I bought the PS3 right about the time the Slim came out. But I still ended up buying the fat model, as I reasoned by then that they had worked out any kinks in that version of the hardware. So far, it still works fine. I've
finally gotten a couple of spare systems, one of which has CFW now, but had the Blu-Ray drive take out on me. But it's got a big honkin' 1TB hard drive, so I can throw pretty much anything I want to on there.
I do like the hardware well enough, but there's no question Sony goofed a bit that generation. The 360 got a lot more playtime from me. But the PS3 gradually made up ground, even if the 360 was usually the best system for multiplatform games.
3D Dot Game Heroes is on my list. I got a decent ways into it back in the day, but dropped it for whatever reason. Squirrel!
Stuff I've finished on the system:
Tales of Graces f - solid
Tales title, definitely in the upper tier of the series, but not quite there with my favorites.
Uncharted - I remember this one being quite fun in the day, I used melee a lot, surprisingly. It probably hasn't aged quite as well as...
Uncharted 2 - ...my pick for best in the series. A fun ride, with great setpieces and gameplay. Unfortunately...
Uncharted 3 - ...this one took a step back. Yet it was still a fun ride.
U4 would bring back the magic on PS4.
The Last of Us - More Naughty Dog stuff! It
kills me when I see people hold this up as one of the "greatest games ever". The story is really good, and it's a graphical showpiece for sure. But... gameplay is just fine. Not special, not bad. It's good enough to keep you engaged for the next plot beat, which is why folks should play it.
Metal Gear Solid 4 - Still trapped on the system. A great swansong for Snake. Appropriately bonkers.
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands - Solid game, but I think it tried
too hard to be
Sands of Time, to its detriment. Also on 360.
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time - Even though Sucker Punch wasn't the lead on this one, it returned the series to form after the weaker
Sly 3. Recommended.
TMNT: Danger of the Ooze - An okay-ish Metroidvania starring the Turtles. I wouldn't mess with it unless it's cheap.
Asura's Wrath - Bonkers. Insane. I watched Matt McMuscles' "What Happened?" on the game, and it describes it well that it follows an "episode-of-the-week" anime structure, and the game is just completely over the top in presentation. The gameplay is pretty varied, but it's not mechanically all that deep. The game trades primarily on spectacle (and holy crap does it succeed). It was an insane failure, though, due to bad marketing and boneheaded DLC decisions from Capcom. (Still worth it, though, and you can get the game and DLC on deep, deep discount.)
DuckTales Remastered - A good remake of the NES classic, although I still prefer the NES game in the end.
Ratchet & Clank - All of them. Some are main entries, some are more like expanded DLC, but they're all good fun.
God of War 1/2 - Remastered versions of the PS2 games. A good way to play them, and if you enjoy stuff like
Ninja Gaiden or
DMC, you'll probably also like this, although it doesn't have nearly as much technique as those games.
Darksiders 1/2 - The first game is edgy, dark
Zelda. The second game is edgy, dark
Zelda meets [/i]Prince of Persia[/i] meets
Diablo. Both are fun, but I take the first. It's remastered in a bunch of different places now.
Journey - An okay artsy game that I feel was quite overrated.
Final Fantasy XIII - Super divisive game, but I liked it more than
FFXII. Sorry, y'all. Very linear, but good storytelling and I liked the Paradigm system.
Tomb Raider 2013 - Good reboot (again) of the series, but man, the tombs are for someone with double-digit IQ.
Vanquish -
Ex sent me this one, it's a darn fine third-person shooter. Fast, frenetic, and fun.
SF4: Arcade Edition - Of
course I would buy this after waiting for some time, and they'd do
Ultra SF4. Never change, Capcom, never change. It's
SF4. It's good.
Dragon Age: Origins + Awakening - Excellent BioWare RPG, the best of that series. Console versions were a bit easier to make up for the control deficits, from my understanding (harder to take a larger look at the battlefield).