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They... are not as good as I remember.
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Haven't tried MGS4 yet though. Honestly, I've spent more time watching movies on netflix LOL
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Also, play Uncharted in order. You CAN start with 2 or 3, but you'll enjoy it much more if you start with the first one. There are enough recurring characters that playing them all is worth it. 1 is good, 2 is amazing, 3 is good.
I did that with Sly Cooper, bought just the first game on PSN for $10. Of course, the next week it was free . . .
Damnit.
Yep, my PS3 is a Netflix machine. I only have a handful of games and can only second what has already been mentioned: Uncharted series, HD remakes, 3D Dot Game Heroes, and the like.
Regarding Heavy Rain, I liked it a lot, even the ending, but I can see how it might turn you off. It's worlds better than Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit, though. Unfortunately, the replay value drops significantly once you find out who the main villain is (and he/she doesn't change depending on what your decisions are, which I was mildly disappointed with) because that initial shock is gone.
If you're going the Heavy Rain route, get it cheap (I got mine at a GameStop sale for $15), and don't use Move, it doesn't really add much to the experience. There are a few instances in the game that require very precise movements and you'll wish you had a controller and not the Move peripheral during that time.
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Throw in the miles better story, dialogue, and voice acting and you have a good game that shouldn't be missed.
The voice acting is good, but the story & dialogue isn't anything to write home about. It's throwaway fluff. I was seriously disappointed because people had hyped up the story & characters as being so amazing and instead what I got was National Treasure: The Videogame (Now with 100% less Nicolas Cage!).
Nathan Drake is a treasure hunter, his best friend/partner is named Sully, and he teams up with a reporter named Elena with whom he shares cliche romantic tension while searching for a lost forbidden treasure. There, now you know all you need to know about the story & characters to be able to safely skip the outdated Uncharted 1 and go straight to the much superior sequel.
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To be fair, National Treasure without Nicolas Cage would be a lot better.
Can't wait to get home and play some Katamari... the day feels really, really long right now.
Woo!
I almost plunked down 30 bones on 3D Dot Game Heores a few months ago, glad I waited!
Edit: I've purchased 2 PS3 games today because of this thread... :lol:
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Never noticed it myself.
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The writing is streets ahead of that National Treasure garbage.
Jeez, did Uncharted 1 somehow develop the ability to defecate and then do so right in your Fruit Loops? Only as good as a modern Tomb Raider? UC1 is miles away better than any TR game I've played.
I have a 60GB original PS3 that I use for this...but the BR drive is broken, I need to get it fixed (I have a 160GB slim that I actually use as my PS3 device...if I get the 60GB fixed it will just be an overpriced PS2).
Coming to it several years after it was released, I was greatly disappointed. It's not a bad game, but yeah, I think it's not substantially better than say Tomb Raider: Anniversary. On the one hand, Uncharted has better combat and prettier visuals. On the other hand, Uncharted 1 has a LOT more combat and I grew tired of it long before the game was over.
Uncharted 2, on the other hand, lives up to the hype. Excellent game although I thought the ending was a bit weak.
But yeah, even though Uncharted 2 is a much better game, it's not a substantially different game as far as the mechanics go (it just has better level design, more set pieces, and a few fixes here and there) so in my opinion, you're better off skipping the first game so that you're not tired out by the core gameplay by the time you get to the second one.
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And! The puzzles were very easy. But, I absolutely appreaciate dropping the timed platforming bullshit from Tomb Raider. Forget that. >.>
Don't get me wrong, I don't think Uncharted is bad, it just felt a little off? I admittedly went in expecting a 10 and got more like a 7, and I liked the characters, but the story was bland. Likeable characters is a huge achievement, imo, so big tick for that.
I've read a lot about how more refined Uncharted 2 is, and I picked it up the same time. Looking forward to it. :3
Those are also awful ports.
And here we go with the rest of my giga-post:
It's great so long as you'll actually use your PS3. Online save storage is awesome, especially if you've got games with copy protected saves. You also get a ton of discounts and free content each month.
It's alright. I played it a couple of years ago but if I your wife finds the idea interesting in the first place then she'll probably like it. There are 5-6 different areas which are unlocked in fairly linear fashion and you're given objectives to complete for magazines and whatever. So Nat Geo will request a picture of an elephant giving itself a bath, so you'll have to go find an elephant that's doing so. Occasionally you'll come across a special event that you'll only encounter once, like a cheetah chasing and taking down a gazelle. Those are the really cool parts, especially the very last one.
Also worth noting: The save is enormous. ~500MB because it reserves space for all your pictures.
Rubbish. Uncharted 1 is a fantastic game, far better than any of the Tomb Raider's. It's not the non-stop action-fest the other two games are and it can get quite hard but it has its strengths as well. Since it doesn't switch up the environment every 10 minutes and has a slower pace, it has a far greater sense of environment, making you feel like it's a real place rather than some of the more linear paths in the other two games.
Anyway, recommended exclusives that you don't have:
Uncharted 1-2
Infamous 1-2
Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
LittleBigPlanet 2 (huge upgrade from the original if you're concerned over the differences and all the levels/DLC/costumes/unlocks from the first game transfer over)
God of War 3
Demon's Souls
Valkyria Chronicles
Yakuza 3-4
Heavy Rain
Disgaea 4
Tales of Graces F
And on PSN:
PixelJunk Monsters
PixelJunk Shooter 1-2
Journey
Flower
Under Siege
Akimi Village
Critter Crunch
Super Stardust HD
Wipeout HD
Shatter
Infamous: Festival of Blood
Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty
Rochard
Malicious
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD
Dead Nation
Payday: The Heist
As for the HD Collections, the general rule of thumb is all but the Ubisoft ones are good. As is typical of all their ports, Ubisoft half-assed both the PoP and Splinter Cell trilogies. The others though? Fantastic and well worth playing. MGS, Ico/SotC, GoW, GoW Origins, Jak & Daxter and Sly are all great games and great ports. God of War 2 in particular could easily pass as an early gen PS3/360 game.
Infamous 1
Ratchet and Clank (both of them)
Uncharted 2 (If you're concerned about story then get 1, but honestly everything about 2 is better and it's much less "cheap". I have had, on multiple occasions, a grenade land EXACTLY above where my hands are hanging on a rail... WTF?)
Resistance 2 (1st was really bad, but at least had co-op story)
LittleBigPlanet 1/2
Killzone games are still not all that fun.
If you want to play a mediocre to bad Call of Duty clone, there are much better options than Resistance 2. It took out all the things that were great in Resistance 1 (storytelling, weapon wheel, fairly open levels, pre-CoD FPS design and difficulty) and replaced them with Call of Duty. Super linear levels, a lot more scripting, normal cutscenes, 2 weapons at one time, etc. They took a unique game and made it like everything else, which only exposed how dull the setting really was. I believe they added a lot of those things back into Resistance 3 but by then it was too late, Resistance 2 killed the franchise. I'd be surprised if the Vita spinoff isn't the last one.
Killzone 2 is in the same style of FPS design as CoD but it's unique in that the pacing and gameplay are a lot slower and more deliberate. Killzone 3 kinda killed those two things though, which is why it's not as good (though certain story problems certainly didn't help). The franchise also benefits from a far more interesting backstory and setting than Resistance.
@eobet: Ah, I forgot Renegade Ops because I've got it on Steam. It and Lara Croft are certainly good games though.
And I don't know if you prefer single player or multiplayer or a little of both, but get Uncharted for the single player experience. In my opinion the multiplayer is awful and never should have existed. I've never played coop for 3, so I can't comment on that, but I'm talking about deathmatch and the other versus game types.
But the single player games are some of the best.
Also, it's been said, but Little Big Planet 2 is awesome. You'll never run out of stuff to play and it'd be a great game to play with your son. I really wish there was an active community for it here, but it died out pretty quick which surprised me. I figured it'd last awhile.
On single/multi player - I don't play much multiplayer at all, and when I do it's mostly same-room multiplayer co-op like for Castle Crashers/Scott Pilgrim/etc.
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I really wanna second these as well. I'm pretty sure they all have demos as well, so you don't have to take our word for it.
I think this one is currently exclusive to Japan and Europe. Just in case there were any Americans checking this thread for suggestions.
1. Very military, old school FPS (carry all weapons, must find health pickups) and brown/grey, co-op campaign
2. Special Forces, colorful, big enemies, halo type game play. (2 weapons regenerating health), class based multiplayer co-op. (Tank, DPS, Medic)
3. Is more like 1 with weapons and health, but has parts of 2, like color and more special forces. co-op campaign
Resistance 1 is a launch game, and hasn't aged very well only get if you really like old style FPS with good stories. 2 was a fun romp but I what I really liked was the class based multiplayer co-op, which is probably dead by now. 3 is very good and should be played by all, never got into its multiplayer though.
Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
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