PS3 October Buyer's Guide: What games to get?

by Majed Athab { Oct 7th 2008 at 12:00PM }

The month of October is simply packed to the brim with good games and the holiday shopping season is just about to start. For all those gamers and shoppers out there, the abundance of titles may make it difficult to discern which ones might be right for them. Perhaps a little help from us is in order.

In this feature, we highlight the top ten PlayStation 3 games which we think stick out this month and probably deserve your hard-earned cash. So get started and check out what's in store for this month on our October Buyer's Guide.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

bigFoote @ Oct 7th 2008 12:10PM

So many games so little money. :(

KarlW @ Oct 7th 2008 3:35PM

How times have changed, eh?

I bet many of us have dreamed for the day when we've got so much choice we need a buyers guide.

It's LBP, BioShock, and possibly MotoStorm for me. The Godfather's also out on Blu-Ray this month.

Albanian_Killa @ Oct 7th 2008 12:13PM

For me, it's SOCOM. The only reason I went with a PS3 was because I knew there would be a SOCOM sequel, and I was right. I've played the beta, I love it. Despite the beta problems, I have faith that the final copy will be great, and I'm buying it day one. Then I'll see how things go there with my purchases of LittleBigPlanet and FIFA 09. I'm not 100% on LBP. I don't know, I'm loving the beta, but I guess I want to see what the full copy will have. FIFA is only if I have enough money left lol

Kilo720 @ Oct 7th 2008 12:18PM

it socom
little big
dead space
and fallout for me

DeathroW @ Oct 7th 2008 12:20PM

lol fracture

Kilo720 @ Oct 7th 2008 12:20PM

socom
dead space
fallout 3
nba 2k9
bioshock
and spiderman for me

farfisa @ Oct 7th 2008 1:09PM

Wow, do you have coupons or something ?
;)

Dice @ Oct 7th 2008 12:21PM

no blitz?

Cameron @ Oct 7th 2008 12:22PM

Midnight Club Dub Edition and LBP.
Reason for midnight club ; played it on the PSP and loved the customisation. So i'm thinking of NFS:OTC X 1000.
LittleBigPlanet ; who the hell ISNT buying that game!

kevin @ Oct 7th 2008 3:36PM

im not.
i will later but not now
i want far cry 2 rock band 2 and MAYBE dead space oh yeah and socom

GAMERGUTZ @ Oct 7th 2008 12:27PM

Your joking right!... All the shooters to choose from and you guys pick "Fracture"... Come on, its not April just yet...

Tarheel @ Oct 7th 2008 12:32PM

LBP for sure. With Oct. and Nov. being so busy, Bioshock, Dead Space & Fallout 3 might have to be rentals or future buys in Dec. or Jan.

AdrianXIII @ Oct 7th 2008 12:34PM

Isn't Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm coming out this month? How come that wasn't in the others list?

abominablecookie @ Oct 7th 2008 12:34PM

Midnight Club LA??????? Anybody else think this deserved a place over something like Singstar???? You've got 3 music games up there. Anyway, I'm so stuck at what to get. Luckily its my birthday at the start of November. So i should be able to blag a few of these offerings. Fore me it'll probably be: Midnight Club, LBP, SOCOM and GH4. Should be a good Autumn!!!!

abominablecookie @ Oct 7th 2008 12:36PM

Oh, and i remembered as soon as i posted, Motorstorm, of course. :P

ItchyBarracuda @ Oct 7th 2008 12:38PM

There's a mistake with the Guide. It mentions Fracture being a First Person Shooter, which it's not :P

rgoff31 @ Oct 7th 2008 12:39PM

Too many games I need to play already.
Little Big Planet is a definite & probably a 3rd controller.

Zampano @ Oct 7th 2008 12:59PM

LBP
Bioshock
Fallout 3
Dead Space

In that order.

Then Mirror's Edge in November, and Prince of Persia in December. I'd like to add Midnight Club and Motorstorm to that list, but I have no idea where I'm gonna come up with the $360 + tax for the things already on the list. In reality, it'll probably just end up being LBP and a lot of rentals until X-mas.

Dan @ Oct 7th 2008 1:06PM

Seriously, they didnt evn mention Far Cry 2???? Why? Thats got to at least be on the list of games worth trying at least. I dont understand why there has been exactly zero hype or information for this game recently. Doesnt anyone care?

Taylor @ Oct 7th 2008 2:13PM

I do! I already have it pre-ordered

Stebo @ Oct 8th 2008 5:44AM

I'm with you Dan. Tried this game at Leipzig and it's awesome! Seeing the map editor sold it to me. Going to spend November creating a lot of levels with that and LBP

PSN ID -- TheUnforgivenII @ Oct 7th 2008 1:07PM

I'LL BUY YOU.

lBP is the only one I'll buy. I don't have enough money for another game, but that one is a must buy!

Cornelius @ Oct 7th 2008 2:15PM

I hear ya. Now that I have a mortgage, I can't afford to buy 7-8 PS3 games/month. I'm limiting myself to one game per month per platform now.

I'll buy Fallout3 for the PC. That'll take care of October.

Christian @ Oct 7th 2008 1:15PM

I have booked myself Guitar Hero World Tour, I figured why should I give my money to the Rock Band devs when they continually keep giving these timed exclusive periods to the 360.
I mean RB2 isn't even coming out in Europe this year.

Apart from that my purchase list for the remainder of the year includes LBP and Motorstorm 2. Also ordered Mirrors Edge although I guess thats a November release. Will probably end up getting the SOCOM game, mostly for the headset.

vinny @ Oct 7th 2008 1:20PM

LBP
Fallout 3
BioShock
Dead Space

I thought FarCry 2 comes out this month too

Popfrogs @ Oct 7th 2008 4:12PM

The media blackout on FC2 is making some of us wary.

meeekael @ Oct 7th 2008 11:46PM

PC Gamer gave Far Cry 2 a 94%....they gave Crysis:Warhead a 60...I think thats a pretty good reason not to be wary.

Fracture over Far Cry 2? Sigh.

Fallout 3, LBP and Far Cry 2 for me...probably over the period of half a year but still...

Dahk @ Oct 7th 2008 1:25PM

... FRICK. Worst time in the world to be without my PS3.

Phortex @ Oct 7th 2008 1:26PM

So manny good games x.x
haha, went omg when i realised that R2 wasen't on the list :p
But that's a november release right?

Gaucho @ Oct 7th 2008 1:32PM

For me its. . .
FIFA 09
Star Ocean: FD
LBP
Farcry2
Spiderman
Guitar Hero: WT
Fallout 3

. . . all except one of those are on the same day :(

JerJerBinks @ Oct 7th 2008 1:54PM

No Far Cry 2, yet you guys have Fracture? FOR SHAME!

MikeDawg @ Oct 7th 2008 2:11PM

nice..i'm on board for a lot of those titles.
I already have them reserved.
Socom
dead Space
LBP
Bioshock
Motorstorm
fallout 3

I'll wait for word of mouth on Spider-man. I'm still not convinced because it's always said that every spidey game that has come out is good.

As for Fracture...
They made a mistake by releasing a demo...I had it in my mind to get it until i played the demo and i think alotta ppl changed their mind after the demo as well.