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The next set of games

Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland – Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland takes the popular series in a whole new direction, offering a deeper and more robust role-playing experience. It might be best described as a ‘Life Simulation’.

Raiden III – Raiden III for PlayStation 2 is a port of the classic arcade shooter, complete with a stage select mode that lets you replay stages once you’ve cleared them. The series has transitioned from its 2D roots to 3D, creating lush environments, devastating explosions and countless enemies, without a drop in frame-rate. Two players can play together to push back the invading forces, just like in the arcade!

Bloodrayne – As the vampiric agent BloodRayne, you’ll travel through the eerie swamps of Louisiana, to Argentina and Germany in this battle-heavy, third-person thriller. The game features non-linear gameplay in more than 40 levels and three massive worlds, the ability to suck blood for health, and to use slow-motion, zoom and aura visions to aid in death dealing. Pull off fantastic acrobatic moves to bend the environment to your will and dispatch enemies with BloodRayne’s blades and kicks for awesome in-your-face combat.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/30/the-drop-week-of-october-31st-2011-new-releases/

Raiden III eh? I know a few who would be happy with that!

 

[Drkirby]

Save the Homeland was horrible from what I remembered.

 

[androvsky]

I'm just looking forward to Japan getting PS2 games on PSN. Too bad I probably don't have enough yen left in my account to get one though, I'm down to 600.

 

[KAL2006]

I want to see the following
-Suikoden V
-Blood Will Tell
-Onimusha Dawn of Dreams
-Ar Tonelico 2
-Xenosaga
-Valkyrie Profile 2
-Viewtiful Joe

I would have said Kingdom Hearts, FFXII and etc, but I am sure these high profile games would get HD re-releases like GoW, DMC, MGS and etc.

 

[QisTopTier]

Raiden III eh? I know a few who would be happy with that!

I know I am!

 

[Roto13]

When I moved away from home, I left a lot of my games with my parents. The next time I visited them, I found Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland among my PS2 games. I don't know how the hell it got there. It definitely wasn't mine. I still have it, though. Never played it.

 

[H_Prestige]

I wonder what will happen with DQ8. It works on the emulator, but I'm not sure if SE will go for a PS3/Vita HD makeover instead. Or port it to the Wii U since Nintendo seems obsessed with DQ these days.

 

[salromano]

The next set of games



http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/30/the-drop-week-of-october-31st-2011-new-releases/

Uhm. Hell yes.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

LOVE Harvest Moon on the PS DOUBLE

 

[Brazil]

A Harvest Moon game I've never played before?

Hell yeah. Come to daddy.

 

[Gravijah]

save the homeland is pretty mediocre. from what i remember, it's more story oriented and less about farming.

 

[Yoshichan]

Uhm. Hell yes.

Wow, what's this? It looks like a remake to the original (and best) Harvest Moon on the SNES.

 

[Llyranor]

I'll only be content once Gradius 5 is announced and released.

 

[Brazil]

save the homeland is pretty mediocre. from what i remember, it's more story oriented and less about farming.

So, just like the awesome A Wonderful Life?

 

[Gravijah]

So, just like the awesome A Wonderful Life?

not as good as AWL, sadly.

 

[Brazil]

not as good as AWL, sadly.

Aw.

Oh well, it's ok. Any Harvest Moon is worth $10 to me.

 

[TheShampion]

Raiden III is something I will look into, but if this service is going to be for niche games that people may have missed for the first time, the PS2 is a gold mine for that. I hope games like Shadow Hearts and Gitaroo Man make it on the service, but I have no idea how hard getting the rights and the emulation to work (at least this service avoids the ESRB fee that has rumored to plague the VC on Wii, so hopefully that will be a good reason to put out more PS2 games).

 

[graywolf323]

might grab Harvest Moon with my $10 back from spending $60 in October on PSN

 

[Xena]

I never played a Harvest Moon game before.... that screen looks nice, might wanna check this game out.

 

[Brazil]

I never played a Harvest Moon game before.... that screen looks nice, might wanna check this game out.

Oh no, no. You should probably start with one of the best titles in the series, such as Harvest Moon 64, Friends of Mineral Town, A Wonferful Life, Magical Melody, and the original SNES game.

 

[graywolf323]

nice to see more lesser known games coming

hopefully we see Mister Mosquito and Robot Alchemic Drive eventually

 

[SolidusDave]

This reminds me, why in the fucking hell is there no Harvest Moon PSN game out yet? Or even a clone?

• Take the original SNES/PS1 gameplay (with a lot more content of course, more areas to explore etc.)
• use some nice HD cellshading graphics (classy/stylish/adorable, not e.g. that cheap Bomberman Ultra look)
• add PSN for some Farmville/Animal Crossing -esque online interactions with other players (+Facebook integration)
• post-release DLC like plants, tools, new girls/boys to marry, avatars, pets, whatever
• Remote-play or playable on both PS3+Vita/PSP w/ savegame sync

easy money, awesome game

 

[AAK]

Do it, it's a must!

 

[salromano]

This reminds me, why in the fucking hell is there no Harvest Moon PSN game out yet? Or even a clone?

• Take the original SNES/PS1 gameplay (with a lot more content of course, more areas to explore etc.)
• use some nice HD cellshading graphics (classy/stylish/adorable, not e.g. that cheap Bomberman Ultra look)
• add PSN for some Farmville/Animal Crossing -esque online interactions with other players (+Facebook integration)
• post-release DLC like plants, tools, new girls/boys to marry, avatars, pets, whatever
• Remote-play or playable on both PS3+Vita/PSP w/ savegame sync

easy money, awesome game

Well. There is Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny (it's retail, though). Not sure how Harvest Moon it is, but Rune Factory is a spin-off, so, I take it it must be at least a little bit (I haven't gotten around to playing it yet, myself).

 

[Grayman]

I do not know how much blame is on my tv and how much is on laggy PS2 emulation but trying to play god hand made me feel ill. Will not buy more.

 

[CaLe]

Wait wait wait, these PS2 classics can be played on PSP ?

 

[Takao]

Wait wait wait, these PS2 classics can be played on PSP ?

No.

 

[Kuro Madoushi]

I do not know how much blame is on my tv and how much is on laggy PS2 emulation but trying to play god hand made me feel ill. Will not buy more.

Looks like any PS2 game unoptimized for hdtvs...

 

[HTuran]

Mister Mosquito

Yus.

 

[Ratrat]

None on jpsn yet?

 

[Takao]

More this week:
Full Spectrum Warrior
Stuntman Ignition

 

[graywolf323]

wonder when we'll start getting good games again

Full Spectrum Warrior wasn't bad but no desire to even play it again

 

[onQ123]

More this week:
Full Spectrum Warrior
Stuntman Ignition

that's kinda weird being that the game came out on the PS3

 

[linko9]

Hey, I've got a quick question. I bought Odin sphere, and it scales very nicely on my HDTV (you could have convinced me the sprites were HD), but for some reason, there's always small black bars on the top and bottom of the screen, no matter what I do to the (very limited) video settings for the game. On my CRT, there's no problem, so I reckon I'll just play it on that, but it does look very nice on the plasma, and I was wondering if anyone knew why this happened, or could provide a solution.

 

[Uncle Rupee]

I recently finished GrimGrimoire on PS2. Don't have a PS3 (so I can't comment on how it looks through PSN) but I would recommend it if you're interested in a cool-looking RTS.

 

[Takao]

Next week we get Tak 2.

 

[Tain]

I'll only be content once Gradius 5 is announced and released.

I'll take SD over lag all the time. :/

 

[yencid]

Mark of kri. Get on it sony.

 

[androvsky]

Next week we get Tak 2.

At least we're getting a fairly steady supply of PS2 games? I'm glad they started the first week with the games they did, otherwise there'd be so much raging at this point. Still wondering when Japan will start selling them.

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Next week we get Tak 2.

There they go again releasing sequels first.

 

[Labadal]

Wouldn't mind seeing a Tales game or two. Grandia III wouldn't hurt either.

Instead we get Tak 2.

 

[Tizoc]

How is Tak 2 as far as platformers go? As a fan of platformers I wouldn't mind picking this up if it's good.

 

[Speevy]

The Tak series is surprisingly decent, but you have to remember that they're kids games.

 

[yencid]

you know the mascot games from the ps1 era? Tak series could easily fall into that.

 

[Tizoc]

The Tak series is surprisingly decent, but you have to remember that they're kids games.

Eh I can stomach the kiddy-ness; I just need more platformers in my life (as well as a new strong laptop to run Dolphin >_>; )

 

[Syphon Filter]

Anyone have a pic on how the ps2 classics icons look on the xmb?

 

[Takao]

Seems La Puccelle Tactics is coming soon.

 

[Lizard with a ladder]

Seems La Puccelle Tactics is coming soon.

I came close to buying this game a few times based on the art alone. How is this compared to Ogre Battle, FFT?

 

[StuBurns]

Why doesn't the Euro store have PS2 games yet? Have Sony said? If and when they do get them, are we getting the same stuff? Will I finally get to experience God Hand after boundless amounts of alluring hype?

 

[Shiloa]

Why doesn't the Euro store have PS2 games yet? Have Sony said? If and when they do get them, are we getting the same stuff? Will I finally get to experience God Hand after boundless amounts of alluring hype?

4. When will PS2 Classics be released?
A. We are working to get these out as soon as we can but have no solid date to announce. Rest assured these are coming.

http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012...aign=Feed:+SCEEBlog+(blog.eu.playstation.com)