Vita Thread

[thisismyusername]

https://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=13384949&kw=playstation%20vita%20console&origkw=PlayStation+Vita+console&sr=1

Vita $160 at Radioshack (online only).

Doesn't include a memory card so still slightly expensive for the price, but worth it all the same.

[Takao]

At least early on you need to get every single coin that pops up.

I can't play that game for like a month because I cheated the timer by setting Vita's clock ahead to get coffee without waiting, but when I updated the firmware it reset it back to proper time.

How often does coffee refresh? 1 every 24 hours? Even Montezuma's BeJeweled wasnt this bad.

One cup every thirty minutes for a max of three cups until you use one of the three which sets off the timer again.

[demi]

Dangan Ronpa coming Feb 11

[bork]

Injustice turned out well.  Everything intact, online play is solid, nothing is missing, etc.  The graphics are better than Mortal Kombat, with normal maps and lighting on the characters this time, but it still doesn't look as good as other fighters like SFxTK and DOA5+.  And like MK, it looks pretty bad in screenshots.

Some of the super moves increase the amount of character detail (it appears that the frame rate drops to 30 to allow this?) quite a bit.  It's pretty noticeable.

Superman up close during his super:



Superman at the end of his super move.  Note that Doomsday already has less detail in comparison:



Superman after the super move animation has completely finished, back to how he appears outside of intro/win poses and his super:

[Positive Touch]

that looks like how i remember psp graphics looking

[bork]

that looks like how i remember psp graphics looking

MK and this might be the worst-looking games from the screengrabs, yeah.   

Scaled down to be closer to the Vita screen size:



But even then, the image still isn't as sharp as what you get on the OLED.  Everything is noticeably blurrier, like the characters' names. 

My point is that the animation is pretty well done.  Plus the console versions also had some pretty hideous looking character models.  Nettherrealm really needs to work on that.  This is from the console version, for example:

[thisismyusername]

Lack of cross-play already makes it dead on arrival though. Then again, cross-play didn't help DOA5. But that's mostly due Tecmo/Team Ninja cutting it off at the knees to push out DOA5U quickly instead of fixing the matchmaking for that.

Street Fighter x Tekken is the only cross-play title with some life, unless "Wipeout's" sporadic life counts as "life."

[bork]

Lack of cross-play already makes it dead on arrival though. Then again, cross-play didn't help DOA5. But that's mostly due Tecmo/Team Ninja cutting it off at the knees to push out DOA5U quickly instead of fixing the matchmaking for that.

There should still be enough people playing.  Never had a problem finding matches in Mortal Kombat.  DOA5+ was the only game I pretty much gave up on online.

I hope Ultimate gets a portable version with fixed online play...or gets a PS4 port-up so if nothing else you can mess with it via remote play.

Street Fighter x Tekken is the only cross-play title with some life, unless "Wipeout's" sporadic life counts as "life."

SFxTK still does it best.  Best portable fighter out there because of cross-play.  I really wish this was mandatory in Vita-PS3 and/or Vita-PS4 releases.  Glad Yatagarasu is gonna be Vita/PS4 cross-buy/play.

[bork]

Vita TVs are locked for use with Japanese and Asian accounts only:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=714705

Initial signs are not good - it will only let me log in with my Japanese account. I'm now updating the firmware to 3.00, but I'm not optimistic this will change anything.

Edit: Nope. With both my NZ and US accounts I get 'This service is not available in your region'. It is useless to me.

Glad I saw this before P-A shipped my order.

[thisismyusername]

Gotta protect against importers. 

Really dunno why they want to do that, since there is people that want to buy it. Why would you limit your revenue stream when it's just pushing the storefront and titles to the system? I guess they're "testing" the titles compatibility like PSX/PSP titles on the system?

[hampster]

Did the Vita TV ever get a US release date? I want one

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

That sucks, I was going to pick up one during my trip to Hong Kong next week. Sony isn't really keen on launching the thing in NA shores, huh?

[mjemirzian]

It runs at 60 FPS on Vita, right? That's the only reason I can think it looks that bad.

[bork]

It runs at 60 FPS on Vita, right? That's the only reason I can think it looks that bad.

All the Vita fighting games run at 60fps.  The most impressive fighter visually is still UMvC3.  It may have missing background animation, but it's native res.

[Takao]

Soul Sacrifice, and Gravity Rush had some pretty great music. Tearaway looks to be keeping up that tradition with new SCE IPs on Vita.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

fursona is so much fukkin fun. i wish i didnt stop playing it during the summer, was bored and started replaying today.  picked it back up right away which speaks lengths about how good of a rpg it is

[DCharlieJP]

re: Vita Locking - more worrying is that it asks on set up "which region is this for use with" (only Japan selectable)

i don't remember that being the case with Vita set up - i thought it was all driven from the account login.

[bork]

I don't know about Tearaway.  Definitely not picking it up at release...not liking what I'm seeing.

re: Vita Locking - more worrying is that it asks on set up "which region is this for use with" (only Japan selectable)

i don't remember that being the case with Vita set up - i thought it was all driven from the account login.

Are you talking about the Vita TV?

[demi]

P3P and P2:EP are $5 a piece

[Takao]

Charlie's talking about Vita TV. It's not compatible with non-Asian PSN accounts. Though it does accept compatible western Vita game cards.

[hampster]

P3P and P2:EP are $5 a piece

The online store shows FES as $5, not Portable

Oh well, its been on sale like a dozen times. I'm sure it will come again and maybe that will be the time I finally jump in

[demi]

Ok, I think I read it wrong then. Still, P2 is great.

It's "Part 2" of that series though (Innocent Sin being Part 1).

[Bebpo]

Tearaway getting a 9/10 from Edge, same score as Mario 3D World is pretty big deal.  As a Media Molecule fan it'll be nice to see their amazing creativity get its credit this time around since despite LittleBigPlanet games being fantastic creative experiences that brought something new to the console gaming world, most people just went "floaty controls; game sux" and didn't give it a second look.

Can't wait to play it! 

[bork]

Tearaway getting a 9/10 from Edge, same score as Mario 3D World is pretty big deal.  As a Media Molecule fan it'll be nice to see their amazing creativity get its credit this time around since despite LittleBigPlanet games being fantastic creative experiences that brought something new to the console gaming world, most people just went "floaty controls; game sux" and didn't give it a second look.

Can't wait to play it!

It's getting a large amount of very high scores all-around.

You can put me in that Little Big Planet camp- I didn't like the way the game played and I'm still unsure about getting Tearaway because of it.  Friday is A Link Between Worlds, anyway.

[hampster]

Tearaway getting a 9/10 from Edge, same score as Mario 3D World is pretty big deal.  As a Media Molecule fan it'll be nice to see their amazing creativity get its credit this time around since despite LittleBigPlanet games being fantastic creative experiences that brought something new to the console gaming world, most people just went "floaty controls; game sux" and didn't give it a second look.

Can't wait to play it!

So you're saying Tearaway doesn't have floaty controls

[bork]

That's a lot of high marks for Tearaway, holy shit.

Destructoid 10/10
USgamer 10/10
Pocketgamer 10/10
Joypad 100/100
Polygon 9.5/10
EGM 9.5/10
IGN 9.3/10
Gamers (Dutch) 91/100
Edge 9/10
videogamer 9/10
CVG 9/10
Gamereactor 9/10
The Six Axis 9/10
PushSquare 9/10
Godisageek 9/10
Escapist 4.5/5
Cinemablend 4.5/5
Gamespot 8/10
Eurogamer 8/10
Gamesradar 8/10
OPM UK 8/10
Joystiq 3/5

[archnemesis]

LittleBigPlanet has a Metascore of 95 and I didn't like it at all because of the floaty physics. Is there a demo for this?

[Takao]

Europe is getting a demo. Presumably North America is too but you can never be too sure with this company.

[bork]

Europe is getting a demo. Presumably North America is too but you can never be too sure with this company.

I thought you were supposed to be a Sony know-it-all?   

The U.S. is getting the demo on Friday.

[Bebpo]

Tearaway getting a 9/10 from Edge, same score as Mario 3D World is pretty big deal.  As a Media Molecule fan it'll be nice to see their amazing creativity get its credit this time around since despite LittleBigPlanet games being fantastic creative experiences that brought something new to the console gaming world, most people just went "floaty controls; game sux" and didn't give it a second look.

Can't wait to play it!

So you're saying Tearaway doesn't have floaty controls

Considering the flack they got for LBP from certain people (aka, most of the people on this board), I'd be astonished if the controls weren't the tightest controls ever created in a 3d space.

[bork]

Tearaway getting a 9/10 from Edge, same score as Mario 3D World is pretty big deal.  As a Media Molecule fan it'll be nice to see their amazing creativity get its credit this time around since despite LittleBigPlanet games being fantastic creative experiences that brought something new to the console gaming world, most people just went "floaty controls; game sux" and didn't give it a second look.

Can't wait to play it!

So you're saying Tearaway doesn't have floaty controls

Considering the flack they got for LBP from certain people (aka, most of the people on this board), I'd be astonished if the controls weren't the tightest controls ever created in a 3d space.

Well, you do use the touchpad to stick your finger up to into tiny little virtual holes.  Sounds pretty tight.

[hampster]

Looks like Terraria is finally coming out. Rainbow Moon is the first week in December too, I never played it on the PS3 but it seems interesting

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Tearaway is amazing

[Takao]

This game ... <3

The demo's up on US PSN. You have to search for it though.

[Bebpo]

Can't wait to get home and play this!

[Bebpo]

At first I was like:  Gorgeous art design ruined by WHY DOES ANY GAME USE VITA'S BROKEN REAR TOUCHPAD I HATE THIS THING IT'S THE WORST INVENTION EVER IN A GAME SYSTEM.  WORSE THAN MOTION CONTROLS.


But then I got further in and was like:

 


Game is really impressive.  Enough that I'll put on my war face and suffer the rear touchpad.  Just incredibly creative game.  Media Molecule are amazing developers.

[Takao]

#t=0

how many co-operative action games does this platform need

eventually they're going to hit a point of saturation

[bork]

Freedom Wars is their big game for a while, I thought.  And I see that God Eater 2 was the top-selling game in Japan last week...and that Vita and Vita TV combined sales beat out the 3DS.  So I don't blame them.

This made me chuckle:

[Takao]

Well, it's not like Vita doesn't have Soul Sacrifice Delta and Phantasy Star Nova on the way.

[thisismyusername]

Well, it's not like Vita doesn't have Soul Sacrifice Delta and Phantasy Star Nova on the way.

Phantasy Star Nova isn't going to do some of the traversal I'm seeing here. Same for Soul Sacrifice and God Eater. Most of these PSO clones are feet firmly planted on the ground. Freedom Wars seems to be subverting the genres tropes by having gun/sword equips and traversal gameplay.

It's probably the first thing since PSO that's interested me in that genre just from the trailer. If they take that Devil May Cry/Lost Planet whip/teether system and put it in combat... 

[thisismyusername]

Oh Taco-kun: -y

[Joe Molotov]

I guess we'll be getting more Taco now.

[Takao]

NeoGAF: It's okay to port beg Tearaway even though that port beg makes no sense, but ask for a game on a dozen different devices? Instant ban.

Oh well.

[thisismyusername]

NeoGAF: It's okay to port beg Tearaway even though that port beg makes no sense, but ask for a game on a dozen different devices? Instant ban.

Oh well.

You were asking for it though, dude. You know port-begging is a bannable offense. You just got caught in the cross-fire.

[Takao]

Yeah, I forgot how seriously GAF takes phone gaming.

[demi]

All the PSP Ys games are $7.50 a piece

[Takao]

Passing Time, and Rymdkapsel are free in the PlayStation Mobile section. They're supposedly some of the better games on PSM. I haven't played either.

[Huff]

so soul sacrifice... decent enough to play?

[thisismyusername]

Passing Time, and Rymdkapsel are free in the PlayStation Mobile section. They're supposedly some of the better games on PSM. I haven't played either.

Got them. Thanks.

so soul sacrifice... decent enough to play?

There's a demo (if it hasn't been pulled?) if you want to try it. It didn't exactly "click" with me like PSO did. But it isn't a bad game by any stretch, IMO. Just not for me.

[Huff]

The whole game is free. Just wondering if it was worth the playtime

[thisismyusername]

The whole game is free. Just wondering if it was worth the playtime

Yeah, but you can download a demo and answer that for yourself instead of wasting bandwidth on a whole title and going "Yeah, not for me."  Which is what I'm getting at. Download a small portion and see for yourself. If you think you'd like it, then waste a little more bandwidth getting the full thing.

[bork]

The whole game is free. Just wondering if it was worth the playtime

It's like Monster Hunter, only without having to wander around looking for the monsters.  I.E., endless fights against monsters in smaller, more arena-like stages.

The game wasn't for me.

[demi]

Just downloaded:

Soul Sacrifice
Hotline Miami
Stranger's Wrath
Wipeout 2048

Already beat Uncharted and own Gravity Rush retail (which in hindsight was a waste, but whatever)

PS+ is the only reason to own Vita...

[Takao]

Yes, I am 12 years old.

[Joe Molotov]

I'll vacc deez balls on your chin.

[tiesto]

Just bought a Vita, so far I just have Ys, though Lumines, Wipeout, P4G and Gravity Rush are on the table. Any other games I may have missed, or any other download-only games?

[archnemesis]

There are several good non-exclusives that you might be interested just because they're portable. Two of my favorite games for the system are Hot Shots Gold and Virtua Tennis. You might also like Virtue's Last Reward.

[demi]

Did you get PS+, tiesto?

[tiesto]

Yup, I got PS+ and already have (and beat) Virtue's Last Reward for 3DS. Virtua Tennis may be a good pickup, I loved the series on DC.

[bork]

http://gematsu.com/2013/11/to-love-ru-darkness-battle-ecstasy-announced-for-ps-vita

To Love-Ru Darkness: Battle Ecstasy announced for PS Vita
"Ultra pleasant harem action" game coming May 22.
November 29, 2013 / 10:32 AM EST / Sal Romano (@salromano)

[To Love-ru Darkness: Battle Ecstasy]

Exstetra developer FuRyu is making a new To Love-ru game for PS Vita, this month’s issue of Jump Square reveals.

Due out on May 22 in Japan for 6,980 yen (6,463 yen via download), To Love-ru Darkness: Battle Ecstasy is an “ultra pleasant harem action” game in which players can do things like battle and “touch” the series’ heroines.

A limited edition will also be available for 8,980 yen.

Pre-orders include a download code for an original maid costume.

Thanks, Anime News Network.

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