The Must-Own Games On Every Platform

Bought a new system recently? Planning on dipping your quivering toes into the icy waters of another platform? Or maybe you just want to make sure you own the platform-defining titles and be able to say yes, you know your chosen system?

[ClownBelt]

Eh I disagree.

[Montrealien]

ah, the easy scape goat reply. Well, 5 people and counting seem to agree with you so you must be cooler.

You could of just, oh I don't know, told us why you disagreed?

[The Wood]

that avatar does nothing for ya:)

[Imperator]

Isn't voicing your opinion the point of the comment section? lol.

[GarandShooter]

How's this for a 'scape gloat' reply?

You're just touchy because the Habs have been shut out twice in as many games!

Go history making FLYERS!!!

Edit: Chill Montrealien, it was a little word play, and a little joke, not a true attempt at being unsportsmanlike. After what happened in the Flyers/Bruins series, I especially know anything is possible.

Your superiority complex is not very appealing. How do you know that my corner is little, and that I wouldn't be man enough to give credit where credit is due? You assume far too much knowing far too little.

[Montrealien]

I asked him why we should care, he did not answer. What can I say, obvious troll is obvious, and Clownbelt has proven himself as just another Sony troll on N4G. New N4G site, same N4G multiple account retards with brand whore tunnel vision opinions stinking up the site. I truly wanted to know why he disagreed with the article, the point of the comment section is also to have a discourse, is it not? He cant even elaborate on a useless comment, I bet he didnt even read it.

And yes Imperator, and I voiced mine, is that ok with you?

And you are right Garand, Flyers are kicking our asses. If the habs come back, which in these series, anything is possible, You will be in your little corner, not saying a word. Typical hockey bandwagon trash talk. If the Flyers win, I will be able to simply admit that they where the better team.

[Millionaire]

Seems to me that this so called "troll's opinion" matters to you a lot that you had to use all three of your posts to such petty arguments.

[cool cole]

What makes him a Sony troll for disagreeing on an article about the best game for EVERY platfrom? For all you know he could dislike some of the selections on the DS column.

[HolyOrangeCows]

Ps3:
-Uncharted 2
-God of War 3
-GOW: Collection
-Ratchet and Clank: aCiT
-Batman: AA
-MGS4
-LBP

360:
-Gears of War
-Mass Effect 2
-I would say Halo 3, but they screwed us over with the non-DLC owner restrictions
-Dead Rising

Wii:
-Super Mario Galaxy
-Super Smash Brothers Brawl

PSP:
-God of War: Chains of Olympus
-Monster Hunter games

*Does not include all fun games, just the ones I consider "must plays"

[kaveti6616]

Yeah, those map pack restrictions for Halo 3 were fucking unfair. Bungie locked me out of team slayer until I paid 20 bucks for the heroic map pack. A few months later, same story, but this time I had to pay 20 bucks for the legendary map pack or some crap like that.

Developers shouldn't lock you out of stuff you paid for.

[Megaton]

I agree with the disagree. It's more of a "hey, here's some games you all know about" than any measure of quality.

[Imperator]

This list sucks. Most of the games are multiplat and the leave out a lot of great games.

[Sheikh Yerbouti]

Metal Gear Portable Ops
Pursuit Force
Grand Theft Auto LCS and VCS
Killzone Liberation
Syphon Filter Dark Mirror
Syphon Filter Logan's Shadow
B-Boy
God of War Chains of Olympus
Wipeout Pure

[kanetheking]

mgs anyone but i like acid a lot. yu-gi-oh tag force have been a fan of the for years ^-^.love pursuit force that would be good if they made it on ps3 with the mstome engine same devs just put guns on cars and crazy jumps that be epic.gta epic like vc more.killzone good.not played b-boy.i need to get syphon filter.god of war that made me get the other 3.not played wipeout

[Cold 2000]

Everybody who has a 360 should get Lost Odyssey.

I cant believe how underrated it is.

And while you're at it snatch up Tales of Vesperia too.

[-MD-]

Tales of Vesperia was my favorite this gen.

[Imperator]

Lost Odyssey is definitely one of the most underrated game this gen. It's is great and, in fact, I personally enjoyed it more than FFXIII. If you like JRPGs and you have a 360, Lost Odyssey is a must buy.

[qface64]

i thought lost odyssey was terrible

[EVILDEAD360]

I'm with you Cold..loooved Lost Odyssey..hated when that game ended..

[AngryTypingGuy]

My favorite game this gen may still be Oblivion. That game is incredible, definitely a must own.

[DERKADER]

Que?

[playstation_clan]

this is what i think about this article, and no demon souls
EDIT: AT disagree, this vids for you too

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[tigerstyle]

wow @ the video... lamo.

[SeanRL]

killzone sucked

[tigerstyle]

Killzone 1 did but not Killzone 2. What you smoking brehh?

[solar]

totally agree with Psfan999. KZ2 did suck. it was a snore.

[Kurt Russell]

KZ2 was fun, but didn't blow my mind. Wipeout HD should be on the PS3 list - that game was amazing.

And also Fallout 3!

[SpaceFox]

Eh... pretty bad list IMO.

[AliTheBrit19]

Xbox 360: Own 8 of them
XBLA: Own 1 of them

PS3: Own 4 of them

Wii: haha, cute.

PC: Only ones I have are The Sims 3, Crayon Physics Deluxe & Spore.. Lol

[ico92]

whats was wrong with the wii's list i thought they were all great

[MonopolyRSV]

Gotta have Killzone 2 man.

[tigerstyle]

ON TOPIC: On the 360, its only Halo 3, Gears of War 1 and Mass Effect 1&2 =DD are worth the penny. All other games after these are worthless piece of crap!

PS3 has cashed out games like UNCHARTED 1&2!!!!!!!! I loved Uncharted 1 & 2. Made me say "WOW" every other second. God of War3? Oh god.... <3<3<3

[mrv321]

They skipped out on so many great games on PS3.

R&C anyone? Brilliant game... in fact one of the best open world games I've played in a while.

inFAMOUS? Another great game

Resistance 2? Brilliant addition

Motorstorm 2. Excellent races

Warhawk. best multiplayer

Did they just forget?

[solar]

those are decent to good games, not great games mate.

[Cajun Chicken]

R&C is great, as is Infamous. Not sure about the rest, but I do like Warhawk, needs SP though.

[MeatAbstract]

No Demon's Souls for PS3? Shame on you.

[Godmars290]

Don't like the idea of being that much of a consumer zombie...

[xxLuckyStrike]

this article is well made...nicely put together...

[foxxy]

Where f is infamous tell me another game where you are superpowered shooting red effing lightning.

[gamingisnotacrime]

but i have a lot from the PS360 lists and those are great selections, cant miss with those titles. i would add Uncharted Drakes Fortune

[rCrysis]

The must own games on each platform should be exclusives to each platform =/

[tdogchristy90]

I'm very much a person of quality of quantity. The lists were pretty spot on with what I own but I did feel like it missed a few, i.e. Halo 3 and Heavy Rain. The article was good and it actually makes me tempted to start a forum topic on the subject.

[Nugundam0079]

PSP:
Monster Hunter Games
Peace Walker
.Dot Hack//linked
God Eater
Gundam Vs

DS
Chrono Trigger
MegamanZX
Pokemans
Various RPG

Wii:
MONSTER FREAKIN HUNTER TRI
Trauma Center
Sin and Punishment 2
Sky Crawlers Innocent Aces
Tatsunoko Vs Capcom
(this one was in response to another commenter saying "cute" to the idea of the Wii having excellent games ,i'm really tired of people dismissing the fact that the wii IS a good gaming system)
PS3:
3D Dot Game Heroes
Disgea 3
Demon Souls
Uncharted 1+2
MGS4

360:
Virtual On
Mass Effect 2
Earth Defense Force 2017
Eternal Sonata
Tales of Vesperia

[Voyevoda]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit...

[eagle21]

I'm so glad Metroid Prime Trilogy made the Wii list. It might be limited to find, but it's so awesome. :)

[Brklynty1]

PS3:

Uncharted 2
God of War 3
Little Big Planet
Resistance: Fall of Man(2 was good but to me 1 was a little better)
Killzone 2
Infamous
Heavy Rain
Warhawk
R&C: ACiT
MGS4
GT5: Prolouge
Demon Souls
Motorstorm

360:

Halo 3
Gears 2
Mass Effect 2
Fable 2
Alan Wake
Forza 3
L4D2
L.O.
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uh? Need help here guys....

Wii:

Super Mario Galaxy 2(its coming sunday might as well)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Mario Kart Wii
Metroid Prime Triology
Tatsunoko vs Capcom
Wii Fit
Wii Sports/Resort
New Super Mario Bros. Wii

PSP:

FF: Crisis Core
God of War: CoO
R&C: Size Matters
MGS: Peace Walker
KH: Birth by Sleep
Bleach: Heat the Soul Series
GTA: Liberty/Vice City Stories

DS:

Pokemon:D/P/PLT/HG/SS
Scribblenaughts
Mario Kart DS
LoZ: Spiritsl Tracks
Picross 3D
WarioWare D.I.Y.
Shin Megami Tensai: Strange Journey

[Figboy]

on my platforms have been

Xbox 360:
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Fable 2
Crackdown

(i'm still planning on getting Alan Wake, Crackdown 2, and Fable 3 this year).

i'm not a fan of Gears of War, but i'd add that to a list if i was recommending quality games for people to pick up on their 360s. i may not dig the games, but they are certainly quality. i'm not a fan of Halo or Splinter Cell, although i was thinking about picking up Splinter Cell: Conviction at some point, because i enjoyed the demo.

for the PS3:
Uncharted: DF
Uncharted 2: AT
Little Big Planet
Ratchet and Clank Future: TOD
Ratchet and Clank Future: ACIT
inFAMOUS
Resistance: FOM
Resistance 2
God of War 3
Killzone 2
Folklore
Heavenly Sword
Heavy Rain
White Knight Chronicles
Demon's Souls
3D Dot Game Heroes

the multi-plats:

Assassin's Creed 2
Borderlands
Batman: AA
Darksiders
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Dragon Age: Origins
Fallout 3
Oblivion
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
The Darkness
Final Fantasy XIII (you can live in denial all you like, but the story, characters, battle system and graphics are quality. this whole debate about the linearity of the game is stupid, especially when games like Mass Effect are rather fricking linear themselves. even Dragon Age is fairly linear. it's not like Fallout or Oblivion, which is truly non-linear)

there's a bunch more, i'm sure, but these are the games that i've enjoyed the most this gen so far

[dirthurts]

No Crysis on PC? That's just absurd...

[EVILDEAD360]

PS3 is easy

Metal Gear Solid 4
Uncharted 1 & 2
God of War 3

Those alone will make you proud you began your collection there..

360 is Easy
Halo 3
Gear of War 1 & 2
Mass Effect 1 & 2

Again there are so many faves..i own over a 100 360 games..but starting your colllection with these experiences will be priceless

For the Wii..it's always standard..

Wii
Wii Sports /Wii Sport Resort/Wii Play (for the joystick)
Zelda or ANY of the Marioz(Galaxy, Kart,etc)
Boom Blox/ Boom Blox Party (personal fave)

Own em' all..can't go wrong with any of those..plus they are ridiculously cheap at this point

Ahh the memories

Evil

[Master of Unlocking]

Gamesradar: make sure you keep the same multiplats in each list so as not to stir sh!t with owners of a certain console. Trouble is, when it comes to the PS3, this system has a very strong identity thanks to an impressive array of incredible exclusives, unlike that other console which has to rely heavily on 3rd party publishers.
Here is a proper PS3 list (order may vary depending on each person's tastes):

1. LittleBigPlanet
2. Uncharted 2 among thieves
3. God of War 3
4. Motorstorm Pacific Rift
5. Heavy rain
6. Demon's souls
7. Modnation Racers
8. Metal Gear Solid 4
9. Killzone 2
10.3D dot game heroes

...and since GR has a list of Xbox Live games, let me add one for the PSN as well:

1. Warhawk
2. WipeOut HD
3. Trine
4. Zen pinball
5. Siren blood curse
6. Hustle Kings
7. Echochrome
8. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
9. Soldner X
10. Super rub a dub

Well dang, no place to put a Cod MW in there! Gotta make another list for PS3 multiplats, I guess ;D
There are plenty very good 3rd party multiplatform titles too, but they're simply not in the same league as PS3 exclusives.

[solidt12]

Why is Crysis or Crysis Warhead not on the PC must own list?

I bought a Graphics card just for this game.