I went ahead a while back and shelled out for a shiny, shiny Playstation 3. Since then I’ve tried hard to get excited about the games out there, but I find myself butting up against the same issue time and time again.
There’s just no challenge to the vast majority of them!
There’s this new breed of game out there, the “cinematic experience”. Ooooh, look, shiny! See the pretty in game graphics!
The only problem is that gameplay seems pretty much along the lines of “run around, press X to climb/jump/talk/activate/scratch your ass.” Context sensitive actions? Kiss my ass. Oh yeah, and “mash O to fight. For variety, try mashing square as well. Press a shoulder button to activate a cool graphical effect and instantly kill everyone!”
Assassin’s Creed looks awesome to be sure. But it’s just a movie where you have to keep on using the remote to advance the plot!
Quite frankly, I spend most of my gaming time on my aging PC, playing Medieval Total War, because I know that if I get anywhere on the harder settings, it’s because I worked for it.
Anyone able to recommend interesting, enjoyable skill-based PS3 games before I lose patience and sell it to pay for a PC upgrade to be able to play Medieval 2?
Maybe. In Medieval 1, you could amass a MONSTER pile of cash before the Mongolians came and everyone turned against you. You also have to keep your shipping lines intact. In Medieval 2, you’ve got unit build limits. I dunno.
I’m not so sure about Assassin’s creed. I couldn’t tell from your post wether you’ve played it or not. I haven’t played it myself, but from what I’ve heard it’s pretty sandboxy, not so linear. I don’t know about the difficulty. My friend will be getting it in a couple of days if you want second hand information.
I’m judging from the game descrip and reviews as far as Assassin’s Creed goes. Maybe I’m wrong and it’s really an involving, challenging game.
The only games I’ve really got interested in on PS3 were Fight Night Round 3 - fair skill level required once you get going - and Oblivion. I’m kinda bored on Obliv. now, as my character is uber-powerful and everything gets a bit easy.
If you want a real challenging game, go get Guitar Hero (PS3 has backwards compatability, right? So you can get I, II, or III.) I know what you’re probably thinking…that GH is lame, and it kind of is, but it is FUN! And fucking hard on the higher difficulties.
Just to be sure we’re covering all the bases, isn’t there a difficulty slider in the options menu in Oblivion? I agree that it is possible to build super powerful characters, but if you have the slider set too low that could be a part of the problem.
Also, if you haven’t played the Shivering Isles expansion you should try it. It isn’t necessarily any harder, but it is a nice change up.
I don’t know if you like shooters and on-line play, but if you do let me recommend Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
The single player mode is rather short, but it is a decent story and great game play. However, the game really comes into its own with the multiplayer aspect. You start at a low level and you get XP for kills and completing challenges. As you move up in rank you get new weapons and perks - it is an interesting system for on-line play.
The game is as real as I would ever want to experience and it is sucking up all too much of my time.
