8 Great (and cheap) Games!

Okay, so I compiled a short list of games that'll offer you some fun for a cheap price. All of these games are or are close to a year old, but hell, they're still fun.

1.) Crackdown
Genre: Free-Roam, Shooter
This game is fu**ing badass. You play as a superpowered cop who can jump to extreme heights, aim with crazy precision, lift cars, kick people down a city block and more. The story is... nothing. There isn't a story. You're just clearing out a city of mob bosses in three distinct (very large) sections. The physics is fun as hell, the agent vehicles are awesome, the guns kick ass and it's just a fun shooter all around. Did I mention it's cel-shaded? Score.

2.) The Club
Genre: Speed Shooter
Yes, it's a speed shooter. You run in with an RE4 style camera through courses racking up kill combos trying to finish fast and keep your multiplyer up. It's a good concept, and it's an entertaining (if not a bit repetitive) single player game. The real fun is the multiplayer. Crash on the couch with three other friends or crank up the online for some epic bullet-riddled fun.

3.) Spiderman: Web of Shadows
Genre: Free-Roam, Superhero
The only true superhero game on this list, WOS is a little underated in my opinion. It's a lot like Spiderman 3, except you can immediately switch between the symbiote suit and the normal suit and the city is over run with... well, symbiotes. They come in all shapes in sizes, from zombie-like citizen symbiotes to carnage-esque Berserkers. The combat is completely changed from S3, with a new Mechanic called Web-...something. I can't really expain it, you just have to see it. This game also includes some bad-fu**ing-ass combos that make Spiderman 10X cooler. But he still dishes out puns like a madman,

4.) Assassin's Creed
Genre: Free-Roam, Action, Stealth
I'm sure you all have heard of this. The new one is coming out in 2 days, and I can't fu**ing wait. But if you're not caught up with the weird ass story, you might wanna check this awesome game out. The main attraction is the revolutionary free-running/parkour system where you jump between buildings, climb walls and swing from ledges with ease. It's got some crazy brutal counters in combat when you choose to engage in it, but you could always just stick to the shadows with your wrist blade and take people out silently from the shadows. Your choice.

5.) Skate
Genre: Sports, Skateboarding
Suck it, Tony Hawk. There's a new king of skateboarding games in town. This takes a realistic approach to skateboarding, using the right analog stick to do tricks and manuver the board. It's an ingenious system and I can't stop playing this game... well, I can't stop playing it's sequel. But that's still like 30 dollars. Check this game out, it won't dissapoint, I think it's a little better than it's younger brother.

6.) Saint's Row (Xbox 360 Exclusive)
Genre: Free-Roam, Gangstar
If you don't feel like entering the gritty world of GTA4, then say hello to Saint's Row. I takes the (Semi) light hearted comedy of the earlier GTA games and adds 10X more profanity and brutality. And fun. It's also completely based around customization, so you can make your gangstar look like any one you want... or just a crazy hobo with bright green hair weilding a rocket launcher and shotgun. The characters are extremely memorable, and anyone who's played COD: MW2 will recognize the main Saint in a heartbeat.

7.) Mirror's Edge
Genre: Shooter, Free-Running, First Person
Think about this: the Assassin's Creed free running system+faster+first person. It's a crazy combination, but it works. The story is this: In the future, the government monitors everything, from phone calls to emails to regular on the street conversations. So for privacy, there are people who run on the building tops to deliver messages. Something happens and the runners become deemed as a "threat to society". Now it's up to you to wall run and shimmey your way to freedom. Have fun.

8.) Bioshock (I'm pretty sure PS3 also has this)
Genre: First Person Shooter, Kind of Horror
You haven't heard of this game? If you haven't, you need to, but I bet most people already have. You are Jack. Your plane crashes in the middle of the ocean. You are dead. Oh, wait, there is hope... a lonely lighthouse in the middle of the ocean...? You swim to it for safety and end up (in a mind-blowing intro) in the decaying underwater city of Rapture. It's crumbling and filled with crazy mutated mother fu**ers called splicers. How did this happen? Find out by plowing through Rapture with guns and mutant powers like shooting ice, fire and... bees. Mother fu**ing badass.