Essential PS3 games?

valleyoftheunos

Looks like the PS3 is coming to my life in April, what are the 3 or 4 essential games I should have for it?

IsMiseConor

MetalGearSolid4, LittleBigPlanet, Killzone 2, Burnout Paradise.

GothPunk

I'm going to list PS3 exclusives only, otherwise I'd list Burnout Paradise as well as it's an amazing game.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Has a great story and combat is fun.
LittleBigPlanet - An amazing platformer that also has a create mode that let's you play cool levels other people have made or make your own levels.
Valkyria Chronicles - Best strategy RPG I've played in ages. Excellent story, deep gameplay and amazing graphics.
WipeOut HD - It'll melt your face off. There is nothing like Zone mode in WipeOut HD.

dlofnep

Fight Night Round 3. Greatest boxing game ever made! Online play = Win.

WolfForager

Metal Gear Solid 4, Resistance 2, Killzone 2, Uncharted.

qz

Uncharted
Little Big Planet
Metal Gear Solid 4
Killzone 2
Fallout 3

(edit: COD4 obviously)

valleyoftheunos

Cheers guys, reckon Burnout paradise and Little Big Planet might get the nod.

Whats the best FPS for PS3, exclusive or non-exclusive?

WolfForager

Cod4 without a shadow of a doubt. Cod waw comes in close but it's just cod4 with new scenary, worse weapons and a flamethrower. (O and zombies)

K.O.Kiki

But really, buy Valkyria Chronicles.

And check out the off-beat stuff on the PSN store, too -- Noby Noby Boy is pretty funky, to say the least.

brennaldo

Metal Gear Solid 4 (definatly an essential)
fifa 09 (assuming ya like football games)
Call of Duty World at War

Mossy Monk

For a good beat em up look no further than Street Fighter 4. It is fantastic.

valleyoftheunos

Mossy Monk wrote: »

For a good beat em up look no further than Street Fighter 4. It is fantastic.

That is top of the list, was playing today in HMV, Haven't played a SF game since Super SF2 on the SNES, it felt just the same, totally addictive.

Stevo93

im suprised nobody said GTA IV it is a very enjoyabe game..
great graphics, gameplay driving and shooting not forgetting the online mutiplayer

Kenno90

Metal Gear Solid 4,GTA IV, Killzone 2, Uncharted.

killszone coming out in a few days , played the online demo , it's unreal

r3nu4l

WolfForager wrote: »

Cod4 without a shadow of a doubt. Cod waw comes in close but it's just cod4 with new scenary, worse weapons and a flamethrower. (O and zombies)

+1

For something a bit different try High Velocity Bowling from the PS store! It's £4.99 (not sure how many euro it will be) and there's loads of free content for it. The control system makes excellent use of the six-axis wireless controller and there's also a bowling trick shot section

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhV7oKACBZQ

Kev_ps3

Killzone 2
Street Fighter IV
COD4
LBP

Rb

Got Street Fighter IV today and christ it's an amazing game.

Captain-America

If you've never played Call Of Duty 4 before, get it. Still the best FPS out there. At least til next Friday.
Metal Gear Solid 4 is the greatest game of all time in my opinion, but you'd have to be a fan of the franchise the get the full experience.
Bioshock, is also fantastic. I'd highly reccomend it.
And Uncharted: Drake's Fortune has to be one of the most fun games I have ever played.

Of course, Killzone 2 will be out by then. Judging by the demo, I'd be reccomending that too.

budgemook

I have:

Discs:
burnout paradise
little big planet
buzz quiz tv
guitar hero 3
ratchet and clank
and the almighty pro evolution 2009

all of em are really good but i suppose guitar hero world tour would be better

Downloaded,
Street fighter 2 hd remix
wipeout hd
crash commando

def get crash commando, it's loads of fun and only a tenner or something like that

Luap

Get a fun game:Little Big Planet

Shooting Game:Cod4

Fighting Games:Sf4 or Fight Night

Sports Games:Fifa 09 or Pro Evolution 2009

valleyoftheunos

Thanks everyone, really appreciate it, keep the recommendations coming!

remus808

My essentials..

COD4, Resistance 2, Fifa 09, LittleBigPlanet, Burnout Paradise

James74

Has to be:

Burnout Paradise
COD4
MGS4
Mirrors Edge
Bioshock

whiterebel

valleyoftheunos wrote: »

Thanks everyone, really appreciate it, keep the recommendations coming!

Have a look back a couple of pages - This was done to death recently.

valleyoftheunos

whiterebel wrote: »

Have a look back a couple of pages - This was done to death recently.

I had a look but couldn't find anything, I'll have another go.

Looks like its SF 4, LBP, Burnout paradise and COD

writetojd

Cant believe no one mentioned Oblivion:Game of the year edition. Its the same makers as Fallout3. Its excellent value for money as its huge. Good game with buckets of hours to be spent wandering around before you do the main quests.

Burnout is excellent and if you havent played Bioshock or the The Orange box I'd recommend both.

Heard good things about the new motorstorm but havent played it so dont blame me if its sh1te.

whiterebel

valleyoftheunos wrote: »

I had a look but couldn't find anything, I'll have another go.

Looks like its SF 4, LBP, Burnout paradise and COD

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055446924

There you go.

valleyoftheunos

writetojd wrote: »

Cant believe no one mentioned Oblivion:Game of the year edition. Its the same makers as Fallout3. Its excellent value for money as its huge. Good game with buckets of hours to be spent wandering around before you do the main quests.

Burnout is excellent and if you havent played Bioshock or the The Orange box I'd recommend both.

Heard good things about the new motorstorm but havent played it so dont blame me if its sh1te.

I enjoy motorstorm but I dont think they have enough to them.

whiterebel wrote: »

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055446924

There you go.

Cheers MAte!

Gummy Panda

Seriously lads, is LBP any good?

Keep looking at the box in GAME and Gamestop. Can't make up my mind to get it. Afraid it'll be like spore as in all hype, then intial fun then tossed aside.

If its good i'm going to order from gamesnash.ie

EDIT: its 24 euro on play.com. Going to order it.

byte

For 24eur, you can't go wrong!

I haven't spent much time playing it yet, though it is good fun. It'd be less fun though without the online elements.

Captain-America

Little Big Planet is worth all the hype it gets.

I'd also highly reccomend Street Fighter IV. Bought it today and it's fantastic.

valleyoftheunos

Was playing SF on Friday, Am seriously coveting it now.

Gummy Panda

Haven't made up my mind whether to order killzone 2 from play.com to get it for 38e or cough up the 70e that Sony Ireland expect us to pay.

Killzone 2 Demo is quite good and looks great i now fixed my Samsung's settings (looked like a dark ps2 before i sorted it out).

Mossy Monk

Or you could get it for 34 euro from Amazon. When I saw the price of 70 euro in a shop for the pre order i laughed to myself and walked out.

Gummy Panda

Mossy Monk wrote: »

Or you could get it for 34 euro from Amazon. When I saw the price of 70 euro in a shop for the pre order i laughed to myself and walked out.

Don't amazon charge shipping?

Mossy Monk

About a euro IIRC.

agentgreen

Sendit have it for £33, but not sure if you'd get it by Friday.

eVeNtInE

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sweetie

agentgreen wrote: »

Sendit have it for £33, but not sure if you'd get it by Friday.

and they had 10% off on friday when I ordered it and RE5 for £60.

Can't believe nobody mentioned Dead Space yet. By far my fave game of 08; great graphics, sound, storyline and atmosphere. A well executed 3ps in the vein of Resident evil meets Event horizon. I traded it in but will have to play through it again very soon (which I never do).

check out avforums.com for decent games deals as they usually have them before they make it to our bargain alerts. their second hand section has some great deals too. Picked up MGS4 for about 17e recently delivered.

Gummy Panda

Mossy Monk wrote: »

About a euro IIRC.

How long does Amazon take to deliver?

smooch71

If you only play one game for the rest of your life, make it Call of Duty 4. Don't know if you're planning on taking the PS3 online, I can take or leave multiplayer to be honest and don't like the way developers are leaning towards online co-op play, but COD 4 is amazing on-line. COD World at War is pretty good online too.

Other than that you have.....

Metal Gear Solid 4
Unchartered: Drakes Fortune
Resistance: Fall of Man (sequel not so great imo)
Far Cry 2
Fall Out 3
Deadspace.

That should keep you going for a while

I've never played LBP, can anyone tell me what the big deal is about it coz it looks like a kids game to me.

TheBigFella

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Haven't made up my mind whether to order killzone 2 from play.com to get it for 38e or cough up the 70e that Sony Ireland expect us to pay.

€56 in any Harvey Norman store

Otacon

smooch71 wrote: »

I've never played LBP, can anyone tell me what the big deal is about it coz it looks like a kids game to me.

It is a kid's game, in the same way that Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda and Ratchet and Clank are kid's games, yet they are still awesome games.

LBP is a pretty good platformer, with a very good level creator tool and a brilliant online community for sharing and multiplayer gaming. IMO it is an essential title, lots of fun to be had.

Mossy Monk

Gummy Panda wrote: »

How long does Amazon take to deliver?

Less than a week.

smooch71

Just ordered Killzone 2 on play.com. My first time to use them.

The website says they have it in stock and shipping takes place within 24 hours. Has anyone else used them and what are they like?

whiterebel

smooch71 wrote: »

Just ordered Killzone 2 on play.com. My first time to use them.

The website says they have it in stock and shipping takes place within 24 hours. Has anyone else used them and what are they like?

I have used them lots of times before, but not on pre-order. They were crap leading up to Christmas though, didn't mark whether stuff was in stock or not. I ended up cancelling everything I ordered. CDWow were the same

smooch71

whiterebel wrote: »

I have used them lots of times before, but not on pre-order. They were crap leading up to Christmas though, didn't mark whether stuff was in stock or not. I ended up cancelling everything I ordered. CDWow were the same

That's the thing, they're saying they have it in stock whereas Resident Evil 5 for example is still down as pre-order. Was wondering if they actually have it but won't release it until the launch day.

How long do they generally take to deliver?

whiterebel

5/6 days, sometimes quicker. Seems to depend a lot on where they ship it from. Some stuff seems to come from Hungary now, and some from the Channel Islands.

smooch71

Gotcha

Thanks

PaddyBomb

Little Big Planet
COD4
Socom: Confrontation

LookingFor

Buy flower and pat yourself on the back for choosing such a great little experience