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Games Available for the Playstation 3
Although fanboys bash Sony's Playstation 3 for not having any good titles, there are some very good games available for the Sony Playstation 3. Perhaps the best game available for Sony's Playstation 3 is “Resistance: Fall of Man,” which is a first person shooter. It was created by Insomniac Games and Sony Computer Entertainment America, the makers of two award-winning shooter series, Ratchet and Clank and S.O.C.O.M.: US Navy Seals. One known for its complex and creative weapons, the other known for its realistic and very addictive style of play. Resistance has a creative background story driving its single player and cooperative multiplayer campaigns, “...the U.S. And Britain band together in a lest-ditch effort to save Europe and Asia from a horrific scourge. In mere decades, the Chimera – a species of unknown origin propagating a virus that converts other life forms into more Chimera – has overrun Russia and all of Europe. Humanity's hope for survival is slim, and the tide of the battle rests on the suoulders of U.S. Army Ranger, Sgt. Nathan Hale”(SCEA, 2006). It combines creative storyline and gameplay with fast paced shooting and dodging and keeps players coming back from more. From pas texperiences, the online adds to the greatness that is Resistance: Fall of Man with its capability of having up to forty players at one time playing with absolutely no lag, and there are always people playing online. Also, unlike in some other games, it supports worldwide play, so users can play people in Japan when everyone else in America is fast asleep. Some critics have even come to say that Resistance: Fall of Man rivals the gameplay of the Halo series on Microsoft's Xbox and Xbox 360, which has one awards for game of the year twice and has been hailed one of the best first person shooters ever created. Some critics have even gone as for as saying that Resistance: Fall of Man is what kept Sony's Playstation 3 from being a failure at launch.
Another example of a great exclusive title for the Sony Playstation 3 is, Heavenly Sword, an action packed hack and slash game where the main character is a female, instead of the usual male. It was created by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Ninja Theory Ltd. “Heavenly Sword is a tale of revenge, courage and self-discovery. For as long as the clan can remember, the prophecies have told of a son, born of their leader, who will lead them to their rightful place in heaven. So when the leader of the clan is born a daughter, Nariko, it seems as though the prophecy shall pass, unfulfilled”(SCEE, 2006). Heavenly Sword is much like its Playstation 2 counterpart made by Sony Computer Entertainment America, God of War. Both titles play alike but have very different story lines, although both titles have revenge driving the main story. But, in Heavenly Sword, comes a different fighting style where the weapon of the main character can change into three different types of weapons, and since the combat engine was made for the Playstation 3, it uses physics-style fighting, which means no more of the same death scenes repeated over as the game uses physics to display what goes on on the field. Heavenly sword also sports Creative in-game Cinematography, which “feels like a blockbuster action movie that takes combat gameplay to new heights”(SCEE, 2006).