Topic: What PS3 game(s) are you currently playing?

Started the next PS3 classic leftover in my backlog today and so far it’s looking like another good time fair play. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - nice range of force abilities, great looking (for the time), as always with Star Wars properties it has that classic score and range of sound effects, decent physics engine… I’m into it.

edit. Yeah so have played a few hours more now and what a great… character action game I guess. I’m still to play things like the Devil May Cry series, or Metal Gear Rising etc. but I reckon its up there with the top games I’ve played in the genre.

@colonelkilgore I’m glad to see I didn’t oversell it. It having been so long since I played it I wasn’t sure if it would hold up.

It has more over-the-top force powers and more attack action focused than the Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor games, as I recall. In fact, I think it is closer to the combat in Control, if memory serves with regard to Jesse’s telekinetic powers feeling like the environmental force powers of hurtling objects and enemies around.

@Th3solution nah I think your sales pitch hit the Goldilocks zone just about right to be fair sol… and yeah spot on with your mention of Control too, I was having flashbacks to that all day. The controls aren’t quite as refined as Remedy’s opus but I definitely think they looked at what TFA was doing here and worked to improve upon them.

Man… while I always find it a little bit of a struggle to dust off the next gen 7 antique, I am invariably glad that I did. This PS3 farewell tour is turning out to be an absolute joy!

@colonelkilgore Ah you to have really picked up some good PS3 games. Do have anything left in your PS3 backlog atm or are you more or less done with the console now?

While it may seem as a controversial opinion I like still think it would be cool if Sony could add some sort PS3 backward comparability to PS5 because even tough there might not be that many PS3 exclusive I think there is no overstatement that there is a few games that that are still only available on PS3. And well for every year that passes I get like more and more unsure about if the PS3 that is in my closet will even boot...

@oliverp yeah I still have a fair few that should see me through to the end of the year mate. From memory I have the Dead Space trilogy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2, The Saboteur, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Remember Me, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Deadly Premonition, Alpha Protocol, Rage and Deus Ex: Human Revolution… I’ve probably missed a couple too tbh.

So just had my first little go on Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and overall it’s pretty much what i expected. It feels like a late PS3 era Sony first party game… even though it isn’t one. Heavy narrative focus, good production values, a partner along for the ride and pretty fun to boot.

The only thing that has stood out as a negative so far is these bloody red orb collectibles… there are LOADS of them and you need each and every one for the platinum… and they’re known to glitch too 😫. Oh well I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it and just enjoy the ride for the time being.

Oh man, interesting choice! I have that on my steam wishlist. Not sure when I’ll get around do it though.

The orb collectibles strangely remind me of Jak & Daxter!

@Yousef- I haven’t played Jak & Daxter but yeah, if there are a truckload of orb collectibles it sound similar in that regard at least. I’d imagine the game runs a lot better on PC as it seems to be putting my PS3 through its paces if you get me. Apart from a rough frame rate, there’s a real strange blurring when I rotate the camera too. I’ve gotten over it now I suppose but was quite glaring when I first booted it up.

The art style and world design are stunning though, so that really does supersede the technical drawbacks inherent to the platform.

@colonelkilgore funnily enough, I actually can’t tell for sure if it’d be great on pc either. A lot of PC games from the 7th gen were actually just as subject to buggy optimization as their console counterparts. BioShock being a great example. And GTA IV as well, allegedly. In fact the further you go back, the harder it’ll be to find even in 16:9 or with controller support, forcing to map all the keys.

If I remember correctly though, it came out in 2012, yes? That’s around the part where ports gotten a lot better. I’ll definitely report back on it when I can though. The game does feel like my kinda thing.

Enslaved odyssey to the west great game

getting the platinum different issue

@trev666 Maybe it's a good thing I don't usually care about getting a platinum for a game. I loved Enslaved when I finally played it for the first time last year. A mess technically, but the game still shined through the mess.

@trev666 @KilloWertz I’ll give you guys a nudge in a week or so 😉

I go back and forth on trophy hunting. Some games I base my opinions on completionism, some i base on casual playthroughs.

@colonelkilgore And I'll nudge back as it's not happening.

@KilloWertz oof… doubling down! 🤣

@trev666 @KilloWertz nudge 😏

@colonelkilgore He remembered... But my decision still stands to never ruin my experience of that game and go for the platinum.

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@KilloWertz it wasn’t that bad a collect-a-thon in the end I suppose, just had to mop them up on chapter-select. Glad I finally played it even if it didn’t quite hit in the way I hoped.

@Fritz167 up there with the best first posts ever fair play 🤣