Best PS3 games by genre [Archive]

Urizen

10-07-2009, 02:25 PM

Valkyria Chronicles because there's nothing else like it. High production values and tons of polish. Likewise, MGS4 should get a nod for whatever genre that is.

I second Motorstorm: PR, but I have crazy high hopes for Mod Nation Racing.

If you liked the LBP demo, you should know there's nothing better on the system close to it.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 if you never played the original. Failing that, you should be able to find Heavenly Sword on the cheap.

People appear to be divided on this but Killzone 2 is my favorite FPS in a very long time. It's a little slower than most in how much you have to rely on cover and enemy is solid but not outstanding. Level layout and pacing is pitch perfect. (Resistance is not my bag. Neither is Halo, if that helps you understand where I'm coming from.)

TheEpicOfTyler

10-07-2009, 02:25 PM

Uncharted is one of the best games of this generation, or any really. I was sold by the demo, but I've heard a lot of people think it's the weakest part of the game, I liked it though.

Ratchet & Clank is a good action adventure too, even if you haven't played any of them in the past. Tons of worlds, weapons and exploration. A good story with tons of humor too.

Killzone 2 is a fantastic FPS. Single player is really a treat to play, and if you're into MP it has a large MP community that supports it still, though it is quite a different game than it's SP counterpart.

total

10-07-2009, 02:27 PM

Metal Gear Solid 4.

I can't recommend this enough. I haven't liked a MGS game since 1 but this game is just fantastic. Everything about it screams quality.

Gorvi

10-07-2009, 02:31 PM

How the hell did I forget MGS4 and Ratchet? Damn. And yes, LBP is awesome.

Abednigo

10-07-2009, 02:32 PM

If you liked the LBP demo, you should know there's nothing better on the system close to it.

I actually LOVED the LBP demo! I just finished it today and was seriously bummed when it ended. :) It's on my must buy list. I think I'm the only person out of all my coworkers who liked it. They said they felt stupid playing it. I said it felt like the first time I played Mario.

I downloaded the MGS4 demo too and started it but the controls were a little difficult to get used to again and I didn't have much time to get used to them, but I loved MGS1 and 2 (which took awhile to get used to the controls too), and I liked what I saw briefly in the demo.

Troggles

10-07-2009, 02:32 PM

Burnout Paradise is an awesome racer if you haven't played that yet.

Oh, and you should definitely pick up Fat Princess on the PSN. It's like an action-adventure game only it's multiplayer and capture-the-flag.

shodan2020

10-07-2009, 03:01 PM

Purple Santa

10-07-2009, 03:27 PM

After Uncharted, try out inFamous.

@Gorvi: No Resistance recommendation?

BigJonno

10-07-2009, 03:32 PM

Metal Gear Solid 4.

I can't recommend this enough. I haven't liked a MGS game since 1 but this game is just fantastic. Everything about it screams quality.

I second this. Not played a MGS game since the first either, but enjoyed every minute of 4. I was really surprised by the gameplay variety and how much I got into the cutscenes.

total

10-07-2009, 03:34 PM

I second this. Not played a MGS game since the first either, but enjoyed every minute of 4. I was really surprised by the gameplay variety and how much I got into the cutscenes.

I didn't skip a second of that game. I watched every second and loved it. The last thing I would complain about is the cut scenes...which is atypical of my as I skip anything and everything I can.

johnperkins21

10-07-2009, 03:37 PM

I'd like to support everyone who suggested the following:

Uncharted - Seriously one of the best games I have ever played. Imagine an updated Tomb Raider with a much more engaging story, and Gears of Wars inspired combat.

inFamous - Just an all-around great open world action/adventure game.

Ratchet & Clank Future - Amazingly fun platforming action. Also one of the best looking games on the system with its vivid colors and spectacular locations.

Valkyria Chronicles - An innovative turn based strategy RPG with a very robust, interesting story, and creative visuals. It's really the hidden gem of the system.

I haven't really messed with the racing games much, but Motorstorm is fun, and if you haven't played Burnout Paradise you're purposefully inflicting pain on your soul.

civil

10-07-2009, 03:44 PM

Gorvi

10-07-2009, 03:44 PM

]@Gorvi: No Resistance recommendation?
He didn't say anything about FPSs. :)

Wraith

10-07-2009, 03:56 PM

Valkyria Chronicles is a great RPG-ish game.Strategy: Valkyria Chronicles, Disgaea 3Valkyria Chronicles because there's nothing else like it. High production values and tons of polish. Likewise, MGS4 should get a nod for whatever genre that is.Valkyria Chronicles - An innovative turn based strategy RPG with a very robust, interesting story, and creative visuals. It's really the hidden gem of the system.Valkyria Chronicles towers above them all. Nothing you will see posted here is fit to shine its shoes!Valkyria Chronicles - It's a tactical/strategy RPG, but quite different from other SPRGs (current gen visuals, not stuck in an isometric grid, save during battle, made by the devs behind Skies of Arcadia). My favorite game this generation. What sold me on getting a PS3.

RandoM51

10-07-2009, 04:00 PM

burnout paradise is best of whatever genre it is in and a candidate for game of the generation.

LiquidRain

10-07-2009, 04:34 PM

Joining the bold parade and echoing Valkyria Chronicles as pick #1. It should be the first on your list by a mile - there's a demo, try it if you don't believe us, but it's the most unique game experience you'll have this gen.

As far as racers go, Burnout Paradise should be #1. Second place is Wipeout HD+Fury, but be prepared to have your ass handed to you by the latter. Wipeout is an unrelentingly difficult and technical arcade racer. Burnout Paradise is pure fun on a bun.

Everything else on people's lists I could basically go without. Not to dissuade you but my take on the rest of the PS3's lineup:

- Uncharted's gun fights are about as exciting and dynamic as a chat with Aunt Bertha. A demo is available. A lot of people told me the demo's a far cry from the grandeur of the final game, I disagree, it's fairly representative of the actual gun gameplay and all its frustrations. It suffers from Prince of Persia: Sands of Time syndrome: remove the combat and I'd be giving it perfect marks.
- MGS4 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz wha oh hey 5 minutes of gameplay aaaaand zzzzzzzzzzz
- Ratchet and Clank: Lock on? I've never heard of that. Dual analog aiming? What's that? Wait you're saying you want to be able to aim at your enemies while platforming? Silly boy!
- inFamous suffers from Assassin's Creed levels of repetition. I had fun nonetheless though, honestly. What you get in the demo is fully representative of what you get in the game... everything you get in the game. Really. Play the demo. Imagine that for 15-20 hours. That's it. Fun, but it dries up pretty quickly.

In my opinion all of them are renters or $20-$30 purchases.

(I haven't played LBP, Resistance, or Heavenly Sword, otherwise I'd be sure to shit on those too ;) )

If you lack a 360, there are also plenty of awesome multi-platform games you can play besides Burnout!

CptTripps

10-07-2009, 04:45 PM

(I haven't played LBP, Resistance, or Heavenly Sword, otherwise I'd be sure to shit on those too ;) )

haha, i love honesty

Urizen

10-07-2009, 05:19 PM

Valkyria Chronicles towers above them all. Nothing you will see posted here is fit to shine its shoes!

Lurking nearby though, ready to step in should VC contract the Swine Flu, is MGS4. Those two games alone justify the $600 I paid for the system.

Funny enough - I got the MGS bundle PS3 and bought VC soon after. PS2 BC was a big deal for me, but those two games were enough to make me feel like I had a PS3 and was doing something special only PS3 owners were doing.

I eventually got Killzone 2 as my third game, months after it came out.

I will say despite all the awesomeness packed into the MGS4 disc, the hammy, repetitive dialogue wore on me. I'm surprised no one else felt the same way. At times, it was a like watching a bad dub of the earliest episodes of DBZ.

Abednigo

10-07-2009, 06:14 PM

He didn't say anything about FPSs. :)

True, but I want to hear the best of all genres. I like FPSs on the PC, but that's because I'm used to a mouse/keyboard for controls. I just have to get used to using the right analog stick to aim, which is not easy when you've used a mouse for that for 15+ years. :)

LiquidRain

10-07-2009, 06:30 PM

haha, i love honesty
For what it's worth. :)

I'd equally poop all over a lot of the Xbox exclusives as well. I'm an equally opportunity hater.

civil

10-07-2009, 07:04 PM

LiquidRain gets my Post Of The Day award.

Xydarc

10-07-2009, 10:40 PM

Did they fix the multiplayer problems with that?
It was patched a couple days after release.

My PS3 must buy list:
VALKYRIA CHRONICLES
Demon's Souls
inFamous
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4
Fat Princess (PSN)
Flower (PSN)
Burn Zombie Burn (PSN)
The Last Guy (PSN)

Xydarc

10-07-2009, 10:42 PM

burnout paradise is best of whatever genre it is in and a candidate for game of the generation.
You haven't played VALKYRIA CHRONICLES.

johnperkins21

10-07-2009, 10:59 PM

Oh, I forgot to mention Jumping Flash! It's probably the best first person robot bunny platforming game on any system, and it's available on PSN.

TheEpicOfTyler

10-07-2009, 11:15 PM

- MGS4 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz wha oh hey 5 minutes of gameplay aaaaand zzzzzzzzzzz
- Ratchet and Clank: Lock on? I've never heard of that. Dual analog aiming? What's that? Wait you're saying you want to be able to aim at your enemies while platforming? Silly boy!

I don't think you played either of those games either.

Inverarity

10-08-2009, 07:06 AM

My PS3 is mostly used as a BD/media player, but there are two games that make me really glad I bought the system: Little Big Planet and Valkyria Chronicles. Valkyria Chronicles is worth the purchase of the PS3 all by itself.

Ratchet & Clank, inFamous, and a few PSN titles like The Last Guy and Flower are all fun, diverting games, but it's Valkyria Chronicles that makes the PS3 worthwhile.

Gorvi

10-08-2009, 07:08 AM

Demon's Souls is quickly becoming one of those games that you'd buy a console for. So damn good.

RandoM51

10-08-2009, 07:16 AM

No reason to shit on Resistance:Fal of Man, it is an excellent console FPS, with some of the best co-op play this generation.

LiquidRain

10-08-2009, 08:16 AM

I don't think you played either of those games either.
I played the demo of Ratchet and Clank and decided the controls were just too frustrating for me. I've been told you get lock-on weapons and such later on in the game, but frankly I can't be bothered. The series has its fans, but I couldn't get into it. No, I never played the PS2 versions.

Like MGS1 and MGS3, I beat MGS4 all the way through. I thought it was insufferable. Playing on Naked Snake (or whatever the harder-than-normal difficulty was), the game was a cakewalk, you never had to be careful or mindful of your surroundings, there was absolutely zero challenge the whole way. No tension, no suspense, nothing, you had zero need to be stealthy at any point in the game, and there was never a challenge getting out of being caught.

Your reward for getting through the boring cakewalk was a bunch of drawn-out cutscenes that somehow managed to be more boring than the gameplay. I wanted to kill Snake, if for no other reason than to put David Hayter out of the misery of playing such a garbage character. I hated that character - all of them really, if Kojima's aim was to take every single character and make them incredibly annoying, he did a really good job of it.

The bosses, with the exception of octopus, were all unimaginative and not interesting to fight. Being book-ended by those cutscenes doesn't help them either.

The only interesting part of that whole game was the aforementioned boss and
Rex vs Whatshisface.

The premise of that fight was absolutely stupid, much like the entirety of MGS4 in my opinion, but I forgave it because it was actually fun to play, seeing as I absolutely loved MGS1.

The rest of the game, though, was absolute boring garbage I could have done without. I was expecting another excellent game after playing MGS3, and what I got was an MGS2. Or worse. (I may have never played 2, but I watched a good deal of it, enough to know that I don't have to play it)

I wish Snake would have just friggin died already. Such bullshit. Kill yourself. Do us the favour.

Gorvi

10-08-2009, 08:19 AM

To each their own, I guess, I loved every second of MGS4. And yes, I liked MGS2 as well, I replayed MGS1-3 in the months leading up to 4, and it was just what I wanted.

TheFlyingOrc

10-08-2009, 09:20 AM

:cool:None of them.:cool:

TheEpicOfTyler

10-08-2009, 12:36 PM

I played the demo of Ratchet and Clank and decided the controls were just too frustrating for me. I've been told you get lock-on weapons and such later on in the game, but frankly I can't be bothered. The series has its fans, but I couldn't get into it. No, I never played the PS2 versions.

Like MGS1 and MGS3, I beat MGS4 all the way through. I thought it was insufferable. Playing on Naked Snake (or whatever the harder-than-normal difficulty was), the game was a cakewalk, you never had to be careful or mindful of your surroundings, there was absolutely zero challenge the whole way. No tension, no suspense, nothing, you had zero need to be stealthy at any point in the game, and there was never a challenge getting out of being caught.

Your reward for getting through the boring cakewalk was a bunch of drawn-out cutscenes that somehow managed to be more boring than the gameplay. I wanted to kill Snake, if for no other reason than to put David Hayter out of the misery of playing such a garbage character. I hated that character - all of them really, if Kojima's aim was to take every single character and make them incredibly annoying, he did a really good job of it.

The bosses, with the exception of octopus, were all unimaginative and not interesting to fight. Being book-ended by those cutscenes doesn't help them either.

The only interesting part of that whole game was the aforementioned boss and
Rex vs Whatshisface.

The premise of that fight was absolutely stupid, much like the entirety of MGS4 in my opinion, but I forgave it because it was actually fun to play, seeing as I absolutely loved MGS1.

The rest of the game, though, was absolute boring garbage I could have done without. I was expecting another excellent game after playing MGS3, and what I got was an MGS2. Or worse. (I may have never played 2, but I watched a good deal of it, enough to know that I don't have to play it)

I wish Snake would have just friggin died already. Such bullshit. Kill yourself. Do us the favour.

Well Ratchet has control options to play like a shooter as well as lock-on for weapons in which it makes sense. I don't understand why you'd expect every weapon to have lock on.

My complaint with your MGS4 beef has nothing to do with whether or not you liked the story, but to say 5 minutes of gameplay then cutscenes just isn't a formula that is in MGS4. The cutscenes ARE long and if you don't like them then it's a negative, but the gameplay sections tend to be lengthier than any MGS before it.

The boss areas (and the very beginning) are the only areas where I see your complaint being somewhat valid, but to me, as a fan of the series and the story, it's perfectly fine in those cases.

Gorvi

10-08-2009, 12:42 PM

The control options were missing from the Ratchet demo, so I guess that would make sense. It's still a great game, though, since you have those options in the full game, but I can understand the frustration with not being able to change them in the demo.

total

10-08-2009, 12:46 PM

To each their own, I guess, I loved every second of MGS4. And yes, I liked MGS2 as well, I replayed MGS1-3 in the months leading up to 4, and it was just what I wanted.

I thought 1 was meh, I hated 2, I didn't bother with 3 and thought 4 was the pinnacle of the series thus far. I can understand people not liking 4 though. It is a story you play, basically. If you are looking for more pew pew then it isn't for you.

Gorvi

10-08-2009, 12:50 PM

I thought 1 was meh, I hated 2, I didn't bother with 3 and thought 4 was the pinnacle of the series thus far. I can understand people not liking 4 though. It is a story you play, basically. If you are looking for more pew pew then it isn't for you.
Very true. A big part of what I loved about it was seeing where the story went, but the gameplay was still very good.

And if you haven't been told already, you really should try to track down the Subsistence version of MGS3, it's the best in the series, though it does start slow.

Primus

10-08-2009, 12:56 PM

My votes go to LBP and Fat Princess.

LiquidRain

10-08-2009, 12:57 PM

The control options were missing from the Ratchet demo, so I guess that would make sense.
That is an absolutely boneheaded decision on the developer's part then. It single handedly turned me off the whole game. I'll have to change my tune now, thanks for letting me know. (and no I don't regularly spout about R&C, I don't think I've turned anyone else off the game either)

My complaint with your MGS4 beef has nothing to do with whether or not you liked the story, but to say 5 minutes of gameplay then cutscenes just isn't a formula that is in MGS4.
I felt that the last 2 acts of the game were rather like this. When I refer to "gameplay" I mean excluding the bosses. The actual stealth sneaking around part of the game felt really short to me, and what was there was barely anything about stealth. It was simply easier to shoot everyone dead before they had a chance to trigger an alarm. There was almost no purpose to CQC. (you can argue that I ruined the game by playing it this way, but I'm a gamer who will almost always take the path of least resistance, and in this way I felt MGS4's game design to be very broken despite the control improvements compared to MGS3)

The first half of the game does have a good portion of gameplay, but it felt overshadowed by the cutscenes to me. To be more reasonable to MGS4, I should say it felt like there was 5 minutes of game to 15 minutes of cutscene throughout, rather than factually stating it as such. That assessment was the impression it left me with of the game as a whole. (the ending did not help, you have to admit the last 3 hours contain a ridiculous amount of cutscene)

MGS3: Subsistence remains the highlight of the series for me, by a mile. Fantastic game, despite (as Gorvi said) the really, really slow start.

Gorvi

10-08-2009, 01:03 PM

That is an absolutely boneheaded decision on the developer's part then. It single handedly turned me off the whole game. I'll have to change my tune now, thanks for letting me know. (and no I don't regularly spout about R&C, I don't think I've turned anyone else off the game either)
It was an incredibly stupid decision, I had a hard time making it through the demo as I'm the kind of person who always inverts the controls.

I'll leave the MGS4 stuff alone, we just disagree there and that's fine.

total

10-09-2009, 11:04 AM

I might pick up a copy of MGS3. I've heard great things about it but I just never got around to it.

LiquidRain

10-09-2009, 11:31 AM

Make sure you get Subsistence. The original MGS3 is nearly unplayable in comparison.

TheEpicOfTyler

10-09-2009, 01:10 PM

Make sure you get Subsistence. The original MGS3 is nearly unplayable in comparison.

I wouldn't say unplayable, but yeah Subsistence is leaps and bounds ahead of MGS3 in every way. The extra content is awesome.

I am sure there used price is probably only dollars different nowadays too, so there's no reason not to grab it.

total

10-09-2009, 01:23 PM

Duly noted. Subsistence it is.

Evil Avnovice

10-14-2009, 01:50 PM

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menage

10-14-2009, 01:53 PM

The US Cover actually beats the Asian one. Looks awesome

MalReynolds

10-14-2009, 02:34 PM

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funny thing is my friend is quoted in that trailer

and yes it is a MUST HAVE

Also Uncharted 1 and 2

Yeti2005

10-14-2009, 03:07 PM

Demon's Souls is intriguing with it's insane difficulty. If the game is so hard do you have to grind endlessly to continue?

Tayaya

10-14-2009, 03:10 PM

The US Cover actually beats the Asian one. Looks awesome

I dunno.... I like that the Asian version depicts a dead adventurer.... it gives a good visual warning of what to expect. :)

As for my best of list:
Uncharted - despite the combat being a little samey and not varying all that much, the game keeps you interested with its great story, writing, voice acting that delivers, amazing locales, and the "tomb raider" moments and light puzzles that are there are really well done. The sequel, aptly named Uncharted 2, takes everything I just said and amps it up by a factor of 10.... it's stunning, and one of the few games that I can call Jaw-dropping and mean that it actually made me assume the jaw-on-floor position multiple times.

If you like racing, Wipeout HD is the cream of the crop if you don't care about realism. It sports some of the best visuals on the console, has a great feature set, great music, and when you tire of it you can always get the expansion which literally doubles the size of the same. Good, affordable fun. If you insist that your racing be restricted to automobiles, and you don't have a 360, my current best recommendation is Need for Speed: Shift, until GT5 comes out. I like GT5 Prologue and have gotten a good 20-30 hours of gameplay out of it, but since it ignites too many of those "it's a demo" arguments, I'll go with NFS: Shift, as it's more accessible, more intense, and overall just a great game. Something more casual? Burnout: Paradise.

For the FPS itch, Killzone 2 is mind blowingly good. Yes it's true that the controls aren't as twitch-gamer friendly as many of today's gamers want, but the entire game was designed around this and the developers say that the "feel" of the game is intentional. For making you feel like you're really in a warzone, it's tough to beat. The campaign is very good, the levels are great, the multiplayer is definitely not "tacked on" and feels like it got just as much attention as the original game. Not to mention it's oh-so-pretty!

For the light RPG/Adventure enthusiast: Demon's Souls! It's definitely not for everyone... try before you buy if you can. It's brutally unforgiving and the game is engineered around kicking your ass and sending you packing, but once you finally start to "get it" you feel so empowered, and get such satisfaction from your victories that you just crave more, and luckily there's plenty there to do. The levels are relatively small, only being 5 "worlds" with 3 sections each (one of them has 4, though), but each one will take you about an hour to go through, because of the way the game scares you into being extra cautious and literally inch your way through the unknown. The bosses are epic in both size and design, and when you beat one you'll blog about it because it feels like such an accomplishment (see our thread here on CoG if you don't believe me).

Those are my "must-own" games, though the PS3 has plenty of others as well. I know this post is a little long, but I hope you get some of my actual reasoning behind my recommendations out of it.

Tayaya

10-14-2009, 03:15 PM

Demon's Souls is intriguing with it's insane difficulty. If the game is so hard do you have to grind endlessly to continue?

Nope. You can actually get through the game without any grinding, if you are skillful enough. I do find myself sometimes returning to an older level to grab a few supplies or harvest upgrade stones for my weapons, but simply grinding for character stats/levels is not a necessity at all. You CAN do it, and it will make your life easier of course, as grinding will in any RPG, but the game's difficulty curve can be overcome by learning how to parry and dodge, and using the appropriate equipment and spells for each of the game's unique situations.

Gorvi

10-14-2009, 05:37 PM

Demon's Souls is intriguing with it's insane difficulty. If the game is so hard do you have to grind endlessly to continue?
It's not even insanely difficult really aside from some bosses so far (and that you can help with the co-op), it's just that it doesn't hold your hand at all and you pay for every bad decision you make. Permanently, as it auto saves constantly, you can't just reload.

If you're smart, though, you're not going to lose much, even if you lose the souls you currently have on you. The absolute worst thing that can happen to you is losing your body and your current collected souls count, but even that is pretty easily overcome with a bit of effort.

Chris_D

10-15-2009, 06:16 AM

Super Stardust HD is pretty damn awesome twin stick shooter.

Gorvi

10-15-2009, 06:20 AM

Super Stardust HD is pretty damn awesome twin stick shooter.
I'm one of the few that prefers Blast Factor's Advanced Research expansion over SSHD. SSHD is good, though.

Chris_D

10-15-2009, 06:29 AM

I'm one of the few that prefers Blast Factor's Advanced Research expansion over SSHD. SSHD is good, though.

Never heard of it, shameful huh. Is that a PS3 exclusive? On PSN?

Gorvi

10-15-2009, 06:33 AM

Never heard of it, shameful huh. Is that a PS3 exclusive? On PSN?
It was one of the first PSN games. The base game is good, but takes a bit to get going (I think there's a demo), but the Advanced Research add on makes it an incredibly challenging game by mixing up a lot of what the original game did but in smaller areas.

One of the main concepts of the game is that you tilt the controller left or right to shift the "cell" you're in, pushing the enemies to the other side. It's still a twin stick shooter, but you have to use that tilting in a smart way to either flip some enemies or corral them so that you can kill them quickly when you're going for a high score. You can also do a blast that will push enemies away from you. There are enemies that are resistant to each move, and using those moves on some enemies will actually draw them too your ship.

Tayaya

10-15-2009, 07:36 AM

I'm one of the few that prefers Blast Factor's Advanced Research expansion over SSHD. SSHD is good, though.

I'm with you on that one Gorvi. However, I haven't played the add-on content for Blast Factor, only the original, launch-day release. What does the Advanced Research pack add?

None of us mentioned Shatter either, and I think that game's amazing. Forgot all about it until I saw it on my XMB last night.

Gorvi

10-15-2009, 07:49 AM

I'm with you on that one Gorvi. However, I haven't played the add-on content for Blast Factor, only the original, launch-day release. What does the Advanced Research pack add?

None of us mentioned Shatter either, and I think that game's amazing. Forgot all about it until I saw it on my XMB last night.
It's harder and faster, and in my opinion, a lot better. The original game took a bit to get going, Advanced Research tries to kick your ass pretty quickly. Plus it's got some great music. :)

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Tayaya

10-15-2009, 08:09 AM

It's harder and faster, and in my opinion, a lot better. The original game took a bit to get going, Advanced Research tries to kick your ass pretty quickly. Plus it's got some great music. :)

That actually does look like it adds enough to the formula to warrant a purchase.

Church42

10-15-2009, 05:43 PM

For sports, maybe FIFA 2010? I've only had an opportunity to play the demo since I'm not fortunate enough to live in Europe...but it's gotten pretty good reviews and I enjoyed the demo...tough call though as I just can't think of many good sports games (though I'm sure some people might say NHL).

Chris_D

10-31-2009, 08:58 AM

Finally got round to trying the Blast Factor demo and it just wasn't doing it for me. In particular, when I used the slow down effect I would lose track of the direction in which enemies were moving, so I'd usually die (kind of the opposite to what is intended I suspect). Probably something I could get used to. Anyway, Blast Factor seems pretty comparable to Geometry Wars to me (super fast paced, fairly simple visuals), so given the option I would recommend Geometry Wars 2 over BF by some margin. Whether it's the music or the visuals, GW also has a lot more personality and distinctive style.

Anyway, my recommendation of Super Stardust HD as twin stick shooter of choice on PS3 still stands ;). Also, it's very different from GW so there's not much overlap in owning both.

muddi900

10-31-2009, 10:58 AM

Metal Gear Solid 4.

I can't recommend this enough. I haven't liked a MGS game since 1 but this game is just fantastic. Everything about it screams quality.

MGS4 was great, but its no Snake eater!

All the usual suspects have been named. One of these days I am going to play Valkyria Chronicles.

The rest of the game, though, was absolute boring garbage I could have done without. I was expecting another excellent game after playing MGS3, and what I got was an MGS2. Or worse. (I may have never played 2, but I watched a good deal of it, enough to know that I don't have to play it)

MGS4 was MGS2 without most of the suck.

But you're a hater. I hate haters.

You suck. YOUR PC HARDWARE ADVICE ISN"T EVEN THAT GOOD(yes it is).