[PSP] PSP Discussion. Hay guys I just got one for Crisis Core, can u help me how 2 hax pls?

I've got at least a dozen copies of Me and my Katamari at my store, and the PSP can be purchased preowned for $180 bucks -- $70 underneath their original price.

Granted, it's only one reviewer. It's not like I'd listen to him and only him. But I've never played Advance Wars, so if I try Field Commander than his review is likely to be more accurate for me than it would for someone who has played it before.

Anyway, regardless of whoever says what, I still plan on trying it.

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You can, but the first one I'd get would be Maverick Hunter X. It's just so awesome -- the voice acting is great, the graphics are beautiful, playing as Vile is awesome, and it's just an extremely solid game. Second, go for Powered Up! and lastly, get the Capcom Collection.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

If you buy the $200 set up, you can get a 32 MB card from EB Games or GameStop for only $10. So ultimately you're still saving a good chunk.

Actually though, if you're not gonna pay $250 for the system, get a refurbished/preplayed one. They're $180 ($190 w/ card) so you end up saving $60 off the value pack.

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I'm gonna check it out from work and see if it's worth a buy, and if it is then hell yeah. But I wanna try it first. It does look good though, especially for Tekken fans.

Namco, when're you gonna bring Soul Calibur to the PSP? ; ;

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by chato

Is anyone looking forward to Blade Dancer? It comes out July.

EDIT: The only release I can think of for this month is The Legend of Heroes 2 (psp). Is there anything else interesting? I plan to get Loh2.I've yet to play Tales of Eternia for the psp..

EDIT 2 : I got Y's for the psp. Anyone else? I didn't touch it yet so i want to know what everyone thinks. This is the first time im playing a Y's game.

God damn I hate not having internet. Sorry chato, I would've rpelied sooner...

I've got Blade Dancer pre-ordered and yeah, I am looking forward to it. The art looks cool and it reminds me of Kingdom of Paradise (which I thoroughly enjoyed).

If you haven't played it yet, try playing Field Commander. Fantastic game, more than comparable to Advance Wars (according to the reviewers, at least). Also, my boss said that Astonishia Story looks really good, which I might go check out.

The Ys: Ark of Napishtim for the PS2 doesn't look quite as good as it does on the PSP, but for good reason -- the PS2 Ys uses 3D models, whereas the PSP version goes back to sprites, and they look much better. I really like the Ys game.

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Originally Posted by Me, yo.

....more than comparable to Advance Wars (according to the reviewers, at least).

Word.

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Originally Posted by chato

No problem.
Kingdom of Paradise ? Its on clearance at my job so i'll probably get it. I thought it sucked cause of the lame cover art lol.

How's Generation of Chaos?

Generation of Chaos sucks ass unless you've spent the last 6 months of your life dedicated to playing NIS's strategy titles. No manual, no tutorial, nothing. You're left high and dry when it comes to figuring everything out. Don't buy it.

Ignore Kingdom of Paradise's ungodly bad cover art (its got a reversible cover) and play the game. Graphically, it looks fantastic. The attack animations are smooth and the lighting effects are nice, especially when you're using Chi Arts. The voice acting is also surprisingly solid -- no real VA blunders are present. Some of the voices might get on your nerves, but the characters they're associated with would do the same with the mute button on.

I wish more people would play KoP. It really deserves a sequel, and it's got a fantastic story that would lend itself to another game quite easily.

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I went and looked up Spectral Souls just to see what it was about. It doesn't come out until October in the US, but more importantly, it's an Idea Factory game.

I.F. is the same company who did Generation of Chaos and ported it to the PSP. So the answer to Spectral Souls is most likely a good, solid, en-oh no. GoC left such a bad impression on me that I came damn near close to banning Idea Factory from my checking account for life.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'm still very leery of anything brought over by IF. I'll check it out from work and see if it actually is worthy of owning or not. I'll give ya a full report on it if you can wait a week, Jazz. A week after it comes out, that is.

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No, because I got extremely bored with LoH1. Not that the games are bad but...get a move on. So, so slow with the story and everything in general. The sluggish pace of the first one ultimately made me look toward Kingdom of Paradise for relief, and much to my surprise I'm now on my 3rd playthrough of it.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Forget either of those games, Lacerta, and get Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth. It rocks. The biggest complaint is the minimal save points but hello, sleep mode.

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They're noticeable, but not that horrible. Have you picked up Kingdom of Paradise yet? If not, I'd highly recommend it. I've already played through it 3 times now just cuz it's so much fun to pick up and play.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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.

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Originally Posted by JackyBoy

Has anyone played Ghost in the Shell that would recommend it? I know it didn't get the hottest reviews but I am interested in trying it out. The only place that seems to have it at the moment is The Sony Store for $49. I know if Microplay had it, it would likely sell for $39. Still a little pricey considering I don't know what to expect really. I haven't seen a used copy anywhere.

If you compare it to Coded Arms, then it's better. At least, it's a better FPS than Coded Arms is. The voices from the anime are present in full form, and visually it's nice to look at. Of course, you're really only buying this game because you're a fan of the series. If not, look elsewhere. It's not bad, but it doesn't do anything HOLY WOW AWESOME.

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Originally Posted by Inhert

if i'm correct ad-hoc mode is PSP to PSP and Infrastructure is Online...

Anyway about Coded arms...I saw the ps3 trailer that they gonna make, and I really loved it!, I really like the design of that game and all. What I want to know is if coded arms on PSP is any good and if it look like that trailer. I know that was a ps3 trailer XD, I mean if it's in the same design (you know like a digital world)

Coded Arms in itself is a pretty decent game. The levels are set up, if I remember right, randomly, and you just do the basic stuff: scour the map, go to every room, shoot stuff. The only thing I didn't like was the somewhat lack of ammo, especially in the second phase of the game.

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Oh yeah -- the Killzone Liberation demo is awesome. I love the perspective change from FPS to top-down.

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I've been interested in playing both Guilty Gear: Judgment and Bounty Hounds. Anyone picked those up yet?

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I really liked Kingdom of Paradise -- played it through five times or so. VJ: Red Hot Rumble is also available on the Gamecube, if you have one of those, and I'd suggest playing it on that system instead.

Check out the two Megaman games, Daxter, and the Valkyrie Profile re-release if you want some really good games, although VP is an RPG so you may or may not like it.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Do you have DJ Max Portable yet, Elixir? Jazz was so hyped for it he mentioned it in a sig for a few months.

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Got a few minutes to sit down and play the Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters demo. I was gonna make a thread about it and post my impressions in there, but this'll suffice, unless a few people want a thread made. Anyway, on to the impressions.

You're given three places to choose from in the demo -- some time with Ratchet on Pokitaru Island (reminiscent from the first and maybe the second or third games), some time with Clank, and a boss battle. Thus far, I've only played as Ratchet, so my impressions come from that.

First off, the graphics. Very pretty. Looks really, really close to what the first game had, which is saying a lot considering the first game was very polished. Good draw distance from what I've seen -- no blurriness looking into the horizon. The cutscenes are beautiful, more than on par with their PS2 counterparts. They're not CG, just further-polished in-game polygons, but they look really good.

The sound is everything you'd expect from the series. Nothing's changed, which is entirely a good thing. It's to be expected, since the developers (High Impact Studios) had previous experience with the Ratchet series. All the sound effects are intact, the voice acting has remained the same, all the grunts and groans, etc. I really like the music for Pokitaru Island as well -- it was pretty suiting and fun to listen to.

The gameplay's what's really important. In a platformer, it always is. The area I played didn't exploit anything terribly intuitive, since it was a tutorial level of sorts. The good news though is that players of the previous games will have no trouble figuring anything out -- it's the same R&C you've played before, control-wise. The gunplay is as fun as ever, and it's just as easy and seamless to switch between melee and long-range combat. You have the ability to switch to first person view and fire weapons as well. Again, nothing new but nothing bad.

In the game, you're given a few weapons and one to buy. Of course, you've got your handy wrench. The Lacerator is your typical blaster, the Acid Bomb is just as it sounds and the Concussion Gun is your basic shotgun. The new weapon is the Bee Mine Glove, which when thrown releases a pack of bees to terrorize your enemies. Pretty fun to watch. You can buy the standard issue flamethrower called the Scorcher for 2500 bolts (easily attainable) as well.

So what makes this game new from all the others? Not too terribly much, but there was one awesome concept I ran across and hope to exploit to a much greater degree later on. During the Pokitaru level, you come across pieces of armor. In the previous three games, you just bought a whole set all at once which upgraded your defense. However, in Size Matters your armor does something a little more--when you gather all the pieces (body, gloves, feet, helmet Megaman lolz) your weapon takes on that armor's characteristic.

In Pokitaru, you pick up the Wildfire armor set. Getting the whole collection makes your weapon flamable, and your attacks burn your enemies and (presumably) cause more damage. Pretty cool!

Beyond that, you gain experience the same way you have before. Beat enemies, experience bar fills up. When it peaks, you get another point of life ala Deadlocked. I didn't see any such bar for the weapons though, so I hope they didn't leave weapon upgrading out of the game.

I had a blast playing the first level, and I'll give the others a go shortly. Between Daxter and Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, I'd say Size Matters is shaping up to be a bit of a better game. Have to wait until the endgame to declare that though.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Both of the Megaman games (Powered Up! and Maverick Hunter X) are incredible. Daxter's a really good platformer, and Valkyrie Profile is ftw of internets all over the place.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I definitely plan on buying and playing Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters and Valhalla Nights, so I'm not even gonna bother with homebrew stuff yet.

I've got an original 1.5 PSP, but I've never tried homebrew on it. Truthfully, I just play the games that are available for it.

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Originally Posted by GameSpot Article

In Japan, SCE will release a TV tuner (PSP-S310), which users can attach to the new PSP via its USB port. The peripheral weighs in at only 17 grams and is very portable, but is compatible only with the new PSP model. Also, since it's a 1seg digital TV tuner (ISDB-T broadcasting format), its use is limited to the Japan airwaves. The TV tuner will be released at the same time as the new PSP, and will retail for 6,980 yen (about $57), about the same as a low-end USB PC TV tuner.

Japan is also getting an exclusive, limited-edition model of the new PSP. For the 10th anniversary of the Final Fantasy VII franchise, Square Enix is collaborating with SCE to release a Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII limited edition bundle, which includes a special silver PSP (pictured at top) featuring distinctly colored buttons, logos, and a serial number. The limited edition set also includes the Crisis Core PSP game and a keychain shaped like the sword of the game's hero, Zack.

The limited edition Crisis Core PSP bundle is coming out on the same day as the game, September 13, allowing Japanese FFVII fans to get their hands on the new PSP a week before its official release. The Crisis Core PSP will be limited to a production of 77,777 units and will sell for 25,890 yen (about $212).

I hope we see that bundle here, but the chances are pretty much a big fat glaring "No, bitches."

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Infernal, if you guy the new silver PSP, you don't get any demo discs. However! You get a full version copy of Daxter, the Family Guy Freakin' Sweet collection and a 1GB memory stick.

Still lolin' at your post.

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I posted this just a moment ago in the Crisis Core thread, but I'll post it here too for good measure.

Crisis Core's now available for preorder through GameStop, and carries a release date of March 25th, 2008.

There's nowhere I can't reach.