BlazingDarkness
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Overall thoughts? If you had to give it a score?
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[Vita] Gravity Rush/Daze - 15 min gameplay video
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Overall thoughts? If you had to give it a score?
Cheesemeister
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Overall, I've been really pleased with the gameplay, world/level design, story, art direction, music, amount of content... It's not a slouch in any serious regard. One could only complain about some pop-in of distant objects due to the long draw distances of the environment itself. There are also occasional hiccups in frame rate when streaming in new areas of the map. These are only minor annoyances, and don't detract from the game.
I used to enjoy FF games for their stories, but that hasn't been the case for 10 years with FFX. Gravity Rush, on the other hand, keeps you engaged with twists and turns, bending time and space. It's presented in a manga style in which you can see the characters in diorama fashion by tilting the system. The story is well-written and keeps you guessing, eager to see what comes next.
The best part of Gravity Rush, though, has to be flying through gravity manipulation. It's a freaking lucid dream. Alighting on that far-off perch or landing a gravity kick on an enemy just feel right. The multiple, expansive environments are filled with nooks and crannies to explore, and people and places to find. Numerous challenge missions allow you to compete for high scores in obstacle course races or enemy battles.
In short, it's the complete package that I don't regret getting for a second. If only the Vita had more such polished, original IPs.
I gave it 5 stars on the PlayStation Store.
Yes, it feels so perfect. I leveled up my ability for decreased energy consumption while in gravity mode and my time spent flying around is even more wonderful.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Damn, that sounds awesome
And a fun and well-written story full of twists? Perfect!
Where's that official thread Takao D:
Acquiescence
Member
Never has pre-ordering a Vita felt as right as it does now.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Apparently GR is released on the 23rd in NZ/AUS as stated on the PS site http://nz.playstation.com/psvita/games/ - is this a mistake? there's been like no english media of it, right? I don't see why it'd release there and no other place in the west
Gravity Daze fell to #10 in Tsutaya's sales ranking.
Still not bad, if you ask me.
Still not bad, if you ask me.
Cheesemeister translated the first chapter of the comic, which you can read here (warning, the images are quite large). They'll be posted in the OT once that's complete.
I asked Duckroll for the okay, and since it was a promo thing Sony gave out for free on their site he said it shouldn't be a problem.
I asked Duckroll for the okay, and since it was a promo thing Sony gave out for free on their site he said it shouldn't be a problem.
BlazingDarkness
Member
Put up a pretty poor quality video of one of the race challenges on YouTube, if anyone's interested. Apologies that it gets a little disorienting; I messed up on one of the checkpoints. D:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA4C0lG87h4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA4C0lG87h4
My Polish Gravity Daze review.
It's mainly praise but I point out some flaws:
- Texture pop-up
- Dodge on touch
- No challenge retry
- Camera sometimes goes crazy
It's mainly praise but I point out some flaws:
- Texture pop-up
- Dodge on touch
- No challenge retry
- Camera sometimes goes crazy
Cheesemeister
Member
All done! Now, to wait for the DLC to show up...
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
All done! Now, to wait for the DLC to show up...
RANDOM But how come the dates/times dont show up for your trophies? Do they show when you tap each individual trophy?
Cheesemeister
Member
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Hmm, odd that it doesnt show for the list. I wonder why?
I bought the Vita today with this game and I'm definitely loving it
Awesome game, and the music is amazing.
Well done. I'm going to pick up the English version too. Such an awesome game so early in a system's life.
They're just trying to save space on the interface. Five inch screen and all.
But HEY! How are you guys getting the game already? Importing? And if so, how is it in English?
Cheesemeister
Member
I live in Japan, have a Japanese PSN account (Cheesemeister3k), and downloaded the game when it was released here. My system's user interface is set to English; I could've just as easily set it to Japanese. Apparently the trophies were already translated. The game itself is all in Japanese.
Same as Cheesemeister, though I didn't buy the game via PSN (even tho my account is Japanese too), I just went to a store and bought both the Vita and the game.
Same with Rayman. I've imported the US copy here, but have my system in Japanese and all the trophies are translated despite the fact the game itself is coming out in April.
It's odd but if you browse the trophies under the Playstation Network tab, not vita, the dates and times show up.
How much did it cost? $25?
semiconscious
Gold Member
I bought the Vita today with this game and I'm definitely loving it
Awesome game, and the music is amazing.
my original plan when i got my vita - uncharted's no slouch, but this was the vita game i was up for. demo is gorgeous
...smh
...From the video it looked like it was very easy to get confused while in mid-air, is it much easier to keep track of when you're playing the game and not just watching a video?
I'd throw in lengthy load times and the game "freezing" up for a few seconds if you travel across areas faster than the game can load. I had no problems with touch dodging though, and it became quite fun after getting used to it. Trying to control gravity sliding with gyro, on the other hand, was pretty tough.
@Alucrid: it gets confusing when trying to fly out of tight spots; the camera seems to go crazy in those situations. Otherwise, the camera is great most other times.
The demo I played was set in a sort of closed area. Not open spaces like in the video. It played fine though
smh
Oh there's more vibrant colors in some areas?
Yes, a lot of vibrant color in some of the later areas.
I'll try getting another random challenge video up today since I have some free time.
About 12 hours for story and 17 for platinum.
Put up another Gravity Daze challenge video; this time of one of the earlier challenges in the first area. I use some of the abilities you get later in the game so spoilers warning I guess. Sorry for the video and audio quality as it seems to be the best I can get out of with my webcam and YouTube's recording thing.
I'm pretty bad at combat challenges.
I'm pretty bad at combat challenges.
Hadn't even given this game the time of day since, by the name alone, I had dismissed it as a sequel to some forgettable PSN DL game I think I got for free as recompense for the PSN hacking debacle.
Imagine my astonishment when I finally bothered to look into the game somewhat.
Now, of course, I'm chagrined to note that the game is still months away.
So I've done a bit of reading up, and apparently there are some action-rpg elements to it? How does that work, exactly?
May is way too far away.
Imagine my astonishment when I finally bothered to look into the game somewhat.
Now, of course, I'm chagrined to note that the game is still months away.
So I've done a bit of reading up, and apparently there are some action-rpg elements to it? How does that work, exactly?
May is way too far away.
RPG elements? There's an abilities leveling system where you collect gems to level them up; each skill or attribute has multiple levels and additional levels are unlocked as you move through the story. You can upgrade things like your HP, how slowly your energy is consumed while in gravity mode, or the damage of your abilities.
Put up another Gravity Daze challenge video; this time of one of the earlier challenges in the first area. I use some of the abilities you get later in the game so spoilers warning I guess. Sorry for the video and audio quality as it seems to be the best I can get out of with my webcam and YouTube's recording thing.
I'm pretty bad at combat challenges.
It looks so awesome. I really want a Vita for this game.
