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The other thing that appeals to me, and seems not to appeal to any of you, are the sports games.
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Dave's right, all sports games - save Microsoft's in-house attempts - are cross-platform. Here's where I want to know what kind of sports gamer you are. If you're the type that just enjoys the genre, the pure contest of it all, then you'd dig Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. If you're one of those inner-childless die-hard realistic-sports-games-only types, then you won't appreciate it as much.
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I hate all fighting games and will not play any of them.
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This is a shame. Soul Calibur II was bloody
designed for the Cube's controller. True Crime: Streets of LA is a hybrid fighter/shooter/racer that is simply fantastic. If you can look over the fighting part, you may enjoy that one.
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I hate puzzles to death, as well as games that look like games but are actually puzzles. Some of the original FPSes had that feel; you were fighting bad guys or monsters, but half the time you were pushing on every section of wall to find the secret room. That kind of thing really annoys me.
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This wasn't a Wolfenstein reference. No siree.
I've found that the Clancy games are on equal if not slightly better footing on Cube than on XBox, Splinter Cell as an example. That being said: Metroid Prime, TC:SoLA, XIII, Geist (in the near future).
Tony, where are you on fliers? Because the Rogue Squadron series on Cube just owns all. Literally, after Rogue Leader and now Rebel Strike, Factor 5 has this Scrooge McDuck money bin-like structure that contains all things in the universe. Known
and unknown.
Eternal Darkness, dave, I'm not so sure. ED is a thing of pure beauty, nothing but. Action game, some aspects of the puzzle, but nothing like you describe in the FPSes Tony. If you have a friend with a Cube, swing by with a copy from Blockbuster or whatever and try it out. LotR: Two Towers and Return of the King are pretty straightforward, you might dig those. Linear with 3D illusions (like Viewtiful Joe, another good title), they're basically contests to try and kill the bad guys in as spectacular a way as you can to unlock more spectacular ways to kill them. (Also like Viewtiful Joe)
In parting, I'm just making a case for the other side. I'd pick up an XBox if there were more than three titles on it that I'd want and couldn't find on Cube (Halo, Halo 2, KOTOR). As there isn't, oh well.