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Vita PSN Game & Service Thread | April 2013 | Sacrifice your Independent Soul

just read that pokemon red and green took game freak 6 years to make...lol. ok maybe that isn't feasible for an indie. although, it was probably a lot more difficult to develop games back then, no? it's not like an 8/16-bit game would be maxing out a device now, so there would be headroom for inefficiencies. still, that doesn't give me hope for more rpgs in that style.

hey i'm never at the top of the page. buy whatever you want.
 
Have been using the friends app a lot lately and I just can't believe how crappy it still is. It needs more than a whole minute to load the online status and while it does it constantly reshuffles all friends so you just can't look somebody up if you don't care about their status.
How can something this simple be so bad in 2013? Even instant messengers from the last decade figured it out.

Hope Sony will finally address this issue and finally unify he group messaging, party and friends app. No reason for them to be separat entities.
 
nampad said:
Have been using the friends app a lot lately and I just can't believe how crappy it still is. It needs more than a whole minute to load the online status and while it does it constantly reshuffles all friends so you just can't look somebody up if you don't care about their status.
How can something this simple be so bad in 2013? Even instant messengers from the last decade figured it out.

Hope Sony will finally address this issue and finally unify he group messaging, party and friends app. No reason for them to be separat entities.
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yeah, have they ever mentioned plans to integrate them? it seems to be a huge complaint from everyone. i really hate how it is right now too. i'm so fucking thankful that they finally made it so that you are always signed in whenever possible with the recent updates, but i want to have friends/messaging all accessible from any screen in the os, like the notification bubble on the top right. there should be a shortcut on the top left that takes you RIGHT INTO the friends/messaging/partychat mega app, and not have it just load the livearea but go right into the app with seamless loading.
wilflare said:
post impressions please :D
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played the first 11 levels, so not very much, but i really enjoyed it so far. very charming. the narration reminds me of littlebigplanet.
 
Carl said:
Only played about 10 mins but already love it :)
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I like how the simple narration on this game has made me care more about three geometric, generic shapes than I can muster for most full blown games I spend dozens of hours playing with ample character development.

Also, I can't help but like most things British (the new Sherlock is HAMAZING).
 
BlackLagoon said:
The C Wars devs are in China though, aren't they? They would need someone from SECJA to hook them up then, though hopefully the SCEA/SCEE guys can point them in the right direction.


I've only played a little bit of it, but really enjoyed it. Plus once again delivers. :)
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EU PS+ is awesome but I'm on NA... haha

hmm I did ask @shahid.. but hope he could help them out
 
michaelius said:
Can't wait to see what he thinks about textures in 3DS games ;)
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Lyphen said:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8539/8677385227_867cb870d7.jpg[img]

Really like that image. Hope the game is that clean and not too 'psychedelic' or seizure inducing.[/QUOTE]
When I saw @PlayStation tweet about it this morning when I woke up, I thought it said Tekken was coming to the PSVita. I was disappointed. :/
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Paskil said:
I like how the simple narration on this game has made me care more about three geometric, generic shapes than I can muster for most full blown games I spend dozens of hours playing with ample character development.

Also, I can't help but like most things British (the new Sherlock is HAMAZING).
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Yeah exactly, it's really great. The "story" is ridiculously good for a game of its type - and as you say it's pretty crazy how much it can make you care about a few squares :) Definitely recommend it. Not got around to the DLC yet.

mauaus said:
Carl's endorsement made me jump in :D
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That's nice to know actually :) Thanks for the kind words <3

VanWinkle said:
Almost done with Thomas Was Alone. It's FANTASTIC, but if it's a really big challenge you're after, you won't find it here.
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Yeah exactly. A few levels have got me thinking a bit, but nothing too taxing. But then, still enjoyable.

Number45 said:
Does anyone know if you can preload Vita pre-orders from the EU store? Want to be able to get straight on to SS next (!) Friday.
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I don't think you can :(
 
just incase there are any House Marquee fans here I was reading on a site that I believe is banned here that they should have news on their follow up to Super stardust "soon" apprently they are working on three games, one for IOS, a spiritual successor to Stardust, and a third game that they cant talk about yet.

I have loved pretty much all of their games so im pretty excited to see what they are doing.
 
Carl said:
I know it's up for preorder on the EU webstore. Have you preordered it (i assume you have if you're asking about preloading >.<)? Did it give you any option to set an automatic download or anything?
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Now that you mention it, it might have. I was confused because I ordered it right around the time that the demo released and I wasn't sure which one to download. I'll have another look later.
 
Number45 said:
Now that you mention it, it might have. I was confused because I ordered it right around the time that the demo released and I wasn't sure which one to download. I'll have another look later.
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I've not done it on Vita before but on PS3 it always gives you the option to set an automatic download or whatever... i'll have a gander.

E: Just tried it myself and it specifies that "The content will be available to download to your PSVita on 3/5/13" so looks like no preloading for Vita still. Bummer.
 
has anyone brought Draw Slasher too? I think the game has high presentation values, but I fear people may shun it because it is purely a touch based game, but it really does give your fingers the workout, and has some mechanics too like you need to time your attacks too, and decide which points to distribute first, your special attacks, stamina or health
 
Hmm... and on closer inspection i have a "planned autodownload: 27/04/13" in my transaction history. Buggered if i know! I'm confused.

E: Oops, that was supposed to be an edit.
 
who was the p3p hater here? I'm considering buying it. Even though you can't physically move your character around, I've heard way too many good things about it to not get it. Plus playing FES on a big screen isn't much fun. I generally hate playing legacy titles on the big screen and would much rather play them on a portable.
 
onemic said:
who was the p3p hater here? I'm considering buying it. Even though you can't physically move your character around, I've heard way too many good things about it to not get it. Plus playing FES on a big screen isn't much fun. I generally hate playing legacy titles on the big screen and would much rather play them on a portable.
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Toto was the hater. Play it. Have fun.
 
onemic said:
who was the p3p hater here? I'm considering buying it. Even though you can't physically move your character around, I've heard way too many good things about it to not get it. Plus playing FES on a big screen isn't much fun. I generally hate playing legacy titles on the big screen and would much rather play them on a portable.
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I know that feel, but FES is worth the hassle imo. If you really can't endure it, then pick P3P which is a very good title in its own good. FES is so much better, though.
 
A guy on Youtube got the Vita capture kit custom hardware. Click here to see his video testing it out with Sonic Racing, WipEout 2048, and LBP. So awesome to see. It makes me want HDMI out sooo bad. Hopefully he'll post more videos.
 
Wait, so Toto left? :( You guys are bullies. Vitabros and gals before ... 3DS? Kidding, anyway. Starlight Inception looks amazing. Those other kickstarters look fun but I'd rather not donate to something that isn't guaranteed a Vita version at funding, I hate the anticipation of stretch goals.
 
onemic said:
I thought P3P includes all the additions of FES, plus a few more?
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Gameplay-wise, yes, it even includes a few features from P4 iirc. However there's some content cut off (social links added with FES and stuff) and the whole epilogue (about 20 hours of gameplay AND story) is totally missing.
 
Tomodachi said:
Gameplay-wise, yes, it even includes a few features from P4 iirc. However there's some content cut off (social links added with FES and stuff) and the whole epilogue (about 20 hours of gameplay AND story) is totally missing.
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Damn it, guess I'm stuck playing through FES :(

I probably won't start playing it again till the summer.
 
More Thomas Was Alone plugging - seriously, well worth the small price (especially if you're in EU, free on PS+). Really enjoying it. It might be simple but the writing is absolutely amazing. Definitely my uh, game of the month.
 
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