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The biggest disasters on PS3 – 10 games voted for by Official PlayStation Magazine readers

OPM: A while back we asked you all a simple question: what was the worst game on PS3? The biggest disaster? The experience that most sullied Sony’s console and left a bad taste in your mouth? You voted and these are the results.

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KrisButtar3696d ago

lol, The only game on the list I played was #1 and I actually liked it. I also figured Skyrim would have been on the list because when it 1st launched it was almost unplayable.

BlackTar1873696d ago

I enjoyed Alpha Protocol. It could have been so much more but i enjoyed it.

I played most of these games except Brink.

ironfist923696d ago

I wanted to like Alpha Protocol, it had an awesome concept, and very much like the Mass Effect series, but with spies.

Unfortunately the gameplay just didnt attract me. If only they could go back and fix it.

Tex1173695d ago

Im with you.

I greatly enjoyed Alpha Protocol for the ideas it tried to present. Yes, it ultimately fell short of a complete experience, but the conversation system, story, and feel of the game was really good. That and I only paid 5 bucks for it, so I was much more forgiving. If I paid 60 bucks for that, I would have been livid.

Id love to see an Alpha Protocol 2 that had time to cook and be polished.

MysticStrummer3696d ago

"I also figured Skyrim would have been on the list because when it 1st launched it was almost unplayable."

Oddly enough I had no problem with PS3's Skyrim until they started patching it.

Go figure.

From this list, I played

Alpha Protocol (liked it, but maybe that's because I paid 8 bucks for it)

Aliens: Colonial Marines (didn't hate it, though the fake demo controversy really lowered my opinion of Gearbox)

Brink (Yeah, pretty bad. One of my biggest letdowns last gen)

I would have put Dead Island on this list. I know others didn't have the same problems because I was called a liar several times when I commented about it, but it was hands down the buggiest game I've ever played in my life.

KrisButtar3695d ago

I don't have many problems with Skyrim until after I reached above level 50 most of the time but a lot of people found it unplayable in the beginning and even returned it because of the sheer amount of them.. I think I got platinum, 2 weeks after it came out and it was also my 1st platinum. :)

I still replay Skyrim more than any other game and think it was the greatest game of last gen. That's the main reason I'm giving ESO a chance. Skyrim was a disaster from the bugs and glitches to the DLC that never seemed like it was coming.

I do see Alpha Protocol for $5 all the time and have been tempted to grab it and try it but seeing it on this list has put me off a bit.

Knushwood Butt3695d ago

lol

The only game on the list I played was also #1.

Yeah, the single player was very disappointing, but the online co-op was quite good fun at the time.

KrisButtar3695d ago

I never played the online co-op. I played it with co-op split-screen though and we had some good laughs with some of the one liners that the one side shouted.

MysticStrummer3695d ago

I still play Skyrim also, though I started a new character, partly because my old one is stuck as a werewolf due to a glitched quest and partly just to play another race and do some of the things I didn't do before. It is a great game, but I'd put Demon's Souls and Dark Souls ahead of it for Game of the Generation. I've played all the Elder Scrolls games, and though they have evolved they're still basically the same game. Demon's Souls felt like something very new in several ways, beyond just being a new IP.

Alpha Protocol for 5 bucks is a decent risk, I'd say. There are some very cool things about the game for sure, but prepare yourself for clunky controls. It's also one of the few games I feel deserves the comment "The graphics were so outdated it looked like a PS2 game."

KrisButtar3695d ago

I have both the Souls games but I think the combat is slow and find that the grind is too long. They are good games just not for me, if I want something more combat based I play Dragons Dogma.

What race? Are you interested in ESO at all?

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rodiabloalmeida3696d ago (Edited 3696d ago )

Almost the whole list includes multiplatform games. And they failed hard on other systems too. But Haze is an exclusive, and boy... What a POS game. Also, Lair should be on the list too.

BlackTar1873696d ago

i actually found LAIR to be good but i never tried it before the patch where they removed the Six Axis flying.

ger23963696d ago

Yea, it's not as bad as people make it out to be.

Nekroo913696d ago

The worst game for me was Dust but since it was free i cant complain

crusf3696d ago

CoD? Seriously way to vent your childish hatred for the game.

mike32UK3696d ago

Why is it childish? It's an opinion. Personally i think COD is absolute mindless trash, and besides, this was voted for by the readers so its not like the magazine has something against the game; its the gamers!

crusf3695d ago

It's childish because over ALL the other bad games on the PS3 library which are far worse than CoD a bunch of angry people voted for the latest entry in the franchise which is barely a year old. In my opinion its a childish way to express the dislike of a game.

Myst3696d ago

I remember Brink. I was really looking forward to it being good and was certainly disappointed when I got it.

MysticStrummer3696d ago

Same here. The previews and the final product had a huge disconnect somewhere.

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Vader822d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow5d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1824d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie3d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin3d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere3d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX4d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney2d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno4d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno4d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii3d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno3d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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