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    The PlayStation 3 (often abbreviated PS3) is the third home video game console created and released by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

    Best/Must Haves Games for Last Generation (PS3)

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    #1  Edited By jamin

    Okay duders here it is my final list. In case you have not seen my previous posts I was a casual gamer up until 2 years ago and now I became more hardcore and I am looking for the games I have missed. With last gen looking like it is coming to a close (besides japan of course) I am looking for everyone's input for what are the must have titles for the PS3. Here are my other topics: PS1, PS2, 3DS/DS

    List as many as you want put then in order if you want the only thing I ask is a game that will hold up against time because god knows it maybe years until I get to play one of these. I also am NOT looking for just PS3 exclusives (example bioshock is a great game that one must have that came out multiplatform) I just want to know what my fellow duders think are the best games of last generation.

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    Well I only used my PS3 for exclusives. I guess you could say it was exclusively for exlusives, so my PS3 library consists of

    Uncharted 2+3

    Infamous 1+2

    God of War 3

    The Last of Us

    Ni No Kumi

    Demon's Souls

    Little Big Planet 1+2

    Ratchet and Clank Tools of Destruction

    Metal Gear Solid 4

    All of those are must plays imo, maybe you could skip MGS4 though...

    As for cross platform that's a tricky one but just quickly off the top of my head I'd say

    Mirrors Edge

    Dead Space 2

    Rayman Legends

    Dark Souls

    The Orange Box

    Bionic Commando Rearmed

    Splinter Cell Double Agent or Blacklist

    That's a very hasty list though. Gears of War 3 holds a special place in my heart from last gen but I guess that doesn't count.

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    In no particular order:

    • Folklore
    • Valkyria Chronicles
    • Uncharted 2 and 3
    • Catherine
    • Ni No Kuni
    • 3D Dot Games Heroes
    • Bayonetta
    • Vanquish
    • Last of Us
    • MGS4
    • Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
    • MGR Revengeance
    • Dante's Inferno
    • Dragon's Crown
    • Enslaved
    • Tales of Xillia
    • Eternal Sonata
    • Binary Domain
    • NIER
    • Mirror's Edge
    • Tales of Graces f
    • All 20 billion of the Atelier games
    • Disgaea D2, 3, and 4
    • Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
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    #4  Edited By lego_my_eggo

    All the Metal Gear games you can get.

    Journey

    Red Dead Redemption

    Grand Theft Auto

    Maybe some WipEout

    Check out LittleBigPlanet

    Saints Row series

    The Last of Us

    inFAMOUS series

    Spec Ops The Line

    Vanquished

    Dishonored

    Shadow of the Colossus and ICO

    Borderlands

    Dark Souls and Demons Souls

    the Batman Arkham series

    Uncharted Series

    3D Dot Game Heroes

    Dead Space

    Burnout Paradise

    God of War series

    Braid

    Rayman Origins

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    #5  Edited By Jeust
    • Star Ocean: The Last Hope
    • Tales of Vesperia
    • Dead Space
    • Alan Wake
    • Xenoblade Chronicles
    • Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
    • Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas
    • Mass Effect Trilogy
    • Alpha Protocol
    • Catherine
    • Uncharted 1, 2 and 3
    • Fable 2 and 3
    • Red Dead Redemption
    • Batman Arkham Asylum
    • Deadly Premonition
    • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
    • Saints Row: The Third

    and a two very good games but not a must have:

    • Silent Hill: Downpour
    • Prototype

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    Alright duders good lists so far! Do not let me down I am going away for the weekend, and really do not want to have to look at IGN or metacritic for the games I have missed. Remember does not have to be exclusive just a great game of last gen :)

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    #7  Edited By Jeust

    Also in the portable realm:

    • Radiant Historia
    • Nanashi No Game
    • Dementium: The Ward
    • Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
    • Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
    • Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
    • Hotel Dusk: Room 215
    • Last Window: The Secret of Cape West
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    Lots of great games listed. I'll add Red Faction: Guerilla for pure fun.

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    I made a Best of the Generation list which is almost all playable on PS3 (with the outlier being Alan Wake unfortunately)

    Top 10 Best Games of the 7th Generation

    1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
    Best Indiana Jones game ever.
    2. Mass Effect 2
    It lived up to the most amazing trailer I've ever seen.
    3. Assassin's Creed II
    Peak of the AC series storywise. Very little of the precursor bullshit and almost entirely focused on the plight of Ezio, who unlike Altair, actually has a personality. Obligatory stabbing dudes in the face and neck UH UH UH UH UH.
    4. Alan Wake
    Twilight Zone meets Twin Peaks, if that's enough to peak your interest then I suggest you play this game right now.
    5. Vanquish
    What I love about this game: rocket slide into jump kick, flip off and dump an entire mag (clip?) of shotgun shells into their face, all in slow mo.
    6. The Last of Us
    I actually felt something at the ending which is basically unheard of. The gameplay is super frustrating though (the deer and the university being the standouts of irritation).
    7. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
    Pretty much all I remember from this game are the codecs/audio logs and ROCKET PEACE, but those are enough to know that this is one of the best games of all time.
    8. BioShock Infinite
    No not the main game, Burial at Sea. Dark and disturbing in a way that the original Bioshock threatened to but never quite got there.
    9. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
    Everything about this game is rad as hell. The core concept, the movesets, the enemies, the bosses and of course the music.
    10. Fallout: New Vegas
    Take the tried and true Bethesda open world formula and let some actually good writers make content for it. This is what happens. The DLC is also the highlight of this game as it introduces a lot of characters that were supposed to be in Van Buren and fleshes out the Couriers place in the world.
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    Anything else missing from this list? No other last gen favorites?

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    My favorite games from last gen were:

    Minecraft

    The Binding of Isaac

    Bastion

    The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword

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    Uncharted 2&3

    The Witcher 2

    Xenoblade Chronicles

    Mario Galaxy 1&2, New Super Mario Bros.

    Donkey Kong Country Returns

    Kirby Mass Attack, Kirby's Epic Yarn

    Borderlands 2

    Castle Crashers

    Amnesia The Dark Descent

    Demon's Souls, Dark Souls 1&2

    Metal Gear Solid 4

    Super Smash Bros. Brawl

    Guacamelee

    I probably forgot a few games, but that's a short list

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    Mario Galaxy 1&2
    Valkyria Chronicles
    Ni No Kuni
    Dragon's Crown
    Muramasa: The Demon Blade
    Xenoblade Chronicles
    Kirby's Epic Yarn

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