The Xbox 360 BC list - CAGs weigh in (in progress)

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The Wii has zero problems (that I'm aware of), and Sony has a site that compares 60GB/80GB BC issues. There is also a corresponding thread in the PS3 forum.

But we haven't had anything that can fully describe the craptitude that is the 360 BC function, until now.

Below you'll find games organized in the same order Microsoft lists, with comments to the playability of each title.

#-A Titles

2006 Fifa World Cup

What they say:
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25 to Life
4x4 EVO 2
AirForce Delta Storm
Aggressive Inline
Alias
Aliens vs Predator Extinction
All-Star Baseball 2003
All-Star Baseball 2005
America's Army: Rise of a Soldier
AMF Bowling 2004
Amped: Freestyle Snowboarding
Amped 2
APEX
Aquaman: Battle of Atlantis
Arena Football
Armed and Dangerous
Army Men: Sarge's War
Atari Anthology
ATV: Quad Power Racing 2
Auto Modelista
Avatar: The Last Airbender
B-C Titles

Bad Boys 2
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2
Barbie Horse Adventures Wild Horse Rescue
The Bard's Tale
Bass Pro Shops Trophy Hunter 2007
Batman Begins
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu
Battle Engine Aquila
Battlestar Galactica
Big Mutha Truckers
Bionicle
BLACK
Blade II
Blinx: The Time Sweeper
Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space
Blitz: The League
Blood Omen 2
BloodRayne 2
BlowOut
BMX XXX
Breakdown
Brute Force
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds
Burnout
Burnout 2
Burnout 3: Takedown
Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2005 Adventures
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2
Cabela's Outdoor Adventures 06
Cabela's Deer Hunt 2005 Season
Cabela's Deer Hunt 2004 Season
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Call of Duty: Finest Hour
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
Call of Duty 3
Cars
Casino
Catwoman
Championship Manager 2006
Chicago Enforcer
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Circus Maximus
Close Combat: First to Fight
Colin McRae Rally 4
Colin McRae Rally 2005
Comabt Elite: WWII Paratroopers
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Conflict: Desert Storm
Conker: Live and Reloaded
Constantine
Counter-Strike
Crash Bandicoot 4
Crash Bandicoot 5: Wrath of Cortex
Crash Nitro Kart
Crash Twinsanity
Crime Life Gang Wars
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
D-E Titles
Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics
Dark Angel
Darkwatch
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2
The Da Vinci Code
Dead or Alive 3
Dead or Alive Ultimate
Dead to Rights
Demon Stone
Deathrow
Destroy All Humans!
Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Dinotopia2
DOOM 3
DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil
Drake
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Drive to Survive
Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes
Dynasty Warriors 4
EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3
Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
ESPN College Hoops
ESPN College Hoops 2K52
ESPN Major League Baseball
ESPN MLS ExtraTime 2002
ESPN NFL 2K5
ESPN NHL 2K5
Euro 2004
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick
Evil Dead: Regeneration
Ex-Chaser
F-G Titles
F1 2001
Family Guy
Fable
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Fairly Odd Parents: Breakin' da Rules
Fantastic Four
Far Cry: Instincts
Fatal Frame
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly DIRECTOR'S CUT
FIFA Soccer 06
FIFA Soccer 07
FIFA Soccer 2003
FIFA Soccer 2004
FIFA STREET
FIFA Street 2
Fight Night 2004
Final Fight Streetwise
FlatOut
Ford Mustang
Ford vs. Chevy
Forza Motorsport
Freaky Flyers
Freedom Fighters 2
Freestyle Street Soccer
Frogger Beyond
Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
Futurama
Future Tactics: The Uprising
Fuzion Frenzy
Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows
Genma Onimusha
Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde
Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee
Godzilla: Save The Earth
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
Grabbed by the Ghoulies
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt.
The Great Escape
Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball Max'd
Grooverider: Slot Car Thunder
Guilty Gear Isuka
Guilty Gear X2 #Reload
The Guy Game

H-I Titles
J-K Titles
L-M Titles
N-O Titles
P-R Titles
S-T Titles
U-Z Titles
 
Mercenaries is a fucking train wreck. The radar doesn't work, the game freezes up in certain sections of the game, frame rate is off. MS makes note of it all too, it's almost unplayable due to the freezing... I leaned that the hard way.

It's hardly BC, and MS should be ashamed they even released it in that conditon.

I have no clue why the guy listed it as "no known issues" on that site you linked to, because he's totally wrong.
 
I believe benjamouth here at CAG stated how he tried to play one of the Silent Hill games on his 360, which use to work, and now it doesn't. For the most part, some games I tried worked, but I rarely use the BC.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Mercenaries is a fucking train wreck. The radar doesn't work, the game freezes up in certain sections of the game, frame rate is off. MS makes note of it all too, it's almost unplayable due to the freezing... I leaned that the hard way.

It's hardly BC, and MS should be ashamed they even released it in that conditon.

I have no clue why the guy listed it as "no known issues" on that site you linked to, because he's totally wrong.[/QUOTE]

Which is EXACTLY why I think we need a thread like this. I had no idea Mercs was bad, I might as well go get the PS2 version.
 
I think having a reference here would be a good idea. I'm always irritated when I pick up a on Xbox game that's listed as BC only to have it run like garbage.
 
OK, I can copy over the list and it can have comments saying what happens, et al.

I'll work on it in OpenOffice tonight and may edit the post then as well.

But feel free to contribute titles in the meantime.
 
[quote name='CocheseUGA']Which is EXACTLY why I think we need a thread like this. I had no idea Mercs was bad, I might as well go get the PS2 version.[/QUOTE]

Disaster... the wiki is right on for it. Sound issues, the radar turns blue, the game freezes in one of the territories maps which means the game is unplayable.

MS did a lot of things right, but their BC is fucking horrible... why the hell would you release that game as a BC title when it's unplayable?

I never had a problem with Fable LC in the short time I played it... but I had LC.
 
[quote name='Tha Xecutioner']I remember trying to play Fable (original - not Lost Chapters) and the frame rate was a train wreck.[/quote]

The framerate on Lost Chapters isn't as bad as normal version?! Damnit, I liked the original but couldn't stand it cause of frame rate, maybe I should grab Lost Chapters.
 
Gamestop puts "BC" on the price sticker of all backwards compatible xbox games. It should be next to the title. If you're lucky you'll get a knowledgeable employee who may know if the framerate is atrocious or not. happy hunting for B1G1 games!
 
I haven't tried it in my 360, but Star Wars KOTOR II was a train wreck even on the original Xbox and on the PC. It's on the BC list but I can't imagine it runs very well, if at all.
 
[quote name='drbutchevil']The framerate on Lost Chapters isn't as bad as normal version?! Damnit, I liked the original but couldn't stand it cause of frame rate, maybe I should grab Lost Chapters.[/quote]
I have Lost Chapters and didn't have any issues during ~7-10 hours of play time I've put in.

A little off topic, but I never owned an original xbox - were there any good dungeon crawlers/action RPGs/platformers that are back compat?
 
I like the idea, and maybe you can use a color code system (like Green for works great, Yellow for slight issues that may affect experience but is still playable, and Red for major issues that remove the enjoyment - stay away). That way someone can just do a quick glance and get an idea of how decent a game is. You could also keep the standard White for those games that nobody has yet had experience with so others might be able to contribute if they know how it ran.
 
I actually had a friend in real life, who kept using his Best Buy's warranty to replace his 360 3-4 times because of BC problems. He thought his 360 was the problem every time, because of graphical glitches and other things (happened with the KOTOR games).
 
The original KOTOR works fine. I've played through a lot of it with no problems at all. Some lag but it isn't a reason not to buy it.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Mercenaries is a fucking train wreck. The radar doesn't work, the game freezes up in certain sections of the game, frame rate is off. MS makes note of it all too, it's almost unplayable due to the freezing... I leaned that the hard way.

It's hardly BC, and MS should be ashamed they even released it in that conditon.

I have no clue why the guy listed it as "no known issues" on that site you linked to, because he's totally wrong.[/quote]

Mercenaries has been flawless for me. Not sure why some people have serious issues, while some of us have none.
 
[quote name='kennistond']The original KOTOR works fine. I've played through a lot of it with no problems at all. Some lag but it isn't a reason not to buy it.[/QUOTE]

Yep. My wife put some time into it last week, and while I'm let down that XB games aren't stretched to widescreen the way PS2 games are, there are some awesome exclusives like this that are worth playing.

Mega Man Collection (not the X one) works just dandy, too.
 
[quote name='sp00ge']Mercenaries has been flawless for me. Not sure why some people have serious issues, while some of us have none.[/QUOTE]

That's crazy, the game ran like total shit for me, and this was only a few months ago (around December)... maybe one of the BC updates fixed it? Or made it worse?

All I know is that I ran into all the problems that MS said I would, and I was hugely disappointed. Game worked fine until I went into Chinese territory, then it would just lock up.

A real fucking shame... the game was great.

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/show_msgs.php?board_id=909102864&topic_id=25583189

More people having the same problem.

http://www.pandemicstudios.com/community/viewtopic.php?id=234

People still having a problem a month ago.

You're one lucky son of a bitch :( But I would definitely list this on our list as unplayable.
 
[quote name='CocheseUGA']Which is EXACTLY why I think we need a thread like this. I had no idea Mercs was bad, I might as well go get the PS2 version.[/QUOTE]

I really can't recommend that. The PS2 version pales in comparison to the xbox version, graphically and has additional loadtimes.

Freedom Fighters was emulated so bad, that you couldn't escape the first level.
 
[quote name='mickeyp']I just bought Fable today. IT does not work with the 360? What is framerate? Should I return it?[/quote]

Not to be an ass, but if you don't know what frame rate is, you most likely won't notice it as a problem on Fable.
 
[quote name='mickeyp']I just bought Fable today. IT does not work with the 360? What is framerate? Should I return it?[/quote]

Not to be an ass, but if you don't know what frame rate is, you most likely won't notice it as a problem on Fable. That being said, frame rate is commonly measured as how many frames per second a game runs at.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_rate
 
[quote name='kennistond']The original KOTOR works fine. I've played through a lot of it with no problems at all. Some lag but it isn't a reason not to buy it.[/quote]And on the other hand, KOTOR2 is awful on the 360. Although it wasn't perfect anywhere it is unplayable on the 360 because the framerate is beyond terrible.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Mercenaries is a fucking train wreck. The radar doesn't work, the game freezes up in certain sections of the game, frame rate is off. MS makes note of it all too, it's almost unplayable due to the freezing... I leaned that the hard way.

It's hardly BC, and MS should be ashamed they even released it in that conditon.

I have no clue why the guy listed it as "no known issues" on that site you linked to, because he's totally wrong.[/QUOTE]


Yeah, I had Mercenaries in my "to play pile" and when I got around to it it crashed my xbox like a mofo. I gave up on it after like the 10th crash. It's a damn shame too I really wanted to play that game. The punisher gave me very little problems and it looked great on my HDTV. Also I hear that Black is great on the 360. I mean it better be the damn game is down loadable over XBL.
 
[quote name='mickeyp']I just bought Fable today. IT does not work with the 360? What is framerate? Should I return it?[/QUOTE]

The game slows down in some parts, I've had two freezes over 10 hours of play, but the most common glitch is the sound glitch which causes an annoying buzz sound. Doesn't happen all the time though. It's certainly playable, just not as smooth as you might hope for.
 
[quote name='kennistond']The original KOTOR works fine. I've played through a lot of it with no problems at all. Some lag but it isn't a reason not to buy it.[/quote]
I'm sure this game runs fine, but until I can find a way to transfer my KOTOR save from my original XBox (in my son's room) over to my 360 I won't get around to playing it any more. What sucks is that it's a great game, I just don't want to kill off the 15 - 20 hours I have into it already.
 
I wish there was a decent emulator for PC or microsoft even made an official emulator. I mean we own the games, why can't we just play them....
 
Good looking out, Cochese. I haven't played as many BC games as I planned so this is a good thread to see what to stay away from.

Crimson Skies works fine. I did have a problem with the save file and the downloadable content but I erased the whole thing and tried again and haven't had any problems.

Street Fighter Anniversary and Guity Gear run fine.

Like akilshonen said, KOF 2002 has that weird grid problem. It doesn't really affect the game play but it just looks weird and is a little distracting.
 
[quote name='Maynard']I wish there was a decent emulator for PC or microsoft even made an official emulator. I mean we own the games, why can't we just play them....[/QUOTE]

I wish MS cared enough to fix the problems with the BC games already... it's really sloppy on their part to release games that are broken like this, just so they can post higher BC numbers.

Wii and PS3 (60 gb) do BC perfectly, I'm really not sure why MS decided to half ass it.
 
Starwars Bettlefront II. Picked it up at on clearance from Target and it runs just fine.

However everyone online plays on the downloadable maps that still aren't free. I'd just pay the $5, but there's no way to do so through the 360. So if you're like me and picking it up for the online, beware.
 
Microsoft did it half ass to save money.

They did it with software instead of just putting the xbox guts on the 360 motherboard.
 
Jade Empire works well. Played and beat it on 360. Unreal Championship 2 and Phantom Dust also had no problems that I could see.
 
[quote name='InuFaye']Microsoft did it half ass to save money.

They did it with software instead of just putting the xbox guts on the 360 motherboard.[/QUOTE]

Because there aren't enough heating issues already.
 
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