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

Started playing The Saboteur, very interesting open world game

@BeyondKnight You're in for a treat, I can tell you that much.

Me and a few fellow trophy hunters just boosted the online mp trophies for Rage… the only four people in the world playing it 🤣. Haven’t actually started the game, so this will probably be the kick up the bum that I need to do so.

Also, I’m pretty sure that these were the last online trophies amongst what’s left of my PS3 backlog, which is nice.

@Bentleyma you would’ve found one if you’d tried tonight 😉

So those PlayStation Stars Rewards finally came in useful, covered the cost of a couple of pieces of dlc for Rage that most people find are a requirement for the platinum trophy 😎. Also, first time I have used the store on PS3 for a while…🫠

Playing Resistance: Fall of Man

Anarchy Reigns, Unreal Tournament 3 and Borderlands

So I kinda fell into doing my bit on Red Faction Armageddon after drafting people from right left and centre to get the unbelievably ridiculous Red Faction Guerrilla: Remarstered multiplayer requirements done.

A bit of quid-pro-quo if you will… and well, if turned out to be a surprisingly enjoyable mp session. ‘Decent’ game by the looks (nothing more) but a nice little horde mode where I luckily stumbled upon a lovely group, which elevated the experience. A nice Sunday’s shootin’.

Had a bit of bad luck with my first playthrough of Red Faction: Armageddon today, the power tripped when I was 22 missions through the total 27 and my save corrupted. It looks like there is an auto cloud save when I was on mission 18 (which is better than nothing) but it says that I am unable to download the save from the cloud for 24 hours 🤔 PS3’s have some weird protocols.

So in the mean time I started Asura’s Wrath and as someone who prioritises gameplay over all else… this playable-anime show was pretty awesome. I say playable… I’m not using that word to describe the game as playable in that it has good gameplay but that there is some mediocre at best gameplay present while enjoying the bat****-crazy ride.

I love me some creation-myth archetypal narratives and characters and this draws heavily on all the classics but presents them in the way that only Japanese pop-culture can. Looks like the plat-chase could be a tricky one though as you have to S rank every episode… and I’m still not exactly sure how to actually score that well 🤷‍♂️. Oh well we’ll give it the old college try at least.

@colonelkilgore I haven’t thought about Asura’s Wrath for a long time. I had fleeting interest in trying it several years ago since I got it on PS+ but now it’s been buried deep, deep underneath hundreds of other games.

I doubt I will ever get that deep into my backlog to pull it out again, but one never knows!

But your comment on it does bring to mind one of my pet peeves in games — separate ranking mechanics in story-based games. I probably need to vent over on the appropriate thread. 😅

@Th3solution ahh I see that you did notice this post 😉

@colonelkilgore Haha! Yeah, I saw this one first. But the concept had been on my mind anyways. 🍻

@Th3solution while I loved it, its appeal would be to a very niche audience I’d imagine… so if you do never end up getting to it, you probably won’t be missing out. If you’re a big anime/manga fan though, Asura’s Wrath could hit a sweet spot.

@colonelkilgore I used to be something of an anime fan, but I think I’m slowly losing interest. For some reason I don’t find the art style and animation as interesting. I think once I realized that all anime characters look like cut-and-paste copies with the only difference being their hair, they started to seem bland. 😅 It kind of drove me crazy how in FF16 they designed Jill’s face in an anime style whereas most of the other characters had a more realistic facial art design. It’s like she stuck out as an alien in that world and so I had a hard time connecting to her character.

Anime storytelling also is commonly difficult to follow, and I’m not sure if part of it is just a cultural rift or just poor localization.

Anyways, I didn’t means to dump on anime… but I’m glad there’s an audience for it. 😄

@Th3solution yeah I’d give this a miss then in that case 🤣

Well that’s about 30 minutes into Fallout New Vegas and already my first hard reset… doesn’t bode well 😅

@colonelkilgore So Todd was telling porkies when saying "it just works"
I had a look at my trophies for Vegas and platted the base game (didn't have any dlc) back in 2015. I did 100% Fallout 3 (inc dlc).
Good luck and I recall that I initially didn't think much of Vegas, hence me playing it in 2015, but it did grew on me and I really enjoyed it by the end but I can imagine it is a bit hard going these days (unless on PC with mods).

@CaptD 🤣 so it’s been fine since that first crash to be fair (touch wood). Yeah I remember it took a while to get into it back in the day but once I was in, I was really enjoying it. Strangely enough though I’m into it straight away this time… probably my interest being boosted by the tv show I’d image.

i never had any problems with fallout new vegas and it played through fine including the DLC .fallout 3 on the other hand the DLC was borderline unplayable and to constant locking up and crashing

@trev666 I've read the opposite online, where New Vegas was the bigger problem on PS3 than Fallout 3. I'm guessing it's just a matter of luck then, but their instability is one reason why I haven't bought either for the PS3 I found in my basement and hooked back up last year.

I do want to though as I played 3 back in the day but never came close to finishing it, and never tried New Vegas after never finishing 3. Especially with the TV show looking to be so good, I imagine the urge will win out whenever I finally start watching the show. I know I could just go with Fallout 4 with the PS5 version releasing in 4 days, but I kind of want to go back and replay 3 since I never finished it.