THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Eel O'Brian on October 03, 2011, 09:25:00 AM
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It's called the
"Buy Your Shit All Over Again" "Only on PlayStation Network" campaign
first wave of PS2 games this Tuesday - God Hand, GrimGrimoire, Maximo, Odin Sphere and Ring of Red
new batch the first Tuesday of every month
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/03/ps2-games-going-digital-in-only-on-playstation-network-campaig/
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:lol
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I think this is a weird case of there not being a new console to busy ourselves with during the dying gasps for the last generation of consoles. We're kind of just stuck watching Sony release HD versions of stuff to buy time.
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These aren't even HD, it's just straight-up PS2 emulation (so a lot of games just won't ever work). Still, I don't have a problem with it, I just think it's funny they're calling them all "rare, classic games." I think they should've kept one model of PS3 with BC in production, though, even if it were at a premium price.
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:elephant
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I'll finally play GrimGrimoire.
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evidently they're gonna be priced at $9.99
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So does this prove that Slims can play PS2 games? Hackers need to get on this
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ignoring that PS3 doesn't have BC and this is the way for non-early adopters to play their PS2 games, by buying them again, I like that these games are available digitally. Hell, if the Vita wasn't a dumping ground, I'd guess these might be playable on that someday.
and if true, $9.99 is a fair price, but that's likely the bottom end. PS1 games are either $6 or $10. If Dirge of Cerberus is ever on PSN, i'm guessing $15. I think Xbox games were $20 on XBL and maybe dropped; I quickly checked and Halo is 1200 points (=$15?). Virtual Console has no account and N64 games are $10, but that's Nintendo.
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ignoring that PS3 doesn't have BC and this is the way for non-early adopters to play their PS2 games, by buying them again, I like that these games are available digitally. Hell, if the Vita wasn't a dumping ground, I'd guess these might be playable on that someday.
and if true, $9.99 is a fair price, but that's likely the bottom end. PS1 games are either $6 or $10. If Dirge of Cerberus is ever on PSN, i'm guessing $15. I think Xbox games were $20 on XBL and maybe dropped; I quickly checked and Halo is 1200 points (=$15?). Virtual Console has no account and N64 games are $10, but that's Nintendo.
I think Xbox 1 games have always been 1200 points/$15 on XBL. That's how much I payed for Ninja Gaiden Black a few years ago anyway.
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yeah, if they get this stuff up and running on the vita then i might be all in on a launch unit (depending on what's available) - between this, psp/ps1 games, psn games, and vita titles, they'd have a hell of a catalog
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if they've got these to run on the Vita then... hold me.
Yeah, this is all I care about.
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I've never played but always wanted to try Maximo
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It's a good game. Same with the sequel (which has easier platforming but better combat/game progression).
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Odin Sphere for $10? Sure.
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Odin Sphere is garbage, guys.
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I'm more excited at the prospect of certain Japan-only titles making the transition.
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Maximo 1 is awesome. It's also fucking hard and super rewarding.
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this is great news. sony should have done this when 360 started doing xbl on demand crap of regular xbox games.
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Maximo is one of the very best 3D platformers.
A kick in the balls to whomever buys Ring of Red.
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Maximo was good but I hate paying money to save. Maximo 2 was more enjoyable
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Ring of Red is awesome.
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Meh. Gimme Gradius V.
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-10-04-psn-imports-announced-for-europe
The PlayStation Network Import store that launched in the US last year is finally on its way to Europe.
As announced on the PlayStation Blog, developer MonkeyPaw Games will be bringing over a number of Japan-only PS1 titles in their original form.
The first three game to hit the service will be notoriously daft side-scroller Cho Aniki, forgotten tactical RPG Arc the Lad and vertical shooter Arcade Hits: Sonic Wings Special.
Arc the Lad II, Arc Arena: Monster Tournament and Arc the Lad III are also incoming.
:o
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Isnt Odin Sphere's item system garbage? That's what ive heard.
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Maximo 1 is awesome. It's also fucking hard and super rewarding.
Yeah, I enjoyed both of them. There were even action figures over here! I should'a bought one when I found it; I know a guy on the dev team, and he would have loved it. :-\
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Isnt Odin Sphere's item system garbage? That's what ive heard.
Odin Sphere is nice looking art and soundtrack, mediocre repetitive game.
Vanillaware and Level 5 are like a match made in heaven. Artists with no concept of gameplay design.
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one person is claiming God Hand has technical issues not present in the PS2 version
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the issue is having to use your PS3
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'Play your old PS2 games, except somehow even less good!'
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Man, if PS2 BC is this hard to implement on the PS3 you've got to wonder how PS3 BC will be handled (if at all) on the PS4 if there's a bit of an architecture shift.
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BC is dead. Everything will be re-released, gotta monetize everything.
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ha ha suckers. and u thought selling your collections was smart.
nothing beats an original.
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^^ truth
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romz
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so, is this straight up emulation?
can you access the XMB from in-game? because playing PS2 games on my PS3 has its own little interface for PS2 games. then again, I think it's that way with downloaded PS1 games.
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ha ha suckers. and u thought selling your collections was smart.
nothing beats an original.
except good-quality emulation & free games. or playing new games
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it runs like it ran on the PS3 bc before, apparently, so it's not perfect.
edit: okay apparently it runs worse
Just a heads up that God Hand has some slowdown when breaking boxes, killing demons, and doing infinites against walls. They also did something strange with the depth of field effect and added even more jaggies. Big jaggies. The resolution is possibly even lower than it was on the original PS2 and sometimes the ground glitches and little sparkles appear. The best thing you can do is hook your PS3 up to a CRT and play it on that.
PS2 version had slowdown in those spots though...
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BC is dead. Everything will be re-released, gotta monetize everything.
Spitting truth like a spitting thing, which spits truth.
There's no reason to bust your back working out free BC for everyone, when you can make money by re-selling something over and over again. And bringing it into digital sales is even more diabolically genius.
The we also have keeping the last-gen hardware on easy and cheap life support. Sony was making serious BANK selling PS2 well into this generation, having learned a small lesson from the mass abandonment of PS1 in the previous cycle.
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ha ha suckers. and u thought selling your collections was smart.
nothing beats an original.
except good-quality emulation & free games. or playing new games
meh, this would have been cool when i didnt have a job... justify my poorness
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BC is dead. Everything will be re-released, gotta monetize everything.
Spitting truth like a spitting thing, which spits truth.
There's no reason to bust your back working out free BC for everyone, when you can make money by re-selling something over and over again. And bringing it into digital sales is even more diabolically genius.
The best part of it is that you can release shit that doesn't even work 100% because "well its emulation LOL" or "well we could just not release it". People will buy it despite the complaints, company will make money, cycle continues.
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Looks like Sony is trying to cash in software emulator work,they were working on it for few years now.
Crappy move but some people will bite even though they can get better quality by using PS2.
As for Vita,that would be nice
especially if it gets hacked
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PS2 version had slowdown in those spots though...
Yeah I dunno, I'm just passing on info. I'm not nearly enough of a dumbfuck to get on the frontlines of a new emulation initiative with my wallet.
Yeah, I'm not buying. I own all of the ones put up so far. Maybe if there's something I don't have like ZETTAI ZETSUMEI 2 but lol that's never going to happen :(
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Splinter Cell collection is such lazy trash. You have to go to the dash to switch between games- LAZY
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that's a problem with all the HD collections, except maybe sly because I haven't tried or heard about it yet.
I think it's because the games are sold individually on PSN too. It's just a different executable or something. The Ico/SotC Collection has a game selector at the start, then it gets into the proper credits and booting up for the individual games.
now I'm wondering how the Metal Gear Collection will be on the Xbox 360. On the PS3 it seems to be one blu-ray (except Japan, where Peace Walker and 2+3 are separate). three or four DVDs, maybe.
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PCSX2 on PC:
(http://i.minus.com/jYSBbSlMs6mQm.jpg)
PSN version on PS3 with smoothing:
(http://i.minus.com/jbzXm0GCsqkUZr.jpg)
PSN version on PS3 without smoothing:
(http://i.minus.com/jzIvTBZ7Gd6dX.jpg)
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PCSX2 :bow
PSN+Smoothing isn't so bad, certainly the best expected outcome from a gimped processor and budget GPU :gloomy
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I don't even know how many times I've bought GTA3-era games, but I'll probably buy again if they come to PSN. I have the Xbox 1 collection of all those, but sometimes you just want to hit TRIANGLE to 'jack a bitch's car, y'know?