PSN Collection
As with the primary collection list, this is autobiographical: in order of date purchased.
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The first game I ever purchased on my PS3, the first platinum I ever attained, and the only game in my collection I will drop everything else to play a round of. The expansiveness, technical depth, beauty of 60 fps plus 1080p and overall execution makes Wipeout HD Fury at $30 not only the best bargain in gaming, but also one of the most underrated, flawless achievements of the modern console era.
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The good: By God, they gave us a real Mega Man again! Hats off to purists at Inti and Capcom who realized the need for a retro classic and gave it to us. The bad: Holy fuck it's hard. Harder than Mega Man 2 in its heyday. And the lack of trophy support on PS3 was a gross injustice.
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The updated graphics kick ass, online play performs flawlessly and friends leap at the chance to compete in nostalgia. Mission accomplished in spades.
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I played the hell out of this on PC back in the day, and was tickled pick to discover it on PSN... for five bucks! Playing it with dual analog sticks makes it almost a brand new game. What fun. Takes me back to the days when I used to map out the whole thing square by square. Anyone else? Yeah, I thought so.
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Another purchase in my ever-persistent support of 60 fps games. It doesn't disappoint, and packs some of the toughest trophies of any downloadable game. Late Boomer, in particular, is cause célèbre to fire your controller across the room.
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Picked this up in faithful support of HD classic remakes, but haven't had time to give it an honest go. Given the way that empty trophy list looks on my card, that will need to be remedied soon.
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Bought it because of my love for vertical shooters, but this was a giant disappointment: Short missions, lack of gameplay options, no trophy support, etc. Probably wouldn't have bought this in retrospect.
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This game drop-kicks the softies who forgot what real, hardcore gaming was really about and I love it like a child for doing so. Despite initially surviving just long enough to get halfway through the game, I approached Söldner-X like the Olympic Trials and was rewarded accordingly. Practice truly makes perfect. It's a game worthy of such an effort.
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A fitting piece of nostalgia that warranted an immediate purchase on my part was overshadowed by a few troubling elements. First of all, the game hasn't aged well. Secondly, it's a remake of the arcade edition, meaning the famed SNES-exclusive first Technodrome level (my favorite back in the day, I might add) was nary to be seen. Third, the HD version could have used some more polish as the final product felt a bit hurried. Still, it makes the case that classic beat 'em ups are a worthy genre to revisit.
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Obtained the Classic port via the free voucher in Modern Warfare 2: Hardened Edition. Didn't touch it until my PS3 laser burned out, and I was stuck playing PSN games while waiting to replace it. It carries all the charm of the God of War Collection: PS2 graphics updated to HD and 60 fps, and the awkward controls are manageable. Veteran difficulty, however, is far and away the most sadistically challenging FPS I've ever encountered.
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A startling execution in sheer ingenuity. Homages galore, puzzles from hell and the story writing is top notch. Probably not worth $15 due to the lack of game length, but definitely worth the 50% off I paid for it.
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Marked down 50% pretty much dictated a 'buy' rating. Despite only playing this a handful of times, I'd much rather invest my time into one of the all-time fighting classics than bother hopping bandwagons on the latest craze. They've done just about everything right in allowing people to tailor their experience to match the original game as closely as possible. However, there's one horrifying omission: The lack of ability to assign L2 and R2 to HK/LK and HP/LP combos.
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With my PS3's laser on the fritz, I found some unexpected time away from my disc-based queue of games to complete. After knocking out a few games on this PSN list, I decided to give this a shot. I expected another Burnout Revenge. What I got was the best arcade street racer since Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition. They took everything that was great about every racing game in the last ten years and molded it into one. Stunts from San Francisco Rush, open world navigation from Need For Speed Underground 2, traffic and bikes from Midnight Club, the list goes on. As if that weren't enough, they sweetened the deal by adding what's easily the most organic, wonderful multiplayer of any game I've had the pleasure of playing in recent memory.
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PS2 graphics and gameplay with a higher resolution. Perhaps it was the shock after coming from the brilliant fluidity of Burnout Paradise, but this was a majestic waste of 8 dollars and 15 hours of my time. Without the platinum, I'd have never picked it up.
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Bought for the sheer retro-awesomeness, as well as providing @doomofsteel with a co-op partner. Wonderful work by Capcom. I hope they continue repurposing games like these.
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This sat on the "instant buy" list for months, mainly because I knew it would be a worthwhile 0-day pickup. I was right. While it doesn't hold a candle to the notorious difficulty of its predecessor, this succeeds in its own right, mainly due to the challenge system, unlockables and extremely fluid gameplay. Incidentally Final Prototype is probably more apt for novices, while Himmelsstürmer is best left to the shmup experts. But either way, the addition of this game to my collection was a long time coming, and justifiably so.
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With my PS3 replacement laser still not shipped with Söldner-X 2 conquered, I needed one last PSN game to tide me over. Of the dozen or so I was interested in picking up, this was by far the most reasonably-priced with the highest potential for enjoyment. The experience bottle collecting is a bit monotonous, but Trine has that indie charm and ingenuity also found in Braid, making it a much-appreciated (if a bit brief) excursion in the wonderful world of platforming.
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The first PS+ free game I actually thought looked good enough for an excursion. Awesome music, great graphics, fun gameplay, and the bonus round gets crazy as hell. A bit one-dimensional though. I've been too impatient to finish it.
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The first in the series of 6 Sega games being released on PSN, free for PS+ members. I wholeheartedly approve. I played the crap out of the Game Gear version of this, but never had a Genesis on hand to pour through the OG version. And it helps that Sega and Sony have done an impeccable job on the presentation format.
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PS+ Sega Classic #2. Everything I said above applies. Can't wait for Altered Beast 2 and Streets of Rage 2.
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Picked up during the Sony "Welcome Back" campaign, this was pretty much my only choice... because I already owned the other four games. From what I'm hearing this is actually pretty fun in co-op, hopefully sometime this summer I'll be able to find out just how much.
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Also picked from "Welcome Back", because it'll allow me to trade in my disc-based version. Yay?
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