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Gran Turismo 5 Review: The Thousand-Car Museum
Over a thousand cars, racing schools, night rain at Le Mans and a photo mode for the ages: Polyphony’s flawed colossus is the PS3’s racing monument. Reviewed.
Author: Sal Benedetto
From the Vault columnist. Grew up feeding quarters to the Ms. Pac-Man machine at his uncle's pizza place; still owns his childhood SNES and every Nintendo Power he ever begged his mother for. Writes the retrospectives and the hidden-gem hunts.
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Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction Review: Bolts, Bombs and a Disco Ball
Insomniac’s HD debut is a fireworks display with a plot: the PS3’s most joyful arsenal, its funniest galaxy, and a platformer that never left the console. Reviewed.
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Valkyria Chronicles Review: The Watercolour War
Sega’s tactics masterpiece renders a humane war story as a living watercolour, with a battle system of genius and a squad you will protect with your life. Reviewed.
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Ni no Kuni Review: Studio Ghibli Built an RPG
Level-5 and Studio Ghibli co-built a fifty-hour JRPG with hand-drawn cutscenes and a Joe Hisaishi score. The most beautiful game on the PS3, reviewed.
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Journey Review: Two Hours, One Mountain, Pure Magic
Thatgamecompany’s wordless pilgrimage — a desert, a mountain, and a stranger you will never forget — is the PS3’s most perfect small game. Reviewed.
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Heavy Rain Review: The Storm That Rewrote Game Stories
Quantic Dream’s serial-killer drama let its heroes die mid-story and kept going anyway. The flawed, landmark interactive drama that the whole genre descends from, reviewed.
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Resistance: Fall of Man Review: The Shot That Started the PS3
Insomniac changed genres in public to carry a console launch: an alternate-history war for Britain, a toybox arsenal, and a full co-op campaign. The PS3’s proof-of-life game, reviewed.
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Killzone 2 Review: The Heavyweight Champion of PS3 Shooters
Guerrilla answered the PS3’s most embarrassing hype cycle with a shooter of unprecedented weight, texture and menace. The invasion of Helghan, reviewed.
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inFamous Review: Lightning Strikes Empire City
Sucker Punch’s plague-city superhero origin wired an entire sandbox around one man’s powers — and one of the best twists of its generation. The PS3’s first great open world, reviewed.
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LittleBigPlanet Review: The Craft Box That Changed Everything
Media Molecule’s knitted platformer smuggled a complete game-creation studio into millions of homes. Play, Create, Share — the PS3’s most inventive exclusive, reviewed.