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Please recommend some good PS2/PS3 racing games?

mshan

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I recently bought a 60 GB PS3, primarily for it's Blu-Ray and SACD playback capabilities and it's Emotion PS2 chipset.

I own no games or Blue-Rays disks yet.

What are some good PS2 / PS3 racing games?

 

mshan

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Are there any good basketball games (PS2 or PS3), or fighter combat type games, too?

 

Deeko

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PS3 racing games: Motorstorm, GT 5: Prologue
Basketball games: College Hoops 2K8
 

mlm

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PS3: Burnout Paradise

I'm generally not into racing games, but the fantastic developer support is enough to make me consider the PSN version.
 

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Originally posted by: Deeko
Basketball games: College Hoops 2K8

Is there a secret to that game? I've played the demo countless times and I always get absolutely destroyed by the computer. I'm lucky if I score 8 points.

KT
 

zerocool84

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NBA 2k8 or College Hoops2k8 no doubt
Burnout Paradise is great
GT5 Prologue if you like sim
 

mshan

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Any PS2 games that have stood the test of time (don't have to be racing or basketball)?
 

XBoxLPU

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NBA2K9 due out October 7th

Check out the latest video:

http://www.operationsports.com...eoview_game.php?id=481

I am enjoying Burnout Paradise as well (Was into Gran Turismo way back when GT2 was out but haven't picked up a game from the series since than, it will suck you in big time though)

As far as PS2 games: God of series. Devil May Cry. Ratchet and Crank. Price of Persia:SOT. Resident Evil 4 (if you haven't played it on the GameCube). Gran Turismo 4. And you have choice of a nice selection RPGs out there too. I would recommend NCAA Football 06 or even 09 on the PS2 too
 

Golgatha

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GRID

Seems like a lot of folks play Motorstorm too if you want some Online MP action. I'll play a round of GRID with ya if you get it though :)
 

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For combat games, I'd recommend both Devil May Cry 4 and Ninja Gaiden 2. For sports, if its a basketball game, EA can not be involved. The last good Live was 98 IMO. 2K series is just...better.

And, for the PS2...God of War series(as stated above). Pretty damn epic, especially if you are into the whole mythology thing.
 

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Nobody's mentioned this but I really like it: Ridge Racer 7. I think it was a launch title but I think it is a really fun arcade racing game.
 

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Burnout Paradise without a doubt. For $30 and the amount of free DLC.. it can't be beat.
 

Deeko

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Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Originally posted by: Deeko
Basketball games: College Hoops 2K8

Is there a secret to that game? I've played the demo countless times and I always get absolutely destroyed by the computer. I'm lucky if I score 8 points.

KT

If you're used to playing NBA games, it takes some adjusting. You have to do a lot more passing on offense, and on defense the best thing you can do is try to predict where the offense is going and jump in the passing lanes. Also momentum is HUGE in the College Hoops games.
 

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Burnout Paradise, Motorstorm, GRID, and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue should cover all your racing needs.

The only thing you would be missing is maybe a rally game (DiRT) and an MX/ATV racing game, Pure (ATVs) is going to be released in about a month and looks great and there's also MX vs ATV for the PS2.

You could also get Gran Turismo 4 and Burnout 3 for the PS2 if you have extra cash but Paradise and GT5 Prologue should be enough.
 

mshan

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Got my PS3 today. :)

How do I download these game demos people are referring to?

 
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nba2k8 was great. 2009 is going to be great for basketball games. i'm sure nba2k9 is going to be refined and more classic 2k. live 09 looks to be doing some interesting things and nba 09(sony) is being developed by the same guys that did last years baseball game which was highly praised by critics and the gamers here.
 

mshan

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What's the difference between the original black label Gran Turismo 4 and the more recent Gran Turismo 4 Greatest Hits?

 

Piuc2020

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Originally posted by: mshan
What's the difference between the original black label Gran Turismo 4 and the more recent Gran Turismo 4 Greatest Hits?

Just the price.