I want to start this post off by saying that I'm not the biggest Sony fan. They were arrogant, banking on the strength of their brand. They never seem to speak the truth, and jerk the consumer around with all their press releases and SKUs. Don't get me wrong, the Playstation 3 is a great machine. Not only is it arguably the most powerful current-gen system, but it also has a memory card reader, Blu-Ray player and 1080p video. It works well as a media player when it's connected to the network, you can easily install your own OS on it, easily swap hard drives, and to top it all off, it has a great library of games! Wait.. what?
Ok let me put this a different way... The Playstation 3 finally has a few quality games!
I'm guessing you're either sitting there thinking one of two things:
A) PS3 is teh best system EVAR! It has the best gfx and is sooooo much better than XBox.
B) OMG PS3 doesn't have games. Ur so stoopid, what a shitty system man. PS3 has Resistance and that's it. XBOX 4 LIFE!
Or maybe I'm overestimating your stupidity ;) (iJoke)
What I truly mean though, is that at this point, I think the PS3 is finally worth buying. There's enough quality games out, and the price is lower than ever (if you're ok with a feature-stripped PS3)
With all that aside, let's just get to the games...
Exclusives
Title: Resistance: Fall of Man
Release Date: Nov 14, 2006
Developer: Insomiac Games
Publisher: SCEA
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Synopsis: The game takes place in a WWII era (in an alternate reality when WWII never happened). A race of weird-looking humanoids appears to destroy the planet. Asia and Europe are a write-off already, and the race of creatures, called the Chimaera, have the UK in their sights. You play as Nathan Hale, an American soldier sent over to help with UK’s reinforcements.
+Great weapons
+Good graphics
+Solid gameplay
-Fight same monsters 95% of the time
Title: Warhawk
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Developer: Incognito Entertainment
Publisher: SCEA
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
About the game: Warhawk, a remake of the game PSX launch title of the same name, is a multiplayer-only futuristic combat game, in the style of the Battlefield or Tribes series. Combat focuses on up to 32 players piloting Warhawks (the game's Harrier-jet-like aircraft) in large-scale acrobatic dogfights using the motion-sensing features of the SIXAXIS controller. However, at any time, players can park their aircraft and continue the fight on foot (using firearms, grenades, knives and surface-to-air missile launchers) or in a ground-based vehicle (jeeps, tanks and a variety of turrets).
+Solid Gameplay
+Sixaxis support optional
+Best multiplayer support seen on PS3
-Multilpayer only
Title: Heavenly Sword
Release Date: September 12, 2007
Developer: Ninja Theory
Publisher: SCEA
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Synopsis: Nariko is the main character of the game, a young warrior who belongs to a clan headed by her father, Shen. A prophecy once foretold that a son would be born who would act as a saviour to the clan; with the birth of Nariko, a daughter, the clan have come to shun her, and even go so far as to blame their misfortunes on her. After King Bohan launches his destructive tirade to find the Heavenly Sword that the clan protect, Nariko decides to wield it herself as a final act to avenge the people who sacrificed themselves fighting to defend it.
+Solid Gameplay
+Great graphics, facial animations, voice acting and motion capture
+Interesting Sixaxis implementation
+Amazing Cinematic experience
-Particularly short
Title: Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Developer: Insomiac Games
Publisher: SCEA
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
Synopsis: It's no coincidence that Insomniac Games has both of their games for PS3 on this list. They are great developers, and consistently deliver high-quality titles. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction is no exception. It's the best in the series to date, and one of the best PS3 titles available, AND has some of the best graphical capabilities seen in a video game to date.
+Solid Gameplay
+Amazing Graphics
+Interesting Sixaxis implementation
+Lots of fun weapons
-Taking advantage of pickups and upgrades makes the title a little easy
Title: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Release Date: November 19, 2007
Developer: Naughty Dog
Publisher: SCEA
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Synopsis: A 400-year-old clue in the coffin of Sir Francis Drake sets a modern-day fortune hunter on an exploration for the fabled treasure of El Dorado, leading to the discovery of a forgotten island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The search turns deadly when Nathan Drake becomes stranded on the island and hunted by mercenaries. Outnumbered and outgunned, Drake and his companions must fight to survive as they begin to unravel the terrible secrets hidden on the Island.
Uncharted is a mix between a 3rd person shooter, adventure, and 3D platformer. Some people say the controls don't feel right, but I disagree. They are tighter than your 13-year-old sister. The only problem I had was switching from Gears of War to this, very similar (yet completely different) control scheme. The graphics are great, and the AI is the best I have seen to date. The voice acting, once again, is superb. This is the first game in a long long time that had me playing in anticipation of the next cutscene.
+Solid gameplay
+Great graphics
+Interesting Sixaxis implementation (this seems to come up a lot)
+Amazing cinematic experience
+Great AI
+Exciting, engaging story
Keep in mind that these are just exlcusives for PS3. If PS3 is your only system, there is still plenty of cross-platform goodness to try out.
Well that about wraps up my list. It may not rival the XBox 360 library yet, but there's already a great variety in the titles on the PS3. From cartoon platformer, to realistic adventure, to shooter and back. Sure, I may have left a couple games off, and maybe you don't think a game deserves to be up there, but it's up to you to deal with that :P
Some (not all) of the synopsis' were copied directly from either Moby Games or Wikipedia 
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Hmmm your right. I need to go out and pick up a PS3. I've wanting one ever since the price dropped and Drake F & Ratchet & Clank came out.
Uncharted ftw!
Good post. Ive wanted to get a PS3 for a while, but I wont have the money till February (I tend to plan my budget months in advance... Im anal like that). Every game in this post is on my list to pickup once I get a PS3.
PS3 is still not worth it. Give me a bigger library of games, online platform like that of XBA, and backwards compatibility (very stripped down on the recent 40GB Model) and I'll be happy. But I'd honestly rather just have a Wii
@Heretic
I somewhat agree, but from the standpoint of what is going to sell a system, exclusives make the difference for the most part. Also for someone that already has an XBox, without exclusives there's really not much incentive to get a PS3.
Basically I wrote this up because it's the first time I have truly felt like my investment in the PS3 was worthwhile.
I've got all those games except uncharted cause its not worth 60$ thought it is worth multiple rentals til your finish it. the game is just too damn short to make it a purchase.
It's getting harder to resist, but I'm still not in the "must buy a PS3" camp yet. No doubt that in six months, I'll be there, but at this moment... not so much.
Heavenly Sword was terrible, please replace is with the far superior Everyday Shooter. On that note, where are the PSN titles? There are some good ones on there (and maybe even a smaller percentage of shit in comparison to the 360 marketplace)
Well, lets be honest here, ok? I own all 3 systems, and although I say my Wii is collecting dust(No Mario till Xmas), my PS3 is the real paperweight here. The $600 paperweight. Seriously.
I bought Ratchet and Clank and sang it's praises in my blogs, but I came to realize, the game isn't worth buying a system over, that's for sure.
Before that, I bought Warhawk and it also wasn't worth buying a system for. The flight gameplay is very good, but I truly despise the on foot gameplay. The control is way too loose, obviously that means it needs to be tightened up. I look at this game as a sort of Star Wars: Battlefront, only in reverse: Instead of superior ground combat but boring flight, Warhawk contains great flight and average ground combat. The multiplayer support has been good, but this game is not worth $60.
As for Heavenly Sword, the gameplay is anything but solid. It's totally uninspired button mashing, as you don't really need to learn even one of the game's many combos to win, and you won't wanna in the end anyway. The context sensitive button pressing sequences are boring and they don't change if you die, so you'll know what buttons to press next time. They are also slow as balls. The game is beautiful to look at, but the gameplay is ultimately shallow. I will say, the fucking arrow shooting sequences are something else. Truly spectacular. Oh and did I mention, the game is about 6 to 7 hours long, with practically no real repay value besides Hell Mode, basically higher difficulty, mash buttons harder, wash, rinse, repeat. Not worth $60.
Resistance was disappointing. Overall well made and somewhat fun to play, but I didn't feel like I was playing it on a $600 console, as it's nothing special in terms of looks. It is a good game though, and if it's had a price drop, definitely worth it.
Where is Uncharted? The best game on the PS3, and you didn't mention it?
Hey DGenerate, good post. There is so much hate on the PS3 for the past year or so, and granted they earned like 80-90% of it, I still think it's been over board and it's nice to see positive every once in a while. I have respect for all three current gen systems for their different reasons for they all kick ass in their own right. I'm happy that Sony is getting... er, I guess I should say KEEPING some exclusive firepower.
I'd also like to add to the list Folklore. It's a decent RPG-ish game and fun to snatch up folks. The Sixaxis usage on there is pretty fun. And, for like the 80gig version and whatnot, there is still the PS2 library to fall back on which kicked ass last gen. If Sony can get some of their talk right and stop raping costumers with their words of promise (which they've been slowly doing), they may have the right to put the other systems on nitice just like PS2 did last gen.
I don't know about the PlayStation 3 just yet, it's got some good games like you listed but nothing really screams "Killer APP, you have to get this game". When the console is as expensive as a PlayStation 3 you need more than just several good games.
By all means, everyone should speak up if they disagree or have other games to list!
@Kobewan
Uncharted? Last on my list, but notice that it's the longest and most positive of all. I cannot get enough of this game!
I fear that just like the PSP no matter how many more games it'll get in the future people will say it doesn't have any
Hexfix!? Where are you?
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I have to admit the system finally has some good games, but none I would buy the system for. The minute Little BigPlanet or MGS4 comes out though I will have to suck it up and buy it. But then and only then.
I will purchase a PS3 when the new Grand Turismo comes out next year sometime (I hope) even if it is just for that one game. The cross platform games are still better on the 360 form what I have experienced. Plus I am addicted to the achievement points, it's such a great marketing scam lol. Why play a game on a PS3 when you can get achievements for it on the 360 to brag about?
Linuxguy is right. I constantly hear "psp has no gaems", and then I look at my stack of 20+ awesome PSP games sitting on my desk and shed a single tear.
the PS3 gets here when my Dual Shock 3 gets here... (hopefully by the time I get home)
I think you can tell the difference between 360 and PS3 when you look at the experience Naughty Dog crafted for Uncharted. This is how games should be.. 360 did good with Gears, but since it was focusing on trying to build a PC version at the same time, and with an undeveloped engine, it fell short of truly delivering. (The game was rushed)
With Uncharted, you can really "feel" a quality title. I hope the same can be said for MGS4 (since the delay, I can only hope they are focusing on the areas early builds were shown to suffer from). Ratchet and Clank is another prime example. It's like the production quality in those games are a cut above what we are seeing released on Wii & 360, whether thats from DVD as a crappy medium, or simply just better companies developing those specific elements of story telling properly..
I dunno.. I feel the 360 needs some solid titles that WONT be going to PS3 or PC soon or it will lose some more credibility. The experiences are seeming less "finished" as we are getting more and more games releasing - only to need a patch within the first 48 hours to make them playable.. It's getting sad.. for both systems.. I got a blog commin up..
Good blog degenerate. I own all the systems and while I love my Xbox360 the PS3 is defitnatly picking up steam. All the tiles you mentioned are very nice indeed and as for Warhawk ..@Kobewan0824..I have to respectfully disagree. The ground combat is ALL I play. The best multiplay on ANY system and I have Call of Duty 4 which is sick in its own right. Now that they patched Warhawk up it just doesn't get old. Remember new vehicles are just around the corner & maps in Dec. I'm not saying PS3 is all this & that but there are defitnatly more legit reasons to pick one up.
@ Heretic, Yup No Games, NO?
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To tell you the truth I didn't know how awful it was till I played it. It's Playable but very schizo feel to it. I had to open it due to the fact that the reviews were all over the place with it. It's one of the most BEAUTIFUL games, BUT short on mechanics. I would rather have free roam, than doing chores!
Anyone who still uses the argument that the ps3 has no games, they are just proving their ignorant fanboyism and should be ignored all together. And yes, just because a game is not exclusive doesn't mean the game isn't there. Most people, like it or not, only buy one system, and they will get assassin's creed and cod4 even if they're slightly inferior technically, not game-play wise.
360 fanboys should really get a life and stop bitching about things that don't affect them, for instance, backwards compatibility. I believe that 90% of the fools that bitch about the 40gb backwards compat. are just haters and never plan to buy a ps3 anyway.
Unfortunately, no matter how mature the game industry gets, the fanboys will always act like 12 year olds.
@brainderailment: Well, it’s glad to see that I’m not the only person on Dtoid who’s tired of that bullshit argument. The PS3 has plenty of games now — and since I don’t have a 360, I obviously buy all multiplatform games on the PS3 (like Guitar Hero III [i]and [i]Call of Duty 4). People need to learn to STFUAJPG.
I want to get a Ps3 when Metal Gear Solid 4 comes out. But hopefully theres an announcement that MGS4 will be released on the 360 before then. I'm sure alot of people thing Ps3 has many great exclusives. But none of them are enough for me to go... "wow, I want a ps3 now". MGS4 is the only game that can do that. :-(