As much as the topic of 3D TVs should not apply to me at all, I would say you might want to try Killzone 3 and/or Resistance 3. I think they might be 3D compatible, and possibly actually good. Oh and R&C: A4O.
Uncharted 3 is compatible too. But it just wasn't it. The problem was that I didn't see much of a difference between on and off. Guess Uncharted 3 already looks semi-3D on it's own.
Well you can't get anymore 3D than the revolutions started by such legendary consoles as the PlayStation 1!
What I'm trying to say, is that apparently those games I listed are 3D compatible and possibly half-decent, so you might as well try them out and find out what the experiences are like first hand!
Alright. His next present will be Resistance 3. I gave him CoD: Ghosts as a Xmas present. Cause it's what he wanted and might as well give him a good start. But from now on, I'll be getting him real games. Next up Mass Effect 3!
What about 1 and 2? Does he own them? Does it not matter with that series?
I have always wondered if I should try out ME, but I keep telling myself I probably wouldn't like them, even know I don't know the slightest thing about them besides that fact that there is a big trilogy.
Well… he's still a CoD/Battlefield/FIFA guy. 3 has multiplayer he can fall back to. But if you really wanna play the games, start with ME1. And if you don't like it, skip it. Play 2 and 3. At that point you'll love ME1 as well.
What holds you back exactly? The fact the intro to ME3 takes about an hour before you hold a gun and shoot enemies?
I should caution you then, that Resistance games do not have any online servers anymore, so they can't fall back on Resistance 3's online multiplayer.
What holds me back? Well I have never found anything interesting about them to be honest. I always hear about the games' plots and characters being a bit stretched out. From what I hear it is one of those games with dialogue trees (I could be wrong, but I am not a bit fan of dialogue trees at all). And where there are decisions that effect the games to the extent that there are like 6 endings or something. If I like the games, I fear I might play them way more than I should play any game. If I don't like the games, I will probably feel like I wasted a lot of time.
But these are just things I hear. I still know absolutely nothing about any of these games… I'm just never feeling compelled to play any of them, I guess.
Besides I have spent the last 3 or so months trying to get through the AC series, and I am really stuck on AC II. I can't wait to get to Black Flag, but I have a feeling this is going to take at least all year. So this year I am pretty pre-occupied.
I should caution you then, that Resistance games do not have any online servers anymore, so they can't fall back on Resistance 3's online multiplayer.
For Resistance it doesn't matter, since it's already an FPS. Whereas Mass Effect is more of a 3rd person Action RPG
What holds me back? Well I have never found anything interesting about them to be honest. I always hear about the games' plots and characters being a bit stretched out. From what I hear it is one of those games with dialogue trees (I could be wrong, but I am not a bit fan of dialogue trees at all). And where there are decisions that effect the games to the extent that there are like 6 endings or something. If I like the games, I fear I might play them way more than I should play any game. If I don't like the games, I will probably feel like I wasted a lot of time.
Mass Effect does become a second live because you have so much influence on the game.
What you have is the dialogue wheel:
Ask questions, comment on events, talk to people etc. It really gives you a connection with not only your character, but your party members as well. Each party member is a unique individual and some ever are from a different race. And each race has it's own history and key personalities. For example the Quarians, creators of robotic sevants called ' Geth'. The AI became smarter and the Quarians were forced to leave their planet. Now they live as exiles in a fleet made out of the least impressive ships in the galaxy. Their immune system has become so soft they need to live in special designed suit so they don't get sick. The smallest contact with air can kill a Quarian.
You can adjust the behaviour, face and sex of Commander Shepard. (Word of advice? Pick female Shepard). You can either be a roothless crook (Renegade) or the humble heroic (Paragon). Or perhaps you want to go Paragade or Renegon. Main one and use bits of the other.
And yes. You make descisions in this game. Big ones that will impact the rest of your playthrough. Save him and let her die? Take the cure or not risk it and destroy it? Help this person or ignore her? Hit the journalist in the face or simply walk away? Choices, choices. And choices matter. You will stare at your dialogue wheel, looking at your options and wishing you were playing a game where you didn't need to make that choice. And these choiches carry on into the next game. Save 'him' in Mass Effect one? The 'she' is not coming back in 2 or 3. Ever.
Anything else you want to know? I am at your service.
Besides I have spent the last 3 or so months trying to get through the AC series, and I am really stuck on AC II. I can't wait to get to Black Flag, but I have a feeling this is going to take at least all year. So this year I am pretty pre-occupied.
That's one of those series I can't like. My first was Liberation on the Vita, a game I really liked. So I played AC1. Me and my PS3 were looking at eachother, nodded no and took out the game. When I despise the main character, I have little faith in the rest of the game. But I might pick AC3 up sometime, supposed to be different.
I liked that AC1's main character didn't have any personality to slow the story down or complicate anything. It's short and simple, which is something AC2 is not. AC2 feels like it's going to go on for a long time, and they actually try to establish the characters and make them meaningful towards things, but I find it failing in two ways: 1. Everyone's names are so incredibly Italian, and there are a lot of characters that are all very hard to remember/say/associate with any one person. 2. They all feel half-developed. Like they introduce all sorts of colourful people who either never really get seen again, die, fade away into the forgettable support cast, or are only ever MENTIONED after they are introduced. The only people I really know are Ezio, Da Vinci and Mario (who seems pretty absent right now, but he's very memorable).
I know nothing about any other AC games.
As for Mass Effect… well It sounds very RPG-like, and I am not one to warm up to RPG-type games. I'd rather get pulled into a universe and get to experience a journey taken by our main character, than have to mould my own at a few key moments. This is why games like Minecraft, Skyrim and Fallout do not interest me. Because I have to actually look for a cause to take part in, and to be honest I am too lazy to look.
Maybe there would have been a time a game like Mass Effect would appeal to me, and maybe there will be again someday soon. But as it stands right now, I'd rather sit back and follow the flow of the games I play.
I liked that AC1's main character didn't have any personality to slow the story down or complicate anything. It's short and simple, which is something AC2 is not. AC2 feels like it's going to go on for a long time, and they actually try to establish the characters and make them meaningful towards things, but I find it failing in two ways: 1. Everyone's names are so incredibly Italian, and there are a lot of characters that are all very hard to remember/say/associate with any one person. 2. They all feel half-developed. Like they introduce all sorts of colourful people who either never really get seen again, die, fade away into the forgettable support cast, or are only ever MENTIONED after they are introduced. The only people I really know are Ezio, Da Vinci and Mario (who seems pretty absent right now, but he's very memorable).
I hate the Altair snappy selfish behaviour. I played a few more ours and the decided it was not for me. Liberation happened to be a very spinoff.
As for Mass Effect… well It sounds very RPG-like, and I am not one to warm up to RPG-type games. I'd rather get pulled into a universe and get to experience a journey taken by our main character, than have to mould my own at a few key moments. This is why games like Minecraft, Skyrim and Fallout do not interest me. Because I have to actually look for a cause to take part in, and to be honest I am too lazy to look.
Maybe there would have been a time a game like Mass Effect would appeal to me, and maybe there will be again someday soon. But as it stands right now, I'd rather sit back and follow the flow of the games I play.
Mass Effect 1 is a true RPG. Mass Effect 2 and 3 are more action oriented. Out of all 3 Mass Effect 2 is probably the most action packed. I'd recommend you to pick up ME2. If you like it ME3. Then you can always buy the Trilogy pak. ME1 is only available in that Trilogy pak… which happens to be rare and expensive. It was the first time ME1 came to PS3 and well worth your money when you’re a fan. I got an NTSC-J version. Much cheaper than t PAL version and there’s no difference really. Unless you want to buy DLCs, but PS3 master race. ME2 has almost all DLCs on the disc, because it released late.
Mass Effect is split in 3 sections. I'd call them passive and active.
Passive:
Conversations through dialogue wheel.
The ability to ask questions, talk with people, solve conflicts, give advice and possibly romance on of your crew. The dialogue wheel is also part of interactive cutscenes. There are very very few cutscenes that are not interactive. So technically, you're always playing. It’s a lot of fun to see your character come to live and talk to your crew. They are the most realistic characters you will encounter and you will bond with them over time. None of these characters are forgettable and prepare yourself for a lot of ‘feels’. Like I said, a second life.
Exploration
There are huge facilities and cities that you can explore. Find more interesting people, side quests, maybe grap a few drinks and dance? You will get to see everything. Walking to the hospital, take the elevator and back to your ship. And you know what? It never becomes a chore. No matter what you're doing, the game makes sure you're having fun. Speaking of fun, the game adjusts itself. When you don't import a save file from an earlier game, but will make sure you're up to date anyway. The game thinks for itself.
Active:
Aside from being a great RPG, Mass Effect is a 3rd person shooter that puts many of its genre to shame. You have your shield and your actual health. You can take a gun of each class. 2 handguns, an assault rifle, shotgun, sniper and a heavy weapon. Aside from that you've got an arsenal of abilities that fit your class. You will be able to choose a class in the beginning of each game. It's cover based like Uncharted, but much smoother. Especially ME3 where you dodge to each side. You can also issue your party members to do special tasks. Hold position, attack certain enemy etc.
But you can also do this:
Upgrading Abilites
Becoming stonger, equick different weapons and armor. If you think it's boring, you can chose to auto level up and the game will upgrade everything for you. And not randomly, it thinks remember!
That's as short and spoiler free as I can be 
Beautiful CG Trailer with Two Steps form Hell
Represents the feel of the game.
And what the hey. Give the dog a bone, here's some gameplay:
http://youtu.be/8kYNqTs2WEQ?t=2m17s
*it's one of the first missions. Be kind.
You are clearly very into these games, which must mean they are worth a go. I couldn't bring myself to start a trilogy anywhere but the start, so I'll look into getting ME1 (or the entire trilogy if that is not possible). They must be pretty cheap by now, so there isn't much for me to loose. But I will only start this after I have finished with Ezio in Assassin's Creed (That's 3 AC games).
If you didn't like Altair because of his personality, you'll probably find Ezio a whole much better (only one game later). But because of Assassin's Creed's rough gameplay, I don't think I could recommend the second game to anyone that didn't like the gameplay of the first. In other words, if you liked the gameplay of AC1, then AC2 should be worlds better for you… but I wouldn't promise anything. To be safe, you could probably just miss these games altogether :oui:
I'm wearing N7 sneakers right now, so I guess you could say that ^^
This is the only way to get it on PS3. 
Unless… you want to download them on PSN (I forgot about that). But I don't know how the ' importing saves' works and if you can combine retail and download. You probably can.. as long as Mass Effect 1 and 2 are from the same region. So no Mass Effect 1 from the American store with a PAL version. Cause you won't be able to import your save from the first game. And you must import saves if you want a true experience.
I hope they'll release a remaster on PS4 with all the DLCs on disc. Until then I'm playing the whole trilogy on PS3 twice a year. But first, I'm gonna play ME3 on Wii U. 
Yeah, I'm probably going to skip Assassin's Creed entirely. AC3 is the last chance I give it.
As for Mass Effect… well It sounds very RPG-like, and I am not one to warm up to RPG-type games. I'd rather get pulled into a universe and get to experience a journey taken by our main character, than have to mould my own at a few key moments. This is why games like Minecraft, Skyrim and Fallout do not interest me. Because I have to actually look for a cause to take part in, and to be honest I am too lazy to look.
So no Persona for you?
Shame. Persona 4 Golden is one of the better games on the Vita.
Although the issue you have with RPGs isn't really that common outside of sandbox titles.
RPGs are usually the most story-heavy games out there, lasting from 40-60 hours (or 100+ hours in the case of Xenoblade Chronicles).
Not to say Persona doesn't have those elements, it's definitely required to develop Social Links (a fancy way of saying "Bond with your friends to increase your strength in battle"
but it's usually very straight forward and there's only really one dialogue option that will increase the level of your Social Link, so you shouldn't really be too overwhelmed by it.
AC3 is the last chance I give it.
Well, looks at who won't be getting into the AC series 
AC3 is usually regarded as one of the worst in the series, just skip it and go to Black Flag, trust me on this one.
AC3 is only 7,00 euros.
And people say it's the worst. For me that usually means it's the best.
I have to agree with going straight to Black Flag. If there is any AC that needs playing it's that one. Although there are some really annoying land stealth missions that pretty much no one could like, it's overall a much nicer looking game, that plays pretty well (that's saying something for AC games are normally expected to play like rubbish) and has a proper upgrade system for your ship.