23 Best Open World Games for PS3

Watch Dogs is an Action-Adventure, RPG, Stealth and Third-person Shooter video game created by Ubisoft. This extraordinary game takes you to an alternate reality and lands you right into the fictitious setting of United States where you act as a vigilante named Aiden Pierce. Watch Dogs tasks you to act as the protagonist and infiltrate the network systems of mega corporations who store all the data of online behaviors of humans to its mega servers. The hackers faction, Watch Dogs helps you get into the systems and after a little time you get to know that the mega corporations and other high ranking people are the responsible for the death of your niece and countless other people. This information pushes you to the limits to burn down the mega corporations and all the enemies of humanity. You start a war against them using your hacking abilities and act as the story of the game suggests. Watch Dogs provides you with a thrilling and action filed game-play, a great story and an open world to play and enjoy the game to the limits. Do try it out if you haven’t played it yet.

Infamous 2 is an extremely hardcore Action and Adventure packed game by Sucker Punch Productions. The game is a sequel to the 2009’s famous game Infamous and the story of this thrilling game presents the scenario of a battle with zombie like alien creatures Aka. Beasts. The protagonist Cole MacGrath from a different future along with countless other humans who possess some special abilities gets in the line to fight against the creatures. This spendthrift piece of art, Infamous 2, features an amazingly engaging and quite captivating game-play, enhanced graphics, open world gaming environment and a user friendly interface. Infamous 2 supports only single player gaming mode and is available to play on PlayStation 3 only. Try it out if you haven’t yet ane enjoy the ultimate fun.

Just Cause 2 is an excellent Action-Adventure, Stealth and Third-person Shooting video game by Avalanche Studios. The game offers a unique gaming experience by continuing the adventures of agent Rico Rodriguez, a field operative of the agency after the events of Just Cause. The game lets you shoot enemies, run, walk, fight, snatch vehicles and even fly a plane etc. Being a hardcore action thriller, Just Cause 2 puts you in the middle of the ballistic action and adventure you have ever experienced. You get a free hand to engage yourself in super-fast-paced action and do what all the heroes normally do in thrill packed action movies like jumping off the helicopters, crashing cars, blowing up the bridges, crushing the statues and killing enemies etc. Just Cause 2 is a total blast in the line of action gaming. You get to use the most sophisticated and futuristic weapons, vehicles and aircraft against your enemies and a marvelous addition to the inventory is the Grappling Hook that lets you tether yourself with anything. Just Cause 2 provides with an amazing story-line, super fine graphics and an open world to engage yourself in the best action depiction ever.

Saints Row: The Third is an Action and Adventure packed game developed by Volition, Inc. and is available to play on PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Saints Row: The Third is one of the best games of this specific genre that offers versatility in almost every single element present in the game. The game is set in an imaginary city of SteelPort. SteelPort is the house of Saints Row: The Third from centuries. Saints Row: The Third features super realistic graphic details, open world gaming environment, inspiring storyline and a thrilling game-play. The storyline of the game is quite like Mafia II with a whole different game-play and environment. In the game, the player leads the gang of Third Street Saints who are fighting a gang war against the 3 most notorious gangs of SteelPort named as Morningstar, Luchadores and Deckers. With a variety of weapons and vehicles they have a huge advantage over the enemies. After a very long gang war the Syndicate (Trio of the enemy gangs) is defeated and now the governmental Special Anti-Gang force starts hunting the Saints and a new war between Law Enforcement Authorities and Third Street Saints begins. Saints Row: The Third proves to be a really great game to play and enjoy, you should totally check it out.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Shooter, and Single-player video game available to play on Cross Platform. The game takes place in the in the fictional vice city in Miami and offers an open world environment. The story revolves around the protagonist named as Tommy Vercetti, following his release from jail. It is the sixth installment in the series of Grand Theft Auto and the first main released since 2001. After the protagonist is caught up in a drug deal, he attempts to find out those responsible while creating a criminal empire and enhancing his power from other criminal organization. The game uses third-person perspective to navigate the environment and offers a variety of weapons and vehicles. The player can explore the world from third-person view either on foot or by vehicle. The objective of the player is to complete a set of missions to earn points and face off enemies using different weapons, melee attacks, explosives, and firearms. After making enough money, the player can purchase different properties, tools, and arms. With high-quality graphics, detailed environment, engaging gameplay, and a superb story, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is the best game to play and enjoy.

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, developed by “Rockstar San Diego” and published by “Rockstar Games” is an Action, Horror Survival and a Western Style Shooting video game. The story of the game revolves around the character of the protagonist “Jhon Marston” who tries to find out the cure for a zombie plague that erased half of the population on earth. The game features different kinds of zombies like “Humanoid, animalistic and mythical creatures” and a game-play with a third-person perspective in which the protagonist roams in an open world fighting and killing the zombies. As the protagonist mostly travels on foot, he interacts with different game objects and engages in combats using the melee tactics and weapons and where required, he uses different firearms to kill the enemies in a western style shootout spree. “Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare” provides with a well written storyline, an engaging game-play and rich graphics along with single and multiplayer gaming modes. “Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare” is available to play on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming platforms. You can try this game as one of the best alternatives to “Resident Evil 5”.

Mercenaries 2: World in Flames or shortly named as Mercs 2 is a fascinating piece of art when we talk about Action-Adventure and shooting games with RPG elements. The game comes with super cool graphics, an open world, thrilling gameplay and a stunningly well written storyline. A proud production of Pandemic Studios, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is a sequel to Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and is playable on PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. With a powerful and highly modified gaming engine “Zero”, game runs smoothly on almost every machine with the required specifications. The story of the game sets in Venezuela following the lead of a mercenary who worked honestly and got betrayed by the boss Solano. Player plans to revenge on Solano but Solano was not an easy man to find so in order to get to Solano, the player goes through a huge distance of destruction and mayhem. After a long struggle and killing a lot of low tier gang leaders, he finally catches Solano and kills him. The story of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames resembles a lot to the story of Just Cause 2 and The Saboteur and because of that this game is a inclusion to this specific genre. Trying it out won’t feel like wasting your precious time and instead, you’ll enjoy it.

Grand Theft Auto III mixes the Action-Adventure, Open World, Third-person Shooter and Exploration elements developed by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games. The game has a Single-player mode, and it serves as the 5th title in the popular series of GTA. It takes place within the fictional city known as Liberty, based in New York City. The plot centers on the protagonist named as Claude, who is left for dead and become the leader of the criminal world full of crime and corruption. You assume the protagonist’s role and can explore the landscape from the third-person view either on foot or by vehicle. The open world landscapes enable you to move freely in the world comprises three islands. In the gameplay, you have to complete a variety of challenging missions, and each mission consists of a set of objectives. You can run, walk, jump, drive, and fight your way through a variety of tasks to progress through the game and can use a huge arsenal of weapons to take down enemies and fulfill your missions to earn money. During the fight, you use melee attacks, explosives, and firearms. Grand Theft Auto III is the addictive and action-packed game in the series of GTA.

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory is an Action-Adventure, Stealth, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It serves as the third installment in the series of Splinter Cell and centers on the activities of the protagonist named as Sam Fisher, who an agent is working with NASA known as Third Echelon. It offers the similar gameplay to its predecessor and takes place in the fictional land full of enemies. The game takes the player on an epic adventure where he must show off his fighting abilities and struggle to kill enemies using a variety of weapons and stealth element. There are lots of challenging missions, and each mission needs a completion of specific goals to progress through the game. The player navigates the world from a third-person perspective and can kill enemies using melee and a huge arsenal of weaponry. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory includes prominent features such as Deadly Agility, Advanced Graphics Technology, Amazing Replay-ability, Co-op Stealth, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Red Dead Redemption by Rockstar Games is a Third Person Shooter, Action-Adventure, RPG and Open World video game. The game takes place in the year 1911 and follows the protagonist John Marston previously known as an outlaw, now in the custody of Bureau of Investigation. Agency offers him liberty in case he hands over his old gang members to the authorities. Marston sets out to capture Bill Williamson and confronts him in the vicinity of Fort Mercer, Bill shoots him and leaves him there to die. Bonnie Mac Farlane picks him up and heals him. He wakes up after several days and starts working with U.S. Marshall Leigh Johnson and starts doing different tasks for them in return of their help in the arrest of Bill who is hiding in Fort Mercer. Marshalls agree to his terms and they all start working together. John starts a new wave of attacks but gets defeated in countless attempts and finally after a huge brawl and gunfight with Bill’s accomplices, encounters Bill and kills him after bloody combat. Returns to the Bureau of Investigation and after the confirmation picks up his immunity and leaves. Red Dead Redemption provides a western style action and adventure packed game-play along with a well-written story.

The Saboteur, a third person Action-Adventure, Stealth and Shooter game that delineates the era of France in possession of Nazi Rule, is developed by Pandemic Studios. According to the storyline of the game, Sean Devlin, a race car mechanic and a hard drinker is the main protagonist. After the defeat in a car race, Sean wows to revenge a Nazi Colonel named Kurt Dierker for his actions and he sabotages his race car with the help of Jules Rousseau. Dierker captures both of them and kills Jules during investigation, Sean escapes and gets a place in French Resistance and sets out to find and kill Colonel Kurt Dierker. This brilliant action and adventure packed game features a great storyline, an open world gaming environment, thrilling game-play and super fine graphic details to provide you with an amazing and wondrous experience of gaming. The Saboteur offers a great combination of action-adventure RPG, shooting and Stealth elements and is a brilliant game to play and enjoy.

The Godfather 2, an Action-Adventure, RPG and Shooting video game is based on the story of a 1974 movie The Godfather Part II directed by Francis Ford Copola and written by Francis Ford Copola and Mario Puzo. Being a sequel to the most anticipated and a very much admired game The Godfather: The Game, The Godfather II is set in the four cities of Havana, Cuba, New York and Miami and features the main protagonist Michael Corleone who takes charge of the family and its businesses after the death of his father Don Vito Corleone. As his father, Michael Corleone after taking the charge, assassinates all the heads of the international mafia families and takes control of the businesses and the crime rings across the world and becomes the most powerful Don in America and Cuba. The Godfather II offers an open world gaming environment, super thrilling game-play with an extremely captivating action, gunplay, hand to hand fights, driving and single and multiplayer gaming options. A well written story-line makes the game more engaging and quite appealing and the graphic details are the real deal. Playing The Godfather II entertaining will be a great choice. You should try it out if you feel like craving for more action and adventure.

Infamous, Stylized as inFAMOUS is an Open World Action-Adventure video game by the Sucker Punch Productions. The game revolves around the character of the Protagonist named as Cole McGrath who works as a Bike Messenger. Cole gets caught up in a massive explosion in the center of the city that wipes off several City blocks. The Empire City plunges into Chaos and Cole finds himself in control of some impressive Electricity-based Super Powers. The game allows the players (Cole) to use the Powers for both Good and Evil purposes (Based on the player’s choices). The game’s Karma System decides what outcome the players gets by making decisions that affect character’s growth throughout the game. As the game is an Open World Action-Adventure marvel, it allows the players to interact with the environment, interact with the people, get into action filled combats against the enemies and use the powers to do some good. The game allows the players to have experience points by completing various types of missions or tasks, performing stunts, use the experience points to enhance the powers and enjoy the game even more. Because of electricity-based powers the players cannot use any vehicles or use weapons but it has loads of other advantages such as climbing the building with ease, getting zero damage on falling from higher places, etc. Infamous offers “Good and Evil” mission separately and allows the players to select any of them and enjoy exploring the world while on a mission. With a variety of elements, Infamous offers plenty of room for gameplay, character modification options, loads of fantastic upgrades, an addictive gameplay and all the other fun things to enjoy.

Army of Two is a Single-player, Co-Op Third-person Shooter (TPS) video game published by EA (Electronic Arts). The game focuses on the two characters of Mercenaries fighting through Political Turmoil, Conspiracy and War between the years 1993 to 2009. The game allows the players to use their best Co-Op Strategies and complete the game objectives with the help of Team Work. The gameplay relies on Co-Op and because of that it is necessary to play the game with another player, Human or PAI (Partner Artificial Intelligence). The partner AI follows the lead of the player and the game gets easier as most of the missions in the game are so hard that they cannot be completed without a Partner. The gameplay is quite simple as it allows the players to upgrade their gear by unlocking or buying advanced body armor, weapons and other tactical items. Furthermore, Army of Two lets the players customize their weapons, buy items such as barrels, grips, large magazines, ammo, etc. To travel in the game world, players are allowed to drive vehicles such as Tanks, Jeeps, and Hovercrafts and enjoy the fast-paced action and thrill that the game offers. Multiplayer mode allows the players to enjoy epic versus mode, be part of teams of Four players and enjoy completing the objectives as a team. Other multiplayer modes include Warzone, Bounty, and Extraction. With a brilliantly addictive gameplay, a great back story and fantastic graphics, Army of Two is one of the best Third-person Shooter video game to play and enjoy.

Saints Row 2 is an Action-Adventure, Open World, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Volition and published by THQ. It is the second game in the series of Saints Row. The game takes place in the fictional city known as Stilwater 5-year after the release of the first game. It casts you in the role of the protagonist and tasked you to lead a Third Street gang and compete against three evil gangs who threatened the city. It offers an open environment and enables you to use different weapons and melee attacks to take down your foes. It offers the similar gameplay like GTA series. There are different types of vehicles, boats, airplanes and motorcycles to drive. The game lets you explore the game world either by vehicles or on foot. Earn money by completing missions and use them to buy a weapon, vehicles and more. Move freely around the world, navigate the environment and play with your style. The world is distributed into 45 neighborhoods and twenty districts. Saints Row 2 offers key features such as Co-op, Killer Combat, Freedom to Explore, challenging Missions, Customization and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Prison Break: The Conspiracy is an Action-Adventure, Single and Multiplayer video game created by ZootFly and published by Deep Silver. The Fox television series named Prison Break inspires the game. There is two protagonists named Michael Scofield and Tom Paxton. The player can take on the role of the protagonist and start exploring the game world where he has to accomplish several tasks to earn reputation points. The player can assume the role of an agent of an organization who must go to a prison within Fox River State to interrogate and uncover secrets. It takes place in the fictional and consists of nine chapters. The player can explore the world from third-person view, interact with NPCs, objects and can fight against prisons and take down them using his abilities. Prison Break: The Conspiracy offers core features, superb gameplay, and excellent mechanics. Try it out.

Yakuza 3 is an Action-Adventure, Open World, Exploration and Single-player video game developed and published by Sega for PlayStation platform only. It is the 3rd marvelous title in the series of Yakuza game and centers on four different gameplay elements such as First-person Perspective, Revelation, Chase Battle and Seamless Battle. It has three different modes such as Adventure mode, Battle mode, and Event mode. The plot revolves around the protagonist and his companion named as Kazuma and Haruka, as they left their criminal professional to hunt a new life in the fictional city called Okinawa where they are trying to manage an orphanage for innocent children. Their peaceful life will be interrupted as the game progress. You can take on the role of the protagonist, and your task is to explore the world, fight against enemies and take down to earn points and money. You can navigate the world from a third-person view and can use melee combat to defeat enemies and their bosses. You can use a set of weapons during combat and can drive any vehicle. With enhanced gameplay, controls, visuals and graphics, Yakuza 3 is the best game to play and enjoy.

Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Perspective, Single and Multiplayer video game based on an American Television animated series known as Family Guy. The game offers a thrilling gameplay focuses on two different protagonists and the antagonist named as Bertram, who is the evil half-brother of Stewie. To jump into the world, the player needs to select his character, and his primary objective is to explore the environment from a third-person, interactive with non-player characters and struggle to battle against his evil half-brother to restore the peace. According to the story, Bertram goes through multiverse to recruit his army that will assist him to kill the protagonist. When the protagonist decides to locate and shoot the antagonist, Bertram releases his minions to threaten the world. There are seven different universes, and each has a set of tasks, puzzles, and obstacles. Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse offers prominent features, new modes, and engaging mechanics. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Wheelman is a marvelous video game for those players who love playing GTA-like games. The game offers Action-Adventure, Open World, and Exploration gameplay for multiple platforms developed by Tigon Studios and published by Midway Games. It puts you into the fully destructible world and features more than thirty-one story-based missions and up to 105 side-missions. The player assumes the role of the protagonist and his ultimate task is to explore the world from a third-person view, interact with non-player characters to get his tasks and struggle to complete them to earn money. A huge variety of weapons, vehicles, and objectives are available for hardcore players. The player as the hero (Milo Burik) can navigate the world from either on foot or by vehicle. According to the story, the protagonist must work along with a criminal gang in Barcelona, plans out the biggest heist of their career. The game becomes challenging, as the player completes some levels. During the game, the player can drive any vehicle, fight against enemies using weapons, melee combat and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Enemy Front is an Action-Adventure, First-person Perspective, Single and Multiplayer video game created and published by CI Games. It offers a WWII-themed world where the game takes place. The gameplay is a mix of Sniping, Sabotage, Intense Combat, and Stealth elements and introduces a variety of characters. The story takes place against the backdrop of unforgettable European locals, and the game put the player into the role of the protagonist named Robert Hawkins who is an American soldier. The player can participate in fast-paced and action-packed gameplay and lets him fight against other soldiers of different factions and defeat them to earn points. It introduces military vehicles and weapons to use during the gameplay to slaughter the enemies. It has both Single and Multiplayer modes. The Single-player campaign contains a series of missions that the player has to complete at any cost, and the game lets the player to pits against other players around the world in Multiplayer mode to show off your shooting abilities. Enemy Front is the brilliant game as compared to other FPS games.

Resistance 2 is a Single-player and Multiplayer First-person Shooter video game created by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The plot focuses on the protagonist named as Nathan Hale, as he traverses to the fictional United States to battle the Chimera, who have started an invasion of both the west and east coasts. In the game, the protagonist is a member of an Elite Force of Soldiers known as the Sentinels. It offers an open-environment setting and enables the player move freely without any limitation and battle enemies to kill them using a massive arsenal of weaponry. There are five different modes available such as Team Death Match, Death Match, Capture the Flag, Skirmish, and more. The player can team up with other players in Co-op mode and struggle to kill enemies together using modern weapons while Competitive mode, the players can go against each other with a task to score the highest points while struggling to eliminate each other to remain the last. With prominent features, first-person experience, and lots of modern features, Resistance 2 is the best game to play and enjoy.

Dust 514 is a Multiplayer, First-person Shooter and Exploration video game developed by CCP Shanghai and published by CCP Games for PlayStation 3 platform. It takes place in the fictional Universe like Eve Online, and combines the elements of MMO and FPS. The fictional planet is split into several districts, and each offers a set of objectives, resources, and challenges. To jump into the game world, the player needs to choose his faction, along playable character and start interacting with other player to complete his objectives to earn points. In the game, the player is able to explore the environment, interact with others, gather resources, upgrades his weapons and can fulfill his tasks to level-up. The game unlocks further content as the player progresses through the game and can use his points to purchase new weapons, advanced equipment and more. With addictive graphics, superb gameplay, and smooth controls, Dust 514 is the wonderful game for those players who love playing MMOFPS games.

Mafia 2 is a 3rd person, Open World, Action-Adventure and Shooting game developed and published by 2K Czech. This game is a direct sequel to Mafia: City of Lost heaven and is playable on Pc (Microsoft Windows), Mac OS X, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game is based in the fictional cities of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston and Detroit and it revolves around the life of a former army veteran now a gangster Vito Scalata, who wants to be a don someday. Vito Scalata continues to work hard and gathers a large file of his criminal activities in the law enforcement office. The protagonist of the game mostly travels on foot or in vehicles and a lot of ammunition travels with him. Where ever he finds his enemies he kill them and also works on assignments from his multiple bosses to earn money. The gameplay of Mafia 2 greatly resembles to the GTA series games but the storyline is quite different. Mafia 2 features an era of Empire Bay so the music in the game is also quite oldish but great, you’ll get a chance to drive vintage and famous cars from the years 1940 to 1950. With great graphics, an open world gaming environment and a third person perspective, the player is forced to enjoy the game.