ricen-beans
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So does anyone know if Hotline Miami will have a platinum?
Top of page Recomendation: velocity ultra in two weeks!!
Top of page Recomendation: velocity ultra in two weeks!!
Vita PSN Game & Service Thread | June 2013 | Late Ports and Late Threads
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I have played for about 45 minutes or so on the Vita and confirm all of these impressions as well. All those issues do exist in the original, but the game still manages to retain the fun it had. I am not always big into collectables in games, but I cannot explain why I get so much enjoyment collecting those orbs here.
i dont want to buy it yet, why is it so hard to not buy it yet???
Flying Toaster
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Buy it and give your impressions, that will delay me actually picking it up as I will wait for at least one more persons impressions of the game.
Adahn
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Camera is awful in 1 and, as someone that isn't usually too fussed about frame rates, I think the general playing FPS are a bit poo. Better to play that one on the PS3 I think.
Jak 2 seems fine though. Not tried 3 yet.
Just do it, damn it. Unless you have to sacrifice buying Hotline Miami next week as a result of this purchase. But even if thats the case, just spend an extra 15 minutes on that bus stop corner and get both. That's what I did.
You crazy. Framerate (so far), seems quite playable for Jak 1. Unless it gets substantially worse as the game goes on.
I said before i never notice anything to do with framerates, but yeah i have no idea what you're talking about here
It plays perfectly fine.Found this article from Jeremy Parish praising the Vita and focusing on Spelunky and 1001 spikes.
First time I heard of 1001 spikes but now I want it on my Vita and Spelunky cant come fast enough.
First time I heard of 1001 spikes but now I want it on my Vita and Spelunky cant come fast enough.
I still wish they'd port Tempura of the Dead, rather than 1001 Spikes. I do wonder how they decided on THAT being the game to take to other consoles...
True dat. And if they released a new game in the series that your avatar is featured from, the Vita would justify its existence a thousand times over alone right there.
He should have kept the title of that article as "My Little Vita Can't Possibly be This Homicidal".
corrosivefrost
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1001 spikes looks good.
Hopefully if it does well, they'll bring Tempura of the Dead too.
corrosivefrost
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Velocity Ultra is 2 weeks after.
Hotline Miami is next week, 6/25.
The week after is 7/2.
Velocity Ultra is 7/9.
Hopefully we get a PS+ discount or something. Free like EU would be better. I can't shake the feeling we'll get it as PS+ sooner rather than later, so maybe I won't outright purchase it. Futurlab can blame SCEA.
Nope, Velocity Ultra is indeed coming 7/2.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/06/21/velocity-ultra-blasts-off-on-ps-vita-july-2nd/
Shining Force IV on Vita would be glorious, but alas I doubt Sega even cares about making a new entry; and no, all those Shining spin-offs do not count
ThatStupidLion
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Shining Force IV on Vita would be glorious, but alas I doubt Sega even cares about making a new entry; and no, all those Shining spin-offs do not count
dont tease me. playing through SF1 again on my iphone.... i can't think of any other way/ self imposed restrictions i can play this game.. any suggestions? the last play through i did a hero solo...and i have ZERO interest in doing a hans solo.
just found this as a new challenge - not sure if its worth starting over... hmm
in vita news - i cant wait - the spring drought is over and things are looking up for the vita
!This will be like the third or fourth time I buy it lol
corrosivefrost
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Huh... they moved it up a week? I wonder why?
http://www.futurlab.co.uk/us-release-date-for-velocityultra-coconut-dodge-revitalised.html
At this point, I think I'm over it though. :lol
ThatStupidLion
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got 10$ in psn credit waiting for the perfect game to spend it on... and i think HM is it. going in almost 100% blind too.
DiscoJer
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Well, I'm the opposite. I think if more people wait for it to be "free", it will send the proper message - that Vita owners are okay with late ports of games, but only when they are priced reasonably.
I mean, $10 for a game that has been in a humble bundle? We see this again and again. Why is it that Vita owners are deemed to be so rich they can throw away $10-15 for all these ports?
That's what I really think hurts the Vita. Who really wants to pay that much more for games after you've? It needs competitive pricing. And PS+ does that. Not ideally, since it's like Netflix, more of a rental service, but still...
If people are going to buy games at full price, they should do it with original Vita games, or almost original ones, like Velocity Ultra.
mullet2000
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Humble bundle pricing is not regular pricing.
Hotline Miami is a $10 game. On Vita and on PC.
--Not everybody plays every video game ever
--Games on consoles/handhelds are always priced higher because of the cut the manufacturer gets
--when the game is self-published on the PC, they can sell it however they want.
--$10 is not a life or death situation or a price only for rich people
--If indie games fail on the vita, there isn't much left to try since no major 3rd party devs are touching it.
--relax
Lol have fun, going in blind is awesome, it's how I started
$10 isn't a lot. At all.
dont tease me. playing through SF1 again on my iphone.... i can't think of any other way/ self imposed restrictions i can play this game.. any suggestions? the last play through i did a hero solo...and i have ZERO interest in doing a hans solo.
just found this as a new challenge - not sure if its worth starting over... hmm
in vita news - i cant wait - the spring drought is over and things are looking up for the vita
No ideas on challenges, but why not play the GBA version? Its new coat of paint justifies playing it again.
corrosivefrost
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Just because a game has been in a humble bundle doesn't mean it should be cheap always on every platform. Hell, all those THQ games were in a humble bundle, that means I should be able to get a THQ bundle on PSN or XBL for $5 with all those games too, right?
If it was $10 with no cross-buy, that'd be some bullshit. But at $5 a game? That's a pretty good deal with the cross-save, addition of trophies, new content, etc.
Velocity Ultra I'm a bit pissy about because it's been almost 8 weeks since it released in EU and it was already free on PS+ there. That's the kind of bullshit we shouldn't be supporting (whether the fault lay with SCEA or Futurlab, who knows?).
For me it's less to do with the high cost of a new port and more to do with how late they're coming. I already own Spelunky on 360, as I do Fez, as I do 1001 Spikes, so I'm not going to pick those up, although they're great. Hopefully Vita ports come sooner from here on.
Gotta finish 999 before VLR comes out on PS+, though
Gotta finish 999 before VLR comes out on PS+, though
More impressions of Jak and Daxter.
The first wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. It's very much sub native rez and looks it, which is disappointing, but not a deal breaker. Although the framerate isn't great, it's not like Q-Force which was unplayably awful. The camera in J&D 1 was always bad anyway, so I found a majority of my problems with it were more generally game based than down to janky framerates. I've never liked Jak 2 and I found it about as reasonable as Jak 1 in terms of port quality. It looks shoddy too and it feels stodgy, but at least Jak 1 has a bit of vibrancy too it. Jak 2's slightly more dour aesthetic made it quite unpleasant to play and highlighted a lot of graphical shortcomings. Not touched Jak 3 yet. I'd say if you go in with low expectations for Jak 1 it's not critically crap. In short bursts, taken in isolation, it's playable and just about technically passable. For long periods it'll leave you with a headache and a deep sense of regret.
Epic Mickey on the other hand was a surprise. For 12 quid I was expecting shovelware. What I got was a very solid port of a deeply average game. It looks great. The video, in particular, is very good with minimal artifacting, which is a pleasant surprise after stuff like Resistance and Sly 4. It's not actually a very good game, for sure, and it's a two player game with the co-op pulled out (possible over ad-hoc, but the likelyhood of two Vitas with Epic Mickey 2 running on them? Low) but in general terms for 12 quid it's a bargain. For 29 dollars or whatever it is on the US store.... well, I'd hesitate perhaps, but it's still a pleasant surprise.
The first wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. It's very much sub native rez and looks it, which is disappointing, but not a deal breaker. Although the framerate isn't great, it's not like Q-Force which was unplayably awful. The camera in J&D 1 was always bad anyway, so I found a majority of my problems with it were more generally game based than down to janky framerates. I've never liked Jak 2 and I found it about as reasonable as Jak 1 in terms of port quality. It looks shoddy too and it feels stodgy, but at least Jak 1 has a bit of vibrancy too it. Jak 2's slightly more dour aesthetic made it quite unpleasant to play and highlighted a lot of graphical shortcomings. Not touched Jak 3 yet. I'd say if you go in with low expectations for Jak 1 it's not critically crap. In short bursts, taken in isolation, it's playable and just about technically passable. For long periods it'll leave you with a headache and a deep sense of regret.
Epic Mickey on the other hand was a surprise. For 12 quid I was expecting shovelware. What I got was a very solid port of a deeply average game. It looks great. The video, in particular, is very good with minimal artifacting, which is a pleasant surprise after stuff like Resistance and Sly 4. It's not actually a very good game, for sure, and it's a two player game with the co-op pulled out (possible over ad-hoc, but the likelyhood of two Vitas with Epic Mickey 2 running on them? Low) but in general terms for 12 quid it's a bargain. For 29 dollars or whatever it is on the US store.... well, I'd hesitate perhaps, but it's still a pleasant surprise.
Flying Toaster
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Interesting view on Epic Mickey. Honestly the only views I have seen have been negative. I view the game as a half shoddy port over of a game that was not good in the first place. This makes it the kind of game that either you really have to like the universe it is based in or you are desperate for games on the Vita to get.
For me it's less to do with the high cost of a new port and more to do with how late they're coming. I already own Spelunky on 360, as I do Fez, as I do 1001 Spikes, so I'm not going to pick those up, although they're great. Hopefully Vita ports come sooner from here on.
Gotta finish 999 before VLR comes out on PS+, though
Is Fez coming to Vita?! How did I miss that news?!!
corrosivefrost
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For me it's less to do with the high cost of a new port and more to do with how late they're coming. I already own Spelunky on 360, as I do Fez, as I do 1001 Spikes, so I'm not going to pick those up, although they're great. Hopefully Vita ports come sooner from here on.
Gotta finish 999 before VLR comes out on PS+, though
With indie devs I don't mind supporting them multiple times if the game is good. I never bought Spelunky or Fez, as I hate my 360, and I'm glad I didn't since those developers seem to not be thrilled with the way MS treated them and other indie developers. Hopefully Sony does a better job with them.
Flying Toaster
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I find that I am going to be double and triple dipping with indie titles for the Vita. Not because I love the games (mind you I do) but because hopefully it will give the Indie dev scene an understanding that their games will do well on the system and that they should come out around the same time as they do for PC/XBL.
Agent White
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i'll be double dippin' on hotline miami. the one i'm most looking forward to is spelunky. i've been wanting to play that for a bit and to have it portable is a huge plus.
No demo, no sale.
Then again I'm staunchly anti-indie and need to be convinced it's worth my while to put money down on an indie title.
I know you didn't ask me, but I bought it on Tuesday, and I've been enjoying it on the bus ride to and from work. I started with Jak 2, since I already beat 1 twice between PS2 and PS3.
Visually, the game looks good on the Vita screen, if a bit soft. The framerate drops for sure, but it's serviceable for me. I actually find the slower framerate much more manageable when platforming, and it doesn't make me nauseous like the HD Collection on PS3, and PS2 versions. The controls also felt good, but I'm still pretty early in the game. Overall, it's nothing like Ratchet: FFA, which was literally unplayable. I'm enjoying myself, then again, I love Jak and Daxter.
EDIT: Oddly enough, during some cutscenes, I've seen the framerate dip incredibly low, but so far, during gameplay, not even close to that bad.
Shining Force IV on Vita would be glorious, but alas I doubt Sega even cares about making a new entry; and no, all those Shining spin-offs do not count
No, those spin offs don't count and hell no, Sega definitely has no interest in doing shit for us.
dont tease me. playing through SF1 again on my iphone.... i can't think of any other way/ self imposed restrictions i can play this game.. any suggestions? the last play through i did a hero solo...and i have ZERO interest in doing a hans solo.
just found this as a new challenge - not sure if its worth starting over... hmm
in vita news - i cant wait - the spring drought is over and things are looking up for the vita
Have you looked over the forum at Shining Force Central? It has been a few years since I was on there, but they had some pretty decent challenges up.
http://forums.shiningforcecentral.com/viewforum.php?f=3
https://twitter.com/HotlineMiami/status/348226268858310656/photo/1
So is this just a Hotline Miami pre-order or what?
So is this just a Hotline Miami pre-order or what?
Oh yeah, it looks good (especially since they've gone back and added an Tempura-like Opening to the game, and it seems to be better-produced overall), I'm just kinda surprised they'd go for an endless suicide-fest before a unique tag-team action game. Maybe it's because the 1-man creator of the game felt he had more to refine with this? -shrug-
Glad to see he and Nicalis get the game on more systems though; easily one of the high points of XBLIG releases.
I wonder if it'll keep it's insanely low price ($1 on XBLIG, $3 for Tempura, for those who didn't know), or if they'll charge more, thanks to a middleman + more development?
corrosivefrost
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Maybe they'll fellow The Game Atelier's model... Flying Hamster HD/Sunflower/etc. were not ridiculously priced.
More importantly... Europe has physical PSN download cards? I've never seen them in the US.
CaptainTiptop
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Oh yeah, you get those from GAME in the UK. They'll basically just give you a code on a receipt or via email/text.
Usually PS360 stuff. Never seen it for Vita stuff.
Also, £7.29 on PSN, £6.49 in store? lol
Do they ever go on sale? It would be awesome to get digital games for cheap.
i agree, how dare these creative people realize their vision without the blessings of a large corporation #GOP
have you considered moving out of your parents home and getting a job?
CaptainTiptop
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I don't think they do, but they're usually a little cheaper (as seen with Hotline Miami). Borderlands 2 DLC on a card from GAME is like £5 cheaper than buying off it off PSN/XBL. GAME rarely do sales on anything unless they're about to go out of business, lol.
Amazon US used to sell PSN games, but something happened.