set me up with some recs, yo

[seventhe]

So, my friends! I have a PS3. I have had a PS3 for a year. It is the most expensive Netflix-streaming device in the history of electronics. I only own one game for it and that is FFXIII (at least I have beaten that *SHAME FOREVER*). Pretty much safety_caesars and I use it to watch horrible things on Netflix and the single BluRay that's in this house right now (Sherlock) which isn't even mine and, you know what, this is embarrassing enough. I'll stop.

Anyway. I'm looking for some video game recs for PS3.

I thought about FFXIII-2, but for secret reasons that are secret I am actually looking for something slightly different from Final Fantasy, for next year. However, if you're wondering what kind of games I enjoy (aka: will actually play for more than 4 minutes), the answer is: Final Fantasy type RPGs, and Plants vs Zombies.

I've played Halo and Halo II, but I'm not a huge shooty-type fan -- they were more fun to play with friends, and I like games that are I am exhausted from work and want to stare at a pretty thing and maybe make fire happen type games, not social ones. I adore stuff like Civilization, Age of Empires, Command & Conquer, even SimCity, stuff like that; but most of what I've played has been for computer, and it seems to be a more intuitive way to play those kinds of games? Uhhhhhhhh................ I'M NOT A GAMER, OKAY

But I'd like to have a couple more fun things to dabble in and around. So throw some ideas at me!

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[whitemage]

So my personal rec, if you haven't played it for Wii or something, is Okami. The PS3 version is less taxing because no motion sensor inkbrush, and the graphics and music are really soothing and pretty (and folk-arty).

The mega-gamer paladin suggests Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (kind of old one), Folklore (very old one), and Lair (only sort of because he says the gameplay is rough--it's a flyer--DRAGONS).

He also said Skylanders is actually a really awesome, not brain taxing RPG style, that while it's made for younger children, is still adult-enjoyable. Only problem there is all the little monsters you have to physically purchase and collect to play. It's a drag.

If you like hack'n'slash, Dynasty Warriors 4 is pretty good. There are lots of fun characters, and the levels are appropriate levels of hard. Also you can get drunk and do the two player version and you both can pretend you're helping Mulan defeat the Hun army (we have no integrity).

He also says he's sorry that he ditched his old Game Informers because now he can't research this and give you a list guaranteed to offer you "comprehensive enjoyment of your Sony experience."

[wodhaund]

My personal favorites involve Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II. (You can play the second with no context from the first, but the context of the second changes based on your actions in the first game, so I recommend both. DAII is less "involved" than DA, and can easily be completed in a weekend and both games have a very high replay value. I've played DA 6 or 7 times, and I'm currently on my third playthrough of DAII.) If you like political games at all, you'll love both, as they throw around political intrigue like delicious candy. It's glorious.

If you like open world, exploring, let's destroy a thing type games, I highly recommend Prototype, which is set in NYC and yes, you can climb all the buildings. There's a second game that I haven't played yet, so I can't rec that one positively or negatively. Along the same line, I really like Assassin's Creed II. I've played the original and can really only recommend it for the context it'd give you for the second game--the gameplay itself is often broken and needlessly frustrating. The same goes for AC: Revelations. I haven't played AC: Revolutions yet and I only just got my copy of ACIII, so I can't say good or bad things about either of those yet.

LA Noire is a pretty decent mix of the open world and political/rpg type games--bonus: since it's by the same crew that did the GTA games, driving is an exercise in hilarity. I've had to walk away from the TV a few times because I was laughing so hard I was sobbing. No, I don't know why running over a fire hydrant is that funny, but it is.

I would also really really mega-really no-seriously-I-mean-it recommend Journey, which is available as a download (only $10!). I'm not sure what I could say about this game that wouldn't entirely ruin the experience (and it is an experience). It's a short little game, should only take you about an hour to complete a first run through, and will probably make you tear up (unless you're me, in which case you will cry and smile through your tears and promptly start up a second go around). Journey is one of the most beautiful games I've ever played, visually and even though I've played it countless times at this point (no, really, I stopped counting), I still like to pull it up and just explore the game for the sake of looking.

Speaking of downloads, it's possible to download a ton of PS1 games for the PS3--like Chrono Trigger. :D (Which is now available for Android smartphones, what is our life.)

Since you say you're not a fan of shooty games, I'd say stay away from Uncharted (which are great games, but are kind of awkward to play at times). There's a lot of Indiana Jones goodness in it, so it might be worth trying though. (I love Uncharted, I really do, but it does occasionally drive me up a wall.)

I would say stay away from Demon Scrolls, which I picked up because "Yay, Atlus!" but which turned out to be a terrible fucking game, holy shit. Bad, bad design.

Simulation games wise, Sims 3 is available on the PS3! Having only played the console version though, I have no idea how it compares. Command and Conquer is also available!

[astrangerenters]

If you're ever looking for kind of mindless fun after a long work day, I recommend Katamari Forever (to be honest, I preferred the PS2 Katamari games but this is still fun)

http://www.amazon.com/Katamari-Forever-Playstation-3/dp/B0028A6UUY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351733693&sr=8-1&keywords=katamari

ALL YOU DO IS ROLL SHIT UP

[lindorie]

I definitely recommend the Mass Effect series from Bioware. The first game isn't available for the PS3, but the second installments are. You can start with the second installment without having played the first. It's a first person shooter meets RPG, but if shooters aren't your thing, they let you dumb down the options so the baddies fall over and you can focus on forwarding the plot instead.

ALSO UH FEM!SHEP IS AWESOME

Skyrim will SUCK YOUR LIFE AWAY. That being said, I also recommend it! It's pretty and you can make flames spout out from your hands while stabbing things. AWESOME

[owlmoose]

Mass Effect is coming out for PS3 as a download Real Soon Now (I don't think they've announced a date yet). This pleases me, because it means I finally get to play the series. (I tried starting with ME2 and couldn't get invested in it at all.)

For my recommendations, others have mentioned most of them, but I want to put in a plug for Limbo, a side-scroller that is one of the most unusual and beautiful games I've ever played. It's also a download.

[lindorie]

I second Limbo! It's gorgeous.

[lindorie]

PS: I'm positive you'll fall in love with Mordin from Mass Effect 2.

I forgot to mention Peggle - it's downloadable and fun to play drunk with friends. It's basically if pinball and pool got together and had a drunk baby.

I also want to throw in Little Big Planet, which has great potential for drunk shenanigans plus Stephen Fry narrates everything.

[shanaqui]

Seconding Dragon Age, Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect. Especially Dragon Age and Mass Effect; sometimes, I just dial down the difficulty and play for plot and get fluttery over the romance options with Liara/Kaidan/Alistair/Leliana or whoever I'm romancing this playthrough.

[wodhaund]

ALISTAIR IS THE SWEETEST, BIGGEST, DUMB PUPPY EVER and Ilhim so much--I was so disappointed on my first playthrough as a male character when I suddenly realized I couldn't flirt with him.

Have you played DAII? The political intrigue is strong with that one.

[shanaqui]

I know, I was so disappointed when I looked up Alistair and found he was only an option for a female Warden.

I haven't yeeet.

[wodhaund]

I actually like it quite a lot better than the first. It gets a bit fetchquesty at points, but it's such a quickly play I didn't mind at all. Plus the environments are SO detailed and the characters are especially great (if you liked Alistair, you'll love Anders. You'll probably really like Merrill, too. My favorite ended up Varric, which surprised me a bit, but honestly, I don't dislike anybody in the cast.)

[shanaqui]

I still need to properly finish up the first game, and now Assassin's Creed III, but then I will be all over DAII.

[wodhaund]

I just started playing ACIII, it's pretty glorious so far. They brought back some of the cute mechanics from ACI, cleaned up some from ACII, and added a couple new ones (lockpicking!!) that I'm really enjoying so far.

[shanaqui]

The lockpicking was driving me up the wall until I got the hang of it, but I'm having fun so far, too. I started just this morning. I ragequit earlier though after it first told me I had done an optional objective and then when I finished the mission, said I hadn't. Make your mind up, game!

[wodhaund]

I've gotten some hilarious glitches, have you? I had a horse get stuck in a wall with redcoats walking through it's ass, there was another horse stuck TO a wall (walking in place...vertically...), and I went into one of the taverns only to see one of the patrons levitating slight to the left of and about three feet ABOVE his chair!

[shanaqui]

Ohh, I saw that bug in the tavern too! And I've had floating weapons walking alongside me instead of my allies...

[wodhaund]

That's beautiful. I hope I get that one at some point.

Oh, on the DAII front, if you play it, be careful, there is a woman at one point who gives out optional quests--apparently some people (self included) have set off a glitch where...uh...they pick her up and place her in their inventory instead of talking to her. ...Since she's not an item, she promptly disappears from your inventory and since you picked her up, she's gone and...so much for those side quests.

[shanaqui]

...Now that is an amazing glitch.

[wodhaund]

Isn't it just? Better than the first game, where I walked into the Deep Roads and my entire party promptly keeled over for no apparent reason (warning: I am the Queen Of Finding Weird Glitches In Games.)

[shanaqui]

Now I want to make these glitches happen!

[wodhaund]

You'd love my roommate. She's even better at glitches than I am. She plays games and regularly does things like fall to her death despite standing firmly on the ground or end up inside areas that aren't supposed to be accessible for another 10 levels, unable to survive or escape.

[shanaqui]

Oh man. That's so frustrating when it happens to me, but so hilarious to watch.

[wodhaund]

Isn't it just! We're frequently crying with laughter at video games in this house. It's good medicine, haha!

[shanaqui]

Also, since I was thinking about the tavern glitch in ACIII, have you got unreasonably addicted to the gambling games or is it just me? It's a good thing I'm not betting real £££, because oh my god, I get so sucked in.

[wodhaund]

Oh no, I'm so bad at them. So, so embarrassingly bad, like--

...like I'm broke. I have no cartridges and I can't get more until I start pickpocketing people again and heaven help me if I were to need a new sword...

[shanaqui]

I didn't say I was good at them. It's just I lose and then I'm like okay I see what you did there, two can play at that game, I bet EVEN MORE MONEY this time! And then, shit. But I see what you did there, I bet EVEN MORE money!

[wodhaund]

...I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE THAT'S HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PLAY THE GAME except no wait, that's exactly how casinos work isn't it

Carry on!

[shanaqui]

...Like I said, it's a really good thing I'm not betting real cash.

The annoying thing is I can win at the twelve counter version, but not the others. Which makes me all the more determined.

[wodhaund]

PS I went ahead and added you to my reading list because I figure anyone who likes AC, DA, and Mass effect has to be a pretty cool human being. :>

[shanaqui]

Adding you back! I'd warn you what you're getting into, but hey, everyone likes surprises, right?

[temples]

Tales of Graces f and Tales of Xillia!

[madisuzy]

I second the person up above that said Drgon Age origins and Dragon Age two.

Also, Plants vs Zombies has taken hours of my life and wont give it back. I adore it... and the end song and video makes me lol. Also, your taste in games is excellant. I have played every game you listed and loved them all. The fact you have such excellant taste makes you a gamer so stop saying you're not. Only true gamers play Age of Empires, Command and Conquer and Sims games... that is my opinion anyway. lol.

[lassarina]

You know my recs for DA/2, and I will agree with Mass Effect, with the following caveat: it is technically a shooter, though depending on your class it is possible to play it sort of like it's not. (I make paladin play it for me.) However, the characters are LOVE FOREVER, and actually this season of Criminal Minds is turning out to be "Mass Effect voice cast reunion." Also you'll love Garrus and Tali.

OTHER THAN THAT, and avoiding FF games: I'll totally second the recs for the Assassin's Creed games, which I love and which are pretty short! Paladin has been playing them for me and sometimes they can be annoyingly finicky, but I really enjoy the games and the writing and all the history that I roll around in; female characters are celebrated and ass-kicking all over; basically it's really awesome.

From watching paladin play Heavy Rain and LA Noire, they looked pretty interesting! certainly strong storylines/writing in a lot of ways, and really well-crafted.

All my other PS3 games are still in shrink-wrap, but yes, Journey was amazing.

[novel_machinist]

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