PS3 – Game of the Year

Sony might have fallen from it’s perch up on high, but it hasn’t been a fall from grace. The PS3 has enjoyed its best year yet, with a stable of solid releases, excellent exclusives and strong third party titles. We pick the best of the best.

Gino D:

Best PS3 Game: Metal Gear Solid 4

Runner’s Up: LittleBigPlanet, Fallout 3

Comments: This was actually a tough nut to crack: LBP or MGS4? Two very different games from very different genres (with an overlap of a Solid Snake Sackboy), but despite it all, MGS4 still gets the laurels. The entire series has been consistently getting better and better as the games rolled out, and this fourth and final installment is a worthy testament to Snake’s entire journey. Quite simply, you couldn’t have asked for a better finale for MGS!

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Isaac C:

Best PS3 Game: Metal Gear solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Runner’s Up: LittleBigPlanet, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe

Comments: MK vs DC. You gotta love it. Or no one else will.

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Mabie A:

Best PS3 Game: LittleBigPlanet

Runner’s Up: Metal Gear Solid 4

Comments: MGS4 is undoubtedly great, but I won’t pretend I’ve played it through. Based on its own merits, and from the few times I actually got to tear the controller away from the boys here at the office, it is one of the best games to come out this year.

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Karl B:

Best PS3 Game: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Runner’s Up: Valkyria Chronicles

Comments: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots – Snake’s long and convoluted saga deserved a fittingly over-the-top conclusion, and MGS4 delivered.

Valkyria Chronicles – This strategy-slash-action-RPG title mostly went unappreciated when it hit North America, but in my opinion it’s hands-down the best (and best-looking) RPG title the PS3 has so far.

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Glenn M:

Best PS3 Game: LittleBigPlanet

Runner Up: Grand Theft Auto IV

Comments:
1) as good as GTA4 may be, fact remains, it’s nothing that we haven’t seen before.. it’s on that category that LBP outshines the competition.. the game is simply spectacular..
2) everyone had this coming – mafia boys in GTA.. Niko Bellic pulls the part off very well.. the game gets a bit redundant at some points, but if you keep your eyes on the prize, you will blow by all that without even noticing..

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Chris C:

Best PS3 Game: Fallout 3

Runner’s Up: Burnout Paradise, Grand Theft Auto IV

Comments: Tough one for me, there were so many awesome PS3 games this year. In the end though I find myself gravitating toward Fallout 3. Much like Oblivion before it, this one’s going to last me years.