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

I watched my friend play this (having cleared it myself) and he was right at the end about to take his revenge, literally had his hand on his six iron about to draw and a random cougar jumped out from the edge of the screen, grabbed him by his shooting arm and dragged him to the floor, killing him, game over. All in slow motion too. It was glorious.

Then we reloaded and shot him deeeeeead.

@RogerRoger While I loved Read Dead Redemption, I haven't played it since finishing it soon after launch and I know I played it to death but that was a good few years ago now (to put it in perpsective, I can remember turning it off to watch the first ever episode of The Walking Dead). However, in a lot of ways, I too preferred Gun on the PS2. It was really cinematic for the time, the gun play was fun and the open world as smaller and more focused. Also, the voice acting was great and you are spot on with the music.

I'd love a remake or a sequel to that game.

Thanks to all for not lynching me; I often find my opinions going against the grain and, as I played Red Dead, I felt as though it'd be yet another example of me being out-of-step with the majority. Having a couple of folk come here and say that, despite loving it, they can completely understand where I'm coming from... well, that doesn't happen very often, and I'm very grateful.

The universally-great moments, like the ending, are what give me hope for the sequel. With any luck, Rockstar have given proper focus to the single player and crafted a story that's more focused on those epic, emotional bits of gaming legend. Concerns about an online component detracting from the single player are valid (the state of gaming in 2018 should make that a concern of any game with online multiplayer) but it's pretty clear, reading the replies here and other retrospective reviews, that most of what makes the original Red Dead so fondly remembered is the single player storyline. Enough opposition has built up towards microtransactions in the past year, and Red Dead isn't as ubiquitous as GTA, that Rockstar would be fools to produce something light on story and heavy on multiplayer, no matter how good either component actually is.

@Rudy_Manchego Glad I'm not the only one with fond memories of GUN. I think I was definitely expecting something more akin to that, going into Red Dead, because I could totally understand how people would fall in love with it. I often thought of it, or hummed some of the music to myself, whilst I was riding back and forth between missions in Mexico.

@Th3solution Thank you for the additional detail on those other games. Despite being a Brit, your caution over the American cultural and historical references in Bioshock: Infinite actually makes me more interested to play it, as I've always had a strong connection and fascination with American cultural and social history (perhaps moreso than my own country's). Knowing that it has nothing to do with the first game's twist ending, I will keep it in mind and look into it, once I've made a dent in the rest of my current backlog. As for your thoughts on The Last of Us, all I will say is that miracles do happen, as I have no idea what the story is even about, let alone any of the details about how it ends. When I say that I avoid zombies like the plague (pun semi-intended), I mean it, but if I ever find myself re-considering that position, I'll come here and share my experience with you guys once again.

@KratosMD Thank you for confirming what I'd feared. Part of me was slightly tempted to try Undead Nightmare (heck, it was on the disc, I paid money for it... felt bad that I was ignoring it) but now, having read your description, hordes + limited ammo = stress I don't need!

My personal terror of the digital undead aside, I'm glad to hear that the concept of a zombie outbreak has been well-integrated into the Wild West setting and that it wasn't just a tacked-on cash-in on the popularity of the zombie genre at the time; hope you continue to enjoy.

@KratosMD Yeah, I tried to play Undead Nightmare right after the main game, and burned out on it pretty quick. I never finished it, but I bet I would like it if I went back to it now. All I remember was the zombified animals were a nice touch. The zombie bear was awesome as I recall.

I've gone back and played some Killzone 2. It's been a while and it took a bit of getting used to again, but, it's still one of my top 3 favorite FPS of all-time.

@Gamer83 better than half-life?

@KratosMD Okay, you've officially put it on my "Things to Return and Check Out When I've Finally Gotten Over My Fear of the Digital Undead" list... in other words, I'll play it in summer when it isn't dark and scary all the time.

Thanks for coming back to share your evolving thoughts!

Call me whacko, but I'm sooooo tempted to re-buy the ol' PS3 so I can play FUSE (bought it in a digital sale long ago, never really played it). Gah...!!!!

@kyleforrester87
I never got into Half-Life. Tried playing it a few times but it just never clicked with me.

i'm currently replaying Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

I'm playing Bioshock on 'Hard' at the moment, the deaths get a bit repetitive when you're up against the enemies that can withstand a significantly greater amount of damage than your average splicer, but I'd say it's worth it.

Today I had one of my regularly-random "Must Play Old Forgotten Game" moods and ended up spending an hour with Katamari Forever.

Anybody who hasn't experienced a Katamari game simply hasn't lived.

@RogerRoger I fired up the PS2 recently to show the kids what they missed. We Love Katamari went down very well. They were laughing hysterically when we started rolling up people.

@Gremio108 Winning.

We Love Katamari was my introduction to the franchise. I got it after the Official PlayStation2 Magazine gave it a good write-up and included a demo on that same issue's free disc; I'd never have taken the chance on something so unique otherwise. I'm very proud of the fact that my first university all-nighter didn't have anything to do with essays or assignments, but rather was because I simply couldn't stop rolling stuff up.

Katamari Forever and Touch My Katamari are great, but nothing beats We Love Katamari. I kick myself that I don't have my copy any longer, and would adore seeing any of them on PS4 one day.

As the King of All Cosmos would say, "Woo, tangent!"

@RogerRoger I was at uni when it came out, too! Once we were at a quiz and we had too many people for a team, so me and my mate formed a breakaway team of two, we decided our team name would be ''Na na na na na na na na katamari on the swing''. This was met with the kind of response you'd expect from everyone in the pub, except for someone in the corner who went "woo!"

@Gremio108 You heard me from all the way over in the corner?!

I always forget how outstanding the soundtrack is. This is also the first time I've played a Katamari game with full surround sound and I've been having a blast... the neighbours probably less so, but they never seem to complain.

GTA: San Andreas. It's great so far, what does everyone else think of it?

I just started Mass Effect 3 so far, awesome game with excellent storytelling so far. Bioware before it started going down-hill and described it’s latest Mass Effect game as soft-core space porn.

@Jaz007 Small world; my best friend has been replaying Mass Effect 3 the past couple days and talking about it has made me wanna revisit it as well. I have a female Shepard, Kathryn, who I created to deliberately make opposite decisions to my usual "mostly-Paragon-with-a-bit-of-an-edge" approach but I think I only completed the first two games with her.

Is this your first playthrough?