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[Saphirax]

Am I the only one that dislikes soul sacrifice? I hate the limited magic use(6 uses for a heal before it depletes). Am I doing something wrong? You can refresh off of random things in the environment but that annoys me whenever I run out of magic. Happens all the time.

You can upgrade your offerings as well so they can have more uses. Heals do not have a lot of uses but you should not be using them a lot either. Not that far into the game yet, but I usually use melee for weaker enemies to clean them up and thrown for bosses. Still need to renew a couple of times, but that doesn't bother me so much.

Ideally you should know what kind of enemies you'll be fighting and prepare accordingly so you can cause Hell status (on bosses at least).

 

[Aytrial]

Am I the only one that dislikes soul sacrifice? I hate the limited magic use(6 uses for a heal before it depletes). Am I doing something wrong? You can refresh off of random things in the environment but that annoys me whenever I run out of magic. Happens all the time.

Honestly, I'm in the same boat.

I had a lot more fun with God Eater due to the melee focus.

 

[LamerDeluxe]

So I downloaded Stranger's Wrath since it was free on Plus and played it for like 30 minutes.

Now randomly, every few seconds in the game the menu (that shows up when you press starts) just pops up without me triggering it. I close it, then a few seconds later it pops up again, pausing the game. Over and over. Has anyone experienced this?

I vaguely remember this popping up when you touch the back of the Vita (which is a stupid idea, like most back touch usages).

 

[Flightmare]

Am I the only one that dislikes soul sacrifice? I hate the limited magic use(6 uses for a heal before it depletes). Am I doing something wrong? You can refresh off of random things in the environment but that annoys me whenever I run out of magic. Happens all the time.

I dislike it for the same reason

 

[Spectrum128]

Terraria due on 4th December according to an article on Eurogamer. Apologies if old news.

 

[nicolajNN]

PSM is coming to more European(and NZ and Mexico) countries in December and it only took more than a year. Not quite sure if I can still bring myself to care, but I might try a few games

Am I the only one that dislikes soul sacrifice? I hate the limited magic use(6 uses for a heal before it depletes). Am I doing something wrong? You can refresh off of random things in the environment but that annoys me whenever I run out of magic. Happens all the time.

You also refresh the uses when sacrificing foes

 

[killatopak]

What the hell is up when 2 Positive Kings summons Avenger Knights?!

 

[mace999]

So what happened to the PS+ instant game collection ..... Uncharted, Wipeout & Gravity Rush have all been up for 1 year now, aren't they gonna change the games !?!

 

[ZeroAKA]

Am I the only one that dislikes soul sacrifice? I hate the limited magic use(6 uses for a heal before it depletes). Am I doing something wrong? You can refresh off of random things in the environment but that annoys me whenever I run out of magic. Happens all the time.

It requires a bit of management. Weak mobs are constantly spawning, so you may need to occasionally focus your attacks on those instead of the boss so that you can sacrifice them to gain more uses. If you're running a divine build, you can try using Sanguine offerings, which never run out of uses as long as you have enough HP.

So what happened to the PS+ instant game collection ..... Uncharted, Wipeout & Gravity Rush have all been up for 1 year now, aren't they gonna change the games !?!

EU PS Blog confirmed that they won't be swapped out anytime soon.

 

[maouvin]

What the hell is up when 2 Positive Kings summons Avenger Knights?!

Your levels

Spoiler

if you survive

.

 

[michaelius]

PSM is coming to more European(and NZ and Mexico) countries in December and it only took more than a year. Not quite sure if I can still bring myself to care, but I might try a few games

LoL yeah - I expected they would be adding several countries every quarter instead they do a small bunch after a year. And mine is still not supported.
I don't think I care anymore as those games don't even have trophies and I've got huge backlog of Vita stuff to play unlike few months ago.

 

[mattiewheels]

*whimper*

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

Tried playing Vita while walking outside yesterday. I got dizzy and probably walked like a drunk because I wasn't watching my step.

I actually thought that would work better...

 

[SeanR1221]

Has auto save uploading stopped for anyone?

I noticed my Guacamelee and Strangers Wrath files never auto uploaded...

 

[ThatStupidLion]

ugh i need this OST

tearaway intro song

 

[Dorimukyasuto]

Has auto save uploading stopped for anyone?

I noticed my Guacamelee and Strangers Wrath files never auto uploaded...

did your plus sub run out?
happened to me, didn't realize, lost all the saves.

 

[corrosivefrost]

The death levels in Sound Shapes are kicking my ass! Fuck me they are hard

The randomness makes them easier/harder. Have fun playing the same stage 100 times before you get a decent note placement!

Ok, I'm signing up for PS+ again this month. Before I do though, is Soul Sacrifice still available for free download this month? I don't see it up on the PS store on Vita or PS3\PS4. Maybe I'm retarded?

You let your PS+ lapse? Shame on you.

Side note, not directed at you specifically: We have people come in here almost every page asking why a certain game isn't showing on PS+ yet or when it will be free. And I still can't figure out why people, especially people who have been a part of the US PS+ program, do not realize that it's one game per week for the month. If you've been a PS+ member before during the last year, you should also be familiar with the fact that SCEA puts up the PS3 games first and the Vita games second. So, if we check the list, we see that Dragon's Dogma, Binary Domain, and Stranger's Wrath are all up and part of PS+ and there's one store update left this month. Deductive reasoning says "hey, I bet that must be when Soul Sacrifice will be free!"

Finished Guacamelee last night, great game even though it's a bit too easy.
Since Amazon has not shipped my Tearaway yet, should I try to play Guacamelee on difficult? Is it worth it?

Easy? Did you do everything including finding all the mask pieces? :lol
Besides, Guacamelee wasn't advertised as a Dark Souls/Ninja Gaiden type game where the difficulty should make you break your Vita in half.

I think the game is phenomenal and I've played through it 3 times at least. I have the platinum and all the DLC. I would definitely say it's worth it, but I'm biased.

Never ever platinum'ed a game, I fucking hate trophies, LOL.
Thanks, will try it on difficult then, I really hope it gets more challenging this time.

Hate trophies? Are you one of "those people" that hate trophies and love achievements? >_<

Tearaway still not up in NA

Are you surprised?! Grace Chen. SCEA. C'mon man.

I swear, SCEA seems to want this game to fail. They've priced it higher, promoted it less, and have not even offered a preorder on it on PSN.

Well, to be fair, no Vita games get pre-orders via SCEA. It's aggravating because we have to HOPE that we'll get all the pre-order freebies with our digital purchases.

Other than that, SCEA just wants the Vita to fail in general.

*whimper*

Good God, man, what do you possibly have installed that you're at the 100 bubble limit? Time to delete some PSM or some Minis.

Has auto save uploading stopped for anyone?

I noticed my Guacamelee and Strangers Wrath files never auto uploaded...

Sometimes the uploads don't happen... don't know why, but I've had it where my Vita just skips uploading for the day. Really screwed me when I needed to revert my P4G save.

Are you sure that they're enabled for auto upload still?
Your Vita was on and in standby?
My Spelunky save uploaded last night and my trophy info sync'ed.
Makes me wonder if my Flower save is enabled for auto upload.
Edit: Yup, Flower wasn't enabled. So mine is working 100% normally it seems, at least last night.

However, I do have random times when Wake Up Club doesn't work and set the alarm off. That's new since the latest FW update.

did your plus sub run out?
happened to me, didn't realize, lost all the saves.

I thought saves had a 6 month window at least before they were wiped from the cloud.
What exactly caused you to lose yours?

 

[RalchAC]

Just put my Vita to rest. Tearaway is a blast. I think I've played like 4 hours today and I didn't want to stop playing. I'm in the caverns right now, I don't know if I have that much time left.

Those who disliked LBP due to the floaty controls won't have a problems here. Still I want

Spoiler

more pig riding sections. Why I only found one in the 6 hours I've played?

 

[SeanR1221]

did your plus sub run out?
happened to me, didn't realize, lost all the saves.

Nope!

Sometimes the uploads don't happen... don't know why, but I've had it where my Vita just skips uploading for the day. Really screwed me when I needed to revert my P4G save.

Are you sure that they're enabled for auto upload still?
Your Vita was on and in standby?
My Spelunky save uploaded last night and my trophy info sync'ed.
Makes me wonder if my Flower save is enabled for auto upload.
Edit: Yup, Flower wasn't enabled. So mine is working 100% normally it seems, at least last night.

However, I do have random times when Wake Up Club doesn't work and set the alarm off. That's new since the latest FW update.

First off, whats up, Frosty

I wonder if it's because when I played Strangers Wrath, I just pushed the top button, and it wasn't at the Vita menu? Does just pushing the top button and putting it to sleep not count as standby?

 

[Romez]

ShopTo failed me. Tearaway didn't turn up, i ordered and paid on Wednesday and they only sent me the dispatch email this morning. FML

 

[jamsy]

Tearaway is live on US PSN. Gonna grab it with the credit I got from the promotion last month...

 

[GYNGA]

Anyone else having problems with PSN at the moment? I can't seem to connect neither on my Vita nor on SEN Store on PC. I just want to buy Tearaway

UK account by the way

 

[repeater]

Has auto save uploading stopped for anyone?

I noticed my Guacamelee and Strangers Wrath files never auto uploaded...

Are you in EU or US? There was an issue with EU PSN the other day which made them reset the passwords of a number of users (including mine). I think this also logged the affected users out of PSN.

Anyone else having problems with PSN at the moment? I can't seem to connect neither on my Vita nor on SEN Store on PC. UK account

You're probably affected by the thing I wrote about above. You'll probably have to set a new password and then everything will be fine.

 

[Bouniter]

Hey Vita Gaf

I'd like to say I have just joined you guys and for a short time I did after finally caving at the £140 Asda deal and seeing tearaway. Its a great little piece of kit and I really enjoyed the short time I had with it

Unfortunately though the first Vita I bought had a piece of dust stuck under the screen I tried to ignore it but i just could not stop seeing it so i returned it and got a new one. The second Vita then had a dead pixel and again I knew I was going to keep on noticing it so i returned that one for a refund as the store didn't have any more stock. Now both were tiny the dust being about the size of a dead pixel and the second only having the one dead pixel I saw in the very short time I owned it.

I understand there will be a mura effect on the screen this isn't a problem but I'm afraid i cannot accept tints, dead pixels, dust or lines.

I'm sure many of you think I'm being picky but I have a PSP with a couple of dead pixels on it from launch and it bugs me to this day just can't help it.

So now I'm not sure what to do is it worth trying another one or is my insistence on this going to mean I'm just waisting my time?

Thanks all you lovely Vita Gaffers

So after kind words from a couple of Gaffers thanks to both for you I tried my luck and ordered another one...

Unfortunately this one also had a piece of dust trapped under the screen so I have returned it again frankly i really love the little piece of kit its great but i will not accept defects no matter how small in a brand new product.

So just a message to anyone considering going for the £140 pound sports megapack from Asda expect it to have some sort of fault with the screen and don't expect their customer service to be overly helpful either.

In short I am about ready to give up as having 3 in a row goes beyond bad luck and into poor quality control Sony sort it out!

So a couple more quick questions (and don't go looking if you haven't already noticed it or your just gonna regret it) but has anyone else noticed dust trapped under there vita screen (its a tiny little white spec when the vita is off and a black one when it is on) or is this just a bad batch of vitas?

I am now looking and considering the game bundle with Tearaway, LBP, a Lego game and a 16gb memory card so can anyone tell me what game are like for accepting returns because I will not settle with a substandard screen on a device so reliant on it?

Thanks again Vita Gaf

 

[Acid08]

Has Katamari ever been free on PS+?

 

[GYNGA]

You're probably affected by the thing I wrote about above. You'll probably have to set a new password and then everything will be fine.

Thanks!

 

[Olli128]

*whimper*

I see Oddworld HD there, just started it myself. Have you noticed the camera being really loose and floaty? Putting me off the game tbh

 

[SeanR1221]

Are you in EU or US? There was an issue with EU PSN the other day which made them reset the passwords of a number of users (including mine). I think this also logged the affected users out of PSN.


You're probably affected by the thing I wrote about above. You'll probably have to set a new password and then everything will be fine.

USA here.

 

[swnny]

I see Oddworld HD there, just started it myself. Have you noticed the camera being really loose and floaty? Putting me off the game tbh

I'm 2 hidden barrels alway from platinum the game and the camera isn't a big issue. You will get used to it after few bouties.

 

[Steel]

You can upgrade your offerings as well so they can have more uses. Heals do not have a lot of uses but you should not be using them a lot either. Not that far into the game yet, but I usually use melee for weaker enemies to clean them up and thrown for bosses. Still need to renew a couple of times, but that doesn't bother me so much.

Ideally you should know what kind of enemies you'll be fighting and prepare accordingly so you can cause Hell status (on bosses at least).

Sacrifice the mini monsters to get more spell uses. Problem solved.

 

[RalchAC]

I see Oddworld HD there, just started it myself. Have you noticed the camera being really loose and floaty? Putting me off the game tbh

I tried it too but... I don't know. I just don't really get into the game

 

[Flandy]

Terraria due on 4th December according to an article on Eurogamer. Apologies if old news.

I like how a mobile version was announced a few months after the Vita version and came out for like $5 very soon after they announced it >__>
We'll be a getting a late port too AND we'll likely have a Vita tax so it will probably be $15 -__- even though it's a few months late

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Tearaway bought

I wonder what corrosive is playing w/o tearaway

 

[mattiewheels]

corrosivefrost: I wouldn't have so many bubbles on my system if the PSN store download list wasn't so unmanageable. It makes me not want to delete things, because wading through an infinite list of PS3 stuff to hunt for the Vita/PSP stuff gives me heartburn. I can't believe they don't just have a Vita-compatible filter for the list. Download lists should be evolving into your own little digital museum with great organization, not just some random endless list.

 

[jon bones]

Download lists should be evolving into your own little digital museum with great organization, not just some random endless list.

great idea - i would love an apple-esque digital bookshelf on my vita/future ps4

I like how a mobile version was announced a few months after the Vita version and came out for like $5 very soon after they announced it >__>
We'll be a getting a late port too AND we'll likely have a Vita tax so it will probably be $15 -__- even though it's a few months late

still going to buy it though -_-

 

[Takao]

So it looks like Tearaway's North American preorders should come with the Atoi/Iota keyrings. Again SCEA, great job on the forewarning! I was going digital because of the lack of those items.

 

[tyranid5]

Has Katamari ever been free on PS+?

Not in NA, not sure about other regions.

 

[Flightmare]

Has Katamari ever been free on PS+?

In eu, yes

 

[cafemomo]

Has Katamari ever been free on PS+?

No, but it was $2.50 when they had that Japanese dev sales.

 

[Acid08]

Not in NA, not sure about other regions.

In eu, yes

Aw :/

No, but it was $2.50 when they had that Japanese dev sales.

AW :/

Hopefully it'll go on sale again.

 

[whitehawk]

There's a demo for Tearaway!

 

[corrosivefrost]

Nope!



First off, whats up, Frosty

I wonder if it's because when I played Strangers Wrath, I just pushed the top button, and it wasn't at the Vita menu? Does just pushing the top button and putting it to sleep not count as standby?

Heyo!

There's an issue with the power saving mode for "use wifi in power save" where the box should NOT be checked. If that's checked and you manually put it into standby, I think it turns the wifi off.

A lot of times my Vita goes to sleep by screen timeout, which is usually more forgiving with the WiFi status, I think.

This is all conjecture, so take it with a grain of salt.

 

[joe2187]

There's a demo for Tearaway!

Thanks for the heads up! You gotta search the store to find it, it's not listed in new demos.

 

[whitehawk]

Thanks for the heads up! You gotta search the store to find it, it's not listed in new demos.

You can also just go to All PS Vita games > Go to Tearaway and you'll see it.

 

[Takao]

 

[RalchAC]

Wow, it really amazes me how they've decided to market Tearaway (which is a fairly cheap game) instead the more expensive Killzone Mercenaries. They may have it's reasons, but it's weird seeing soneone outside Nintendo giving more atention to a platformer than a shooter.

 

[antibolo]

corrosivefrost: I wouldn't have so many bubbles on my system if the PSN store download list wasn't so unmanageable. It makes me not want to delete things, because wading through an infinite list of PS3 stuff to hunt for the Vita/PSP stuff gives me heartburn. I can't believe they don't just have a Vita-compatible filter for the list. Download lists should be evolving into your own little digital museum with great organization, not just some random endless list.

Protip: Use Content Manager to transfer content out of your Vita instead of just deleting it. You won't forget anything that way.

 

[efeman]

3G Vita + 8GB memory card $169.99 on Sunday for My Best Buy customers.

Should I pull the trigger on this? Is there anything to know about the 3G Vita if I don't care about using the service?

 

[Infernal Monkey]

Whoa, Putty Squad's listed there. Maybe that November 29 release date - after almost two years of constant delays - is actually legit (uahuahua)

 

[Servbot24]

Wow, it really amazes me how they've decided to market Tearaway (which is a fairly cheap game) instead the more expensive Killzone Mercenaries.

It amazes me that it's possible to market a game less than Tearaway.