so, i got a vita and a few questions:
- ridge racer ultimate edition is currently on sale for 6 bucks in europe. i know the vanilla game was a fucking rip-off, but how is the complete version? did they patch the framerate issues (sub 30 fps in the jpn version)? how big is the download?
- the new Ys game is also on sale right now, but i read about annoying framedrops. how bad is it and is the game worth 10 bucks?
About Ridge Racer: Well Initially the game is like 700mb but then you have to download the music packages(from 3mb each song to 10mb) and new tracks (around 40mb to 80mb each one)and cars(like 2 or 3 mbs each one).
So idk about the real size but it is above 1 gb. Take into account the game doesnt have a campaign mode , arcade or career mode , it only has online for ghost battles, and you can use even a ghost from somebody to play 2 of 3 laps in a race to finally show what you know at the end.So it depends a lot on leaderboards. Then you have time attack and normal race mode. There are like 9 tracks in total so you have 18 tracks counting reversal modes of those tracks. I never experienced a problem with the game's speed. It is a very fast game and looks incredibly nice, also the music selection is awesome being about like 80 + music tracks. Regarding cars there is like 13 normal cars and 2 devil cars.
If you are not a fan of pursuing scores etc this is not your game.
The game has also an interesting system of level up and upgrade . The upgrade is for all cars at the same time and the system seems to be like some proof of concept because is not finished.
There is also 2 special races against super fast cars(Duel mode). Being a "secret" option where the music changes and the menu turns into "devil". The enemy AI is not an easy one but it is very challenging.
As a game , it is very amusing and good looking. The music is GREAT and the amount of it is astonishing but the game is like an skeleton of what could be .
I completely enjoy it even now. But dont expect the depth and amount of content of Ridge Racer PSP here.