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[nampad]

Deathmatch Valley is really bad. It starts with one of the dumbest tutorials ever, where the tutorial text is shown for like one second before vanishing. You constantly have to reopen it.

After that, there is too much damn tutorial stuff. Are you called Skyward Sword? I just want to play your shitty game.

Game itself sucks. Controls are overall bad, partly because of its bad control scheme. They should have went twinsticks. Gameplay is boring and level design is also bad.

Game can't compare to other sidescroll MP shooters. Not even close to the classics (Soldat, Liero). Wish we could get something like Crash Commando.
Has to be my fastest deleted Vita game.


Also tried Lego: Lord of the Rings yesterday and was also very disappointed. Playing a lot of Lego games on home consoles with my nephews and watching them playing the PSP games, I thought I can easily overlook the DS heritage of the game.
Unfortunately, that is not possible. After Lego Batman 2 on the 360 this feels way too backwards. Worst of all, this DS port doesn't even run smoothly and has framedrops all over the place.

Edit for top of the page recommendation:
I got to agree with DigitalOp. Buy Soul Sacrifice!

 

[ionca]

http://www.amazon.com/The-Walking-Dead-playstation-vita/dp/B00E8JZILA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1375819817&sr=8-4&keywords=walking+dead+vita

the walking dead vita $24.99

 

[nampad]

http://www.amazon.com/The-Walking-Dead-playstation-vita/dp/B00E8JZILA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1375819817&sr=8-4&keywords=walking+dead+vita

the walking dead vita $24.99

A retail release, how nice.
I hate myself for playing the original season on PC. Really want to continue my savegame but would prefer playing it on Vita immensely.
Could overlook paying twice for the double dip but I dislike replaying stuff.

 

[dallow_bg]

http://www.amazon.com/The-Walking-Dead-playstation-vita/dp/B00E8JZILA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1375819817&sr=8-4&keywords=walking+dead+vita

the walking dead vita $24.99

Well that's interesting.
I was sure it was digital only.

Bought.

 

[dallow_bg]

i'm surprised how few vita impressions are here of VC - i'm guessing people have been posting in the OT, with just a few popping to say "its awesome!" and then leave.


also - any idea how to get a patch for a game, when the little orange button isnt on the live area? i dont know if my SH:BoM has the most recent patch or not.

You hit that little update/refresh button. If the Orange button doesn't appear, then there's no update available so you probably already have it.

Go to the bubble's sub-menu and hit info. There should be an "update history" option.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

You hit that little update/refresh button. If the Orange button doesn't appear, then there's no update available so you probably already have it.

Go to the bubble's sub-menu and hit info. There should be an "update history" option.

ah yes - i forgot about the update history. cheers.

 

[BlackLagoon]

http://www.amazon.com/The-Walking-Dead-playstation-vita/dp/B00E8JZILA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1375819817&sr=8-4&keywords=walking+dead+vita

the walking dead vita $24.99

Published by Sony. Interesting.

 

[Sojourner]

Love how much free DLC Soul Sacrifice gets. Its crazy. I just need peeps to play with.

Super bummed at the lack of Dragon's Crown demo. Wish more games had demos. Not that don't intend on buying them, I'm just broke as a joke at the moment.

 

[Moobabe]

Love how much free DLC Soul Sacrifice gets. Its crazy. I just need peeps to play with.

Super bummed at the lack of Dragon's Crown demo. Wish more games had demos. Not that don't intend on buying them, I'm just broke as a joke at the moment.

If I was in charge of the Vita - or the whole PS Store I would have the following mandatory things:

Media - the amount of stuff on the store that has NO media whatsoever is mind boggling. If you want me to buy your game whack some damn screenshots on the page.

Finally, this is my biggest bug bear:

PRICES ON EVERYTHING ON THE MENU. I know Wipeout has DLC, show me that when I click Wipeout, but don't hide the price on those main lists!!

Demos.. well I understand the constraints put on developers in regards to demos so I can let that one slide... just.

 

[DigitalOp]

The first part I agree with - the second is a troublesome area. If we put someone who LOVES monster hunter games on SS it might end up with a higher score than it perhaps merits, the idea is to remain impartial and judge the game based on strengths and weaknesses - after all - Sony isn't selling Soul Sacrifice JUST to people who love MonHun games - they're selling it to everyone.

Well, I see it as a Monhun fan will be knowledgeable on the basis of the genre. How these games tend to flow, play, adapt. He'll be able to tolerate the grievances that throw off average basic joe gamers that arent familiar and look past the small issues for the bigger ones. Of course I wouldn't allow some glowing fanservice review since that does nobody justice, but I believe that while they don't have to neccesarily be fans of a series, they should be knowledgable in the genre.

I hate when reviewers judge a game and they never were into from the beginning. I think some of them geare themselves up to hate it before putting the disc in.

Im not gonna put a core JRPG fanatic to give a deep review on the newest racing game, Im gonna put the guy/girl who plays racers all their life. Who knows all the nuances to the greatest and worst racing titles. Now we know where this game stands.

And also to further combat bias, Id bring back the return of the review panel. One major review and 2 other opinions from different people on the same game to counter it.

 

[Eternal Gamer]

If I was in charge of the Vita - or the whole PS Store I would have the following mandatory things:

Media - the amount of stuff on the store that has NO media whatsoever is mind boggling. If you want me to buy your game whack some damn screenshots on the page.

I agree with this, is amazing the amount of games that don't have even one screenshot. Also I would add more integration with the gaming community, Sony should take a couple of notes from Steam and GOG.

 

[Moobabe]

I agree with this, is amazing the amount of games that don't have even one screenshot. Also I would add more integration with the gaming community, Sony should take a couple of notes from Steam and GOG.

Hopefully that's the case with PS4.

I'd also love to see a tracker for stuff like hours played in games. Even the Wii had that, even if it was a little cumbersome.

I'd love my own home page as well - favourite games, screenshots I'd taken, games played this week, hours played etc

 

[thequickandthedead]

Is there any other way to make space on my Vita apart from deleting games? i just need 50mb more :/

 

[EsotericManiac]

Is there any other way to make space on my Vita apart from deleting games? i just need 50mb more :/

photos, music...

videos maybe

besides that, no

 

[baekshi]

Finally, this is my biggest bug bear:

PRICES ON EVERYTHING ON THE MENU. I know Wipeout has DLC, show me that when I click Wipeout, but don't hide the price on those main lists!!

Demos.. well I understand the constraints put on developers in regards to demos so I can let that one slide... just.

It's not a bug. They aren't hiding prices intentionally. It's more like a folder to hold other things such as demos and DLC under the game. It's messy though because they are listing that only has the game itself behind it.

The old PS Store on the PS3 did that too.

edit:
And the Japanese PS store always have screenshots ( at least on the old PS3 store they did, but im pretty sure they still do that). It's just SCEA I think

 

[SteveO1683]

The wife just informed me that she has 65 bucks worth of k-mart rewards that will expire soon. 50 dollar PSN card and Dragons Crown here I come!

 

[Moobabe]

It's not a bug. They aren't hiding prices intentionally. It's more like a folder to hold other things such as demos and DLC under the game. It's messy though because they are listing that only game itself behind it.

The old PS Store on the PS3 did that too.

edit:
And the Japanese PS store always have screenshots ( at least on the old PS3 store they did, but im pretty sure they still do that). It's just SCEA I think

I didn't day it's a bug - I'm saying it bothers me because it's messy.

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

For the US people who want to get a Killzone Beta code:
https://twitter.com/dejongemathijs/status/365188733881946114

 

[nampad]

For the US people who want to get a Killzone Beta code:
https://twitter.com/dejongemathijs/status/365188733881946114

Surprise surprise, US giveaway again. As if that Gamestop giveaway wasn't enough compared to what EU got.
Ok, only three keys after all, which itself is hilarious. Stupid social media PR stuff.

Lets wait and see what they pull for the later stage of the beta when US players can enter with those Home keys. We still don't know anything.

 

[Lovegooder]

If you want me to buy your game whack some damn screenshots on the page.

Yeah, especially for Minis.

 

[RoKKeR]

"Meet Shahid Ahmad, the man winning over indies for Sony with passion and commitment."

Spoiler

How about you win us some big Vita games, Shahid.

 

[Skyzard]

"Meet Shahid Ahmad, the man winning over indies for Sony with passion and commitment."

Spoiler

How about you win us some big Vita games, Shahid.

When Luftrausers developer Vlambeer’s Vita was stolen, Ahmad personally delivered the replacement

Props, Shahid. Don't want any delays on that game.

 

[corrosivefrost]

"Meet Shahid Ahmad, the man winning over indies for Sony with passion and commitment."

Spoiler

How about you win us some big Vita games, Shahid.

Quiet you.
I cannot even put into words what I would do to get Sony to hire someone like him for the SCEA region.

 

[NinjamicWZ]

http://www.amazon.com/The-Walking-Dead-playstation-vita/dp/B00E8JZILA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1375819817&sr=8-4&keywords=walking+dead+vita

the walking dead vita $24.99

Oh, retail release. That makes me happy. Pre-ordered.

 

[breakfuss]

"Meet Shahid Ahmad, the man winning over indies for Sony with passion and commitment."

Spoiler

How about you win us some big Vita games, Shahid.

lol, here we go.

 

[sajj316]

Quiet you.
I cannot even put into words what I would do to get Sony to hire someone like him for the SCEA region.

Agreed. What I would do to actually work with him It would be my dream job!

 

[Ruud_Luiten]

Ps-store on Vita is a fucking disaster..
-Discount category which isn't updated for at least a year, which is absurd!
- not visible how much space a game takes on the expensive memorycards
- almost all games are without media... Unbelievable. So we just should buy games based on text Sony?!?
-no visible balance.
-search is broken, bad incomplete results
- cannot search for al games which are 5 euro (par example)
- no filters in genre, just stupid letters...
- why are some ps1 games workable thru ps3 and not via the vita shop? Wtf!
- Etc. Etc.....

 

[corrosivefrost]

Agreed. What I would do to actually work with him It would be my dream job!

Speaking of SCEA needing DRASTIC improvements... they sent me a PS+ survey today.
Not only did I rail against all the issues I had in general with PS+ in NA, but I used the free-form text fields to scream about things like SCEA's approval process, SCEA's lack of PSP/PSOne support for Vita, etc.

Granted, some intern will probably just skim it and say "Whatever!", but I tried.

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

Ps-store on Vita is a fucking disaster..
-Discount category which isn't updated for at least a year, which is absurd!
- not visible how much space a game takes on the expensive memorycards
- almost all games are without media... Unbelievable. So we just should buy games based on text Sony?!?
-no visible balance.
-search is broken, bad incomplete results
- cannot search for al games which are 5 euro (par example)
- no filters in genre, just stupid letters...
- why are some ps1 games workable thru ps3 and not via the vita shop? Wtf!
- Etc. Etc.....

Dem truth bombs. I agree. Store needs massive improvement. I don't see why it can't just be the same as the PS3 store but with a touch interface.

Spoiler

Still leagues better than the 3DS eshop. Ok it has tons of problems, but hey. It could be worse. It could be much worse. Perhaps we should consider ourselves lucky.

 

[sajj316]

Ps-store on Vita is a fucking disaster..
-Discount category which isn't updated for at least a year, which is absurd!
- not visible how much space a game takes on the expensive memorycards
- almost all games are without media... Unbelievable. So we just should buy games based on text Sony?!?
-no visible balance.
-search is broken, bad incomplete results
- cannot search for al games which are 5 euro (par example)
- no filters in genre, just stupid letters...
- why are some ps1 games workable thru ps3 and not via the vita shop? Wtf!
- Etc. Etc.....

Couldn't agree with you more ..

 

[Metalmarc]

Just bought F1 2011 on the vita and the graphics look a bit crap, too much jaggies

 

[sajj316]

Just bought F1 2011 on the vita and the graphics look a bit crap, too much jaggies

Should have asked before you bought .. I would have saved you ..

 

[Metalmarc]

Should have asked before you bought .. I would have saved you ..

will do in future, i didn't even read a review i thought at £6.29 couldn't be bad for a vita game, ah well

 

[VanWinkle]

-Discount category which isn't updated for at least a year, which is absurd!
- not visible how much space a game takes on the expensive memorycards
- almost all games are without media... Unbelievable. So we just should buy games based on text Sony?!?
-no visible balance.
-search is broken, bad incomplete results
- cannot search for al games which are 5 euro (par example)
- no filters in genre, just stupid letters...
- why are some ps1 games workable thru ps3 and not via the vita shop? Wtf!
- Etc. Etc.....

Some very valid complaints. They started adding screenshots a few months ago for games, but they didn't go back and add them to the earlier games. They need videos, too, though. Also, all games do show how much space they take.

 

[Metalmarc]

Ps-store on Vita is a fucking disaster..
-Discount category which isn't updated for at least a year, which is absurd!
- not visible how much space a game takes on the expensive memorycards
- almost all games are without media... Unbelievable. So we just should buy games based on text Sony?!?
-no visible balance.
-search is broken, bad incomplete results
- cannot search for al games which are 5 euro (par example)
- no filters in genre, just stupid letters...
- why are some ps1 games workable thru ps3 and not via the vita shop? Wtf!
- Etc. Etc.....

Pass your complaints onto @yosp on twitter, see if he can get them to the right department

 

[Metalmarc]

Anyone managed to connect to others for a game in deathmatch village? I did the training and it controls alright, shouldn't be too bad online but can't get a game in. Okay, working now! And I was the only one... eh, it's seems decent though, will try later, gonna go see if DC came.

£8 for sly? what .....

Buy sly on ps3 for £9.99 get vita version free

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

Some very valid complaints. They started adding screenshots a few months ago for games, but they didn't go back and add them to the earlier games. They need videos, too, though. Also, all games do show how much space they take.

No they don't.

 

[Flightmare]

Bought Guacamelee & Sound Shapes. Would have bought thomas was alone as well, but the store hasn't updated the price yet

 

[Open Source]

Oh hell yeah! September will belong to KZ M,GTA V and Kickbeat. So the PS3 version is whats been holding the game back :L eh whatever, its finally releasing!

Actually, since we had the PS3 build around from before (development started on the PS3 in 2009), it didn't take too long to get it back up and running. It didn't push the release date back more than a couple weeks or so.

 

[NinjamicWZ]

- not visible how much space a game takes on the expensive memorycards

On US store it does. 979 MB up by the title:

Also, with the lack of media, the convenience of having an official HQ trailer on the store would be great but as it stands I usually just open up the youtube app and search for a preview real quick. Some of them could use pictures at least, like almost all the PSMobile games do, that way I know whether I should even bother looking for a video.

 

[bigfunkychiken]

I've been playing Dokuro a bit lately (got it free on PS+), and... eh, it got great reviews but it just feels so cheap and frustrating..



also, late on this (and I'm not sure if anybody has said this yet, but --

What are the chances that Demon's Souls and Dark Souls will get ported to the Vita? at least Sony can make the former happen.

Not sure about Demon, but Dark Souls runs like shit even on consoles. Doubt the Vita would be able to handle it. Maybe Dark Souls 2 will be all-around better optimized?

But I would totally kill for Dark Souls on the Vita, if it were possible.

 

[CaptainTiptop]

£6.29 still feels a bit too much for Dungeon Hunter...

I guess I have Dragon's Crown in the post. Just need to wait a little longer to get my loot fix.

 

[BlackLagoon]

Quiet you.
I cannot even put into words what I would do to get Sony to hire someone like him for the SCEA region.

Pretty sure Shane Bettenhausen has a similar job (business development) at SCEA. He just doesn't talk much about his work on twitter, though I believe Zeboyd and Rengade Kid both credit him for getting them to bring their games to the Vita.

Pass your complaints onto @yosp on twitter, see if he can get them to the right department

The "right department" would be the PSN store team, who read and respond to comments on the Store Update post every Tuesday/Wednesday on their respective blog.

 

[Danneee]

Ps-store on Vita is a fucking disaster..
-Discount category which isn't updated for at least a year, which is absurd!
- not visible how much space a game takes on the expensive memorycards
- almost all games are without media... Unbelievable. So we just should buy games based on text Sony?!?
-no visible balance.
-search is broken, bad incomplete results
- cannot search for al games which are 5 euro (par example)
- no filters in genre, just stupid letters...
- why are some ps1 games workable thru ps3 and not via the vita shop? Wtf!
- Etc. Etc.....

On the EU store you can't find Killzone Liberation unles you run a search on it and WRC have pics fron that DD WRC game on PS360. The person or team behind the store should be ashamed.

 

[Dorimukyasuto]

Has anyone played the first Rayman game yet? Some guy on CAG claims it is unplayable because of glitches. Can anyone confirm that statement, lol?

 

[bigfunkychiken]

Has anyone played the first Rayman game yet? Some guy on CAG claims it is unplayable because of glitches. Can anyone confirm that statement, lol?

Somebody commented earlier in the thread and said it looked nice on the Vita and that they recommend it. They didn't mention anything about glitches IIRC. Don't feel like searching through to quote though.

 

[Baron Von Beans]

I've been playing Dokuro a bit lately (got it free on PS+), and... eh, it got great reviews but it just feels so cheap a frustrating...

So true, exactly what I felt when playing it.

Not to mention, when I hear the music (specifically the title and in between stages) it reminds me of Don Corneo's music from FFVII.

Dokuro, starts around 25 seconds in.
FFVII Don Corneo, from the OST.

Surely, I can't be the only one?!

 

[Noi]

So true, exactly what I felt when playing it.

Not to mention, when I hear the music (specifically the title and in between stages) it reminds me of Don Corneo's music from FFVII.

Dokuro, starts around 25 seconds in.
FFVII Don Corneo, from the OST.

Surely, I can't be the only one?!

...It's just you.

 

[corrosivefrost]

Dem truth bombs. I agree. Store needs massive improvement. I don't see why it can't just be the same as the PS3 store but with a touch interface.

Spoiler

Still leagues better than the 3DS eshop. Ok it has tons of problems, but hey. It could be worse. It could be much worse. Perhaps we should consider ourselves lucky.

NO. God no. The "new" PS3 is an atrocity. It's sooo slow and clunky and now it's hocking products at us just like the 360 dashboard (BUY AXE BODY SPRAY!).

Pretty sure Shane Bettenhausen has a similar job (business development) at SCEA. He just doesn't talk much about his work on twitter, though I believe Zeboyd and Rengade Kid both credit him for getting them to bring their games to the Vita.


The "right department" would be the PSN store team, who read and respond to comments on the Store Update post every Tuesday/Wednesday on their respective blog.

Maybe Shane does a good job, maybe he doesn't... besides, I got confused -- I was giving Shahid credit for the EU equivalent of Morgan Haro's work. It was the PS Blog guy who said he was working sale angles and getting PSOne titles on the store and such.

Either way, I've only heard Shane's name in passing whereas Shahid is out there getting exposure -- if Shane *is* doing a comparable job to Shahid, I wish he'd TELL US ABOUT IT. And I wish Morgan Haro would take some lessons from the EU blog staff and get us some PSOne/PSP updates and some more sales. Morgan, and just about anyone from SCE commenting on the SCEA blog posts tends to respond to the posts they consider "convenient" and ignore all the good criticisms that should be addressed (most of the time).

 

[augmental]

Hey guys, a little LTTP with Guacamelee here. So I bought the game on Vita and then went to DL on PS3 since it is Cross-buy. All is well and good but I have this PS3 Vita version sitting on my PS3 which I didn't intend on DLing. Does this need to be there? If so, what is it for? If I click on the bubble for it it says to connect the Vita to the PS3 and use Content Manager. Thx.