A friend of mine just bought a pS3 slim and I want to buy him some games for his upcoming bday. What are some of the best exclusives on the PS3 you’d recommend? (Either that, or I’d just buy him a couple of bluray movies)
On the Xbox, he likes the usual games like Fable 1/2, Halo 3, GTA, Mass Effect, etc. (And I like playing the Lego games myself and Fable on his xbox. ) 
Dragon Age: Origins?
Oooh, thanks. That would be a good one. Any other ones you’d recommend?
I don’t have a PS3. I just know some games are cross platform, but I don’t keep track.
The Metal Gear games I think are PS3 exclusives that are pretty cool. They are always rated pretty highly. They are shooter/stealth sneak around games. I think the last one was Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. I don’t think it matters if you’ve played the whole series either.
Well I got say there are a few great ones but it depends on the type of gamer they are.
a great shooter i would go with killzone 2;
let us not forget metal gear there were times during that game i swear to god i thought it was the best movie i ever played.
but finally my top marks go to infamous a truly great game if they are fans of comic book style storytelling its a truly great sandbox game
Thanks for all the recommendations! I ended up getting Dragon Age Origins, MGS4, and MAG. We spent the last weekend in Dragon Age Origins, and am totally hooked. (it’s new to us! :D) Of course, I picked being a female city elf for now, which meant my character is the minority of a minority, which is interesting in the conversations, to say the least. But anyway, LOVE the game, it’s been a blast so far. I’m not a fan of shooter games, but my friend is, so maybe I’d get him Killzone 2 later if I can find a cheap copy for him. For me, I have a feeling I’d be playing DAO for a long while. Infamous is probably next on my list after that. I really like the comic book cut scenes that I’ve seen in the reviews.
Am looking at a game called Heavy Rain that’s coming out soon, and it looks pretty great.
It 1000% matters that you’ve played all of them LOL. One of the most story heavy games of all time.
Huh, I guess I’m not playing that series until I have time then.
I just went through 2 nights of playing Heavy Rain, and it’s astonishing just how into it I was. Is anyone else playing this game? (probably not, since it’s almost 2 months after it came out, and no thread. :D)
Very minor spoilers:
When I started playing, it was just all right, but, now that I’m at the end of it, I’m totally feeling it. It’s a very short game - I’m a slow player, and it took maybe about 7 hours total. But I’ve only played through it once, I’ll pop back in to try the options I didn’t do once I’ve recovered from my first time (which would be a while, but I’ve heard that a lot of little things can change the big picture). Also, I have my qualms about a few characters who are a little too one dimensional (namely Madison (we don’t really know much about her other than in the context of the game), that FBI dude (same), the mother (why she isn’t more involved), the children (those accents can drive someone batty), or Blake (stereotype), and I think specifically these characters needed more story, personality and reasons for being involved/or not being involved for me to care about them more). But they took what ended up being a very average movie/tv murder story (though I was surprised at the ‘reveal’ and totally went Noooooo! at the screen) and made me sweat more times than I can count. I had to pause the game several times to think about what choice I should make for that character, and boy, was it intense. In the end, I got what I think is a relatively good ‘ending’, my characters found out who the killer was, but somehow I’m still a bit sad now that it’s all over.
Anyway. Interesting game, glad I played it. I myself am single have no kids yet, so I’m curious as to how others who are parents reacted to this game, if they made different choices than I did because the game carried an even bigger/different emotional weight on them. I made choices that I think I would really make in real life, but then again (actual spoiler now) [spoiler] I’ve never had to think about cutting off my damn finger! (Which I did end up doing, but then I failed at the killing that drug dealer dude later on, only to drink the poison at the end. So for me…hurting and killing oneself to save your kid? I’m all for it. Killing someone else who had nothing to do with you for your kid, even if he’s kind of a bad guy? Apparently, I couldn’t do it. But damn, I did shoot that crucifix dude who really didn’t have anything to do with anything - by accident because I was so nervous I jumped on R1 as soon as it appeared on the screen. Damn trigger happy FBI agent! [/spoiler] heh. But yeah, as shallow as it may sound, I think I just learned a little about myself from this game.
I cannot suggest Heavy Rain highly enough, its very good, be sure to give it a shot!