Playstation Vita Discussion Thread

[x999x]

Originally Posted by Teknikal

Just to rant slightly

Have to admit I haven't liked the use of the touchscreen in the Vita either I'm just hoping companies stop trying to use it for no good reason, but the back touchpad is in my opinion the worst decision Sony made with regards to the console I've always been convinced that they only put it there as an excuse to prevent battery changes, I've yet to play a game where it hasn't been more of a nuisance than useful.

I do think the touchscreen will be much more useful when people make apps with ps suite but for gaming in general touchscreens are pretty awful for most genres

Still happy with my Vita and still playing everybodys golf and disgaea 3 a lot, I still may pick up Resistance anyway though as theres such a big gap in review scores. Seems some hate it and some really like it.

For the most part, Unit13 used the touch screen very well. What they did was use the screen as an extra set of context sensitive buttons that were within reach of your thumbs. This i like. What I don't like is the use of onscreen buttons that move, or are in the middle of the touch screen and require you to take your hand off one the controls to get at it.

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Also, not to beat a dead horse, but comparing R:BS against Nova 3 is a little unfair. N3 really offers nothing new in the way of FPS either, however it did take iOS FPS to new graphical heights. This is something we haven't seen before, so its not surprising it has gotten so much attention. However behind the smoke and mirrors, its not much of a ground breaking game either. I'm getting R:BS once the digital download is up.

[JBRUU]

So, besides constant comparisons to nova 3 (eye candy isn't everything, sheesh), what are you disappointed in? The gameplay? Short campaign? Seems that so far the only disappoints are graphics and short campaign, other than that its pretty much standard. That guy from destructiod or whatever was mostly just bitching. How's the multiplayer? Gun selection? Maps? Game modes?

[Haruhi]

Originally Posted by JBRUU

So, besides constant comparisons to nova 3 (eye candy isn't everything, sheesh), what are you disappointed in? The gameplay? Short campaign? Seems that so far the only disappoints are graphics and short campaign, other than that its pretty much standard. That guy from destructiod or whatever was mostly just bitching. How's the multiplayer? Gun selection? Maps? Game modes?

Except it's just not Jim Sterling, almost everyone gave the game mediocre reviews. Nihilistic Software doesn't exactly have the greatest track record either. Multiplayer only has 3 modes with 6 maps, and there are only 8 guns iirc.

[Teknikal]

Originally Posted by JBRUU

So, besides constant comparisons to nova 3 (eye candy isn't everything, sheesh), what are you disappointed in? The gameplay? Short campaign? Seems that so far the only disappoints are graphics and short campaign, other than that its pretty much standard. That guy from destructiod or whatever was mostly just bitching. How's the multiplayer? Gun selection? Maps? Game modes?

Never much liked destuctoid myself I listened to their podcast a few times and they spent the whole thing (poptoid) talking about paedophilia and was it justified and they seem to do have this conversation nearly every show really makes me think something is not quite right there, but yeah I've heard them pretty much admit they sometimes give bad reviews to get people commenting.

Not saying resistance is going to be a great game they have obviously rushed it a bit and the campaign is smaller than I would like but it looks good enough to risk for me and I think with it being a big title they will give it a few patches down the line and smooth out the rough edges.

Confusing thing is some of the online reviews are rating it as high as 9 and some as low 2 I suspect it's at least a 7 personally.

[JBRUU]

Originally Posted by Haruhi

Except it's just not Jim Sterling, almost everyone gave the game mediocre reviews. Nihilistic Software doesn't exactly have the greatest track record either. Multiplayer only has 3 modes with 6 maps, and there are only 8 guns iirc.

Oh. Well how big are the maps?

[MicroByte]

I was mixed about Resistance when watching the previews and seeing screenshots of the game. Then came the reviews which seemed average for now. I think that helped bring my expectations back down because I went in expecting the worst.

I actually am in the process of playing NOVA 3 on my iPad right now and felt that, while visually impressive, seemed relatively plain in terms of gameplay mechanics and AI.

So far, Resistance seems to be average on this front as well. Enemies spawn or pop out and occasionally take cover, but for the most part, run towards you or stand out in the open. Maybe these are just dumb grunts (never played a Resistance game before), so maybe there might be more intelligent enemies later.

What I do somewhat like is the atmosphere so far. The radio chatter you get is pretty good and the dialogue isn't cheesy so far. I played with earphones on and the sound quality sounds as good as most games so I'm not sure what the issues would be there. As someone else mentioned though, some of the guns sound pretty weak. The first Alien gun in particular reminds me of popcorn popping or something.

Graphically it's not bad. The environments seem pretty fleshed out right now, but it's just missing some of that "shine". Not sure, everything looks just kind of flat. The framerate has been stable, which is great, so I'm really happy about that since the initial trailers looked somewhat jerky.

Overall, I'd probably rate this a 7 if I had to throw a number out there. It's not bad and I'm enjoying it so far. As a handheld FPS it's great. The only comparisons I can draw are those from the DS, PSP and even iOS. Controls alone, this wins hands down. Taken as a handheld game, it's very good, but I think we'll all compare it to other console games in the same genre which is why I think most will think it's mediocre.

[JBRUU]

Originally Posted by Teknikal

Never much liked destuctoid myself I listened to their podcast a few times and they spent the whole thing (poptoid) talking about paedophilia and was it justified and they seem to do have this conversation nearly every show really makes me think something is not quite right there, but yeah I've heard them pretty much admit they sometimes give bad reviews to get people commenting.

Not saying resistance is going to be a great game they have obviously rushed it a bit and the campaign is smaller than I would like but it looks good enough to risk for me and I think with it being a big title they will give it a few patches down the line and smooth out the rough edges.

Confusing thing is some of the online reviews are rating it as high as 9 and some as low 2 I suspect it's at least a 7 personally.

Ouch...some of those are pretty scathing. Well guess there's always cod.

[JBRUU]

Originally Posted by MicroByte

I was mixed about Resistance when watching the previews and seeing screenshots of the game. Then came the reviews which seemed average for now. I think that helped bring my expectations back down because I went in expecting the worst.

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Overall, I'd probably rate this a 7 if I had to throw a number out there. It's not bad and I'm enjoying it so far. As a handheld FPS it's great. The only comparisons I can draw are those from the DS, PSP and even iOS. Controls alone, this wins hands down. Taken as a handheld game, it's very good, but I think we'll all compare it to other console games in the same genre which is why I think most will think it's mediocre.

So it's not bad but certainly not breathtaking. Hmm. Ok thanks. One thing I was definitely disappointed about with nova 3 was the controls, you can't fully customizes them. I bet the vita shines here. I watched some gameplay, and was disappointed after watching gameplay of golden abyss, in terms of animations and lighting. One thing I'm curious about, though, is the variety in enemies. How many different types are there?

[MicroByte]

I've honestly only encountered 3 types of enemies so far. The Chimera that are ground based troops, Chimera that have jet packs and fly and then the "spider" like creatures.

Control wise, I have no issue with movement, aiming or even the touch controls. The touch is mainly for secondary weapon actions like locking onto an enemy or loading up the crossbow ammo. I think it's blown out of proportion to say that they are bad or detract from the game, they are fine to me.


*EDIT*
Just encountered a new type - flying robot sentry type.

[Der-Kleine]

by the way, here is Gametrailers video review:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/re...burning/730555

Story: 7.0
Design: 8.2
Gameplay: 8.0
Presentation 7.9
Final score: 8.1/10