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PlayStation 3 Wireless Sixaxis Controller

The PS3 Wireless Controller provides you with wireless control for more gaming freedom! It’s got the control you need for better gaming, combined with incredible wireless freedom. Play your favorite games up to 30 feet away! Its high-performance Analog sticks provide 360 degrees of smooth movement, and the D-pad gives you precise control.

User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars They truly feel cheap
I enjoy my PS3 from time to time. I don’t have any games but I download demos on occasion to give games a try. I loved the PS2 controllers, they were the same size just about… but they were heavier and felt soooooo much better in your hands. I’m sorry I’m an adult with bigger hands than a kid. I don’t like how light the controllers are. The other huge letdown was the L2 and R2 buttons that are hinged at the top instead of being regular push-in buttons. Why they decided to do that I don’t know, because it feels awful pressing into them. What was wrong with the old school controllers that had normal r2 l2 buttons?? I loathe it when companies change things that are perfectly fine the way they are. I’ve also had the controller un-sync during a game. Not like the battery was low, but the bluetooth hiccuped for a second and had to reassign the controller. It only happens in a split second, but ummm when you’re playing a racing game and your controller freezes I’ve seen my car vere to the left for an extra second causing me to crash OR the controls actually reversed once lol. so instead of going left like I wanted to I vered right. I actually returned the game rental and rented on the 360 instead and the game played so much better.

Pros:

Long battery life

Quick recharge time

they look like the classic PS2 controllers

Cons:

No rumble feature

Too light causing it to feel cheap

loses bluetooth connection from time to time

the R2 L2 hinged buttons are a terrible idea.

In short, I am considering buying the new dualshock controller because it’s a few ounces heavier. and I have a logitech USB controller which is great but it doesn’t work with some games, and it’s usb so it doesn’t turn the ps3 on or off

I’m trying to sell my normal controllers lol(yeah i bought the console with an extra controller) if you like heavier controllers(xbox orig, 360, ps2, dreamcast) you will not like the feel of this controller.

5 Stars Great product
I love this product very much, it has a lot of major improvements from the PS2 controllers, first of all its a lot more LIGHTWEIGHT but its still very DURABLE. Second, a lot of PS2 owners may have noticed in shooter games (where the R2 and L2 buttons are used a lot) that the R2 and L2 buttons will get JAMMED under the body of the controller. Well that problem is fixed now with the new HINGED R2 and L2 buttons. I also love the fact that you can PLAY and CHARGE your controller at the same time, instead of waiting for battery life to run out in the middle of a game. [...]

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4 Stars Sony Strikes With Another Great Gaming Combo
This product has many good features. This is a great controller with its motion sensing, light weight, potrability, and wireless capability. What can’t this controller do? You can turn on or shut down your PS3, turn off the controller, start and play videos, games music, download stuff, browse the web, and even more with its wireless capability by just moveing your fingers. The battery lasts at least six hours and it is a breeze to charge. [If you are a hardcore gamer and play a lot then I would recommend having a spare controller.]

Now lets look at the downsides to this product. This is practically copying the X-box 360 controller with the ”triggers” for L2 and R2 and it also copys the ”X-box button.” It is quite expensive too! It does not have the rumble vibration feature either. [That does not affect me because I never used it.] The worst part to this product is that you have to separately buy the USB-to-Mini USB cable to charge it. [This does not affect me either because I have tons from my other Sony products.]

Overall this is a great product if you do not use it tons and you are sure to be satisfied by its incredible performance.

2 Stars Good controller, but dies in 2 years or less
I had 2 of these controllers for just under 2 years and this past weekend, both of them went dead…. not dead as in plug them in to charge them, but dead as in that’s it, they are nothing more than paper weights at this point. So of course since the 1 year warranty was up, I had to replace them. It would be nice if they would make them a little more durable and extend the battery life, or at least sell replacement batteries for like $15 or so. Is that so much to ask Sony???

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SOCOM U S Navy SEALs Confrontation bundled with Bluetooth Headset

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Daxter

Daxter gives the co-star of the popular Jak & Daxter games his own adventure! Play from his animal perspective, chronicling his back-story during the two years spent alone in Haven City. As Daxter is an ottsel and not a human, players will have a unique moveset with agile abilities, as Daxter can crawl on all fours, fit in small places and maneuver vehicles. You’ll need all those abilities to get through this unique platformer!

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Bought for my step grandson
We bought this game for my step grandson because he said that he liked it. That’s all I know. He also loaned it to his cousin, so I assume he would recommend it.

4 Stars Good PSP Platformer
This game is the platformer by which other PSP platformers should be judged. I believe that handheld games should be easy to pick up for a few minutes and then put down. It seems like so many PSP games are simply PS2 games for the small screen, but I generally don’t play my PSP for hours at a time. Anyway, the game is generally fun and intuitive but some portions seem based more on memorization than they should be.

5 Stars Best game for PSP
It’s the best game for PSP the I had played. It’s so much better than God of War. You have more and different thing to do during the levels and the challenges are real good. The graphic is incredible too.

2 Stars Good kid’s game
Daxter is a great game to keep the kids occupied, but offers little in the way of adult entertainment.

2 Stars it sucks
This game is not action packed, its really really slow and boring.

This game may be fun for kids but definitely not for a teen.

Don’t waste your money on this game, it looks fun, but when you actually play the game, its really really very very slow and boring.

Overall:

Don’t buy it, its slow and boring for teens.

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Grand Theft Auto IV

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Horrible
i like keeping grenades locked onto targets after they’re already dead.

the missions are good. plot is surprisingly good. i’m giving it 5 stars even though i think they left out a LOT. i mean, a LOOOOT. no parachuting for example. lazy dev.s. oh well. relallllllly fun anyways.

4 Stars When size can matter
There’s certain game series where I can say that I enjoy playing and find myself itching to play the next installment but I wouldn’t call myself a die-hard fan of them either. It’s sort of the difference between the day one buys and the ones you eventually buy down the line. I always enjoyed the Grand Theft Auto series when it made the move to 3D but I never really considered them my favorite series in gaming but since I have a Playstation 3, naturally this was on my ones to get. Seeing it all but shatter records including the massive amount of sales it sold within the first week, it certainly can raise the idea that this is one of the best video games ever. Well, it’s impressive definately though the best might depend on how swept away you are by it.

Story: You play as Niko Bellic, an immigrant fresh off the boat arriving in Liberty City (redesigned from the one seen in GTA3) with ideas to start living the “American dream”, complete with money, women and success. But the dream always ends up better than reality and Niko and cousin Roman broke and living in poor conditions though through ties, connections and double-crossings, Niko can work his way up the ladder though success can also bring pain as well.

Anyone who’s ever played any of the previous releases will find themselves on familiar ground and the story found here is similar. You start either with nothing (here and San Andreas) or you’re double-crossed forcing you to climb back up (Vice City, 3) and start taking on missions from numerous characters as you progress in making friends and new enemies. The problem is while Niko is a likable and even funny character, the supporting cast and their missions still follow the impersonal feel others had. Somebody will know somebody who will probably have more work for you and he/she will have you either kill someone or steal something or protect someone. After awhile it gets a bit too same-y and while the story is interesting, having to go on another assassin request gets kind of old.

Graphics: If one were to look at 4 compared to San Andreas in terms of size, the PS2 game wins simply due to how much of it is actually in there. We have 3 cities, plus the outskirts in between each city but with the redesigned Liberty City which looks even more like New York than in 3, it’s more about it being more detailed and diverse in its locations than simply a bunch of roads and buildings. The best part of the graphics I find are the lighting and the city looks quite gorgeous at night and especially moody if it’s raining or a huge storm is around. There’s the occasional framerate stutter and going super fast on your car creates a giant blur and pop-up issues but it’s still quite a great looking game.

Sound/Music: I’ve always loved the Grand Theft Auto series for its voice acting, mainly for how realistic it feels. While the Metal Gear Solid series is always well-done, the sheer amount of dialogue about politics, biology and the like makes it a bit too boring to hear. But here, characters talk like actual people and some are amusing in their own way. Sure Brucie basically feels like an OG Loc imitator and subtitles are all but required for Little Jacob and his friend Badman, it’s still fun to hear the varied cast of characters.

What I feel is a step-down is the music on the radio stations. One of the fun things about getting into a car was wondering what station it be tuned to and there’s nothing like killing a crime boss with classical music blaring in a sort of “Godfather” moment or having a heavy rock song accompanying a high speed chase but here, I mainly tuned to the Chatterbox-esque stations and listened to hilarious skits and commercials.

Gameplay: Same ideas as before. From missions to various stores like clothing, restaurants and strip joints but there is some changes and one is in the combat. While the targeting can still be improved, no longer being out in the open but instead taking on a Uncharted/Gears of War approach and being able to take cover helps though you’ll occasionally be on the wrong side. My other gripe is actually choosing where you want to shoot and while sometimes you can choose who you want to shoot at, more often than that, your trigger seems to never want to leave the one guy across the way instead of the guy shooting and taking cover 10 feet to your right. There’s a bit of free-aim if you lightly press R2 but it’s not really as precise.

I’m sure many will agree that getting chased by cops frequently got annoying in past games and it’s still here and cops are still a bit too biased to you as well. On one mission, things go horribly wrong and we get surrounded by backstabbers prompting us to defend for ourselves. Only instead of the cops being called on the ones who started it, they’re after your foreign butt and all but ignore the other handgun-wielding thugs. Should you be forced to be on the run, a circle will appear on your radar showing you the range of the police’s reach in their wanting to arrest you so how to you drop your wanted level? Easy, outrun them and be outside their zone for a bit and poof, they forget about you. That is if you don’t run smack into another police car, re-centering the circle and forcing you to outrun the new guy. Like the combat, it’s a great idea but not as refined.

Ditto for the cell phone which has been upgraded since San Andreas. Friends you make can be contacted and missions can pop up or they just call to make comments but the big feature is the options. Like a more enhanced girlfriend mechanic that San Andreas had where the more you date them, the more they like you, now everybody in your phone list pretty much can be taken out, whether to a restaurant or strip club or shoot some pool or take in a performance at a cabaret club. It’s neat though used a bit annoyingly since you might call a girlfriend for a date while somebody else calls during the date asking you if you want to do something. Should you say no, they’re a little bit upset with you. So wonderful, not only do I have to worry about making friends upset in real life, now I have to worry about Niko in a videogame being seen as an ***hole. But the phone does have messages, organizers for dates and meetings and you’ll find yourself frequently consulting it.

At this point, the amount of hype and success this game got seems dangerously close to overshadow the actual game itself with many finding disappointment in a game that isn’t all that different from previous games and introduces new ideas that aren’t fully fleshed out. However, along with Metal Gear Solid 4, it’s hard to think of any other title currently on the Playstation 3 with the huge amount of attention and buzz so I’d recommend playing this though if you thought the games were starting to become a bit too formulaic then Grand Theft Auto IV might be a game that you’ll admire more than fully love.

5 Stars Lots of Fun
Unlike previous GTA games, there are very few missions that are timed, or are based on how much damage your vehicle takes. As always, there are very funny commercials. Some motorcycle missions can be annoying, though. Also, it can be frustrating when you’re trying to do a mission and you get a phone call to be on the other side of the city within an hour. There is a learning curve with the controls, but eventually they become very easy. My first PS3 game and I wasn’t disappointed.

5 Stars Brilliant game, art worthy
This game is a piece of computing history.

The graphics are beautiful. Liberty City comes alive around you as you stand. The atmosphere changes, the lighting is magnificent, and, of course, the physics are beyond amazing. Ragdoll physics have never been this good. For those of you that used Garry’s Mod, the ragdoll physics here are much better and realistic.

The gameplay is much more original than the previous GTAs. III was pretty much a homage to mob movies. The plot of VC used many elements of Scarface and many other 80’s films. San Andreas was based off unrealistic “gangsta” movies. This one is almost entirely original. The plot is great. You really need to play it for yourself to know how deep and immense it is.

Audio: 6/5 stars. The sound effects are the best I have ever heard. The city sounds entirely real. And how could I forget that soundtrack? Over 200, great songs and at least an hour of hilarious talk radio make up a brilliant, enjoyable soundtrack.

Something tells me this game is going to be preserved in the National Archives. Well, not really, but it sure deserves it. It really is the start of a whole new generation of gaming.

And as a side note: This game DOES entirely deserve an M rating. The language is incredibly profane, the violence is almost lifelike, and there is some pretty strong content. If you are easily offended, please take this into consideration. The game is great, but please, I want you to be aware that it really does deserve this rating (”Mature”, remember?) Read why it is rated M, (It says it on the box, or you could look it up) and read some other reviews if you aren’t sure.

1 Star Whats with the driving?
This could’ve been a great game if driving time was reduced by 90%. What is the point in driving 5 minutes to complete a 1 minute mission. I hope you reduce the driving time (or just give the option to the player) for version number five.

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Virtua Tennis 3

Virtua Tennis returns with enhanced, photo-realistic graphics and advanced player animations that perfectly match the behavior and mannerisms of individual professional athletes. Improvements to the game’s AI have also upped the challenge to becoming the top seed of the tennis world.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Great Game
I recommend this game. The career mode is hours of fun. Hard to put down once you start playing.

4 Stars This game is perfect if it comes with online feature
I am not sure why Sega don’t put the online feature for PS3 version like the one in Xbox. Is not like the system doesn’t have that feature when the game comes out, how come Sega don’t use it? I think this game is great just like the previous two but it will be better if I can play against other people over the internet.

5 Stars The Best Tennis Game
Virtua Tennis 3 is still the best tennis game. It is a LOT of fun to play, has intuitive free flowing shot making control that makes it feel like a real game of tennis and it has beautiful graphics. It has been made with a lot of love and care and attention to detail and it shows. It is an enjoyable experience to be in that space. Highly recommended.

5 Stars Can’t stop playing it
I used to be addicted to VT on my PSP, playing the World Tour for hours everyday, so I hesitated when getting this since I assumed it’d be too awesome to put down. of course, I was right. The graphics are superb, very easy to just pick up and play since the controls are solid, and the overall gameplay is fantastic with well-balanced AI opponents. The best part is the World Tour, where you can design you player and evolve from amateur ball hitter to world-class marquis athlete. The training games are so fun and addictive, you’ll end up wondering where the day went.

One the biggest bangs for your buck on the PS3. A+

5 Stars virtual tennis
I’m partial to Tennis since I play it - and I like this game very much

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