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2004 PCXbox

Bungie's landmark sci-fi shooter tells its war story from both sides, switching between Master Chief and the Arbiter, with dual-wielding, vehicle hijacking and co-op. Its pioneering Xbox Live matchmaking multiplayer made it a console online legend.

What defines Halo 2:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Lavish presentation
  • Action-packed real-time combat

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Gears of War 3

94 %

2011 Xbox

  • Lavish presentation
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Co-op or multiplayer

The explosive finale of Marcus Fenix's original trilogy delivers punchy cover-based shooting, an emotional four-player co-op campaign and the beloved Horde mode.

Gears of War 2

Sci-fi setting

A brutal cover-based shooter where Marcus Fenix and his squad take the fight to the Locust underground, chainsaw bayonets roaring. Co-op campaign play and the debut of Horde mode made it a multiplayer staple.

Gears of War

Lavish presentation

A brutal third-person shooter that defined cover-based combat, pairing the chainsaw-bayonet Lancer and active reloads with a grim, ruined world overrun by the Locust. The campaign shines in two-player co-op, backed by tense competitive multiplayer.

Gears of War: E-Day

Lavish presentation

This prequel to the Gears saga depicts Emergence Day, when the Locust Horde bursts from underground, and follows the early days of Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago. It pairs heavy cover-shooter combat with a grim, horror-tinged tone and lavish Unreal Engine 5 visuals.

Killzone 2

Sci-fi setting

A grim, cinematic first-person shooter set in the war between humans and the Helghast, featuring heavy cover-based gunplay and a squad-based multiplayer mode called Warzone.

Star Wars: Squadrons

Sci-fi setting

A cockpit-view space dogfighting game set in the Star Wars universe, where you shift power between engines, weapons and shields. Alongside a short story campaign, team-based multiplayer battles are the main draw.

Titanfall 2

Sci-fi setting

A lightning-fast shooter built on wall-running and double jumps, with a short but inventive campaign about the bond between a rifleman and his mech BT-7274. It pairs that with fluid multiplayer where pilots and Titans clash on the same battlefield.

Gears of War 4

Lavish presentation

A punchy cover-based third-person shooter following JD Fenix's young squad against a new monstrous threat on Sera, featuring dramatic windflare storms, co-op campaign and a deep Horde mode.

Killzone 3

Sci-fi setting

A linear sci-fi first-person shooter on PlayStation with hard-hitting firefights against the Helghast, jetpacks, turrets and vehicle sections. Its grim war atmosphere and multiplayer modes define the experience.

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