Thats the thing, all the good games are coming soon.
Well not all, but yes, many of the most anticipated games are coming out soon.
The PS3 really doesnt have very many good games that are worth the money right now. Warhawk just came out, and it is def. worth the money from what I have seen. But to be honest, some of the games that are supposed to be saving the PS3 this fall have been worrying me because of their terrible reviews. I.E. Heavenly Sword and Lair.
Well let's not over exaggerate things, after all, you can find a terrible review for even the very best games, and there are also very good previews and reviews for both those games, including a perfect score of 5 out of 5 for Heavenly Sword.
EDIT: In fact, look how out of place IGN's review of Heavenly Sword is now compared to all the other review currently listed in
GameRankings database:
- 70% IGN 8/24/2007 7 out of 10
- 88% Game Informer 10/1/2007 8.75 out of 10
- 83% Electronic Gaming Monthly 10/1/2007 8.33 out of 10
- 85% Game Revolution 8/30/2007 B+
- 84% Cheat Code Central 8/30/2007 4.2 out of 5
- 100% Play Magazine 9/1/2007 10 out of 10
- 90% GamePro 8/25/2007 4.5 out of 5
Even with IGN's suspiciously lower score, the average score is still 85%, which is quite impressive. As I said, looking at one or even just a couple bad or great reviews without considering the source and without considering the average of many reviews may easily lead you to have a wrong impression.
I find the problem with reviews in general is there just one persons opinion and you have no idea what kind of biased approach they may have had when they played and wrote about the game. I much prefer to see large collective averages, like you see on IMDB for films, where not only is it next to impossible for enough "biased" reviewers to impact the overall average, but they also let you filter the results to more closely reflect your personal taste, at least in terms of demographic.
I also remember the two suspiciously bad reviews F1:CE got well before it even came out and it turned out they were way off base, and even appeared they may have written the review based only on the demo and what they read about the game. It's all a painful reminder that in this day and age, all it takes to be a "qualified" reviewer is to have a website or find a website willing to post your review.
80 games??? - Theres only about 20 different games on the shelves in the UK
Yes around 80. The list in that link include them.
motorstorm and resistance and there has been no other games released i thought were worth the money!
Again, that might be a personal choice, and it may also be based on not knowing all the games available to you, and might be based on believing what someone else told you about the quality of a game, or lack there of. Unless I had the ability to read your mind and know what you like I can't list all the games that you would definitely really enjoy.
I will say again though that clearly many have found many of the games, both disc and downloadable, to be extremely appealing based on comments, reviews and sales figures that I have read. I personally am not a hardcore gamer, but considering how cheap most of the PSN games are, I bought all but a handful of them, and most get regularly played, if not by me, by my family and friends.
So yes, you may very well be pleasantly surprised by any number of those 80 games, but other than sharing our personal opinions, there is no way to know how many of them will actually appeal to you specifically.
I will say though, if you like driving games, and I assume you do if you participate on a GT inspired forum, then
F1:CE is absolutely marvelous. Dont make the mistake others have by judging the game by the demo. Its a very poor reflection of what you get from the actual game. Also, even though it came out for the 360, so maybe you already have it, surprisingly
DiRT is a very good game, and Codemasters has noticeably improved and enhanced the PS3 version.
These are just a couple examples though. There are a lot of games I, my family, and friends have enjoyed playing on the PS3, but as there are already threads specifically for discussing opinions about the PS3 games, maybe we should move this topic from this poll thread to keep from getting off-topic?
But seriously, both consoles served me quite well. Only the 1st gen PS2 died on me and that was only after about 7 years of pretty regular use. Given the wear and tear on the cd/dvd drive motor I felt the longevity was quite reasonable.
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