I bought an unmodded PS3 super slim model and all the games pictured below for about $100.

I haven't been this excited about gaming in years. I never had a ps3. It was one of the few consoles I didn't own since all the way back to the nes.

First thing I did was mod it by putting hen on it so I could use my usb headset while playing since I do not have speakers connected to my monitor.

Now, I am playing the uncharted series for the first time. Out of all the games there, the only ones I have played are Skyrim, GTAV, and the last of us. I played a bit of the batman games, but not really too much of it so I consider it unplayed.

I can get more games where I live for about $6-$12. I think the PS3 is going to be my new gaming console for a while.

If you have a modded ps3, what hen compatible homebrew apps do you recommend? I do not think I will do any piracy since the games here are so cheap, but I am thinking of copying the games to an ssd and running them over a network (I think that can be done with HEN).

I have a small ssd which could hold a few games at a time and I think that will be better so I do not put too much wear on the optical drive.

Sorry, for the long post. I am just really excited about this. I have always had the opinion that gaming started going downhill in this generation.

Oh, also, what other games do you recommend I pick up?

I already have fallout 3, new vegas, god of war, and the injustice games. I have a steamdeck, but since games are so cheap, I want to build out a ps3 collection.

I finally got around to trying my first Persona game. I tried Persona 5, and right off the bat, I did not like the cinematic style of this game.

I am not really sure what it is about it, but I guess it was just not for me.

Are the other ones like this too?

I am looking for a good jrpg to get into on the switch that is not final fantasy, dragon quest, or pokemon. (I've played those a lot recently)

I have been a huge fan of the Metroid series since Fusion and have played them all over the years. The 2D ones have always been really great.

Prime 1 is one of my top games of all time. I never enjoyed Prime 2, when I was a kid or more recently as an adult. I only played Prime 3 a bit as I did not care that there were other people.

Metroid has always been about being alone and surviving.

I have been playing Metroid Prime 4 recently and It is very much the opposite of a Metroid style game. In fact, it feels quite linear and there is a lot of help telling you where to go pretty frequently.

The gameplay is not bad, but it is more like a generic shooter than a Metroid game.

What are your thoughts on the Prime series and Prime 4?

I want to watch a play through of RE9. I’ve played almost all the games in the series, but this one is kinda priced high and I want to give watching someone else play it a chance.

I’m looking for a streamer who isn’t very noisy and distracting. I hope they can be focused on the game and less on chat and stuff.

I’m hoping they take the time to look around and not just rush through everything.

Based on this, is there a streamer you recommend?

I just completed Voyager: Across the Unknown and I have to say that it was pretty bad.

The concept for the game is really cool, but it is pretty unfinished.

The UI is a big confusing and not at all consistent.

The tech tree is also a bit strange. I finished the game way over powered and I did not even focus on upgrading my combat abilities. There were also things on the tech tree that did not make any sense like improve your trading skills.

What is the point of trading, when you can just fly to any planet and get whatever you want?

I get the impression that this game was initially designed as a pay to win grindy mobile game and last minute they switched it to be a PC title.

When I go to a system, I scan all the planets first. Then, my team got captured on an away mission and the only way to save them was to scan different class planets. Well, I could not do that since I already scanned them.

It is really unbalanced and quickly becomes repetitive. There isn’t even a way to save the game. It auto saves kind of randomly.

Overall, I give this a 3/10. If it was patched a lot and rebalanced, it could have been a good game.

At the very least, it was nice to revisit the voyager story in a concise kind of way.

It’s really dangerous to ride a bike on the roads in my 3rd world city even walking is dangerous due to bike lanes basically being ignored, motorcycles weaving around traffic, and poor nighttime lighting.

I just thought that dedicated bike/walking only roads connecting the major parts of my city would be a big boost for safety and I think it would greatly reduce the amount of people using cars.

Has this been tried somewhere else? Was it successful?

I started playing dq8 for 3ds last week, and while I’m just level 7, the game has been really fun.

It is a really charming series. I’ve played dq11 pretty far, but I did not complete it. It’s just a long game.

I think I like the lightheartedness of it. The art style is cute and the dialog does not take itself too seriously.

What are your thoughts on the dragon quest series? What should I play after I finish 8?

I bought a 3DS XL sometimes last year. It was under $200.

After seeing the surge in demand, I feel lucky that I bought it when I did. I also decided to take it out and play some animal crossing new leaf for the first time and I’m really enjoying it.

I sometimes wonder if I should have bought the “new” variant back then, but they were much more expensive and I’m still not sure if the performance improvements would have been worth it.

I’m basically just using not for ds and 3ds games, so, I’m guessing the power difference would not really matter.

I had this game as a child and played it a lot, but I never completed the game. I just played through it again on my steam deck and it holds up pretty well for a game boy game.

The game play is similar to Link's Awakening, but instead of one open overworld, each level is a somewhat open world contained level.

The difficulty feels really well balanced in this game and there are strategies to fight back against any of the enemies or any sets of enemies, so it never feels unfair.

The dialogue in this game, especially when known characters or star characters are interacting with James Bond feels really authentic to the Pierce Brosnan in earlier movies.

The music in this game is recognizable. You will hear the James Bond theme over and over again and it does the loop which does get a little annoying at times, but overall the music is enjoyable.

The art for this game is really well done too. I don't think I ever looked at something and thought it could look any different or any better. I thought it was all pretty great.

This game does require you to pay careful attention to what people say sometimes especially during trade quests you need to pick up on all the people's clues. I needed to use a strategy guide two times to figure things out due to ambiguity.

Another issue I had is that you are required to do a casino blackjack mini game to progress the story as a kid that was difficult for me because I didn't know how to play these games. But you can get unlimited money just by talking to the cashier and she will give you another thousand dollars, which you can use to gamble to the undefined dollar amount needed to progress the story.

The last issue I had is there is an item that I believe is required to defeat the boss of that level and the way to get it is by killing an enemy on the map. The reason I don't like this is because this is the only instance in the game where an enemy drops a key item that is needed to progress and it's easy to just walk past enemies in certain places to get to the next screen so on my most recent play through I forgot about this, and I made it all the way to the boss without the item that I believe is required to defeat him.

Have you played this game? If so, what did you think of it? This game is definitely enjoyable for James Bond fans, but even if you don't know anything about James Bond it's still a fun game.

PS3 is one of the few systems I have ever owned or really ever played.

I want to get one for some ps3 exclusives, but I would like to be able to run home brew software on it.

I know the original fat model is the best one, but I’ll skip that as they are really pricey.

Can someone give advice on whether I should get slim or super slim or anything else to look out for when making the purchase?

I recently visited my parents in the US. I keep my retro console collection here and my N64 was missing. So was my Atari Jaguar.

I am still a bit bummed about the N64, but no one is admitting to taking it even though it clearly was taken out of the storage box. Sorry for the rant.

Anyway, I’ll be going to Japan next month and want to replace the console. I figured I can get a decent price on it there.

I looked up region locking and some places say there is a lockout chip and others say you just need to replace the tray.

It will be used to play US N64 games. Can someone offer some guidance on this?

I was doing the final quest of the game in act 3.

There is a quest where you have to get 3 different hearts before you can fight the final boss. After I got two hearts, it told me to go to the place near the starting area and let me progress to the final boss.

After I completed the final boss, I went back and was able to fight Seth and Nyleth.

I am wondering if this was a bug in the game or if you only needed two of the hearts to progress.

If it is a bug, I wonder if it occurred because I fought Seth a few times and gave up to try the others. Maybe it marked it as complete.