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

@Yousef- fair enough but for me the cars just feel too heavy in IV something I felt Rockstar perfected in V. In regards to the gunplay my memory of IV is a little more vague but I do remember feeling that of V felt less… um… sluggish maybe than IV. That’s not to say I don’t rate IV though, I do and would love a remaster for current consoles. There is obviously the matter of each games sandbox too, which I feel that of V is a significant step up in terms of both size and diversity.

I’m gonna be going through the remasters of GTAIII, GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andreas once I get my PS3 backlog squared away. It’s gonna be interesting to see how they hold up and how much nostalgia can help me overcome any shortcomings.

@colonelkilgore oh I totally get what you’re saying don’t worry. There’s a decently large 11 year gap between my initial playthrough of gta iv and my replay of it of which the driving took a little getting used to since I was so used to have perfectly balanced V felt, but ended up loving IV by the end and came at the conclusion its more realistic driving physics are for the better and yet another great display of euphoria engine physics.

Frankly, I also prefer the gunplay in IV vastly due to the aforementioned euphoria engine physics making the tiniest of movements believable and realistic, but V’s gunplay is its own kind of awesome too purely because of the kill feedback. The whole “subtle screen flash and a red X on their heads pop up when you kill them” is a notification I’ve only ever saw in gta v and max Payne 3 and is something I sorely miss it and need other shooters to have. I’m someone who really valuas a proper feedback/notification system.

I actually do prefer the particular size and things you can in do in V. I love mindlessly driving around and having the space to accommodate that, but if we ignore size and focus just on how good the actual map is then sorry, I’m giving another win for IV. IV’s LC is just a more interesting world to me than V’s LS.

I hope you enjoy the trilogy upon a revisit. I’ve replayed them to 100% then recently and that was a blast, I still love each entry to death. GTA III got its quirks that I live for, Vice city got the best soundtrack in almost any video game and San Andreas is quite a lot of fun, quite a lot of fun indeed.

@Yousef- @colonelkilgore I feel I need to further explore GTA story discussion but will move it over to another thread as I’ve probably taken it too far off the PS3 track.

As a short summary for here — I do think that a GTA IV remaster would be great for us PlayStation folk. Even the XBox crowd might like a little extra polish on it to spruce it up to modern standards.

@Th3solution you’re not wrong about the second paragraph. I think IV is still stuck at 720p, a shame cuz it’s such a beautiful game. There’s a lightning bug in the game. No, not lighting, LIGHTNING, the weather effect, it gives a weird unnatural flash.

A proper uncapped frame rate would be good also. IV already runs at an uncapped 60fps on Xbox series, but that’s not what I’m talking about because unfortunately this frame rate causes a bug in the final mission that can make it impossible to complete. I imagine R* didn’t playtest it that far which is frankly a little embarrassing as that bug is on pc also.

All this talk about PS3 games has made me want to take out my PS3 and 360 again. I initially decided that I only wanted to keep all modern consoles out as I moved to my new apartment. But now I really want to have access to my PS3 and 360 as well. I still have so many games left to play on those consoles.

It's not on PS3 I'm playing this game, but I am playing Racedriver Grid on 360. After having finished DiRT 3, I wanted to play another racing game from Codemasters. So far it's a rather challenging game but I'm kinda enjoying it. I'm just glad to be playing another racing game from the PS3/360 era.

@Th3solution @Yousef- I’m starting… well restarting for the maybe my fourth playthrough, anyway… I’m starting GTAIV tomorrow and I’m frikkin hype! It’s been a long time since I played it and all this chat has touched-a-lot-of-stones if you catch my drift.

I’m buying a second PS3 (& another copy of the game) so me and a mate (who also has two copies and two ps3’s) are gonna boost all the online stuff but first - I’m gonna move back to Liberty City for a spell 😁

@colonelkilgore I’m incredibly hyped for you. GTA IV is a game I can replay countless times, and I did do that on release and my recent replay vindicated everything I’ve thought about it over the course more than 13 years.

It’s an astounding game in every regard, and it’s awesome you will revisit it and felt inspired to. I myself been looking for another excuse to revisit it and you know what? No time like the present.

I’m glad you’ll enjoy the online. Also, after taking such a long break, so many things are gonna hit you like a jolt of lighting. Certainly did that for me.

@colonelkilgore Interested to hear if it holds up for you. Your PS3 farewell tour would certainly not be complete without it. So you don’t have the platinum for GTAIV yet?

@Th3solution even if it doesn’t “hold up for him”, the game holds up irregardless of what would be said.
But I’m just sending one extra spicy comment before driving to work. (And yes, my uogvomg upcoming gta 6 comment won’t mince words. You’ll get the full sef-experience, unless you want the sef-family-friendly experience? Either way, best of wishes.)
(Just FYI just in case, 60% of what I say is usually in gist or in good-humor. The other 40% is the tax rate you’ll pay.)

@Th3solution no I only got my first plat in 2017 and even then didn’t seriously start going after them until 2020. I have gone back to get the GTAV platinum and plan on getting III’s, Vice City’s and San Andreas’ via the Definitive Editions but had always thought IV’s was no longer achievable. Turns out it is but it’s now extremely buggy due to the aged and sparsely populated online and very difficult (PSN Profiles have it as an 8/10 difficulty and PlayStation Trophies as a 10).

Whether my exploits for the plat are successful or not though, I’m just gonna enjoy revisiting a virtual place in which I spent a lot of time and haven’t been back to in around fifteen years. The sprawling immigrant tale will also be enough to get me through any concerns I have over the gameplay (though I might end up being pleasantly surprised in that regard).

Oh… and the radio stations, I can’t wait to hear all the songs and chat radio skits again. I’m gonna be on nostalgia overload for sure.

100% truth spoken on radio here. Both great music and hilarious skits. Also, if I had to rank ps2 trilogy plats on difficulty, then in my opinion:
III is the easiest (short and sweet, very little to keep track of, took me around 20 hours)
Vice City is in the middle (some things are a little harder to keep track but “Godfather” glitch still works and overall just more stuff to do. Took me 36 hours)
San Andreas is the “hardest” (moreso just tedious. San Andreas and Vice City Stories are both my least favorite to 100% due to how much you need to do. Liberty City Stories and Chinatown Wars are quite fun though).

Im pretty happy that my ps3 controllers all work still and hold a charge

By far one of my favorite things to do in gta iv.

Stand around and do nothing and take pics as the day night cycle goes by. Makes for a cool collection of pics. Oh and listen to k109, my favorite station.
Insane how stunning this game still looks.

@Yousef- Just letting you know — you’re illegally parked there. 😜

@colonelkilgore I’ll be rooting for you. I can’t remember the last time you played something that you weren’t able to platinum, or at least feel confident that you’ll eventually go back and platinum.

Ah the humanity, what ever shall I do?

@Yousef- In GTA6 your car will be towed and compounded if you park illegally. 😉

@Th3solution every plat brings its own anxieties in all honesty but yeah, this is the first one in a while which has felt like there are quite so many obstacles in the way. It’ll be a fun pursuit either way though.

Started playing GTA 5 last night, though technically on PS5, it's funny to think it was a PS3 release 😅

Don't make me drive that damn tow truck again, Tonya!

Also, I can't remember if this can happen at random, or only for this scripted moment?

It's cool all the same, but when I get my jerry can, that is when the real fun will begin 😁

Screw Tonya. Annoying tw@ .
Yeah it’s a scripted moment. Pretty cool. Somehow I don’t remember it though.

@Yousef- i'm wondering if they added it in later updates, as I didn't remember it, and they have added some stuff for sure, even changed the handbrake button in place of a new duck and hide animation which confused the hell out of me in a race.

I am going to try and shoot cars in the fuel tank to see if they leak at some point though 😁 as that would be a cool way to end some moments. If not, the jerry can awaits all my sadistic needs 💀