• Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!

Music Festival Sim BigFest Launches Today on PS Vita

mellan_Konsten said:
I haven't played theme park since it came out (on the Amiga) but I would say that BigFest is a less complex/more strealined version of that game (no hiring of workers, desiding amount of sugar/salt or economics).

I'm on my way to work right now but if I remember correctly the currency in BF is tickets and not money.

Instead of competing with other (AI) festivals you have stars(think olliolli not shi*ty phone games) you earn from clearing objectives each mission and your festival is persistent and carries over between missions.

The moment to moment gameplay contains helping your bands with different tasks (someone lost his/her guitar right before entering the stage) maintenance and upgrading your festival based on what your visitors say. It also means that you have to take care of thieves, sick people etc. Every interaction is done by the touchscreen (tap on buildings or thought bubbles to get more information.

I'm not that far into the game (and keep in mind that I might be easy to please) so I can only speak about my time with it but this far it's been everything I wanted and more and for someone like me, that find searching for new music harder and harder for every year, the theme is a great addition to the genre.
Click to expand...

Hey, that's awesome for your thoughts man, please keep em comnig as you play more/if they change. I probably would have impulse bought this, but Freedom Wars from plus has got me in its vice grip, so I'm going to sit back and see what people think of Bigfest. Honestly think the idea & genre is perfect for vita, and it's a vote in confidence to make it a normal game and not free to play. Slightly nervous though form the long quiet development then Sony just kind of dropping it with no fanfare. Interested in how much content is there.
 
Okay, bought and played it for a bit. So far i really like it! It really is a more simple version of those Tycoon games, with in my opinion of course, the best setting for a game in this genre.

I haven't played enough to see how much it has to offer, but the first impression is good.
I just hope some friends buy the game so i can visit their fests lol.

Plus this is going a great way to collect trophies AND discover new music. Seems pretty dope for a 10 € game. I know i'll play this for quite a while.
 
What the fuck, didn't they announce this 2 years ago? Lol, I kept wondering where this thing went to and just wrote it off as vapourware. Nice to see that it's out

E: Wasn't it going to be F2P? wat
 
So... Dont know if it is neccessary to visit a friends Festival ( and what else you Can so), but maybe we could add each other. My psn id is whitenovember (just started the Game).
 
I'm just wondering if there are 'environmental disasters' a la Sim City in this. I'd love to see a recreation of Tomorrowworld 2015 and that clusterfuck in this game :P
 
mellan_Konsten said:
I haven't played theme park since it came out (on the Amiga) but I would say that BigFest is a less complex/more strealined version of that game (no hiring of workers, desiding amount of sugar/salt or economics).

I'm on my way to work right now but if I remember correctly the currency in BF is tickets and not money.

Instead of competing with other (AI) festivals you have stars(think olliolli not shi*ty phone games) you earn from clearing objectives each mission and your festival is persistent and carries over between missions.

The moment to moment gameplay contains helping your bands with different tasks (someone lost his/her guitar right before entering the stage) maintenance and upgrading your festival based on what your visitors say. It also means that you have to take care of thieves, sick people etc. Every interaction is done by the touchscreen (tap on buildings or thought bubbles to get more information.

I'm not that far into the game (and keep in mind that I might be easy to please) so I can only speak about my time with it but this far it's been everything I wanted and more and for someone like me, that find searching for new music harder and harder for every year, the theme is a great addition to the genre.
Click to expand...

Are there only bands in this game? How is the music choice?
 
neemmss said:
Are there only bands in this game? How is the music choice?
Click to expand...

From the top of my head, these are the categories folk, country, pop, world, rock, dance, rmb, hip hop, jazz, blues, reggae but I'm surely forgetting genres.

Some categories only have a couple of tracks though and I don't know if you unlock more songs as you play.
 
djtiesto said:
I'm just wondering if there are 'environmental disasters' a la Sim City in this. I'd love to see a recreation of Tomorrowworld 2015 and that clusterfuck in this game :P
Click to expand...

So far no enviromental disasters (you have to take care of the visitors when it rains or getting hot), but sometimes people die in this game (had a festival with 70 visitors. 30 left on their own, 7 just died, I don`t know the reason).
 
I'm delighted by the audio of people cheering when you start up the game, it reminds me of the "old" classic Wake-up club (how I wish that I had that platinum thophy).

Another detail that I just discovered and that I think is a great visual choice is how the line of people and the things you place are making dirt trails on the ground.
 
So, my festivals are only attended by robots? Then how exactly am I "promoting" these bands? Basically, I play a theme park game while I listen to a bunch of music I've never heard of, and whatever I listen to most might get signed by Sony Music someday?

I thought I was going to be actively promoting these bands, trying to get people to come to their shows, etc. I assumed that's why was F2P; most people would just download the client and attend virtual concerts, and the app would be supported by the handful of active "managers," who rent venues as DLC, etc. =/
 
serversurfer said:
So, my festivals are only attended by robots? Then how exactly am I "promoting" these bands? Basically, I play a theme park game while I listen to a bunch of music I've never heard of, and whatever I listen to most might get signed by Sony Music someday?

I thought I was going to be actively promoting these bands, trying to get people to come to their shows, etc. I assumed that's why was F2P; most people would just download the client and attend virtual concerts, and the app would be supported by the handful of active "managers," who rent venues as DLC, etc. =/
Click to expand...

I think you thought/are thinking into it a bit more than you were expected to. I'm not sure even the bolded is something that has ever been discussed or implied? They obviously needed a decent sized body of music to match the budget they were on, and unsigned bands is a fun thing that meets the criteria, with for the devs, the bands and of course, us if we end up liking any of them. It was always advertised as a theme park type sim management game.

Everyone who bought still enjoying this then? Still being eaten up by Freedom Wars but my plan is this next probably.
 
doniewhalberg said:
I think you thought/are thinking into it a bit more than you were expected to. I'm not sure even the bolded is something that has ever been discussed or implied? They obviously needed a decent sized body of music to match the budget they were on, and unsigned bands is a fun thing that meets the criteria, with for the devs, the bands and of course, us if we end up liking any of them. It was always advertised as a theme park type sim management game.

Everyone who bought still enjoying this then? Still being eaten up by Freedom Wars but my plan is this next probably.
Click to expand...
"Pick your favorites and promote them in your online festivals, potentially breaking the next big unsigned band! How cool is that?"

To me, that sounds like I'd be organizing shows that people would attend online, in an effort to promote and ultimately sign these bands.
 
serversurfer said:
"Pick your favorites and promote them in your online festivals, potentially breaking the next big unsigned band! How cool is that?"

To me, that sounds like I'd be organizing shows that people would attend online, in an effort to promote and ultimately sign these bands.
Click to expand...

Oh, I get it man, I see why you thought that, I'm just saying, I think you're maybe giving it more thought than even they did haha. It's just a pr line to try and get you excited about the fantasy. Who knows, maybe a long ass time ago there was an idea to do with that, but every thing I've saw about the game on the ps blog has made it clear that it's a theme park type game.

I actually really like your idea though. Owning sony music, and having a relationship with spotify, one does think about the game you're discussing, where you put on a real time show, and other players can attend, and you have to play the sim game to keep the bar stocked etc for the players.
 
doniewhalberg said:
Oh, I get it man, I see why you thought that, I'm just saying, I think you're maybe giving it more thought than even they did haha. It's just a pr line to try and get you excited about the fantasy. Who knows, maybe a long ass time ago there was an idea to do with that, but every thing I've saw about the game on the ps blog has made it clear that it's a theme park type game.

I actually really like your idea though. Owning sony music, and having a relationship with spotify, one does think about the game you're discussing, where you put on a real time show, and other players can attend, and you have to play the sim game to keep the bar stocked etc for the players.
Click to expand...

The more you use the band's the more hype rating they get on the game, meaning other gamers may use them spreading music that way. As well as you listening to other tracks by your favourite bands and telling people.

I don't think the plan was ever to get bands signed, I did think it would be bands from the Sony music labels.

It's a fun game and there is some good music on there, hopefully it's updated regularly
 
Just wanted to play the game for the first time but I can't connect the game to the server. It always says to check my connection. I guess the online part is essential to this game so it pisses me off a bit as this is the first time in months I actually have some time to play a game...
 
nampad said:
Just wanted to play the game for the first time but I can't connect the game to the server. It always says to check my connection. I guess the online part is essential to this game so it pisses me off a bit as this is the first time in months I actually have some time to play a game...
Click to expand...

Keep on trying, this happens to me too from time to time.

---------

I don't really get how you get your visitors to wear different outfits, is it just by putting merchandise stalls in your festival?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

[Playstation Blog] An update on PlayStation Store for PS3 and PS Vita
News Platform  2
71
713
March Climber replied
Gamespot.com Forza’s Horizon Festival Is Hell On Earth
46
522
TwiztidElf replied
Climate Station launches today on PS5 and PS VR2
News 
3
462
Dr. Samuel Hayden replied
GTA VI on PS Portal
2
58
1K
Bartski replied
Rare Footage: Metal Gear Solid 4 Demo Running on PS Vita Hardware
2
345
Mr Hyde replied
Top Bottom