I'm actually in the same boat as you OP. I also recently purchased a PS3. The timing just seemed right.NZT48 said:
I've already managed to purchase a few games for the system and I'll let you know the ones that I happen to be enjoying most at the moment.
Valkyria Chronicles
This was pretty much the system seller to me. The game has been pretty fantastic so far. It provides unique gameplay that I simply cannot experience anywhere else, and boy can it get challenging at times. The art style is amazingly appealing.
Persona 4 Arena
If you have any interest in the Persona series or in a simply fantastic fighting game I think that this is a really solid purchase. I liked that the game allows for a person who isn't all that good at fighting games (like myself) to pick it up, learn the basics and feel like a bad ass while playing. Of course for those hardcore fighting game fans the game itself has tons of depth that can be learned, but I feel aren't necessary to learn about to enjoy the game.
Now I just wanted to talk to you OP about some of the suggestions that I've seen mentioned above.
White Knight Chronicles II
I'd be hesitant to fully recommend this game to someone unless I was sure about their taste in video games. In all honesty the game can get pretty repetitive in its mechanics and the story isn't exactly thrilling (to me). The game has you starting off and creating a character, but that character is basically nonexistent to the main plotline which I found to be strange. The game has an online pass system to access the online multiplayer aspect of the game, so if you buy it used you'd have to buy the pass for $9.99(I think) if you wanted to access it. It comes with a new copy of the game.
Oddly enough though it's probably the game I've currently put the most time into. It's a pretty solid average RPG game. I simply like the repetitive nature of the game at times. It's something that doesn't require me to think all that much. Also there does seem to be a small number of people who seem to still play online although pretty much all of them are at the max level (expected since the game has been out for quite some time
).Yakuza 4
I still don't know how I feel about this game. The pacing just strikes me as unnecessarily slow. I think I might have accidentally picked the easy difficulty when I started this game because I wasn't feeling confident about my fighting game skills (after playing P4Arena online x3). Take that into account when I say that it doesn't feel as though the game has all that much challenge to it at the moment. The finishing moves in that game are obscenely satisfying though. Even if I've seen it a dozen times I still occasionally cringe when I see my character just stomp on a person's face. I feel as though I'm supposed to be invested in the story, but I'm simply not drawn in. I don't know why. I will say though that the game seems to have an absurd number of mini-games, but I don't find any of them particularly enjoyable except for a one time laugh. Not exactly something to keep me playing the game.
Tokyo Jungle
I wish I could heartily recommend this game. This game seems like one that is sold simply based on people hearing the absolutely silly concept. It's a game where you play as an animal in Tokyo in a world where humans are extinct and animals are all loose. In my opinion the game simply feels too grindy and repetitive the way it's designed. This would be due to the nature in which animals are unlocked. You don't get to choose which animal gets unlocked and they're unlocked by playing the survival mode over and over again and each time completing a specific challenge to unlock the next animal. This strikes me as tedious when all I want to do is play as a badass tiger or something. Instead I'm stuck only being able to play as a variety of different dogs after investing several hours into the game.
Now don't get me wrong the game play itself can provide some tense and exciting moments. It's just that it's the same environment every time you start up a game of survival so it can get a bit monotonous to me.
For a more in depth look go check out Susan Arednt's review of it here on The Escapist: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/9949-Tokyo-Jungle-Review
Oh yeah, I suppose I should also say that you should get Journey. Everyone everywhere that owns a PS3 consistently says that Journey is a must play game. I personally haven't played it, but I have ordered the collector's edition since it was on sale over the Black Friday weekend.
Happy Gaming!
-AwkwardTurtle
