The videogame industry's annual summer drought is finally coming to an end and the collective sighs of relieved retailers is now audibly mixing with the breathy anticipation of developers gearing up to unleash their wares upon the expectant masses.
In celebration of 2007's richest gaming months still being ahead, GamerSquad discusses which of the big three home consoles (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii) has the best to offer eager gamers between now and the dawn of 2008.
Which software line-up best deserves the attention of your wallet?
Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made to celebrate Mar10 Day.
My top 3 are Mario 3, Mario World and Mario 64. Mario Odyssey is also excellent, and I enjoyed Sunshine but didn't care for the Galaxy series.
The PlayStation 3 may not have been the strongest generation for Sony, but there were still some diamonds in the rough that deserve a revisit as PS5 remasters.
Even if they could just remaster and put on PSVR2, some would still look great as VR titles and could do a whole lot to bolster the headset w these exclusives! I'd imagine the investment of reworking these titles into VR would be way less than building new games from the ground up, and they could be amazing experiences, and VR often makes flat games feel fresh again. The Resistance and Killzone games are particularly what I want to see!!
I played killzone 3 in 3d and it really changed the game per being immersive.
In vr, that would be even more awesome.
Funny you mention that... my son wanted to play some PS3 games in 3d on my PS tv and he was blown away by how good KZ3 was. It really was a great addition to the game. Im surprised there have not been more 3d games from that era being ported to the PSVR/VR2.
resistance 1-3, killzone 1-3, uncharted 1-3, uncharted golden abyss, folklore, socom 4 , motorstorm, twisted metal, MAG, heavenly sword
Killzone 2+3
Sly Thieves in Time
Crack in Time
God of War Ascension
Motorstorm
Modnation racer
Infamous 1+2
Killzone trilogy in VR would be amazing bonus points if they offer shadow fall.
There was a psvr1 Killzone project that supermassive was working on at one stage which wasn't up to scratch and Sony brand it back in house I was hoping we would see that on psvr2 eventually.
Personally I'd love to see some more love or acknowledgement of psvr2 from Sony in general it was a expensive headset and Sony barely acknowledge it's existence
The amount of work needed to remaster these games wouldn't be beneficial on a financial and business sense.. MGS4 would probably be the best bet as it would need the least amount of work!
The time is perfect for a resistance fall of man game campaign coop multiplayer
The resistance series is str8 trash to me. Socom 3 I would welcome. Or killzone MP.
Resistance was ok but Warhawk and Starhawk was better and kept me coming back for almost a decade of fun and petty revenge on the loud mouth unskilled players 🤣
Edit I loved capture the flag dropping the pot on the flag carrier was extremely satisfying as well as transforming your plane in bot form and stumping them to death 😱
Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made.
Xbox 360
In conclusion:
While there’s no doubting that late 2007 promises to be one of the most exciting times to be the owner of any of the main platform choices and even though Microsoft (with BioShock, Halo 3, Mass Effect and PGR4 would perhaps be a more obvious choice in terms of overt ‘oomph’), this writer, while ignoring cross-console releases, is singling out the Nintendo Wii as having the potential to shine the brightest as the dust settles on 2007 and 2008 looms ever closer.
The proximity between the releases of the so-called ‘holy trinity’ of Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is simply unprecedented in industry terms, while growing third-party exclusivity support from the likes of SEGA (NiGHTS: Into Dreams, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games), Capcom (Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, Zak & Wiki), Konami (Dewy’s Adventure), and Ubisoft (Rayman Raving Rabbids 2) – to name but a few – should mark the bewildering climax to a twelve-month period for the Wii that not even the most insightful of industry experts could have predicted.
has the best end of year lineup. Three AAA titles. Mass Effect, Halo 3, and Bioshock.
My favorite genre is RPG so I am also looking forward to Eternal Sonata, Blue Dragon, and Lost Odyssey.
Not to mention the best versions of all the new Sports Games at a rock solid 60FPS. Honorable mention to PGR4.
WARHAWK,LAIR,HS,GT5 PROLOGUE,UT3<HAZE,RATCHET AND CLANK ,UNCHARTED
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cartoon mass effect and halo +BIOSHOCK(flopped already) (8 vs 3)
I think it depends on what you are into. Each console has a strong lineup. I prefer the ps3 lineup for ut3, ratchet and clank, gt5 prologue, but, no one can honestly say that any competitors line up is crap.
note to larry - while i would love to agree with you, you are talking nonsense. I played the bioshock demo and to be honest I wasnt impressed, but I cant argue with the majority of gamers and reviewers who say it is AAA. Will prob give the demo another go at some point