{"id":11033,"date":"2013-12-05T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T00:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=11033"},"modified":"2013-12-01T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T16:14:42","slug":"three-cheers-for-the-ps3-part-one-disc-based-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/05\/three-cheers-for-the-ps3-part-one-disc-based-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Cheers for the PS3! Part One: Disc-Based Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PS3LOGO\"<\/a>Whenever a new console comes out, there\u2019s a lot of excitement centered around it. That\u2019s why whenever that happens, I like to take a look back and honor that console\u2019s predecessor. So in this two-part blog series, we\u2019re going to take a look at my favorite PS3 disc-based games.<\/p>\n

Now, I don\u2019t have a PS4 yet, nor do I plan to get one anytime soon. But that doesn\u2019t mean I have anything against it. It just doesn\u2019t have enough games on it yet that I want to play that would warrant a purchase from me. But I didn\u2019t get a PS3 right away either. In fact, I didn\u2019t even get a PS3 until sometime around late 2009-early 2010, I think. And then I only got it when we replaced the rest of the TVs in the house with flat screen HD ones, and we wanted to have Blu-Ray players to go with them. Well, for fifty bucks more I could get a PS3, so that\u2019s what we did.<\/p>\n

The PS3 had a rough start, with its lack of games that interested me and its initial high price tag. But I think it ended up having a stronger finish than the 360. For the longest time, I preferred playing games on my 360 rather than my PS3. But near the end, because of the PS3\u2019s stronger lineup, I tended to play more games on it than the 360. But that doesn\u2019t mean I think one console is better than the other. I just think the PS3 had a weaker start, yet a stronger finish, than the 360 did.<\/p>\n

So in this first part of my blog, I\u2019m going to list my favorite disc-based PS3 games. In part two, which I\u2019ll post later on this week, we\u2019ll look at my favorite PSN downloadable titles. One thing to keep in mind when looking at my lists is that there may be some cross platform games. But I\u2019m not going to list them twice. If I played them on the PS3, they\u2019ll go on this list. If I played them on the 360, they\u2019ll go on that list when I write my \u2018best of 360\u2019 blogs later on this month. So if you notice a game missing from my list, there\u2019s a chance it might go on the 360 blog. Or I just didn\u2019t play it. Also, this list may seem smaller than my 360 one, but that\u2019s because I haven\u2019t had my PS3 as long. At any rate, with that all out of the way, let\u2019s take a look at my favorite PS3 games!<\/p>\n

Dead or Alive 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never actually played a DOA game before this one (aside from the awful volleyball titles), so I\u2019m glad I got the opportunity to review this one. I have to admit, if you can look past all the gratuitous cheesecake (which admittedly is hard to do), this DOA game is a pretty solid fighter gameplay-wise. My favorite characters were Tina, Helena, and Christie, and the VF5 guest characters like Sarah Bryant were neat, too. Who were your favorites?<\/p>\n

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was basically Smash Bros. with PlayStation characters, and it didn\u2019t turn out near as well. But it was still fun to play as some of the PlayStation\u2019s most notable classics. It was fun to see Ape Escape and PaRappa return, and stages based on things like Loco Roco were a hoot.<\/p>\n

Street Fighter X Tekken<\/strong><\/p>\n

The DLC for this game may have been controversial, but I really only got it because Pac-Man was initially available in the PS3 version.<\/p>\n

Dragon\u2019s Crown<\/strong><\/p>\n

This fun 2-D side scrolling beat \u2018em up has beautiful graphics and gameplay that\u2019s a mix of Golden Axe, Dungeon Fighter, and Capcom\u2019s D&D brawlers. My favorite character to play as was the Amazon. She\u2019s also ended up being one of my favorite brawler characters period.<\/p>\n

Journey Collector\u2019s Edition<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t really compelled to download each title separately, but put them on a reasonably priced collection and I\u2019ll be glad to get them! While I won\u2019t gush over Journey the way a lot of others would, I\u2019m glad I got to experience it. I actually liked Flower more. Anyone else besides me think the main character in Journey looked like a walking ketchup bottle?<\/p>\n

Katamari Forever<\/strong><\/p>\n

They may be all the same, but I like the Katamari games anyway. In Japan, this was called Katamari Tribute, which I think is a much more accurate description as it featured favorite stages and challenges from past Katamari titles. Now the only Katamari games I haven\u2019t played are Touch my Katamari on the Vita and Katamari Amore on the iPad.<\/p>\n

Ridge Racer 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s really not much different from Ridge Racer 6, but still a fun arcade racer anyway. I especially liked the title screen, if you know what I mean. Ha ha!<\/p>\n

Disney Infinity<\/strong><\/p>\n

While I do prefer Skylanders more, Disney Infinity was still a lot of fun. Glad I got to review it.<\/p>\n

Kingdom Hearts HD Remix<\/strong><\/p>\n

I actually haven\u2019t gotten around to playing this one much, but I\u2019m sure it\u2019s a good deal for KH fans anyway. And next year we get Kingdom Hearts 2 HD Remix. Can\u2019t wait for that. I think KH3 is one of the only games on the PS4 that I\u2019d want to get right now, but I bet we won\u2019t see that for a few years.<\/p>\n

Ratchet and Clank Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since I got my PS3 a bit later, I was able to get the first two R&C Future titles very cheap. Sadly, I haven\u2019t had a chance to play them much. Same goes with the R&C Collection I have. But I\u2019m glad I have them on the PS3, as I think the Ratchet and Clank games were some of the best 3-D platforming during the PS2 generation. No disrespect to Mega Man Legends, but Ratchet & Clank is what a 3-D Mega Man game is supposed to be.<\/p>\n

LittleBigPlanet Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

I supposed I should give a mention to the LittleBigPlanet games, too. I never had much of a chance to play them (can\u2019t play ALL the games out there), but my little brother Jeff LOVED them, so they can\u2019t be all bad.<\/p>\n

3D Dot Game Heroes<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was actually one of the first games I got for my PS3. It\u2019s a tribute to the first 8-bit Zelda title, and you can even design your own pixel hero. It also poked fun of and made reference to other 8-bit classics such as Mega Man 2 and Dragon Warrior! And it plays so much like NES Zelda that I\u2019m surprised Nintendo didn\u2019t sue! Did you know it was made by the same folks who did the Armored Core games? They even make a few references in this one, too!<\/p>\n

Tales of Graces f<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was a typical Tales game with a fun battle system. You could tell it was originally a Wii game, though. I never did finish it all the way through, however. I feel kind of bad because I never got a chance to play Tales of Xillia yet either. But I\u2019ll give it a mention here anyway because I\u2019m sure it\u2019s good, too.<\/p>\n

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch<\/strong><\/p>\n

If I had to pick a number one favorite PS3 title, I\u2019d probably have to say Ni no Kuni. This was a fantastic RPG with a fun gameplay mix of Tales and Pokemon. It also had a great story and neat characters designed by Studio Ghibli. And the graphics and sound were so good that when family passed by when I was playing it, they thought it was a cartoon movie! Sadly, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve beaten it yet. While it\u2019s a great game, it also suffers from a lot of modern RPG faults, like being way too long and bloated.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s my list of favorite PS3 disc-based games! Let me know what you think of my picks and tell me your favorites, too! Next time we\u2019ll look at my favorite downloadable PSN titles! And later on this month we\u2019ll do the same thing for the Xbox 360! Later! –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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