Best PS3 Games on PSN?

April 29, 2009 7:19 AM

What are the best games available for download on PSN for the PS3?

Genre unimportant -- whatever you've downloaded and played that you thought was cool -- blowing stuff up, puzzles, races, whatever: I want it all. Thanks!

posted by *s to sports, hobbies, & recreation (19 comments total)

Mirror's Edge, Bioshock, Killzone 2, Force Unleashed are the ones that stand out in memory.
posted by the_ancient_mariner at 7:30 AM on April 29

WipEout HD. No contest.
posted by geekchic at 7:35 AM on April 29

My wife and kids love Ratchet and Clank Future. They bought the first one on disk but downloaded the sequel from PSN.
posted by TurnedIntoANewt at 7:41 AM on April 29

So far I've played and enjoyed:

• Mega Man 9: faithful sequel to the original NES versions, pretty hard.
• Everyday Shooter: music based Asteroids-style shooter
• PixelJunk Monsters: pretty standard tower defense
• Super Street Figher II Turbo HD Remix: the original game with new graphics
• Super Stardust HD: similar to Everyday Shooter, but a lot flashier.

I really liked the demos for Age of Booty, Echocrome, and (especially) Flock, and will probably get them soon.
posted by Who_Am_I at 7:44 AM on April 29

Flower is one of my favorite downloadable games. The music and graphics are very relaxing.
posted by Zarya at 7:49 AM on April 29

Seconding the recommendation for Flower. It's pretty great, replay value seems high, and it's very affordable. (I think it's around $10.)
posted by dryad at 7:58 AM on April 29

PAIN! (so awesome).

toy home is a lot of fun too. we also bought jeopardy and wheel of fortune and the games have great replay value.
posted by chasles at 8:18 AM on April 29

2nd-ing Pixel Junk Monsters. I can play it for hours by myself but it's more fun playing with a partner.

Flower is gorgeous and relaxing but I found it a bit boring after the first 10 minutes.

Blast Factor is fun with a group. You can have 4 players and you all work together. It's a really simple game (fly around and shoot bad guys) so it's easy for non-regular players to pick it up.
posted by simplethings at 8:47 AM on April 29

If it's not obvious, the first answer of "Mirror's Edge, Bioshock, Killzone 2, Force Unleashed" is wrong - none of those games are available on PSN.

Everyday Shooter is great, as is Super Stardust HD (the PSP versions of those games are also fun), if you like shooters. The Rocketmen game is also a goofy and fun top-down arcade/leveling shooter if you like that sort of thing. There seem to be a lot of two-stick shooters (one stick moves you in the direction you point the stick, the other shoots in the direction you point the stick), and these games are all pretty similar. Everyday Shooter has the distinction of absolutely addictive music that's tied to the gameplay, but it is on the difficult side.

Cuboid is fun if you like that sort of puzzle game.

It's basically yet another variation on breakout, but I keep coming back to play more Magic Ball.
Also, The Last Guy is a ton of fun, and one of the more imaginative games out there.
posted by Caviar at 11:23 AM on April 29

I've been enjoying Burnout Paradise for the last month or so. This one started out as a disc-based game back in early 2008, but was put on PSN in September, and then the price was lowered to $19.99 a few months back. I would have been happy if I had bought it at full price back when it was released; for $19.99, it is an incredible bargain. It has many hours of offline play, plus a still very active online community. Criterion Games has continued to release both free and paid DLC for the game as well; a new mode called "Cops & Robbers" comes out tomorrow.
posted by CMcKinnon at 11:52 AM on April 29

PixelJunk Eden - but get the demo first... it's a quirky game that only appeals to some.
posted by IndigoRain at 12:44 PM on April 29

The arcade hockey game is 3 on 3 big bobble-headed style arcade fun. Reminiscent of fat guy/little guy original Ice Hockey on NES. Lots of fun with a couple people. Snakeball is a decent game to play with a group of people as well.

I'll also endorse a bunch of the above: Monsters, Pain, Burnout Paradise

I think a lot of them also have demos, so try 'em out before you buy 'em!
posted by Grither at 12:55 PM on April 29

nthing Flower and PixelJunk Monsters. I really like Burn Zombie Burn, and my wife likes Bejeweled 2 (I suppose I do, at the very least it does what it says on the tin and is a convenient way to play some Bejeweled). Worms Whatever is sort of fun, but it's like every other worms game...
posted by togdon at 1:56 PM on April 29

Oh, and I love Burnout, but I bought it as a disc game and forgot that they moved it over to the PSN store. They've added a ton to it since the disc based version came out, most of it for free.
posted by togdon at 1:58 PM on April 29

Flower, for sure.
posted by phaded at 2:19 PM on April 29

warhawk, nhl 3 on 3 arcade.
posted by TimeDoctor at 3:37 PM on April 29

Gomibako is currently on the Japanese PSN and is apparently coming to the US with a title like "Trash Panic." Imagine Tetris, but instead of abstract blocks in an abstract well, you're tossing random objects into a trash can, and they can be smashed or burned. Lots of fun, and well worth the price of entry.

(If you want to buy Japanese PSN stuff, MeMail me and I can be of service in buying Japanese PSN money codes, since I live in Japan)
posted by DoctorFedora at 2:18 AM on April 30

PAIN is pretty remarkable... totally worth the $10 or whatever.

The Full Auto 2 demo is pretty entertaining, too...
posted by ph00dz at 4:58 PM on April 30

BTW - I downloaded Burnout Paradise based on the recommendations in this thread. I've only begun to explore it, but seems like a LOT of fun. It says the download included the motorcycle pack, but I haven't figured out how to access them yet.
posted by Caviar at 12:15 PM on May 2