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PS Vita general discussion thread, part 4 | "Summer 2012"
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it's the PSN version of a chain mail
kurrptsenate
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I gathered as much, just wondering how many others have taken notice, or rather, have fallen for it.
You should ask him how many $50 PSN money he's gotten.
Gillian Seed
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Just got a Used but Mint PS Vita from Ebay. Picked up Uncharted, Hot Shots Golf, and Pinball Arcade. Also got a 16Gb Card from Amazon. Hopefully that will be enough to store some PS1 and PSP games i have already purchased in the past. Im excited!
The Grim Heaper
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I'm so glad mine doesn't do that.
make sure you get gravity rush too :3
Joe Molotov
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I'm picturing DeMarcus Ware paddling towards an unsuspecting Eli Manning in his canoe.
+1 !
Just what the gaming industry needs ! Also need to slay a giant dragon somewhere. Plus a trophy waifu sim.
Gillian Seed
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Speaking of this the "Report this message" functionality is much improved on PSN, at least on the PS3 (I don't ever use it on the Vita).
kurrptsenate
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I personally reserve those types of functions for the off chance someone sends me a picture of their "package" out of rage
Eat your DINNER
Which one are you having trouble with?
I got every trophy but that last picture puzzle one. Thing's a nightmare.
what
I can't get the trophy that requires me to do the entire digit chase in under a minute. I'm always at 1:10 or so.
The Grim Heaper
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i wish i could just delete welcome park
As do I. I imagine that the Vita actually has 2 GB of internal storage but it's all being taken up by Welcome Park.
Even with this it's hard.
I can't get the last puzzle, but my Vita's battery mercifully died on my sixth attempt, so I'm taking that as a sign.
what
I can't get the trophy that requires me to do the entire digit chase in under a minute. I'm always at 1:10 or so.
Dinner>Lunch
corrosivefrost
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What people don't realize, I'm guessing, is that the edges rotate "softness" during the bigger puzzles, at least.
That is, you can see either the top/bottom, left/right sides will look different. Whichever side looks different, you can slide the tiles through the edge to come out on the other side. I was having a hell of a time doing the trophies for that until I realized that the edges were soft. At that point, it was just taking advantage of it when it was in the right place or waiting a second or two for it to switch so I could make the necessary move.
kurrptsenate
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what are you guys talking about?
slide tile puzzles?
slide tile puzzles?
corrosivefrost
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You're not wrong. I was so glad, when I finally put that last trophy to rest.
It was all about the start for me, sometimes the random nature of it dictated that you spent too much time fumbling for your first row. My tactic was to line up each of the top row in order, before sliding them up. I had no discernible strategy after that, because relying on the edges just screwed me over too much.
kurrptsenate
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I love slide tile puzzles. I remember my brother having trouble in Zelda for gamecube, getting pissed, and me being like
swish, swish, swish...
done.
swish, swish, swish...
done.
I generally don't find them too difficult, but the time limit for that trophy was a little strict.
kurrptsenate
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Ah, that could add another level of difficulty. I assume the tiles are randomized at the beginning every time in that case.
corrosivefrost
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The worst is that you have to do the digit chase all at once. They should be 3 separate events and have a cumulative time that lowers when you better your best score, not having to do an entire run to try to get the trophy.
hmm in Gravity Daze, the gravity slide thingy where you touch both sides of the screen to slide, it seems my tilt sensitivity is too low, I have to literally tilt the Vita 90 degrees sideways for Kat to slide to left for example, is this by design? aiming for a gravity kick seems to be more sensitive
corrosivefrost
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If anyone is looking for a cheap copy of WipEout 2048, GF has them for 17.99 (used); GF games should come with the online pass and in mint condition. They have some other games for Vita, finally -- including Lumines for $25. I'm tempted, but that still seems high for me. $20 or less, I think.
Why buy a used copy? New copies at $19.99 in stores, and that'll at least tell Sony people want more WipEout.
Surprised Lumines still hasn't yet hit the 20 mark in the States. It's been hovering around 19.99 in Canada for a while now. Not consistently, but the sales are frequent. Currently $19.99 @ amazon.ca, in fact.
Damn! Awesome new features! Is more like the real one now!
I'm late responding to this, but I feel very strongly about this game. It's really, really good. It's basically the only KH game I completely adore--the rest all have annoyances that bother me in some way or another (usually minigames or stupid story or horrible mechanics or game structure). And on Critical Mode, BbS is one of the best action RPGs out there. I don't want to write a lot, so I'll try to keep this as short but informative as possible.
lunch's negative impressions are spot-on: the game immediately opens with some cringe-worthy melodrama about friendship, but it actually ends up having one of the better stories to come out of the franchise. Because it's a prequel that basically feels like KH0, a lot of it is self-contained. If you played Odin Sphere or something similar, the crisscrossing stories are kind of like that. I was surprised to find myself actually enjoying how the game touched upon some uncharacteristically dark themes. The worlds you visit are also symbolically related to what each character is going through.
But you really don't play it for story. BbS's battle mechanics are the best KH has ever had, and all the auxiliary progression systems are addictive and thoughtful. In my eyes, the PSP had Birth by Sleep, and the DS had Order of Ecclesia. Both games have some outstanding boss fights. Regular encounters also generally require more strategy in BbS on Critical than other KH games, especially near the beginning. I don't know how everything holds up on the easier difficulties, but BbS is very easy to recommend if you enjoy a strong, cohesively-designed battle system that caters to your personal playstyle preferences.
Comparing BbS's battle system to KH1's is really difficult because they're totally different. For one, you don't have Goofy and Donald with you; you're usually fighting alone. You have an arsenal of abilities that you can equip (Command Deck), and everything works on recharge times instead of MP. Using certain commands will put you into a limit break mode of sorts (Command Style) that can eventually take you into another limit after that, provided you fill the meter for it by continuously attacking. You also have new things called shotlocks which are first-person lock-on attacks that render you invincible for a brief period of time. There are also D-Links that replace summons, briefly changing your Command Deck to one inspired by another character while also fully healing you. It's really bizarre to explain, but just trust that the battle system is very good. On Critical, you will be taking advantage of everything at your disposal and abusing stuff like frame traps and animation invulnerability. The camera is also less annoying than it usually is in KH games (I found KH1's camera to be one of the worst, actually), and dealing with lock-on and camera rotation will eventually come naturally after you get used to them. It's not perfect, no, but you won't have OG Xbox Ninja Gaiden camera flashbacks or anything. At least, I didn't.
It was probably a good thing that you wrote off the portable games, too. I'd consider KH1, KH2, CoM/re:CoM, and Dream Drop Distance to be more worth your time than 358/2 Days and Re:coded, but BbS easily bests them all in my humble opinion. It's a shame that isn't (and won't likely ever be) on PSN because people are sorely missing out on one of the PSP's best titles.
corrosivefrost
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Whynot? I doubt a few retail versus used sales are going to make Sony reopen Liverpool studio. If someone was inclined to save a few bucks, they could -- if I didn't have Amazon Prime and didn't already own the game, I'd probably buy there, especially if I had GF bucks or whatever to knock the price down even further.
I disagree. I think all Vita owners ought to try to buy games new as often as possible. Saving 2 or 3 dollars isn't going to break the bank, and taking all Vita owners en masses it delivers the message that they are willing to purchase new retail games.
Having said that, I will inevitably buy some used games (from other gamers, not stores). But only if it means getting really significant discount over the new price. For 2 - 3 bucks, nah. I'll just get it new and support the Vita and the devs etc.
There was a huge update to the Vita Remote Desktop app from PSMobile if anyone cares. My post detailing the update here:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41340697&postcount=238
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41340697&postcount=238
Woohoo ! Can't wait to try it ! Hope it's open sourced so someone can port it to a Mac. Or at least the author partner with someone to do it.
What is this exactly? I'm still a vita newb. Thanks.
It allows you to stream video from your desktop to your Vita, using your Vita as a controller. It's still in the early stages of development and barely works, but the current version adds a whole lot of new options.
Unless Sony adjusts download and memory card prices dramatically I will only be renting and buying my vita games used.
...except for Persona 4 golden because I'm a no patience fanboy.
Do you want vita to stay alive so you can have nice new games for it? Buying only used games won't help that to happen.
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