When Mario heads into outer space, great things happen. Topping our list of the best-reviewed videogames of 2010 is Wii title Super Mario Galaxy 2 at 97%, the sequel to our 2007 game of the year, Super Mario Galaxy.
The new Mario title edged out the Xbox 360 sequel Mass Effect 2 (96%) and two versions of western adventure Red Dead Redemption at 95% (for PS3 and 360) to take home this year’s title.
The PlayStation 3 is Sony’s most interesting home console ever, but what’s most interesting of all is trying to nail down the very best games on a console with hundreds of incredible games. Let’s give it a shot.
We desperately need Motorstorm back. Evolution is no more though and this makes me sad
Sly Thieves in Time
Stay the Party
Portal 2
Dj Hero
Demon’s Souls
God of war Ascension
2 of those games got railed through the “gaming media” during release.
Sly and god of war.
Both of which were fantastic games.
Yes it’s a decent list of popular games with a heavy hand on FPS and no Warhawk or Starhawk 2 of the best games (not sale wise) on ps3.
I would buy a Starhawk again even if it didn’t have a graphics upgrade hell I would even take a new one with micro transactions 😱🤯
I've noticed a recent nostalgia for the PS3 and I don't get it for me it's been my least favourite generation to date and I've been gaming since the NES I just feel like the ambition of the developers outweighed the capabilities of the consoles so I remember lots of games running in the lower end of 20fps range and I remember for the first time ever actually disliking the duelshock 3 and it's curved triggers
Sure there were some standouts and great games but that's the only gen I switched entirely to PC gaming
Maybe the recent nostalgia is because pretty much all of its games are trapped on that console. People want to play them on more modern hardware. hell... if XB can do it then so can Sony. there are competent emulators out there that can run on PS4/5 hardware but Sony just wont let them become official... why is that?
If we are talking least favorite generations (personally) then this one is certainly mine. i had more fun playing 8th, 7th and 6th gen stuff than 9th. And it isnt like i dont have access to do so... the heavy hitters just havent shown up anywhere close to those previous gens. The few here and there just doesnt cut it compared to the likes of constant good games that showed up in 6th, 7th and 8th gen. hell.... I'll even throw in 5th gen has been better than this one.
I tend to agree there's lots of amazing games locked to the PS3 like GTA IV or mgs 4 but then again my issue was never with the content the PS3 had but rather it's performance many other people have said the PS3 felt like it couldn't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time using PSN and downloading a game could take a few minutes to just start a download.
I typically don't worry all that much about performance I've never had a problem with games that run at 30 but games like crysis 2, Skyrim are good examples where the performance was so unstable you would never even touch the top of the frame cap and the hitching was worse than say Goldeneye on the n64
I think emulation is more than possible on the ps5 though it's just that Sony has no incentive to rush it's development it will likely be a ps6 feature if it ever happens at all.
But yeah the 9th gen has been so bad from a content perspective thats a given I see constant articles where people are frequently expressing their disappointment around the industry as a whole right now to much live service competition that sinks longstanding studios and consumes Devs time less ambition and games cost so much to make they have to play it safe.
The 5th gen was easily better than the 9th we had some all time greats crash, Spyro, Tony hawk, mgs, Mario,64, Goldeneye, Mario kart 64 the list goes on. The 5th gave us a new dimension and I remember being blown away by how much more open gaming had become the 4th gen with the mega drive and SNES was great and very easy to still revisit some of the greatest games of all time came out like earthbound, secret of mana, sonic , Mario world etc but saving our games was still not a standard function or a given so gaming was still evolving but it was very impressive to see some of the tricks Devs used like dithering to give us new experiences those earlier gens limitations bred innovation.
if XB can do it so can sony? I didn't know xbox had a cell processor in their older consoles, that's the reason why ps3 was so cool, but also the reason why games are hostage there and no, xbox did nothing similar even though their backward compatbility is good, they always had a similar architecture to their consoles.
Sorry Michael... I guess you missed the obvious part where i said there are already emulators out that do this. and that is what XB is doing... emulators for OG and 360 games. Its why the full slate is not BC on XBO/Series.
Saddle up your horses, boys. Let's gallop on through this list of the best cowboy games you can play on the PS3.
Adam Vale of The Koalition writes: I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: If you are a PC gamer, then you’re eating like a king! This is true because so many publishers, such as Sony and Microsoft, have hopped on board the PC express train to Funville.
I love the Steamdeck, it's pretty great, also amazing that we can carry a handheld computer around that can play so many games.
ps3 wins again
Metacritic says
1st ps3
2nd xbox 360
3rd wii
One day i'll be in here reading the comment section and there wont be one mention of fanboy this xbot that blah blah bollocks- playground stuff basically.Yeah not very likely is it
What actually is the average age on here or is it that obvious
List is factually incorrect, wtf metacritic!
Top 5 PS3 exclusives is missing higher rated games than Hustle Kings in the #5 spot.
I mean, MLB10 The Show has a 91 avg FFS, lol! ModNation Racers has an 83 avg and Sly Collection has an 85. None of them are in the top 5 but all 3 should be. For a site about stats and averages, that's a pretty epic fail.
On a sidenote, their "C = 50% or less" rating scale is the dumbest I've ever seen and skews things terribly. Everyone who ever went to school KNOWS that A = 90+ give or take, B = 80+ give or take, C = 60+ give or take, D = 50+ and F = less than 50%. Their bizarro scale is counterintuitive and I seriously doubt when 1up etc give something a C+ they're thinking it's an F numerically.
Don't have an account there. Aw well, I'm sure someone will notice. Right? lol.
Also, oops. Missed the 70% in my grade to number conversion, lol. C+ is usually in the high 70's for example. D for me ran from D- at 50% to a D+/C- in the low 60's. Point stands though. Don't think any of us ever got a 50/100 for that C in History or whatever. :p
Interesting stats.Pc got the lowest number of bad games.In other words,pc games are generally decent.PS3 got the console crown as they had a good year and this year even looking better.X360 got the most games.
So,no one is a runaway winner.
So,the debate of who is best will be continued...