 | LittleBigPlanet
Buy new: $54.99 / Used from: $31.98 2008/E. One of the most entertaining family-friendly games to hit the console so far. If you like platforming or puzzle games, you should love this.
Metacritic = 95.
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 | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Buy new: $27.49 / Used from: $17.50 2008/M. Possibly the best MGS title yet, but certainly a worthy final chapter to this incredibly cinematic franchise. It rightfully won many 'Best of 2008' awards.
Metacritic = 94.
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 | Killzone 2
Buy new: $49.99 / Used from: $25.99 2009/M. Sony has yet to find a true 'HALO-killer', but KZ2 has come the closest. It lived up to its massive hype and delivered more polish and tighter gameplay than most first-person shooters on the market. Outstanding single and multiplayer gaming experience.
Metacritic = 91
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 | Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $21.00 2007/E10. One of the best platformer franchises on any console, surpassing MARIO in both fun and story imo. This one is fun for gamers of all ages, as is the downloadable QUEST FOR BOOTY game.
Metacritic = 89.
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 | Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $21.49 2007/T. The closest you can get to feeling like you are actually playing a RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK film. Appeals to fans of the best Prince of Persia and Tomb Raider games. Anticipation is high for the sequel.
Metacritic = 88.
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 | Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Buy new: $56.99 / Used from: $14.38 2007/M. The first Ninja Gaiden title to appear on a Sony console, this was a huge hit and for good reason. Outstanding hack-n-slash fighting elements.
Metacritic = 88.
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 | Resistance 2
Buy new: $56.99 / Used from: $25.00 2008/M. Surpassing the critical & commercial success of its predecessor, R2 is the highest-rated 1st-person-shooter exclusive to the console. So far, this is the closest Sony has come to matching the phenomenal success of Xbox's HALO franchise.
Metacritic = 87.
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 | WarHawk Bundle with Bluetooth Headset
Buy new: $49.99 / Used from: $22.00 2007/T. Incredibly addictive, third-person, multiplayer shooter featuring heavy vehicle/aircraft elements as well as traditional shooter gameplay. Periodic, downloadable expansion packs (3 so far) keep it fresh.
Metacritic = 87.
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 | Valkyria Chronicles
Buy new: $42.44 / Used from: $28.75 2008/T. Turn-based, tactical RPG in an alt-history, 1930s, European, war-time setting. Revolutionary combination of turn-based + real-time game design for a strategy game. Unique and evocative watercolor art design.
Metacritic = 86.
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 | Resistance: Fall Of Man
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $13.99 2006/M. The first PS3 game to sell over 1M copies, this sci-fi, alt-history FPS was a huge hit for Insomniac (of RATCHET and SPYRO fame) and Sony. Along with WARHAWK, these are the best PS3-exclusive shooters currently available.
Metacritic = 86
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 | Infamous
Buy new: $52.99 / Used from: $30.00 2009/T. A grand sandbox-style game (like GTA) from Sucker Punch (famous for their SLY COOPER franchise) that includes super-hero-like abilities in a dark, urban landscape with a mysterious, unfolding story.
Metacritic = 84
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 | MotorStorm
Buy new: $20.34 / Used from: $7.46 2007/T. The second PS3 title to sell over 1M copies. It has gone on to sell well over 3M worldwide (the highest-selling PS3 title to date) and remains the highest rated PS3-exclusive, OTC racing title on the console.
Metacritic = 82
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 | Buzz! Quiz TV Bundle
Buy new: $56.99 / Used from: $14.50 2008/T. Trivia can make for a great party game and this one works well. Great fun if you have up to four people over and family-friendly.
Metacritic = 81.
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 | Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $18.98 2008/E. This is only a prologue to a fuller game which is still on the horizon.
Metacritic = 80.
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 | Heavenly Sword
Buy new: $50.73 / Used from: $23.50 2007/T. Featuring gorgeous cut-scenes and intense, hack-n-slash playstyle similar to GOD OF WAR.
Metacritic = 79.
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 | Ridge Racer 7
Buy new: $87.99 / Used from: $12.14 2006/E. One of the first games on any console to feature full 1080p graphics running at 60 frames-per-second.
Metacritic = 78.
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 | Folklore
Buy new: $56.49 / Used from: $16.24 2007/T. Real-time Action-Adventure RPG.
Metacritic = 75
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 | Time Crisis 4 (Includes Guncon 3)
Buy new: $150.95 / Used from: $40.00 2007/T. The reviews on this were good, but not overwhelmingly so, and the Wii pretty much has the market cornered on great lightgun rail-shooters. But Time Crisis 4 provides an outstanding arcade experience at home.
Metacritic = 60
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 | God of War III
Buy new: $56.99 Due 2010/M. The first PS3 installment of one of the greatest franchises available on the PS2. Anticipation couldn't be higher for this one.
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 | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Buy new: $49.99 / Used from: $43.00 Due 2009. Early demos reveal the single-player aspect to be even better than its predecessor, but the addition of a robust online multiplayer feature will send this one to the top of the list.
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 | White Knight Chronicles
Due 2009. Real-time JRPG by Level-5, the developers of PS2 RPG hits DARK CLOUD 1 & 2 and DRAGON QUEST VIII. Features grand boss battles similar to the PS2 hit, SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS.
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 | Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Buy new: $59.99 Due 2009. VERSUS is a spin-off/sister game to the numbered FF13 developed by the creator behind KINGDOM HEARTS and it is still exclusive to the PS3.
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 | MAG
Buy new: $56.99 Due 2010/M. Announced at E3 2009. Anticipation is high.
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 | Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time
Buy new: $49.99 / Used from: $42.95 Due 2010/T. How can it be anything but entertaining?
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 | Heavy Rain
Buy new: $56.99 Due 2010-2011/M. Heavily story-based. Your actions/choices dramatically affect the outcome. Is it truly a game or a playable story? We'll have to wait to see.
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