I got a 360 for cheap after my PS3 died about a year ago. This is just my experience and I don't know if it applies to your situation, but here it is:
I'm not into the Halo series and Halo 3's story was impossible to get into for anyone who hasn't played the second game; I don't know if I've ever felt so indifferent toward a singleplayer campaign. The Halo Reach demo did seem much more interesting, to be fair.
I was extremely let down by Gears Of War. As a huge fan of Epic since the first Unreal I thought it would be my favorite series ever but I found it's storytelling pretty much on par with Quake 2 (insanely nonexistant for such a technically advanced thing) and its gameplay nothing new, since the multiplatform games that copied it did it just as well. I really wasn't missing anything. I've played through half of the second one and it hasn't done much to change my opinion on the series.
I was very excited to try the original games to some series that only had their sequels make it to PS3. But I found Call Of Juarez 1's clunky control, stealth/platforming sections, constant load times, and inferior storytelling to be such huge steps down from the sequel that it's taken me forever to slog through it. And I had pretty much the same experience with Condemned 1, but it does exceed it's predecessor in the atmospheric horror department.
As an FPS fanatic, Prey and Quake 4 were two of my most anticipated titles and while neither was perfect, I ended up liking them both pretty well.
On the download side of things, Quake Arena Arcade is a dream-title for me, unfortunately the online community is totally dead. Perfect Dark HD is a very cool N64 remake and more of those are desperately needed.
I know I haven't tried everything the 360 has to offer but I've tried most of the stuff that interests me and it's been pretty disappointing. I'm still grateful for the 360 since my PS3 died and it's all I've got at the moment, and I've been able to buy most of my favorite multiplatform games for it cheap; but in hindsight, the exclusives don't make it worth it for me personally. Oh yeah, also paying extra to play online and use netflix sucks.
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