I hate playstation and just about everything Sony :P, but from word of mouth and all that blah blah, God of War is an amazing game (all 4 games, I think there's 2 for PS, 1 for PS3 and 1 for psp).
Baldur's Gate I'vehad for over 10 years for PC and still play it every weekend, not sure if the console version is as big, but the pc version still has stuff I need to play through to explore/discover.
I've been hoping that someone would come up with a Wii type system, with the motion sensitive controllers, but with the graphics and power of a Playstation 3. Has that been done yet? My biggest complaint with the Wii is that the graphics are pretty coarse, compared to what a more powerful system can do. It's a non-item with most of the Wii games, but if you want to play a 3rd party action game, you'll definitely notice it.
If your looking for an RPG to play I cannot recommend enough Dragon Quest VIII. It is one of the best RPG's you'll play for a long time. It's a cell shaded style game but it's done perfectly. Some other games really worth checking out are the God of War games, Katamari Damachei, Resident Evil 4, Persona 3:FES, Disgaea and Disgaea 2.
One final note, check out all three of the Kingdom Hearts games. It blends the Square universe characters with Disney very well.
Enjoy!
The 2 Baldur Gate games for the ps2 were great for two back in the day. Nothing like the pc version really, they were action oriented.
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Sounds like I should pick up Baldur's Gate, thanks guys!
IMO - Consoles are hard to top for basic combat games. I'd strongly recommend one of Tekkans, probably the most recent you can get in the used section.