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

@Th3solution out of interest, how come you’ve never been tempted by Fallout?

@colonelkilgore I can’t answer for him but I can answer for myself at least. I’ve started with fallout 3 and new Vegas on my Xbox so maybe there’s something in 4 I’m missing but I played those two with a giant big ol “uhhh I don’t get it, where’s the gameplay?” It felt like you were wondering around doing quests with no real incentive or allure behind them. I was really curious what I was missing. The setting being so drab and brown didn’t help. I was more allured by oblivion’s dungeons, personally. And generally everything about oblivion games spoke to me more. Thought I’d enjoy most of the Todd-man games but Mr. Todd-man dude either allures you or confuses you. No in-between.

@colonelkilgore Yeah, as @Yousef- mentioned, there wasn’t much enticing to me about the setting, but I never actually played any Fallout and only saw gameplay videos and pictures. It is strange, because I hold Skyrim near and dear as one of my all time favorites, and yet the Bethesda gameplay loop has otherwise never spoke to me.

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m very limited in my willingness to tolerate the first person viewpoint, which seems like a silly hang up, but it’s just not my preference. And yet, I have a few first person games that I really love (like the aforementioned Skyrim, which I guess there decent third person option now but when I played it on PS3 that wasn’t really fleshed out). Actually, now that I write this… do any of the Fallouts have a third person view mode? It might make a difference for me to try it.

I also have considered watching that Fallout show and see if that prompts me to investigate the games. Apparently it has sold many people on the setting, which like I said, the drab setting hasn’t really spoken to me.

And a final reason [excuse] would be that I understand that FO3 and New Vegas are the pinnacle of the series, and FO4 was pretty ‘meh’ in comparison, so I’ve considered trying to go back to one of those but not about to turn on my old grey mare PS3. 😅 If we get a FO3/New Vegas Remaster for PS5 then it will be tempting.

@Yousef- it depends what your interested in me personally i love the fallout games but have never enjoyed any elder scrolls games.

@Th3solution I imagine this is where you think the FPS camera is placed.

@Th3solution yes you can play them all in 3rd person on a ps3 as thats the thread were on

@Th3solution now I’m curious if you got Jumpscared when gta v got a first person mode on 8th gen hardware and onwards.

@trev666 Ah, good to know. I guess I never saw any footage of it. The third person mode for Skyrim on PS3 was awful. The character moved around like a stiff scarecrow, so I just learned to deal with the first person viewpoint.

@Yousef- Lol, yes - that’s it.
I’m actually playing Immortals of Aveum now and I’m getting along with it ok. I think sometimes it depends on the game just how weirdly the camera feels placed. Sometimes it feels like it’s in your mouth like that, and sometimes it feels like it’s at your eye-level but 5 inches in front of them, and your character also concurrently has one of those neck braces on so you can’t tilt your head forward more than 10 degrees. So judging your jumps is just an act of faith about where you ‘think’ your feet are. Because, heaven forbid that I can actually look down and see my feet. 😅 It all feels very floaty to my when I’m jumping around in FP mode.

And… another gaming confession — I’ve never played GTA V. I think I’m the only one left. I never played IV either. I think maybe I played a little bit of III.

@Yousef- @Th3solution I do get you both about the Bethesda gameplay loop not feeling particularly enticing… I’d lost interest in their output myself tbh. Until the recent tv show that is. It reminded me about the world and lore of Fallout and what a lightning-in-a-bottle mix they have of 50’s americana and post-apocalyptic survival. I went back tentatively but thoroughly enjoyed my return.

@Th3solution we can postpone the gta discussion for another time as I got a loooooooooooooooot to say there (gta hyperfangirl in case you couldn’t tell), do remind me to and I’ll pop yours ears off about it (gta iv is the best game btw)

What? You don’t like playing as a floaty character with no feet? How dare you!

… at that, I’ve officially had enough… I thought you were cool 😔

@Yousef- @colonelkilgore At this point, it’s like having achieved a really rare platinum trophy if I can remain one of the few gamers alive who hasn’t played GTA V. 😅

@Th3solution yeah its an ultra rare for sure… shame though as Trevor is one of gamings true treasures.

@Th3solution hey man don’t worry about it! There’s nothing wrong with not playing gta v! Hmmm, what’s that? This gun I’m pulling out? Oh, no reason whatsoever, ignore silly me.

@Th3solution
Well now that you've paved the way and come clean it has given me the courage to admit that I've never played GTA V either (though weirdly I really liked IV and Nico Belic!) I always wondered who the other person was who hadnt played it.

And since its on the PS3 thread, I saw one in a pawn shop window earlier today with a sign reading PS3 with 150GB hard drive and I thought wow imagine a 150GB hard drive! Funny how things progress.

@sorteddan if you liked gta iv, you’re good enough in my book xD
It’s my favorite game of all time, great to revisit also.

@colonelkilgore @Yousef- The GTA cult is coming to get me!

@sorteddan Thanks for the backup. And similarly I find it hard to explain my GTA avoidance because I love RDR1&2 and consider them all-timers.

But yeah, 150 GB hard drive wouldn’t even hold Baldur’s Gate 3.

@Th3solution weirdly enough, the 98GB thing is mainly GTA online. If R* stopped being total arseholes and let you have the main campaign by itself, you’d be installing maybe 7GB. Hence why PS3 copies are more desirable.

@Yousef- GTA IV is another one of these third party games that needs a remaster for current gen, like Fallout 3 and New Vegas (and inFamous, Reaistance, Spec Ops The Line, etc, etc). If GTA IV gets ported to current gen then I’ll seriously consider joining the cult. Or I might join it for GTA 6…. I don’t know. To me GTA 6 doesn’t even look that good, actually. 😓 But we’ve seen very little. Looked kind of like Saints Row though and I tried that and wasn’t very impressed.

@Th3solution gta iv not getting a remaster is baffling and unforgivable. The most deserving game of it bar none that’s still stuck on 7th gen hardware.

Now, about GTA VI, if you’re curious how yours truly would play it, despite not owning a ps5, allow me to respond to you with this lovely image of Naito Tetsuya giving you a widened confident eye, because I have a Series S. [this a part 1 reply, I’ll write part 2 after I eat]