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Just picked up Jeanne D'Arc, Star Ocean:Second Evolution, and Maverick Hunter X. I have been playing Jeanne D'Arc the most since its the one that I am most unfamiliar with and its kind of enjoyable. I am glad that it is a easier SRPG than most others. Maverick Hunter X is hit and miss for me. I guess I am the sort that really didnt think it needed to be remade and it feels less new than Powered Up was. The boss intros are all retarded because they are basically the same thing, and the controls have a sort of unresponsiveness to them that I can't pinpoint. Decent game though. Star Ocean:Second Evolution is the same game as I always remembered, just with voices and drawings that make Rena look even younger than her original portrait from the PSX version. Also, the voices are ok, not too horrible but not too great either. But JESUS CHRIST, this game has one of the most insufferable intros that I have ever seen. Its excruciating since I have sat through it at least 3 different times, but having you play through 2-3 hours of dialogue before you even get the freedom to move and fight battles is dull.
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Captain Novolin posted:There hasn't been too much in the last couple months, but I think it's probably because everyone was working on stuff for the NGP. Patapon 3 and Monster Hunter 3 portable are coming out soon, though. Yeah, I guess the PSP is on the way out. 
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Jan 30, 2011 22:22
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We've still got The 3rd Birthday coming in March, might be the last PSP game I buy.
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Jan 30, 2011 22:26
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Tactics Ogre is released in February.
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Jan 30, 2011 23:39
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There is also that new Dissidia game.
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Jan 30, 2011 23:42
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Phantom Brave: Heroes of the Hermuda Triangle and Ys I&II Chronicles are also coming soon. Oh and the biggest release of all if you've got a Japanese PSN account/can read Japanese (I don't/can't  ) Persona 2: Innocent Sin. Day one purchase if Atlus USA decides to translate it.
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With the next-gen PSP coming out soon, is there any reason to buy the current? Has there been any official statements on how backwards-compatible the new PSP will be in terms of running current games? I'm thinking of buying a PSP just so I can play the PSP-exclusive God of War games but I'm not sure I'll be able to justify it to myself if I end up putting it away never to be used again a few months from now.
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Tarradax posted:With the next-gen PSP coming out soon, is there any reason to buy the current? Has there been any official statements on how backwards-compatible the new PSP will be in terms of running current games? I'm thinking of buying a PSP just so I can play the PSP-exclusive God of War games but I'm not sure I'll be able to justify it to myself if I end up putting it away never to be used again a few months from now. There won't be a UMD drive but any PSN games will work.
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A lot of sales this week: Class of Heroes Legacy Sale (PSP) (now $19.99, original price $39.99) Crimson Gem Saga Sale (PSP) (now $14.99, original price $29.99) Hammerin Hero Sale (PSP) (now $9.99, original price $19.99) Hexyz Force Sale (PSP) (now $14.99, original price $29.99) Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble Sale (PSP) (now $19.99, original price $39.99) Knights in the Nightmare Sale (PSP) (now $14.99, original price $29.99) Riviera: The Promised Land Sale (PSP) (now $7.49, original price $14.99) R-Type Command Sale (PSP) (now $7.49, original price $14.99) Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable Sale (PSP) (now $19.99, original price $39.99) Shin Megami Tensei: Persona Sale (PSP) (now $19.99, original price $39.99) Steamboat Chronicles Battle Tournament Sale (PSP) (now $7.49, original price $14.99) Yggdra Union Sale (PSP) (now $7.49, original price $14.99) Half-Minute Hero Price Change (PSP) (now $14.99, original price $19.99) Mahjongg Artifacts minis Price Drop (PS3/PSP) (now $2.99, original price $4.99) Mahjongg Artifacts: Chapter 2 minis Price Drop (PS3/PSP) (now $2.99, original price $4.99) Stand O Food minis Price Drop (PS3/PSP) (now $1.99, original price $4.99) Supermarket Mania minis Price Drop (PS3/PSP) (now $2.99, original price $4.99) The Mystery Of The Crystal Portal minis Price Drop (PS3/PSP) (now $2.99, original price $4.99) I Must Run! minis Permanent Price Drop (PS3/PSP) (now $1.49, original price $3.99) M.O.Z.O.X. Space Salvager minis Price Change (PS3/PSP) (now $1.49, original price $2.99) Time to get Knights in the Nightmare.
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I'm going to look into Half-Minute Hero, but I don't know anything about the vast majority of those games, except perhaps Persona. Sounds like they may have been more appealing when I had more time to kill on transit.
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I never really played a real JRPG before, i've played like 20 hours of FFX and FF13, but nothing serious so I decided to pick up Persona 3 Portable. It's pretty fun I think i'm like 5 hours in and creating persona's is pretty fun but I don't have the manual for the game so I don't really understand how it works. Am I supposed to explore "the tower" and get to where it says I can't go on anymore, then what? Any help would be appreciated. 
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Feb 2, 2011 01:22
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Just play, everything will be explained pretty much. If you really want to know: Storyline bosses happen every full moon, and you have until then to prepare for them. After every storyline boss, new levels of Tartarus open up.
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Methodis posted:Am I supposed to explore "the tower" and get to where it says I can't go on anymore, then what? You can usually hit the barrier to the next section in one night, then spend the rest of your time focusing on raising social links. The game will let you know when you can proceed further. P3P has it's own thread here and at least the first chunk of pages were pretty spoiler free, the game does a pretty good job of steering you in the right direction though.
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Alright I actually had that happen before I turned off the game earlier, but how does the general progression of the game work otherwise, do you literally have like one year and the end of the year the "big bad guy" spawns? Also not really sure what I should do with my time after school, like is it better to focus on a certain skill and what not? e: Going to look for that official P3P thread, thanks bros.
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To someone who has never played a Persona game before, should I get 1 or 3? I kind of swore off jRPGs after FF VI (fricking loved Ultima games), but really enjoyed Suikoden and FF IX eventually. I didn't mind FF XII for a while, but got bogged down in the desert. I'll beat it one day I swear.
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teethgrinder posted:I'm going to look into Half-Minute Hero, but I don't know anything about the vast majority of those games, except perhaps Persona. Sounds like they may have been more appealing when I had more time to kill on transit. Half-Minute Hero is awesome, so awesome. A sequel is coming out as well.
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Yeah sold. Now I either need a M2 card, or to somehow choose games to temporarily move off my Go.
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Skip Persona 1 and go straight for Persona 3 Portable. I mean, i'm not an expert on the subject but I decided to try out Persona 1 remake on PSP first and thought it was boring and pretty meh while P3 is full of charm and fun.
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theblackw0lf posted:Half-Minute Hero is awesome, so awesome. Oh please let this get an English localization!  I'll make any sacrifices to any dark gods that will listen to make this get translated. 
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I've been playing Persona 3 Portable and I think it's boring as gently caress. Is this tower place the only place you actually get to run around and explore stuff? The rest of the game is just all menu driven and blocks of text?
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teethgrinder posted:To someone who has never played a Persona game before, should I get 1 or 3? Definitely Persona 3. I'm just about to get started on the first game, but I've heard it feels a little dated and can be a bit clunky at times. Persona 3 is an absolute dream to play, in serious contention for the best console game of any type I've ever played. Currently 45ish hours in and absolutely loving it.
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Persona 1 remake or atleast the beggining has this weird rear end first person view of exploring the schools halls. It's like Doom.
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I noticed that the download versions of Valkyria Chronicles 2 and 3 both have install options. What good would they do?
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Samurai Sanders posted:I noticed that the download versions of Valkyria Chronicles 2 and 3 both have install options. What good would they do? I LOVED Wipeout Pulse, but gently caress was it ever worthless until I learned to rip the UMD to my memorystick.
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Installing a PSN game to your memory stick will shorten load times, but it's so little of a difference it's not worth it. All it does is uncompress some data.
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What I'm saying is, if the game is ALREADY on the internal memory (I have a Go), does installing it improve load times? I can't imagine that it does. Also I am so happy to be playing VC3 rather than 2. Maybe I will come back to 2 if I finish 3 and still want more VC action, but having a war story about an actual loving WAR instead of high school is far superior.
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Samurai Sanders posted:What I'm saying is, if the game is ALREADY on the internal memory (I have a Go), does installing it improve load times? I can't imagine that it does. Looks like it does depending on the game. Skeezy fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Feb 2, 2011 |
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Samurai Sanders posted:What I'm saying is, if the game is ALREADY on the internal memory (I have a Go), does installing it improve load times? I can't imagine that it does. It does improve load times in Peace Walker as it decompresses a shitload of the data so it can just stream it live off the stick instead of having to decompress it on the fly. I don't know if any other games follow that rule.
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Samurai Sanders posted:What I'm saying is, if the game is ALREADY on the internal memory (I have a Go), does installing it improve load times? I can't imagine that it does. Can you speak/read Japanese?
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redreader posted:Can you speak/read Japanese? edit: why are there 16 year old girls in my convict suicide squad? (note: rhetorical question, I know the answer is Japan. The answer is always Japan.) Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Feb 2, 2011 |
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Samurai Sanders posted:edit: why are there 16 year old girls in my convict suicide squad? (note: rhetorical question, I know the answer is Japan. The answer is always Japan.) They're some tough bitches over there.
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Samurai Sanders posted:edit: why are there 16 year old girls in my convict suicide squad? (note: rhetorical question, I know the answer is Japan. The answer is always Japan.) Oh come on that's totally accurate, what 16 year old girl wouldn't join a suicide squad after getting embarrassed at 4th period chemistry.
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It looks like the way the story is flowing, I will slowly and one at a time learn what everyone's crime was that got them stuck in the 422nd. So far I don't know any. There are definitely fewer characters overall than in 2 or 1, but this time you can change their class at will. I'm not yet sure how useful that would be since a lot of their stats strongly favor one class. Also you don't train to level up classes any more, you level up stats. Also it's started out a lot more difficult than either 1 or 2, with more and better equipped enemies and bigger maps with more control points, and my side is worse trained with fewer hit points and some people can't hit the broad side of a barn. I don't know if that means it will maintain this difficulty further into the game or if it will continue to get more difficult and end up crazy hard. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 07:51 on Feb 2, 2011 |
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Is a PSP 3000 worth the plunge? I have a PSP 1000 that runs games find (if a bit slowly due to load times). Is there a massive improvement in speed on higher level PSPs or is it more about your memory stick size? I know very little about the logistics of this handheld so any help would be helpful. Thanks
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qxan posted:Is a PSP 3000 worth the plunge? I have a PSP 1000 that runs games find (if a bit slowly due to load times). Is there a massive improvement in speed on higher level PSPs or is it more about your memory stick size? I know very little about the logistics of this handheld so any help would be helpful. Thanks I can't speak for a 3000, but the difference between a 1000 and 2000 is almost non-existent beyond weight. I have two 1000s here on my table and a 2000, identical memory sticks for 2 of them, and put the same games/custom firmware on them. Load times are identical for discs, identical for games, the only time I see a difference is some (but not much) homebrew runs better on the 2000 due to the upgraded hardware. The 1000 feels more "quality" versus the 2000s very light, very plastic feeling housing. I use the IR port on the 1000 to change channels and goof around on the tv, especially if I'm feeling lazy and don't have the remote.
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qxan posted:Is a PSP 3000 worth the plunge? I have a PSP 1000 that runs games find (if a bit slowly due to load times). Is there a massive improvement in speed on higher level PSPs or is it more about your memory stick size? I know very little about the logistics of this handheld so any help would be helpful. Thanks The original PSP has half the RAM of the 3000, if that means anything to you.
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Takoluka posted:The original PSP has half the RAM of the 3000, if that means anything to you. Which really only matters for couple homebrew apps since no one wants to alienate early adopters.
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So if I'm not interested in homebrew there's basically no reason at all to take the plunge? Good to know. I just wondered because I was playing the Kingdom Hearts PSP game and the load times were like death. I ordered a larger memory stick online so that I could install it and I'm assuming the load times will go down after that.
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qxan posted:Is a PSP 3000 worth the plunge? I have a PSP 1000 that runs games find (if a bit slowly due to load times). Is there a massive improvement in speed on higher level PSPs or is it more about your memory stick size? I know very little about the logistics of this handheld so any help would be helpful. Thanks One difference is that games played on the 3000 model can be played on a TV through a component connection. The 1000 model cannot do this.
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