Top 10 Must Own PS3 Hidden Gems
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
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In todays video I count down my top ten must own PS3 hidden gems.
I regard these games as a cut above the rest and in some cases, more superior than even the big AAA heavy hitters of the PS3's heyday.
I find them all to be incredibly interesting and unique and I revisit them often. So here I briefly breakdown what they're all about and why I like them so much.
In terms of story, I generally only discuss early game content but if you're still worried about spoilers there are time codes / chapters below so you can skip ahead.
Also, here's the link to the video I mentioned when talking about Puppeteer...
• Underrated PS3 Games: ...
TIMECODES/CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Puppeteer
02:56 - Shadows of the Damned
05:17 - 3D Dot Game Heroes
07:29 - Lollipop Chainsaw
10:14 - Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
13:05 - Alice: Madness Returns
15:40 - Folklore
18:42 - El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
21:35 - Eternal Sonata
24:03 - Asura's Wrath
28:18 - Outro
Would love to hear what your top must own hidden gems are for the system down in the comments section. :)
All games included at the time of recording are still easily found in the second hand/used market.
You can buy them here:
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This is a new channel for game enthusiasts and collectors.
More videos covering PS3, PS4, PS5, PS Vita, PSP, Nintendo Gamecube, Wii & Switch to come.
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Been going through the entire PS3 back catalog and watching a ton of vids about lost gems, most under-rated PS3 games. I really want to say that your video is one of the best lists and most well put together video on the subject. A+
Thanks man, really appreciate you saying that 🙏🏼
I second this!
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All these games value are on the rise lately, I'm glad I have 8 out of 10 in my collection. Puppeteer and Eternal Sonata are the ones I still don't own.
Yeah the good ones always seem to hold or increase their value. Puppeteer probably won’t climb too much higher than it is now but I can see Eternal Sonata continuing to climb until someone puts it on more modern consoles
I got eternal Sonota for the xbox 360 for around 20$
Wow... your hidden gem videos are next level mate, really strong. There are games here like Majin, Eternal Sonata, Azuras Wrath that were just way ahead of their time. I feel if they were released today as new titles they would get a lot more praise. Thanks for bringing them to our attention again and keep on with what you are doing, making great content 😃👍🏻
Appreciate you saying that man 👊🏼
Solid list! I always enjoy your commentary. Although I played my fair share of PS3 titles, it's so refreshing to see there are still games I have not experienced. I only played the first two from this list. And by the way... I actually started replaying Shadows of the Damned two days ago and I'm pleasantly surprised by how well it holds up. I'll definitely roll credits on it.
Thank you 🙏🏼 and enjoy Shadows, that game was a mad trip! 💀
It is not often that a Top 10 Game List contains TEN GAMES that I really WANT and WANT TO PLAY! Great list, Polygon Don!
Nice one man, glad you liked the list!
A selection of genuinely visually beautiful games. I would say they fall out of the category of something I would like to play but I would definitely enjoy watching someone stream these games and enjoy them that way. Great selection and cool vid!!!! 😊
Majin was a great game to play and Plat! I loved it.
Would have loved if they patched trophies into folklore, obviously never happening now, surprised we've not got a remake of that game.
Yeah I never understood that either. I think at this point our only hope would be if they include it in the classics collection via PS Plus Premium and they patch in trophies that way. But even that is doubtful
I hope it stays the way it is forever and never gets re-releases. It'l remain rare and expensive that way.
Instant sub.
Your presentation and narration had me captivated and made every single one of these games feel like they are must play. I would love to see more videos like this on other PlayStation consoles if you haven't already.
Still can't believe how well put together this video came out.
Thanks man and glad you enjoyed it 👊🏼 yes I’m planning to do this type of vid for each console I own eventually 👍🏼
You're the first person who introduced el shaddai to me, thanks! Subscribed
Amazing, glad to have been of service and welcome to the channel! 👍🏼
Never knew that game existed price is still decent on it
Super well done video! Didn’t know many of the games in the list, but I think its safe to say they are actually “hidden gems”
Amazing!! Glad you liked the vid man and thanks for the comment 👍🏼
God, it feels like forever since the 7th generation of consoles. I'm inspired to go back and give my 360 some love again after this.❤️ Crazy how over a decade I've gone from, "everyone puts these games on their hidden gems list," to, "holy shit, I forgot this game ever existed!"
Major props to your Majin & the Forsaken Kingdom drop, serious deep cut. 😭
I know man, time seriously flies. I’m already nostalgic for the early PS4 era 😭
@@thepolygondon9198 I wish I could wax nostalgic on last gen, but I'm still catching up! 😵😵😵
Do it, man. Seriously, do it. The gaming industry is going creatively bankrupt. Invest in older games and consoles.
Thanks Polygon Don, I love your PS3 stuff, it's brilliant.
I've bought most of your recommendations and I've never been disappointed.
Keep up the fantastic work sir👍
Very much appreciated man. Thanks for watching and glad you’ve liked the recommendations so far! 👊🏼
Thanks for your PS3 and PS4 series. Enjoy your chill and quick presentation.
Love and blessings!
Thank you 🙏🏼😊
7:30 "Lollipop Chainsaw" looks hilarious. I'm gonna try that one. LOL
Yeah it’s ridiculous to be fair 😂 enjoy 👍🏼
This is a really solid list of PS3 hidden gems. Thanks for the DLC heads up
Very good list of games that I'm sad to say, I don't have any of. Of the games, Alice: Madness Returns and Folklore, are the ones I'm going to seek out.
Solid picks!! Hope you enjoy them as much as I did 👍🏼
I remember Eternal Sonata being an X360 exclusive. Wasn't aware there was a PS3 port.
A quick search revealed the PS3 version has, in fact, some extra content. So that's neat.
And it also seems to be a competent port from the technical standpoint, unlike some early PS3 titles.
Yeah some of those ports to PS3 were dreadful. I remember Bayonetta playing particularly bad
Everything you mentioned plus difficulty & bugs had been adjusted for the ps3 version which is essentially a GOTY edition.
You make us wana play them all. Big up the polygon don!
Thank you! I just started playing Eternal Sonata, what a charming game!
Great isn’t it!? A nice change of pace that one 👍🏼 glad you’re enjoying it
Great video and great list. Love the PS3 content keep it up.
Thanks man 🙏🏼👊🏼
Fantastic list as always. Some of those games I already have at home on my backlog, others I planned to get and the remaining ones I now plan to get thanks to you. However, only one I already completed and that's of course Asura's Wrath. What a batshit insane game that was. I loved every second of it.
Thanks man! 👊🏼 Yeah Asura’s Wrath is absolutely mental isn’t it!? 😂 One of a kind 👌🏼
@@thepolygondon9198 Absolutely. And the last chapter in the DLC was absolutely a worthy ending. Only it should have been part of the main game.^^'
100% or at the very least free in a patch or something
@@thepolygondon9198 Right, free patch would have been a great way to handle this. Like how Mass Effect 3 added elements to the ending for free.
You have great taste in games
Thank you 🙏🏼
Good list!!!
Oh man. I completely forgot about that Majin game. I want all of these! I only own 3D Dot…
Majin is still one of the more obtainable and affordable games on this list, worth looking into now if it’s something you’re interested in 👍🏼 Thanks for watching the vid 😊
love your lists
Appreciate you saying that man and good to hear from you again 👊🏼
Have played only 2 games from this list. Alice and asura's wrath. Great games, truly gemstones.
Nice! Yeah they’re both incredible, Asura’s Wrath is crying for a remake 🤞🏼
@@thepolygondon9198 it would be awesome to have asura's wrath made now as an open world.
That would be amazing! I’d take anything tbh, would just like to know that it’s still on Capcom’s mind and not completely forgotten about. Probably a pipe dream though 😂
El Shaddai is a beautiful game, nothing else like it.
Wow, i actually own everyone of these games. haven't played any of them, but i'm going right now to the PSN store for the add-ons to your #1. that will be the game i play first, looks so badass
Nice man! Hope you enjoy, it sucks that about a third of the game is locked behind a pay wall but I personally think it’s worth it
Excellent video. I am surprised you only had 662 subs. The editing and narration were spot. I am proud to be your 663rd sub.
Thanks man!! Appreciate you saying that and for subscribing 🙏🏼
@@thepolygondon9198 What sold me on your list was Eternal Sonata. I finished it for the first time a couple weeks ago on PS3. My only gripe was the historical cutscenes. I was curious to read the text, but they lasted forever. A way to fast forward the text would have been huge for my enjoyment, but that is just a quibble.
Yeah I really liked the info those sections gave but you’re right, they did tend to drag on a little longer than needed!
@@thepolygondon9198 how did you feel about collecting the songs and playing them for npcs to get loot?
Yeah that wasn’t my favourite mechanic tbh but I didn’t mind it too much
great video, some new ideas thanks
Thanks for stopping by the channel and glad you liked the vid
Wow thanks for this. I knew some of them but i didn't play any. Now i want to have them all 😅
That’s the worry isn’t it! Thanks for watching and glad you liked the content 👊🏼
Great video! Thank you!!!
Thank you for watching man and glad you liked it 🙏🏼
@@thepolygondon9198 have recently been replaying my PS3, Finally finished MGS4! playing Dark Souls 2 (that sunken king DLC is my favo DS level) and Midnight Club LA atm! Great console, great library!
Solid list to work through!! I have to confess I’ve never actually finished an MGS game, MGSV was the closest I got just because of how addictive the gameplay was, shame the story didn’t match the heights of the previous entries tho. MGS4 is something I’ve been meaning to go back to. Dark Souls 2 was great I thought, definitely had a different feel to the rest in the series but I still rate it highly. I played the scholar of the first sin edition on PS4 and loved it. And midnight club is still missing from my collection, pretty sure I have it on psp but would be great to have it on the ps3.
MGSV is special! best gameplay and indeed the story is somewhat lacking but the more i play it the more i love it! You should be able to find a MCLA copy for ps3 on the cheap(make sure you get the complete edition). Way of the samurai 3 is hard to find (here in EU.) but, its also an underrated gem(humor in that game is of the wall). DS2 was the last soulslike i hadnt played and honestly flaws and all i love it!
Nice, will keep an eye out for the complete edition of MCLA.
Way of the samurai 3 is a game I’ve been after for ages!! Hardly ever see it out in the wild these days but one day I’ll find it! DS2 got way more flack than it deserved, it’s still a fantastic game even if it’s the weakest in the Soulsborne series. Absolute GOAT developers 👌🏼
i love puppeteer.. the controls are kinda lacking but it has the best presentation of any game ever
Looking back at the 720p generation, I have to say, the TV manufacturers... kinda screwed up. :P
See, optimally you want to display a game in its native resolution. A 1080p game looks best on a 1080p TV. A 4k game looks best on a 4k TV. And so on.
But those old "HD Ready" TVs weren't native 720p. Their true resolution was 768p. It was some sort of cost-cutting measure. Going from 1024x768 to 1366x768 displays was cheaper for them than making 1280x720 displays.
And so, those TVs didn't give us the full potential of 720p. Oh well.
My Life in Gaming did a video on native 720p wall projectors and, yeah, PS3/X360 games look sharper on them than they did on the HD Ready TVs.
Yeah that’s mad, I had no idea. I’ll have to check out that My Life in Gaming vid as I really like the content those guys make. To be honest, TV’s in general during that period we’re a bit of a mess what with most of them crowbarring 3D tech that wasn’t really up to par into them too. I suppose it was just teething problems of shifting to a new format from CRT to HD
And playing said games don’t look nice on 4K TVs.
They’re best played on either the TVs they were originally designed for or a portable monitor because of their smaller pixel count.
Hello great video ! I was wondering did they make an English version of El Shaddai .
Thank you! Yes, it was released in North America and UK and both play in English (I have the PAL UK copy in this video) 👍🏼
Dante’s Inferno had to be on this list!
Bout time lollipop finally got some love on YT
100%
I'm lucky to have all of these! I haven't finished them all though.
I bought them either new, or when they were dirt cheap. I never sell my games and try to grab games whenever they catch my attention. It usually ends up being a good choice in the end.
That’s pretty much my philosophy with game collecting too. It does mean that sometimes my backlog becomes more a pile of shame than anything else but I’m too old to change now 😂
@The Polygon Don It's not a backlog. It's a library of opportunity.
You’re absolutely right! Nice! 👌🏼
I remember when El Shaddai was a bargain bin game....
@@dgayle2348 that's probably where I picked it up. I passed on it often. It was just something I finally picked up because I was tired of seeing it everywhere.
Great video! Im looking forward to the game based off of enoch from the bible never knew it existed
Good list most of these bad boys are sitting around 60 dollars now , not sure how good of a deal that is but that's still cheaper then when they were new so....
Thanks man, a lot of them are still worth that imo
Great games and they are not cheap, im missing 3 in this list and I have 600 ps3 games 😅
Whoa 600!? Nice one man, do you think you’ll go for the full set eventually?
Good video
Nice one, thanks for watching
Folklore! Such a gem! ❤
One of the best 👌🏼
I'm lucky to have played all of these
Shadow of the Damned main character Garcia is voiced by the same actor who voiced Spike from Cowboy Bebop
That’s neat, I had no idea. They sound so different! Amazing characters, both of them and brilliantly voiced 👌🏼
I'm proud to say that I have all of these treasures in my collection plus many others. The ps3 is awesome to collect for. I can list many hidden gems that aren't on the list. My hidden gems are.
Overlord raising hell
Naruto ultimate storm generations
Cabelas outdoor adventures
Toy story 3
John woo presents stranglehold
Puppeteer
Eternal sonata
The incredible hulk.
Lego star wars the complete saga
Katamari forever
Folklore
The godfather the Don's edition
Cabelas big game hunter 2009
Smackdown vs raw 2009
3d dot game heroes
Afro samurai
50 cent blood on the sand. I take great pride in my collection. I don't own every ps3 game but I have 500 plus in my collection. If you can name every or almost every obscure ps3 game. I most likely own it.
I just picked up Afro Samurai after your recommendation, looking forward to checking it out! Nice one 👍🏼
Duuude. ❤️ Great list! I've played *almost* all your gems except Folklore - and what is Overlord Raising Hell? Is that the top down ARPG one?
Stranglehold is a holy grail of hidden gem games. Few games are as chaotically fun and cathartic - it's still one of my favorite gems 💪
@@drumbird Overlord raising hell isn't top down. The game is third person. The art direction is similar to fable.
el shaddai is available on PSN store and on STEAM, so don't waste your money getting the ps3 disc version.
I have another Hidden Gem: ModNation Racers
Nice! Thanks man, I have the game but not played through it yet. I played the PS Vita version very briefly though and initially thought it was just a bit of a weak kart racer but I have since heard numerous people big this up so will definitely revisit it! 👍🏼
Modnation is a must play PS3 racer. I remember it kind of piggy-backing off the whole "create & share" movement that came with games like Little Big Planet at the time. I remember them showing off the track customization options and having my mind blown by the depth.
I believe the same dev team would then move on to make Sleeping Dogs not long after Modnation.
@drumbird I absolutely love Sleeping Dogs, one of the most underrated games ever imo 👌🏼
@@drumbird ye Sleeping Dogs is by United Front Games too, the Dev Team that made ModNation
Nice! That’s crazy, I mean they’re both great games but so wildly different 😂
Just missing 3D Dot Game Heroes and Folklore.
Some suggestions
Blur
Chronicles of Riddick
*Darkness, the* 1 and 2
Deadly Premonition
De Blob 2
*Driver San Francisco* (brilliant game)
*Enslaved Odyssey to the West* (criminally under-rated)
Infamous 1 and 2
Ico and *Shadow of the Colossus* (collection)
Katamari Forever
Killer is Dead
LA Noir
*NeverDead*
*Prototype* 1 and 2
*Saboteur*
*Spider-man Shattered Dimensions*
*Singularity*
*Wolfenstein* 2009
*Wet*
*Zone of the Enders*
Solid suggestions, nice one. A few of those I’ve already talked about on the channel and a couple of them I’m working on at the moment weirdly enough. Shattered Dimensions I’ve wanted for a long time but can never find it at a price that’s palatable 😂
@@thepolygondon9198 Shattered Dimensions PS3 cost me about £15 ages ago. Played it, really enjoyed it. Brilliant art styles. Checked the price now and it's megabucks.
The price of physical media has been going crazy since the coof psy op. eg Lollipop Chainsaw, Asura's Wrath, Shadows of the Damned, Ratchet and Clank's, Alice Madness Returns etc so much so that it is tempting to jailbreak a PS3 allegedly!
Managed to gather a semi decent PS3 stash of games (300+) throughout the years. Just made sure that the games I bought were to play.
May end up coming to the dark side of the PC master rays once I finally upgrade my ancient pc! Waiting on the second gen Intel Arc GPU's.
Love console gaming however when playing Hitman games, keyboard and mouse is the way to go. Try throwing a coin in Blood Money / HITMAN 2016 via a controller - spoiler alert its BROKEN!
ps forgot to mention the masterful *OKAMI* game!
pps I'm a sad basket as I have *NEVER* bought a digital game. Because you're only renting or leasing a game when it's digital.
Keep up the great work sir!
Hello, can you say the tittles of the games in the intro? Thanks
The don dada!
Come on..... I hate when people say they “still play all these games today” or, as you put it, “revisit them often”.... No you don’t...... I’m a collector, have thousands of games, and I’m gonna be brutally honest, I never touch my old games since I have hundreds upon hundreds that are still factory sealed that I want to play. Yeah, I’ll pop in RE 1 every now and then around Halloween, but that’s the only one. Oh, and Maniac Mansion...... And Doom 2....... Oh, every few years I replay Under a Killing Moon...... And then there’s my friends and my yearly Goldeneye get together...... Oh yeah, almost forgot Super Mario World that I have a few games going on my Switch, 3DS and SNES mini that I play with my daughters....... Shit....... maybe I’m wrong................ Shadow of the Colossus........... *sigh*.......... Maybe that’s why I have so many unopened games........
😂😂😂 that was a journey! I know what you mean and there aren’t many but I do genuinely revisit these. Sometimes just to play along with someone else who hasn’t played them before
@@thepolygondon9198 Haha..... Great list by the way, and thanks for reminding me about Eternal Sonata. It’s the only game from this list that I don’t have since I’m not a big turn-based JRPG fan, but I always thought that one looked interesting (and it’s still fairly cheap!!)
As an ex MMORPG WoW player & boardgamer - hobbies that robbed me of the 6th, 7th & 8th gen experiences I'm now looking to discover - I've taken my ps3 collection😊 up from 20 - 25 games to about a hundred, plus even the unfinished ones I had I'm playing today. I have finished the first 2 Bioshocks, AC II, Mickey Mouse: Castle Of Illusion & A Plague Tale: Innocence (8th) in the past 3-4 months, even while dabbling into every game I've recently got, even for just an hour, even with a newborn baby in May.
Assumptions are just that, and even with a strong PC I ain't touching anything 9th gen before I get all the 6/10 and above rated titles I want and all the cool exclusives for this special console, and sometime in my lifetime, playing through them 😊
Love Alice Madness Returns !!!
Soooo good isn’t it!!
PS3 until I die 😂
2:57 Song name?
Anomalous Hedges - The Mini Vandals
Well damn= got em all
Nice! 👌🏼
Sometimes I regret I sold 3d dot heroes but tbh.... It's really not that fun!
You’re definitely not alone in thinking that, I know a few people that really didn’t vibe with that game, personally I loved it and thought it was charming as hell. Different strokes for different folks I guess 😬
The polygon dong
😂
Can u list the hidden os3 games in the comment section
They’re all listed as chapters in the video and are in the video description but here they are again…
10 - Puppeteer
09 - Shadows of the Damned
08 - 3D Dot Game Heroes
07 - Lollipop Chainsaw
06 - Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
05 - Alice: Madness Returns
04 - Folklore
03 - El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
02 - Eternal Sonata
01 - Asura’s Wrath
I keep seeing the same games. Lol.
Yeah, they’re the heavy hitters I guess
There does tend to be a stock of 50 or so games from this generation that show up over and over again in all general hidden gem videos. They just fit into that mold so nicely and do truly deserve more attention at the end of the day. But finding the 1 or 2 truly deep cut gems that each list really has is the fun part.
I mean, I haven't seen Majin mentioned by a channel in over 10 years!!
Wow. The same PS3 list of every RUclipsr since 1948 responsible for these prices to skyrocket. Well added. -.-
Wtf is this😂