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Recommend me a ps3 game please

shreksaurus · 2009-12-11 21:19:47

I'm going Christmas shopping tomorrow and need some help please. Can anyone recommend a ps3 game for a 18 year old male. He doesn't have much games and it has been a while since he bought a game. A relatively recent release would be the safest thing to buy so that I dont buy anything he already has. He likes cars, and…

11-12-2009 9:19pm

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I'm going Christmas shopping tomorrow and need some help please.

Can anyone recommend a ps3 game for a 18 year old male.

He doesn't have much games and it has been a while since he bought a game. A relatively recent release would be the safest thing to buy so that I dont buy anything he already has.

He likes cars, and shooting games.

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#2 11-12-2009 9:21pm

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Uncharted 2, should be right up his street.

Edit: its only out a month so he probably doesn't have it.

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#3 11-12-2009 9:45pm

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valleyoftheunos wrote: »

Uncharted 2, should be right up his street.

Cheers, thanks for that.

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#4 11-12-2009 9:50pm

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yep Uncharted 2 rocks, that and Modern Warfare 2 have been the 2 blockbusters games of 09 available on the ps3

both are shooter type games

Burnout Paradise is a driving game, its slightly older but is very good and you could pick it up cheap.

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#5 11-12-2009 10:50pm

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Plenty of options here

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#6 11-12-2009 10:54pm

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smackdown vs raw 2008.

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#7 11-12-2009 11:19pm

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Modern Warfare 2 is a must buy

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#8 11-12-2009 11:36pm

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TheCandystripes wrote: »

smackdown vs raw 2008.

They still make those???

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#9 12-12-2009 3:14am

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^^^ hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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#10 12-12-2009 3:17am

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Modern Warfare 2

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#11 12-12-2009 3:24am

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Definitely Uncharted 2 man no doubt!

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#12 12-12-2009 11:23am

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Thanks everybody. Will get uncharted 2.

Had a quick look at what games he has this morning and he has call of duty 4: modern warfare. Thank goodness I had a look.

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#13 12-12-2009 1:12pm

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shreksaurus wrote: »

Thanks everybody. Will get uncharted 2.

Had a quick look at what games he has this morning and he has call of duty 4: modern warfare. Thank goodness I had a look.

The new one is call of duty - modern warfare 2. If he doesnt have that - GET IT!

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#14 12-12-2009 3:14pm

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I still say Uncharted 2.

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#15 12-12-2009 5:41pm

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WolfForager wrote: »

They still make those???

they have a 2010 one and have a control until like 2013. a lot of wrestling fans wish they lost the license since the games are generally ****ttttttt.

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#16 12-12-2009 7:35pm

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Grand theft auto 4 is gone platinum now (cheaper) both driving & shooting. Not so new though, but not ancient, I was surprised it was platinum.

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#17 13-12-2009 12:19am

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TheCandystripes wrote: »

they have a 2010 one and have a control until like 2013. a lot of wrestling fans wish they lost the license since the games are generally ****ttttttt.

The latest one got favorable reviews I think and seemed to be full of features. Unless you are a wrestling fan there is very little of interest in any of them.

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#18 13-12-2009 12:12pm

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There's some great games out there, best of looking at the 2nd hand games in the likes of HMV, GameStop and Smyths - DeadSpace, Fallout3, Burnout Paradise, Uncharted1 they're all going for around €20 or less and all brilliant games.

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#19 13-12-2009 12:16pm

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valleyoftheunos wrote: »

The latest one got favorable reviews I think and seemed to be full of features. Unless you are a wrestling fan there is very little of interest in any of them.

The thing is a lot of people stopped watching wrestling because it was 'fake' and the fad passed but the games well aren't fake. I think there is more fun potentially in a wrestling game than there is in an MMA game.

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#20 13-12-2009 3:44pm

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TheCandystripes wrote: »

The thing is a lot of people stopped watching wrestling because it was 'fake' and the fad passed but the games well aren't fake. I think there is more fun potentially in a wrestling game than there is in an MMA game.

the thing about wrestling games is that the fighting is usually slow and cumbersome so they need all the other features such as creating your own wrestler, the campy storylines and the crazy different types of matches, f you dont have an interest in those things they games are of limited worth to you.

I used to love watching wresting, my mates and I (all fully grown men it should be said) would follow all the story lines and then get together with a few beers to watch the PPVs, "fake" or not those guys are incredible athletes.

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#21 13-12-2009 11:06pm

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Thanks for all of the suggestions. Went shopping yesterday and got the majority of the christmas shopping done. I couldn't decide between uncharted 2 or modern warfare 2. So I did ennie meanie minie mo (spelling?) and got bought modern warfare 2.

There were two kinds. I got the hardened disc which contains the game and a few more things - god only know what.

So heres hoping he'll like it and that he doesn't get it himself from now til christmas.

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#22 13-12-2009 11:22pm

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shreksaurus wrote: »

Thanks for all of the suggestions. Went shopping yesterday and got the majority of the christmas shopping done. I couldn't decide between uncharted 2 or modern warfare 2. So I did ennie meanie minie mo (spelling?) and got bought modern warfare 2.

There were two kinds. I got the hardened disc which contains the game and a few more things - god only know what.

So heres hoping he'll like it and that he doesn't get it himself from now til christmas.

Just ground him until christmas. The moment he opens it he will realise you meant well.

It could be worse, my sister and I both got my dad pretty much the same present (a U2 c.d), only hers was slightly better cos it included a book

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#23 14-12-2009 12:10am

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valleyoftheunos wrote: »

the thing about wrestling games is that the fighting is usually slow and cumbersome so they need all the other features such as creating your own wrestler, the campy storylines and the crazy different types of matches, f you dont have an interest in those things they games are of limited worth to you.

I used to love watching wresting, my mates and I (all fully grown men it should be said) would follow all the story lines and then get together with a few beers to watch the PPVs, "fake" or not those guys are incredible athletes.

from january 4th if your interested in getting the buzz back watch tna wrestling. its an alternative to the crap wwe. check up aj styles, the guy is awesome.

but yeah tbh i want my wrestling game to be a simulator not an arcadey game because i like wrestling but for a lot of people i can see what you mean. i actually think a happy medium is what is needed.

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#24 25-12-2009 9:22pm

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Thanks again for the recommendations I got here.

My brother opened his gift earlier and he loves it. He has been playing it all day.
He went shopping earlier in the week and he was saying he was going to buy modern warfare 2 but he walked away and meant to go back but didn't. So he was delighted with his Christmas present.

Happy Christmas everyone. Hope you have all had a good day.

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