Get an early look at some big upcoming PlayStation 3 games including Motorstorm: Apocalypse in 3D and PlayStation Move titles The Shoot and The Fight: Lights Out when Abbie Heppe travels to Comic-Con 2010 in this X-Play Preview.
Digital Foundry : Evolution Studios' Motorstorm is one of the first, finest and most fondly remembered of launch titles for PlayStation 3. It's a release designed to answer the question posed by each new console generation: what makes a game 'next-gen'? With its robust physics engine and massive tracks, Motorstorm serves up a bold affirmative answer to this question, delivering an experience that could never have existed on prior console hardware. At the same time, the path to release was fraught with challenges that almost serve as a microcosm of the PlayStation 3 release situation itself. It was a success, however, with a trilogy of PS3 releases, plus PSP, Vita and even PS2 off-shoots.
After Driveclub and Onrush, the dev team will now contribute to and assist with the development of the upcoming NFS.
I would give anything to have a full compilation of the series remastered to play on PS5 with full DS support. Feeling the deformation of the tracks as you race in pacific rift or the snow laden tracks in arctic edge... that would be sweet.
Yes MotorStorm World Tour for PS5 damn it Sony make it. The Desert, Pacific Islands, The Arctic and City races.
Motorstorm Pacific rift was awesome! I think MotorStorm: Apocalypse was what killed the franchise due to its change of direction...
Pacific rift is the best (IMO) but apocalypse wasnt what killed it. At least it was still somewhat of a MS game. The RC one is really a departure from the norm. None of which were bad as they were all fun in their own ways.
RC was a blast to play on Vita.
Apocalypse had unfortunate timing due to the 3/11 earthquake in Japan. I never got around to playing that one.
Evolution had some harsh experiences. I had Driveclub from launch and the server issues weren't that bad and certainly didn't prevent you from enjoying the game.
Agree Apocalypse didn't kill it, it's just racing games in general just became less popular nearing the end of the PS360 generation as it was flooded with medicore racers and the extremely niche but enjoyable ones like Motorstorm, Blur, Spilt Second, and Forza Horizon (still going strong, but actual sales have been decent fro a racer, and often expanded by console bundles and now GamePass)
But since the PS4/XBO generation had a lack of arcade racers, it's a prime time for games like this to come back.
I've said for the longest, the additional income of PS+ Premium should be used for, Remastering, Remaking, or recreating sequels / spinoffs of classic PS franchises to launch into the service. Many PS3 games fit this mold of looking good enough that a quick remaster to 4K@60 with better texture maps would give them near PS4 quality.
Remasters: A game like Motorstorm look good enough where it can simply be remastered in 4K @ 60fps, and have better textures for mud, mountains/rock structures, and vehicles and it would hold up WELL.
Remakes: Games like Legend of Dragoon, Warhawk (could be a simple remaster also), and so many others could get remakes like FF7.
Recreates: Shorter sequels/prequels/spin-offs to other classic PS IPs like how Infamous First Light / Blood Festival (BF was a highly underrated vampire game) and Uncharted Lost Legacy. Give spin-offs to things like Heavenly Sword, The Order 1886 (1786 or 1986), Puppeteer, Tokyo Jungle, and more.
This is also why Sone NEEDS to get PS3 emulation up and running. It gets rid of all the PS3 server farms and replaces it with software that can work on EVERY future PS console with updated coding.
At bare minimum emulation could double the resolution and framerates of all PS3 games making many of them 1440p@60fps without any real work, and a few 4k@60fps.
As for full-on remakes again updating to 4K@60fps with completely revamped textures, and an option for 1440p@60fps with global illumination can make these games shine with a new lease on life.
Also I'm still waiting on my DriveClub 1440p@60fps update 😭
Apocalypse was actually pretty good i don't think that's what killed the series. PR was the best though.
I was late to PS3 and Pacific Rift was the first game I picked up on it... huge miss to not have one on PS4, hope it gets some love on PS5 (as well as Ridge Racer and Wipeout).
Never really got into it myself I remember getting it with ps3 and being a bit underwhelmed I preferred the RC version they did for vita 🙌🏻🤣
Going from ps2 to ps3 was not underwhelming when I first played motorstorm, it was like nothing we'd ever seen before ?
Each to their own didn’t like it myself. 🤷🏻♂️✌🏻 ;I didn’t say going from ps2/3 was underwhelming just the launch game motorstorm, bit different but hey ho.
PS3 was a slow burner for me it’s my least favourite Sony console, maybe as I had my 360 as my main at that point but yeah wasn’t impressed with first couple of years to be honest but that’s just me. Once uncharted MGS4 GT5 Last of us GTA4/5 dropped sure but launch games weren’t all that imo. Resistance was alright wasn’t as big a change as ps4 or even now ps5 for me. PS3 took out rumble and basically went HD it’s wasn’t exactly a revolutionary start. 🤷🏻♂️✌🏻 ;
The top five of the best PlayStation Move compatible light gun games that have been released for the PlayStation 3.
House of the Dead 3 and 4 should be on the list. I still play Overkill on a regular basis, worth buying a move just for that game alone. The Cabela games that support move are fun too.
Is Rambo, Move compatible? And there is also Child Of Light which is sort of a shooting game.
Rambo is indeed Move compatible. Child of EDEN is too - I've only got the Kinect version but it's the best Kinect game and probably the best Move game.
No idea how this site missed HOTD 4.. and it remains a great shame more of Sega's gun games from that era didn't make it across to PS3 via Move.
i wish they also made light guns like the arcade ones. they r faster at aiming and more accurate..
Robert Workman (Prima Games): Sony experimented with its cloud-based PlayStation Now service over the past several months, but few people took advantage of it due to the high prices. After all, who wants to pay $40 to rent Earth Defense Force 2025 for 90 days when you can buy it on your PS3 for $20 at GameStop? That said, the company remedied this problem with the introduction of a new subscription model that kicks off next week. Whether you pay $19.99 a month or $44.99 for three months, there's more value offered with this program.
With that, over 100 games will be available at launch to choose from, with unlimited play for each of the titles (without extra fees). These include a number of obscure games and popular favorites. With that in mind, we have 10 suggestions for what you should play after signing up, so you can get the most from your seven-day trial.
I will be on board with this as soon as they can offer the completely lineup of specific franchises. I don't want to sign up to play Uncharted if I can't play parts 2 and 3. Likewise I don't want to play Killzone 3 when I haven't played 1 or 2.
Well I never played Killzone 1 and I've been enjoying the series since 2.
Heard mixed stuff about k1.
But I have to agree with Uncharted. You gotta play them all!
I mean I played Shadow Fall on the PS4 without playing any of the other KZ games and I really enjoyed it, so I definitely want to go back to experience all the others.
Same with Infamous, since Second Son was my first game in the series.
Hmm... Only 3 are must plays in my opinion. But that's my opinion. Not the author's nor yours. Only mine.
I think its very important for Sony to really show how the Move is true one to one compared to the wii just using pre scripted animations when you do the movement. That is one of the things that really differentiates the two. The fight really doesn't look very appealing to me unless its a 10 or 15 dollar downloadable title and the shoot is pretty much the same.
However, Motorstorm Apocalypse looks like Split Second on steroids. While it was a good idea to have the person trigger events in that game I like the fact that Apocalypse will allow you to master its courses since it does the same thing every time while having that awe factor due to the 3D, the graphics, and the speed element.
Playstation got a lot of momentum coming this year and next. If they come out with a Bundle PS3 Slim 80 GB w/ free GT5 for $250 b4 Christmas then it's going to kill the charts. PS Move/PS3 bundle looks good, think they should drop the price a bit.
The Fight($40) looks like it could've been better, but still a lot more fun then Kinect's $50 shovelware. I like my Wii's table tennis, but after seeing Sports Champ Table Tennis, it's just no comparison.
I expect Sony to go all out in Gamescom, simply because EU is probably the most important market territory for them right now.
I wish there is a surprise comeback like Eight Days or The Getaway (yeah I won't get tired of hoping for those 2) or at least an Agent trailer with confirmation again of its exclusivity.
I expect more of GT5, but this time really impressing us with damage, visuals and gameplay.
I expect more of Infamous 2, another level of KZ3 and maybe a short in-game trailer of Resistance 3 showing a considerable engine improvement with the help of Sony's first party studios.
Maybe I'm expecting too much, but I think they should grab the EU market by the b@lls. Now it's the time.
Why isnt the x360 slim 250 dollars? You people need to start demanding M$ lower the price because as of right now you are paying far to much for an x360 that barely has the proper stuff included for it to be an actual next gen system. Im seriously pissed at people nitpicking at the ps3 price but not saying anything about the x360 that is 300 and doesnt have blueray, free online, sey awesome AAA games in a variety of genres, hulu, web browser, actual good motion controller option, and better mutlipalts with
red dead redemption having exclusive ps3 content with exclusive gang hideout, missions, clothes. Mafia 2 having exclusive character missions, all japanese rpgs and fighters having more content, dead space having exclusive dead space extractions. assasins creed brother hood having exclusive ps3 content, portal 2 having steamworks on ps3 and said to be the best console version by gabe newell himself.
Im sorry but people need to stop clowning around and kidding themselves. save up the extra 50 and pick up the ps3. Theres no freaking excuses. trade in them old x360,wii, ds games and consoles and get it. There really is no freaking excuse at this point. it almost makes me sick at how M$ dont got shi7 yet dont get attacked for the rediculous 300 dollar price for there system and no the x360 arcades dont count. no hardrive, no wifi, no blueray, 50 bucks for online, weaker hardware, rrod, only shooters for games..