On a somewhat related note (to load times), are the load times in Valkyrie Profile bad? I was thinking of picking it up, but a few reviews I've read mentioned an annoying load time whenever accessing the menu, which is one of those little things that I'm sure could be really annoying in an RPG.

Oh i second that question, and does it require you to have a 2,6 firmware?

nope they are not that bad, they are yes noticeable but not that long and really the meny is probably the only long load time, I didn,t really notice anything in game really (some time when entering a battle it may happen, but not often, I even think it was already that way on ps1)

really valykyrie profile: Lenneth is almost a perfect port, go for it you'll not regret it

and yes it's a 2.6 firmware, I don't use any homebrew(?) so my psp is always up to date, but I heard that devhook can "simulate" the 2.6 firmware even on a 1.5, doN,t know if VP work well with it though...

I'll upgrade to 2.6 then :( well i can still downgrade right haha ;_;

@ Lacerta

I still need to pick up Legend of Heroes 2,KoP and VP. Since you say that there's been negativity on Blade Dancer, I should just turn that down and get LoH2.


As for Ys... I stopped playing the game where you gotta beat that big boss that throws all those stones at you. Other than that, the loading times are terrible, It takes almost 10-15 seconds just to get to the next part of the forest If you're lucky and want to get into a small house, It takes you 5-8 seconds @.@. The rest of the game is just fine with me. The music kicks ass in this game. So that prevents me from selling it back to the store.

Btw, Since i dont really care for homebrew or emulators. I upgraded to 2.80. There isn't much of a difference. Only a few things for the wifi and the location thingy.

The lag is only when switching maps (and leveling up) right? If so then I guess it's not THAT bad, although it might be bothersome. I bought Astonishia Story a while back and that thing had load times up the wazoo. 5 second load time to enter a battle, 5 second load time to load the battle, 5 second load time to play a sound in the battle, 5 second load time to load the move that you are going to do in the battle, 5 second load time after battle. 5 second load time between maps.

Okay so it really isn't 5 seconds all the time, but it can get up there.

Honestly, if the load times in Astonisha Story bothered you, then don't get Ys, as those are worse.

I had no problem with either AS's or Ys' load times, but like I said if it's that much of a bother to you, might as well not get either one. Kingdom of Paradise, however, has extremely few load times. About the equivalent of Daxter, if you've played that.

Well there's a difference if the load time is just between maps, instead of having to load for every single thing.

Maybe I just got a bad copy, who knows.

Although I didn't mean to come off as if the load times annoyed the shit out of me, I managed to enjoy AS even with it's need to load every few seconds, so I probably would enjoy Ys too.

I already have KoP and Daxter, so yeah I'm starting to run out of things to get :P

Devhook can simulate 2.7 now, so there shouldn't be any need to update your psp at all!

It wouldn't be a bad copy at all ^^;. The port was just garbage and they never bothered to test the game. Y's (which i still play) has bad loading times even when you level up after one hit, it freezes up for 4-5 seconds and it goes back to normal.

If they plan to release more Ys games for the psp. They should at least check up on their mistake once in a while.

Regarding Valkyrie Profile - I also agree that the loading times really aren't bad at all. The only gripe some purists might find is that VP is a port of the Japanese version, so you won't get some of the improvements the American PSX version had.

Then again, it's great that we're given another chance at this rare game.

Ugh, it looks like DevHook has run into legal trouble from the dogs at Sony. This is stopping only a few sites from hosting DevHook, but it is still obtainable from a variety of places.

sorry if this has ben asked before but I try to load eloader 95 but it just loads the game normaly instead of the eloader? what am i doing wrong?

Your copy of Liberty City Stories might be one of the newer, patched ones that don't allow for the exploit.

yeah i finaly fugured that out but of all games why GTA?

I'm just taking a wild guess here, but it's probably because this particular game is required for the exploit.

I understand that but of all games why was this the chosen game? and the only one at that.

It wasn't "chosen". It's just because someone accidentally discovered this bug in GTA: LCS that allows for user code to be executed from a modified savegame.

It's very well possible that other games have similar bugs, but they have yet to be discovered. Mainly because everybody is focussing their developments on the GTA exploit ever since and it's working fine. They even have UMD emulation (ISO loader) for the eLoader working now, in case you can't downgrade your PSP.

I haven't bought a psp yet, but I plan on getting one this Xmas; I heard that if you use ISO loader instead of the UMD disc, it destroys your UMD reader forever? It sounds too ridiculous to be true, but I'd like to ask all you experts here for confirmation first, if this is indeed the case, I might stop collecting psp isos.

They are pulling your leg with that one.

There was a similar rumour about PSX lasers dying when used with backup copies. Interestingly enough, there are people still defending this ludicrous theory. ;-)

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Woo. All you haters can go out and get a PSP for cheap(er) now. If only that fabled $50 price-drop was true, then this would be quite the deal. With all of the bomb games currently in production for the PSP, might as well save some money, right?

Quick-Q: can a factory 2.6 be downgraded?

I want to play a game that only runs on 2.0, but I have 1.5. Is there a way to play it without having to update and then downgrade after use.

...Yeah.

DevHook.

Basically it's a program that emulates up to 2.71 firmware, allowing you to play games that require 2.71. The easiest method to obtain this program "pre-made" (IE, bios and other things preinstalled) is to use BitTorrent.