Exploring DEAD PS3 Online Games

[@alonemax2912]

Best era of gaming. Respect to all OG's fighting on airport GTA 4.

[@MAWK3]

Don't forget the swingset glitch!

[@imintrouble6058]

I was the enemy at 5:30 ! I really appreciate the coverage of Metal Gear online and the revival project 'SaveMGO', it's a truly unique experience with a ton of gamemodes that have yet to be seen in a multiplayer game since. The learning curve is very steep to begin with, the community is more than welcoming to new and old players alike and I'd encourage anyone to at least give it a try while there's still interest. Thanks for the video.

[@MAWK3]

Glad I could play with you and that you enjoyed the video! It's challenging, but that's what makes it special imo. I have a new video coming very soon, where I covered MGO on the PS2! That one was also pretty cool

[@Dorian_D1990]

Great video my dude! MGO is a classic. I remember playing this first MGO on PS2 for hours and hours. When I pre-ordered MGS4 at EB Games I got a beta code for MGO 2 for PS3 back in 2008. Darn good times on there. Great content and information you presented to all of us watching!!

[@MAWK3]

Thank you dude! I vividly remember my older brother getting it day 1 and watching it install (felt like hours 😅)

[@GrungeVeins]

AvP that Sega made for PS3 was *chefs kiss*

[@daniherford97]

What?!!! I can play MGO again?!?!?😱🤪

[@DivineBk2]

It got redone by a team that created a passion project for it. You can also play it on pc

[@faeronix]

@@daniherford97 Yup, you can go on the same place you play mgo2 for mgo1. Although the community is a bit dead, it's super fun when a group of 8 is online and going at it.

[@swatguytyty]

I remember as a young kid constantly replaying the Red Faction Guerilla demo because you could destroy everything in the game. So many good memories of me destroying everything I could with some explosives and a sledgehammer. Loved the destruction in that games campaign!

[@xxczerxx]

Destruction and AI are the key ingredients to truly fun games imo, there's this element of creativity it creates.

[@koa.diesel]

i did the same i replayed the demo so much

[@Vert-.]

Same here lmao. Im 28 now but remember at the time just getting on breaking shit with my mates😂

[@Subwaygoonfree]

Me with the Just Cause 2 demo

[@xxczerxx]

@@Subwaygoonfree I played the Just Cause 2 demo more than most games I owned on the 360. I remember it had a time limit but encouraged you to try and get as far as possible. Best demo ever!

[@DraugysVault]

Still rocking a ps3 in 2024❤️

[@theyuca-clan4239]

Me too

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

I've got one somewhere, but I've moved house since I last used it so absolutely no idea where I placed it lol.

[@Ant730-the-God]

U must be broke 😂😂💀

[@michaelrodriguez1217]

@@Ant730-the-Godnah it’s just fun😂

[@Sryloth]

Same but it has some issue so i cant use it until i get a ds3

[@uberguy3216]

Wasn't expecting to me myself in a video today. Great work over all and I hope you come play MGO2 again sometime.

[@MAWK3]

Thank you! I hope so to 🙏

[@NightField177]

Thank you for the video, and thank you for the way you presented it. No obnoxious memes, cringe "satirical" snarky commentary, and jokes 24/7. Straightforward with a bit of humor. Refreshing.

[@MAWK3]

Thank you for watching! I tried to infuse a lot of my narrative style with a dash of fun to it. Glad it resonated well 😁

[@tylermiller3407]

Bro just found randomly came across this video, and have to say thank you for showing COD 3. Met one of the coolest dudes ever. Could tell he was older than me and really didn’t want to play together. Yet, a few years went on with us playing games together and is such a core memory to this day! Just have to say thank you for showcasing such a forgotten game. I used to replay the demo/trial of the first mission until I could afford the full game. Good times! You’ve definitely earned a subscriber! With that, I would love to see your opinion on the PS3 Bethesda game, BRINK. Still to this day would love to play it again. Such a hidden gem. And an extra game, CRACKDOWN 2 on Xbox 360! Once again, great work! Thank you for bringing back some great memories!

[@MAWK3]

Nice! I found that era, most people used mics vs now where most lobbies are quiet. I remember it being hyped before release everywhere online. I think I was in grade 10 and watching the IGN review of it on a flip phone. 😅 The actual game was pretty interesting. I liked the Parkour aspects mixed with PVP & PVE was done well. Crackdown 2 is a solid follow up to the original game. I enjoyed playing with 3 of my buddies vs only 1 with the OG Game. Thank you for subscribing to the channel to! 🙏

[@maskimo5311]

MGO was one of those games I played with the boys, doing clan battles. That's so nostalgic, I remember how cool it was to play against some of the characters, like Old snake, vamp, and Raiden. Oh, and especially liquid ocelot. I thought his mechanic where he can rewind the game clock to try and clutch out a victory was so cool.

[@omnirockmusic]

MGO is such a classic, so many memories playing Survival on the weekends.

[@kxock]

damn bro, thats quiet a high quality video for such a small channel. love it

[@CapoYQX]

man thank you for this video. Getting these games on the go to play couldn't have been easy! MGO pure nostalgia hit, great commentary, easy sub

[@rjhick1]

Demon Souls, Killzone 2 & 3, Rainbow 6 Las Vegas, Resistance Fall of Man (1,2,3), Warhawk, and Tom Clancy H.A.W.X. are all games that you should tryout.

[@MAWK3]

Thank you! I'll check them out 😁

[@OldTownKiller]

demon souls ps3 servers were shut down

[@xdKyouzen]

I think Killzone 3 also :'(

[@ezioassassain]

reisstance 2 is down aswell rip 60 player matches

[@ezioassassain]

​@@xdKyouzenatleast killzone has bots

[@severed6001]

Man I remember playing MAG on my ps3 I thought that game was awesome Sony should bring it back

[@MAWK3]

It is currently being revived as we speak! Hoping to report on it in the near future.

[@hawkwind769]

Mag was rad Zipper interactive makers of socom

[@maryus786]

MAG Was amazing.

[@crimsontide1980]

​@@MAWK3 you serious, Clark???

[@aaronsmith7143]

Killzpne 2, resistance 2, socom 4, MAG, GTA 4, and MGS4 online were absolutely amazing. All peak MP for me.

[@jacobhirst7581]

was hoping someone would mention mag! such a great childhood we all had

[@TheDudeWithNoName]

It's a pleasure to sit back and relax watching your videos, I never got the chance to play any PS3 games online but thanks to you and all your efforts i can at least see how they used to play in a way that how i would like to enjoy those games myself, On a side note, You're the kind of dude who makes playing online games so much more enjoyable and fun to play, Here's hoping to many more of your videos!

[@Chris_978]

Loved this video especially the lost planet one I’ve played on 360 && man is it nostalgic seeing online how I remember playing the demo back in 07 as well.

[@MAWK3]

Felt like yesterday 😅

[@Platguy1]

​​@@MAWK3 Wow! This is one of the greatest ps3 videos I've ever seen ❤🔥 (Ur channel is criminaly underrated)

[@MAWK3]

@Platguy1 Thank you dude! Means a lot 🙏

[@ThisRoyalDaKoty]

I really enjoy these videos cause I don’t have time to go back and do the same things on old games. I mostly just played old CODs like you mentioned

[@venticated]

Red Faction Guerilla was my favorite game growing up

[@user-hf4vy8kz7z]

Love your Playstation content!

[@MAWK3]

Thank you for watching! 🙏

[@weltvonoben]

Man 18 years.. that's crazy, I remember when it was brand new... Time flies

[@PcGamerify]

Time seems to go faster the older we get.

[@BigBoss1292]

MGO is still my favorite online game I’ve ever played…so many great memories fighting my way around those maps.

[@tom0900060]

ps3 will never die as long as the multiplayer is free

[@Nitroh-]

Which is a blessing and a curse. Free online increases the amount of cheating as there is no barrier of entry, get banned make a new account ez

[@rjhick1]

​@@Nitroh-most of these servers are privately ran though so its not thst big of deal.

[@tricouleur9689]

@@Nitroh-never encountered a single cheater when I played tens of hours of BF3 on my PS3 back in the days

[@Nitroh-]

@tricouleur9689 It's not like every single lobby on every game had cheaters lol, especially on something like BF3, depending what year you played they definitely would have been a thing you either were lucky or didn't notice. Jailbroken PS3s have been used to mod online games for over 10 years at this point.

[@НААТ]

​@@Nitroh-i still remember sony fucking up a firmware update making jailbreaking so easu you only needed a usb lol. No trickery inside the ps involved. After that shit just became a no mands land

[@Deathsem]

This is the best I’ve watched so far

[@MAWK3]

That's means a lot to hear man! I hope to continue making videos in this style

[@tpp5151]

Ps3 is the best console of all time. It was the perfect cross section of the large open world AAA games that dominate the industry now, first taste of modern graphics, the multiplayer was unforgettable, also there was a wide variety of games to play, I bet ps5 will get maybe 1/4 of the total releases ps3 had by the end of its life cycle.

[@MM-ep2zq]

Towards the end of last year, I decided to go back and try GTA IV online. Unfortunately, most of its PS3 lobbies are near enough dead. I managed to get a few death matches here or there, but other modes no such luck. However, free mode is where I found the most active players and did have some fun, but the downside is you will also encounter a lot of modders.

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

Yeah GTA 4 on PS3 is almost completely dead. The 360 version has been kept significantly more active simply because people on Xbox one or series s/x are able to play it.

[@MM-ep2zq]

@JudeTheKZbinPoopersubscribe Yeah, you are completely right. If you still want to experience GTA IV, online as it was back in the day, Xbox is the way to go. Making a lot 360 games backwards, compatible with Xbox 1, was a smart move by Microsoft. I liked PS4, but Sony not making the console backwards compatible with PS3 was always a source of frustration for many players.

[@Robertcarreon2]

I tried this on December 2023, I genuinely found no lobbies

[@CONTRACTOR_SG3]

My god the memories I have from MGO are just absolutely exquisite. I loved the fact that you bought gear for your character from a online site and this was before game devs were greedy so insetad of using real money you would get points at the end of games that you could use to buy better gear

[@steakeater4557]

loved TimeShift, nice shoutout

[@MAWK3]

I love that game

[@rivsworld8698]

Really says something about the gamming industry.

[@brianpacheco9606]

Chad warden is proud that the ps triple is still alive

[@MAWK3]

One of the greatest internet trolls to ever exist.

[@LaggySnake]

PS triple is still ABAP

[@MAWK3]

We aint doin geeeomechry, we tryna play gaaaaaaames @@LaggySnake

[@SherwoodSou]

Really good video! But I could not stand the constant Discord notifications LOL

[@ambrema1234]

Would love to see more. Great material bro

[@MAWK3]

Thank you bro! Got more in development

[@AsmodeusVRC]

Nice video!

[@MAWK3]

Thank you so much! 🙏

[@space_to_make6032]

this man is single handily trying to get me to boot up my PS3 and hoop on some old classics PS3 Games absolutely love the vids

[@garybates1395]

Sick video and channel bro 👊 💯. I recently re-bought a ps3. The games were awesome!! God of war original trilogy, ratchet and clank , infamous , metal gear solid 4 and so many more. What a console !!! 🎮👌💯. Don’t get me wrong I love the ps5! It’s sick, but I’ve been gassed playing the classics again 👍

[@damon7845]

There was so many good and unique games in the ps3 ps2 eras

[@avb19d6]

COD 3. What a classic. Genuinely the most different of any COD I’ve ever played. Still looks like it holds up well.

[@Petromortal]

We can keep it alive. Even 1 full lobby counts. Also please play lost planet 2 if you can and want to Keep it up mawk!

[@MAWK3]

Absolutely! I plan on making this a series. 🙏

[@estebanod]

5:25 comrority ? Lol camaraderie

[@smellsnoice3648]

big ups for the cod 2 big red one theme song in rotation

[@scrimmybingus8972]

Hey man, I'm pretty sure we used to work together like a decade ago, just stumbled onto your channel and wanted to say i loved playing metal gear online back in the day and good job with your content and your channel.

[@bobthebromosapien7496]

MGO is still very much alive on PC with a very dedicated fanbase

[@maodijong3661]

MGO for PS3 was so damn good! I had no idea it was still around...albeit in a limited nature. So now I got to find a way to either fix my old PS3 or buy one as cheap as possible and get this up and running!

[@Tyranniod]

There's quite a few revived servers now as well. I played resistance fall of man and killzone 2 some while ago. It was so much fun.

[@PhilleShy]

Watching this chilling then boom, CoD BRO menu theme, that game has a special place in my heart.

[@kevingood8570]

MGO is one of the best multiplayer games ever made. Completely slept on smh it needs a spiritual successor or something

[@S3r3nityNow]

Try playing Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena, specifically in the Pitch Black game mode. In the past, you could start a lobby with a couple of friends, and a random player would join, but that hasn't been the case for a few years.

[@Slicklikerick]

Great video brother

[@MAWK3]

Thank u brother 🙏

[@zackdirusso3391]

I still go back to littlebigplanet 1 and 2, resistance trilogy, and motorstorm trilogy. It's a crime that not one of those series received a remaster

[@asianwick153]

I feel like older game was trying and innovate what they were doing. As to now, where many of the games we played have been solidify...And many company are scary to take risk.

[@holdenafart5241]

Aye bro late to the party. Good to see this video take off a lil. Big ups pimp

[@MAWK3]

Bigs Up holdenafart & Liquid Richard

[@atomanni-k5m]

I love that the servers are still online and used only the wii and much newer wii u. and that they have a million daily players is crazy

[@loui27342]

Recently found my old ps3 & I’ve been enjoying it

[@lucaixen]

I have a PS3. Believe it or not, Advanced Warfare is a pretty dead Call of Duty game (and understandably so), despite the game sparking the "Press F to Pay Respects" meme. I mostly play the campaign not only because I'm trophy grinding, but also because hardly anyone plays Multiplayer. And if by some miracle you get a server, expect servers like Black Ops 2 in 2024.

[@ayoitsyayo]

Not everyone can afford the newest consoles

[@yotypicalgamer2727]

Call of Duty 3 was my childhood, the main menu music brings me back

[@OutcastAngelV]

Lost Planet EC is such an underrated gem. Spent so many hours on Xbox Live with that one.

[@binmiesta]

Resident evil operation racoon city would be another check out

[@RoadRunnerGamer]

gonna need a part two to this one!

[@latinelover24]

just subbed. love this channel and i still have my PS3 hooked up to my LCD tv haha! and i still try to play old school games with multiplayer and score some hard to earn trophies.

[@rtroisback]

I still play on my PS3 (mostly bcuz i dont have any other consoeles)

[@Mackie120]

I had a Wii and a Xbox 360 back in the day but for the past few years, I've been discovering and enjoying the library of games the PS3 has through emulation.

[@iSpitGame]

Never even knew lost planet had pvp wish they still made them

[@plugmontana2746]

Underrated!❤

[@madmax6439]

What I remember most from ps3, I totally like playing lost planet 1 and 2, the multiplayer wasn't dead from both games. When the second game came out, it was a big change and a big awesome gameplay I will never forget, the second game was a masterpiece, is like if it give us a reminder how to play together and enjoy the fun, I will never forget how good lost planet 2 was. (You can also complete the entire campaign by playing online with a team of 4, that also give lost planet 2 a big advantage of how good it was)

[@EastWest-p6h]

Im 30 now i never had ps1 and ps2 when i was able to make my own money at 15 i bought ps3 that was the best ever

[@MAWK3]

Nice man! It makes it even more special doing it that way.

[@glazredfield9489]

I hear Left Blank 2. Around the start of the video. Featured in pretty much every Little Big Planet. My first game I've ever played and a deep love we've all had to those who've played it

[@milkmaster7787]

The little big planet music in the background is nostalgic af

[@supaskwid]

Remember trying to play fear for the campaign but was so stupid couldn’t get past the first story mission

[@pepperkakespisern5531]

Playing Farcry2 back in the days with your custom made map with bunch of random people was mad fun back then❤

[@crusfm2801]

It's always great to see people still enjoying games from the past

[@mundusproductions6407]

Red Faction multiplayer was one of the best experiences i ever had gaming.

[@Pat_the_Potato]

I Love Call of Duty 3, I played it constantly up until a few years ago, when I got busy with school.. glad to see I can go back!

[@cola_420]

COD3 is the first game i ever played online when i was 11!.... i remember how terrible it was on PS2 and how it lagged.. such good times. Seeing it now (and all the other games) makes you feel like youre teleported to a place where time stood still alll these years

[@benp129]

Was smiling from ear to ear when I saw Red Faction Guerilla, used to play the hell out of that game online - memories :’)

[@unf4th0mable]

This was a great video! Makes me wanna hook up my ps3

[@MAWK3]

Go for it! 🙏

[@unf4th0mable]

@@MAWK3 it doesnt run very well, but im looking into buying one again ! (-:

[@BitBlu]

great vid!

[@juangrandefranco1297]

Lost Planet was such a dull a boring experience for me when I played it, but it will always have a special place in my heart as being the last game I ever rented at Blockbuster!

[@Solid--Snake]

honestly 2024 is the best moment to have a ps3. the huge amount of mods and homebrews that basically transforms the ps3 is mind blowing

[@Solid-Old]

You should try TEAM SNEAKING mode in MGO, the best

[@Daftanemone]

Man I remember mgo when mgs4 came out. The controls were so confusing and they are to this day

[@xlinkkaisaintsrow2365]

That was me lol. 23:18

[@iconofsin4578]

Call of duty 3 and gears of war 1 were my first games i pöayed on X360 and blew my mind how good they looked

[@MAWK3]

GOW 1 multiplayer was the shit back in the day

[@dukeofdawn4348]

There's a PS3 game I've been searching for ages. It was a multiplayer demo where you'd start by skydiving down into the map with mech like armor suits and first person shooting

[@AIex18]

Section 8?

[@syabugplays2003]

You know, the game I grew up playing on my PS3 was a strategy game called Storm Rise, I miss playing that game so much in all honesty

[@FRAGResourceTTV]

I miss my old PS3. I adored that technological marvel of a machine.

[@TedFegal]

I remember playing fear 1 online back in the day, wow.

[@BadCow94]

I 100% regret selling my old ps3 back in 2015, i had just bought a pc and wasn't using the PS at all. Miss it, it's dumb though but miss it.

[@user-fd7sp9fe5n]

Imagine in 50 years... All the servers will be empty... quiet... forever running... It's peaceful really.

[@MAWK3]

I hope I can emulate it on the PS10 😅

[@raeepar4085]

I like how the two first maps you discussed on COD 3 were my favorite as a kid. I loved all the maps in that game though. You should hook up M.A.G. and see one of the best large scale, teamwork based games ever.

[@CapnI_van]

I actually really enjoyed this video for some of the documentation on the game mechanics since I never got to play them. Call of Duty 3's class system like revives and calling air-strikes alongside the in-round levelling system is hugely reminiscent of 2003's Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, like damn near identical. PC was still the main way to play online games upon CoD 3's release and it was console exclusive. Even if it wasn't it'd have to go toe to toe with at least a dozen MP PC games still in their prime like Battlefield, Wolfenstein, Quake 3, Medal of Honor, Tribes, and more. Poor CoD 3 had no chance lol. FEAR is also interesting to me. I find it odd the weapons menu is buried so deep considering it came out in 2005. By that point shooters had come up with so many different ways of having good, quick, and functional methods of selection loadout kits, however primitive they might be by todays standards. Especially since its Monolith who have always been really innovative developers, it seems really out of character for them. Apparently the slow-motion gamemode was also a post release addition, so I guess that explains why it feels like a gimmick. Shame too because integrating it as a powerup or larger mechanic like in The Specialists and Max Payne 3 into core gameplay I think works really well; moving fast blowing away the chumps running through glue for a few moments. Its also cool seeing how goofy MGO2 is, I only got to play MGO3 and it had a similar playerbase that alternated between being really goofy and absolutely tearing you to shreds. I remember matches where half the server would be screwing around in a corner throwing magazines at eachothers heads to KO one another before the gigachad zips in and obliterates us.

[@vijaynair2757]

It is an elite dvd player as well

[@CaptainBleysFire]

Great video! been wanting to do a similar video like this but goddamn this is awesome just seeing so many people still play the ps3, as it was one of the first consoles i ever played, cod3 kind of reminded me of the game day of defeat: source, has the same sorta class structure and stuff. (also is fairly dead as well) but yeah thats all i really wanted to say :3

[@mattballin13]

Red Faction received remaster/fix on PC a few years back. The online was really active, but probably died out by now. Starhawk was Fortnite before Fortnite. It had people playing up until it shutdown. Downside is it required an online pass so you had to buy the game new or pay extra for the pass. The online games on PS3 were unmatched.

[@TheSynysterGamer]

met my lifelong friends back on ps3 lol specifically on COD4, rock band 2 and PShome. All of us were like 12 - 16yrs old and now almost 30 lmao We dont game together much cause work and some of us have kids now but we did all meetup irl about once a year for awhile. That era had some of the best memories. I wish i thought to record our sessions back then

[@Crazyman817]

I still have my PS3. i have need for speed most wanted, and rivals, it's actually one of my favorites, no idea if it qualifies as "dead" but I also just enjoy relaxing

[@iSpitGame]

Metal gear online was sooo dope back then i was mad young when i played that n would get mad happy when i got a kill cuz those guys on that game were another level. I love unique online modes they just don’t make them the same anymore

[@yamm7435]

Subbed! Would love to see more of these bro.

[@SilkDoctr]

I remember playing cod 3 on the ps3 when it was still live it was amazing haha

[@k9vendettathewolfofmordor529]

Its nuts the mgo people made it crossplay