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

@colonelkilgore have fun with lords of shadow. Didn’t make it far into that one.

@Yousef- wasn’t enjoying it or something else caught your attention?

@colonelkilgore a mix of both, actually.

@Yousef- fair enough, it happens. What I would say is that I’ve returned to a few games that I didn’t initially click with over the years… and sometimes found I was missing out on a truly great game (not saying that would be the case for you here though of course).

Btw, who is your new avatar?

@colonelkilgore nah, I getcha. I do have the game ready to install on my series at any moment. So not like I have inconvenient access to it. Plus it’s a gow-clone (using that term neutrally simply out of habit, not insulting the game) so I can see myself blasting through it in a weekend.

My avatar is Chuck Greene from Dead Rising. Protagonist of Dead Rising 2 (aged 29) , but a returning a character in Dead Rising 3 (aged 39) after a ten year time skip.
You’re kidding me, right?

@Yousef- never actually played a Dead Rising game as it goes… maybe I’ll remedy that with the new remaster later this year though.

@colonelkilgore never too late, the remaster will be a great jumping point.

@nomither6 Yeah, I definitely will want to play some shorter games given that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and then all of the DLC for Assassin's Creed Valhalla that I neglected for years have been my last two games played. I'm in the middle of Dawn of Ragnarok now and then I'll be done with all that.

Just started Darkness 2. Still have a few untouched games in my pile of shame from the PS3.

@Scrambled99 nice, I remember seeing that the Darkness games were received really quite well. Let us know your thoughts as you have more time with it.

@Scrambled99 @colonelkilgore darkness dualogy is pretty solid. Have them on my Xbox via backwards compatibility. They deserve the praise but I should finish them.

Plus I’m gonna be using The Duke…. To maximize the retroness.

@Yousef- cool, though I think I’d give myself repetitive strain injury wielding the gamma-duke if I tried.

As far as Castlevania: Lords of Shadow goes it’s pretty decent. It took an hour or three for me to think that though as the first few chapters seemed a bit slow and samey but now that I’ve unlocked a few combat moves and magic-abilities I’ve come around to it.

@colonelkilgore shockingly, the Duke is quite comfortable and I like it more than the series controller so far.

Yeah character action games live and die by their upgrades.

Lords of Shadow is quite a lot of fun so far.

PS3 games i have recently played

Darkness 2 is a great game love the vibe of it very playable short game about 5 hours
spec ops the line great setting also great game very playable short game about 5 hrs
Deus ex human revolution great game once you have the skills
south park stick of truth uncut US version short game about 10 hours
Fallout 3 a classic clearing up some unfinshed quests
fallout new vegas completing some unfinished dlc

currently playing through again max payne 3 enjoying it even more the second time

@Yousef- yeah it’s turning out to be a real solid pre-2018 God of War clone, glad it’s clicking with you this time. I’m through to chapter 9 rn and it’s pretty much improved with every chapter tbh.

Special shout out to the score too, the music is fantastic, particularly when you get to the castle.

@trev666 some good games there, played a couple of them recently myself. I have Deus Ex: Human Revolution coming up too… played it back in 2011 and recall liking it quite a bit, I also liked Mankind Divided when I played that a few years ago so looking forward to returning to the series.

@colonelkilgore yes, my friend. I’m noticing a lot of other positives too besides the score. Like how I’m invested in the story and setting this time around, and the animations and cutscene transitions are quite seamless too. Very little about this comes off as “generic mid-7th gen game”. The studio also turned out to be located in Madrid, so it’s also nice to know I’m playing my first video game developed in Spain.

@colonelkilgore yeah i would recommend Deus ex human revolution to anyone still dirt cheap £1 in CEX.

Max Payne 3 was good enjoyed it even more than the first time i played it another £1 well spent

Remember me is what im playing through currently

@trev666 yeah, not sure exactly when I’ll be getting to Deus Ex but it’ll be before the end of the year. Only ever dabbled with the Max Payne games (played a little bit of the first one on PC) but I have heard that 3 is dope.