toastyToast
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Straight from the source. Looking forward to it.
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Skullgirls 2nd Encore Roars Onto PS Vita April 5
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Straight from the source. Looking forward to it.
Yeah, we really tried to keep that, but it's pretty expensive on the Vita.
The main challenges with the Vita were the memory and shaders, and removing the lighting helped with the shader problem a lot. Like, I seriously think we got 15-20 FPS back from that alone.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
ive bought this game 3 times now and still havent really learnt how to play it. Also fuck that final boss.
Olengie
Member
I totally missed that. All dem quotes made me gloss it over.
I'm still down to import the JPN version.
Dimitri LH
Member
Missed this thread, but yay for Skullgirls on the go, finally! will probably triple dip with Physical edition.
I await my free Vita game.
Thanks for putting in the time and effort to make this release a complete experience instead of a glitchy mess we expect some games to be day 1. The level of transparency we were getting in the SG official thread was a refreshing experience to say the least. The way you guys handled the DLC didn't make consumers feel cheated, the content actually felt like an additional experience worth paying for, if you didn't catch it during the free period. I enjoy the definitive version on PS4 with all the digital goodies included.
Once again, thank you Lab Zero for all the effort you put into the project. The Skull Girls curse didn't make it easy, that's for damn sure. I look forward to your future projects and the eventual Skull Girls sequel. Best of luck in what comes next.
Thanks for putting in the time and effort to make this release a complete experience instead of a glitchy mess we expect some games to be day 1. The level of transparency we were getting in the SG official thread was a refreshing experience to say the least. The way you guys handled the DLC didn't make consumers feel cheated, the content actually felt like an additional experience worth paying for, if you didn't catch it during the free period. I enjoy the definitive version on PS4 with all the digital goodies included.
Once again, thank you Lab Zero for all the effort you put into the project. The Skull Girls curse didn't make it easy, that's for damn sure. I look forward to your future projects and the eventual Skull Girls sequel. Best of luck in what comes next.
All right, thanks!
NinjamicWZ
Banned
I've got the regular Vita version pre-ordered for import, supposed to be the 12th. Gonna be a nice gem in the library.
Barajas_201
Member
Is it possible to get a physical release in the west with the help of LimitedRunGames?
It's been hinted heavily. Especially in their (LRG's) last tweet about it.
Game works great, looks great!
plays smooth as well. Tried some online, finished most of the tutorials and played some training. Solid port and the controls are adapted well. Reminds me of how UMVC3 plays on Vita. Thank god I can turn the left stick off since I sometimes drift my thumb over it on occasion and fuck up my inputs.
Some screens.
plays smooth as well. Tried some online, finished most of the tutorials and played some training. Solid port and the controls are adapted well. Reminds me of how UMVC3 plays on Vita. Thank god I can turn the left stick off since I sometimes drift my thumb over it on occasion and fuck up my inputs.
Some screens.
Dimitri LH
Member
I know what I'm doing tonight! I'm more of a arcade stick player but seeing as mines broke recently, I can start practicing gamepad on Vita.
Loadings aren't bad at all, 15s for a 1x1. I tried the worst case scenario on a 3x3 fight with 6 different characters and it took 35s to load. It's a small miracle for a Vita game with such awesome, uncompromised sprites.
My only complaint is that the UI is kind of blurry, feels like I'm playing it through RP. It's hard to see button prompts at the trials.
My only complaint is that the UI is kind of blurry, feels like I'm playing it through RP. It's hard to see button prompts at the trials.
Tetsuo9999
Member
Does anyone know what the file size is for this? The web store seems to make games look larger than what they actually require, and the Vita store doesn't mention the size at all.
JeTmAn81
Member
Yowza, dem MK/Injustice sizes. Good thing I've got a 16GB card. It's too bad though, most fighting games are so big. I'd like to have them all on my Vita at once but I don't have enough room.
Yeah, it's actually bigger than the PS4 and PS3 versions.
The PS3 and PS4 support real-time file compression and the Vita doesn't, and it makes a big difference.
brooklyniteOne
Member
just bought! the vita version will be great for practice on the go!
Tetsuo9999
Member
How are the controls? It seems like this game would be harder to port than stuff like Blazblue since it has six attack buttons. I have the game on PC, but wouldn't mind double dipping for trips.
Just in case people are wondering...
There's an upper limit on the brightness on the Vita when running Skullgirls, which is out of our control.
The Vita has three power modes: A, B and C.
There's an upper limit on the brightness on the Vita when running Skullgirls, which is out of our control.
The Vita has three power modes: A, B and C.
A gives slower CPU speed, with Wi-Fi and full brightness.
B gives faster CPU speed, with no Wi-Fu and full brightness.
C gives faster CPU speed, with Wi-Fi and reduced brightness.
Since you can play Skullgirls online and we need the extra CPU speed, Mode C was on only option.B gives faster CPU speed, with no Wi-Fu and full brightness.
C gives faster CPU speed, with Wi-Fi and reduced brightness.
ricen-beans
Member
Thank U for this! I finally get to play it. I've always wanted to since it came out on PS3.
Finale Fireworker
Member
When is the lobby patch expected? I already bought the game, but can't afford the GB I install it, so I'm waiting on the "limited run" to actually play. I don't mind waiting, I just like to have an idea.
Really hard to say.
The functionality is working for the most part now, but it still needs to be tested.
The biggest hurdle, really, is releasing it since it involves 9 patches released across three territories on three platforms from three different publishers.
At least it's not 4.5gb (I've never seen PSN make a mistake like that, but I'm not surprised at all), I think under the 3gb mark is still reasonable and I expected it to be above that. I had to delete some stuff to make room on my 8gb card, but I'm sure it'll be worth it.
I started the download when I left home and I can't wait to get home and sink my teeth into this. Big ups again to all Lab Zero for bringing this.
Thanks for all of your replies in this thread. It's always nice getting some insight on the challenges of porting games to my favorite handheld!
If anyone wants some quick impressions I will agree with Ogawa-san in that the HUD assets seem to be poorly scaled down. Lots of artifacts and a lot of the smaller text is barely readable. Other then that the port is great. It plays smooth, has all the options you'd expect and looks fine. There are some visual niggles (Parasoul for example has a ton of transparent parts in her sprites that shouldn't be see-through like her umbrella handle and gun) but it's basically free since I got the PS4 version so I can't really complain.
EDIT: Load times don't seem much worse then most of the Vita fighting game ports I've played. Worst I've had was like 20 seconds.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Congrats Lab Zero on your success.
Surprised this slipped by us, and we're already looking into the issue to fix it in the lobby patch.
Tetsuo9999
Member
I wasn't able to get Valentine's vial projectiles working in the trial mode; you can load one up, but throwing it just yields the generic shuriken instead of the vial. Is anyone else experiencing this? Great port, by the way.
Awesome to hear! I'm used to devs only patching game-breaking bugs when it comes to Vita ports so it's refreshing to see some attention on the minor things.
Have you tried holding down the attack button as you throw the shuriken?
Snowybreak
Member
I am having an awesome time with the port, feels very good. Only issue is the HUD blurriness and menu fidelity, otherwise fantastic port of an incredible game.
Tetsuo9999
Member
Yeah, it doesn't seem to work at all; the shuriken comes out every time.
Ah you're right. For some reason trying to use Flew Shot doesn't work for me in Valentine's second trial, no matter what punch button I use. It always comes out as Dead Cross just as you said.
It won't actually let you throw the syringe until the exact spot in the combo.
Well that explains it. I was too busy mucking around to bother actually trying the trial combo lol.
Hopefully that's Tetsuo's problem but it seems to be working fine for me.
CupONoodos
Neo Member
Picked this up along with Megaman Legends 2 today. Honestly wanted to get into Skullgirls for awhile, but after reading this thread I decided to take the plunge after hearing all the great feedback and work put into this version so why the hell not. Played for about an hour and can happily say that I'm really satisfied with the purchase! Plays and looks great and a great addition to my Vita library. Hope people will buy the Vita version to support the effort to make it because you can really see the care that went into creating this version.
bobawesome
Member
Not sure if I want this or Melty Blood.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Loved the first go, I need to jump in on 2nd Encore...
So I don't know if anyone else has played through a story chapter yet but is the final boss's voice super quiet for anyone else? I can barely hear what she's saying in comparison to everything else.
Pretty sure it's just the HUD, the sprites seem fine.
Pretty sure it's just the HUD, the sprites seem fine.
Sprites look blurry too. Compare it to something like blazblue. Even without AA, blazblue still looks significantly cleaner.
That's probably because unlike Blazblue (which iirc uses the arcade sprites), the sprites here are scaled down from the original sprites. So any zooming will result in artifacts.
The sprites have a TON of animation frames so I'm not surprised they had to cut back some things,
This was a really tough port, because we had about half the memory of the PS3 version to work with, using all the same assets.
The PS3 version works at all because we can easily shuffle animations between the RAM and VRAM. And while the Vita has both, the bus between them is too slow to keep a good framerate while doing that shuffling.
That means everything had to fit into main RAM, and of course visual sacrifices had to be made for that.
The way we composite our characters turned out to be pretty GPU-intensive, too, and as a result we didn't have the performance leftover to filter the screen.
The PS3 version works at all because we can easily shuffle animations between the RAM and VRAM. And while the Vita has both, the bus between them is too slow to keep a good framerate while doing that shuffling.
That means everything had to fit into main RAM, and of course visual sacrifices had to be made for that.
The way we composite our characters turned out to be pretty GPU-intensive, too, and as a result we didn't have the performance leftover to filter the screen.