It's time to take its place on the shelf of history. Sony's console has been delighting fans with its exclusives for ten years, and sales have exceeded 80 million. We have collected the best games on PlayStation 3 in our selection.
Uncharted
Uncharted, a series of games that tells the adventures of Nathan Drake - an adventure lover and treasure hunter in the style of Indiana Jones. The Uncharted series is one of the most important for the PlayStation family of consoles. Each game in the series has sold millions of copies and won not only the love of players, but also the recognition of leading game critics. The player will find incredible locations, fascinating puzzles and battles with numerous enemies.
God of War
God of War - the main character of all games in the series is Kratos, a former Spartan general who challenged the gods. Kratos will have to fight in a brutal battle with the gods and terrible creatures from ancient Greek myths. The battles will amaze you with their scale, and the enemies with non-standard actions. The game is also a PlayStation exclusive.
The Last of Us
The best games on PlayStation 3 cannot be imagined without one of the best games of the decade, The Last of Us - an action-adventure game that tells the story of Joel and Ellie, who strive to survive in a destroyed world affected by a terrible epidemic. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic future in the former United States of America, twenty years after a global pandemic caused by a dangerously mutated fungus. To survive, the heroes must reach a safe zone. During this journey, Joel and Ellie will encounter other survivors and mutants more than once, who can either help you or kill you. Players will have to explore locations, fight mutants and other survivors.
Heavy Rain
Heavy Rain is another PlayStation 3 exclusive in the interactive movie genre. The player has 4 characters to choose from, and the plot depends on the choices you make as you progress. If any of the four characters dies, the game will still continue, and his death also affects both the events of the game and the events of the epilogue. The events of the game take place in a small American town, which was shocked by a series of murders, next to which origami figures were found. An FBI agent arrives in the city and begins investigating the case of the mysterious “origami killer,” although he is not the only one trying to get to the truth.
Top games on PS3 cannot be imagined without this masterpiece. Journey, a game unlike any other, is an interactive story without words, the player will have to travel to a very distant mountain. As the player advances up the mountain, he may encounter another player, but there is no way to communicate with him, and it will only be possible to find out who it is at the end of the game.
Gran Turismo 6
Gran Turismo 6 is the sixth installment in the Gran Turismo series of driving simulators. This is speed, drive, amazing realism of what is happening, a serious physical model, closer than ever to photo-realistic graphics, a huge fleet of vehicles and routes replete with tricky turns.
Metal Gear Solid 4
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, one of the parts of the Metal Gear Solid series, from the brilliant Hideo Kojima. The main character of the game is once again Solid Snake. A gloomy future, corporations running everything, each of which has entire armies in its service, heated military conflicts, and in the middle of all this you will find yourself to protect the oppressed.
Killzone 3
Killzone 3 is the third part of the series, which introduces jet-powered individual aircraft that allow the player to overcome obstacles through the air. To put an end to the war, you have to go to an alien planet teeming with enemies. The writers finally managed to come up with a decent storyline, and the directors managed to present it beautifully. The drama in individual scenes is off the charts.
LittleBigPlanet 2
LittleBigPlanet 2 is a continuation of the original construction game. The new tools allow players to create their own races, puzzles, clones of the famous Space Invaders, RPGs and even real-time strategies. LittleBigPlanet 2 also allows you to create and edit cutscenes by controlling camera angles and voice acting - you can record five-minute films in the movie editor. LittleBigPlanet 2 also allows players to carry over all of their levels, costumes, and downloadable content from the original game.
InFamous 2
InFamous 2 is a sequel to the PS3, an exclusive about the adventures of courier Cole McGrath, who after an accident became a human battery. In the sequel, Cole prepares to meet his antipode, nicknamed the Beast.
The best games on PlayStation 3
Ratchet & Clank is a series of platformer games developed by Insomniac exclusively for Sony PlayStation consoles. The games tell the story of the space adventures of two heroes: Ratchet - one of the last representatives of the Lombax race in the Universe - and Clank - a small robot and Ratchet's partner, who has a lot of technical properties and a good sense of humor.
Demon's Souls
Demon's Souls - the game takes place in a fantasy universe reminiscent of medieval Europe. Gamers can create their own character who will have to fight huge monsters. In battle, the hero will be able to use both various weapons and magical attacks. Demon's Souls features a co-op mode that allows gamers to take on enemies as part of a team of three.
Life Is Strange
Life Is Strange, an episodic computer game with elements of an interactive film adventure. In the game you will find a huge number of dialogues and choices, and the main feature will be the ability of the main character to rewind time, which will allow you to change your decision.
Sports Festival
A celebration of sports, the best games on PlayStation 3 cannot be imagined without the most active game in our ranking. The game lets you feel the thrill of sports and demonstrate your reactions and skills using the PlayStationMove controller, which makes every competition incredibly realistic. Try your hand at a variety of disciplines such as disc golf, gladiatorial duels, beach volleyball, archery, table tennis and bocce ball.
Motorstorm
Motorstorm: Apocalypse is a project in the MotorStorm series, one of the most important racing exclusives of recent years on the PS3. The goal of the game is to win a series of off-road races and become the winner of the festival. Players are given the opportunity to drive seven different types of vehicles: rally cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs, truggies, buggies.
Beyond: Two Souls
Beyond: Two Souls is an adventure game with elements of interactive cinema, and is also a Sony PlayStation exclusive. At the center of the events is a young girl, Jodie Holmes (Ellen Page), who has supernatural powers; she can communicate with the other world. With the power of her gaze, she can blow up helicopters, throw various objects and control cars from a distance. The game focuses on questions about what happens after death.
Red Dead Redemption 
Red Dead Redemption is an open world game and an indirect sequel to the 2004 game Red Dead Revolver. The game takes place at the turn of the 20th century in the Wild West. The game's protagonist, John Marston, a former thug who left his bloody trade, is forced to work for government agents to kill or capture alive his former accomplices. Otherwise, the agents threaten to kill John's entire family. The hero is destined to overcome a huge distance from the western borders of the United States to the very center of the country in order to find old accomplices and bring justice. Gameplay Red Dead Redemption is an open-world action game in which the hero travels either on foot or on horseback, exploring the American expanses of the early twentieth century.
Destiny is a sci-fi online first-person shooter set in the distant future. Humanity has experienced the heyday of its civilization. People explored the solar system and hoped for a bright future, but at one point everything collapsed. A global catastrophe has occurred.
Resistance 3
Resistance 3 is the third part of the popular series, which is created exclusively for the PlayStation 3 game console. Joseph Capelli, a former soldier of the American army, once again fights against chimeras to save humanity.
Grand Theft Auto V
It was on PS3 and Xbox360 that GTA was first released. Grand Theft Auto V is set in the fictional city of Los Santos, which first appeared in one of the previous games in the series - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The game takes place in 2013, when former friends and bank robbers Trevor and Michael meet again. The player's main goal is to encircle the US Federal Vault, taking with him more than two hundred million. On the way to this goal, friends will face many obstacles that will lead to one of three endings - something that has not previously happened in any part of the series. Don't forget about the GTA Online mode, where even more action awaits you.
The most innovative, addictive and timeless games on Sony's most maligned console, as chosen by a panel of PS3 fans.
The PS4's success may have eclipsed the PS3, but it had quite an interesting life cycle. It launched at an outrageously high price and was powered by a unique Cell processor, which gave the console power but made it incredibly difficult to develop games for. Because of all this, the PS3 mainly attracted Sony fans with deep pockets. Ten years and many price drops later, the PS3 has made a name for itself in the console world and has become the leading platform for playing blockbusters, multi-platform games, PS1 classics and indie hits.
While all the attention is on the PlayStation 4 and its stellar rise in the gaming industry, the PS3 has been steadily releasing great games and even received the release of the highly anticipated Persona 5 alongside the PS4. Below is our selection of the 25 best PS3 games, a variety of cult favorites that are essential for any PS3 owner. Enjoy!
You might have missed the release of Tokyo Jungle, and that's forgivable; The game looks like a B-product due to blurry textures and blocky models. But Tokyo Jungle isn't played for the graphics - it's played to control a pack of hounds hunting a lion. It is played to put silly hats on giraffes.
It's played because Tokyo Jungle is an addictive roguelike that constantly offers new surprises. You'll be able to perfect your routes through the abandoned city while hunting for food and rivals to keep your species alive. Simple gameplay and plenty of unlockable animals mean you'll get the hang of it quickly, but will be constantly striving to figure out the next piece of the puzzle.
With the exception of Minecraft, no other console game fuels the imagination and creativity of its players quite like LittleBigPlanet 2. The first game's user-generated content creation tools were something of a revolution, and the sequel not only improves on them, but expands them to allow you to... , you - to create from scratch not only levels, but also entire new stories, worlds and even games. And the material created by the community is incredible.
No, LittleBigPlanet 2 doesn't have as complex a platforming system as Mario and Rayman, but judging the game based on that is as close as not reading War and Peace because of the font it's printed in. Simply put, this is one of the most important, relevant and fun games on any PlayStation.
Hotline Miami is the game your parents always warned you about in the 1980s, a video game set in an alternate universe where Reagan became president forever and The Running Man is real and you can watch it on TV. Put on a rubber animal mask of your choice and go to one of several dozen pixel locations to kill all the idiots around while listening to incredibly cool synthwave. Hotline Miami is pure rage, hypnotic ultra-violence one step away from flawless anarchy. Just don't tell your parents about this.
How to make the best superhero game even better? You just need to make it even bigger and place it all in one of the best realized open worlds. Favoring precision, individuality, and meaningful design over scale for the sake of sheer scale, Gotham's isolated section is one of the most vibrant, impressive, and most focused environments of a generation. Arkham's structure allows the expanded yet perfectly balanced mechanics from the first game to fly, literally and figuratively, and it's a great achievement in terms of both gameplay and aesthetics.
But just as importantly, it never dominates or detracts from what made Arkham Asylum great. The combination of smart, creative sandbox and exciting, almost musical combat is still at the core of everything and is even better than ever. The icing on the cake is that Arkham City tells a dark, dramatic, and exceptionally epic Batman story.
This shouldn't have worked. This should not have even been attempted. It was supposed to be a faceless, lightweight cyberpunk RPG shooter with a recognizable name. But miraculously, Eidos Montreal's Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a truly multi-layered, complex, fully player-controlled action RPG with freedom, creativity and choice at the heart of every element.
Really, no matter what kind of game you want it to be, DE:HR manages to be so adaptable to the player's desires and at the same time consistent that it's simply amazing. The story of conspiracy and philosophical tension - both global and personal - will follow you no matter your character's position, and the close-knit, vibrant nature of this world is unparalleled.
When Burnout Paradise came out, multi-platform games were always better on the Xbox 360. But not this time. Criterion always shined on PS2, and Burnout Paradise still looks amazing on PS3. The developers also made changes to the Burnout formula, combining the city and its surroundings into an open world. The wealth of possibilities makes the world of this game better than the worlds of later Need for Speed.
It's all about the little things, like trying to make a U-turn using the handbrake to park (which the game scores you on) or jumping down a mountain and landing without crashing your car. The DLC even corrects a few annoying little things in the original release's structure, so it's truly Burnout heaven. Well, a good soundtrack, where would we be without it?
The Resistance franchise has gone from a decent first game and a disappointing sequel to an FPS masterpiece throughout the life of the PS3. It's a shame that Resistance 3, the masterpiece of the previous offering, marked the end of the franchise. There's something just right about the R3. The way the 50's alternate reality setting is combined with crazy but still good alien weapons and mixed with a heartbreaking story about a father protecting his family makes this game stand out.
Every scene is carefully crafted - there are few, if any, weak moments - and the combat system is smoother than a stick of butter sliding across the tip of a knife. Every time you think you've done well, the story throws up another situation or challenge, forcing you to adapt and push the boundaries of what the game can do. You'll happily do so to bring Joe Cappelli's sad, hopeful story to a thrilling conclusion.
Lots of games talk about their greatness, but few offer as much wicked fun and weirdness as Yakuza 5. At its core, Yakuza 5 is a serious story about the Japanese underworld, about evil people doing bad things and good people , throwing off their shirts in one swift motion to take on the bad guys in hand-to-hand combat. But Yakuza 5 is not just a fighting game.
It is also a taxi driving simulator; hunting; and a pop idol simulator (complete with dance battles!). There are also mini-games: baseball, cooking ramen, stand-up comedy, an arcade with almost full versions of Virtua Fighter 2 and Taiko Drum Master and much more - and all these things are interesting in their own way. Yakuza 5 is an abundance of crime drama and gruesome tomfoolery, and while it may not be the best option for newcomers, the game has something to offer any player.
Whatever you think of the current state of COD, there's no denying that Modern Warfare was a watershed moment in the world of video games. It not only revived the tired FPS genre, but also transformed Call of Duty from a so-so shooter into a cool shooter, becoming a benchmark for multiplayer games and an incredible 8-hour attraction with an incomparable story. The ghillie suit scene, the opening scenes on the tanker, the ending - Modern Warfare is filled with unforgettable moments.
And yes, this is a fairly old game. While subsequent ones have tried to take Modern Warfare as a base and increase the degree of coolness, it just seems like a series of exercises in a series of entertainments. There's no such nonsense in Modern Warfare, just 8 hours of smooth action that still outshines all of its imitators.
Old Snake is grumbling and creaking his knuckles more than usual, but he's still on a roll. MGS4 is still a showcase of the technical potential of the PS4, much like MGS2 was for the PS2. But importantly, it uses technological advances to improve the gaming experience. The camouflage suit in particular is not only fun to wear, but also useful in tense situations where stealth is required.
One might criticize Kojima and his team for the plot being too complicated and movie-like (especially in terms of the length of the cutscenes), but all the characters and bosses are still memorable, and the dramatic ending cannot be understated. However, if one particular scene had ended differently, the game might have ranked even higher on this list. But it's still a must-play for anyone with a PS3.
Few games have a dilemma as dire as Dead Space 2. You want to play the game to explore the beautifully ruined Sproul, but at the same time you constantly live in fear that something nightmarish is watching your every move. DS2 maintains a careful balance between the constant scares from the original games and a more robust combat system. The horrors are as real as ever, but Isaac is now better able to resist.
The feeling of helplessness fades a bit, so Dead Space 2 is more balanced as a result. Plus, the Necromorphs in this sequel are a real abomination: they set the gold standard for monsters in video games and are scary as hell (and sometimes wet your pants).
No dialogue, no obvious plot, no fighting, no ability to die. But has any game ever provided such an experience, filled with so many painful, horrifying failures and such jubilant, exciting moments of joy? Well, maybe, but there aren’t many games like that...
Thatgamecompany's Journey is a masterpiece of abstract storytelling, display of emotion through gameplay, and exquisitely beautiful environment design. The free-flowing exploration and puzzle-solving of a platformer are fun on their own, but every single element of Journey, from the visuals to the sound design to the controls themselves, is precisely designed to reveal deeper meaning at every turn. When it comes to anonymous co-op multiplayer, you'll simply never feel so connected to another player in a video game. Never.
One of the most commercially successful titles on the PS3, XCOM: Enemy Unknown features thrilling, extreme action, meaningful gameplay and a compelling emotional engagement that rivals any top game. All this without a single action in real time. This turn-based team-based shooter is easy to understand even for complete beginners, but offers amazing depth once you progress through the learning curve.
Despite the superficial similarity to the board game, skirmishes and ground wars unfold in an exciting manner, creating incredible scenes and situations that you will remember like Hollywood blockbusters in real time. The training will take 20 minutes, but the obsession with the game will not subside for months. A real treasure.
From the very first minute, Wolfenstein: The New Order is filled with tension and meaning. This franchise has never been about subtlety, and nothing has changed here: you're still B.J. Blaskowitz, you're still a Nazi hunter captain, and you're still ruthlessly efficient at your job.
But what should have been a mindless shooter suddenly tells a story about the human cost of endless war and heartbreaking fascism, and thanks to the developers at MachineGames, the game does both well. You'll come for the MP-40 and old-school action, and you'll stay for the branching plot and well-developed characters. Oh, and you'll be shooting Nazis on the moon. Come on, go ahead.
That's what's interesting. Zombies are one of the most overused (in fact, overused) elements in horror games, but they are rarely truly scary. A lumbering, meaty target, that's what they usually look like. The Walking Dead, however, returns to the roots of what is so fascinating about zombies and everyone in general: real, escalating, emotionally powerful human tragedy.
With story and top-notch acting, not to mention painful, almost impossible moral decisions, The Walking Dead puts you in a nightmarish situation and forces you to try to find a not-best-but-least-worst way out. You will agonize over every choice and conversation and never be able to find the right answer. There are no heroes here. Only survivors.
When talking about the greatness of Street Fighter IV, there are a lot of things worth discussing. It's a seamless combination of endless depth of potential and instant accessibility to beginners. This is the impeccable balance of each of the 39 fighters. There's excellent humor in the movement animation and character design, the latter of which meshes well with the fighting style and style of each fighter. This is a powerful subtlety of the focus attack system.
But there's something about Street Fighter IV that doesn't get talked about much, and that's simple, pure, exceptional fun. Without a doubt, this is a fighting game for a whole generation.
9. GTA 5
Arguably the biggest leap forward for Grand Theft Auto since its mastery of 3D graphics, GTA 5 takes the very essence of what made the franchise great, tears it apart and rebuilds it in a new, smarter and completely revamped form. The use of three main characters does much more than simply blend character traits - the game builds complex dramatic ironies as all three separate storylines intertwine and collide under the player's control.
Plus, now you can finally play GTA the way you want without losing the meaning of the game. There are game styles for every taste: the naive “good guy” Franklin, the aggressive family man Michael, the generous psychopath Trevor - and all of them surprisingly do not violate the integrity of the stunning world of the game.
What about this world... never before has an open setting been so vast, so varied, so complete, and so responsive to the player's actions. It will take days - and possibly weeks - of immersion to truly grasp the intricacies, but for now just know that in terms of form, feel and function, GTA 5 comes the closest to recreating the real world.
Is Red Dead better than GTA 5? Hard to tell. While the world of GTA 5 is much more fleshed out, Red Dead's story and concept has its own charm. Few other games create such a delightful sense of space and time. All the actions and interactions within the picturesque setting take on meaning, and it's a wonderful backdrop to John Marsden's gritty tale of loss and injustice - a story that reaches one of the most daring and memorable climaxes in gaming history.
Okay, enough of the flowery descriptions: this is a super-cool game in which you can be a scumbag robber, a kind of Clint Eastwood. Shootouts with angry cowboys, capture of criminals and horse racing through the forests - it all looks like an interactive film by Sergio Leone. Parts of the scenes are taken straight from the best classic Westerns, and the underrated soundtrack fits perfectly with the action on screen. All in all, Red Dead has it all.
BioShock took a while to hit PS3, but it was worth the wait. The first truly defining game of the last generation, it set standards for gameplay, world-building, atmosphere, and storytelling goals that many other developers would desperately try to match over the next seven years. It's clear from the opening scene that BioShock is different from everything that came before it.
Creating a world as complete as Rapture's is a huge achievement in itself, but making sure that the ever-increasing action is fueled by believability and immersion in that world? This is real success. And don't forget the powerful soundtrack, which combines a chorus of surging violins with perfectly matched vintage recordings, creating a soundscape of coherent, moving tones. BioShock is as unique and fully realized a concept as you'll find in gaming, filled with thoughtful and exhilarating action.
Uncharted 2 is the very definition of an adventure game. It's part Indiana Jones, part James Bond, part Lara Croft, and it's all amazing. While U3 ups the ante in terms of scene-setting, the second game in the franchise best balances action, puzzles, platforming, and witty one-liners. The plot itself is a classic tale of betrayal, violence and love rivalry, and everyone involved fits perfectly into this drama.
However, what is very important is that every aspect of the game is pure fun. Whether you're sliding across rooftops in a mountain village, dodging tank guns, or solving a complex puzzle, there's never a dull moment. The sheer variety of scenes and action combined with all the traveling from one stunning location to another ensures that Uncharted 2 never becomes stale or repetitive. Even the barely used multiplayer mode, played by a tiny percentage of Uncharted 2 owners, is a joy to play in every encounter. All this comes with a smooth control system and stunning visuals that are still impressive 4 years later.
While Mass Effect 3 is technically flawless, there's something about this sequel that makes it a superior game. He's just more mesmerizing. Everything about Mass Effect 2 is enjoyable. It basically starts with Shepard's death and the destruction of the Normandy. The rest of the game is about restoration and redemption, while you assemble a team of lovable misfits to go on a heroic suicide mission.
The main story sets the pace and structure of the game, while the personal stories of the characters aboard the Normandy (Mk2) pull you in different directions. Are you on Miranda's or Jack's side? For geth or quarians? Can you save your team from the Collectors? Who, if anyone, will you sacrifice during the mission?
Many, few also involve you in the plot, thereby increasing the significance of the decisions you make. All this adds up to a wonderful, self-contained story that conveys the ups and downs of the hero's life. The fact that the gameplay is smooth and enjoyable or that the game looks amazing and incredibly large - almost fades into the background.
The original Portal is a pure, mind-bending puzzler with elements of dark humor that squeezes every last drop of gameplay out of its short playtime of just two to three hours. Portal 2 takes this foundation and builds on it flawlessly, proving that more can be better. The plot is now bloodier and tells the story of Aperture Science, its mysterious experiments and the world beyond its walls.
Various colors of gel add nuance to moving through space, often requiring you to use your surroundings in unexpected ways. This game is also very funny, thanks to the way Stephen Merchant voices Whitley, the bumbling conductor who suddenly finds himself drunk on power. Add killer two-player co-op and you have the recipe for one of the best sequels in gaming history.
Persona 5 originally started out as a PS3 game (originally slated for release in 2015), and while it was best loved in 2017 on PS4, playing one of the best JRPGs in years on PS3 still holds true. It builds on the success formulas of past games, letting you into the world of an ordinary Japanese schoolboy who suddenly finds himself the bearer of supernatural anti-demonic powers.
You'll live your daily life, work part-time, make new friends, and build relationships that will make it easier to fight in the Metaverse, an alternate reality ruled by the evil intentions of some of Japan's most nefarious citizens. What makes Persona 5 special is its out-of-real-life narrative; This is a story in which the villains are based on real people from Japan, and despite cultural differences, the situation in the game well reflects the current state of world politics. This is a highly relevant game, a power fantasy that goes beyond what most video games offer.
Let's forget about the obvious talk about the difficulty of Dark Souls. True fans know that this is just a tiny part of the game, acting as a link between the action and the incomparably deeper meaning. The world of Dark Souls does not chew anything, and punishes recklessness with a quick and bloody death, but only out of pure goodwill.
No matter how slim the odds of success seem, the flawless combat system, stunning freedom of action and deceptively clever level structure ensure that there is always a solution. This is not at all a harsh taskmaster, as many believe, but a game that both trusts and believes in the player. She wants you to make progress and rewards you when you do. And she always, always gives you everything you need for this. You just have to understand it yourself.
It seems right that the best game on the PS3 was released at the end of the console's popularity. Arguably the culmination of all the top-notch gaming over the last generation, it's a touching, mature story and brilliant storytelling through gameplay; it's about using the console's visual potential to the maximum for both emotional resonance and visual impact.
By throwing the player into a beautifully realized, subtle, all-too-believable nightmare world, The Last of Us gives you the tools to survive, but there's never enough of them. Every battle and achievement in the game matters not because of intended spectacle or artificial heroism, but because of the need to appeal to your own mind and instincts.
And that's just part of how The Last of Us inspires empathy at every step of this harrowing journey. This is a perfect game at Sony's peak (at least for now) and something no PlayStation 3 owner should miss out on. This is the logical conclusion of the entire PS3 generation.
Since March 2017, Sony has stopped supporting and producing Playstation 3 - due to inertia, some games will still be released there (mainly sports simulators), but in general, it’s high time for players to switch to Playstation 4. Saying goodbye to the beloved console of millions, we remember the 10 best exclusives that sold "curling iron" to the players.
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10th place - Heavenly Sword
- Year of issue: 2007
- Developer: Ninja Theory
- Genre: slasher
Once upon a time, Ninja Theory studio was one of Sony's main hopes. It was from them that the company ordered one of the first major console exclusives, Heavenly Sword, and it was right. The game that invented the two-button combat system in slashers laid the foundation for the entire genre - then Assassin’s Creed, Batman, and even Devil May Cry worked on a similar principle. However, players remember Heavenly Sword much more for its touching story of the development of the personality of the main character, forced to confront terrible military circumstances.
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9th place - Siren Blood Curse
- Year of issue: 2008
- Developer: SCE Japan Studio
- Genre: survival horror
Siren: Blood Curse was invented by the authors of the original Silent Hill and, in fact, was supposed to become the main horror series for the PS3. Alas, the series suffered the fate of Silent Hill itself - the outstanding and unique “horror” was too refined for a wide audience, so the game attracted a local cult, but never found a sequel.
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8th place - Beyond Two Souls
- Year of issue: 2013
- Developer: Quantic Dream
- Genre: action adventure
Beyond: Two Souls was supposed to be the swan song of the entire Playstation 3: it featured the best graphics of the generation, featured William Dafoe as one of the main characters and was friends with PS Move. Alas, the authors of Heavy Rain failed to come up with a good story - the answers to all the riddles are read already from the middle of the game, and the narrative is constantly diluted with monotonous and unnecessary episodes.
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7th place - MotorStorm
- Year of issue: 2007
- Developer: Evolution Studios
- Genre: race
MotorStorm was invented as a race for those who don't like racing - and that's how it remained until its very last part. The broken dirt roads here were chock-full of all types of vehicles - from motorcycles to bigfoots, and it was extremely difficult to control on such a road. Playing all this was incredibly fun, and it was Motorstorm that became the main exclusive of Playstation 3 at the start.
Episode 6 Killzone
6th place - Killzone
- Year of issue: 2009, 2011
- Developer: Guerrilla Games
- Genre: platformer
The Killzone series failed to become a full-fledged cultural phenomenon like Halo, but it told a full-fledged three-part story and remained true to tradition throughout the games. During the days of Call of Duty, the Killzone series remained a smart shooter, where every fight was like the last: the enemies were perfectly oriented in space, squeezed the player out of cover, and generally behaved so smartly that the game did not need any online mode.
Episode 5 Little Big Planet
5th place - Little Big Planet
- Year of issue: 2008
- Developer: Media Molecule
- Genre: platformer, sandbox
Little Big Planet is the premier family arcade game for the Playstation 3. The game, built on simple physics puzzles, was incredibly stylish, but the main thing was that players could create their own levels and even share them online. As a result, the concept of Little Big Planet grew so much that inside it it was possible to play some family prototype of Shadow Of Colossus.
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4th place - Heavy Rain
- Year of issue: 2010
- Developer: Quantic Dream
- Genre: adventure
A luxurious interactive noir from David Cage literally sold the Playstation 3. The release of Heavy Rain predetermined the Japanese console's victory over the Xbox 360 and lured hundreds of thousands of players to Sony's side. The game deserved it - a complex detective story, told with the help of five characters, was exciting and really changed from the actions of the player himself. Heavy Rain was perhaps the first game where we could lose most of the characters before the halfway point of the game - of course, this approach did not bode well for the ending.
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3rd place - Metal Gear Solid 4
- Year of issue: 2008
- Developer: Kojima Productions
- Genre: stealth action
The main PS3 exclusive for millions of players. Metal Gear Solid 4 became the final plot part of the great saga (MGS 5 was more of a filler) and shook the media space so much that for several months in the camp of gaming journalism they wrote, it seems, exclusively about MGS. The game itself was outstanding - a unique cross between action and stealth, long and beautiful cutscenes and memorable characters - a great end to one of the best video game sagas.
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2nd place - Demons Souls
- Year of issue: 2009
- Developer: FromSoftware, SCE Japan Studio
- Genre: RPG
Somehow, quietly and imperceptibly, the From Software studio, which had previously been involved in the mediocre AirMech series, took and changed the entire face of role-playing games. Demon’s Souls didn’t give a damn about the attitude towards the player and open worlds, creating a unique image of the kingdom of Boletaria, encrypting the plot in a million half-hints and wrapping it all in maximum hardcore. But the main thing is that they made it so that the player would be interested in solving this game. We know what happened next - the Dark Souls series became one of the main hits of the last five years, and BloodBorn became the main PS4 hit at the launch of the console.
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1st place - Uncharted
- Year of issue: 2007, 2009, 2011
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Genre: platformer, adventure
Naughty Dog had been making platformers like Crash Bandicoot for ten years, and then suddenly the studio was drawn into action-adventure games. This is how the first Uncharted turned out - a good shooter a la Tomb Raider, without revelations. However, then something happened to Naughty Dog - and they literally pumped up the next 2 parts of Uncharted with steroids: every episode of the second and third parts was a small masterpiece: we fought on board a falling plane, tried to survive in a crashing train, or, for example, left a sinking ship. The ten hours required to complete the next part of Uncharted flew by in a flash, and today it’s a shame that the series is over.
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Grand Prix - The Last of Us
- Year of issue: 2013
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Genre: adventure, stealth action
It's hard to just give The Last of Us first place. Because at the time of its release it was the best game in modern history. The scenario here was an integral part of the gameplay, and the seemingly understandable dramaturgy was twisted in such a way that in the end you still fall into a state of shock. The Last of Us is the main reason to buy a Playstation 3 even now, although the game can also be played as a remaster for the Playstation 4.