10 CRIMINALLY Overlooked PS3 Games

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The passed over gems of Sony's seventh gen console.
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@timalice-2833 Ай бұрын

One of the biggest things that makes Sleeping Dogs’ voice work legendary is that James Hong, Mr. Ping from Kung Fu Panda and David Lo Pan from Big Trouble In Little China, is in it.

@biscuitkrueger3321 Ай бұрын

Sleeping dogs is a very good game

@jeremyfusenliu3859 Ай бұрын

Trails of Cold Steel bring overlooked is so true, it went under the radar for so long until I happened on it one day, one of the best JRPG have ever played.

@SaintGerbilUK Ай бұрын

Most of these were available on other consoles, mainly Xbox 360, or the Vita. Which is where I played most of these.

@fredsorre6605 Ай бұрын

This list would have made sense if were talking about PS3 exclusives but most of the titles listed here is multi platform I freakin played and finished Vanquish on the Xbox 360.

@garyballard179 Ай бұрын

Played Enslaved, Saboteur, Singularity, Sleeping Dogs, and KOA Reckoning. Had Nier and Vanquish on my list, but I can't buy every game that comes out. Putting in a vote for adding Eternal Sonata to the list.

@Deadsilent97 Ай бұрын

3D Dot Game Heroes

@thecunninlynguist Ай бұрын

Excellent game

@zachtwilightwindwaker596 Ай бұрын

I got a PS3 just for that. I used my custom Link character for that. I also made Mario and Chara from Undertale.

@AvidCat5000 Ай бұрын

It's fun to be overpowered in Kingdoms of Amalur, good soundtrack, and the voice acting is really good too.

@scottguffie7759 Ай бұрын

Slight nitpick here but Jules kept calling his first entry "Trials of Cold Steel" when the proper title is "TRAILS of Cold Steel". It and it's direct sequel Cold Steel 2 were dual released on the PS3 and Vita and later deluxe editions with some quality of life additions were released on PS4 which are the versions I'd recommend. On a related note they are part of a much larger overarching series known as the "Trails" series, of which I believe all of them now have official English translations. Enslaved was a brilliant game but the difficulty was practically Souls like which caused me to rage quit one too many times so I reluctantly parted ways with it. Nier just got too depressing about halfway through and finally I still have Amalur Re-Reckoning which is a brilliant must-play.

@martinde-serres8724 Ай бұрын

The reason that game, hell even the whole Trails series, is on the list is because: 1- There was barely any market made for them in the West outside official posts on social media made by XSEED and NISA 2- Most of them were released in the West between big releases that people were more anticipated than them 3- They were released in the West years apart from the Japanese releases due to long translation issues both listed Western publishers had, which is why the more recent entries come out several years LATER in the West as the English version of the series is in a rush to get caught up 4- Both XSEED and NISA are small studios with only a handful of people working on multiple games at the same time, which eventually forced them to request help from outsourcers to finish localizing the games they've licensed for the West In the case of the Trails series, Falcom put TOO MUCH text in each entry to translate, which is insane both of them didn't call it quits when the games end up being quite successful to keep them rolling So, Cold Steel's inclusion is valid

@scottguffie7759 Ай бұрын

@@martinde-serres8724 Didn't say it wasn't valid, just wanted to provide some context along with the nitpick about the name.

@ZerotheeHero Ай бұрын

Love to see Trials of Cold Steel get some recognition. Great game just its part of a larger story and had 5 games that take place before it if u wanna have the best experience with the story. Downside of the series is its very side quest heavy with a lot of it being mandatory if u wanna avoid grinding a lot

@bluegold1026 Ай бұрын

If I had to choose a PS3 game for this list, I'd choose Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom

@cashudown7177 Ай бұрын

Man, NOBODY talks about Puppeteer. One of the best exclusives for PS3

@derrickwilliams1210 Ай бұрын

Played and platinumed both Sleeping Dogs and Enslaved, both brilliant games

@TheThird1977 Ай бұрын

Sleeping Dogs is such a great game and has arguably one of the best sets of post-release DLC content with the multiple expansion-pack stories.

@robertmaloney6970 Ай бұрын

Triads are from China (Hong Kong), Yakuza come from Japan.

@StarfireSkyblaze Ай бұрын

i think he meant the game series yakuza

@ctjlg1 Ай бұрын

I would like to bring up Valkyria Chronicles as a runner up for the list.

@gibbothegibbo Ай бұрын

Enslaved and Sleeping Dogs are two of my favourite games. They're both absolutely ace.

@johnwiles4661 Ай бұрын

Definitely my favourites on this list. Maybe even on the console.

@Aloyus_Knight Ай бұрын

Nah, enslaved has a bad ending, they could of done WAY BETTER with it.

@johnwiles4661 Ай бұрын

@@Aloyus_Knight they might have been thinking sequel, but it never happened 🤷‍♂️

@felman87 Ай бұрын

If there's a follow up and you're in the mood for RPGs. El Shaddai and 3D Dot Game Heroes are fantastic action-RPGs. And they have their own unique artstyle that really tickles the balls (eyeballs that is).

@martinde-serres8724 Ай бұрын

El Shaddai got ports to modern platforms, so it's much easier to get it on them than on PS3 I do agree that 3D Dot Game Heroes needs to get ported over

@mcgee12000 Ай бұрын

Is it strange that I happen to love Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning(both versions) more than Skyrim?

@spoonshue Ай бұрын

I played every single trails game and am looking forward to the new one coming soon.

@theordofett Ай бұрын

Kingdoms of Amalur and Vaquish are some of my favorite games of all time! Great video

@Mykle235 Ай бұрын

Absolutely LOVED TOCS!! Played 1 and 2 back to back and platinumed them both! Great twists too!

@mustardmule4723 Ай бұрын

I am going to say Binary Domain is a criminally underrated PS3 game people should check out. Made by the Yakuza devs, it feels almost like their version of Gears of War

@DMBLaan Ай бұрын

And sadly, unless the next PlayStation CEO changes things, you will NEVER see many of these games again, outside emulation.

@mattshark7665 Ай бұрын

Or still have a ps3

@mooselord2838 Ай бұрын

@@mattshark7665 My thoughts exactly lol

@asdasdae Ай бұрын

@@mattshark7665 Disks/CDs only have so many uses, though. Eventually, your hard copy WILL stop working. What then?

@mattshark7665 Ай бұрын

@@asdasdae same for anything. At least I can take care of my own items.

@asdasdae Ай бұрын

@@mattshark7665 That's a useless mentality to have. The entire point is that 10-20 years from now none of the games that haven't been brought over to new generations will be playable legitimately anymore.

@garysteven1343 Ай бұрын

Didn't expect Trails of Cold Steel to be here, great game! And no, it doesn't have "dating sim mechanics", it's more like Persona 5 with spending time with your friends etc.

@Grexxn Ай бұрын

Amazing! Thank you for mentioning "Enslaved - Journey to the West", I still play it on the PS3, what a gem! They don't make such games anymore... 😪

@matthewtaylor5942 Ай бұрын

Seeing The Saboteur and The Simpson's Game getting some love on this list makes me happy. Two excellent games!

@jennyf-eg5gl Ай бұрын

Tales of grace got me into the tales of series. Legends of heroes got me into that series. (Although, i prefer ps4 version due to the fact there was a glitch that would freeze your game in ps3 version randomly)

@mastermo316 Ай бұрын

Thanks for including Trails of Cold Steel. It is nice to See that Trails/Kiseki gets more attention in the West. The only weakness of CS 1 is a severe lack of Altina

@DMBLaan Ай бұрын

Didn't Nier and Kingdoms of Amulor get a remakes recently? Should they be on this list, or is Jules specifically talking about the PS3 versions, which I don't think you can get anymore?

@kylerogers7564 Ай бұрын

I love several of these titles but no remember me? That game was solid and should always make a top 10 from ps3 era.

@SpanishFly120 Ай бұрын

The Trails series is great, and it's awesome that not only is the Cold Steel series on PS4/PS5/Steam now, but the sequel in Reverie is too. So are the earlier duology of Zero/Azure (that came out before Cold Steel). Only the initial Sky Trilogy is unavailable on consoles, but even that's on Steam. They're worth checking out, though "initial release order" is recommended.

@chi-zgamer7999 Ай бұрын

I still play kingdoms of Amalur great game and another great video!

@jakeaphipps Ай бұрын

Moondivers it was square enix game that was a rogue like contra type game with branching paths through the story kinda surprised that never made a sequel on PS4

@paullaing5921 Ай бұрын

Whom whoa, whoa...Where the Hell is Puppeteer? a cute, funny, gorgeous to look at, fun to play platformer with a great soundtrack that no one played despite getting good reviews. This game deserves more love.

@tgstory84 Ай бұрын

Enslaved was simply enthralling. One of the best bargain pickups I have made.

@Socratezism Ай бұрын

Eternal sonata. Beautiful rpg. Seems it's so underrated it didn't even made this list.. out of these I've only played sleeping dogs and kingdom of amalur. Rly liked those.

@Belligerent_Herald Ай бұрын

Singularity is hands down one of my favorite shooters of that generation. Takes every awesome mechanic of the era and executes it perfectly. Great story as well. I’ll second this as worth a look.

@darkhelmet878 Ай бұрын

Absolutely love Kingdoms of Amalur. Enslaved was also pretty good. There are a lot of games on this list I never played before though. Sleeping Dogs looks awesome.

@matthemming9105 Ай бұрын

Little Ninjas - criminally underrated.

@nicholaszancy4571 Ай бұрын

I remember watching top 10 list in the early 2010s n seeeing the saboteur on so many list back then

@spktrmmedia Ай бұрын

You starting the list with Trails is crazy. Im playing thru the first two games on my ps3

@thomasmartin5503 Ай бұрын

Saboteur also has the best cover of "dance me to the end of love" ever.

@rob.85 Ай бұрын

Err??? What a misleading video title... You can still legitimately buy and play most of those games on Steam, current gen Xbox and PlayStation. The only exception is "The Simpsons Game" which got de-listed due to expired license. E.g.: Dragon's Crown, Vanquish, KOA:R and Sleeping Dogs even got re-releases during the 8th console gen...

@gorgha3988 Ай бұрын

Sleeping Dogs is still one of my favorite games ever. Shame we'll likely never see a sequel.

@chrisr8535 Ай бұрын

Always get excited when i see vanquish on a list, its the perfect single day game

@PloysMaw Ай бұрын

The only one I'd argue that isn't underrated is Trails Of Cold Steel. I'd say the Atelier games are way more overlooked, and the PS3 had 7 of them to choose from. Other then that it's a great list; I picked up Sleeping Dogs part of the Easter Sale the PlayStation store has on at the moment and I'm looking forward to diving in. As I missed the game when it first game out.

@martinde-serres8724 Ай бұрын

All the Atelier games on PS3 are now on modern platforms, so they're no longer underrated, but they're still overpriced for just ports with barely any QoL improvements done on them

@Phreakishlygreen Ай бұрын

How did we overlook Level5's pre-Ni No Kuni gem, White Knight Chronicles? Beautiful worlds, a fantastic online mode, and a game where you AREN'T the OP MC?

@hyperimus Ай бұрын

I'd add Midnight Club LA...

@khrisbreezy3628 Ай бұрын

ooooh do this again for the 360 but put either Dark Sector or Dark Void on it ("Emo-Krull and the Glaive" or "Nikola Tesla gives you a jetpack" 🤣

@utfcuufujf Ай бұрын

half of these are xbox 360 games too..

@WideOldDan Ай бұрын

And we have to jump through a hoop or 3 to even get it on PS5 Have to go through the app because it's not available in the console store

@UnjustifiedRecs Ай бұрын

And pc

@NxtDoc1851 Ай бұрын

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames should've been an honorable mention. The Saboteur, Kingdom's of Amalur, and Sleeping Dogs are all fantastic!

@user-ef7gn4jy6v Ай бұрын

Binary Domain and Alpha Protocole

@moose656 Ай бұрын

You DO KNOW that 8 out of these 10 games are also on the Xbox 360, yes? I mean, the last gameplay footage you showed from Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has the Xbox buttons in it.

@houndofoblivion Ай бұрын

I love Sleeping Dogs and it's so underrated, would have put that as #1 personally.

@martinburke7267 Ай бұрын

Don't forget The Bourne Conspiracy and Binary Domain.. 2 games I thoroughly enjoyed.. Nice list..

@mikewicked.x Ай бұрын

I seem to remember Enslaved: Odyssey to the West setting up a sequel that (obviously now) never arrived. It was a great game though. Definitely recommend.

@Robwithakick Ай бұрын

Saboteur will always be in my top three all time favorite games. Period. Because of or in spite of its unfinished nature due to Pandemic shuttering during its development, this game has a deeply nostalgic and creative appeal.

@SamButler22 Ай бұрын

Wow, I was expecting forgotten gems, but after the first 2 these were all big releases and half of them got remasters and ports. Where was Folklore and 3D Dot Game Heroes? And other examples that I am not aware because that's the point of the list

@robertmorgan2642 Ай бұрын

I loved Enslaved and wished it had got the sequel it deserves. Remaster please? 🙏

@scottwahler7948 Ай бұрын

The only reason I played Kingdoms of Amalur was it was free on the PSN. I'm glad I did it was fun as hell!

@missitheachievementhuntres560 Ай бұрын

Jules, what happened with your outro’s? Are they cut or aren’t you feeling it to do them atm.

@TheThird1977 Ай бұрын

Another overlooked games list, another round of me pressing play and hoping WET makes the cut. Also hoping to see ENSLAVED: ODYSSEY TO THE WEST, HEAVENLY SWORD, and DEAD TO RIGHTS: RETRIBUTION too.

@ThePaineTrain Ай бұрын

It wasn’t here, but WET is such a good shout.

@ariabramovsky1235 Ай бұрын

glad that most of these games got pc releases so they can live on in and be preserved. its crazy how we have to deal with the idea of really good games just becoming lost media

@gummicanada Ай бұрын

Kevin Butler commercials bring me back

@matthewnewberry9843 Ай бұрын

Honestly in 2024, I bet a bunch of kids would love information on what all kinds of games are like RPGs, MMOs and jrpgs all that kind of good stuff. Jewels get on that. We need it, we love you, you are a hero and a goddamn legend!! For the love of whoever you believe in thumbs up this for our gaming diamond in the ruff, his divine Jules... Yeah boose will spell his name differently each time( maybe a different series)

@kevinwebb8295 Ай бұрын

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@matthewnewberry9843 Ай бұрын

@@kevinwebb8295 people don't like you

@millieplaint4087 Ай бұрын

I LOVED kingdom of amalur even before the remaster

@buddah1221 Ай бұрын

Sleeping Dogs was also on the 360 that's where I played it. it was really cool game that absolutely deserves a proper sequel

@eddmario Ай бұрын

It was even part of the Games with Gold program. Unfortunately, it's also one of those games that's not backwards compatible on the Xbox One (probably because Square did a remaster on that same system)

@buddah1221 Ай бұрын

@eddmario I knew it was a games with gold game that's how I got I just assumed it was on both systems because of that. I mean why take a game exclusive to one systems make it work on another and then give it away for free? makes more sense if it's already on that system. Edit: I have seen it in the Microsoft store on the Series X

@AsianSignGuyCena Ай бұрын

i STILL play Sleeping Dogs to this very day. I have been crying out for years and years for them to make a proper sequel. I have beaten story mode at least 15x combined on the PS3/PS4. The story is so intense and pulls you in. You feel the emotions in every character in the game in their voice acting alone. It's a shame how it got compared so much to GTA clones before it.

@mikespike2099 Ай бұрын

YEEEEESSS!!! 👍🏻 about time PS3 was a glorious era! I still play PA3 games I missed out on! Prototype series, Infamous etc

@NEROisNOIR Ай бұрын

I'm very confused by this title... Shouldn't it be called "10 CRIMINALLY Overlooked Seventh Generation Games?" Out of those 10 titles, only 2 are exclusive to the PS3. Also, props for Vanquish! That game is nothing short of incredible.

@hars11itgupta Ай бұрын

You're right!

@Jerga27 Ай бұрын

Maybe because the rest are only titles that technically exist on other consoles, but only after they were released? Like they were exclusive for a year or two before the ports came out, so they're only thought of as "PS3" games

@NEROisNOIR Ай бұрын

@@Jerga27 I believe the 8 games were released on both the PS3 and 360 on the same day. Even The Simpson Game launched on a multitude of platforms.

@Jerga27 Ай бұрын

@NEROisNOIR huh.. Well thats what I get for having faith that everyone is trying their best 😅..

@NEROisNOIR Ай бұрын

@@Jerga27 Haha, it's all good! I wasn't trying to knock their list, I like several of the games they picked, but was just more confused that it was made into a "PS3" list.

@jdkidd6339 Ай бұрын

I just bought the vanquish/Bayonetta bundle 2 days ago and I can agree 100% it's super fun. Sleeping dogs is also amazing

@killingragethrowback Ай бұрын

Sleeping Dogs for me. I also submit Ghostbusters the Game should have been rated higher. It's not without flaws, but it's much better than most people think it is. And the War for Cybertron games need to be brought back.

@rhynelinker7922 Ай бұрын

Idk why everybody rips on Wolfenstein '09. While it was definitely a departure from the other entries, as a stand alone title, I thought it kicked ass and that's coming from a fan that started with the OG 3D.

@geoserenity Ай бұрын

I remember all of them, and played 3 of them. I always wanted to play Nier since I'm a Drakengard fan (also Drakengard 3 while we're at it), but my PS3 is broken with a bad gpu...

@craigmartin1907 Ай бұрын

I would absolutely love sequels to Kingdoms of Amalur and Sleeping Dogs. I bought them both when they first came out and their remasters/definitive editions.

@boussIRL Ай бұрын

To summarize for anyone in the comments who's like me and mains action/shooter games, the main two takeaways from this list are Sleeping dogs and Vanquish

@Zirus_Blackheart Ай бұрын

*rolleyes* Dragons Crown is on PS4 now. Something you should have mentioned

@eddmario Ай бұрын

Hell, I didn't even know it was a PS3 game until because I never heard of it until after the PS4 version had already been out.

@roachxyz Ай бұрын

I have Enslaved odyssey to the west and Sleeping Dogs on Steam. I played Vanquish on PS3.

@42speedybeattie Ай бұрын

my favorite two PS3 games are Civilization Revolution, and Infamous.

@CesarIsaacPerez Ай бұрын

Oh, I own 7 of them but I've only played 5 so far!

@generation-gu5iz Ай бұрын

Oooooh boy. I'm about to be spending some money on hard to find games, aren't I

@renslo689 Ай бұрын

Enslaved should get a remake for sure, such a great game.

@geoffbaumgartner5335 Ай бұрын

9,8,7,6,4,3,2* Love them, still own them, they were easy to finish in a pretty short amount of time (except maybe sleeping dogs) and I miss unique games that took risks outside of the indie space space. Still need to catch up on Amalur.

@allercon Ай бұрын

Dragons crown was epic, I loved the nods/bosses to Monty pythons holy grail - surprised they got away with it! I’m also pretty sure whatculture hated odyssey to the west and vanquish at launch.

@mateosimon4237 Ай бұрын

Singularity is criminally underrated. So is TimeShift, so underrated in fact that it didnt even make the list

@TheOmegaDragon Ай бұрын

I've only played Vanquished

@DanteSuper95 Ай бұрын

Hm, i'm surprised that i played more than half of these, actually owned a few, and knew some. Like almost only the first 3 i didn't know. Two really overlooked that i loved but very few people may not know are Anarchy Reigns (Max Anarchy is another name it had) and Neverdead. Maybe i could add Dead to Rights: Retribution. Man, there's a lot of games that i would love to replay.

@TrimutiusToo Ай бұрын

if it is PS3 we are talking about... Folklore is really nice game (exclusive to PS3 too)... I really liked it... even the story in it is interesting... And I have rarely ever heard anyone mentioning it, so it is definitely overlooked

@some7ransChick Ай бұрын

I'm actually kinda disappointed that one didn't make the list.

@mattshark7665 Ай бұрын

A great and very different game.

@thecunninlynguist Ай бұрын

Simpsons Game, Singularity were indeed really fun...a few not mentioned, i really liked WET and thought it got overlooked. It did need a little more polish, but I think a sequel would've ironed out the quirks...the bionic commando remake got some warranted side eye, especially with that wacky story, but it was a solid reimaging of the franchise...same w/ the Splatterhouse remake....and even though it was a GOW ripoff, Dante's Inferno was solid.

@scottjelinek1916 Ай бұрын

Enslaved wasnt set up to be a one and done, if there ever was a game that demanded a sequal after its twist at the end...

@DMBLaan Ай бұрын

It also didn't help the Saboteur that it charged you money for an Uncersor Patch presented as DLC.

@TheNickellis Ай бұрын

What happened with me is when the ps3 came out I was in high school and with growing up in a poor family I couldn’t afford one. Once I could after high school, I was in college and could not afford a lot of games. By the time I could afford anything the generation moved on to ps4.

@selfloathingweekly Ай бұрын

Umm Sleeping Dogs, Vanish, KOA and Dragon's Crown all got remasters on the PS4..which means a lot of people knew about them or played them. If you want criminally underlooked ps3 games, theres a ton of games still trapped on the Ps3..

@anthonysmurthwaite6258 Ай бұрын

Update the gaming lists playlist

@michellepatino8733 Ай бұрын

Sleeping dogs is mad underrated, it freaking sucks that it is as well. We were so close to getting a sequel for it. 😭

@EMD766 Ай бұрын

10: No 9: No 8: Yes. Loved it. 7: No 6: No. Wished I could. 5: Nope 4: No. I’m playing replicant though 3: Oh hell yeah! 2: Yep. Love breaking people’s backs over rails. 1: Nope.