Decent PS3 First Person Shooter?

Bipolar Kittens · 20 Oct 2011 at 18:06

Hi,

I used to be a massive PC gamer back in the day, but I've been off the scene for many years, I think the last FPS I played was Half Life 2.

I bought a PS3 recently in the hope of getting back into games, I used to love FPS's so I need some recommendations, has anything come along to give Half Life a run for it's money?

I was going to pick up RAGE tomorrow, but after hearing a few negative opinions I'm not so sure any more.

Streeteh · 20 Oct 2011 at 18:16

It's not a FPS, it's a Third Person Shooter but Uncharted (1, 2 and soon 3) is one of the finest series of games i've ever had the pleasure to experience.

Killzone 2 + 3 are pretty decent, not Half-Life levels of amazing, but certainly high end shooters.

The Darkness is a great shooter, very different, but the graphics suffer on the PS3 as it was one of the early release titles when no one knew how to code for it (it's still more than playable though).

Resistance 1, 2 and 3 are all pretty decent, 3 is the best of the bunch, 2 has recieved very mixed opinions (i loved it though!) and 1 is very old school. Again being an early title 1 has rather lacklustre graphics.

Mr Men · 20 Oct 2011 at 18:22

COD and Battlefield really, Killzone must be the move over rated game I have ever played, Resistance is pretty much forgotten about but is probably the better game overall.

ic1male · 20 Oct 2011 at 18:25

Killzone 3 and Resistance 3 have some nice weaponry.

Bipolar Kittens · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:03

ic1male said:
Killzone 3 and Resistance 3 have some nice weaponry.

Do I need to play 1 & 2 to make sense of whatever happens in 3?

ic1male · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:05

Bipolar Kittens said:
Do I need to play 1 & 2 to make sense of whatever happens in 3?

Not really, the story in 3 has hardly anything to do with the first two. It's as if they said "we're not bothered about what's happened previously".

Resistance 3 I'm on about.

Streeteh · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:07

Bipolar Kittens said:
Do I need to play 1 & 2 to make sense of whatever happens in 3?

None of those games have particularly deep or meaningful storylines. You would however be missing out on some pretty decent shooters.

5punk3monk3y · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:26

Killzone feels as if you are looking at the world through a belly button and why do you have to wear lead boots in the game?? I will say I prefer a fast paced FPS if slow and paced is your cup of tea then go for it.

Resistance even when released was a yawn fest, very boring shooter.

Stick with the cross platform games Rage is good but short and if you do get it play it on nightmare as Normal is so damn easy.

For exclusives as mentioned previously the uncharted series is amazing excellent story action and puzzle also the 3rd is out shortly.

Another very good series missed so far (but again not FPS) is the ratchet and clank games very good very fun and addictive.

Dyson · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:37

Crysis, for me it's the best fps on the consoles.

Tom84 · 20 Oct 2011 at 20:02

Firstly avoid Resistance like the plague!!

This year alone has seen some very good FPS', Killzone 3 (although you should probably play 2 first), Crysis 2, Deus Ex (not a proper shooter though), Rage, you cant go wrong with any of them IMO

Semiskimmed · 20 Oct 2011 at 20:21

borderlands is class whatever system its played on, preferably the GOTY one!
i played killzone 2 recently aswell and its pretty good as mentioned above, i got it for £4 too from the local trade in shop.
are you more interested in single player or online multiplayer btw?

K1LLSW1TCH · 20 Oct 2011 at 20:57

I'd agree that Killzone is overrated. I completed Killzone 3 not so long back and while there were a couple of good moments I felt very underwhelmed.

mame · 20 Oct 2011 at 21:24

Killzone 2 is OK. Haven't played KZ3 yet (had it a few weeks as well) Didn't like Resistance 1 much. 2 was ok but nothing special and if you used to be a big PC FPS gamer then there's not much new to see. Not played res3 (yet?). Crysis 2 is good but not really much to do with Crysis 1 which is why some people don't like it.

My favourite game of all time is Half-life 2. My 2nd favourite is Fallout 3. Have you played that? not stictly an FPS. More an FPS with some RPG added. Amazing game. I see the new Deus x is £16.99 on PS3 or maybe cheaper if you looked. i'm about 12 hours into that on the PC. That's quite good and has quite an old 'feel'

Other than that I'd say don't dismiss 3rd person games such as Batman AA and Uncharted 1,2,3. They have come a long way since the PS1/2 days in terms on depth etc.

Don't forget to look at Fallout 3

Phatjayunoi · 20 Oct 2011 at 21:39

Resistance trilogy and Killzone 2 & 3 as people have already mentioned are the exclusive PS3 FPS games.

If your PS3 is connected online and you fancy some exclusive multiplayer only, then there is also MAG, an almost Battlefield style game (More infantry focused) with a 256 player mode.

K1LLSW1TCH · 20 Oct 2011 at 21:44

mame said:
Don't forget to look at Fallout 3

It's one of my favourite ever games but it should never be played as if it's an FPS.

Bipolar Kittens · 20 Oct 2011 at 22:09

Semiskimmed said:
borderlands is class whatever system its played on, preferably the GOTY one!
i played killzone 2 recently aswell and its pretty good as mentioned above, i got it for £4 too from the local trade in shop.
are you more interested in single player or online multiplayer btw?

I'll only be playing single player, if that makes a difference?

manic111 · 20 Oct 2011 at 22:15

If you haven't played Bioshock (think that was after HL2), do that.

bloodline76 · 20 Oct 2011 at 23:19

BF3 and MW3 have to be the obvious choice. Which you prefer will depend on personal tastes.

ps3ud0 · 21 Oct 2011 at 00:35

bloodline76 said:
BF3 and MW3 have to be the obvious choice. Which you prefer will depend on personal tastes.

For someone that only interested in SP? Not great choices at all considering how short they are likely to be...

ps3ud0 :cool:

Semiskimmed · 21 Oct 2011 at 00:59

Bipolar Kittens said:
I'll only be playing single player, if that makes a difference?

it may well do, as usually cod's and battlefields have limp single player campaigns bolted on top of the multiplayer side. with that said, cod4 is easily the best single player campaign imho and it can be bought for a fiver used.

i would pick up bioshock for sure, Singularity is ok too.
i enjoyed bulletstorm on the pc so it might be good to look at too for the ps3.