PlayStation Network Thread (Vita/PS3/PS4) | July 2014

Waited 3 days for the extra 10% PS+ discount to be applied to the Big in Japan sale.
Discount never applied.
Decided to buy games anyway.
Got Persona 2, Persona 3 Portable, Trails in the Sky, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and Final Fantasy IX.
The PSP games are great. No complaints there.
The PSOne game is in Spanish and you can't change the language. The store didn't mention this at all.

FML. My experience with Sony's store has been baffling, at best. I "lost" only €5, but still, it's pretty shitty how they lock you into a language and don't allow you to chose another one. I'm not even complaining about the store itself, just the language it and the games you want to play are displayed in!
 
So after the individual downloads for Ratchet 1-3 popping up with the store update last week on the Australian PSN store they've removed them. The game comes out Wednesday so i'm shaking my head if they removed them due to retail date parity.

If not it seems really odd that they'd remove them.
The Vita thread on /vg/ seems to be a lot more active than this one here. Step yo' game up gaf
Flandy pls
I'm trying my best damn it ;_;
Shovel Knight's official site's FAQ:
What I wouldn't give for Shovel Knight on Vita. Or Shovel Knight in general seeing as how i'm still waiting on a PAL Wii U/3DS release date :(
 
I'm trying my best damn it ;_;
What I wouldn't give for Shovel Knight on Vita. Or Shovel Knight in general seeing as how i'm still waiting on a PAL Wii U/3DS release date :(

Stupid American Canadian indies...always leaving us EU peeps in the dust.
Grab it on PC bro, any low end PC should be able to run it.
 
I know you delete your 'save file' when you delete the bubble on the vita, so how do you 'save it' it or transfer it to your ps3? Please dont tell me you have to transfer the whole bubble over? :|

EDIT: I guess I can store in online storage, but is it possible to only store on the ps3?

If i upload online, can I download it onto my ps3?
 
I might wait until later in the game, then. I've signed Zev Ronso in midfield, Jumal in goal and Biggs but I haven't played him yet. The first two guys seem to be working out a bit better for me. I somehow even managed to get the tournament trophy.

Also, Tidus' pass stat is pretty bad. What a ball hog.

Did you get Jecht Shot on the boat over to Luca? The Mini game with the Blitzball? Boosts your shoot stat and knocks 2 defenders out before taking a shot at goal, other than powerleveling him, I never used Tidus to pass.
 
Fucking hell.

Don't tell me that I have to re-download all of the PS+ stuff in order for their eligible period to be updated with the new one, now that I have added 1 year to my sub.

Please tell me there's a way to sync the status of the PS+ games without me having to re-download all of them again. Please.
 
Fucking hell.

Don't tell me that I have to re-download all of the PS+ stuff in order for their eligible period to be updated with the new one, now that I have added 1 year to my sub.

Please tell me there's a way to sync the status of the PS+ games without me having to re-download all of them again. Please.

Have you tried updating your licenses?
 
Stupid American Canadian indies...always leaving us EU peeps in the dust.
Grab it on PC bro, any low end PC should be able to run it.
Nicalis and Renegade Kid I'm watching at you

I don't like playing on PC, I'd have no problem getting it for 3DS but then I'd have to use the slide pad, for a 2d platformer, so nope. Better waiting for a Vita version to play with dat dpad, it's not like I don't have any games to play...

btw I was pointing out how they're piling on that "lol who has a Vita" statement, while a bunch of people is asking for a Vita version. It's a bit...ingenuous thing to do.


The Vita thread on /vg/ seems to be a lot more active than this one here. Step yo' game up gaf

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Fucking hell.

Don't tell me that I have to re-download all of the PS+ stuff in order for their eligible period to be updated with the new one, now that I have added 1 year to my sub.

Please tell me there's a way to sync the status of the PS+ games without me having to re-download all of them again. Please.

Just start them while you're online and logged in.

Just finished Steamworld Dig on the Vita.
What an awesome game, you should get it while it's on sale.

I second this!
 
Have you tried updating your licenses?

How to do that?

I took a quick peek at my PS+ Vita games and they're still at 38 days left. I deleted Terraria, redownload it, and then the days become 403 days, but the others are still shown having 38 days left.

I haven't checked my PS3 PS+ games but I imagine they'd be the same.

Just start them while you're online and logged in.

I tried this with Uncharted GA and SFxT Vita. Didn't work.
 
What is the Hong Kong release date for Child of Light (Physical) , I thought it was last week but the store told me "sometime in the next couple weeks".... O_o

I want to know this too. Traveling to Hong Kong today and wanted to pick the cart up. Back through HK next week so if it comes out this week that would be cool.

Was playing it this weekend on my PS3 with my daughter on the second controller and it's such a good game. Loving it.
 
How to do that?

I took a quick peek at my PS+ Vita games and they're still at 38 days left. I deleted Terraria, redownload it, and then the days become 403 days, but the others are still shown having 38 days left.

I haven't checked my PS3 PS+ games but I imagine they'd be the same.
I'm pretty sure the game licenses will update themselves automatically to the new expiry date once the previous license expired and you launch the game again.
i.e. you probably cannot force the license to update manually, except by deleting/downloading the game again.
 
I know you delete your 'save file' when you delete the bubble on the vita, so how do you 'save it' it or transfer it to your ps3? Please dont tell me you have to transfer the whole bubble over? :|

EDIT: I guess I can store in online storage, but is it possible to only store on the ps3?

If i upload online, can I download it onto my ps3?

anyone?
 
Fucking hell.

Don't tell me that I have to re-download all of the PS+ stuff in order for their eligible period to be updated with the new one, now that I have added 1 year to my sub.

Please tell me there's a way to sync the status of the PS+ games without me having to re-download all of them again. Please.
If I started a game while online and logged in, it always updated to the new expiration date automatically.
 
I know you delete your 'save file' when you delete the bubble on the vita, so how do you 'save it' it or transfer it to your ps3? Please dont tell me you have to transfer the whole bubble over? :|

EDIT: I guess I can store in online storage, but is it possible to only store on the ps3?

If i upload online, can I download it onto my ps3?
You can't upload/download Vita save games onto/from your PS3 afaik.
 
I figure I'll ask this here:

Does Mutant Mudds Deluxe change after the first couple levels? People seemed to love it from other threads I've seen, but I'm finding it really slow and boring, with no puzzles, and uninteresting level design. Does the game get better? Or are the first few levels representative of the rest of the game?
 
So after the individual downloads for Ratchet 1-3 popping up with the store update last week on the Australian PSN store they've removed them. The game comes out Wednesday so i'm shaking my head if they removed them due to retail date parity.

If not it seems really odd that they'd remove them.Flandy pls
I'm trying my best damn it ;_;
What I wouldn't give for Shovel Knight on Vita. Or Shovel Knight in general seeing as how i'm still waiting on a PAL Wii U/3DS release date :(

I bought it on the WiiU
- only made me want to play a Vita version much more
 
If I started a game while online and logged in, it always updated to the new expiration date automatically.

I just tried this with Puppeteer in my PS3, it didn't work.

I'm at a loss. ;_;

:(

So your old subscription is still ongoing? Then it's ok, you'll have to do what I said (start them while you're online) once the old subscription is expired

I'm pretty sure the game licenses will update themselves automatically to the new expiry date once the previous license expired and you launch the game again.
i.e. you probably cannot force the license to update manually, except by deleting/downloading the game again.

Hopefully both of you are correct. I am uneasy about it is all, and having to redownload all of them again would be an extremely huge pain in the ass.
 
Hopefully both of you are correct. I am uneasy about it is all, and having to redownload all of them again would be an extremely huge pain in the ass.
Yeah, just checked : had Catherine and a bunch of other PS+ games set to expire last month, and - once I upgraded my PS3 to the latest firmware version and launched the game again - they all got refreshed to my current PS+ expiry date on september 2015.
 
You can't upload/download Vita save games onto/from your PS3 afaik.
I tested it a few minutes ago myself with Thomas Was Alone which has an old expiration date, and it didn't update to the new date after starting it (and being online).

Odd. It worked like that before. Maybe the license servers are busted atm, or they changed the process.

Edit: Didn't saw le-sebs post. Hhmmm.
 
I copied NGS+ from PC to Vita a couple of weeks ago, it had the old expiration date, when I first launched it the expiration date was updated. Odd.

Are you 100% sure you were logged in with + account?
 
I guess Autofokus thought a still perfectly valid, ongoing license, would update automatically to a newer license including your latest PS+ expiry date whenever you launched a game while online/connected with your PS+ account.

But this is not how it works, as evidenced by our experiences (we basically say : wait 'till the license expires, be online and connected then, launch the game with an expired license and it will renew itself to your current PS+ expiry date).

My only "finding" here is that you don't need to launch every game that had its license expired.
It seems like when renewing the license for one game, the console will take care to refresh the licenses of any other game that expired.
 
Apparently SCEE has lowered the official price on all the Vita games. Except Uncharted and the ones released lately (Sly, GOW, Ratchet, Pets and Borderlands) which are 30€, all the games have an official price of 20€

Store prices are not updated though
 
Finished the prologue in Trails in the Sky. Like the characters and the combat. I don't mind a slow opening, so I haven't really any complaints yet
 
I just cancelled my GameStop preorder of One Piece to preorder it on the Namco store and it says that it will available around August 21st. Please tell me that this is an error!
 
Okay, there's a Vita game I want to buy in the Big In Japan sale. The game is listed as being on sale but...

...the game doesn't show up when you search for it on the Vita directly. And there isn't a BUY option on the game when you look at it on the Online Store on a computer.

Anyone know why? The game? Shinobido 2.
 
Okay, there's a Vita game I want to buy in the Big In Japan sale. The game is listed as being on sale but...

...the game doesn't show up when you search for it on the Vita directly. And there isn't a BUY option on the game when you look at it on the Online Store on a computer.

Anyone know why? The game? Shinobido 2.

It's SCEE's fault. A lot of games still lack the additional Plus Discount or are not discounted at all. Maybe they'll fix it next week....
 
I want to try Patapon, is it ok to jump right to Patapon 3 or am I missing anything worthwhile? Patapon 3 is on sale right now.
Same question for LocoRoco. Just go to LocoRoco 2 or play the first one?
 
I want to try Patapon, is it ok to jump right to Patapon 3 or am I missing anything worthwhile? Patapon 3 is on sale right now.
Same question for LocoRoco. Just go to LocoRoco 2 or play the first one?

Go for Locoroco 2. It is more polished. The game barely has any story!

AFAIK Patapon 1 is about managing army while patapon 3 is about managing a group of heroes. Have played only 1 and its really good.
 
This got posed on the PlayStation Blog US (checked the EU one but nothing was there). Here is the link to the US Drop: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/07/06/the-drop-new-playstation-games-for-782014/

Another World 20th Anniversary Edition (PS4/PS3/Vita - Digital Three-Way Cross Buy):
This game is a classic; the game is a Prince of Persia (the original one)-like platformer where you have amazing animation and in-depth puzzle like levels to navigate. Sadly, I never played this before, so I can't give a honest opinion of the game :(. But, I remember watching this on GameGumps and it looked very cool (here is an animation of a really funny moment of the episode :D) Its a great deal for those looking for a fun 2D Side-Scroller to playthough :D.

Le Tour De France -- Season 2014 (PS3 - Digital)
From the PlayStation Blog's description, it is a cycling game where you have 21 tracks to playthough. From what I played of the Wii Sports Resort's cycling game, I guess you have to maintain your stamina in this to succeed in races. Might be a fun game :D.

MouseCraft - (PS4/PS3/Vita - Digital Three-Way Cross Buy)
This looks really cool; it is a puzzle game where you play as a Cat Scientist trying to guide groups of mice to cheese. Yes, that doesn't sound that interesting, but it has the potential to be a fun game; the artstyle is really nice and it looks like the puzzles might be quite challenging to beat. I found this video online of a early alpha of the game (this was on Steam Greenlight apparently): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0IzjP29S-o

One Piece Unlimited World Red (PS3) - Digital and Retail
This looks to be the most interesting game on the drop; its is a action/adventure game where you play as Luffy and the crew looking for tresure on an new island. His friends get captured by something and Luffy has to save them by beating the crap out of creatures with his elastic fists. I don't really watch the anime (man, the last time I remember watching the show was.....I think five years ago on Toonami), but the series has always looked interesting to me. The game looks to be a sorta beat-um-up mixed with some light adventure/RPG elements (It looks a lot like the Unlimited Adventure game I was on Wii a few years ago). Here is some gameplay to get an idea of the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2o9gybFbSA

The game is also coming to Vita too sometime this month (for some stupid reason it is coming after the PS3 version launches X(). That version looks to be really great too (take a visit to this video for impressions on the Vita version :D).

Sacra Terra: Kiss of Death (PS3) - Digital
I honestly have no idea about this game sadly :(. The description on the blog describes it as a woman trying to save her fiance from some dark force. I found this video of the game online, so I hope that helps :l. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1jxiZNLj2E

A demo of Naruto Shippuden: UN Storm Revolution is also coming with the PSN Update and if UN Storm 2 showed me anything, these games are visually amazing packages with fun combat that is lifted from the show perfectly :D. You can't beat a free demo man :D.
 
I figure I'll ask this here:

Does Mutant Mudds Deluxe change after the first couple levels? People seemed to love it from other threads I've seen, but I'm finding it really slow and boring, with no puzzles, and uninteresting level design. Does the game get better? Or are the first few levels representative of the rest of the game?

Platforming gets more difficult (more enemies to avoid, timing jumps for disappearing platforming) but it's more of the same. If you don't care for it so far, you should probably stop.

Been playing a lot of Hot Shots Tennis and man is it fun. Very cute single player. Never thought much of playing sport video games, but Clap Hanz makes them really enjoyable.
 
Okay, thought they did something like that (never really visit the EU Blog). That sucks though, as they could do something like this to give buyers a heads up about upcoming tittles on PSN :(.

They do something like this, it is just posted really late (Wednesday)
 
It's a wait-and-see at this point. I haven't seen many positive impressions from the Japanese release.

Well, people in the Import OT seem to have been enjoying it. After reading some impresions what I get is that, even if the game has some flaws, the guy at Reddit was overreacting. Maybe FW wasn't his cup of tea.

Maybe people is disapointed because it's more like a TPS-focused game and they expected something more traditional (like God Eater).

I don't understand why somebody in the Internet era could just go out and buy a game they don't like. There are gameplay videos showing stuff and there was a demo.

If you can just go there and buy a game based on blind hype alone and without knowing anything about what you're getting, you must be stupid or a wealthy bastard I should be jealous of xD

Or both
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Ok, guys. I've just killed the Idol boss in 3-1 in Demon's Souls. Then a voice said "hahaha I can resurrect them as long as there is people that believes in them". A new archstone didn't appear, I didn't understand the reason, I killed the trash mobs in the area, left the church and when I entered again the boss was alive.

What the hell? Arrows aren't free, you know.
 
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