Great Games for Busy People (Xbox): Features

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Great Games for Busy People:

Xbox Titles

(Compiled by Lee Cieniawa and Siddharth Massand)

Links 2004

Getting out on the course for a round of golf isn't easy for those with a hectic lifestyle. Fortunately, it's a lot easier to find the time to hit the virtual links, and Microsoft's Links 2004 is one of the best caddies around. You won't need much time to acclimate to the controls of Links 2004, which plays more like a true simulation than an arcade-style golf game.

The single-player side of the ball is enjoyable enough, but even better is that you can take Links 2004 online via Xbox Live and test your skills against real human competition. And unlike the PGA tour, a Links 2004 game session won't take away an entire weekend afternoon's worth of time: You can finish up a typical Xbox Live competition in less than 40 minutes.

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Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee

Sometimes after a hard day at the workplace, nothing's better to release a little bit of that frustration than a few rumbles and tumbles with some of Tokyo's big, bad monster crew, starring the king of the monsters himself, Godzilla.

Essentially a button-mashing fighter, you won't need much more than your two thumbs to smash and slam that frustration away. Regardless if you feel like playing for 15 minutes or an hour, Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee is a quick fix for the daily grind.

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Tiger Woods 2005

Not only is Tiger Woods 2005 an easy game to pick up and play, but it also offers players a variety of different game modes. Whether you have hours to spare or even thirty minutes to spend on a game, Tiger Woods has something for everyone. You can easily play a round of eighteen holes in under a half hour or try out your skills in the various mini-games.

Lego Star Wars

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Lego Star Wars was one of the biggest surprises when it hit consoles earlier this year. Providing simplistic gameplay coupled with the Star Wars universe provided all the things right for a good game. Appealing to gamers of all ages, Lego Star Wars campaign was split up into each of the three episodes with each episode consisting of its own sub-levels. Considering the levels within each Episode aren’t overly long or complicated, this makes it rather easy for anyone to sit down with the game for a short period of time and play through one or two levels at a time.

Burnout 3: Takedown

Easily the best racer of 2004, Burnout 3 didn’t feature any of the deep customizable features common in a lot of racing games. Instead Burnout focused on two things: Speed and Crashes. Crash Mode was perhaps the most enjoyable, easiest and quickest game mode to play. Instead of trying to race and avoid traffic, now the entire point is to create as much damage as possible with traffic. Each level in the crash mode can take less than a minute, so the player can play a dozen or so rounds within a small period of time.

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