They might have been referring to the promotion where if you get a contract through AT&T, you get a free game.
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PS Vita general advice thread, part 3 | Veni, vidi, Vita
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They might have been referring to the promotion where if you get a contract through AT&T, you get a free game.
paperheart
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Thanks for the response. I checked on the official playstation forums, and apparently I'm not alone. There's some people out there that have their Wifi connection not work after a bit or have it drop completely. That's strange that some people have it working, like you do, while others like me have issues. Very strange.
There's an Idle Timeout option on the Vita?
Which wouldn't make sense, since it says on the little sticker on the front of the Vita box, that the free game with the AT&T contract expired on March 31, 2012. The guy on the phone was listing all of the other promotions that the Sony Store had/is having, but didn't bring up the free Uncharted promotion in April. It was like it never existed. Though, it did... Wario64's Post
paperheart
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I tried. I kept telling the guy on the phone that the woman I was communicating with while purchasing the Vita told me three times that I would get the free Uncharted with the PS Vita. I asked her precisely if I was going to get the game in the case along with the Vita, and she told me yes. The guy told me today that he doesn't know what was said when I was purchasing the Vita, even though they supposedly record most calls. I don't know, I just don't think that you should have a promotion on the site, have the woman who is on the phone selling me the system telling me that I get Uncharted for free, and then yet I don't get the game for free. I had to go out and buy the game I wanted so bad that I should have gotten fore free. *sigh* I only went with the Sony Store because a Vita 3G with free Uncharted was hard to pass up. I learned my lesson, though. I guess if I have to go with anyone else but Amazon online, that I have to print screen everything before I purchase something.
If you like 16 bit sprites, FFIV looks incredible on dat OLED.
perfect free
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Trails in the Sky! As long as you don't mind a slow start and a fairly laid-back pace, it's wonderful.
it's sort of a hybird game, but if you like Final Fantasy I would highly recommend Dissidia 012 duodecim. It's bascially a Fighter/RPG hybrid, has an story mode with a traverseable overworld, a ton of great characters, lots of content, and it looks great on Vita.
I honestly was not sure to think of it before I bought it, but my love of FF won out, and I could not be happer with it. Well...I could be if they announced a new one for Vita that takes advantage of the hardware, but who knows if that will happen(I doubt it).
Koroviev
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iirc, the Dissidia team pretty much said they were done with it
Isn't that version 32-bit?
I'm going to use my vote to push Tactics Ogre.
There still might be hope for a spiritual successor to the Dissidia games if that other rumor of a 2v2 battler or whatever by the same team comes true. =\iirc, the Dissidia team pretty much said they were done with it
Check out Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. A lot of us love it, even if the start is a bit slow.
digita1alchemy
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My Vita seems to have an incredibly weak antenna. If I am even one room over from my router the signal is terrible. I have at least 10 other devices in my house using Wifi and none of them have any issues what-so-ever. It sucks because it is a portable system yet I have pretty much have to be in my bedroom to play Ridge Racer online.
the programmer left SE
Alligatorjandro
Banned
I second this
Ys: The Oath in Felghana
Usual suspects, FFIV Complete, FF tactics war of the lions and Tactics Ogre. I haven't played TiTS yet but heard that was good.
I also recommend Jeanne D'arc, the Disgaea games. Lunar and Valkyria Chronicles 2 for the gameplay.
Ah, my bad. It was pretty out there, though, but it gets dead serious soon afterwards.
famousmortimer
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I bought Y's Seven, my first ever Y's game, a few days back. Forty five minutes of play and I still don't know where the fuck im going. I got off a boat and have been wandering this town like an idiot. I think im supposed to go to the inn, but when i go in there nothing special happens.
It's an up-port of the GBA version (which was an up-port of the WonderSwan Color version which I think was nearly a full remake of the SNES version), so I guess you could call it 32-bit. I don't know what the PSP instruction length is.
I meant 16-bit as an art style though.
I absolutely agree, it's one of those games that I feel is really better suited to a portable console. It was fine on consoles, it just feels better to me on the Vita.
xKilltheMx
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Indeed
Grinchy
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Yeah, I don't know what it was, but I didn't really think much of the PS3 demo. I kinda wrote the game off after trying it. I downloaded the Vita demo on a whim and loved it. Bought the game in a B2G1 sale.
It's basically the same game outside of a few forgettable additions (never even found any hidden relics), but it does look damn good on the OLED and the Vita's dpad is far, far better than anything on a current gen console's gamepad. If it wasn't for the lack of local multiplayer and the rare but noticable framedrops, it would be the best version of the game.
This is probably the best place to ask this, it's just a hypothetical question though as I'm sure it would be some kind of nightmare for Sony to attempt it, but i'm curious how difficult it would be for Sony to put the entire PS1 catalog of games onto PSN?
I can only imagine it might be impossible because of licensing, companies no longer exsisting, and a ton of other reasons, but I don't know this whole no PS1 support is strange to me. It was on the PSP, and the tech here (while great) does not seem like it would have a hard time handling PS1 emulation. So I guess i'm hoping against hope that the reason for it not being there yet has to do with them adding alot more games to it.
Hell i'd even kill to get my hands on a bunch of PSP games that are not on either PS3, or Vita PSN, like Star Ocean 1+2. I'm not going to lie though, i'm fully expecting Sony to push HD PSP-->Vita collections at some point. It would be nice if they would put Phantasy Star Portable 2 back on the store.
I can only imagine it might be impossible because of licensing, companies no longer exsisting, and a ton of other reasons, but I don't know this whole no PS1 support is strange to me. It was on the PSP, and the tech here (while great) does not seem like it would have a hard time handling PS1 emulation. So I guess i'm hoping against hope that the reason for it not being there yet has to do with them adding alot more games to it.
Hell i'd even kill to get my hands on a bunch of PSP games that are not on either PS3, or Vita PSN, like Star Ocean 1+2. I'm not going to lie though, i'm fully expecting Sony to push HD PSP-->Vita collections at some point. It would be nice if they would put Phantasy Star Portable 2 back on the store.
Don't think they need to bother with the whole PS1 catalog but there are some glaring omissions. Some could be redone to take advantage of the touchscreen like Elemental Gearbolt.
There is no excuse for the PSP library not being up there. There's only a few I would buy HD Vita remakes of like Crisis Core and.Birth by Sleep.
There is no excuse for the PSP library not being up there. There's only a few I would buy HD Vita remakes of like Crisis Core and.Birth by Sleep.
They do need handle the PSP collection on Vita and have sells like steam
I had always thought Sony was attempting to put most of the PS1 library on PSN (starting first with blockbusters). But now, I don't know. That idea slowly diminished over time, since the PS1 classics have slowed to a trickle. I don't see it happening (at least, not the entire library).
I'm getting pretty annoyed with the limited store on the Vita myself. The Minis selection is borked.
I searched for 2 Minis titles: Hero of Sparta and Thexder Neo, and they're not there. I would download them to my PS3, but there's no guarantee they're playable (I tried it with Pix N Love and that doesn't play on Vita either). It's frustrating.
It's a shame those aren't in the store. Not to mention when a game like God Eater Burst isn't even showing up in the Vita store as well.
I'm getting pretty annoyed with the limited store on the Vita myself. The Minis selection is borked.
I searched for 2 Minis titles: Hero of Sparta and Thexder Neo, and they're not there. I would download them to my PS3, but there's no guarantee they're playable (I tried it with Pix N Love and that doesn't play on Vita either). It's frustrating.
It's a shame those aren't in the store. Not to mention when a game like God Eater Burst isn't even showing up in the Vita store as well.
chickdigger802
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as with everything out of Sony, it's 1 step forward, 2 steps backwards. 5 steps sideways.
I just pretty much take ever 'news' out of Sony with a grain of salt.
I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than be sorely disappointed or 'WTF ARE THEY THINKING?' all the time ;P
I just pretty much take ever 'news' out of Sony with a grain of salt.
I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than be sorely disappointed or 'WTF ARE THEY THINKING?' all the time ;P
famousmortimer
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There aren't many reviews of F1 2011 around. There are even less by former EGM editors that are racing nuts.
So I'm pretty excited about this.
So I'm pretty excited about this.
Himynameischris
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Ok I ended up buying Legend of Heros, I loved the first 2 on the PSP so I should like this one. I really need a bigger memory card though 4GB just isn't enough for anything lol.
skochtaype
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ClaDun!!! Not your typical Nippon Ichi fare, ie Disgaea and ZHP, but it's got some serious old-school charm and some interesting party (to use the term loosely) and combat mechanics coupled with a pretty quirky personality.
Haven't checked out ClaDun X2 yet, but the customization options I've seen of it look pretty beefy.
EDIT: Both go for $19.99USD via digital download and are available without transferring via PS3.
Thanks for the replies guys. I really enjoyed the demo for Wipeout, I might give it a shot when it inevitably drops in price. As for Disgaea, how does it compare to say, Jeanne D'Arc?
Koroviev
Member
If you check the buy/sell/trade thread, you might be able to score a cheap copy of Wipeout. I saw a few people trying to sell copies.
chickdigger802
Banned
it's pretty different.
Ben Morales
Member
Have you talked to the blue haired girl in the center of town yet? If not, talk to her, then leave the town center and immediately go back to the town center to trigger the next event.
Yeah, thanks for the heads up. I really went in blind on this one (all I knew is that it's creepy/graphic and has great sound design) so it serves me right. I can only assume that
reading the newspaper
Yeah, so I found out! :'(
Anyhoo, I'll try and be clever in how I go about saving at least within a chapter. I assume once you move on to the next chapter I can just start a new game each time at that chapter if necessary?
R_thanatos
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Wifi does my needs , but i have a 3g phone on the side..
3G makes way more sense for an iPhone with the thousand of apps you might want to use on the go. Vita not so much.
xKilltheMx
Member
Get 3G for future proof. Imo, thats why i got 3G instead of wifi and i figured id use the gps for near.
michaelius
Banned
It's 50$ (or less depending on actual bargain sales) for being future proof.
Worst case even if you don't use that 3G you still get GPS for 50$ which isn't that much of wasted cash for console which you will use for next 3-4 years.
If you get wi-fi now and 3G turns out to be usefull later your only option to upgrade will be buying new machine and reselling old.
I don't regret getting 3G (but i pay 20 euros for 3 months and 6 gigs of data )
Worst case even if you don't use that 3G you still get GPS for 50$ which isn't that much of wasted cash for console which you will use for next 3-4 years.
If you get wi-fi now and 3G turns out to be usefull later your only option to upgrade will be buying new machine and reselling old.
I don't regret getting 3G (but i pay 20 euros for 3 months and 6 gigs of data
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The Elite
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Three months in and I'm still trying to figure out how near works. Is it always triangulating your position on WiFi, even if you're not connected to a specific wifi network?
I went to a Playstation event on Tuesday and never took the Vita out of my bag yet I got a near hit.
A couple of months ago, I went on a business trip to Israel. I couldn't get my Vita to connect to the wifi in the hotel at all while I was there yet when I came back and connected to the wifi at home it showed that I had traveled to Israel and gave me some discoveries from that region.
I went to a Playstation event on Tuesday and never took the Vita out of my bag yet I got a near hit.
A couple of months ago, I went on a business trip to Israel. I couldn't get my Vita to connect to the wifi in the hotel at all while I was there yet when I came back and connected to the wifi at home it showed that I had traveled to Israel and gave me some discoveries from that region.
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