I got into a discussion with one of my roommates today and he accused me of not playing any game made for a current gen console.  I own a psp and a ds but apparently those don't count as they don't have awesome graphics or something.  Anyways we're both at a loss as to which games I should try out.  He's got a few but none that interest me.

There's a few genres of games I prefer: Racing, Action Adventure, Adventure.  I used to like RPGs but I don't really like console RPGs anymore as they mostly seem to be JRPGs and I haven't seen one that looks innovative.

As for a few specific recent games/series I like there's F-Zero X & GX, Burnout: Takedown, Syphon Filter (all), Paper Mario, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time

We've got a bunch of 360 games in the house, only a few of which I've played (the ones in bold), but all of which I've seen being played.  Those are: Gears of War, Circle of Doom, Jericho, Dead Rising, Call of Duty 4, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Forza 2, Madden 08, Nhl 2k7 & 2k8, Halo 3, The Outfit, Crackdown, Blue Dragon, Grand Theft Auto 4, Devil May Cry 4, Lost Odyssey, Dynasty Warriors Gundam, NFS Most Wanted, Project Sylpheed, Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, Gun

So yeah, I'm basically looking for suggestions that aren't those games, specifically ones similar to the games/genres I like.

Games to check out:
Mass Effect
Devil May Cry 4
Ninja Gaiden 2
Just Cause
Gears of War
Fatal Inertia
Stranglehold
Hitman: Blood Money

Play Mass Effect. It's an RPG, but it's made by a great company and it is a wRPG.

Ok, I'll add Mass Effect to the list of games I might check out.

You've got alot of great gams in your list. I'd recommend Dead Rising, CoD4, GTA4 and DMC4

I only played the Assassin's Creed demo and it's a little weird, but you should try that out too.

As for other games than that.. I don't really know.

I've seen my roommates play Dead Rising for long enough that I don't think I'd have fun playing it, not really a fan of FPS games, GTA 2 was the only GTA I enjoyed and I've played almost all of them.  I'll add DMC 4 to the list I guess but I played the first one and it wasn't anything special.

Yeah man, are you crazy? Go play Dead Rising immediately. GTA4 and DMC4 are pretty great (I think you'd like DMC4 judging by your genre preferences), and I'm also going to throw in a recommendation for Project Sylpheed. Once you get past the first two levels, it's pretty good fun.

edit: was meant to post before you, izekeal, sorry!

Ok, I get it, we have some good games.  I'd prefer it if you guys could recommend games that we don't have.

Also, I'd probably like the Ratchet & Clank series but I only have a ps2 and psp, no ps3.

I may check out Ninja Gaiden, but I've seen reviews for GRID and I've played Burnout: Revenge (didn't like it as much as Takedown).  Beautiful Katamari might be fun but if I'm playing a less serious game I'd prefer it to be on a handheld.

Definitely get Beautiful Katamari.  I thought the PSP Katamari was atrocious to play.

Do you like shoot-em-ups?

Shoot-em-ups are ok, but I prefer the mindlessness of older fps games or 3rd-person shooters that are similar to Syphon Filter.

Shoot-em-ups are ok, but I prefer the mindlessness of older fps games or 3rd-person shooters that are similar to Syphon Filter.

Just Cause is pretty fun and it's only like 5-10$ so it's not a huge investment.

Honestly, I recommend Bladestorm to anyone who's willing to check it out.  At first I passed the game off as another Dynasty Wars hack and slash but it's actually a strategy game where you control a group of units on the ground and you have a hero that can switch out units and take control of any friendly group in the area.  There's a MAAAASIVE map and your goal is to either help the English or the French in winning whatever war it is they're fighting.  The game is measured in days and at the end of each day a score is tallied based on strongholds taken over and units killed and one of the sides is claimed the victor.  Because you're a mercenary, you can switch sides in game and as one side grows weak they start offering more pay (but there's still a clear road to victory).

Pretty fun game.

Just Cause might be fun, though I'm pretty wary of playing any more sandbox games.  I'll add it to the list.

Rainbow Six Vegas might be fun.  I've seen Assassin's Creed and it looks too sandboxy for me.

Edit: If only the next F-Zero could be multi-console...

Ok, I get it, we have some good games.  I'd prefer it if you guys could recommend games that we don't have.

but...you do have some very good games what is the point of going out to look for all these others when...you haven't even played like 2/11ths (fraction simplifying ahoy!) of your list...

also Battlefield: Bad Company is a quirky fun game but you don't really like FPSes so :/

try Splinter Cell: Double Agent. that's fun.

My roommate rented Bad Company and yeah, not my kind of game.  Also, I've watched two of my roommates play pretty much all those games that I listed and almost none of them looked appealing.

Have you not played Bioshock? Because you need to if you haven't, it's amazing!