Vita Thread

[Joe Molotov]

I still don't know why I did this.

Persona 4 gets in mid week.

[Steve Youngblood]

I still don't know why I did this.

Persona 4 gets in mid week.

I've never played a Persona game before. Shin Megami Tensei IV is my first exposure to the series at all, and I'm nowhere near finished with that! I need to stop wasting money on all this crap!

[demi]

Persona 4 is much worse than SMT4. It's more of a visual novel.

[Steve Youngblood]

Persona 4 is much worse than SMT4. It's more of a visual novel.

Throughout the whole game? I've been warned that it starts out dreadfully slow (something like the first several hours is all story). But assuming I survive that, you don't think it picks up? I've heard so much praise for the game. And I was honestly just interested to compare it to SMT.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Don't listen to Demi he's a idiot. Persona 4 is great especially if youre new.

Also Street Fighter x Tekken is amazing on vita.

[Joe Molotov]

Basically, Persona 4 is custom-made to hit your weaboo anime-tard gspot so hard that it makes your toes curl. If you're like demi and don't have an weaboo anime-tard gspot, then your enjoyment will be somewhat diminished.

[demi]

Persona 4 is much worse than SMT4. It's more of a visual novel.

Throughout the whole game? I've been warned that it starts out dreadfully slow (something like the first several hours is all story). But assuming I survive that, you don't think it picks up? I've heard so much praise for the game. And I was honestly just interested to compare it to SMT.

Yes, throughout the whole game. The visual novel parts are good and enjoyable, but the actual Persona gameplay is really lacking, especially after SMT4.

P5 needs a huge overhaul of the dungeons. P1 & 2 are much better. Feel free to buy them off PSN Store.

[fistfulofmetal]

SMT4 got annoying with the obtuse quest layout and having to navigate the city. Didn't feel like dealing with it.

P4 is just lovely.

[demi]

As you can see, P4 is for more simple minded people.

[thisismyusername]

Basically, Persona 4 is custom-made to hit your weaboo anime-tard gspot so hard that it makes your toes curl. If you're like demi and don't have an weaboo anime-tard gspot, then your enjoyment will be somewhat diminished.

Real talk.

But demi is right: P2 is better than P3/4. Soz.

[demi]

Also stay away from any adults when Nanako starts talking


Big... bro~ 

[Joe Molotov]

Also playing P4 makes you legally required to stay at least 200 yards away from any schools or parks.

[Steve Youngblood]

Also playing P4 makes you legally required to stay at least 200 yards away from any schools or parks.

Perfect! Now I'll have an excuse to be a horrible father that won't take his kid to the park.

[demi]

Here's some actual Vita news about an actual game!



Ys Celceta Limited Edition

Xseed will release a limited edition version of Ys: Memories of Celceta, Falcom’s action RPG for the PlayStation Vita. Titled the “Silver Anniversary Edition,” this version of the game will come with a bunch of bonus items when it releases alongside the standard version this holiday.

 The limited edition of Ys: Memories of Celceta will include a 3-CD collection of music spanning the entire Ys franchise, a cloth map of the lands of Celceta, a compass emblazoned with a logo, and “Adol’s Travel Journal,” which contains strategies and art work for the game.

 The standard version of Ys: Memories of Celceta will cost $40, while the limited edition will cost $60. The game is a re-imagining of Ys IV, with changes to the game’s story and more. Xseed have not announced a release date for the RPG yet.

[magus]

Also playing P4 makes you legally required to stay at least 200 yards away from any schools or parks.

Perfect! Now I'll have an excuse to be a horrible father that won't take his kid to the park.

i find this funny because one of the character from P4 is an horrible father that won't take his kid to the park

[archnemesis]

That looks like a worthy import.

[Rahxephon91]

Here's some actual Vita news about an actual game!

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Ys Celceta Limited Edition

Xseed will release a limited edition version of Ys: Memories of Celceta, Falcom’s action RPG for the PlayStation Vita. Titled the “Silver Anniversary Edition,” this version of the game will come with a bunch of bonus items when it releases alongside the standard version this holiday.

 The limited edition of Ys: Memories of Celceta will include a 3-CD collection of music spanning the entire Ys franchise, a cloth map of the lands of Celceta, a compass emblazoned with a logo, and “Adol’s Travel Journal,” which contains strategies and art work for the game.

 The standard version of Ys: Memories of Celceta will cost $40, while the limited edition will cost $60. The game is a re-imagining of Ys IV, with changes to the game’s story and more. Xseed have not announced a release date for the RPG yet.

Yep this may have sold me on a Vita. Love Ys and love Ys Seven especially.

[MCD]

Ys is the only reason to own this dead handheld.

[tiesto]

Wipeout is awesome.  As expected.  Why this isn't the best-selling game on the Vita instead of one of the worst is a mystery for the ages.

It baffles me how badly Sony missed the boat on advertising Wipeout - they totally could have ridden the recent popularity wave of EDM in America. Back in the day (when hiphop dominated and hardly anybody listened to EDM), Sony had booths set up at US dance events (I still have a flyer of Tiesto playing the "PlayStation 2 Dual Play tour"). They could've continued this, set up some Vitas running Wipeout at events like Electric Zoo, EDC, and Ultra.

[thisismyusername]

P4G is the only reason to own this dead handheld.

FTFY. If P4G was on the PSP, you'd probably have a point but then I'd probably not own the system outside of wanting Marvel 3 on the Go in that case.

Wipeout is awesome.  As expected.  Why this isn't the best-selling game on the Vita instead of one of the worst is a mystery for the ages.

It baffles me how badly Sony missed the boat on advertising Wipeout - they totally could have ridden the recent popularity wave of EDM in America. Back in the day (when hiphop dominated and hardly anybody listened to EDM), Sony had booths set up at US dance events (I still have a flyer of Tiesto playing the "PlayStation 2 Dual Play tour"). They could've continued this, set up some Vitas running Wipeout at events like Electric Zoo, EDC, and Ultra.

The problem is (for me, anyway) I've never felt totally in control, "smooth like butter" when racing in Wipeout. Double-so on 2048. The airbrakes being hard L/R doesn't help. Wipeout HD had the ability to set the airbrakes to like 100-0% in sensitivity or whatever to where setting them to 10% helped A LOT in not hitting the walls. But the airbrakes still didn't feel "smooth"/in control enough for me.

I can see that being the case for others, double-so that racing games at launch that aren't something like GT or Forza aren't going to put "asses in seats" on the launch of a system and yeah... it wasn't a smart idea to have Liverpool doing something like this instead of another expansion to Wipeout HD.

...Though, looking at how dead HD's community is online it's probably for the best they did this route before killing them, even if the game was rushed and doesn't have Racebox in it. :'(

[TEEEPO]

Wipeout HD has a surprisingly active community given its age.

[archnemesis]

The people online are way too good at it though. I think managed to get gold medals for every stage and I still have to fight tooth and nail to get 4th or 5th in a standard race.

[thisismyusername]

Wipeout HD has a surprisingly active community given its age.

Not back in 2007-2009. Even the free giveaway from the PSN hack rose from like 0-15 players to like 30-50 players and then nosedived back to 0-15. If there's players playing now, that just shows how too little/too late they were in releasing and shit.

[TEEEPO]

the majority of titles can barely manage to have a peak of 15 players a few months, let alone years after release.

it never took more than a minute or two to fill up games, especially now with crossplay between the vita and ps3 versions.

[cool breeze]

My vita's screen is busted :'( 

The right side developed distortion lines, like maybe the cable connecting to the screen is loose or something.  Checking online it looks like it costs a 2DS to fix it.  Might as well wait until the holidays and get a new one on sale.

Did the white Vita ever come to America?

[bork]

Did the white Vita ever come to America?

Yeah, but I don't know if you can get it standalone.  It was part of a bundle or two.

[thisismyusername]

White System with the Assassin's Creed logo came out, yeah. Stand-alone? No.

the majority of titles can barely manage to have a peak of 15 players a few months, let alone years after release.

it never took more than a minute or two to fill up games, especially now with crossplay between the vita and ps3 versions.

I dunno. Anytime I tried searching for games there was no rooms open. You're right that the cross-play functionality kinda brought life to it. But at the expense of killing the "multiplayer campaign" of 2048 that isn't cross-play. So... trade off for one to the other, I guess.

[cool breeze]

oh well.  maybe sony will announce a tearaway bundle.

[MCD]

Here's some actual Vita news about an actual game!

(Image removed from quote.)

Ys Celceta Limited Edition

Xseed will release a limited edition version of Ys: Memories of Celceta, Falcom’s action RPG for the PlayStation Vita. Titled the “Silver Anniversary Edition,” this version of the game will come with a bunch of bonus items when it releases alongside the standard version this holiday.

 The limited edition of Ys: Memories of Celceta will include a 3-CD collection of music spanning the entire Ys franchise, a cloth map of the lands of Celceta, a compass emblazoned with a logo, and “Adol’s Travel Journal,” which contains strategies and art work for the game.

 The standard version of Ys: Memories of Celceta will cost $40, while the limited edition will cost $60. The game is a re-imagining of Ys IV, with changes to the game’s story and more. Xseed have not announced a release date for the RPG yet.

http://www.amazon.com/Ys-Memories-Celceta-Anniversary-playstation-vita/dp/B00ER8I990/

I feel guilty buying this digital.

[DCharlieJP]

already have the Japanese limited edition - tempted to double dip. another game that i need to go back to - about 4 hours in, it's pretty solid

[Steve Youngblood]

So, I'm digging Persona more than I thought I would, but it's kind of a mixed bag. I like the battle system, and am not disliking the story/art style as much as I feared I might. And I'm also enjoying that this game is not reminding me that I suck by killing me every other battle (once I got to that point). But on the other hand, it is a little story heavy fur my liking, and the game's structure seems a bit repetitive.

All in all, not sure whether to stick with Persona a bit longer, or go back to SMTIV in terms of deciding which MegaTen game I'm going to try and finish first.

[archnemesis]

I've dropped Persona three times now and the game is simply lacking something to get me hooked. Right now I'm playing Etrian Odyssey IV and it's much more rewarding. Every battle is tense and every time you accomplish anything it feels like a small, but important, victory.

[thisismyusername]

Stick with Persona, the story gets a little better the longer you put in it.

[demi]

P4 Golden only $25 on Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007W8S2MG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007W8S2MG&linkCode=as2&tag=thbo09f-20

[archnemesis]

The game is quite rare in Europe and it's still selling for close to full price.

[demi]

Treasures of Montezuma Blitz is probably the best Vita game

My best score is 35 million

[archnemesis]

I really like that too. How did you manage to get such a high score? My personal best is ~2 million.

Edit: Oh yeah, I don't use the totems or bonuses. I should probably try that.

[demi]

I use

Purple Totem (more bonuses on board)

Lightning

Dynamite

Profit Tokens (gems are worth 10,000 a pop)

Orange Totem (more time per round)

I'm Level 47 right now

Just got the "Nuclear Blast" trophy (clear the entire board) -- apparently really luck based

[archnemesis]

Do you pay for these or just unlock them by playing?

[demi]

They all unlock and upgrade as you level up

I found this vid, and it's absolutely genius... havent even tried it yet

[Purple Filth]

They all unlock and upgrade as you level up

I found this vid, and it's absolutely genius... havent even tried it yet

you can use crystals as well but that's a fucking waste imo given how much they ask for

[demi]

I can get all trophies except "play for 100 hours" -- I havent even hit 10 hours, lol. Screw that.

Might try Jetpack Joyride.

[archnemesis]

Jetpack Joyride is fun. I played a lot when I first installed Windows 8.

[magus]

Jetpack Joyride is fun. I played a lot when I first installed Windows 8.

oh yeah i just installed the free version on my android phone and i was surprised to see a runner game done so well... does the psp version add anything worth of mention like more vehicle?

[demi]

Game's kinda boring tho. Huge slog just to unlock anything. The only sense of progression is the missions / ranks.

[Takao]

I've played Jetpack Joyride for like 30 minutes. The Vita build looks a bit fuzzy.

[MCD]

wow

welcome back, bro!

[Takao]

My internet was being really flaky late last year/early this year and had issues loading a bunch of sites for a while. My phone's pretty junky and the site didn't load well on it so eventually I forgot I was a member, hah.

[demi]

I got all trophies on Jetpack except "buy everything" -- i'll pass on that slog

Finished BreakQuest as well, dunno why that is even F2P -- game is ridiculously easy

Waiting for Uncharted from GameFly.

[MCD]

My internet was being really flaky late last year/early this year and had issues loading a bunch of sites for a while. My phone's pretty junky and the site didn't load well on it so eventually I forgot I was a member, hah.

don't forget us again then!

[Joe Molotov]

Taco, it's been tough times here for Vitabros without you.

[Takao]

The concept for this is kind of cool, but jeeze visually it looks like some early 00s PC shovelware:

[thisismyusername]

Speaking of which: How about that "TV" version that doesn't even allow touchscreen so it's gonna break LittleBigPlanet (so buy the PS4 version!  ) and other titles!

I also can't wait for the promised 720/1080p to blow up the native resolution and not actually output the game at that resolution because it's gonna be obvious that it's a sideways move to not put an HDMI or TV-out port in the handheld proper.

[pilonv1]

No one wants touch screen control though

[thisismyusername]

No one wants touch screen control though

Yes... buuuuuuuuuuut you're cutting off 80% of titles that use front/back-touch in some fashion because it was mandated as a requirement at launch.

Good for later titles that are never gonna be developed on the system "supporting" the system because of this, bad for earlier titles to be played on the system.

[Joe Molotov]

it's okay, the vita library is robust enough that it could afford to lose some games

Persona 4 Golden doesn't need touch screen, so I don't see a problem.

[demi]

So the Vita showing wasnt bad, shame absolutely none of it will come over here.

[fistfulofmetal]

playing persona 4 golden on my tv 

[DCharlieJP]

it's okay, the vita library is robust enough that it could afford to lose some games

sarcasm and salt aside, that's the first true thing i've seen you post all day. 

[demi]

Lmao, Aeana, queen of calm & cool, got butthurt?