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Krad posted:I still can't imagine a GTA starring a female protagonist, though... Not even if it were Courtney Love?
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Aardark posted:Digital versions aren't region-locked. It probably refers to disc versions. Yeah the disc versions are definitely still region locked.
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axleblaze posted:I believe Dead Space Extraction is also on PSN and is probably my favorite rail shooter. I'll second this. The game is way better than you'd expect a railshooter side-game to turn out. The story's almost as good as Dead Space 2's, and the characters are all fairly interesting and compelling to follow. It's just a drat shame the DLC side-campaign for Dead Space 2 featuring the Extraction characters for wasn't released for the PC version  . House of the Dead: Overkill is great fun as well. It's essentially a grindhouse horror movie in railshooter form.
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rizuhbull posted:Most everything I'm eyeing is Japanese (Ape Escape, Front Mission, Ehrgeiz), but google's telling me PSX games are still region locked? Can that be true despite them being digital versions? Is their any easy way to find out what Japanese PSX games support which languages before buying? I imagine I need a PSN card from Play-Asia or some such, right? They also won't have english options unless that's how the original (japanese) release was. Like, Katamari 1 is on the japan psn, but I'm p.sure that it has no english at all. Yet some games (like the Phantasy Star collection) came with english in the original release and therefore you can use that. Also, you can go ask a goon in the PS3 Imports thread, there's some guys who'll get it at cost for you. Far cheaper than any of the online stores. It'd be easier to buy Enhandler on the PS3 than to track down a physical american release.
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SamBishop posted:I have to be very careful in what I say here, as Irrational and 2K were exceptionally (and entirely understandably) protective of the game when I did a mock review recently, but I don't think they're going to mind me saying that everyone should keep this one on their radar. I'm literally counting the days until its release - 43 left! Oh, you tease. And thanks for the heads-up on the new titles coming out, everyone else 
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Feb 12, 2013 15:10
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Oh god, Infinite. My most anticipated game ever. Is there a thread for it? Although I can't say I want to surround myself in promotional material, as I want to keep myself in the dark and fresh for release, I'd love to see some discussion.
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VarrosAnon posted:Oh god, Infinite. My most anticipated game ever. Is there a thread for it? Although I can't say I want to surround myself in promotional material, as I want to keep myself in the dark and fresh for release, I'd love to see some discussion. There is but it isn't the most positive thread at the moment so you may want to wait until actual new info comes out.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I'll second this. The game is way better than you'd expect a railshooter side-game to turn out. The story's almost as good as Dead Space 2's, and the characters are all fairly interesting and compelling to follow. It's just a drat shame the DLC side-campaign for Dead Space 2 featuring the Extraction characters for wasn't released for the PC version Don't worry about it to much. The campaign is insanely short, like 2 stages and more importantly... These will be insanely minor Dead Space 3 spoilers, they do not spoil the plot in anyway, in fact its almost irrelevant. Lexine is never mentioned again, ever, she just vanishes into some dark void where secondary characters go. In true EA fashion.
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Alright, someone tell me about Afrika. A friend just informed me that such a game exists. From what I understand, you roam around the savannah and take pictures of wildlife, kind of like a grown-up Pokemon Snap. Also looking up used copies online, they tend to go for a tad more than your average 3+ years used title. Am I missing out on some lost gem or was it just a limited printing of a game that may or may not be decent?
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iastudent posted:Alright, someone tell me about Afrika. A friend just informed me that such a game exists. From what I understand, you roam around the savannah and take pictures of wildlife, kind of like a grown-up Pokemon Snap. Also looking up used copies online, they tend to go for a tad more than your average 3+ years used title. It's fun for a few minutes and it certainly looked pretty when I imported it way back when I got my PS3 (at least the animals did, the environments were pretty bland). However it's slow, has a barebones UI and very little depth. I seem to recall it being a bit buggy too. It's worth messing around with at a budget price but definitely not something worth paying a premium for.
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iastudent posted:Am I missing out on some lost gem or was it just a limited printing of a game that may or may not be decent? No it was awful, enslaved is a nice little gem for people who've never got it.
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Feb 12, 2013 23:57
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Reminder for people who may even be the slightest bit interested in Playstation All Stars to download the character DLC within the next two weeks before they charge $5 each.
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Tally posted:No it was awful, enslaved is a nice little gem for people who've never got it. That's true, but it isn't anything like Afrika!
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Feb 13, 2013 01:35
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The Last of Us was delayed a month from May 7 to June 14th. Can't help but think this is a mistake because that's the week of E3 and that's never good for a game.
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Feb 13, 2013 20:38
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As documented in the Video Game Deals thread, Anarchy Reigns has been dropped down to $20 at Gamestop. It will probably be even cheaper to find used in the near future. I know it was a pretty polarizing game for some people.
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Feb 13, 2013 20:44
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Harlock posted:As documented in the Video Game Deals thread, Anarchy Reigns has been dropped down to $20 at Gamestop. It will probably be even cheaper to find used in the near future. I know it was a pretty polarizing game for some people. It was only $30 at launch. That's not a big jump.
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AngryBooch posted:The Last of Us was delayed a month from May 7 to June 14th. Can't help but think this is a mistake because that's the week of E3 and that's never good for a game. Nooooooo. Was really excited to play this. Any reason given?
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Chuck Bartowski posted:Nooooooo. The marketing reason is here. The real reason, who knows. They might even be telling the truth.
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Feb 13, 2013 21:21
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At the last minute they decided to add a "Donut Joel" cheat which requires larger door frames throughout the game. I really hope they bring back stuff like that from UC1 and UC2. I was pretty bummed out that UC3 didn't have any fun cheats.
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Feb 13, 2013 21:24
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Stare-Out posted:At the last minute they decided to add a "Donut Joel" cheat which requires larger door frames throughout the game. At least you can be Donut Drake or whoever online. I mostly missed the behind the scenes stuff in UC3.
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Feb 13, 2013 21:47
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Harlock posted:As documented in the Video Game Deals thread, Anarchy Reigns has been dropped down to $20 at Gamestop. It will probably be even cheaper to find used in the near future. I know it was a pretty polarizing game for some people.
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Surlaw posted:My local Gamestop got in exactly two copies at launch and none since, and one of those was bought by me. Of course this game's going to do badly and drop fast when no stores carry it. It was absolutely stupid of Sega to not just make it a digital title. Obviously Sega couldn't be bothered with supporting it since they had to focus their attention on the blockbuster AAA megahit Alien: Colonial Marines! Has there been any word on MGR Revengeance being a digital title? I've been picking up newer games in shares lately and really enjoy the convenience (and only paying half price!). Dead Space 3 is a good example. At $60 I wouldn't have looked at it, but for $30 I'm enjoying it despite its flaws. I'll gladly pay full price for MGRR if I have to, but $30 would be better.
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I think I say this every time it's brought up but people that think that if only sega had done a better job marketing it Anarchy Reigns would have been a huge hit are deluding themselves. It's multiplayer God Hand. It's an insanely niche title. I know Alien turned out to be poo poo but if you really can't see why they'd put more of their very limited resources behind promoting the game that's part of the really popular IP made by the developers of a really popular series over the new IP made by the company that doesn't have the best track record sales-wise, you're kind of deluding themselves. Also Revengeance is suppsed to be realsed digitally, but there's not yet word if it's gonna be day one.
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Static Rook posted:Obviously Sega couldn't be bothered with supporting it since they had to focus their attention on the blockbuster AAA megahit Alien: Colonial Marines! I think it was being looked into. Just not official if it's a day one digital release. And I'm just warning you. You can only have 16 accounts at a time on a PS3. You might never reach this point but it's something to consider.
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axleblaze posted:I think I say this every time it's brought up but people that think that if only sega had done a better job marketing it Anarchy Reigns would have been a huge hit are deluding themselves. It's multiplayer God Hand. It's an insanely niche title. I know Alien turned out to be poo poo but if you really can't see why they'd put more of their very limited resources behind promoting the game that's part of the really popular IP made by the developers of a really popular series over the new IP made by the company that doesn't have the best track record sales-wise, you're kind of deluding themselves. It's nothing like God Hand at all aside from being about dudes punching each other. It's less technical than almost any popular fighter out there. I don't imagine it being a huge hit, but I assume that maybe a few more people would have bought it if stores actually carried it or it was available digitally. I don't believe for a second that a limited print run like the game got was more economically feasible for Sega than a digital release. They handled it stupidly for both consumers and the company. Also Bayonetta sold decently and putting her on the cover would have been smarter than locking her behind preorder only DLC.
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Surlaw posted:It's nothing like God Hand at all aside from being about dudes punching each other. It's less technical than almost any popular fighter out there. I don't imagine it being a huge hit, but I assume that maybe a few more people would have bought it if stores actually carried it or it was available digitally. I don't believe for a second that a limited print run like the game got was more economically feasible for Sega than a digital release. They handled it stupidly for both consumers and the company. Also Bayonetta sold decently and putting her on the cover would have been smarter than locking her behind preorder only DLC. Same with mad survival, pre-order or pay to play multi types is just asking them to be DOA, add the niche appeal of something like Anarchy and you've got a recipe for lovely sales. Par for the course for Sega.
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Alteisen posted:Same with mad survival, pre-order or pay to play multi types is just asking them to be DOA, add the niche appeal of something like Anarchy and you've got a recipe for lovely sales.
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Surlaw posted:It's nothing like God Hand at all aside from being about dudes punching each other. It's less technical than almost any popular fighter out there. I don't imagine it being a huge hit, but I assume that maybe a few more people would have bought it if stores actually carried it or it was available digitally. I don't believe for a second that a limited print run like the game got was more economically feasible for Sega than a digital release. They handled it stupidly for both consumers and the company. Also Bayonetta sold decently and putting her on the cover would have been smarter than locking her behind preorder only DLC. Yeah, it's kind of technical, and balanced to heavily favor committed players - which more or less dooms it to obscurity. There was no way Sony could have saved it, marketing or not, shy of rebalancing the game to not be so vehemently anti-newbie. EDIT: VVV I played multiple team matches. Every single one ended up with one team of all 50's that wiped the floor with the other team. Sorry dude, that's just how the game is for new players, hence - doomed to obscurity. (I am going to keep at it, but most simply would not) Shalinor fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Feb 14, 2013 |
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Shalinor posted:I logged in as a new player after finishing the tutorial, and watched a team of level 50's sweep the game, with no one on my team managing a single kill. Not one single kill. Playing single player unlocks lots of good skills that automatically execute and make you a hell of a lot stronger too so it's best to play the whole campaign before jumping into online mode, which is kind of a shame because single player drags. The game also plays a lot nicer to new players in free for all modes than team modes since everyone pretty much always just gangs up on higher level players. A True Jar Jar Fan fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Feb 14, 2013 |
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Oh yeah I forgot that you can split retail PSN games in a share, even better.
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Hey. Persona 4 Arena just came out on American PSN. I've got a Aus/NZ system with a US PSN account. Would I be able to play this region locked game on that profile or does it somehow look at the hardware and know I don't have an American system?
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Teenage Fansub posted:Hey. Persona 4 Arena just came out on American PSN. Nope. I'm in a similar situation with a Japanese PS3. I downloaded the PS+ hour trial and it wouldn't even let me start the game.
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It's based on hardware? Back to waiting for the Euro version which will never come out.
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Teenage Fansub posted:Hey. Persona 4 Arena just came out on American PSN. I did actually hear from some people today that it does, in fact, check your hardware and won't work. Get a second opinion though.
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Persona 4 Arena is the only PS3 game that actually checks your hardware and doesn't start if it's not a US PS3. The option was always there but developers never enable it, I think the Chow Yun Fat game enabled it on the Special Edition only because it actually had a full-length movie on the disc. It's weird because you can buy stuff from US, EU, and JP PSN accounts all on the same PS3 but this game actually goes out of its way to not let you play it even if you make a US account and buy a US points card.
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So, there's something I wanted thoughts on. Who here agrees with me that bundling a Move and the next-gen 3rd iteration of the EyeToy/PS Eye with the PS4 would be a good idea? The way I see it, the Move is actually a really nice motion controller, but 2 things hold it back: 1. Developers can't make a game that exclusively utilises it without cutting out a huge chunk of the install base. 2. The PS Eye only does a 480p resolution at max which could be hampering the accuracy of the controller. Having a Move and a HD Eye with every PS4 (rumours I've heard have suggested a dual-camera device with each lens capable of 720p) would solve both of these problems. Combine that with the fact that there are a great many people out there who already have a Move or two, and the PS4 would be in a better position for decent motion control games than even the Wii was, since it didn't launch to an environment where millions of people already owned Wiimotes. I get that a lot of people don't like motion controls, but I believe they have their place when good games are built around them, and I think the Move is a great device in and of itself, that suffers due to a situation that is solvable.
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RE: Anarchy Reigns I don't think the game would've set the world on fire if only it had better promotion, I do think it would've done better numbers-wise (as in, be profitable) if 1. Sega released it at the same time worldwide as they had originally planned and 2. they made it digital. If you're only gonna charge $30 for a disc, you might as well just make it digital-only for $20 and cut out the pressing and distribution costs altogether (since that was supposedly part of the delay). It's not like there was a must-have title that blew everything else away in Nov-Dec 2012. BLOPS2 was the last blockbuster and that was, what, September? For actual gametalk, the Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires demo is fun for the two whole 2 minutes they let you actually battle. The character creation is kinda limited, but holy poo poo the Arm Blade (i.e. metal canoe ) is the most fun and ridiculous weapon. Smack dudes in the face, then slam it on the ground and surf around and kill'em by the hundreds! Or make a big wave appear out of nowhere and ride it! Sure, why not!
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What's the best Musou game running right now? I've just been playing Gundam because I like the license, the game itself isn't the best. I've been shying away from them because their price points don't really drop all that much.
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Harlock posted:What's the best Musou game running right now? I've just been playing Gundam because I like the license, the game itself isn't the best. I've been shying away from them because their price points don't really drop all that much. I'd have to say it's Orochi Warriors 3. It's pretty much THE All-Stars Warriors game. I haven't had a chance to play the One Piece game. I heard it's good, if you enjoy One Piece especially.
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Harlock posted:What's the best Musou game running right now? I've just been playing Gundam because I like the license, the game itself isn't the best. I've been shying away from them because their price points don't really drop all that much. Dynasty Warriors 7. I've been seeing it at stores for like $25.
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