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

Grand Theft Auto IV - finally… FINALLY managed to pop the Auf Weidersehen Petrovic trophy. It popped around 90% of the way through my second go around… the relief is ****ing palpable! 😅 The plat is now on, with just one more online trophy left… the grind to level 10 for the Wanted trophy. Which as I’ve alluded to… is a massive grind but I’m far more confident of that popping than I was of AWP.

@Yousef- oh yeah… and all 200 Flying Rats exterminated 😉

Dead Space - yeah, so the more I play… the more of a masterpiece I’m making of it. Im probably 60% of the way through my first playthrough and just really enjoying it. I’m hoping to get all three of the series done over the next few months and can only hope that playing all of them in such close proximity doesn’t leave me feeling burned out on the series.

@colonelkilgore
Great stuff on the GTA, just a shame that you nearly played all of the trophy requirements again.
Dead Space is awesome, I imagine it' still looks great with oodles of atmosphere and one of the current gen remakes that wasn't really required imo but I'm glad they did it anyway.
Old gen version is a harder plat than current gen btw.

@CaptD yeah I do have the Remake but having earned a couple of trophies for the original on ps3 back in 2019, I felt obliged to play through that one first. Well that one, 2 and 3 first 😅.

In regards to GTA I’m just glad it popped mate. It’s so notoriously buggy that I was starting to worry it wouldn’t pop before I hit 300, let alone 200.

All of the GTA IV online trophies are now done! Man… I’m pretty ****ing psyched rn. This was a game that I wanted to return to for a while… but due to the insane online requirements, I always just hoped that a remaster would be released where the online was removed (like Red Dead Redemption)… but really glad I took the gamble. Have met some really nice people along the way (& some idiots 😅) but… it’s now categorical… the plat is most definitely on! 🥳

@colonelkilgore Strong! 💪🏼
Your commitment to the trophy cause never ceases to impress me.

Oh man, oh man, I did not notified of the ping here :0
Hell yeah, those fricking rats are the worse, whole 5 hours of mindlessly driving around v.v….
Glad you took of it…v.v
Congrats on crossing out the online stuff, now you only have the great story and great side stories to enjoy :000

@Th3solution it’s a crazy hobby/habit/obsession tbh… and I could’ve probably cured cancer, solved world hunger and implemented world peace with the time and effort I’ve put into trophy hunting these past 5 years but… humans 🤷‍♂️. We’re a strange bunch 😅.

I love the chase of a tough platinum particularly for some masochistic reason though. One that is not necessarily just difficult but also one requiring me to undertake loads of research, reach out to people with past experience, create networks with like-minded people wanting the same thing at the same time and working together to achieve what we all thought was un-achievable until less than a month ago. Little projects like this occupy my mind which can be far too busy if I haven’t got something to focus on and gives a lovely sense of peace when achieved… until the next one 🤯

@Yousef- the single player stuff is mostly complete too tbh. Just have some mopping up to do for the 100%. I’m gonna leave it for now though as I’m gonna save GTA IV’s plat for my next milestone. So I’m gonna go plat another 13 games and then return to Liberty City in around November.

just started metal gear solid 4 on ps3 havnt played it it nearly a decade well worth £1.50

Although I’m only halfway through my impossible run on Dead Space, I’ve made a start on Prince of Persia (2008) this morning and… not sure how I feel about it yet if I’m honest. The presentation, lore and narrative all seem fine but the combat seems a little bit hit and miss (though it did start to click with me during the first boss fight) and the traversal seems very janky. I’ve jumped to my death about four times already, when I wasn’t even intending to jump at all. Apparently it’s not a long game, so I’ll no doubt see it through to its conclusion and hopefully end up liking it… just not overly convinced of that right now.

In regard to Dead Space, I was hoping to get the impossible run complete over the weekend but didn’t get a chance to game at all… so I’m gonna try and get a mission or two done per day in which case, it should 🤞 be done by the end of the week. Really enjoying the survival-horror aspect of the impossible difficulty btw. I just had an over-abundance of ammo, health packs, stasis and air canisters during my Normal run and the added need to ration everything really adds to the experience.

Played a bit more Prince of Persia (probably 75% through it now) and it’s grown on me. I’ve played some absolute ps3 bangers this year and this wouldn’t be in that category but… it’s decent. The traversal is still super janky but you start to understand what the game wants from the player and you start to play into that, which helps… a bit 😅. And the combat, which is a very minor part of the game tbh is not as bad as I’d originally thought. Not bad 🤔

@colonelkilgore I think I have PoP. Was it… forgotten sands…? I can’t remember. I’ll have to check my Xbox.

@Yousef- so this one is simply Prince of Persia which was released in 2008 and to my knowledge… an attempted reboot (the second of the series). Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands was released 2 years later and a continuation of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (the first reboot of the series).

Funnily enough I picked up Forgotten Sands the same day I picked this one up and plan on playing it in a couple of months.

@colonelkilgore you mean there’s two PoP games with Sand in the subtitle?? 0.0

@Yousef- who knew right… well apart from Prince of Persia fans? ⏳

@colonelkilgore that definitely strengthens the fomo. Well I hope I’ll find the time to sit down and play it. I must exit my replay hell at some point.

@colonelkilgore @Yousef- I played both on PS3, and enjoyed both, as I recall — The PoP reboot and the Forgotten Sands. I was once a big fan of the franchise.

Of course PoP begat Assassin’s Creed and so my interest followed and I was obsessed with AC up until 4.

I’m glad you’ve enjoyed some of the PoP reboot. It has its own unique art style, movement, and gameplay. The Forgotten Sands is a better and more traditional PoP game and closer to what would become AC, but I would say the same as you — that first PoP game on PS3 is decent and worthwhile. I think you’ll like the next one better, although it’s unlikely to crack your PS3 top 10 either.

Asura's wrath! Deserves a re-release at some stage

@Th3solution yeah the art style, while lovely (I do like that cell-shaded look) I’m not sure that it fits the setting/period. Looks great considering how old it is though.

Good to know the next Prince of Persia I’ll be playing is even better though… and will be a more accurate experience in regards to the series as a whole.

@Buckster yeah I played Asura’s Wrath earlier this year… not the greatest gameplay design but the epic and bat-**** crazy story more than made up for it. Awesome art and character design too.

The Dead Space impossible run is bloody difficult fair play. Now through to chapter 7 and it’s only gonna get harder 😅. On a different note… it’s mad how popular ps3 is rn, I just went to log off for the evening and noticed that 12 people from my friends list are currently on their ps3’s 🤷‍♂️

@colonelkilgore so I’ve heard. It’s the ps3 original I presume? Since that one isn’t on ps4/5, but the 360 one is on series thanks to backwards compatibility.