So, the end of the year and all that… Three Speech’s contributors have taken a welcome but momentary break from their Christmas shopping, in order to compile their lists of the top five PS3 games of 2007. Having pooled the results, we now have the overall top five so, without further ado, here it is. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Three Speech!
1. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune
Quite simply an awesome game, whether it’s the graphics, storyline, shooting system or classic third-person action-adventure gameplay that gets you going. Oozes quality.
2. Call of Duty 4
Back with peerless developer Infinity Ward, the much-loved shooting franchise moved up a gear after abandoning WWII in favour of modern combat. Harrowing in its intensity, it’s enough to put anyone off wanting to go to a real war.
3. Assassin’s Creed
Ubisoft’s Crusades-set sneak-em-up/free-running/hack-‘n’-slash polarised opinion somewhat, but there’s no denying its ambition to provide a fresh, new gameplay experience and its gorgeous graphics.
4. MotorStorm
Evolution’s mud-plugging racer-with-attitude turned Monument Valley into some awesome racing tracks, sported deeply impressive physics and generally gave us all our first taste of what the PS3 is capable of.
5. Heavenly Sword
Another one that polarised opinion somewhat, but Heavenly Sword’s incredible production values, great characterisations, super-slick swordplay and absorbing arrows-as-guided-missiles mechanic gave us a lot of joy.
Honourable mentions…
Because this is a composite of all the Three Speech contributors’ individual charts, a few games were dead unlucky not to make it in. So we thought it only fair to give an honourable shout-out to:
Stranglehold: John Woo’s attempt to make a playable game version of one of his films (starring Chow-Yun Fat, natch), proved to be irresistibly over-the-top.
The Darkness: absolutely twisted first-person shooter, with the mafia, extra devil-derived powers and bizarre interludes in a scary underworld where WWI still rages. Deliciously freaky.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: quite simply the best action-RPG ever made: huge, slick and utterly absorbing.
Not even an Honourable mention for Rachet & Clank?
Comment by Chris — Dec 20, 2007 @ 2:20 pm
Resistance? WTF, that is the game of the year for me
Comment by Tim — Dec 20, 2007 @ 2:25 pm
What about Warhawk and rachet&clank ?
Comment by kbee — Dec 20, 2007 @ 2:37 pm
COD4
UNCHARTED
Set new standards.. all other games just look like Wii graphics now
Join #thisisliving on efnet for the latest news and chat in the Playstation world. Dont wait for drip fed news.
Comment by komp — Dec 20, 2007 @ 2:41 pm
Heard there was problems with Assassins Creed PS3 conversion. Anyone confirm if these are fixed now?
Comment by Shrui — Dec 20, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
SINGSTAR!
Super StarDust HD and fl0w - both awesome games.
And WarHawk!
Comment by Tony Nibbles — Dec 20, 2007 @ 3:01 pm
The top 3 are all deserving, Motorstorm was too shallow to have lasting appeal and Heavenly Sword was painfully short. Agree with someone above, I’d have put Resistance in this list.
Comment by Terry — Dec 20, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
On a personal level, only based on games I own (so no resistance, cod, assassins creed)
1) Uncharted
2) Skate
3) Fifa 08
4) Warhawk
5) Heavenly Sword
Comment by John — Dec 20, 2007 @ 3:07 pm
Where’s ratchet&clank????
Comment by HenryMax — Dec 20, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
Warhawk, Rachet & Clank, Resistance. How can they be missing?
As for Assasins Creed, it’s port with problems, so I wouldn’t have put it in there.
Comment by LordOfRuin — Dec 20, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
Ratchet should be 2nd and bump Heavenly Sword off the list.
Resistance cam out in 2006, so it’s not eligible.
Comment by preciousdeath — Dec 20, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
my favourites
1) MotorStorm
2) GRAW2
3) Skate
4) Resistance
5) Ratchet & Clank
Comment by Rob — Dec 20, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
I’d go with that… Despite it’s flaws I’d also put HS ahead of R&C
Comment by Belfast Steps — Dec 20, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
I had a feeling it would be a Top 5 and not a Top 10.
Comment by Zed Zee — Dec 20, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
Erm… What about Ninja Gaiden Sigma? that has got to be tying with Uncharted for the number 1 spot.
Comment by Matthew — Dec 20, 2007 @ 4:25 pm
I believe if we’re looking at SCEE release dates Resistance is in, and therefore should be in the list! R&C, Warhawk (omega dawn today!) and orange box (yes very long load times etc and so forth but portal is sooooo good, cake anyone?) are must have’s also. Motor storm ok, but not top 5. Think Assassins could get bumped, loved the graphics but game play just gave me the shi…
Comment by mattnz — Dec 20, 2007 @ 4:34 pm
Ratchet & Clank and Warhawk are better games than Heavenly Sword and Motorstorm….and by far.
Comment by Jose — Dec 20, 2007 @ 4:50 pm
Wooden spoon award : LAIR.
Comment by Blue Gene — Dec 20, 2007 @ 5:02 pm
I just got out the dentist - had a wisdom tooth out
Bought myself Call of Duty as a reward for being good
Comment by JohnSketch — Dec 20, 2007 @ 5:05 pm
@ All - You know we love R&C too.
@ Matt & all - Let us know how you get on with Omega Dawn. TS.
Comment by Three Speech — Dec 20, 2007 @ 5:25 pm
Assassins Creed better then Heavenly Sword? Come on now, thats BS.
Comment by snake — Dec 20, 2007 @ 5:28 pm
Assassins is MUCH better than HS
Comment by Tel Hel — Dec 20, 2007 @ 5:39 pm
Uncharted and Warhawk definitely belong at the top of the list… well, maybe second and third on the list. Personally, I have to put UT3 up there at the number 1 slot. The PS3 version is excellent! Now I have the toughest choice there is… UT3 or Warhawk with the brilliant Omega Dawn patch - it’s a hard life!
Comment by MuggleMind — Dec 20, 2007 @ 6:01 pm
*Warhawk*
End of.
Comment by Tony — Dec 20, 2007 @ 6:04 pm
Warhawk FTW!
Groundbreaking, best graphics, group fun.
Omega dawn pack will pull in perfection
Comment by Daveatfernie — Dec 20, 2007 @ 7:29 pm
My top five (err…seven):
1. Uncharted
2. Ratchet & Clank
3. COD 4
4. Heavenly Sword
5. Warhawk
6. Loco Roco
7. Assassin’s Creed
Comment by Brian Spence — Dec 20, 2007 @ 7:34 pm
I’m really surprised Ratchet & Clank and Warhawk are both absent from the list. Ratchet & Clank is possibly the best PS3 game of the year.
Also, to everyone saying Resistance, it came out last year.
Comment by Jared Johnson — Dec 20, 2007 @ 7:46 pm
Ratchat & Clank is definitely a better game than Heavenly Sword. Don’t get me wrong, Heavenly Sword is fantastic but it needs some more game design work. The gameplay in HS just did not really cut it for me. It could have been so much better. If the game design quality was as high as the production quality, it could have been one of the best games of all time No questions asked.
Comment by Moh — Dec 20, 2007 @ 7:50 pm
Assasins creed is broken on the ps3. Heavenly sword is an awful game, not even in the top twenty. Your articles though repeatedly make yourselves look like morons.
Comment by jasp — Dec 20, 2007 @ 9:13 pm
Ratchet is ok. Graphically and storywise its amazing. However, I find it suffers gameplay-wise SO MUCH… not that the controls are bad but that the controls are oversimplified and dont do anything hasn’t been done since 1985. The controls of this game are comparable to mario 1 on the NES by todays standard: run, jump & shoot. Its a great game on many levels but the sum of its parts make it an “ok” overall. Then again, maybe you have to be a fan of the series to really appreciate this game as from what i understand the series hasn’t changed too much over time.
Comment by jam — Dec 20, 2007 @ 9:16 pm
@ Jasp - Assassin’s Creed plays fine on my PS3. Heavenly Sword has a fantastic storyline and graphics. Not perfect combat, but nothing to warrant calling it an ‘awful game’.
Comment by Tom Eccles — Dec 20, 2007 @ 9:27 pm
Where is Ratchet?
Comment by kyle — Dec 20, 2007 @ 9:38 pm
I agree with Tom.
Average reviews may have been 6’s and 7’s but it’s a beautiful game that gets more than full marks for it’s groundbreaking cinematic style.
SingStar I feel needs a mention - it’s community features are truly innovative, fresh and frankly brilliant.
Smaller titles like fl0w and Super StarDust HD are fantastic games too.
Ratchet & Clank will be on lots of peoples lists…
Comment by Tony Nibbles — Dec 20, 2007 @ 9:39 pm
What about Guitar Hero?! CoD4 is also a multiplatform game, why not choose more of them?
Comment by Vegavnil — Dec 20, 2007 @ 9:44 pm
Heavenly Sword needs to get more props for that killer sound track.
Comment by tripletags — Dec 20, 2007 @ 10:13 pm
My top 10:
1. Assassin’s Creed (with patch)
2. Uncharted
3. NHL 2008 (EA)
4. Ratchet & Clank
5. Warhawk
6. COD 4
7. FIFA 2008
8. Resistance FOM
9. Motorstorm
10. Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Comment by russ99 — Dec 20, 2007 @ 10:50 pm
Assassin’s Creed sux.
cod4 is to short and overated.
Comment by Jast3r Rogu3 — Dec 20, 2007 @ 11:23 pm
1. Drake’s Fortune - Didn’t like the demo
2. COD4 - Very good but single player criminally short.
3. Assassin’s Creed - Repetative, boring and flawed.
4. Motorstorm - Good in the short term but extortionate and paltry updates fail to give it the intended longivity.
5. Heavenly Sword - Totaly mind numbing button bashing piece of nonsense. Good job it was so short for fear I would have been bored to death.
Oblivion is by far the best game on PS3, pop up and all.
Comment by Ton Capone — Dec 21, 2007 @ 4:38 am
In spite off all the other good games , Warhawk still is the best gaming fun to be had and youll keep on coming back for more.
Comment by fred — Dec 21, 2007 @ 7:39 am
Heavenly Sword was nothing more than a vase in my opinion: pretty and hollow. R&C surely deserves to be there instead - at least it didn’t pretend to be more than it was.
Overall though, I reckon Oblivion (GotY) FTW. It’s pure VFM, lush and deep and epic. And, for those who care, it’s a cut above the 360 version.
Comment by rooee — Dec 21, 2007 @ 8:43 am
1) Motorstorm
2) Oblivion
3) High Stakes Poker on the Vegas Strip
4) LocoRoco
5) Lemmings
These are the only full games I have on the PS3 until Xmas so I can’t comment yet on any others.
However, if I was to go on what games I would like having played the demos, I would add (somewhere to the list) -
1) Uncharted
2) Ratchet & Clank
3) Jericho
4) The Simpsons
5) Folklore
Can’t comment on COD4 or Assassins Creed yet as I haven’t played either (or even a demo), although I would buy A/C without playing it first…
BTW anyone downloaded Populous from the store yet? If so, any comments?
Comment by Dave Vincent — Dec 21, 2007 @ 8:59 am
Love my PS3… but to anyone that thinks resistance was a good game… you are either easily pleased or just dumb.
I’ve never played such a linear, badly constructed, poorly told excuse for a game.
Comment by disco — Dec 21, 2007 @ 12:41 pm
Surprised that Ninja Gaiden Sigma and Ratchet&Clank arent in there… And that Heavenly Sword is.
My Personal Top 5 (in no particular order) :-
1. Uncharted
2. Ninja Gaiden Sigma
3. Guitar Hero III
4. Ratchet and Clank
5. Assassins Creed (which works fine on my system, never had a problem)
Comment by severn2j — Dec 21, 2007 @ 1:32 pm
1) uncharted - tomb raider meets indy jones in a too short game
2) cod4 - multi format, identical to that other console and inferior to the pc version and where is the single player game i blinked and missed it
3) assassins creed - buggy, short & boring
4) motorstorm - great fun but less tracks than most cd based games
5) heavenly shortbuggy and short
the best game i played on my ps3 this year was a ps2 game, so sad that you killed other peoples chance of being able to do that too
tbh it would be better if you had just gone for a top 2 this year with motorstorm and ratchet since they were about the only two games that didnt come with free bugs that required patches to fix, i like retrogaming and so far the ps3 is going to be an utter disaster as a retro console since hardly anyone seems to be able to release a fully working game on a disc i’ll be able to play once all the patches are no longer available.
if a software house cant release a working game (or recall and replace) then why should i buy it, i’m not buying a big hdd for my ps3 just to fill it with patches to fix unfinished games, i’ll just buy them on other formats or go without.
however with some top exclusives on the way and sales improving, heres to a great 2008 for us all.
Comment by billysastard — Dec 21, 2007 @ 3:00 pm
just chiming in with another “why isn’t ratchet&clank even honourably mentioned?”
i loved uncharted, but for me, r&c future still edges it out for the #1 spot.
Comment by bunnyhero — Dec 22, 2007 @ 7:30 am
where’s Ratchet and Clank?
Comment by yubi — Jan 2, 2008 @ 2:08 am
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