and control schemes that closely mirror a console experience. In fact, Project E is nearly a replica of the famed Epic Games third-person shooter, Gears of War. The game’s close similarities to Gears of War and its MMO foundation already gives it a leg up on the previously mentioned games on this list. It sports intense player-vs-player scenarios as well as player-vs-environment conditions, much like Webzen’s Huxley. The game's scenario and story-based modes also separate it from most other MMOFPS titles out there, which is definitely a good thing. Nevertheless, the thing that really makes Project E standout from the herd is its gritty look, concurrent-apocalyptic environments and timely action. Unlike other MMOs where players scramble around shooting off magic attacks or busting bad guys over the head with a mythical hammer, Project E has class-based characters that can be customized with combat and weapon functionality reminiscent to...well, Gears of War. Guilds, leaderboards, loot runs and special quests round-out the multiplayer experience and definitely make it a potential gold-mine as a console game experience.