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[Ran rp]

The download bug is going to be the death of me.

 

[btkadams]

i REALLY hope a vitaGaffer doesn't post saying they bought it. a little bit of me will die and i'll lose some faith in neogaf.

dude, you KNOW a vitagaffer is going to be buy it lol.

 

[CaptainTiptop]

New Terraria for Vita screens.

Yep, looks like Terraria.

 

[corrosivefrost]

I wouldn't call the story shitty, it's just not plot heavy. No saving the world, etc.

Spoiler

word weeaboo is making me cry heh

Well as far as gameplay goes, lot of gameplay involves travelling around the over world map, exloring locations to gather ingredients, often figthing through monsters to get to them, and then using those items to make something using the alchemy.

Combat is pretty decent maybe a bit basic, party of 3, turn based, special abilities, items (although only alchemists can use items.

Many actions like travelling, gathering, alchemy and fighting will take certain amount of time (days or just parts of a day), so the game time always moves forward. You get 5 years in total as far as I remember.

If you want my opinion then the gameplay is great but it may not be everybody's cup of tea, I dunno.

The running a shop part scares me off -- makes me think of Recettear.
The combat actually looks like standard JRPG fare.
I just can't figure out if it's too much of one and not enough of the other... how much of the game revolves around actually making the items and selling them or whatever? I saw people complaining about the time mechanic on metacritic too... I'm iffy on it. If I'm iffy on it, I should probably pass, right?

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Terraria!!! Hurry, I need you!

 

[razoftblend]

I guess I'll ask here. I'm planning on getting a Vita next week. If Sony anounces a price drop for either the system or the memory card, then I'll go with that; otherwise, I'll get the Walking Dead version since it's the only one bundled with a memory card. I'm also getting PS+.

My question is, if I get, let's say, DoA5+ and Totori with the PS+ discount, will I keep the games even after my subsceiption expires, or will I have to renew in order play them?

I don't mean the free games but the PS+ discounted games. Thanks in advance

 

[spannicus]

New Terraria for Vita screens.


Yep, looks like Terraria.

When? I want it now.

 

[hurzelein]

Thomas was Alone dev making a minimalist MGS type game.

Maybe he'll put it on Vita from the go!

http://youtu.be/hOhSD5WCxyA

Loved Thomas, not so excited about this one, :/ Stealth is not my thing I guess.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

The running a shop part scares me off -- makes me think of Recettear.
The combat actually looks like standard JRPG fare.
I just can't figure out if it's too much of one and not enough of the other... how much of the game revolves around actually making the items and selling them or whatever? I saw people complaining about the time mechanic on metacritic too... I'm iffy on it. If I'm iffy on it, I should probably pass, right?

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Terraria!!! Hurry, I need you!

whats your backlog like? I say work on some other games you have or plat some you haven't. maybe DC? or were you waiting on that i forgot... we are about to hit a good stretch of releases that you don't need being clogged up with an "iffy" game. isn't there a second one coming too? just wait for that or maybe this will have another sale by then.

I guess I'll ask here. I'm planning on getting a Vita next week. If Sony anounces a price drop for either the system or the memory card, then I'll go with that; otherwise, I'll get the Walking Dead version since it's the only one bundled with a memory card. I'm also getting PS+.

My question is, if I get, let's say, DoA5+ and Totori with the PS+ discount, will I keep the games even after my subsceiption expires, or will I have to renew in order play them?

I don't mean the free games but the PS+ discounted games. Thanks in advance

they are all yours dude! thats the glory of the discounts over the free games...not that i'm ragging on the free games - they are okay too...i guess ;-)

 

[Storm360]

I guess I'll ask here. I'm planning on getting a Vita next week. If Sony anounces a price drop for either the system or the memory card, then I'll go with that; otherwise, I'll get the Walking Dead version since it's the only one bundled with a memory card. I'm also getting PS+.

My question is, if I get, let's say, DoA5+ and Totori with the PS+ discount, will I keep the games even after my subsceiption expires, or will I have to renew in order play them?

I don't mean the free games but the PS+ discounted games. Thanks in advance

yeah, discount does not change the general purchasing rules

 

[TheChillyAcademic]

The running a shop part scares me off -- makes me think of Recettear.
The combat actually looks like standard JRPG fare.
I just can't figure out if it's too much of one and not enough of the other... how much of the game revolves around actually making the items and selling them or whatever? I saw people complaining about the time mechanic on metacritic too... I'm iffy on it. If I'm iffy on it, I should probably pass, right?

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Terraria!!! Hurry, I need you!

The game is fucking amazing.

The shop aspect is actually nothing compared to it was in Rorona and truth be told, you do not actual RUN a shop. You gather, you hunt, you fight and you craft items. Far and away removed from Recettear.

That being said, the item creation is a massive aspect of the game, the game is about Alchemy after all. Of course you do more than just make items and sell them. The items you craft can be synthed into equipment you then turn around and use when fighting and exploring. Likewise a good number of plot points revolve around items as do extra side quests.

It can be an unforgiving game and not all of its mechanics are explained as thoroughly as they should be. But its scratched a JRPG itch I've been looking for, even if it does so a tad differently from a standard JRPG.

 

[ionca]

fruit ninja free/$1 on ipad

psn $7 !

my sides

 

[DigitalOp]

The download bug is going to be the death of me.

Lord have mercy yes....

I guess I'll ask here. I'm planning on getting a Vita next week. If Sony anounces a price drop for either the system or the memory card, then I'll go with that; otherwise, I'll get the Walking Dead version since it's the only one bundled with a memory card. I'm also getting PS+.

My question is, if I get, let's say, DoA5+ and Totori with the PS+ discount, will I keep the games even after my subsceiption expires, or will I have to renew in order play them?

I don't mean the free games but the PS+ discounted games. Thanks in advance

I would seriously tell you to wait for gamescom... anything can happen. But feel free to make a sony account and buy the games.

Anything you buy with real money is yours to keep forever

If you get anything "free" from PS+, it expires the same time as your sub

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I think... I think I'm gonna cave on MGS HD.... damn it

 

[razoftblend]

yeah, discount does not change the general purchasing rules

Awesome, thanks. I'll finally be able to play the PS1 and PSP games I got on PSN before my PSP broke.

 

[CaptainTiptop]

When? I want it now.

"Post-summer". The way it's going, I'd expect the PS4 to be released by the time Terraria is available for Vita.

Also, looks like you can zoom in and out on the Vita version.

 

[Surfheart]

VitaGAF! Has this happened to you?

Its still charging but Im afraid one day it'll stop. I take good care of my cables, I dont know how it just frayed like that....

Im thinking about taping it up some but should I be buying another cable just in case??

Yep, my charger cable looks like that too.

 

[razoftblend]

Well, gamescom is next week, right? That's why I'm waiting. And I already have a PSN account that I used before my PS3 and PSP broke. I never got PS+, so I was concern about those.

Thanks everyone!

 

[spannicus]

"Post-summer". The way it's going, I'd expect the PS4 to be released by the time Terraria is available for Vita.

Also, looks like you can zoom in and out on the Vita version.

Lol right, I remember last years Summer thread I think summer went into Winter lol. Damn I hate "Summer" "Soon" Looking forward to this and Lone Survivor. After playing Hotline Miami my interest in Indies has gone up significantly.

 

[enoirmeplz]

VitaGAF! Has this happened to you?

Its still charging but Im afraid one day it'll stop. I take good care of my cables, I dont know how it just frayed like that....

Im thinking about taping it up some but should I be buying another cable just in case??

black electrical tape makes it pretty again. it'll happen to the other sides, so tape those as well.

 

[TheChaos0]

The running a shop part scares me off -- makes me think of Recettear.
The combat actually looks like standard JRPG fare.
I just can't figure out if it's too much of one and not enough of the other... how much of the game revolves around actually making the items and selling them or whatever? I saw people complaining about the time mechanic on metacritic too... I'm iffy on it. If I'm iffy on it, I should probably pass, right?

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Terraria!!! Hurry, I need you!

TheChillyAcademic explains well enough. You don't run a shop per se, sure sometimes someone will drop by but they will only ask for items you actually have on you.

Most of the time, you'll take on the jobs, be they make x amount of items or slay a dragon. All the items that you do craft can be used in combat directly or indirectly, eg you make an ingot and take it to blacksmith who can make an armour out of it, the better the ingot type the better is the armour not only that but the ingot will have various stats and effects on it, all that depend on the stats and materials you used to make an ingot. The crafting is quite deep but you have a choice of either just making an item without worrying about the extra stuff or actually gather good items and craft a good item out of it.

On time mechanic, it's a lot leas restricting than Rorona, that basically had...oh you have to do this in 3 Months, go. It was hard to explore with a looming deadline over your shoulder. It would also take time moving from one area to another. Urgh.

Totori does it better, a lot better, you only have a few compulsory deadlines and they are like 1 year each as far as I remember, so you are free to do whatever you want most of the time and exploring on dungeons no longer take time, combat still does.

In general, everything you do takes time. Like crafting an item can take 2 days, going from 1 area to another 4 days, gathering something 1/4 of a day and combat 1/2 of a day.

It's all very similar to Persona 3/4 in a sense. Social link/after school is your alchemy and character interaction and going to tartarus/TV is your exploring and gathering.

Sorry for a rather longish post. Also if you do get the game...there are a few items that save you time, that when I played for the first time got quite late. Drop a note here and we can advise you but don't worry you can get them about the middle of the game.

It's a great game, I think, I found is so relaxing to play through

 

[corrosivefrost]

TheChillyAcademic explains well enough. You don't run a shop per se, sure sometimes someone will drop by but they will only ask for items you actually have on you.

Most of the time, you'll take on the jobs, be they make x amount of items or slay a dragon. All the items that you do craft can be used in combat directly or indirectly, eg you make an ingot and take it to blacksmith who can make an armour out of it, the better the ingot type the better is the armour not only that but the ingot will have various stats and effects on it, all that depend on the stats and materials you used to make an ingot. The crafting is quite deep but you have a choice of either just making an item without worrying about the extra stuff or actually gather good items and craft a good item out of it.

On time mechanic, it's a lot leas restricting than Rorona, that basically had...oh you have to do this in 3 Months, go. It was hard to explore with a looming deadline over your shoulder. It would also take time moving from one area to another. Urgh.

Totori does it better, a lot better, you only have a few compulsory deadlines and they are like 1 year each as far as I remember, so you are free to do whatever you want most of the time and exploring on dungeons no longer take time, combat still does.

In general, everything you do takes time. Like crafting an item can take 2 days, going from 1 area to another 4 days, gathering something 1/4 of a day and combat 1/2 of a day.

It's all very similar to Persona 3/4 in a sense. Social link/after school is your alchemy and character interaction and going to tartarus/TV is your exploring and gathering.

Sorry for a rather longish post. Also if you do get the game...there are a few items that save you time, that when I played for the first time got quite late. Drop a note here and we can advise you but don't worry you can get them about the middle of the game.

It's a great game, I think, I found is so relaxing to play through

Is there new game+ or multiple endings or what?
I just finished P4G -- but I might be willing to buy this and stash away as an RPG for another day on Vita (besides P3P).

 

[bigfunkychiken]

Note: Not directed solely at you, just musing here:

For a PS3 to be running on VIta, it was fine. You can't expect the same level of graphics; a Vita isn't a portable PS3. :lol
This reminds me of the "Mortal Kombat looks like ass!" sentiment that gets kicked around.
Reminds me of the sentiment earlier in this thread lamenting that the "Vita wasn't powerful enough to do the Gravity Rush concept *justice* and thus a sequel should be on PS3 or PS4." Ugh.


The most disappointing thing about Sly Cooper 4 on Vita was the loading, the draw distance, and the 30fps (max) framerate. There are parts where the draw distance and the framerate drops make it kind of frustrating.

With that said, I spend 90% of my time with the game (working toward platinum(s)) with the Vita version. It's definitely playable and a good effort from the dev. Keeping that in mind, I highly suggest anyone with a Vita and a PS3 buy the PS3 version and take advantage of the cross-buy. Switching between console and Vita is a godsend with this game.

I excuse MK Vita because of it's high framerate. The lack of cell shading on the Vita version of SC4 makes it look so lackluster, and it's not like the framerate is spectacular. Now, SC4 on the Vita is still the same as the PS3 version (gameplay-wise), but the graphics are definitely a turn-off for me. But the cross-buy is great; I'm glad the devs did that.


And damn, I'm excited for Terraria. Never was a fan of it on PC, but I have a feeling that I'll like it on the Vita.

 

[sajj316]

fruit ninja free/$1 on ipad

psn $7 !

my sides

Agreed. Dat PSN inflation ...

 

[corrosivefrost]

Agreed. Dat PSN inflation ...

There are no games! Someone will pay $8 for this game!

 

[TheChaos0]

Is there new game+ or multiple endings or what?
I just finished P4G -- but I might be willing to buy this and stash away as an RPG for another day on Vita (besides P3P).

There is a New Game+. There multiple ending and on top of bad, normal and true(which requires you to get all the flags for all the ending :O) there are also Character and special event endings, that's a lot of endings you can get.

 

[FriedConsole]

black electrical tape makes it pretty again. it'll happen to the other sides, so tape those as well.

I am hoping it will electrocute me and give me super Vita powers.

 

[repeater]

If you get anything "free" from PS+, it expires the same time as your sub

Very minor correction: I do believe any avatars and themes that you download for free with PSN+ are yours to keep forever. But yeah, what you said holds true for games which is obviously the big draw.

 

[Number45]

Someone will pay $8 for this game!

11 ratings already.

 

[cyborg009]

The download bug is going to be the death of me.

Hasn't happen to me in a while strangely...

 

[spannicus]

11 ratings already.

.......

 

[FriedConsole]

The download bug is going to be the death of me.

I think it is caused by pressing the buttons more than once but that may be just bad correlation.

 

[TheChillyAcademic]

Is there new game+ or multiple endings or what?
I just finished P4G -- but I might be willing to buy this and stash away as an RPG for another day on Vita (besides P3P).

There are quite a few endings that you can get, in fact in numbers more than 7 or 8, though a good number of those are character specific. There is New Game+ , what most people do is play through the game blind the first time and then with a guide and better understanding of the game go for broke...

Go for broke meaning there is a way to get a platinum trophy in one run of the game.

 

[Number45]

I think it is caused by pressing the buttons more than once but that may be just bad correlation.

I used to do that constantly (when it asks if you want to share the activity) but I haven't experienced the bug as of yet.

 

[sajj316]

.......

Oh my ...I hope it's not one of you

 

[Not-So-Solid Snake]

Vita is currently recieving repairs :/ hopefully its back soon, missing out on dragons crown, umvc3 sale and divekick soon...

 

[Atilac]

I have a killzone mercs beta code, not sure who to give it to or if it still works.

 

[corrosivefrost]

There are quite a few endings that you can get, in fact in numbers more than 7 or 8, though a good number of those are character specific. There is New Game+ , what most people do is play through the game blind the first time and then with a guide and better understanding of the game go for broke...

Go for broke meaning there is a way to get a platinum trophy in one run of the game.

Maybe I will buy it... support the devs for bringing it over and all that!

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Speaking of Killzone, I seem to have lost my Home E3 code. :\

 

[spannicus]

Oh my ...I hope it's not one of you

Lol no lol, I could download it on my Samsung for free, that price though.

 

[cyborg009]

Maybe I will buy it... support the devs for bringing it over and all that!

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Speaking of Killzone, I seem to have lost my Home E3 code. :\

Gotta re download home

 

[Mario007]

I have a killzone mercs beta code, not sure who to give it to or if it still works.

If its an EU one, may I have it?

 

[corrosivefrost]

Gotta re download home

Can I check codes I won if I'm logged into Home?

 

[cyborg009]

Can I check codes I won if I'm logged into Home?

You should if the e3 thing is still up.

 

[corrosivefrost]

You should if the e3 thing is still up.

sounds risky... :S

 

[breakfuss]

Oh god, Runner2 will be glorious on vita (if it ever materializes). Playing it now and thinking how deserving it would be of the dpad and oled. The bite-sized levels lend themselves perfectly to portable gaming. Though if they're unable to lock the framerate down there's no point in trying. Might explain the holdup.

the Sly Cooper Vita port really disappointed me.

Agreed. It really is painful to look at.

 

[TheChillyAcademic]

Maybe I will buy it... support the devs for bringing it over and all that!

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Speaking of Killzone, I seem to have lost my Home E3 code. :\

DOOOOO ITTTT

 

[wilflare]

so.. is Ridge Racer worth it?

 

[VanWinkle]

Oh god, Runner2 will be glorious on vita (if it ever materializes). Playing it now and thinking how deserving it would be of the dpad and oled. Though if they're unable to lock the framerate down there's no point in trying. Might explain the holdup.

I know man. Game is amazing. Played it back in February on Wii U, and just download the PlayStation Plus version.

 

[sajj316]

so.. is Ridge Racer worth it?

If you want 30 fps RR and willing to pay DLC for full game.

Is Sly Cooper native resolution on Vita?

 

[aro52]

Anyone try playing the Killzone Mercenary Beta today?? Has it self-destructed?

@Killzone: "The Killzone: Mercenary limited beta is over! Thanks to everyone who took part. There will be an open beta later this month, exact date TBA!"
https://twitter.com/killzone/status/367297179452731392

 

[VanWinkle]

Is Sly Cooper native resolution on Vita?

Yup.

 

[TwoDurans]

How is Muramasa Rebirth? I've got a 10 hour flight to Germany coming up next week (and a 10 hour return trip) and am looking for something new to fill the time.