PS3 exclusives not worth the hype?

I've played 3 well regarded PS3 exclusives now, and none have lived up to expectations.

Heavy Rain struggled under the weight of David Cage's pretentions, and in the end collapsed into utter nonsense and a mass of unresolved loose ends (just like Fahrenheit did all those years ago). David Cage might be a gaming visionary (in his mind), but his lofty ambition to create an interactive movie worthy of Hollywood far outstrips his rather modest plotting and design abilities.

Uncharted 2 was very pretty and smooth, but ultimately so shallow in its mechanics and so thin in its storytelling that it's unlikely to be remembered for anything other than the lovely environments and nice animations.

MGS4 had solid gameplay, but the dialogue and plot were just embarrassingly bad, even for this medium. Most of the cutscenes were laughable or simply cringeworthy, and that's a big problem in a game so reliant on story and non-interactive sequences for impact. The weakest MGS game by a long way.

All these games were overhyped to nth degree by the rabid fanbase and an over-enthusiastic, dishonest gaming press. The perfect score MGS4 got on this site has to go down as one of the biggest outrages GS has ever commited upon the unsuspecting gaming public. For shame.

I'm gonna take a break from PS exclusives now and play some of those ever reliable multiplats. The next exclusive on my list is Yakuza 4, and that better live up to its reputation or I'm gonna be really mad :x.

PS -Xbox just wins the war. PS3 is logically better in almost every way, but why is it that I have more fun playing games on Xbox? It's just weird...

you only played three?

Uncharted 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4 are my top two games of the generation .... and I enjoyed Heavy Rain quite a bit.

Cool story bro? :?

I can only speak for myself, but Uncharted 2has been one of my favorite games this gen.

you only played three?

CaseyWegner

sounds like you bought into the hype and went in with your expectations too high. the games are great, you just set yourself up for disappointment

I've played 3 well regarded PS3 exclusives now, and none have lived up to expectations.

Heavy Rain struggled under the weight of David Cage's pretentions, and in the end collapsed into utter nonsense and a mass of unresolved loose ends (just like Fahrenheit did all those years ago). David Cage might be a gaming visionary (in his mind), but his lofty ambition to create an interactive movie worthy of Hollywood far outstrips his rather modest plotting and design abilities.

Uncharted 2 was very pretty and smooth, but ultimately so shallow in its mechanics and so thin in its storytelling that it's unlikely to be remembered for anything other than the lovely environments and nice animations.

MGS4 had solid gameplay, but the dialogue and plot were just embarrassingly bad, even for this medium. Most of the cutscenes were laughable or simply cringeworthy, and that's a big problem in a game so reliant on story and non-interactive sequences for impact. The weakest MGS game by a long way.

All these games were overhyped to nth degree by the rabid fanbase and an over-enthusiastic, dishonest gaming press. The perfect score MGS4 got on this site has to go down as one of the biggest outrages GS has ever commited upon the unsuspecting gaming public. For shame.

I'm gonna take a break from PS exclusives now and play some of those ever reliable multiplats. The next exclusive on my list is Yakuza 4, and that better live up to its reputation or I'm gonna be really mad :x.

PS -Xbox just wins the war. PS3 is logically better in almost every way, but why is it that I have more fun playing games on Xbox? It's just weird...

streak000

PSS - If you think Uncharted looked good, then you obliviously havnt played on a pc.

Buying a game or a system out of pure HYPE will only disappoint ya mayne... Happend with the 3DS for me.:( I also played Gears of War 1 out of pure HYPE just to see how it is, hated it.:P Same goes with Infamous 1 on the PS3 side.:P

I ain't hyping my most anticipated games either.:P (ie Diablo 3, Uncharted 3, Skyward Sword & Deus Ex HR:))

heavy rain - great experience, had fun playing it with friends who liked watching me play because it was engaging and had us at the edge of our seats

uncharted 2 - great single experience, crazy action, just very fun AND the multiplayer was addiicting

MGS 4- Best single player experience i've had this far this gen

... see how my expecations are different then yours?... yeah that sometimes happens. I mean all these games are critically acclaimed, so most people don't agree with you but there are people who don't like these games. That happens, you ain't going to like everything.

sounds like you bought into the hype and went in with your expectations too high. the games are great, you just set yourself up for disappointment

Sword-Demon

Being on these forums you cant blame him all you hear about is how great they are ive also played all three of those titles i thought heavy rain was the worst of the bunch and mgs4 was the worst of the series. Uc2 was a good game but its multiplayer didnt have that lasting appeal but of course this is all my opinion.

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sounds like you bought into the hype and went in with your expectations too high. the games are great, you just set yourself up for disappointment

bigboss5ak

Being on these forums you cant blame him all you hear about is how great they are ive also played all three of those titles i thought heavy rain was the worst of the bunch and mgs4 was the worst of the series. Uc2 was a good game but its multiplayer didnt have that lasting appeal but of course this is all my opinion.

Happens to the best of us man, I got Gears out of the amount of praise people give it (and the huge amount they gave it before) and honestly, I didn't enjoy the tank like controls and felt too clunky.:( The same goes to Infamous 1, but funny enough the sequel turned out to be the game I expected the original to be.:P

Well if you enjoy playing the 360 thatmuch more it just means you prefer the 360 to the PS3. nothing wrong with that. I prefer my systems in this order: PS3 - Wii - 360. Everyone's different. Doesn't mean any one system is bad. Preferring the 360 doesn't have to mean you hate the PS3. That would be absurd. But you're kind of treating it that way.

Btw - Uncharted 2 is darn near flawless.

Since youre talking out pure opinion, I guess you can say the same about any platform

IMHO and from my experience, i somehow agree, there aren't really that many PS3 exclusives that interest me, so far i only have Valkyria Chronicles and MGS4 and i love this games, but other than that, not really, i'm not interested in Uncharted, Killzone, Resistance, Twsited Metal, etc.

All these games were overhyped to nth degree by the rabid fanbase and an over-enthusiastic, dishonest gaming press. The perfect score MGS4 got on this site has to go down as one of the biggest outrages GS has ever commited upon the unsuspecting gaming public. For shame.

streak000

This part is interesting. Are you seriously implying that the gaming press is being dishonest, because most of them shared a different opinion than you on these games? How about those of us who are not part of the gaming press or the rabid fanbase? If we enjoyed these games, does that mean our opinions are. . . . .wrong?

Uncharted 2 will be one of my most remembered games of all time, plus you have more fun on xbox because that's where your bias lies by the sounds of it.

The same goes to Infamous 1, but funny enough the sequel turned out to be the game I expected the original to be.:P

sanim02

Personally like like uncharted and lbp most but for the most part I'd say other exclusives are not really so enjoyable but I consider ps3 worth while for those 2 series alone(I also consider 360 worth while for Halo and Gears alone).

MGS4 Was good but not 10/10 worthy , Uncharted 2 and Heavy Rain I easily gave 10/10, they were really great.

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Some of them are fantastic, just like some of 360, PC and Wii ones. Sometimes ppl exagerate a bit.

you only played three?

CaseyWegner

Maybe he made a typo and meant to put xbox 360. Then those numbers would fit :P

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verbtex

Thank you :).

I'm in Australia where it's 4am now (:() so I will reply to everyone tomorrow :).

They're all just opinions, and it so happens that the vast majority of the people who played those games enjoyed said games, so just because you didn't like them as much, does not mean they are overhyped.

Those 3 games are among the best this gen, and instant classics to boot.

What is shallow about U2's gameplay? It has hip firing, aimed in firing, a variety of pistols and rifles, and powerful explosive weapons, hand to hand combat, platforming, and shooting while platforming. It's seriously one of the most varied games out there in terms of gameplay. You say Xbox wins, and every exclusive on the 360 has, essentially, 2-dimensional gameplay on top of sub par production values.

MGS IV's gameplay is head and shoulders above anything else out there. The story is wacky, and it isn't for everyone. Luckily, you can skip those long cutscenes if you don't care for them and just... play... the... game.

Heavy Rain is more ambitious than other games, and as such it takes more risks. If a game is going to have multiple story threads dependent on a player's choices, plot holes are simply inevitable. It isn't a big deal, unless, of course, you just want to complain about something.

Additionally, I've played three 360 exclusives, and any one of those games is better than all of the 360 exclusives I've played combined.

Those 3 games are among the best this gen, and instant classics to boot.

What is shallow about U2's gameplay? It has hip firing, aimed in firing, a variety of pistols and rifles, and powerful explosive weapons, hand to hand combat, platforming, and shooting while platforming. It's seriously one of the most varied games out there in terms of gameplay. You say Xbox wins, and every exclusive on the 360 has, essentially, 2-dimensional gameplay on top of sub par production values.

MGS IV's gameplay is head and shoulders above anything else out there. The story is wacky, and it isn't for everyone. Luckily, you can skip those long cutscenes if you don't care for them and just... play... the... game.

Heavy Rain is more ambitious than other games, and as such it takes more risks. If a game is going to have multiple story threads dependent on a player's choices, plot holes are simply inevitable. It isn't a big deal, unless, of course, you just want to complain about something.

Additionally, I've played three 360 exclusives, and any one of those games is better than all of the 360 exclusives I've played combined.

Pug-Nasty

Go play Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time and get back to me. That game was not hyped at all. But I think it's one of my favorites right now. Those other games you play are a little more serious in their presentation, I found Ratchet to be more old-school PS2 type fun. But of course I might have thought that because I only played 1 of the ratchet games on Ps2, if you played them all maybe the PS3 version will be "old-hat"...2Chalupas

best Ratchet and Clank i've ever played.

I agree with your overall feelings about ps3 exclusives but I disagree about uncharted 2. Enjoyed UC2 a lot and will be picking up UC3 this fall. Actually I also might take a look at Twisted Metal because I has some good fun with the earlier games on ps1 and ps2.

The hype machine for me started getting annoying with the release of kz2 which to me was released with broken controls. Till this day I shake my head at how that game with such bad controls even got good scores when it was released.

I've played 3 well regarded PS3 exclusives now, and none have lived up to expectations.

Heavy Rain struggled under the weight of David Cage's pretentions, and in the end collapsed into utter nonsense and a mass of unresolved loose ends (just like Fahrenheit did all those years ago). David Cage might be a gaming visionary (in his mind), but his lofty ambition to create an interactive movie worthy of Hollywood far outstrips his rather modest plotting and design abilities.

Uncharted 2 was very pretty and smooth, but ultimately so shallow in its mechanics and so thin in its storytelling that it's unlikely to be remembered for anything other than the lovely environments and nice animations.

MGS4 had solid gameplay, but the dialogue and plot were just embarrassingly bad, even for this medium. Most of the cutscenes were laughable or simply cringeworthy, and that's a big problem in a game so reliant on story and non-interactive sequences for impact. The weakest MGS game by a long way.

All these games were overhyped to nth degree by the rabid fanbase and an over-enthusiastic, dishonest gaming press. The perfect score MGS4 got on this site has to go down as one of the biggest outrages GS has ever commited upon the unsuspecting gaming public. For shame.

I'm gonna take a break from PS exclusives now and play some of those ever reliable multiplats. The next exclusive on my list is Yakuza 4, and that better live up to its reputation or I'm gonna be really mad :x.

PS -Xbox just wins the war. PS3 is logically better in almost every way, but why is it that I have more fun playing games on Xbox? It's just weird...

streak000

Well I recommend you try out other exclusives as there are plenty more than just those 3 games you mentioned (God of War, Little Big Planet, Infamous etc...)

I love the Uncharted games personally, I simply have more fun with them than any game I had on 360 (just my personal opinion mind you, 360 has good games too I just like the PS3 exclusives more)

And I loved MGS4 but mabey that's because I have been a long time MGS fan since the origional Playstation. I think the perfect 10 the game got is well deserved but not everyone agrees with every review (and you shouldn't because they are all opinion).

I haven't played Heavy Rain but I hear the storyline is amazinng....so I'll check that out sometime later.

As for the reason you enjoy 360 more is because mabey the 360 is more suited to your prefrences. Like I had a 360 but I got a PS3 and I had more fun on the PS3 than I did my 360 simply because it has more of what I like (Exclusives I prefer, free online, I prefer the PS3 controller etc..) so you should just listen to what you enjoy and go with that. If you enjoy the 360 more than just buy more games for it.

There is no "better" system btw, it's just a different preference.

And PS-There is NO "war", it's just people with different tasts buying the system they prefer. You can't "win" because it's an opinion like trying to "win" an argument about your favorite color vs another color... It's all subjective so you can't "win".

Unless if you are a shareholder or own stock in one of these companies than there is no "war" as far as you and I are concerned.

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The same goes to Infamous 1, but funny enough the sequel turned out to be the game I expected the original to be.:P

heretrix

Glad I'm not the only one.:) I thought the first was horribly average with all the technical issues as such. There IS a good story, but it's all hidden underneath the whole game, and imo the story only got good/better with the sequel.:?

That 9 it got is as bizarre to me as the PDZ, Resistance 2 and Halo ODST scores.:P

Yes, they are all overhyped, just like the recent flood of 360 exclusives that have come out recently. Oh, wait... Seriously, the PS3 exclusives are both graphics and gameplay powerhouses. The very best in all of gaming. There is hype because it's seriously good.hoogiewumpus

better than the pc?

[QUOTE="hoogiewumpus"]Yes, they are all overhyped, just like the recent flood of 360 exclusives that have come out recently. Oh, wait... Seriously, the PS3 exclusives are both graphics and gameplay powerhouses. The very best in all of gaming. There is hype because it's seriously good.CaseyWegner

better than the pc?

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[QUOTE="hoogiewumpus"]Yes, they are all overhyped, just like the recent flood of 360 exclusives that have come out recently. Oh, wait... Seriously, the PS3 exclusives are both graphics and gameplay powerhouses. The very best in all of gaming. There is hype because it's seriously good.hoogiewumpus

better than the pc?

better graphics and more good games than the pc?

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better than the pc?

CaseyWegner

better graphics and more good games than the pc?

Absolutely. I have yet to see any game that looks as good as GOW 3 or U2. Period.

Play Demon's Souls TC. That game itself is worth owning a PS3 for.

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[QUOTE="hoogiewumpus"] Absolutelyhoogiewumpus

better graphics and more good games than the pc?

Absolutely. I have yet to see any game that looks as good as GOW 3 or U2. Period.

take a look at crysis. also, the pc does havemore high scoring exclusives this gen alonethan all three consoles combined. just wanted to make sure you knew.

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better graphics and more good games than the pc?

CaseyWegner

Absolutely. I have yet to see any game that looks as good as GOW 3 or U2. Period.

take a look at crysis. also, the pc does havemore high scoring exclusives this gen alonethan all three consoles combined. just wanted to make sure you knew.

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[QUOTE="hoogiewumpus"]

Absolutely. I have yet to see any game that looks as good as GOW 3 or U2. Period.

hoogiewumpus

take a look at crysis. also, the pc does havemore high scoring exclusives this gen alonethan all three consoles combined. just wanted to make sure you knew.

and as far as technical graphics go, crysis is king. artstyle is subjective though

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[QUOTE="hoogiewumpus"]

Absolutely. I have yet to see any game that looks as good as GOW 3 or U2. Period.

hoogiewumpus

take a look at crysis. also, the pc does havemore high scoring exclusives this gen alonethan all three consoles combined. just wanted to make sure you knew.

then you should know that crysis is considered the graphics king.

my source is the very site you are posting on right now and you yourself use.the ps3 does not have 2 AAAAE games. :|