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- Dead Space (2008) Survival Horrorhad begun to wane in popularity in the wake of Resident Evil 4, well, that’s what publisher’s believed anyway. The result was a barren period for the genre, which had one hell of a rain spell when EA Visceral Gamesgave the world Dead Space.
- L.A. Noire (2010) Whenever Rockstardeviate from Grand Theft Auto, it’s always an intriguing prospect. Noirewas an especially curious beast as it focused on being a L.A.
- Burnout Paradise (2008) In a world of racing games that were either deadly serious or colorful nonsense, Burnout Paradisefilled the void with the first open world outing for the popular arcade smash n’ racer.
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011) How do you follow a game as mind-blowingly deep and involving as Deus Ex? The answer is a) Deus Ex: Invisible War and b) with spectacular failure.
- Grand Theft Auto IV. Apr 29, 2008 • Rated M. [Metacritic's 2008 PS3 Game of the Year; Also known as "GTA IV"] What does the American Dream mean today? For Niko Belic, fresh off the boat from Europe.
- Grand Theft Auto V. Sep 17, 2013 • Rated M. Los Santos is a vast, sun-soaked metropolis full of self-help gurus, starlets and once-important, formerly-known-as celebrities.
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Oct 13, 2009 • Rated T. Fortune hunter Nathan Drake returns in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, a third-person action-adventure/shooter created by award-winning developer Naughty Dog.
- Batman: Arkham City. Oct 18, 2011 • Rated T. Developed by Rocksteady Studios, Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security "home" for all of Gotham City's thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds.
Oct 19, 2023 · The greatest PS3 games that you should go back and replay today, from Dark Souls to The Last of Us
Jun 14, 2013 · We rank the top PS3 video games ever released during its lifetime. This ranking is based on the playscore, a rating that combines critic and gamer-published reviews.
- Ultra Street Fighter 4
- Ratchet & Clank : A Crack in Time
- Batman: Arkham City
- LittleBigPlanet 2
- Portal 2
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Dark Souls
- Red Dead Redemption
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- The Last of Us Part 1
Fighting games were in a rough place prior to 2009, but Street Fighter 4brought the series back to the roots of its popularity, including the more popular cast from Street Fighter 2. Its highly stylized art style proved odd but ultimately appealing, and its online play was serviceable enough that the genre no longer felt like a total nonstarter. It...
Since 2002, Insomniac Games' Ratchet & Clank serieshas been a strong, lasting staple of PlayStation’s franchises. Though it debuted on the PS2, the series saw six new entries during the PS3 era, and for our bolts, A Crack in Time is the best Ratchet & Clank game released on PS3. While the formula for the series roughly remained the same, A Crack in...
Batman blew the doors off what the Arkham franchise could be, extending out beyond the confines of its prior though still fantastic first entry, Arkham Asylum, for a larger, engrossing sequel. Batman: Arkham Citynot only takes a “more is better” approach, but finds genuinely surprising and delightful ways to pull in various characters from the Batm...
LittleBigPlanet 2improves immensely on the formula of Media Molecule’s platformer and creation franchise, adding more level design options and the ability to essentially create a game within a game. While it does have a story mode with over 50 levels, the robust and refined customization notches it above the original LittleBigPlanet for us, and dem...
Portal 2is the perfect example of what a sequel can be. It took the original’s framework and blew it out into a true classic. The writing is funnier, the campaign longer and more layered in its puzzles and storytelling. Throw in one of the greatest standalone co-op campaigns ever made, and you have an all-time great filled with unforgettable moment...
Rockstar Games sets a new bar when it comes to open-world games with each new release, and GTA V is no exception. With a massive, beautiful open world littered with things to do, GTA V’s three-protagonist storyline lets you explore every facet of that world and engage in some incredible missions, while also never preventing you from roaming around,...
Dark Soulswas not the first Soulsborne game to come to PS3 (that honor belongs to 2009's Demon Souls), FromSoftware's next Soulsborne became a runaway hit that helped spawn a successful franchise and more widespread success. Yes, it retains the brutal difficulty of Demon’s Souls, but its impeccable level design, allowing players to venture to and d...
A few years prior to GTA V’s incredible debut, Rockstar Games went back in time to produce one of its finest adventures ever, Red Dead Redemption. The western setting offered a nice change of pace from the more modern GTA trappings, as players adopted the life of a virtual gunslinger traversing across parts of North America on horseback without los...
The pinnacle of Naughty Dog's Uncharted PS3 trilogy, Uncharted 2set the benchmark that the studio, and much of the industry's blockbuster action adventures, would strive for. Uncharted 2 is perhaps best remembered for its handful of unforgettable moments - that opening as Nathan Drake escapes a teetering train, a blowout shoot 'em up in the midst o...
Naughty Dog began the PS3 generation with Uncharted, and ended it with The Last of Us, the pinnacle of the studio’s storytelling ambitions of that generation. There was certainly no shortage of zombie fiction at the time of its release, but Naughty Dog grounded The Last of Us’ viral outbreak in a dark, brutal, and stirring world that felt so realiz...
Apr 22, 2022 · From first-party titles that paved the way for an era of prestige single-player experiences to third-party blockbusters that made full use of the console's powerful engine to wow players, the PS3...
Game Rankings on GameFAQs. LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
