Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Gaming Wednesdays 2.5: How to Get Into Gaming (if you're new to gaming) Part II



So... get a PS 3.

Now, you will no doubt hear people say it's old tech and that the new hardware is better, and that's certainly true. However, this doesn't mean that 7th gen games  are inferior. Indeed, they look a bit less impressive than their 8th gen counterparts, but as of right now the difference isn't that impressive. More importantly, while it's true that from sometime this summer moving forward games will be released on the new consoles, the 7th gen has plenty of amazing titles to give. In fact, I'm not sure that games in the 8th gen will measure up to the greatest of the 7th gen in any way but visuals. 


So, you decided to buy the PS 3 Last of Us / Batman bundle. What do you do with the other 250$ left over from what would have been the purchase of a gameless console? First, you want to join PS+, which will give you an instant library of games.  For the fee of the yearly membership, 85$, you will get access to all the features and discounts and a new library which right now includes Bioshock Infinite, DMC, Borderlands 2, Resogun, DYAD, Binary Domain, Drake's Uncharted 3, X Com Enemy Unknown, Little Big Planet Karting, ibb obb, Poker Night, and the most amazing HD Remakes of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, with Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons joining the lineup soon. Next, go to Amazon and buy the three Mass Effect titles, which will run you a whopping 5$ each on average used. Then buy the first two Bioshock titles which together should set you back some105$. Next, buy 25$ worth of Assassin's Creed games, the first Uncharted titles (about 10$), Far Cry 3 (about 10$), and Tomb Raider (10$). 


If you feel in the mood for some good RPG fun, you can try Ni No Kuni (15$), Skyrim (10$, but don't get the legendary version as it freezes too much), the Fallout titles (10$ each), or some NIS America titles (15$ on average, avoid Time and Eternity). If you want to give sports games a try, get the ones from last year. They're just like the ones from this year but with last year's roster. They will run you for about 2$ each. Fighting games including the Street Fighter, Tekken, and Blazblue titles will run you for about 10$ each, while every Call of Duty game that's not the latest one will cost you about 5$. They're just like the new one minus the dog. 

You can mix and match from that list until it adds up to 250$, and in the end, for the same 500$ that you would have spent on a current gen console you will instead have a last gen console with an amazing catalog. I know, I know, old tech and whatever. Say what you will. The truth is that the catalog of the current generation, with the consoles being so new, is lackluster, and with the announcements they have made so far they will continue to be for a t least another year or two.
Of course, if you have the money and the patience to wait for better games to be released and you want bragging rights you can go for the PS 4. But if you're like most of us, just get a PS 3.
I should note that I think the 360 has some great games that the PS 3 is missing, like Lost Odyssey and Tales of Vesperia, but PS + is much too superior to the X Box Live to give up its benefits for a few exclusives, awesome as they are (Lost Odyssey is my favorite game of the 7th gen). 

And if you get bored of playing games, you can just stop paying for PS+, stop buying games, and use it to watch Netflix.

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