If I got a ps5 I would want fallout, skyrim. Gta5, minecraft, and terraria. All games I have on ps3 and pc (and ⅖ of them on andriod). I agree there is no need (for me) to update till there are new good games.
These console overviews are some of the best I’ve seen on UA-cam. I love all of the under appreciated games you call attention to that aren’t just the AAA/ system sellers we are all acquainted with. They’ve definitely shown me some new stuff I want to collect; and others I’ve forgotten all about!
I loved the ps3 for the large exclusive library and the fact the online games were free without having to pay for a yearly amount. Also the psn store had a lot of great classics.
@@Malamockq You must be talking about that single video on your channel, that has 4 likes and 105(!) dislikes? I feel your pain man, that's an absolute embarrassment.
@@hondamanvtec2894 the last ridge racer game to launch with a system was Ridge Racer for the Vita. PS4, PS5, Xbone and X series did not have any Ridge Racers titles released on them. The last ridge racer game was released for the iphone.
Motorstorm Pacific Rift was exquisite and highly recommended as it improved on everything from the original. The PS3 remains my favourite console of all time, so thanks for this video.
I felt a bit old when this thing game out, and I never owned one so I think this is "that new one". I had just bought a ps2 right about the time the PS3 came out, actually. I don't think I fully explored the PS2 library either so I still sort of feel like PS2 is the current generation in my life....
My PS3 is my current favorite! It's also my newest. Now that Joe has officially proclaimed it as retro, I no longer have to hide in shame as a retro gamer.
I grew up in the 80's. My first console was an Atari 2600... But the PS3 may be my favorite console out of all of them. So many great games, versatility in media playability, backwards compatibility with PS1 (and even PS2 on some models), lots of customization options... just a great console.
Still love this system to death. Need to beat Siren and Syndicate one day. This system holds so many memories, Kof 13, Tekken tag 2, asura’s wrath and so many more. Can’t believe it’s retro now :(
I think the system has some good games, but I'm also sort of bitter since it was the beginning of games chasing casual gamers with endless tutorials that treat you like a moron, almost every game having brown/grey graphics, a majority of games being shooters/sports/racing games, and so many amazing franchises from the PS2 era and before completely died off because they couldn't sell in the primarily casual market. Some of those problems have been fixed since then with subsequent generations, but others are still an issue to this day.
My very favorite console of all-time (right there with Neo Geo,) and for good reason! What a beast of a piece of technology, they certinally don't make 'em like this anymore. Recently hit 400 games in my PS3 library, PS3 will never die! The ability this thing had in it's end-life able to push out games that looked as good as early PS4 titles, the fact it had backwards compat, the fact it has the BEST soundchip of any home console, and forward thinking technology built in. Just perfection.
Fantastic work on this video! I was an early adopter of the PS3, and, despite its sloppy launch and relatively slow first year, my eagerness paid off because SONY really stood behind the system: it ended up having a phenomenal library, including some of the most memorable PlayStation exclusives to date. BTW, I hope the hypothetical “Part 2” shows some love to the InFamous series.
A wonderful system, and one that your recommendation of 3D Dot Game Heroes 5 years ago, or whenever it was Joe, has led me to amassing over 650 PS3 games in the collection. Most unplayed, good old plastic shelf fillers, 3D Dot Game Heroes however has been played many times. Nice.
It was probably a good idea to start collecting PS3 games sooner rather than later, since eventually the prices are going to spike once it becomes a mainstream collector's system
@matt allen thanks Matt! While I agree with you, I'd like to think he was being a bit meta; No matter which games he talks about someone will complain 'they can't believe game xyz didn't make the list!'
Good to see you finally did an episode on PS3. There are other PS3 only games that you didn’t review like Tales of Xillia 1-2, Tokyo Jungle, Infamous 1-2, Twisted Metal (2012), and White Knight Chronicles. Oh well… still a great episode!
I remember playing Infamous at a friend's house at the time and thinking "this is just about the most generic game I've ever played". It was at the point where I did a mission where I had to just sit there and throw boxes off a boat that I was like "yeah, let's never play this again..."
@@fplgregfrost One in the video was the 60GB yes, but mine was an 80GB basically the second batch that was released before the redesigned to the first slim.
Was pleased to see 3D Dot Game Heroes on here. One of my favorite PS3 games. Very underrated. I’d like to play through it again but my PS3 died years ago. From what I’ve seen, that game is worth a lot of $$$ these days…
PS3 was the first console i bought, having grown up with PC. It brought me so many hours of enjoyment, and I bought more than 70 games for it between 2008 and 2013. Still my favorite console to this day
Funny how i did the same gametrough with Uncharted 2. I finish that game 7 times on ps3 (2 on PS4) on every difficulty. One of my favorites games of all time.
Heavenly Sword was ahead of its time when it came to the motion controls. That part where you control the cannon ball was how motion controls ended up evolving. Many switch games and steam games use the same style for Gyro Controls.
Breath Of The Wild bow control on the WiiU PERFECT that is the standard for me now, any other company wants to copy it because Nintendo freaking got it perfect with the Wiiu motion controls. I am actually tougher with just the bow now, than with any other weapon. beast mode lol.
@@buckroger6456 Yeah man PS3 motion controls (and everybody elses apart from Wiiu) are wank. I couldn't get past those bits at all and ended up selling them game and not finishing it... That annoyed me, there's only ever been a couple of games I didn't beat... Rah. Lol.
@@DailyCorvid lol I feel your pain. I was ready to rage quit the game because of the motion controls till I found you could just turn them off. I really didn't like how everyone wanted to copy the Wii with the motion controls.
@@buckroger6456 They're shitty compared with what I am used to in terms of motion control, the PS3 6A Motion control circuit is cheap and tacky compared with the Wiiu gamepad motion control. Go from Breath Of The Wild perfect accuracy bow shooting mechanics on Wiiu, then try anything on PS3 and you will hate it. It's night and day, the Wiiu doesn't ever fail or get thrown across the room in a rage. PS3 controllers last me about a week motion controlling :D I break em cuz they're shit by comparison. Now on emulation EVERYTHING gets the same controllers no more shit but I don't emulate Ps3 as I have one.
I have the super-slim...still makes for a really good quality bluray disc player! Half-Life Orange Box was a good compilation, the Batman games, a few of the James Bond games were well done, and an old favourite from the pc first-person shooter: Painkiller! Always loved the insanity behind that one!
Just like my first DVD player was a PS2, my first Blu-ray player was a PS3. It’s still a fantastic system with crap-ton of quality games in its library. Even when I first bought my PS4, I spent the next couple of years favoring the PS3.
The PS3 is what got me back into gaming back in 2015. Picked one up for $60 locally to play whilst looking after my son. Might have to get it back out to play some of these games again :D
Pro gamer move. I think the AI in the Souls games uses the player locking on to improve their tracking. A lot of bosses are easier if you don't lock on, I've found.
@@parissmith5727 When I first played the Souls games I found that locking on to bosses resulted in "camera chaos"... so I quickly learned that not locking on unless I was using a projectile to be the way to go.
I got pumped when I saw 3D Dot Heroes come up and then had to remind myself that Game Sack is where I originally learned about the game. I then calmed down.
Just goes to show how little things have evolved in the gaming space over time. We went from the SNES to the PS3 being a 15 year period, then the PS3 to the PS5 being a 15 year period, and the only difference now is that the HD is slightly higher resolution.
Hey Joe, this was a great episode of GameSack! I learned FromSoftware developed 3D Dot Game Heroes specifically from this video, which was really neat! If you ever make a part 2 on the ps3, I’d love to hear you possibly talk about some of the following games: 1.) Folklore (exclusive) 2.) Enchanted Arms (non-exclusive, but weirdly interesting) 3.) Drakengard 3 (exclusive) 4.) Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire (exclusive) 5.) Starhawk (exclusive, not to be confused with WARhawk).
The PS3 is the console that I have the biggest sweet spot for. It's the first console I ever bought with my own money at launch. I worked SO much to be able to afford the 60gb model at launch while in college. I played my PS3 from beginning to end. The very first game I played was the Motorstorm demo. Then I got Resistance and Call of Duty 3. Shortly after I bought Elder Scrolls Oblivion and I played that for a couple hundred hours. The last game I bought at release was The Last of Us. I came back to the PS3 as a collector many years later and now own a few hundred games.
Man, I just hooked up my PS3 again after a long hiatus. Right as I was wondering if Game Sack had covered the PS3, I see this in my recommended vids. Couldn't have been better timing
Folklore, Resistance, Killzone & Rain were great games. As much as I LOVE my PS3 I had a 360 throughout the generation so it wasn't til much later that I finally got a PS3. Its was the 360 that got me into collecting games really & am at 588 Xbox 360 games so far.
Bought mine just for the Blu Ray as well. Bought The Last of Us and couldn't finish it, then used it as a media player until I got a silent Fire Stick. I still have it as it's my lone Blu Ray player except for the optical drive in my PC.
I love the PlayStation 3, it’s become one of my favorite systems and I love collecting for it to the point that I decided I’m going for a complete set (not counting NBA Elite 11). Thank You for this retrospective Joe. My favorite PS3 Games are Tales of Xillia Ni no Kuni Dragons Crown Nier Uncharted Series NBA Jam (2010) Lollipop Chainsaw
So when Game Sack first started the PS3 was the current console for Sony. That is crazy that this channel has been around long enough to see a console go from current to retro.
Modnation Racers was amazing. Same guys that did LBP Kart. It had a suite of tools to create your own track that was fun and intuitive(unlike LBP). I had a blast with character creation also. I remember racing against Homer Simpson in The General Lee. I had my own Conan O'brian rocket ship and Partridge Family bus. I even re-made a few Mario Kart SNES tracks using the editor.
PS3 and 360 were both fantastic consoles and we got absolutely spoiled with amazing games. Also, HotD Overkill deserves more love. I hardly ever meet anyone who played it. It was one of the only games I ever enjoyed on the Wii, and it's an absolute blast to play drunk co-op. Even my girlfriend loved it.
Damn dude, you should really try Motorstorm Pacific Rift, its such a huge improvement over the first game and its easily one of the best racers on the PS3. It was one of my favourite games back in the Ps3 heyday.
Ah Motorstorm. Fond memories of trying that one out back to back with Nintendo's ExciteTruck at a GameStop kiosk. Needless to say...I went with the Wii that holiday.
One of *thee* best racing games ever, my fave PS3 title and, furthermore, the reason I still hold onto my PS3 due to (Motorstorm series) remaining exclusive to the console. Would love a Higher Def Trilogy? 🤷♂️
Fat old one is the daddy, I had one for years but my flat burnt down :( Nothing survived, and I bought a PC so went away from consoles. But shit man PS2 blew me away then PS3 literally demolished my sensibilities :D
I jumped ship from X360 to PS3 around the time Uncharted 2 came out. Out of all my retro consoles, my PS3 collection is the largest and there’s a bunch of games there I’ve hardly played. Maybe one day I’ll get around to playing them.
I think that generation of consoles was the last generation where the upgrade in systems really looked like a definite upgrade from the one before, after that, it all really looked the same, thus it's the one I stopped at.
Yeah I miss Halo 3 on the 360 because it was great and didn't need battlepass to unlock things now Halo 3 on MCC on Xbox One, PC and Series X has way too much content that takes forever to unlock and half of it sucks.
For me the last console that really made me go "wow" was a Sega Dreamcast back in 1999. It was such a massive upgrade over PS1 visually. After it, the PS2 felt really underwhelming and just more of the same. PS3 was like an HD PS2. I still loved my ps3 for some great games (Fallout 3, Demon's Souls, etc.) and streamlined online capabilities(COD multiplayer), it was fun. PS4, PS5 though.. nothing really too memorable
Just have to send the love once again. Thanks Joe for ll these great vids. I watch at least 10 video game UA-camrs and Gamesack is #1, #1, #1. Please keep it up!
Favorite console, hurts that this is vintage now. This is where I stopped caring about new systems, got the PS4 and just wasn't the same. I miss home and folding!
PS1 and PS2 are my favorite Sony console eras. Nothing feels nearly as exciting anymore that's for sure. Only game I currently care about Is Elden Ring.
@@kicapanmanis1060 graphically sure, more power, but the innovations just not there, the come from behind victory isn't there, the plethora of exclusives was not nearly as big for ps4. vr was great, but ps3 had move, light guns and eye of judgement card game! So no ps4 was not better in my opinion, you are entitled to yours, but they are opinions after all!
PS3... it was the only system that ended up with a physical release of Strider, which ended up being my favorite game to play on the system. I also really enjoyed River City All Stars and Lost in the Rain. I also dug a few non-exclusives, like Teslagrad, Journey, and the Dungeons and Dragons Mystara Chronicles, since it brought back 4 player co-op.
The PS3 is my newest console. I played games from the 8-bit days up until around 2008. PS3 was current then, but I didn't have one. I went low tech traveling up until about 2019 when I started to get back into retro gaming. I acquired a PS3 around Christmas last year (2020). Games are dirt cheap right now, I got most of the must-plays for less than $10 each. Good times!
Truly the last great console. Great games, could have hundreds of games installed at once without running out of space, backwards compatible and didn't need to be constantly online to use!
That's an iffy assessment as it was the first console built from the ground up to support DRM based on the system's world clock. DVDs, blu-rays, physical games, downloaded movies, and downloaded games will eventually stop working when two things happen: Sony decides to close the webgate, and the console's CMOS battery dies. The PS4 and presumably the PS5 (perhaps already proven but I stopped following the story) are also like this.
@@parissmith5727 no, not true. its been proven your physical games will still work. do some digging up on it for yourself. ps4 is different to where yes your physicals wont work anymore. its a useless console basically
I've been playing the PS4 and PC so much lately that it's easy to forget just how special the PS3 was, and how much time I put into its many excellent games. But I still have mine, so I will be revisiting it, especially since I have quite a few games on it that I never got a chance to play through.
Man, I love you covered so many lightgun games. I have a Sinden Lightgun that works with modern TVs, but play mostly arcades from previous generation. I have to put time into setting up the gun with those PS3 games, they look great.
Yeah the PS3 was pretty open in it's design, allowing installation of Linux, using largely standardized ports for inputs, mouse and keyboard support (for the very, very few applications that supported it, like the built in web browser), and certain games could load custom content, like UT3 which allowed you to load full PC mods from USB, as long as they were within a certain file size due to memory limits.
29:53 Ebert actually rescinded this comment pretty quick when someone recommended him to play Shadow of the Colossus, and admitted he was presumptuous with his claim.
I love the PS3. Simply one of the best systems you can own to get a good deal out of your money for the content that it offers. Please make a second part showing off some more of it's amazing game lineup.
What are some of your favorite PlayStation™® 3 games?
Ratchet & clank games
Can you upload the ending skits to the skit channel as well? Thanks.
Infamous
Killzone 2 no other fps game has filled that itch
Doing Gods work. Cheers fella.
Now that the PS5 is out I can finally afford a PS3!
When the PS7 is released, you will be able to find a PS5 on the shelf.
@@pleasuretokill I have a PS5
@@samuraibeastwarrior2886 guess you’re a shelf
Yes been waiting for ps5 now it's already out (though hard to find) now I can buy a OG PlayStation.
@@JustinVazquez1430 no
It may be old... but we're still playing the same games from it.
If I got a ps5 I would want fallout, skyrim. Gta5, minecraft, and terraria. All games I have on ps3 and pc (and ⅖ of them on andriod). I agree there is no need (for me) to update till there are new good games.
@@JWG.LLC_The_Artist It's funny how Microsoft owns Fallout, Skyrim and Minecraft now. Minecraft will be multiplatform tho.
@@kolo5141 ikr I bet Microsoft would buy the rites to tetris if they could.
@@JWG.LLC_The_Artist Wouldn't you?
@@kolo5141 oc, I'm definitely not dissing, let them make money, put all my fave games on game pass. Win win
These console overviews are some of the best I’ve seen on UA-cam. I love all of the under appreciated games you call attention to that aren’t just the AAA/ system sellers we are all acquainted with. They’ve definitely shown me some new stuff I want to collect; and others I’ve forgotten all about!
I loved the ps3 for the large exclusive library and the fact the online games were free without having to pay for a yearly amount. Also the psn store had a lot of great classics.
I like it because it is fat, just like how i prefer women
The best part is you can still use online play on PS3 without PS+ and it works fine.
@@silverwah well certain games.
I hope you never burn out on Gamesack, Joe. I want to be a grizzled old man watching retrospectives on the PlayStation 7 or whatever.
🤍
The cringe is real
Please, bring back Dave once in a while...
@@Malamockq lol do you get embarrassed when people talk about their appreciation for things? Must be tiring.
@@Malamockq You must be talking about that single video on your channel, that has 4 likes and 105(!) dislikes? I feel your pain man, that's an absolute embarrassment.
@@McHaro0079 Dave left coz he's a POON
Still sad ridge racer isn't a launch title for every game system anymore.
RIIIIIIDGE RACER!!!! (remember that one?)
I am too. I loved it when almost every new console came with a Ridge Racer.
Anymore ?
Wtf
@@hondamanvtec2894 the last ridge racer game to launch with a system was Ridge Racer for the Vita. PS4, PS5, Xbone and X series did not have any Ridge Racers titles released on them. The last ridge racer game was released for the iphone.
@@GameSack Things went downhill with Ridge Racer on the DS. It’s an abomination.
Motorstorm Pacific Rift was exquisite and highly recommended as it improved on everything from the original. The PS3 remains my favourite console of all time, so thanks for this video.
The playstation 3 is where I started collecting video games. Yep I've been collecting since 2006.
There it is, the PS3 is now officially “Retro” and I´m officially old.
soon it will be PS4
If your Officially Old because the PS3 is now "retro", then im Officially Archaic because the SNES is 30 years old lol
@@darthkai8242 Exactly! Retro my ass.
Great product placement with a hair loss commercial at the end.
I felt a bit old when this thing game out, and I never owned one so I think this is "that new one". I had just bought a ps2 right about the time the PS3 came out, actually. I don't think I fully explored the PS2 library either so I still sort of feel like PS2 is the current generation in my life....
My PS3 is my current favorite! It's also my newest. Now that Joe has officially proclaimed it as retro, I no longer have to hide in shame as a retro gamer.
Killzone ² is visually impressive today, let alone back then! Great video as always
Visually impressive but boring and unmemorable, in my opinion, like a lot of Sony's first party stuff in the last ten years except for Bloodborne.
I grew up in the 80's.
My first console was an Atari 2600...
But the PS3 may be my favorite console out of all of them. So many great games, versatility in media playability, backwards compatibility with PS1 (and even PS2 on some models), lots of customization options... just a great console.
Still love this system to death.
Need to beat Siren and Syndicate one day.
This system holds so many memories, Kof 13, Tekken tag 2, asura’s wrath and so many more. Can’t believe it’s retro now :(
Its not retro, retro is at least 20 years old.
I think the system has some good games, but I'm also sort of bitter since it was the beginning of games chasing casual gamers with endless tutorials that treat you like a moron, almost every game having brown/grey graphics, a majority of games being shooters/sports/racing games, and so many amazing franchises from the PS2 era and before completely died off because they couldn't sell in the primarily casual market. Some of those problems have been fixed since then with subsequent generations, but others are still an issue to this day.
@@Jordan3DS I can agree there, the tutorial nonsense did start during that era and it was rather annoying.
My very favorite console of all-time (right there with Neo Geo,) and for good reason! What a beast of a piece of technology, they certinally don't make 'em like this anymore. Recently hit 400 games in my PS3 library, PS3 will never die! The ability this thing had in it's end-life able to push out games that looked as good as early PS4 titles, the fact it had backwards compat, the fact it has the BEST soundchip of any home console, and forward thinking technology built in. Just perfection.
Fantastic work on this video! I was an early adopter of the PS3, and, despite its sloppy launch and relatively slow first year, my eagerness paid off because SONY really stood behind the system: it ended up having a phenomenal library, including some of the most memorable PlayStation exclusives to date.
BTW, I hope the hypothetical “Part 2” shows some love to the InFamous series.
Chapters/Games
Motorstorm 3:27-4:33
Heavenly sword 4:33-5:33
God of War 3 5:33-6:30
3D Dot Game Heroes 7:00-8:19
Little Big Planet 8:20-10:18
Little Big Planet Karting 10:18-11:18
Metal Gear Solid 4 11:18-12:40
Time Crisis Razing Storm 12:40-13:22
Time Crisis 4 13:23-13:53
Deadstorm Pirates 13:53-14:26
Genji Days of the Blade 14:28-16:29
Uncharted Drake's Fortune 16:55-17:52
Uncharted 2 Among Thieves 17:53-18:41
Uncharted 3 Drake's Deception 18:42-19:26
The House of the Dead 4 19:28-20:37
The House of the Dead Overkill Extended Cut 20:40-22:28
The Last of Us 22:32-23:35
Puppeteer 23:39-25:07
Gran Turismo 5 25:10-26:14
Everybody's Golf 5 or Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds 26:30-27:28
Flower 27:32-29:01
Journey 29:04-30:06
Demon's Souls 30:09-31:50
Killzone 3 31:53-33:04
Ridge Racer 7 33:06-34:40
Going back through some old Sack episodes again and saw this comment. THANK YOU for the timestamps.
@@LordLOC You're welcome. I told them on twitter to do timestamps, they said they did not care so I stopped watching them
"Don t worry. He s a dad so he s gonna let you"🤣🤣🤣🤣
One of the biggest joys in my life is listening to that Game Sack guitar riff. Been doing that since 2013. 👏👍❤
Thanks for making this episode Joe. I've always had great memories with the PS3. I bought one in Japan for around $100 along with a DSL subscription.
Innit this is probably my favourite episode on my tied first place favourite console! Sit back light your blunt enjoy :D
A wonderful system, and one that your recommendation of 3D Dot Game Heroes 5 years ago, or whenever it was Joe, has led me to amassing over 650 PS3 games in the collection. Most unplayed, good old plastic shelf fillers, 3D Dot Game Heroes however has been played many times. Nice.
It was probably a good idea to start collecting PS3 games sooner rather than later, since eventually the prices are going to spike once it becomes a mainstream collector's system
I have a complete ps3 game collection. And ps2.
@@janinesmithers6940 How much games you played and beat like 50?
Ps3 is 15 years old in 2 months, time really be flying
I went to prison a week after the PS2 came out. I did a 20 year bid. Time didn’t “be flying” for me.
Its more like 6 months, it came out in March 2007
@matt allen my name in the pen was Manny Inches.
@@lutherheggs451 that’s the European release date. The PS3 launched first in Japan and North America in November 2006
@@dauntae24 did you touch someone in their nono area?
"I'm not going to cover the game you want me to cover just out of spite" LOL!
I'm new here, which game is that?
@matt allen I see, thanks
@matt allen thanks Matt! While I agree with you, I'd like to think he was being a bit meta; No matter which games he talks about someone will complain 'they can't believe game xyz didn't make the list!'
@@stashmerkin9576 I think that's what Matt meant
How did he know?
“GAME SACK JUST UPLOADED A DAMNED NEAR FORTY WHOLE-ASS MINUTE VIDEO ABOUT THE PLAYSTATION 3” I just shouted at a cop
Going to the county. Commissary is on Wednesday don’t forget
No, you didn't.
Who are you again
@@waltersobchak7275 let's put some money on his books so he can get a few soups
40 whole asses?!?!?!? Daaaammmmnnnn, that's like 80 whole cheeks!!!!
Having tons of fun right now filling in the holes in my PS3 and 360 collections . It was such a good time in gaming , so many good games .
It is insane how many quality exclusives were on the PS3.
Good to see you finally did an episode on PS3. There are other PS3 only games that you didn’t review like Tales of Xillia 1-2, Tokyo Jungle, Infamous 1-2, Twisted Metal (2012), and White Knight Chronicles. Oh well… still a great episode!
I remember playing Infamous at a friend's house at the time and thinking "this is just about the most generic game I've ever played". It was at the point where I did a mission where I had to just sit there and throw boxes off a boat that I was like "yeah, let's never play this again..."
What do u think about the twisted metal game on the ps3?
Cried when my 80gb version YLOD me and that was the one that still had the card reader, PS2 playback, and chrome finish.
That was the 60GB Version. The 40gb and 80gb versions was the scaled down model.
You can get it fixed. Most ylod is due to capacitor chips and not the gpu
@@fplgregfrost One in the video was the 60GB yes, but mine was an 80GB basically the second batch that was released before the redesigned to the first slim.
@@jesseslack2089 ahh yes, that was only available for about a month that batch lol.
@@fplgregfrost Why the tears lol.
Was pleased to see 3D Dot Game Heroes on here. One of my favorite PS3 games. Very underrated. I’d like to play through it again but my PS3 died years ago. From what I’ve seen, that game is worth a lot of $$$ these days…
First the Master System, now this. Joe is just pumping out quality long episodes.
PS3 was the first console i bought, having grown up with PC. It brought me so many hours of enjoyment, and I bought more than 70 games for it between 2008 and 2013. Still my favorite console to this day
Was playing Tekken 6 on my PS3 earlier today.
The editing in this video is absolutely stunning.
Awesome man.
Dang, never caught one fresh out of the oven like this, and it's a console-specific episode! Good stuff, Joe.
Same exact thing I thought
Funny how i did the same gametrough with Uncharted 2. I finish that game 7 times on ps3 (2 on PS4) on every difficulty. One of my favorites games of all time.
Heavenly Sword was ahead of its time when it came to the motion controls.
That part where you control the cannon ball was how motion controls ended up evolving. Many switch games and steam games use the same style for Gyro Controls.
Breath Of The Wild bow control on the WiiU PERFECT that is the standard for me now, any other company wants to copy it because Nintendo freaking got it perfect with the Wiiu motion controls. I am actually tougher with just the bow now, than with any other weapon. beast mode lol.
I hated the motion controls and once I found you could turn them off I was happy, plus it made passing the motion control spots easier.
@@buckroger6456 Yeah man PS3 motion controls (and everybody elses apart from Wiiu) are wank.
I couldn't get past those bits at all and ended up selling them game and not finishing it... That annoyed me, there's only ever been a couple of games I didn't beat... Rah. Lol.
@@DailyCorvid lol I feel your pain. I was ready to rage quit the game because of the motion controls till I found you could just turn them off. I really didn't like how everyone wanted to copy the Wii with the motion controls.
@@buckroger6456 They're shitty compared with what I am used to in terms of motion control, the PS3 6A Motion control circuit is cheap and tacky compared with the Wiiu gamepad motion control.
Go from Breath Of The Wild perfect accuracy bow shooting mechanics on Wiiu, then try anything on PS3 and you will hate it.
It's night and day, the Wiiu doesn't ever fail or get thrown across the room in a rage. PS3 controllers last me about a week motion controlling :D I break em cuz they're shit by comparison.
Now on emulation EVERYTHING gets the same controllers no more shit but I don't emulate Ps3 as I have one.
I have the super-slim...still makes for a really good quality bluray disc player!
Half-Life Orange Box was a good compilation, the Batman games, a few of the James Bond games were well done, and an old favourite from the pc first-person shooter: Painkiller! Always loved the insanity behind that one!
I had so much fun playing Warhawk with my friends.
Very high-quality editing. Good compilation of games.
...those were the golden days of gaming.
Just like my first DVD player was a PS2, my first Blu-ray player was a PS3. It’s still a fantastic system with crap-ton of quality games in its library. Even when I first bought my PS4, I spent the next couple of years favoring the PS3.
The PS3 is what got me back into gaming back in 2015. Picked one up for $60 locally to play whilst looking after my son. Might have to get it back out to play some of these games again :D
The controller initially didn’t have rumble because of a patent dispute over the rumble technology.
Everybody knows already, thank you.
@@efuuu well I didnt, so there
Yes but they weren't going to come out and say 'rumble isn't necessary' because 'we are getting sued by a vibrator company' were they
As someone who doesn't use rumble, I loved the original sixaxis controller. It was so light it was easy to forget you were holding it.
The other console makers settled. Sony did not until later
Love the ps3 so much,it's one of my favorite systems of all time and so glad I got one for Christmas back in 2006
Opening with a track from Shatter, great choice and one of the first games I had on my PS3. Great game and phenomenal soundtrack
I remember taking my PS3 to a friend’s house, as he had just bought a 42” Panasonic plasma TV.
Heavenly Sword had us hooked for a solid weekend.
Did Joe just play through all of Demon's Souls without locking on to a single enemy? If so then that is pretty impressive.
Pro gamer move. I think the AI in the Souls games uses the player locking on to improve their tracking. A lot of bosses are easier if you don't lock on, I've found.
@@parissmith5727 When I first played the Souls games I found that locking on to bosses resulted in "camera chaos"... so I quickly learned that not locking on unless I was using a projectile to be the way to go.
Time Crisis Razing Storm was a BLAST, all the explosions and the "shouting" gave such a sense of urgency, Hella good fun. 👍🏿👍🏿
I got pumped when I saw 3D Dot Heroes come up and then had to remind myself that Game Sack is where I originally learned about the game. I then calmed down.
Glad to see Time Crisis here! I still play it every now and then!
The time between now the PS3's launch is LESS time between the release of Wolfenstein 3D and Resistance 1. I feel old
Resistance: Fall of man. A classic that was only bettered by Resistance 2.
Goes to show though the generations that were fortunate to live during those times saw great evolutions in gaming
Just goes to show how little things have evolved in the gaming space over time. We went from the SNES to the PS3 being a 15 year period, then the PS3 to the PS5 being a 15 year period, and the only difference now is that the HD is slightly higher resolution.
I still using my PS3 as my main multimedia system. Bluray, DVD, CD, youtube, Netflix, Amazon prime, Spotify... I don't need anything else
Hey Joe, this was a great episode of GameSack! I learned FromSoftware developed 3D Dot Game Heroes specifically from this video, which was really neat!
If you ever make a part 2 on the ps3, I’d love to hear you possibly talk about some of the following games:
1.) Folklore (exclusive)
2.) Enchanted Arms (non-exclusive, but weirdly interesting)
3.) Drakengard 3 (exclusive)
4.) Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire (exclusive)
5.) Starhawk (exclusive, not to be confused with WARhawk).
The PS3 is the console that I have the biggest sweet spot for. It's the first console I ever bought with my own money at launch. I worked SO much to be able to afford the 60gb model at launch while in college. I played my PS3 from beginning to end. The very first game I played was the Motorstorm demo. Then I got Resistance and Call of Duty 3. Shortly after I bought Elder Scrolls Oblivion and I played that for a couple hundred hours. The last game I bought at release was The Last of Us. I came back to the PS3 as a collector many years later and now own a few hundred games.
did you ever play PShome® then launch multiplayer games with friends you met on Home?
@@GTR24 I played PS Home briefly but none of my friends were interested so I dropped it rather quickly.
Literally watching this while I wait for the 10 minute long end game credits of mgs4
Man, I just hooked up my PS3 again after a long hiatus. Right as I was wondering if Game Sack had covered the PS3, I see this in my recommended vids. Couldn't have been better timing
MGS4 had all uncompressed audio? No wonder it made my apartment sound like a war zone.
Playing it on a surround system is brutal
Your neighbours must love that! :)
Folklore, Resistance, Killzone & Rain were great games. As much as I LOVE my PS3 I had a 360 throughout the generation so it wasn't til much later that I finally got a PS3. Its was the 360 that got me into collecting games really & am at 588 Xbox 360 games so far.
I still use mine every day as a blu ray player. Great video as always!
Bought mine just for the Blu Ray as well. Bought The Last of Us and couldn't finish it, then used it as a media player until I got a silent Fire Stick. I still have it as it's my lone Blu Ray player except for the optical drive in my PC.
I love the PlayStation 3, it’s become one of my favorite systems and I love collecting for it to the point that I decided I’m going for a complete set (not counting NBA Elite 11). Thank You for this retrospective Joe.
My favorite PS3 Games are
Tales of Xillia
Ni no Kuni
Dragons Crown
Nier
Uncharted Series
NBA Jam (2010)
Lollipop Chainsaw
NI NO KUNI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is one of the moments again where I REALLY feel old
So when Game Sack first started the PS3 was the current console for Sony. That is crazy that this channel has been around long enough to see a console go from current to retro.
Motorstorm 1 might have been just ok, but Pacific Rift & (especially) Apocalypse remain two of my favorite racers to this day.
Modnation Racers was amazing. Same guys that did LBP Kart. It had a suite of tools to create your own track that was fun and intuitive(unlike LBP). I had a blast with character creation also. I remember racing against Homer Simpson in The General Lee. I had my own Conan O'brian rocket ship and Partridge Family bus. I even re-made a few Mario Kart SNES tracks using the editor.
Well added that time crisis collection to my wishlist.
Same.
PS3 and 360 were both fantastic consoles and we got absolutely spoiled with amazing games. Also, HotD Overkill deserves more love. I hardly ever meet anyone who played it. It was one of the only games I ever enjoyed on the Wii, and it's an absolute blast to play drunk co-op. Even my girlfriend loved it.
Damn dude, you should really try Motorstorm Pacific Rift, its such a huge improvement over the first game and its easily one of the best racers on the PS3. It was one of my favourite games back in the Ps3 heyday.
2:57 @Game Sack FYI the Xbox 360 could output 1080p via component and VGA well before HDMI was added 🤷🏻♂️
Ah Motorstorm. Fond memories of trying that one out back to back with Nintendo's ExciteTruck at a GameStop kiosk. Needless to say...I went with the Wii that holiday.
Joe is truly a Yuzo Koshiro fan when i heard Maximum Tune OST on Gran Turismo 5 segment
just know that motorstorm pacific rift is an improvement over the original in every single way
One of *thee* best racing games ever, my fave PS3 title and, furthermore, the reason I still hold onto my PS3 due to (Motorstorm series) remaining exclusive to the console. Would love a Higher Def Trilogy? 🤷♂️
Thought the same. Pacific Rift was astoundingly good!
@@NeoGeoNinja81 I believe there is a Motostorm game on PsP and Ps2, but I get what you meant
@@josecabre1 arctic edge is also super good, i'm not ashamed to say that it's on the same level as pacific rift
@@josecabre1 There was no Motorstorm game for PS2.
The Motor Storm sequels are some of the best racing games ever. You should give them a shot!
I've just got back into collecting for it, amazing system!
Fat old one is the daddy, I had one for years but my flat burnt down :( Nothing survived, and I bought a PC so went away from consoles. But shit man PS2 blew me away then PS3 literally demolished my sensibilities :D
I jumped ship from X360 to PS3 around the time Uncharted 2 came out. Out of all my retro consoles, my PS3 collection is the largest and there’s a bunch of games there I’ve hardly played. Maybe one day I’ll get around to playing them.
I think that generation of consoles was the last generation where the upgrade in systems really looked like a definite upgrade from the one before, after that, it all really looked the same, thus it's the one I stopped at.
Yeah I miss Halo 3 on the 360 because it was great and didn't need battlepass to unlock things now Halo 3 on MCC on Xbox One, PC and Series X has way too much content that takes forever to unlock and half of it sucks.
For me the last console that really made me go "wow" was a Sega Dreamcast back in 1999. It was such a massive upgrade over PS1 visually. After it, the PS2 felt really underwhelming and just more of the same. PS3 was like an HD PS2. I still loved my ps3 for some great games (Fallout 3, Demon's Souls, etc.) and streamlined online capabilities(COD multiplayer), it was fun. PS4, PS5 though.. nothing really too memorable
@@alex.starostin Never Forget 9/9/99 !!!
Just have to send the love once again. Thanks Joe for ll these great vids. I watch at least 10 video game UA-camrs and Gamesack is #1, #1, #1. Please keep it up!
I liked the skit where Joe is promoting anti-balding remedy.
Nice one, Joe!
Journey is my favorite game of all time. I just replayed it last Tuesday. I wish I could go back in time and experience it for the first time again.
Favorite console, hurts that this is vintage now. This is where I stopped caring about new systems, got the PS4 and just wasn't the same. I miss home and folding!
PS1 and PS2 are my favorite Sony console eras. Nothing feels nearly as exciting anymore that's for sure.
Only game I currently care about Is Elden Ring.
You're right it isn't the same, PS4 was way better
@@kicapanmanis1060 graphically sure, more power, but the innovations just not there, the come from behind victory isn't there, the plethora of exclusives was not nearly as big for ps4. vr was great, but ps3 had move, light guns and eye of judgement card game! So no ps4 was not better in my opinion, you are entitled to yours, but they are opinions after all!
@@fawkkyutuu8851 just getting back into ps2 and man does it still kick butt! Mr. Mosquito and atv offroad fury 2 are my go to games!
PS3... it was the only system that ended up with a physical release of Strider, which ended up being my favorite game to play on the system. I also really enjoyed River City All Stars and Lost in the Rain. I also dug a few non-exclusives, like Teslagrad, Journey, and the Dungeons and Dragons Mystara Chronicles, since it brought back 4 player co-op.
Joe didn’t mention Resistance: Fall of Man. For me was a great game, but his disdain of FPS games is self explanatory.
The PS3 is my newest console. I played games from the 8-bit days up until around 2008. PS3 was current then, but I didn't have one. I went low tech traveling up until about 2019 when I started to get back into retro gaming. I acquired a PS3 around Christmas last year (2020). Games are dirt cheap right now, I got most of the must-plays for less than $10 each. Good times!
2 am Upload ! I was about to go to sleep and not I can't ... ugh! 🤣🤘 Thanks for having one of the best retro channels I adore!
Every second Sunday at 2am for you minus time changes. Sometimes we get a bonus episode on the off weeks!
3D Dot Game Heroes and Puppeteer are probably my favorite PS3 games that remain exclusive to the system. So many others have been remastered on PS4.
Truly the last great console. Great games, could have hundreds of games installed at once without running out of space, backwards compatible and didn't need to be constantly online to use!
That's an iffy assessment as it was the first console built from the ground up to support DRM based on the system's world clock. DVDs, blu-rays, physical games, downloaded movies, and downloaded games will eventually stop working when two things happen: Sony decides to close the webgate, and the console's CMOS battery dies. The PS4 and presumably the PS5 (perhaps already proven but I stopped following the story) are also like this.
@@parissmith5727 lol no. my battery is dead and nothing happened
@@NicolaAcoust It's because Sony's network is still running and your system can still refresh its clock every time you boot it back up.
@@parissmith5727 no, not true. its been proven your physical games will still work. do some digging up on it for yourself. ps4 is different to where yes your physicals wont work anymore. its a useless console basically
i got over 100 games 100 movies a 1tb did wonders
As soon as that song from Shatter came on, I smiled. Probably one of the best game soundtracks.
I've been playing the PS4 and PC so much lately that it's easy to forget just how special the PS3 was, and how much time I put into its many excellent games. But I still have mine, so I will be revisiting it, especially since I have quite a few games on it that I never got a chance to play through.
Joe, you talked about Demon's Souls, even after saying that you wouldn't out of spite. You keep us on our toes Joe!
He was probably talking to Resistance fans. 3 games in the ps3 and he didn't talk about any of them.
He made it so much harder for himself not pressing R3 to lock on to enemies lol.
Now I need to replay 3D Dot Game Heroes. I'm glad you talked about that one!
I can't wait for the Wii U episode!
Man, I love you covered so many lightgun games. I have a Sinden Lightgun that works with modern TVs, but play mostly arcades from previous generation. I have to put time into setting up the gun with those PS3 games, they look great.
Man, the Shatter soundtrack is awesome.
Seconded.
I still listen to it, that bassline is so distinct
It really is fantastic, still firmly in my playlist too...
Everyday Shooter too.
Good work! I just like the simple and spontaneous approach of your reviews. Refreshing in this day and age.
I just want a way to play Motorstorm again. I love that overhyped underdelivered tech demo.
Still had a lot of fun playing Motorstorm at my friend's house when he bought his PS3 at launch !
Yeah the PS3 was pretty open in it's design, allowing installation of Linux, using largely standardized ports for inputs, mouse and keyboard support (for the very, very few applications that supported it, like the built in web browser), and certain games could load custom content, like UT3 which allowed you to load full PC mods from USB, as long as they were within a certain file size due to memory limits.
29:53 Ebert actually rescinded this comment pretty quick when someone recommended him to play Shadow of the Colossus, and admitted he was presumptuous with his claim.
Well he was still dead wrong, and now he's just dead.
I love the PS3. Simply one of the best systems you can own to get a good deal out of your money for the content that it offers. Please make a second part showing off some more of it's amazing game lineup.
I like the font of the early units better
aka the Spiderman 3 font
Puppeteer is such a great game. I kept hoping they would remaster the game after I got the yellow light on my ps3.
It's been 15 years and still no game even comes close to what they promised in Motor Storm.
This made me so nostalgic for my PS3 and the great library of games it has.
Thank you for the great video!