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PS3 game recommendation
sushiboy
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I have been a Wii owner since the system came out. I am going to sell it now and get a PS3. Since I am somewhat unfamiliar with the game lineup for PS3, I am wondering what game to get for my wife. On Wii, she likes party games (easy, fun ones like Mario Party), Animal Crossing, and games like Big Brain Academy. Any recommendations on games similar to those on the PS3? I think she would really like a Big Brain Academy type game. Thanks in advance!
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because the type of games you want are what the wii/ds is perfect for.
the ps3 is not this type of game machine.
Take it a step further and maybe some shooters like blast factor and stardust. These though tend to be too stresful for the marioparty crowd.
Maybe let her zone out with Flower and Flow. While flow does have a co-op mode the apropriate way to play these games is to just relax by yourself and zen out.
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Honestly, Grand Theft Auto IV is still the game of choice for me and my friends. I can't emphasize enough how entertaining this game can be.
Pixeljunk Eden is an awesome title and I guarantee you haven't played anything like it.
Even as a PS3 owner, I must recommend reconsidering the 360. It's significantly cheaper and has a deeper library...there may be more there for you. I think LBP and the PSN titles are what would make or break the deal.
As for all the 360 recommendations, yea, it is cheaper, but 1) I gotta have me FF13 as soon as it comes out and 2) everyone I know that has a 360 has had to send it in b/c of the RROD multiple times and I'm not sure I want that hassle.
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Brain Challenge should be out already. It's a PSN (Playstation Network) game; go online to the store, and you can download it for $10 I believe.
Wikipedia link to a list of PSN games.
Other than that I would possibly recommend some of the following:
Major release games:
Little Big Planet - multiplayer, cute, platformer
PSN games:
Flower - an amazing single player experience; short but very easy to handle
Pixel Junk Monsters - tower defense; hard and fun; has 2 player co-op; Pixel Junk also has a platformer and a racer
If your wife likes puzzles:
Echochrome - an Escher like wireframe game, where you navigate your maze by changing the camera angle and the perspective of what is there (or not there)
Cuboid - You are an object made of cubes, and you goal is to line up into the exit; look this up on youtube for a better idea of how play goes.
Bejeweled 2 - classic bejeweled action; matching like gems together
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - This is a mix of bejeweled and rpg
Super Puzzle Fighter - almost like tetris, but you form blocks to break to "fight" another character.
Noby Noby Boy - a quirky Japanese sandbox "game" from the maker of Katamari Damacy. It's not a game really, but a sandbox playground where you are a thing that stretches.
About FF13 unless your planning to import the japanese version the NA and EU releases are suppose to be simultanious on both consoles.
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All my friends that sold their wii have had regrets about it at some point.
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I don't regret selling mine at all. My girlfriend seems to be enjoying worms, braid and castle crashers a lot more than anything on the wii.
As far as PS3, LBP is about the only thing she has showed interest in (and rock band of course).
And if your wife has never played it before, you should get her Puzzle Quest. My wife has played through it like 3 times on the DS, and when I told her it was on PSN seriously thought about buying it again.
You may also want to consider getting Uncharted. The special lady may not want to play it, but its story is basically a B Hollywood action flick, so it can be pretty enjoyable to experience together. Get it anyways since the game is fantastic.
Alternatively, I don't know a single person (myself included) who have ever spared another thought for the Wii after parting ways, other than occasionally having a look at the Wii releases at the game store to see if there was any reason to reinvest yet.
My wife likes to sing so Sinstar and RB1/2 work for her.
She absolutely looooved PJMonsters. It has cute little monsters the coop is fun as hell. (Probably her favorite video game ever) Some might find it too hard, but its easier with coop.
She also really liked LBP, but only the story levels, she doesn't have the patience to find the good community ones.
Sonic's Mega Genesis collection is pretty good in that it has a number of puzzle and coop games on it.
LEGO starwars was fun for a bit, but got boring and they all play the same.
As a recent 360 owner I'd love to hear what wife friendly exclusive games are on that system. Feel free to send PMs if you don't want to derail. (She loved Braid but that was over all to quick. She liked Castle Crashers, but got bored with it half way through. I'm looking more for coop games more so than quiz show stuff like scene it.)
On selling consoles: Normally I'm against selling consoles since I usually regret it, especially considering the price you get for it. However selling the wii might not be so bad since the resell value on them was pretty good. (not sure if this is till the case)
Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
This is a good point about the resale value of the wii. Might want to look at ebay or something comperable, instead of ebstop where you are sure to get fleeced.
Still though if the woman is enjoying animal crossing and other such titles might be safer to hang on to the wii instead of upsetting her. Love the psn and most of the fun quirky titles on there, but just don't know how much cassual apeal they will have. It's almost like asking a metal head what there favorite county or disco album is.
Edit: Oh yeah and fat princess is comming out soon. Might be too bloody but damn if that dosn't look like a blast to play
However
Since you're an FFXIII fan I'm gonna say you're required to get Valkyria Chronicles for yourself the instant you acquire a PS3
No excuses
Do... Re... Mi... So... Fa.... Do... Re.... Do...
Forget it...
Just checked the PSN - yeah Brain Challenge is up there for $9.99 and it has a $7.99 expansion.
Also, Valkyria Chronicles:^: And Siren:^: and Uncharted and R&C Future and LBP and MGS4 :^::^:
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and GTA IV and Fallout 3 and Dead Space and RE5 and Mirror's Edge and Prince of Persia...
...and soon Uncharted 2 and Heavy Rain and God of War 3 and inFamous and R&C Future 2 and White Knight (to sate your Final Fantasy hunger for a while) and Prototype and... Ubisoft Montreal's next game - my money's on Assassin's Creed 2.
I should note - you say you want a PS3 so you can play FFXIII sooner. Japan gets it on PS3 first, then the rest of the world gets it at the same time on PS3 and 360 - much later. So unless you can read Japanese, a PS3 won't let you play 13 any sooner. You will get 13 Versus though (made by the Kingdom Hearts crew).
Edit: Take back what I said about Siren it's also hard as nails so that would probably be frustrating for her.
Oh, Sushi you also asked about Flower. I still haven't laid down my $10 for it (I will), but I can tell you I've yet to hear a negative post or comment on it. Pretty much everyone agrees it's the bees' knees.
Do... Re... Mi... So... Fa.... Do... Re.... Do...
Forget it...
Flower is an amazing game, but I'm not sure how much appeal it has with casual folks. My wife certainly enjoyed watching me playing it, but when I gave her the controller, she became frustrated with the controls. There is a learning curve that I'm not sure a lot of casual gamers will want to push through to enjoy the game.
nah, it sucks
the thing i like about the ps3 is it does have a lot of games which capture casual gamers, but it rarely compromises with cheap and nasty experiences
there's stuff like the eye of judgment, which you can probably get pretty cheap nowadays, and with a set stack of cards it's a great 2-player boardgame. almost all of its criticisms come from the ongoing costs, but i never spent a cent on it after my initial investment, and my girlfriend and i played it for ages
civilization: revolution is another one. slightly simplified version of civilization that's been honed for quicker, up-tempo games. civ will addict anyone who gives it a bit of time. this much i know.
some other games i've played with my girlfriend: locoroco coccoreccho and piyotama (both $3), all the pixeljunk games, buzz, flow & flower, littlebigplanet, uncharted (like many people here, i wasn't allowed to continue the story until she was present), lego star wars, elefunk...
if your girlfriend likes puzzles, she'll probably also be excited by echochrome, which is very different and wonderfully presented. i liked it a lot
it's not a party machine like the wii is, but the good thing is it does have a really good library of unique games that are available instantly and inexpensively. just go through the psn one night with her, try some demos and take some blind stabs, and she'll end up with a hell of a lot to play with
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It's that, but you can also hold down a button to make yourself go faster
Do... Re... Mi... So... Fa.... Do... Re.... Do...
Forget it...
Yeah, you can play it with one hand if you want, it makes the tilting a little easier.
Anyway, if you're looking for party games you may want to check out Buzz and Singstar. Both were really popular casual franchises throughout Europe on the PS2 and the PS3 versions are pretty similar but have downloadable DLC (Buzz even lets you create your own questions and download other peoples ones). I believe Singstar's also backwards compatible with the PS2 versions of the game, so that'd be a pretty cheap way of picking up new songs.
You can't go too wrong with LBP, R&C and the Ultimate Mega Drive Collection either.
Otherwise, I'd recommend checking out the PSN. There's a bunch of pretty casual games on there, including PixelJunk Monsters and Eden, Flower, Flow and some of the other puzzle games.
The amount of casual stuff you can get on XBLA is absolutely stunning--board games! puzzle games! old-school arcade stuff redesigned for the 360! goofy but solid original stuff like Castle Crashers! And then you've got the two 360 versions of Scene It! which are becoming a party game genre unto themselves (I bet you a nickel we see a third edition this holiday season) and stuff like Rock Band and Lips for more party action.
Meanwhile, you can wade knee-deep in hardcore games. Everybody wins!
The casual stuff on PSN is certainly nothing to scoff at, but a lot of it is quirky--sorta designed to appeal to veteran gamers from a different gameplay perspective, I think--and may not be what you're lady's looking for. Little Big Planet is the only PS3-exclusive "casual" game sold on a disc that I can think of, and that also may not be what your lady is looking for. If you're set on a PS3 (probably in order to play the Sony exclusives) then by all means go for it, but don't rule out the 360 as another great option.
In terms of what my wife likes on the PS3:
LittleBigPlanet -- she plays this when I'm not home and bugs me to do co-op with her -- LOVES this game
PixelJunk Monsters -- she loves this game as well and is always pestering me to do co-op with her
Singstar -- her all time favorite PS3 game. We've got all 3 albums and have spent a ridiculous amount of money on DLC
Flower
Valkyria Chronicles <-- she loves to watch me play this and is always pestering me to unlock more of the story
Uncharted -- again another game she enjoys watching me play
In terms of 360 titles she likes to play or watch me play:
Guitar Hero III
Bejeweled 2 -- she sucked up hours of playtime with Bejeweled 2
Call of Duty 4/World At War -- She loves watching me play this, it's like having a backseat driver
Gears of War 1/2 -- sames as CoD4, she gets a kick out of yelling at me "you suck, kill them KILL THEM" (yes she's abit bloodthirsty
Fable 2 -- She likes to play this alot but said the world is "lonely" (I got her hooked on Guild Wars way back and now I think she has the potential to become an MMO junkie)
Anyways hope this helps.
Let me tell you about Demon's Souls....
No one regrets selling their wii.
Nearly everything on XBLA has a free demo. It's actually incredibly easy to separate the good stuff from the crap!
I should probably point out that Lips, Scene It and You're in the Movies are Microsoft's blatant ripoffs of Singstar, Buzz and Eyetoy. Not that that necessarily makes them bad games but I'm pretty sure they're not getting as much support internally as the Sony equivalents (as far as DLC and downloadable content goes). If you're interested in any of them, I'd recommend checking out that sort of stuff.
Anyway, yeah the XBLA probably does have more casual games (though neither have peggle). It may be a bit hard sorting through all the games to find the good ones though, trying every demo on it would be fairly annoying and difficult (which is probably why greeble asked for suggestions).