By Sam Coles:
The PS3 was the dark horse of the 7th
generation of consoles where it didn’t start off too well, but then rose from
the ashes and pushed back against Microsoft’s Xbox 360 with a great selection
of exclusive games. I’m going to go through the different models, accessories and
games that I would recommend for the system.
Hardware:
PS3
Fat
When Sony releases a console they have a habit of
making them bulky and expensive and this is no exception for the PS3 fat. The
good thing about the original PS3 is that it is backwards compatible with PS2
games, but they’re not all backwards compatible with PS2 games and how you
recognise the ones that can play PS2 games is that they have 4 USB ports on the
front. These models have a habit of overheating and they are very bulky so I
would not recommend getting this model if you want something that is reliable and
if you’re saving space.
PS3
Slim
This is a more compact PS3 and is very quiet
compared the to the fat, but they took away the ability to play PS2 games on
it, the reason why they did this is because with the original PS3 they pretty much
put a PS2 in the PS3 that’s why it’s bulky. However all models of the PS3 can
play PS1 discs so you have a whole different library to collect for. This model
has a nice mat finish with a smooth and slick design and this model can be
bought with a 120 GB hard drives but you can upgrade further.
PS3
Super Slim
Then you finally have the super slim which is the
smallest one you can get and the one I have which you can buy with a 500GB
which I would recommend for the Hard Drive alone. They have gotten rid of the
disc slot but instead have a hatch that opens on the top, however it does feel
like it has been cheaply made because the plastic they used feels a bit
unstable.
Accessories:
Controllers
You have to take into consideration what controller
you get because Sony thought they were being geniuses by getting rid of rumble
in their controllers. How you identify the controllers that don’t have rumble is
that they will be called Six Axis and not the Dualshock 3 so go for the
Dualshock 3.
Hard
Drives
You can put any PC hard drives into the PS3 like the
PS4 so if you really want a lot of space slap a 2 TB drive in there and to be
honest in my opinion the 500 GB hard drive will do because save games and
updates etc. don’t take up that much room on the PS3.
Longer
USB charging cable
Now this seems like a no brainer right? However a
lot of people never really think about and I would highly recommend getting a
longer USB cable especially when you have the console in a living room space so
you can play and charge at the same time. Sony for some reason ship a teeny tiny
cable that is laughably short so get a long cable they cost pennies.
Recommended
Games
The
Uncharted Trilogy
Yes I know you can get these games on the PS4, but
the collector in me says get it on PS3 because it’s nice to have each
individual disc. The Uncharted games are fantastic action adventures with great
action, puzzles and stories that don’t take themselves seriously. Think of it
as a mixture of Indiana Jones, Nation Treasure and Tomb Raider.
Killzone
Trilogy
Before you say anything I know the first Killzone is
on PS2, but if you get the trilogy pack you get the first game remastered in HD
to give it sharper textures and it just looks better compared to the PS2
version because PS2 games don’t look great on HD televisions. This was Sony’s
answers to the Microsoft’s Halo and they did succeed to a certain extent, it
does take a while to get use to its controls because it has unconvention first
person shooter control scheme but you’ll get the hang of it. These games have
heart pounding action with brutal close quarter’s combat where you can poke enemy’s
eyes out to blowing their heads off with a shotgun.
Yakuza
4
This is a game that caught by absolute surprise thanks
to a friend of mine I’m really getting into Japanese games whether they’re RPGs
etc. Yakuza 4 is a fantastic game as it’s a mix of a J-RPG and a brawling beat
em up action it’s an odd mix but it works. The story is a gritty crime thriller
where different factions of the Yakuza fight each other in a brutal fashion and
as you would expect this game is very violent. It is all in Japanese with
English subtitles so if you don’t like reading subtitles you won’t like this
game, but the gameplay is fast and visceral.
Metal
Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
I’ll keep this brief because otherwise I’ll be
repeating what I said in my review. Metal Gear Solid 4 is a great game if you’re
already a fan invested in the series but if you’re a first time player I would not
recommend starting with this game because you’ll be absolutely lost with what
is going and who the characters are. This game is very verbose but I really
enjoyed because in my opinion it concluded the series perfectly compared to
Metal Gear Solid V.
The
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
I know what you’re thinking what’s so special about
this version of Oblivion? Well it wasn’t developed by Bethesda because they had
no clue how to develop for the PS3 so they handed it to a third part developer
called 4J Studios who recently did the console versions of Minecraft. This is
the best console version of Oblivion because it blows the 360 version out of
the water with better graphics, draw distance and frame rate, this really shows
what a talented group of people can do with the cell processor when they know
what they’re doing. This game has faster loading times and in general it looks
nicer than the 360 version.
So there you go the PS3, a fantastic system that is
fairly cheap to pick up these days and the games that I’ve listed aren’t
expensive either so go get a PS3 and enjoy a great selection of both PS1 and
PS3 games so you have a wide selection of gaming to choose from.
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