I recently handed off my copy of Tales of Vesperia to my friend Sean so that he could borrow it. I believe 120+ hours was enough (although I enjoyed it very much). However, now I've nothing to do until Fable 2, Little Big Planet, and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia come out in a week... And even then, I'll have to wait until Friday to get my check. One of those games should have came out this week... (I'm looking at you Fable 2!)
I'm also kind of desperate to utilize my PlayStation 3 again for something other than video. I've experimented a bit more with using it with TVersity, but for the most part, I think the Xbox 360 is still better at handling videos from my computer.
For one, all of the Revision3 shows stutter terribly when played on my PS3, but work perfectly fine on my 360. The PS3 has been able to play only one or two files that the 360 hasn't been able to, however.
Also, the PS3 lacks functionality similar to the L1 and R1 buttons on the 360 controller that let you skip ahead in the video. The normal fast forwarding function on the PS3 is very slow and inaccurate with videos from my computer, whereas on the 360, they're perfectly smooth. The news I saw on JoyStiq today about a 2.5 firmware upgrade seemed to have suggested that this feature was coming though. (Sony's still playing catch-up, unfortunately...)
On to demos and whatnot, I played the demo for Mega Man 9 last week. There's nothing really positive to say about that. It's a trend I don't support -- it seems a bit like a ROM hack made by sadists. And I, for one, don't appreciate the difficulty level because not one bit of it was fun for me. I'll stick with Mega Man 2, 3, and 7 thanks.
I played the demo for BioShock and it's the same demo from the 360 version. Granted, it made me realize how much I still love that game, but I'm definitely not going to buy it again.
The demo for Valkyria Chronicles was interesting and kind of fun, but I think that's something that I would have probably loved back in the PS1 era... Now it's not really something I'd seek out.
As for other PS3 games... It still seems that Metal Gear Solid 4, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune are still the only disc-based games worth playing.
Now, on to Tokyo Game Show!
I'm completely over Halo 3, so Recon doesn't interest me in the slightest. The multiplayer for Halo 3 is still fair, but the singleplayer campaign is embarassingly bad. I can't believe that people actually care about the story for that series... What a bunch of nerds! (I say this with irony, of course.)
Thanks to TGS, I'm now pretty certain that Square Enix either hates its fans or that Final Fantasy XIII is in a shitload of trouble. Another slightly tweaked trailer? The fact that Square probably won't be able to deliver more than one of it's flagship titles this hardware cycle is worrisome. The NES, SNES and PS1 each had three Final Fantasies to their name and the PS2 has two (Final Fantasy XI doesn't count). Now we're apparently down to one every four to six years? Then again, once they supposedly get this one out the door, the next should be easier, yes? And hey, if it's that Final Fantasy VII remake that everyone wants, then that'd make things easier still!
Even though Star Ocean: Till the End of Time's ending pissed me off something terribly, I still don't want to give up on the series. I do look forward to Star Ocean: The Last Hope as well as White Knight Chronicles, but the Japanese RPG doesn't have as much sway as it once did -- and I don't say this just for myself, I believe a lot of people would share my sentiments. Maybe we all just wish that eastern developers would try and take a few evolutionary steps forward. Maybe we're all tired of the sickeningly cute anime characters. Maybe we're all tired of the same few plots. Or maybe we all just don't have quite the same amount of time anymore (although my 120+ hours with Tales of Vesperia would contest that).
Other than that, I couldn't really tell you what else came out of Tokyo Game Show -- it seems like all the same stuff over and over again (I guess we can all thank/blame the anime pederasts out there for that). I suppose it's nice that this kind of stuff is still out there, but I'd like for Japan to be able to "wow" me again. I'm sure it's hard to amass the needed capitol to push out triple-A RPGs like we where used to a generation or two ago, and that's unfortunate.
Well, at least I have Chrono Trigger on the DS to look forward to...
I'm also kind of desperate to utilize my PlayStation 3 again for something other than video. I've experimented a bit more with using it with TVersity, but for the most part, I think the Xbox 360 is still better at handling videos from my computer.
For one, all of the Revision3 shows stutter terribly when played on my PS3, but work perfectly fine on my 360. The PS3 has been able to play only one or two files that the 360 hasn't been able to, however.
Also, the PS3 lacks functionality similar to the L1 and R1 buttons on the 360 controller that let you skip ahead in the video. The normal fast forwarding function on the PS3 is very slow and inaccurate with videos from my computer, whereas on the 360, they're perfectly smooth. The news I saw on JoyStiq today about a 2.5 firmware upgrade seemed to have suggested that this feature was coming though. (Sony's still playing catch-up, unfortunately...)
On to demos and whatnot, I played the demo for Mega Man 9 last week. There's nothing really positive to say about that. It's a trend I don't support -- it seems a bit like a ROM hack made by sadists. And I, for one, don't appreciate the difficulty level because not one bit of it was fun for me. I'll stick with Mega Man 2, 3, and 7 thanks.
I played the demo for BioShock and it's the same demo from the 360 version. Granted, it made me realize how much I still love that game, but I'm definitely not going to buy it again.
The demo for Valkyria Chronicles was interesting and kind of fun, but I think that's something that I would have probably loved back in the PS1 era... Now it's not really something I'd seek out.
As for other PS3 games... It still seems that Metal Gear Solid 4, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune are still the only disc-based games worth playing.
Now, on to Tokyo Game Show!
I'm completely over Halo 3, so Recon doesn't interest me in the slightest. The multiplayer for Halo 3 is still fair, but the singleplayer campaign is embarassingly bad. I can't believe that people actually care about the story for that series... What a bunch of nerds! (I say this with irony, of course.)
Thanks to TGS, I'm now pretty certain that Square Enix either hates its fans or that Final Fantasy XIII is in a shitload of trouble. Another slightly tweaked trailer? The fact that Square probably won't be able to deliver more than one of it's flagship titles this hardware cycle is worrisome. The NES, SNES and PS1 each had three Final Fantasies to their name and the PS2 has two (Final Fantasy XI doesn't count). Now we're apparently down to one every four to six years? Then again, once they supposedly get this one out the door, the next should be easier, yes? And hey, if it's that Final Fantasy VII remake that everyone wants, then that'd make things easier still!
Even though Star Ocean: Till the End of Time's ending pissed me off something terribly, I still don't want to give up on the series. I do look forward to Star Ocean: The Last Hope as well as White Knight Chronicles, but the Japanese RPG doesn't have as much sway as it once did -- and I don't say this just for myself, I believe a lot of people would share my sentiments. Maybe we all just wish that eastern developers would try and take a few evolutionary steps forward. Maybe we're all tired of the sickeningly cute anime characters. Maybe we're all tired of the same few plots. Or maybe we all just don't have quite the same amount of time anymore (although my 120+ hours with Tales of Vesperia would contest that).
Other than that, I couldn't really tell you what else came out of Tokyo Game Show -- it seems like all the same stuff over and over again (I guess we can all thank/blame the anime pederasts out there for that). I suppose it's nice that this kind of stuff is still out there, but I'd like for Japan to be able to "wow" me again. I'm sure it's hard to amass the needed capitol to push out triple-A RPGs like we where used to a generation or two ago, and that's unfortunate.
Well, at least I have Chrono Trigger on the DS to look forward to...
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You mean the PS3 plays video games?
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