The Solid Snake Buys a PS3 (and Saves his Sanity) Thread

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Other Stuff Procured: A $60 blue controller (ripoff, probably shouldn't have purchased it, only would use it for 2 player games anyway, regretted it not long after buying it, may decide to return it.)
A $30 controller charging system.
A $20 PS3 DVD-style remote.

Not sure why you bought any of this personally. I can understand maybe buying a 2nd controller, if you intend to game with friends, but surely you can get a cheaper controller than that?? Oh and make sure the controller is an official Sony one. Lesser brands are fairly crap.

The controller charger is utterly pointless, seeing as the console comes with a charging cable anyway.

And the remote... really? Why? Controllers work just as well and don't cost more money. You could get another 2 games for all that stuff.

EDIT; Oh and since you mentioned 2 player games, I submit Resi 5 for your consideration. No wait, hang on, come back, it's actually realy good.... so long as you play with a friend. I've had some good times playing that with a friend of mine on splitscreen and you can really make good use of teamwork to fight your way through the zombie hordes. Fun times.

Also resubmitting God of War 3 and inFamous. Those are both totally great.

[Magni]

2 player games:
S. Steet Fighter 4 (already mentioned)
BlazBlue

Resistance 2 is a good time assuming you're connected to the PSN.

Depending on if you and your friend(s) like JRPGs: Eternal Sonata and Tales of Vesperia (not sure if that ported to PS3 yet, though.)
Also Borderlands. It's like Diablo, but with guns. Solo is nowhere near as fun than with an extra person or three.

[krogothwolf]

I enjoyed Army of Two for the co-op mode. I would say it's a must.

[shiney]

You fuckers are going to make me waste more money on games now. I have to try Valkyria Chronicles. And I'm probably going to end up playing FFT again.

Die in a fire, all of you bastards. Especially you.

[greed]

Originally Posted by Magni

Tales of Vesperia (not sure if that ported to PS3 yet, though.)

Vesperia was ported a while back, doesn't look like it's getting translated though. Which is a real shame as it's the best JRPG of the generation hands down (not counting the SMT's for the PS2 that came out this gen). Especially shameful as that piece of shit Star Ocean 4's PS3 port got translated. Oh that reminds me, do not buy Star Ocean 4. Just.... don't.

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by Hawk

Not sure why you bought any of this personally. I can understand maybe buying a 2nd controller, if you intend to game with friends, but surely you can get a cheaper controller than that?? Oh and make sure the controller is an official Sony one. Lesser brands are fairly crap.

The controller charger is utterly pointless, seeing as the console comes with a charging cable anyway.

And the remote... really? Why? Controllers work just as well and don't cost more money. You could get another 2 games for all that stuff.

I felt the remote was a necessity for playing DVDs with my PS2, as the controller just made the DVD process inexplicably difficult to control, and operated under a similar assumption for the DVD remote.

How long do the batteries for a fully-charged PS3 controller last prior to needing a recharge? I'm just wondering insofar as I purchased the controller charger thingymagig in large part to avoid a scenario where both controllers needed recharging mid-game. I think this will be the most likely item I'd return (I have to confess I operated under the assumption that there'd be no way to recharge my PS3 controller if I didn't make that purchase. I think I was thinking about a friend's X360, which required purchasing new batteries until he bought an independent recharger.)

If you're convinced neither is a necessity, I'll take both back, but not the second controller. Despite the ludicrous $60 cost, I'm hoping the second controller will be worth the investment.

[shiney]

The charge lasts for at minimum 8 hours per my experience and probably even longer. There is very ltitle chance it will die mid-game unless you're on a marathon session, and the charging cable should more than suffice. The remote is entirely useless, the controller is easy to figure out:

x - play
square - stop / return to top menu
circle - opens option window to stop playing & exit dvd player function
triangle - opens in-play menu (subtitles, return to main menu, blah blah)
shoulder 1s - skip forward/back
shoulder 2s - ff/rewind

Simple as.

[EVILNess]

Take the charger back, it lasts many hours and IF it does start to die then just plug it up to the USB cable and keep playing. Take the remote back too.

As for the controller, I would take it back only if you didn't buy an official PS3 controller. Seriously, first party is the ONLY way to go with controllers. At the very least having two controllers allows you to keep one charging at all times so that IF you do run out of controller juice (Say you forgot to put it on the cable) you can just swap them.

Get some PSN cards for Christ sake! Some of the best games for the PS3 are on it! Megaman, MvC2, Turtles in Time Reshelled, Pixel Junk Shooter, Fat Princess! Not to mention the PSOne Classics (They tend to stretch the meaning of classics, but what the hey) Wild Arms 1 and 2, Suikoden, Final Fantasy 7-9, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Syphon Filter... I can go on. Some of the PSP minis are addictive as well. (They are playable on the PS3 as well as the PSP. Don't Confuse them with the regular PSP games though.)

As for games, Disgaea 3 is great and coming in MAY is 3D Dot Game Heroes at a reasonable price of $40!

This may strike you as odd, but I suggest getting a PSP 3000. It syncs up NICELY with the PS3 allowing you to take your PSOne Classics and Minis on the go! Since you like MGS so much you can grab the Gamestop exclusive combo pack of that new MGS game for $200 and be sporting a new camo PSP! (When it comes out!)

[krogothwolf]

Originally Posted by shiney

The charge lasts for at minimum 8 hours per my experience and probably even longer. There is very ltitle chance it will die mid-game unless you're on a marathon session, and the charging cable should more than suffice. The remote is entirely useless, the controller is easy to figure out:

x - play
square - stop / return to top menu
circle - opens option window to stop playing & exit dvd player function
triangle - opens in-play menu (subtitles, return to main menu, blah blah)
shoulder 1s - skip forward/back
shoulder 2s - ff/rewind

Simple as.

If you make everyone realize how easy that is then Sony will lose a cash cow!

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Yeah pretty much what Shiney and Evil just said. Controller is perfectly fine for dvds (trust me, I spend hundreds of hours watching any of my 50+ dvd tv series boxsets). All the buttons you would find on a dvd remote are there on the ps controller and work just the same.

The lifespan of the controller is irrelevent; if it runs out you just usb it up to the console and continue playing with the free cable that it comes with, same as you probably did with any pre-wireless console. You do not need to stop and wait for it to charge.

And again, if the 2nd controller is not first party then return it and buy a cheaper Sony one. If it IS a Sony then fair enough, but that still seems quite expensive for them.