The Game of the Year edition also includes the Undead Nightmare : a tongue in cheek zombie-packed add-on. At the launch of the PS3 and Xbox , each had their exclusive shooters to entice consumers into investing in their consoles. Microsoft had Gears of War , and Sony had Resistance. While Gears of War had more longevity as a series, Resistance was still a high-quality sci-fi shooter that was inventive and influential in its own right.
The first game offered impressive visuals alongside a race of horrifying invading creatures. Resistance 2 upped the stakes and included more sci-fi weaponry, but went a little wonky in the story. Resistance has always stood above its peers in humanizing its cast, and that is particularly true in Resistance 3. Taking place four years after the second game, the human resistance against the invading Chimera is all but dissolved. Protagonist Joseph Capelli is living in a human settlement with his wife and young son, but must leave them behind to head to New York in a last ditch effort to close a wormhole that spells doom for the human race.
The desperation of the characters and their personal motivations in the conflict is never lost, and that is what makes the game so memorable. Combine that with the brutal combat and array of weapons in your arsenal, and Resistance 3 is as fun as it is engaging.
Indie developers have made incredible artistic achievements in the past decade. Some of them have created games so simple and beautiful they would go on to influence the indie scene and the industry at large for years to come. Journey is one of those games. After finding a flowing red cape that gives them the ability to fly for brief periods, the character begins making their way towards a mountain in the distance.
The journey to this mountain is broken into several sections the player must traverse. These sections are laced with puzzles that the player must also solve to move forward. Journey was released to praise from players and critics alike, and it won several Game of the Year awards and was nominated for an award for its breath-taking soundtrack. It is also widely considered one of the greatest games ever made. Flow is a calming rhythmic game, as opposed to the fast-paced rhythmic games like Guitar Hero.
Flower is a game where you play as the wind and collect flower petals. It is arguably one of the most peaceful experiences ever. You can get all three in one package and enjoy them for years to come. JRPGs are a massively popular genre of the industry, even in the west. Part of their appeal was thanks to the PS3, which had a huge library of these games for western audiences to enjoy. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch may be one of the finest examples of the genre, and is the perfect entry point for anyone looking to break into the genre.
The story follows a young boy named Oliver. When his mother passes away after saving Oliver from drowning, his stuffed animal - a gift from his mother - comes to life. The game accomplishes this, thanks largely in part due to the artwork from acclaimed Studio Ghibli. As the player explores, they must also battle monsters with human companions and familiars - captured enemy creatures that can fight for you.
Ni no Kuni was highly praised and became one of the best-selling games on PS3. It is also a testament to the outstanding hardware on the PS3. The game was a glimpse into what would really be possible in the next generation of consoles.
The game follows three protagonists. The first is Michael, a professional criminal who retires after one final score that leaves him set for life.
Years later, players take over as Franklin, a young and ambitious Black man looking to escape the environment he grew up in. He is a parody of the deranged and violent behavior GTA players regularly engage in. It is also thought-provoking criticism of a sensationalist and egotistical culture.
While many Mortal Kombat titles in the past were remembered for their excessive gore and not for their fighting engines, this iteration of Mortal Kombat is a legitimate competitive fighter, and it has enough gore to make parents run for the hills. Even though the single-player modes are rife with imbalances, the core experience in Mortal Kombat is exciting, challenging, and so so bloody.
I think we all can agree that the plotlines in Mortal Kombat are a bit ridiculous. Ice ninjas, half-dragons and thunder gods are commonplace in this series. He kills everybody at the end of the Mortal Kombat storyline, so Raiden sends a message back through time to prevent it. The result? Alternate history.
Mortal Kombat returns to a 2D plane in the Komplete Edition. When it comes to the basics, each character has a set of simple moves as well as a bunch of special attacks. The gauge is divided into three segments, and those segments can be spent in different ways. The gameplay in Mortal Kombat will be different for those of you accustomed to the speed and fluidity of games like Super Street Fighter IV. Landing a combo and executing special moves is more visceral here then in other games.
So, with exciting combat, bloody fatalities and tons of things to unlock, Mortal Kombat sounds incredible. For every cheap slip down a chasm or tumble over the edge of a staircase that sends you plummeting hundreds of feet to your death, there are dozens upon dozens that will teach you the cold, hard truths of this world: nearly every enemy is a potential life-ender, and a proper defense and careful use of your equipped weapon are paramount in every single encounter. Every single person that owns a PS3 should at the very least rent this game to see what all the fuss is about, and those that can remember the good old days when games taught through the highly effective use of intense punishment and a heavy price for not playing should scoop this up instantly.
It is the perfect blend of engaging gameplay and an emotionally complex and impactful story. That explains why it was met with critical praise and showered with game of the year awards. The impact of the game can still be felt in the industry as video game stories have become deeper and more complex since. You play as Joel, a man who has lost everything after society has collapsed thanks to a dangerous strain of Cordyceps that infects humans. Now a smuggler, Joel accepts a simple job: deliver a girl named Ellie to a terrorist group known as the Fireflies.
However, after things go awry and learning Ellie is immune to Cordyceps, Joel must embark on a nationwide odyssey to get Ellie to the Fireflies and develop a cure. The two must fight through fungal-infected enemies who are basically zombies , as well as dangerous scavengers called Hunters.
The violence is slow and visceral, making the game feel more real than it should be. The slow bond that forms between the two protagonists is also natural and believable, and it all culminates into one of the most shocking and conflicting moments in video game history no spoilers here.
The Last of Us is one of the swan songs of the PS3 era, and it is one of the most significant games ever made. Putting it on this list is a no-brainer. Hideo Kojima is one of the most influential and visionary creative directors in video games. The best-selling Metal Gear Solid series is a love letter to American action movies combined with the often-times convoluted storytelling and quirky humor found in JRPGs.
Trying to explain the plot of the games up to this point in the series would be a futile effort, but we will try anyway. Thatgamecompany's Journey is a masterpiece of abstract storytelling, emotion through gameplay, and exquisitely beautiful world-building.
Its freeform exploration and platform-puzzling are captivating in themselves, but every single element of Journey, from visuals, to sound design, to the very feel of control, is precisely designed to evoke deep and affecting meaning every step of the way.
And as for its anonymous co-operative multiplayer, you simply will never have felt so attached to another player in a video game. Not ever. One of the most economically brilliant games on the PS3, XCOM: Enemy Unknown delivers enough thrilling, edge-of-the-seat action, cerebrally satisfying gameplay, and engrossing emotional involvement to rival any AAA epic.
All without a single moment of real-time action. Its turn-based squad-shooting is immediately accessible, even to a total strategy noob, yet holds fathoms of depth once you've navigated its friendly-as-a-hug learning curve. Despite superficially playing like a board game, its skirmishes and ground wars unfold in spectacular fashion, creating the kind of emergent set-pieces and skin-of-the-teeth stand-offs that you'll remember as real-time, Hollywood blockbusters.
It takes 20 minutes to pick up, but you'll be obsessing into many a late-night for months. An absolute gem. From the moment it begins, Wolfenstein: The New Order screams with howling intensity and purpose.
The series has never dabbled in subtlety, and that's no different here: you're still BJ Blazkowicz, you're still Nazi Hunter Supreme, and you're still ruthlessly efficient at your job. But what should be a mindless shooter suddenly finds itself examining the human cost of endless war and soul-crushing fascism, and thanks to the team at MachineGames, it's pretty good at doing both.
You'll come for the dual-wielding MPs and old-school action, but you'll stay for the branching narrative and fleshed-out characters. Oh, and you'll shoot Nazis on the moon. Come on. Here's an interesting thing.
Zombies are one of the most used - overused, in fact - tools in horror gaming, but very rarely are they actually scary. Lumbering, meaty target practice, that's what they usually are. The Walking Dead , however, gets back to the root of what makes zombies, and good horror in general, affecting: Real, slow-burning, emotionally powerful human drama. With some of the best writing and acting in games, not to mention the most painful, almost impossible moral decisions, The Walking Dead drops you into a nightmare situation and forces you to try to make not the best of it, but the least-worst.
You'll agonize over every choice and conversation, and in the end, you'll never have entirely the right answer.
There are no heroes here. Just those still left alive. There are a lot of things to talk about when discussing the greatness of Street Fighter 4. There's the seamless blend of endlessly explorable, opened-ended depth and immediate, pick-up-and-play accessibility. There's the immaculate balance across a roster now comprising 39 fighters. There's the wonderful sense of humor in the game's combat animations and character design, the latter tied beautifully into each world warrior's play style and flow.
But there's something much simpler at play in Street Fighter 4 that isn't talked about half enough, and that's the fact that it's just immense fun, pure and simple. The fighting game of a generation, no two ways about it. Probably the biggest evolution Grand Theft Auto has enjoyed since it went 3D, GTA 5 takes the essence of what has always made the series great, dismantles it, and rebuilds it with a new, fresh, altogether more thoughtful, and entirely reinvigorated structure.
The three-protagonist set-up does far, far more than simply mix up the characterization, building sophisticated dramatic irony as three separate storylines twist and conflict, all under the control of the player. Even better, it's now finally possible to play GTA any way you want to and have it make sense. Between naive nice-guy Franklin, aggressive family-man Michael and benevolent psychopath Trevor, suddenly all play-styles are catered for without breaking the integrity of the game's stunningly realized world.
As for that world It takes days - weeks, maybe - of immersion to truly realize its nuances, but for now, just know that in terms of form, feel, and function, it's the closest games have yet come to recreating the real world. It's a close call. While GTA's San Andreas is a more densely detailed world, there's a certain beauty to the concept and story of Red Dead that just tips it for us.
Few other games create such a glorious sense of time and place. All your actions and interactions within its rugged landscapes just make sense, and it's the perfect backdrop for John Marsden's tough tale of injustice and loss - a narrative that climaxes in one of the boldest, most memorable endings of any game, ever. Ok, that's enough with the flowery descriptions: it's also super cool to be a Clint Eastwood-esque, outlaw badass. Shooting angry cowboys, lassoing criminals, and charging through the scrub on a horse - it's like an interactive Sergio Leone movie.
The set-pieces are ripped straight out of the finest classic Westerns, and the understated soundtrack perfectly mirrors the on-screen action. Red Dead is the complete package. The first truly defining, AAA game of the last generation, it set standards of gameplay depth, world-building, atmosphere, and narrative ambition that many other developers spent the following seven years desperately trying to match.
From its still unsurpassed opening sequence, it's clear that BioShock is different from anything that came before it. The complete, cohesive creation of a world like Rapture is a vast achievement in itself, but to ensure that the compulsive, ever-escalating RPG-shooter action only ever feeds further into the believability and immersion of that world? That's just showing off.
And don't forget the powerful soundtrack in this equation, which blends stirring strings with perfectly chosen vintage recordings, to create a soundscape in which coherent, moving tone is king. Presenting a setting and story like no other, and filling them with action as thoughtful as it is exhilarating, BioShock is as unique and completely realized a vision as you'll find in gaming. Uncharted 2 is the very definition of an adventure game.
While U3 up's the ante in terms of set-pieces, this second game strikes the best balance between action, puzzles, platforming, and witty quips. The story itself is a classic tale of betrayal, violence, and love rivalry, and each member of the cast fits perfectly into the drama.
Crucially, though, every aspect of the game is pure fun. Whether youre zip-lining over roof-tops in the mountain village, dodging tank fire or solving a tricky, statue-based puzzle, there's never a dull moment. The sheer variety of interactions and set-pieces, combined with all the hopping from stunning location to stunning location, ensure that Uncharted 2 never grows stale or samey. Even the under-used multiplayer mode, played only by a tiny percentage of Uncharted 2 owners, packs entertainment value into every encounter.
It's all tied together with a fluid control scheme and jaw-dropping visuals, that still impress over 4 years after launch. While Mass Effect 3 is technically more polished, there's something about this sequel that makes it the superior game. While skydiving, Jason Brody and his friends land on an island overrun by pirates, where Jason is torn between fighting for the Rakyat resistance and rescuing his friends.
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M Action, Horror, Sci-Fi. Set three years after the events of the first, Isaac Clarke's fight against a new Necromorph outbreak on the Sprawl, a space station above Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Votes: 6, Centuries following nuclear war, a teen leaves the safety of an underground vault in order to find their father, who left in hopes of creating a water purifier. After a shadowy black ops team kidnaps several scientists security manager Adam Jensen was sworn to protect, he must harness the power of his new-found cybernetic augmentations to save their lives.
In , the first successfully-bonded Big Daddy is reawakened to save his Little Sister from the clutches of Rapture's new leader, Sofia Lamb. T Action, Adventure, Drama. The Empire's Imperial Army has invaded Gallia. A young man, Lt. Welkin Gunther, the son of the late Gen.
Belgen Gunther, forced himself to enlist in the militia and forming Squad 7, making See full summary ». Treasure hunter Nathan Drake, embarks in the adventure of his life searching for the legendary treasure, El Dorado while fighting a group of mercenaries. An evil army of horrendous creatures and Darktoons approaches the Glade of Dreams, capturing the Electoons and plunging the world into chaos.
Rayman and his friends escape and are then tasked by the Magician to restore the Glade of Dreams. A puzzle-platformer video game for the PlayStation 3, based on user-generated content. Offering a large array of customisable costumes and online features. Armed with only the raw instincts and physical ability, experience Lara Croft's intense origin story from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
After being framed for the murder of the Empress he swore to protect, a once trusted bodyguard with supernatural abilities is forced to become a masked assassin in order to seek revenge on those who conspired against him.
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