Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of PlayStation: Top 5 PS exclusive games of all-time

PlayStation is now officially a 25-year-old brand.Yesterday, on December 3rd, 2019 Sony celebrated PlayStation's 25th Anniversary. In terms of console gaming its quite evident that PlayStation has ruled many generations of consoles with its breathtaking narrative-driven exclusive games.

We already have many sneaks peeks on Sony's upcoming PlayStation 5 console and the controller. There's a lot to discuss however to celebrate PlayStation's 25th Anniversary we have prepared a list of top 5 PlayStation exclusive games.

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#5. The Last of Us

The Last of Us

Well, this list wouldn't be complete if we didn't add The Last of Us to it. For those who don't know The Last of Us is an action-adventure game by Naughty Dogs set in a post-apocalyptic United States. The players control Joel, a middle-aged man, who is tasked to smuggle a girl to a certain group. The Last of Us is an emotional roller coaster ride that every gamer should hop on to. From gameplay, graphics, music to character development, story and other aspects, the game excels at everything. We highly recommend The Last of Us as the sequel to the game is coming in 2020. It would be a great time to get on track and finish this masterpiece if you haven't.

Metacritic Score - 95

#4. Uncharted 2 Among Thieves

Uncharted 2 Among Thieves

Uncharted is a series of action-adventure game developed by the same developers as The last of Us (Naughty Dogs). While the game has four direct games from Naughty Dogs and some Vita version by Bend Studio. Uncharted 2 Among Thieves is by far one of the best Uncharted games in the entire series.

Uncharted 2 is an action-packed game which lets you control one of the most humorous action protagonists of all time, Nathan Drake. Even though the game was released way back in October 2009, It is one of the most graphically appealing games out in the market. Uncharted 2 received universal acclaim from critics for its elaborate set pieces, character design, storytelling, graphics, technical innovation, and gameplay mechanics. If you are the action-adventure lover you should boot up your PS3 and play Uncharted 2 right now.

Metacritic Score - 96

#3. Bloodborne

Bloodborne

Bloodborne is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware creators of souls series. Bloodborne is without a doubt one of the best souls game in the entire series. In Bloodborne players take control of a self-created Hunter, through the decrepit Gothic, Victorian era-inspired city of Yharnam whose inhabitants have been afflicted by an abnormal blood-borne disease.

Bloodborne is a punishing game at the beginning but the more you play the more you will be able to see its real beauty. Bloodborne's cryptic story, character design, music, level design, gameplay, NPCs and every other thing about the game is executed phenomenally. Bloodborne is a masterpiece PlayStation 4 exclusive that each one of you should play.

Metacritic Score - 92

#2. Shadow of Colossus

Shadow of the Colossus

Shadow of Colossus is an action-adventure PS2 exclusive title which was cited as one of the most influential games ever. The game was developed by SCE Japan Studios and Team Ico, it received a PS4 release this year.

We had to add Shadow of Colossus in the list as it is one of the best action-adventure games we played way back in our PS2. Unlike other games, Shadow of Colossus does not have any NPCs to talk to, dungeons or caverns to explore or a variety of enemies to defeat. The game's storyline focuses on a young man named Wander who enters a forbidden land. Wander must travel across a vast expanse on horseback and defeat sixteen massive beings, known simply as colossi.

It was the vast open-world, the story, colossus or the sheer beauty of the game that mesmerized us. We aren't sure about that but one thing we are sure about is that we had fun.

Metacritic Score - 91

#1. Crash Team Racing

Crash Team Racing

Crash Team Racing is the first kart racing game that I grew up playing. The game was developed by Naughty Dog for PS1 and it was the 4th instalment in the Crash Bandicoot series.

Even though the game had some ups and downs with the audio quality, Crash Team Racing was one of the best games of its generation both in mechanical and graphical terms. Crash Team Racing had multiple game modes, variety of in-game pick-ups which made the game more fun to play.

Although there are many other kart racing games out there in the market, we recommend you to try out this classic and judge yourself if it is a game fit to be in this list or not.

Metacritic Score - 88

There are many other games like Spider Man, God of War 4 but we have considered the games which did something new, games which where critically acclaimed globally. However, tell us down in the comments what are your favorite PlayStation games of all time are.