Top 10: Worst PS3 Ports

By Tom Orry - 05/06/2008 - 3:37pm GMT

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4. Tony Hawk's Project 8

As the first Tony Hawk game on the PlayStation 3 many people expected great things. The PlayStation is where the brand made a name for itself and where many of its biggest fans started playing. Sadly, this port suffered from varying degrees of frame rate trouble and it was missing online play - something even older PS2 Hawk games included. At the time Project 8 was a great return to form for the series after some not so great Underground games, so PS3 owners felt quite justifiably upset over the problems and missing game features.

3. Orange Box

Valve's amazing games compendium that is Orange Box arrived on the PlayStation 3 a few months after it hit PC and Xbox 360. We were a little worried when it was announced that Valve wasn't handling the PS3 port, with EA itself taking the reigns, and our concern was justified. The frame rate in the three Half-Life games got gradually worse as you moved through them, with moments in Episode Two being especially sluggish. On PS3 the visuals also had a blurry filter applied to them, which meant some finer detail was lost and the sharpness of the 360 game wasn't present.

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It sounds to me like you xbox360 fans are in denial about the ps3 takin over the globe...We done outsold 360 in every way....so go head and make your little comments about lag and framerate and whatever the ...

- ps3gotlastlaugh

Kiroquai wrote at 15:52 on 05 June 2008

I get the feeling this thread could turn curly at the corners, so I am here before the mud-slinging! Hello everyone!
Dan wrote at 17:05 on 05 June 2008

God it looks even worse than i thought when you list the worst 10 and i realise there are still alot of bad ports that didn't make the list.
lia wrote at 18:56 on 05 June 2008

Heh.
alek wrote at 19:10 on 05 June 2008

you forgot the worst port EVER.
Enchanted Arms. it was nearly unplayable in the ps3 version. all the other games you mention, are nothing compared to this atrocity. oh well, maybe lost planet, but at least it was playable!
Anonymous wrote at 20:13 on 05 June 2008

The PS3 is the most powerful next-gen console, can't believe people (or whatever Tom considers himself to be) can suggest it isn't. The constant references to X-Box also smacks of some fanboyism....now I can agree with bad ports but that is more the developers and publishers faults....the games should suck at retail and these publishers should learn that what you put in is what yo get out...

The same goes for the 3rd party developers/publishers that bring games to the Wii....
superdynamite wrote at 20:27 on 05 June 2008

Every port is horrible. Madden08 and the Orange Box are by far the two worst ports.

Splinter Cell Double Agent is the best PS3 port to date and should not be on this list.
dale1 wrote at 21:15 on 05 June 2008

quake looks better on the ps3 there again biased site
MUNCKEI wrote at 02:01 on 06 June 2008

In my opinion and research
mostly to all games brought out
there are at there best because no game is actually made to equal teh console's strentgh in power
((if u get me))
that's why no games should be on the bad list
becuase
they made teh game the best they can
:D.good feedback by me i think.
Viz wrote at 02:24 on 06 June 2008

Quake Wars/PS3 is not a bad port compared to the 360:
1) 360 crashes more from the forums
2) 360 has no cockpit or 3rd person view
3) 360 has no server list where people are stuck unable to join
4) The screenshots for PS3 look pretty good and more like the PC than the 360.
5) The PS3 has more of the gameplay of the PC, with all 4 proficiency levels instead of the stripped down 3 the 360 has.
6) Seems to be able to track ranks properly which the 360 can't seem to do either.
7) The PS3 has in-game music which the 360 doesn't have either
8) The PS3 seems to have better vehicle controls as well than the 360
Tree wrote at 02:41 on 06 June 2008

haha the amount of biased fanboyism is ridiculous on this site they might as well change the name of this site to ilovexbox360anditisthebestgameconsoleever.com i mean come on every time i am on this site it completely rags on the ps3 and has only great things to say about the 360. i have played my fare share of games on both systems and i constantly realize the ps3 always looks better on most games.
Tree wrote at 10:11 on 06 June 2008

I must apologise for my stupid fanboy rant. I am not very smart and can't stand the fact that this so called "better console" the PS3 is a total disapointment, I just dont want to admit i payed all that money for shit games.

i must keep telling myself this so i can stay happy.

ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player
ps3 is not a glorified blu-ray player

there i feel better now.
dav2612 wrote at 12:11 on 06 June 2008

I can understand the PS3 is a different beast to the 360 and developers need time to get used to it. On top of that I guess budget and timescales come into it which is probably why a lot of bad ports happen on the PS3. I can't understand the Orange Box port though, surely EA have the financial clout to call in the Sony techies to get Half Life running properly.
Frazzer.Ss wrote at 13:16 on 06 June 2008

I keep hearing it looks better on the 360, but Developers are just getting used to the ps3 because PES Developers had a year up on the PS3. Also on the 360 GTA 4 looks slighty more sharper than the PS3 version because Rockstar had brought out Bully to the 360. It all comes down to which console developers have experience with and in time developers will have the proper time to develope could PS3 versions.
amroalhiasat wrote at 08:29 on 09 June 2008

dont u ever get sick of this devolopers cant get used to the ps3 its been out for 2 ****ing years
Bonebardier wrote at 08:42 on 09 June 2008

I am loathe to admit it, but it does appear that the whole 360/PS3 argument is gradually being settled where everyone said the battle would lie - in software. As a PS3 owner, I have this nagging feeling that the console is never going to produce games that are better than the same game on 360, which irks me a little.

The issues all seem to revolve around one issue - RAM. How either console manufacturer can expect "next-gen" gameplay and graphics in HD with 256MB of RAM for the system and another 256MB for the graphics is beyond me. Where the 360 seems to win is in the ability to distribute the memory in a flexible way, allowing the developer to tune according to requirements, whereas the PS3 has a fixed 256/256 structure. Maybe developers will start to find clever ways around these memory issues, but it's not looking promising.

Maybe in the next generation, both MS and Sony will realise that RAM is where next gen features get much of their power - there's no point having a powerful CPU/GPU if there's not enough RAM to keep them busy - it'd be like sticking the engine from an F1 car in a Toyota Prius.

Well, at least it's a good Blu-Ray player.....
ps3gotlastlaugh wrote at 03:53 on 14 June 2008

It sounds to me like you xbox360 fans are in denial about the ps3 takin over the globe...We done outsold 360 in every way....so go head and make your little comments about lag and framerate and whatever the hell else you want....the cold hard facts is that the ps3 is the GO TO CONSOLE and with all the exclusives coming out for it I dont see that changin anytime soon....PS3 baby....have you 360 fans played Metal Gear Solid 4?...oh thats right yah dont get that.....wait before you say anything about Gears of War2...I hope yah dont mind waiting till this christmas to talk your shit!
Ben Armstrong wrote at 10:53 on 21 June 2008

they forgot 1 game off that list
HAZE it got so much of a hype but its just a crap version of halo 1
gk0871 wrote at 20:44 on 29 June 2008

you have to start looking at the devs i say delay if its not up to par its not that hard ive waited for games before, a little delay has all but made most games better<a few maybe not> anyway