15 Severely Underrated PS3 Games That Deserve A Second Chance

10. Puppeteer

It was great to see Sony - two months before the release of the PS4 - continuing to support the PS3 by releasing a quality, lovingly-made platformer like Puppeteer. But from a commercial point of view, the game was dead on arrival, unleashing its whimsical charms on the world at a time when gamers were sitting with empty pockets in eager anticipation of the next generation. Gameplay-wise, Puppeteer is a straight-forward platformer. You control, Kutaro, a boy-turned-puppet who's armed with a pair of giant magical scissors that can slice up the theatre-stage scenery and the game's beautifully imagined enemies. Puppeteer's greatest strength is its visual style, which mimics that of a theatrical stage. Everything in the game is made out of cardboard stage props, and an off-screen audience cheers and gasps as you defeat enemies and defy death. There is also an overlooked two-player mode, in which the second player controls Kutaro's companion, and can sniff out treasures in the scenery (word from the wise: it's much more fun playing as Kutaro) Puppeteer is designed to be accessible for everyone, and as such is a bit style-over-substance. But with so much style on show, you won't resent the lack of challenge, and will want to want to play through the game at least once to make sure you've absorbed ever last bit of its theatrical aesthetic goodness.