Favourite online game/games?

Question

Since I'm still not sold on PS4/Xbox One in terms of games and no longer have my gaming rig. I still play my PS3 for online gaming. I recently went through my library of games.
I got back into the following games. And my online experience with Infinity 1. I get approx 38 down, 8up, 16-18 ping average -
Red dead redemption multiplayer - Insanely fun open world game - Especially the undead nightmare horde mode. And co-op. Lag free, little to no problems at all. Fast and responsive, played about 2 hours.
Uncharted 2 and 3 multiplayer - Uncharted 2 is still a very balanced and flowing online experience. It does have a low player count nowadays but still fun when you find a game. Co-op arena and adventure is as addictive as I remember it being. Despite the low player count. I played about 3 hours.
Uncharted 3 is rather unbalanced with the boosters, kickbacks. But the customisation of load outs, characters and the like is nice and it's quite faced paced. The more story integrated co-op missions are really fun too. I think the matchmaking is a bit bad in this though. As it tends to match me up more often than not with global players in competitive TDM, FFA resulting in lag compensation. Sometimes I'm on the good side of it but mostly not. *Infinity too good to be on the good side all the time eh? Lol.
Played about 2 and half hours - 3.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare multiplayer - My goodness it runs like smooth silk. Amazingly fast paced flowing TDM battles, FFA is a pure doddle and feels so balanced I haven't played this in 5 years. Came back and got a 30-1 FFA game first match. TDM going 47-4 first match. The game feels so good in comparison to "newer" cod games. I was picked as host through my 3 hour session. Amazing!
Destiny multiplayer (Online only duh!) - Surprisingly a decent shooter from Activision as they tend to rely too much on Call of Duty and now back with guitar hero...again. But Destiny does feel pretty unique in a way, a bit repetitive on story mode but certainly fun with friends and randoms who join your fireteam. It shines in crucible. Its really fun, if a little unbalanced to a degree. As some players with DLC weapons have a bit advantage. And that's the downside the DLC...blimey! Half the game's dlc is/was already a part of the game originally and they decided to cut the game in half and sell a £35 season pass good one!
Crucible on PS3 is a weird one. I can be running a full green bar on this and have some real laggy moments. I think this is the game's poor netcode/matchmaking as it matches me up with more global players like uncharted 3.
Played for 2 hours.
Resident Evil 5 Co-op (Story, Versus DLC)
The story is the typical resident evil story I guess. It is the third person shooter, action game with nasty enemies and monsters trying to kill you. Playing this on co-op is fantastic. I had people joining me randomly from different countries with little to no lag. And no issue at all occurred. I joined others that were from Japan, USA and even Brazil and I experienced a smooth gameplay session without lag and it was fun. Despite the fact I am kind of poo at playing the game. Haha.
I played about 3-4 hours.
The versus DLC was a bit hit and miss then again this DLC has always had some form of bad hosting, netcode issues. From the 8-10 games I played when not host it was pretty lag free. With only one host who was bad. Everyone was teleporting around lmao. When I hosted it ran smoothly. I played 5 or so games. Really fun if a little random with hosts. Good stuff though.
Played about an hour.
These are the games I've been playing frequently over the past 2 weeks - And would be interested in what other posters/mods play. It doesn't matter what console you play. I'm just curious.
Also all these games are p2p but funnily enough had very little bad experience with them. Usually it can be bad. Maybe I've been lucky.
Also if anyone is interested. I set up my ps3 with a static IP and DMZ set up via cat7 cable and a HH5A with an ECI modem. Yes the cat7 is overkill but it was cheap. Lol.
Hopefully some folk will find this thread interesting as I find gaming on infinity fantastic personally.
Mark.
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Answer 1

Hey Carl!
At least you attempt and that's all that matters with gaming especially online as I find many folk do take it a bit too seriously because they're "owning noobs" lol.
I think GTA V on PC will be worth the price once it goes down a bit. I'm planning on a gaming rig that can take advantage of 4K and all the bells and whistles once I've got everything I need. I love building PCs lol.
Funnily enough I never tried an MMORPG I do understand the basic fundamentals of it with fetch quests and the like I don't know if it'd be my thing. I know there is PvP arenas and might go into it for that and the character classes. I'm not sure though. WoW never caught my attention even in its infancy.
BioShock is an amazingly crafted FPS. I love the sombre, neglected and feel of history behind the game you could feel it which was so great. On the case about BioShock the sequel was not really needed it lacked so much "BioShock 2"and the poorly implemented multiplayer. Its not worthy of it being classed in the same universe its a fine example of a "cash cow" installment in the trilogy.
I did like BioShock Infinite it felt different and an evolution in the series. It did lack something. Perhaps the robotic residents of the world or slightly confusing plot but it was head and shoulders above BioShock 2. I liked the time period and the showcase of racism at the time.
I'm not saying I'm racist though just the developers tackling strong subjects and presenting them in a way where it catches your attention. They had some interesting ways to showcase the struggle on those times and the vastly split groups of people on that era in the early 20th century.
Yes I agree a lot of online worlds do lack the more dynamic elements. Even the simple kill enemies and they're gone for good would add something to the world they're presenting us.
Thanks Carl!
Hey Neil!
Good to see your interest on my post. I haven't personally played FIFA so I cannot comment that myself but seeing my friends play it it does seem to have an immersive football experience. I think I don't have an interest as I don't watch football lol yeah that could be it.
Destiny certainly had a lot to live up to and fell quite short of what they showed us at E3 and some gamimg expos. With a 500 million dollar budget you'd think it'd have more variety right? Lol.
I certainly balme Activision to a degree. Yes they published it but they have a hand in it. Look at call of duty haha.
And speaking of which. I also attempted to play advanced warfare after the campaign. The campaign was quite fun - Maybe for Spacey or the fact Troy Baker is in everything lol. I really thought it was fun with all the exo abilities. But multiplayer felt detached for some odd reason to me. It didn't feel smooth to me nor did the exo abilities feel good. I was playing "classic" a lot more when it was available and that didn't wet the Call of Duty 4 appetite.
Many folk do say "We need to let go of call of duty 4 and move on..." That statement is awful. Call of Duty 4 to this day runs, plays and all around feels better than any other in the series. The maps were better, the guns were balanced, the perks were balanced well except juggernaut but that's nothing to everything the perceeded call of duty 4. Shame people accept mediocrity.
Sorry for ranting a bit there haha.
Good to see another mod who is gamer @RobbieMac
I have had an interest in The Witcher 3 myself. Even though I'm a "last gen" player currently lol. I had played the previous 2 games which were amazing worlds it was quite an experience I have to admit.
I totally forgot about Skyrim Elder of Scrolls Online. It'll be an interesting one for PS4 in terms of connectivity and how it runs as I know on PC it had some issues I think in the first month. Unless I'm wrong maybe I'm thinking of something else. I feel unconfident with that statement. Correct me if I'm wrong lol.
I think the only game that will sell the PS4 to me is uncharted 4 but it looks so drab and depressing compared to the previous 3 games lol it has a "The last of us" feel to it. Hmmmm very unsure.
Lovely to talk to fellow gamers on here.
Mark.
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