Vita PSN Game And Service Thread
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Yeah, I posted this earlier in the Persona 4 thread, but it got buried pretty quickly.
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Let's Go Play!
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This feature is actually pretty cool and I didn't know it was in. Not watching the rest though, I want to be pleasantly surprised with the new stuff!
BomberMouse
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I don't have a PS3 and haven't received any email. I'm fucked regarding my $20 back?
I ruined this game for myself
at first handling is very heavy and the City and street design well bad but it was fine and I was enjoying my time until I decided to returned to Burnout Paradise to see how it feel again and boy..it made NFS WM completely unplayable for me, what a huge let down spiritual successor.
I can't say that I have an issue with the handling...I too went back to play burnout paradise recently and felt it was way too aracadey. The 60fps was nice though, would have helped out a lot with nfs mw. The abundance of ramps was nice too..they're everywhere. Also paradise city is a nicer theme imo (and arguably like you said the street design/layout too), but I'm preferring NFS definitely on handling...and being on a portable
Hit the brakes more! 
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For others curious about the game still: The drifting is also a lot of fun too...although it can be hard to navigate between traffic at really high speeds and around corners, especially if the framerate is starting to drop...but is usually manageable if you are not playing crazy (you can't expect to move sideways too fast at those speeds). I can just pick up the game and drift around the city not doing any events in a single car for 15 minutes and put it back down. Rinse and repeat like 10 times a day.
Up to 26 hours on it so far, wishing the police were slightly harder (not quite like the console version but it's often too easy to lose police on the vita). Also wish there were more races tbh, I'm expecting DLC - which I will likely get (at least for the console versions, would really appreciate vita content too of course but who knows..they said they'd let us know).
It is great fun at the full price, good graphics imo, especially for the large scope of the game.
There will be a few textures that you don't like (for me it is the shopfront textures which don't look as good during the day - very flat. At night they light up so it looks ok)...and that is pretty much it. I can live with the dirt that others mentioned as it seems fine really. The cars, the track, the polygon count for the rest of the city architecture, the lack of texture/car pop-up, various bits and bobs floating around the road, the shadowing (despite slightly lower res - look at them when you are landing from a high jump or when the road you bend around changes from going towards the moon to behind it...notice the shadow change shape and the headlights then cover it), the reflection in the car mirrors ...the collisions that you aren't a part of...everything looks really good. Except the driver's hands being glued to the steering wheel
(which you probably won't notice, as well as police drivers popping up when they're close). It looks good, doesn't take much away from the fun of the game and I am reasonably impressed even in that department - nice, clean look with a few treats here and there.I actually quite like the pixelated view of the head and tail lights (of traffic cars) as it reminds of driving irl (especially at night - which looks great in this, all the shadows are properly done). You may not have noticed but the lights actually go through the road a tiny bit too (helps spot traffic under/over hills). And they make it a lot easier to just distinguish at fast speeds as well as otherwise causing too much of a framerate hit.
Fun cars, good handling, decent traffic and physics...but you have to keep switching cars to experience different races (switch to a different class of vehicle in fact) - so you do feel like you run out of things to do with each car quite quickly. Good thing there are a lot of great cars but you'll be doing some of the same events again.
Modnation is a game that really suffers due to poor framerate despite otherwise being a good game. Although the framerate can drop in NFS, a bit more when online too, it shouldn't affect the gameplay and the enjoyment of the game* - as it does occasionally make it more difficult, but still do-able. Switching to first person for a moment can really help you to see what's coming (but only for a moment as the view is too low down) - easy switch by pressing circle. Framerate usually returns back to the 30 when it's dipping by this. I think most people won't even notice/benefit from the extra fps too much as the speeds are very fast for it to dip (usually only in races/connected online too).
*I know most people will be ok, I can see it from the review comments section and from other posts talking about it, they can sense it but it doesn't really impact them - it sort of adds to the sense of speed in a way (it usually only happens at very high speeds anyway). Most people will be ok, but they may get frustrated with it due to car handling being a bit more challenging and a small detail - the way the camera works...it stays very stationary while your car pivots around it a bit so when you turn at fast speeds it's harder to tell how your car is moving exactly or the direction it's headed...so you have to really pay attention to the road, speed and the input you're giving - more planning and less reacting (standard for racing) but becomes even harder with a dropping framerate..still, it's fun let me tell you.
If you enjoy being able to pick up the vita to go speeding around this city at high speeds in nice cars and occasionally do a race or go online then this can be really addicting and easily worth full price. I can see from the friendslist (nice in-game comparison feature) that quite a few are in their 20s' for hours on this game - I've hardly even touched multiplayer. I will do soon though as it does wear thin after a while of completing and collecting everything in singleplayer (since no random racers driving around (unless you initiate a race, and then finish it, or cancel it straight away) - and since the police aren't much of a challenge).
You level up in mp separately and can also host a friends game where they just drive around your city, no events (which can also be customized).
If you don't enjoy wasting time and speeding around and just want a traditional racer with loads of races to do...you'll be a bit let down that there isn't so much to do, especially if you don't have the patience to find a decent group to play with online (can set up some great races with custom speedlists - although still not sure how to start one in a public game..)
haha sorry for wall of text, might re-write it later and put in the reviews thread once I've played more MP.
Whats colors? makes me think of that paint park update we never got.
New Paint Park isn't out yet.
I think Colors is a port of the 3DS/iPhone app of the same name. Dunno though, since Google tells me nothing.
BomberMouse
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What? It's been a long time since I played an RPG. I seriously can't stand japaneisms, will skip for sure then.
Christ. One of the main reasons I hate/fear dubs. Honest question, if they just subtitled these games ... won't it cut costs when bringing it over? .. Won't it also be quicker?
They should just over two versions :/
Sometimes it's actually cheaper to make an English dub than to license the Japanese cast's performances.
Then they have to license the acting done by the original voice cast, which can be even more expensive depending on how much a specific actor's agency asks to do so.
Edit: Beaten.
BomberMouse
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Do you guys really prefer japaneses voices? You must really like your desu desu desus.
Ah ok. Oh well fuck.
Not really. Dubs just tend to butcher it.
No, I just don't understand who this "takao-chan won't you come over" bullshit is aimed at. "Chan" means nothing to English speakers so why include it in the English translation? If people get so antsy about the honorific junk why not just read/watch/whatever the Japanese version where that stuff has some meaning?
BomberMouse
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Oh for sure, it just seems that even in japanese these things are overacted.
It's just a bit surprising to see the reaction to it now when they've made no effort to hide it and all the Persona games have them. As far as I know, it's how they've chosen to localize the games due to them taking place in Japan. Maybe it's just me getting used to it, but the P4 dub doesn't make the honorifics stand out as badly as other media that use them do.
DiscoJer
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New Chronovolt trailer. Sort of like Marble Madness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Mezr_-sMM&feature=share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Mezr_-sMM&feature=share
Looks decent thanks for posting, would buy if cheap to help kill the wait for SMB. That rewind is a feature (not just for editing for the trailer) I'm guessing? Quite neat..decent if it's implemented well as it'll help deal with the most frustrating thing about these games !
Posted that earlier
Looks pretty good though. Decent puzzle game. Something to keep an eye on
But it's good to agree! Ragnarok Odyssey demo really is making it out soon. Hope that works out well for them. I was surprised at what kind of areas the JP demo showed... well into the game, rather than just forcing you to run through the easiest, most unimpressive sections..
I got the message on PS3, but not even in email. Assuming they're going to send both to each person, this probbaly gives hope that emails will be batch-mailed at a later date, maybe?
I'm confused why a game like that even has a story, lol. "No, Really, there's evil minions! KILL THEM WITH YOUR MARBLE!"
That reminds me, for any who missed it, PSNSTORES held it's interview with the UK and JP minds behind localising Let's Fish: Hooked ON! Kinda nice to see some awkward genre mashups coming to Vita.
Oh yeah, and I have no problems with Honorifics in ENG dubs. I'd rather have more japanese culture in my JP made games, rather than have dumplings and sake turned to doughnuts and tea, y'know?
Yeah sometime i think...
Is this the same Colors app as the 3DS one? Definitely buying if so.
China and Korea seems to getting dub version just fine. So why English version is having trouble? I don't get it.
Yup
Awesome.
Maybe the licensing covers all of Asia? Or the non-Japanese market is so minuscule that those involved know it's better to take something than nothing?
Persona 4 Golden!
There's also Ragnarok Odyssey out right now.
Muramasa is coming, that's a 2D action-RPG.
Meesh
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Are these games available for dl or will they be strictly hard copy? I prefer downloading personally
Iacobellis
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Could someone be cool and give me the lowdown on P4G? I've never played a game in the Persona series, but all this talk is making it seem like I've been missing out all this time.
Every Vita game is available digitally.Are these games available for dl or will they be strictly hard copy? I prefer downloading personally
Are these games available for dl or will they be strictly hard copy? I prefer downloading personally
All available to download.
You've a good opportunity to check it out right now as Persona 3 Portable is on sale currently for $10. (The PS2 version of Persona 3 is also on sale for $5 on PS3)
Iacobellis
Junior Member
Well, what's the general plot for the entire series? I don't have the money at the moment to spend.
staticshade
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Is there a thread for vita screenshots ? Cos this should be happening 8)
No one makes the first jump.
Underage drinking
You've got some Arkham city in my Heskerville
Gravity Rush
Sorry, off topic 8)
No one makes the first jump.
Underage drinking
You've got some Arkham city in my Heskerville
Gravity Rush
Sorry, off topic 8)
Er-There's no "general plot" for "the series."
And get the money and buy it since it's only one week, IIRC.
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Also I'm pissed that I've sent two "do you want to meet up and ad-hoc play to try the ad-hoc features out?" PSN messages to people I've NEAR'ed across that have Street vs Juggle with no response in the past two days. I JUST WANT THE TROPHY, I'M NOT GOING TO STAB YOU I SWEAR. JUST SAY YES.
Fuck you Capcom and devs that do this shit. Not everyone knows someone with a PSP2 (given the platform is dead hurr hurr hurr)
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