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Vita PSN Game & Service Thread | April 2013 | Sacrifice your Independent Soul
- Thread starter The Grim Heaper
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That's not bad. My finals begin on the week Soul Sacrifice is released, so I'll probably have to catch up with you guys later.Can't wait till Thomas Was Alone tomorrow. Am pretty glad us European + members are getting it for for free.
Only got 3 exams tomorrow before I get to play it though.
corrosivefrost
Member
What I was surprised about was that the console release (PSN/Xbox360) wasn't GGPO based and was absolutely terrible. After the Blazblue games, I expected it to be fantastic, but by all accounts, it's just not good... so dropping it from the Vita (save for ad-hoc) isn't necessarily a bad thing.
ThatStupidLion
Member
yeah i was talking more in the immediate future... hotline miami is confirmed for may? i forgot. im pretty sure velocity ultra is.
it has not been confirmed yet but it does have a "spring" release in the trailer and its been mentioned that it was in QA so may seems likely, same with luftrausers.
Velocity has been confirmed for may already though.
game changer. very cool feature.
I tried and couldn't get into the demo. Spell system just doesn't work for me. Made it up to
killing your AI partner
Oh when will my prince (PSO2) come?
Once again: 1999-2000 fighting games aren't built for online. Notice the speed of GG versus Snorblue. Yeahhhh... unless Arc totally redoes the netcode (never holding my breath) and/or reworks it it simply isn't going to work.
not sure if posted but pretty nice to be able to check youtube w/o exiting games now.
edit: oh i see it in last page, but i have a screenshot
hell yes
guessing the 2nd feature is for twitter?
Just tried watching a YouTube video while Thomas Was Alone was in standby. Worked flawlessly. Glorious.
Now they need to update Netflix with a huge UI overhaul and this ability to use while games are still open.
I played through Phoenix Wright the other day to get a taste for modern graphic novel games. Started playing 999 this morning on my commute. Took the dive and snagged VLR (on Vita, of course) on the Amazon lightning deal for $29.99. Better snag it quick if you want it, it's 57% sold through and the sale started ~30 minutes ago.
breakfuss
Member
haha, I like that title! Exactly how I feel about the game at this point. Not really my cup of tea, but I feel like I owe it to Father Vita.
...and actually release it in countries outside the US that have Netflix! Been nagging Netflix and SCEE for a year with no answer!
DiscoJer
Member
Of course it's not on PSN, but the Harvey Birdman game for PSP is basically a Phoenix Wright style game.
nice site!
I read some of the article, will probably visit moreon other news
(1) great job on the SS OT, ZeroAKA!
(2) I fell asleep and did not get to decide on Dragon Fantasy T_T
Andrefpvs
Member
not sure if posted but pretty nice to be able to check youtube w/o exiting games now.
edit: oh i see it in last page, but i have a screenshot
hell yes
guessing the 2nd feature is for twitter?
They seriously need to release this app in more countries, thank goodness I can at least watch YouTube on the browser now.
Oh wow, I didn't even know about this. I have a local shop that carries a pretty good selection of PSP games and I've been slowly building my collection. Will keep my eyes peeled.
Thanks!
Also, have to snag Thomas.
yeah. They haven't really done anything with the app since its initial release. It's disappointing.
I just don't like the misinformation they spread about online features being a thing. I mean, even their trailer for the vita version said it would have online modes.
I still would have bought it regardless, so I can train up for the eventual patch on consoles, I just don't like how arcsys has been handling their PR recently.
Leona Lewis
Banned
Yeah, and does it even have the option to remove the borders like the PSP games?
Seems like a really lazy effort overall.
Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny has a crazy-low file size by the way. Almost Vagrant Story levels of amazing compression. Lovely.
To be fair, it looks bad when stretched out of 4:3. Download the PSP version of ^C and see for yourself.
But yeah, unless there's an update later on (hahahahahaha) pretty lazy port. At least I get M.O.M. and all that on the go with trophies now, I guess?
Leona Lewis
Banned
Oh, it has trophies?
Now I might have to buy this bitch
I thought the PSP version cropped out the vertical space to fit into 16:9 - it didn't stretch like the Capcom CPS2 ports. Referring to Midnight Carnival by the way. But it's been a long, long time so maybe I'm wrong.
I don't recall it cropping the vertical. It just looks bad stretched out, but that's a given since it was never made for 16:9 like Blazblue and other Arc titles later when widescreen was adopted.
I just hope they update ad-hoc party to allow titles that aren't Blackrock on it. Blackrock is the only title so far on the system that supports that with no online options. :/
and so I can get the ad-hoc trophies in Street vs Juggle and DOA5+
Also the Biohazard sale is killer. Even the DLC for PS3 titles is on sale. CUH-RAZY.
(I need to get a $20 card and get the Bio6 DLC since it's on sale for less than like... $5-10 now)
I usually hate borders, but it looks better with it than stretched out.
Curious how Soul calibur looks on Vita, kind of a shame that V came out abit before the Vita did or we might have gotten there aswell. Come to think of it are there any major fighters outside of SCV, Street Fighter, and tekken that are not on Vita?
I guess also Injustice but Boon gave an indication that it could happen if the console versions were successful. Im kind of surprised Tekken is not there though.
Daaaaang.
nice site!
on other news
(1) great job on the SS OT, ZeroAKA!
(2) I fell asleep and did not get to decide on Dragon Fantasy T_T
Thanks! So I'm playing through Thomas right now and it's a lot of fun I haven't touched the Vita version as my friends wanted to watch (they're entranced by the music). The gameplay is fun. It's basically just going from level to level, trying to find a way to each shape's portal.
corrosivefrost
Member
Disagree.
I have plenty of fun with GGPO and a bunch of older releases.
If I'm not mistaken, straight up GGPO will support GG and be pretty damn playable, just like they do with JoJo's, the Darkstalkers titles, Street Fighter II/III, etc.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
Will Soul Sacrifice on PSN get the pre-order bonuses?
Not true.
Arcsys is just being lazy with their port
GGPO has games made in that time frame that run totally fine.
The PC version of GG that has hacked online also runs fine as well.
Capcom's license to Harvey Birdman expired so that's why it's not on PSN.
Tell that to 3rd Strike online and Darkstalkers Ressurection.
Grinchy
Banned
I haven't seen anything official but people seem to assume it will. I guess all the other digital Vita games that have pre-order bonuses at retail come with the bonuses.
ThatStupidLion
Member
How do u even preorder digitally? Amazon?
People keep bringing this up as if it's gospel. GGPO is okay but it rollbacks to compensate for all the frames and shit it has to deal with to give the impression of "offline."
Just look at SF3:3rd Strike:OE's GGPO implementation to see what I mean
You can make 1995-2006'ish titles run online, but well? That's having to bend over backwards too much to do at times.
(Then again I'm still bitter that GG:XX's #Reload X-box version was basically the same shitty netcode ^C PS3 got)
3rd strike is fine.
People still think that the game was left as is after its release and didn't get patched up. Online now is flawless and one of the most stable online fighting games you can play along with most arcsys titles not named Guilty Gear.
And GGPO isn't just ok, the thing is amazing. Why should it matter what tech they use to implement lagless online? The fact remains that the user perceives no lag in the game and that is all that should ever matter. As long as I feel that there is no lag causing me to mistime my attacks and defense, then the way the netcode deals with lag in the game is a complete non-issue.
baxter2231
Member
Now that they fixed the youtube app to work when other applications are open how about fixing music unlimited. I would use it so much more if i could use it while playing a game. Why do i need offline mode when its not offline? Fix it next.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
No, usually anyone that downloads a game in the first week get the bonuses.
corrosivefrost
Member
Pretty fine to me. I've never seen a rollback and I have suspect internet. Darkstalkers, MvCO, and SF3OE all play smooth as butter. Even the GGPO-esque SFxT is pretty servicable.
Meanwhile crap like the original MK9, KoF13, and UMvC3 are barely serviceable at best.
GGPO is amazing. Period.
Exactly.
I just hope they revamped the whole OS when PS4 is out. Have AA on the bubbles, better system icons that aren't made by a 13 yr old, no image compressed wallpapers, a better integrated friends list (Do we need 3 apps for this?), or the ability to delete system applications (Welcome Park).
ragincajun77
Banned
Bookmarked! Great site!
If it's anything like the iOS version I wouldn't recommend it. Just repetitive slashing. Bought that game and regretted it almost instantly.
Fool me once...
Thomas was alone is awesome though.
8 new PS Mobile games as well.
BertleTheTurtle
Member
I've tried it. I love it. Well worth $8. The music and narration is so relaxing to me.
Yup. Great game. Recommended.