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Top 5 Underrated PLAYSTATION3 Games

For those of you not yet familiar with the Unsung Heroes series, the rules are as follows; games eligible are those disc-based releases that Electronic Theatre feels have been underrated, or treated unfairly since launch. This time, it's the turn of the PLAYSTATION3. Being the Current-Generation machine with the fewest titles – and fewest exclusive releases, for that matter – many of you may be wondering exactly where Electronic Theatre'll be dragging five missed-hits from, but as with any and every console released, there's plenty of ways games can just slip by even the most observant radar...

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Published: 425 days 16 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3 | Gaming | Industry News | Dev News

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MaximusPrime - 425 days 17 hours ago

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disagree with F1 and Buzz.

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gaffyh - 425 days 14 hours ago

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I disagree with the whole list.

The games that should be in there are Heavenly Sword, Folklore and Ratchet & Clank (especially because it is thrown to the side because people think it is a "kid's" game, but it actually is really really really good)

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lordgodalming - 425 days 14 hours ago

1.2 - gaffyh

took the words right out of my mouth. R&C (both ToD and QfB)and Folklore are terrific games. Funny thing is, if you go back and look at reviews for Folklore, many of them are really positive, but I guess no one bought the game. And I have to say that Tools of Destruction is still my favorite PS3 game to date. Love Insomniac.

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SL1M DADDY - 425 days 13 hours ago

1.3 - Conan?

Yikes! That was not underapreciated, it was simply terrible. I don't mind QTE's but that game abused the system.

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UltimateIdiot911 - 425 days 13 hours ago

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Hot Shot golf should be on there. It's a really good game.

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masterg - 425 days 11 hours ago

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MotorStorm is the most underated if you ask me.
A 82% avg on one of the greatest racers ever.

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IDemonstalkerXI - 425 days 10 hours ago

1.6 - Said it b4 and I will say it again...

Warhawk is the most underated game of the generation so far IMO http://www.youtube.com/watc... watch and drool

If they did not abandon the single player campaign and came with a solid co-op it would of been my selection for greatest of all time.

Has a respectable Meta 84 but plays like 100. Especially with the Operation fallen star booster pack... Jetpack's and trophy's.

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 425 days 9 hours ago

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I agree demonStalker!

Warhawk is one of the best online games i've played since Battlefield:2 I love everything about that game.

There's some moments in the game where you just have to stop and go..WOW!

i would give it atleast a 9/10.And you gotta love the dedication incognito put's into it with all the DLC

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IDemonstalkerXI - 425 days 9 hours ago

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Yah , Thats the game I really want the screen capture feature for. I could of set up a camera and tripod but I feel Narsasistic doing that and its a pain and produces a somewhat poor quality video vs screen capture.

Very amazing gameplay goes on late into the night many sessions. Bubs to yall fellow Warhawkians.

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gunnerheadboy - 425 days 9 hours ago

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I actually think Buzz! is awesome. It's best played with other people, not by your self.

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Johnny_Boy - 425 days 9 hours ago

1.10 - DEMON ABSOLUTELY CORRECT

Warhawk is by far the most underated game on ps3 the online experience in that game is impeccable. Definetely a game that has shown that the psn is a place to have a great online experience thats exclusive to the console. Also Heavenly Sword as far as action adventure games truly great fighting system and amazing graphics that for some reason are never mentioned and holy crap the amount of baddies to slice and dice through, the only thing reviewers could whine about was how short it was, who cares the game was amazing and leaving u wanting more how exactly is that a bad thing.

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barom - 425 days 4 hours ago

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I agree with Heavenly Sword and Folklore. But R&C was not underRATED at all! It got a wooping 88.6% at gamerankings. That's a really high score and the franchise is known too. I don't think anyone looks at Ratchet and throws it off their radar because it's a kids game, I think they just don't like those type of games in general.

On a sidenote I'll add Stranglehold and Virtua Fighter 5. Stranglehold because it's a lot of fun period. Virtua Fighter 5 because it was a launch game and the interest in it died wayyy too fast. I might even go as far as to say it was better than Soul Calibur IV. The biggest thing was that it was missing online, but it was still a great game.

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redgaurd - 425 days 2 hours ago

1.12 - LAIR!!!!

nah, just kidding. Warhawk definately. Even though I get pwnd all day and night, Its the best fun I have had online....except for the time me and your sister posted our videos on exxxpress lol

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BattleAxe - 424 days 22 hours ago

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The Darkness was awesome and I agree that it was totaly underrated. If you guys haven't tried it, rent it or buy it, its a quality game.

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boodybandit - 424 days 17 hours ago

1.14 - @ Demonstalker

Man it's hard to argue with Warhawk especially after viewing that video. Nothing online runs better than Warhawk with as many players as it supports on any console. The game is simply incredible. I can't believe I have all but stopped playing it. I should be embarrassed to call myself a gamer.

That video has me wanting to fire it up ASAP! If only I could afford to skip work today to do that very thing ;)

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xhi4 - 425 days 17 hours ago

2 - I dunno

games cost so much especially where I live it's only really worth it to buy the realllyy realllyy great games like Gears of War 1,2, Resistance 2, Little Big Planet, MGS4, GTA IV etc.

Though some games true are underated, its because they get overshadowed by greater games and are really only normal, average but good games.

None of those mentioned are truly UNDERATED games, a truly underated game for it's time is ICO and Folklore, two truly great games that weren't picked up by the mass market of gamers at the time.

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TheFutureProof - 425 days 16 hours ago

3 - Conan sucks

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Mr Bun - 425 days 15 hours ago

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I thought Conan was pretty fun...The voice acting was lame and the boss fights can get annoying, but the gore and move list make up for it.

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thisguywithhair - 425 days 9 hours ago

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I played Conan. Was actually pretty excited about getting it too. But after the third level with no variation on the fighting, no real story elements, and no variety in the boss fight formula I just gave up and sold the game.

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perseus - 425 days 16 hours ago

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Not "emote", "evoke".

Other than that, your list stinks. This games aren't underrated, they sucked.

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ynneknimajneb - 425 days 11 hours ago

4.1 - it's emote not evoke

learn your english.

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perseus - 425 days 6 hours ago

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No.

"events that truly emote an emotional response" is one of the silliest sentences I have ever read.

It was written by someone attempting to look intelligent, but who doesn't really grasp the concept of transitive and intransitive verbs. Not to mention "emote emotions"? Do you "hear hearings"? Or "create creations"? No, you don't.

Outside things EVOKE emotions in you. They don't emote emotions.

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Milo Garret - 425 days 2 hours ago

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trophy/achievment: massive own

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perseus - 425 days 1 hour ago

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Yay! My first trophy!

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shadowghost752 - 425 days 16 hours ago

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I think that the most underrated PS3 games are:

Heavenly Sword,
Uncharted,
Folklore

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Panthers - 425 days 16 hours ago

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Well Uncharted isnt underrated. People know how good that is.

Folklore on the other hand is.

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KnaveX - 425 days 16 hours ago

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I disagree panthers, uncharted is a game that deserves regular gamers should know what your talking about like MGS4 and Gears, halo, but thats not the case.

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Sheddi - 425 days 13 hours ago

5.3 - @Panthers

Dont worry, its naughty dog we're talking about.
uncharted 2 will be recognized no matter what ;)
And the 3rd one will be the best one.
Yeah, I said the 3rd one because they make trilogies. Remeber crash and Jak & Daxter.

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Deee187 - 425 days 16 hours ago

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ratchet and clank was underrated, great game btw
heavenly sword and warhawk are overlooked as well

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Liquid Dust - 425 days 16 hours ago

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Thank you Deee, Ratchet and Clank Future is highly underrated. People need to remember to add Ratchet when they are listing off their AAA games!

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Fadixon - 425 days 16 hours ago

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Number 1 Underrated Game should be lair its awsome espically after realesing the analog patch so ppl would stop b**chin about the controls

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Milo Garret - 425 days 2 hours ago

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You're right, its awesome... in opposite world!

Agreed with many comments above, Folklore should be on that list, great game, and the only one actually using the sixaxis to its advantage. And yeah, the darkness is very underrated, awesome game, recommend it to anyone who likes games with a good story.

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Master of Unlocking - 425 days 15 hours ago

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LAIR should have been in place of Buzz IMHO. Now that is an underrated game.

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Shortstop - 425 days 15 hours ago

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Warhawk is the most underrated game, period... and it's by a landslide. Official servers, 4-player splitscreen online mayhem. Use your own music. I'm not going to list why it rocks, but Warhawk has been the best, most consistently good game (as in it's never felt stale), with continued support from their development team.

Warhawk came out over a year ago and it's still enough reason on it's own to get a PS3.

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idontcare - 425 days 15 hours ago

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lol@Conan + The Darkness

these games are very mediocre

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 425 days 15 hours ago

10.1 - mediocre?

Did you even play The Darkness?

Are you one of those gamers that skips the cutscenes and cares nothing of storyline?

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 425 days 9 hours ago

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The Darkness is one of my favorite games this gen!

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omodis420 - 424 days 20 hours ago

10.3 - You Are My Puppet!!!!!!!

The Darkness was a special game. Anyone that hasn't played it really should. Graphically I think its stunning. Just look around the subways and you'll see every little detail. It is gory and fun as hell. One of my all time favorite games.
As for Folklore - I had been up in the air on buying it. But after reading all these good comments about it I think I just might give it a try.

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i_like_ff7 - 425 days 15 hours ago

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Warhawk is the most underrated ps3 game....

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IDemonstalkerXI - 425 days 9 hours ago

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This is true.

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LeonSKennedy4Life - 425 days 15 hours ago

12 - Here...

In Order:

- Warhawk
- The Darkness
- Uncharted
- Heavenly Sword
- PAIN
- Folklore
- The Orange Box (Honestly, it's not a bad port at all. I don't understand the hate.)

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IDemonstalkerXI - 425 days 10 hours ago

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I agree.

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kingOVsticks - 425 days 15 hours ago

13 - imo

in the US at least ,these games are the most underrated

5.Uncharted
4.Ratchet and clank
3.Heavenly Sword
2.Folklore
1.Warhawk

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IDemonstalkerXI - 425 days 10 hours ago

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Yeah , HS needs love too.

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anzagi - 425 days 14 hours ago

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I agree with heavenly sword, it was awsome. I also think dark sector is well underrated, altho its multi plat

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Dipso - 425 days 14 hours ago

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I believe Heavenly Sword most certainly is the most underrated game on the Ps3..after all the mediocre reviews I read I was absolutely shocked at how enjoyable it really was. I still feel if it had been released on the 360 and perhaps with less fanfare it would have garnered some great reviews. Its only crime was its brevity.

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omodis420 - 424 days 20 hours ago

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I think it was its length that killed the sales and the reviews. People just will not pay $60 for an 8 hour game. They should have made it half priced and announced it as a interactive PS3 exclusive blue ray movie.

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Owner360-PS3 - 425 days 14 hours ago

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I disagree about Conan.I loved the demo and went out and rented the game and it sucked imo.I even took it back 3 days before it was due back thats how sh!tty it was to me.

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PimpHandStrong - 425 days 13 hours ago

17 - MLB The Show

great game

i love KungFu movies and HS was a very cool game for me

anyhoo

i didnt give this site the hit so i dont even know what he listed

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ZackFair - 425 days 13 hours ago

18 - What a terrible list...

seriously..

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Silogon - 425 days 17 hours ago

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I agree with Buzz and slightly Conan, but the rest can piss up a rope. Folklore, Genji 2, Lair are my fill ins for those other 3 and the Simpsons game coming in for close runner up.

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Steven Colbert - 425 days 17 hours ago

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I disliked Conan.Too average for me

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heyheyhey - 425 days 15 hours ago

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where is Folklore? that should definitely be up there

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MAGNUM RAM SUPPORT - 425 days 13 hours ago

4 - where is folklore???

Ratchet & clank TOD
ninja gaiden sigma
the eye of judgement
MLB the show
& more ?

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heyheyhey - 425 days 13 hours ago

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R&C, MLB 08 and NGS aren't underrated

they scored 89, 85 and 88 respectively- all very good scores for very good games

under-selling maybe.. but i think R&C and NGS cleared a million no?

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MAGNUM RAM SUPPORT - 425 days 13 hours ago

5 - hmmmm maybe so

but I think they briefly were covered in media. All the big game review sites quickly dismissed them as if they weren't worth talking about. They all went batsh1t for mass effect though & that game is good but not great.
I played shepard as a fiery female & she tried to keep the krogan alive till ashley plugged him in the back of the
head.
Anyhow, ps3 has many underated & overlooked games. Many.

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ThatCanadianguy420 - 425 days 9 hours ago

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Lame list.

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DFresh - 425 days 8 hours ago

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All those games mentioned are multiplatform games not exclusives.

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Blazej302 - 425 days 7 hours ago

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conan was way 2 avergage, and yes where is Folklore!...and Heavenly Sword, i meant reviews were good but it didnt sell as well as it should have

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Blazej302 - 425 days 7 hours ago

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@DFresh
are u retarded, or just uneducated? Heavenly Sword is PS exclusive my friend

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Blazej302 - 425 days 7 hours ago

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o and eye of judgment like what Magnum said should be on that list as well

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