PlayStation 3 Games Discussion Thread - buy a PS+ sub, play Uncharted in order

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Kaleidoscope: Sep 8, 2007; The Internet makes me dizzy.

Wamdoodle posted:

I thought that SCEA had standards where every game release from now on had to have trophies and certain features before they were allowed to be sold or did I just have some crazy stuck in my brain?

Regardless, I'm buying the hell out of Godhand just to support it more.

For PS3 games yes that's the rule. If these were ports or HD re-releases they would have those features. There are exceptions for PSOne Classics, PS3 titles released [on disc] before that mandate and assumedly these PS2 Classics.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2011 07:00

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 10:41

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Krad posted:

Soooooo, when are we getting new PS2 Classics?

The current rumor is the first PSN update of the month until they change their minds.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2011 14:46

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foastwab posted:

Guys, help me out.

I have enough money budgeted to get one game this month, and I'm having the hardest time deciding between Arkham City and Dark Souls. I know what I'd be getting from both of them, and I plan on playing them both eventually. Anyone have biased opinions that could maybe convince me either way?

Also, I'll probably trade whichever one I get in towards Skyrim, so I can kill some dragons.

Do you hate yourself? If so get Dark Souls. If you're looking for a severely challenging yet rewarding experience that has great longevity it's a better buy but it is but no means a game for everyone. I'm not nearly masochistic or patient enough to enjoy it.

What are your thoughts on Batman? If you're a fan Arkham City is loaded with fan-service. It is a nearly identical experience, gameplay-wise to AA but I'm totally fine with that since it was my GOTY of 2009. I love me some Batman and while the game is pretty easy it puts a smile on my face.

So what do you want out of your next game?

# ¿ Oct 21, 2011 02:28

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Policenaut posted:

Ideas?

Syphon Filter 4. It's already rumored to be in development.

# ¿ Feb 7, 2012 02:47

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Crappy Jack posted:

Yeah, I never imagined realistic gunplay working in an FPS, and I suppose that's where most of the confusion comes from. It's the ubiquity of guns in games that I have a problem with, where it's to the point that a gun is so often your main means of interacting with the game world.

When I talk about a game that makes guns appear to have some weight, I'm not talking about an FPS where everybody goes down in one hit. I'm talking about, say, something like Fallout 3, except where guns are powerful and super rare. The game doesn't revolve around gunplay and encourages you to utilize other means, but there's a very rare chance that you could find a gun and a few bullets, and that's a Very Big Deal; you have to keep it secret or else people would try to take it from you, you have to be careful with it because you only have a couple shots, that sort of thing. Even the act of showing it would have a big impact and have you being treated as a god among men.

But nope, most games are just about you having 10 guns strapped to your back and letting you pick up ammo off dead guys without even having to bend over.

I Am Alive seems to be closer to that idea.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2012 04:46

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Policenaut posted:

Isn't January where publishers stick games that they think are going to bomb? Like since people are still reeling from Christmas and all?

Resident Evil 4 and Mass Effect 2 were both January releases. Just off the top of my head.

Anyone here played the Prince of Persia HD releases? Ubisoft is having a 50% sale on PSN and I'm considering the HD trilogy or possibly Forgotten Sands (I've already played PoP 2008).

# ¿ May 22, 2012 08:47

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That "Ultimate" Edition sale has me looking at Mortal Kombat.

Having not spent much time with either series since the mid-nineties, which would serve as a better re-introduction to fighters? MK or Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition (not on sale but also recently went up on the PSN Store).

# ¿ May 29, 2012 16:02

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I know MK has a $10 online pass.

Does anyone know if I share the PSN version with a friend if we'll need to buy the passes for each account separately? That would negate any savings from sharing it since we both have PS+.

# ¿ May 30, 2012 00:50

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I am loving the poo poo out of the Max Anarchy demo. It's got that token Platinum insanity and is super fun. Plus the music is fantastic. I left the game sitting on the main menu for what must've been an hour. Can't wait for it to come out in July, plus according to Amazon it comes with a download code for Bayonetta, which I still haven't played.

# ¿ May 31, 2012 11:28

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Any feedback on Closure? The demo didn't impress me when it came out but it seems like something of an indie darling and for $7.50 it might not be a bad deal.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2012 22:27

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For anyone who has bought Counter-Strike: Global Operations, is this like a Portal 2 situation where if you get the game on PS3 it unlocks on your Steam list, or are they completely separate?

# ¿ Aug 23, 2012 00:24

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Black Friday sales are in full effect now. Can I get someone's 2 cents on the PS3 versions of: Max Payne 3, Ghost Recon Future Soldier & Dead or Alive 5? They all seem interesting to me, especially at those price points, but their reviews indicated they didn't exactly light up the world. Thanks.

# ¿ Nov 22, 2012 18:09

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Sarchasm posted:

Last night I finally got around to starting Syndicate and only got about fifteen minutes in before I gave up and turned it off. The game was completely unplayable due to the stuttering framerate, which would periodically freeze the action for two seconds and then make everything move in super-fast Benny Hill motion for two seconds to catch up to where I was supposed to be.

Is there some kind of fix for this, or is Syndicate on the PS3 really just a broken, unplayable wreck?

I've had no issues with my copy.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2012 00:06

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Anyone tried "I Am Alive"? It looks interesting.

I was gonna get it on Steam but amazingly, it's cheaper on PSN.

# ¿ Dec 21, 2012 09:04

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Samurai Sanders posted:

No no, that's not what I mean. I spent the whole series brokering peace between alien races, from the most similar to increasingly more and more different ones. Finally, I started peace between the Quarians and Geth. That was the high point of the whole series for me, it showed me that I was so awesome that I could put an end to a thousand year war, and that even organics and synthetics have common ground and can coexist. And then the glowy kid came along and told me the thing I just did, not two game hours earlier, was actually impossible, and I had no option to deny it. gently caress that ending forever and ever and it retroactively makes the rest of the game bad.

I had the Leviathan DLC spoiled for me. There is exposition that explains that plothole in so much as the Reapers are themselves a rampant AI so dedicated to that original objective of preventing new AI from being created by organics that logic is useless in the fight against them.

This doesn't however, excuse Bioware's incredibly sloppy storytelling.

# ¿ Dec 27, 2012 03:13

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Teenage Fansub posted:

Hey. Persona 4 Arena just came out on American PSN.
I've got a Aus/NZ system with a US PSN account. Would I be able to play this region locked game on that profile or does it somehow look at the hardware and know I don't have an American system?

Nope. I'm in a similar situation with a Japanese PS3. I downloaded the PS+ hour trial and it wouldn't even let me start the game.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2013 13:45

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Insomniac has been trying new things with the franchise a l� All-4-One and Full Frontal Assault because the truth of the matter is that the R&C games sold for poo poo on PS3. Tools of Destruction sold worse than Deadlocked iirc and A Crank In Time was even worse. I don't even think ACiT cracked a million units sold.

The primary Insomniac studio isn't even working on R&C anymore. A4O and FFA were both Raleigh studio productions.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2013 05:13

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This is the best third party controller I've tried personally http://amzn.com/B000O3E05Y

# ¿ Feb 24, 2013 10:31

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Adun posted:

Going to be disappointed if I can't stab someone then immediately go into low profile by walking off with his girlfriend.

Pretty sure that was just a courtesan.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2013 04:01

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liquidypoo posted:

~~Am I looking at this right? The PStore has a listing for Bioshock Infinite under new games, and it doesn't say pre-order. It says full game, and lists the size. 11.3 GB.~~

Edit: nevermind, I'm kind of stupid and the basic page is a little misleading. Once you hit the add to cart button, it tells you it's a pre-order.

For me, it doesn't even use the word "release." I was too busy searching for that or "preorder," and instead the date is just hidden in a line of text most people will skip over. Especially when they're getting excited and thinking they can download the game real quick.

It seriously just looks like this: "PS3 | Full Game | 11.3GB | 03.26.2013 | (user ratings) | 2K Games"

Granted, I should have seen that since it's right next to the file size, but it's still kinda sneaky.

Btw, that file size isn't for Infinite, it's for Bioshock 1 which you get free when you buy Infinite on PS3.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2013 07:03

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I don't think the problem is entirely in the coding. Just because it's easier doesn't mean publishers will suddenly be convinced to assign people to create trophies for these legacy games. It'll still require some investment, which is more than they're likely willing to give.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2013 04:58

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...! posted:

I hated Final Fantasy XII (and I blindly bought the collector's edition, too ) mostly because I found it to be tremendously boring and at times frustrating. However, I suspect that the International jobs system would go a long way toward fixing that for me. Didn't FF X get a new job system in the International version as well?

FFX's International Ed. was something of an opposite to XII's if I recall, where as The Zodiac Job System created classes to play with, X-I's new Sphere grid was more open ended to develop the characters how you wanted, like Kihmari without going into other character's grids.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2013 06:13

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Sylphid posted:

So MGSV is going to be two games? Interesting.

It'll be two games in the way that MGS2 was two games. Ground Zeroes will be the prologue mission (like the tanker) and Phantom Pain will be the rest of the game (like the Plant).

# ¿ Mar 29, 2013 00:53

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Neon Knight posted:

He has voiced Big Boss at least twice before. It's just in that one section of MGS4 he had a different voice, he was old as gently caress and they'd have to have Hayter talking to himself.

So was Snake. And he's literally a clone, so that would have made sense...

# ¿ Apr 12, 2013 02:40

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RBX posted:

He's wants Big Boss and Snake to sound different now. Especially since they did in MGS4.

Yeah, and I'm saying it was silly they sounded different in 4 too.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2013 03:49

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Austrian mook posted:

I don't wanna get to pretentious but Bioshock had something to say, sure the gameplay wasn't really good and the ending was lackluster but it's actually got a coherent message dammit! Bioshock 2 felt really unnecessary and incoherent with the first game. The locations in Bioshock was better, the story was much, much better and I actually liked the gameplay more than in 2.

I'm also a horribly pretentious dickhole so that might be skewing my opinion a bit.

Bioshock 2 had something to say too. The problem was the message 2K Marin was trying to send was in direct conflict with what Rapture is. Ryan was a hard objectivist and Rapture is the disaster-scenario for a libertarian utopia. Lamb however is a hard socialist but you couldn't use Rapture to adequately send that message when it had already been corrupted by the opposing dichotomy. It was an admirable effort but just didn't work as well as they'd intended. Minerva's Den works because it's not as focused on big philosophical ideals; it's a far more personalized story.

# ¿ Apr 21, 2013 02:56

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I've seen a bunch of folks going apeshit online for Fatal Frame II; saying it's one of the scariest games ever. Is there any compelling reason to play 1 before 2? Or can I just jump into Crimson Butterfly with zero familiarity?

# ¿ May 8, 2013 07:16

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Harlock posted:

Every other system is getting the Director's Cut now, so rejoice

When/where was this confirmed? I thought it was Wii U only?

# ¿ Jun 12, 2013 05:22

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Can anyone who bought Saints Row IV post their impressions here? The console versions sound pretty subpar from the reviews.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2013 02:36

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Some people are reporting issues with the download version if GTAV. Anecdotally speaking, I just finished the game myself on a slim PS3 with a 5400 rpm hdd and had zero issues.

# ¿ Oct 1, 2013 02:41

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Neddy Seagoon posted:

That is true, I'm just making sure it's known so people aren't going in expecting a full-length R&C game that seems surprisingly cheap. Oh and it also comes with an on-disc download for R&C:Quest for Booty, so there's a bit of extra value in that.

The best part of the Zurkon Family is they talk to each-other as well as the usual context-sensitive taunts ("Crates? You waste Mr Zurkon's time with CRATES?!").

Is there a platinum trophy?

# ¿ Nov 11, 2013 05:36

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I was thinking about picking up one of the Call of Duty games in the sale this week. I haven't played any since Black Ops 1. Are the online communities for any of the older titles on PS3 still pretty active or has everyone pretty much moved on to Ghosts?

# ¿ Mar 11, 2014 12:52

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Manatee Cannon posted:

If you like Infinite you'll probably like Burial at Sea. It's pretty fun, incredibly easy stealth in part two but fun. Don't play it until you beat the main game though.

I thought Burial at Sea (both parts) was a let down. The combat doesn't work so well in the closed spaces of Rapture with Infinite's plasmids and the story revelations are largely stuff you could've assumed on your own or just didn't need explaining.

# ¿ May 7, 2014 13:35

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Has anyone tried both the Director's Cut of Deus Ex and the original? I'm curious what's been changed. Also the store page indicates you can play the game using the Vita as a controller which is rather intriguing.

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 10:41

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I had the exact same issues. I just said gently caress it and gave up. Maybe I'll give it another shot someday on vita or ps4. Hopefully it's less broken there.

# ¿ Feb 7, 2015 04:59

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