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[Saphirax]

Just going based off of Chaos;Head, if the issue you have is fanservice (my issues with S;G were mainly with that and

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"but he's a guy!!!"

), there will be some of that and it will probably be based on your choices.

But I feel like the large jump in quality from C;H to S;G, and then the vague improvement to S;G 0, means that Child will probably be at least slightly better about that stuff (since it came out before 0)?

Yeah, the fanservice and how some characters were treated was really offputting. Most endings in S;G were bad too because you could tell how shoehorned some stuff felt.

I’m already expecting some fanservice, just hoping for better endings and that the childhood friend isn’t Mayuri 2.

 

[BTA]

Yeah, the fanservice and how some characters were treated was really offputting. Most endings in S;G were bad too because you could tell how shoehorned some stuff felt.

I’m already expecting some fanservice, just hoping for better endings and that the childhood friend isn’t Mayuri 2.

I actually have no real understanding of how Child's choices/endings work, now that I think about it. I played the fan translated version of the original C;H, which is to say it didn't have the character-focused endings of Noah that seem to be the norm for the series now, and I'm not sure how they changed it to let you get into those routes. So I assume the choices will be similar to C;H's, but have no idea what that might mean for determining endings.

I guess I should glance at a flowchart at some point to make sure I don't stumble into a true-ish end early or something, but then again I probably won't play it till next month anyway, so I'm sure there'll be a post in the OT with non-spoilery tips by then.

 

[calc84maniac]

I actually have no real understanding of how Child's choices/endings work, now that I think about it. I played the fan translated version of the original C;H, which is to say it didn't have the character-focused endings of Noah that seem to be the norm for the series now, and I'm not sure how they changed it to let you get into those routes. So I assume the choices will be similar to C;H's, but have no idea what that might mean for determining endings.

I guess I should glance at a flowchart at some point to make sure I don't stumble into a true-ish end early or something, but then again I probably won't play it till next month anyway, so I'm sure there'll be a post in the OT with non-spoilery tips by then.

No story spoilers, but route structure:

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You're forced into a common ending in the first playthrough, then once you finish all the character endings you can select the true ending from the title screen.

It's the same as Chaos;Head Noah's route structure, actually.

 

[BTA]

No story spoilers, but route structure:

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You're forced into a common ending in the first playthrough, then once you finish all the character endings you can select the true ending from the title screen.

It's the same as Chaos;Head Noah's route structure, actually.

Oh, that seems like it'll work out nicely. Good to know (with all the VNs I've played lately I don't really consider route structure or chapter count and such a spoiler at this point unless it's really shocking or something); thank you!

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I had thought Noah's was common ending -> character routes but wasn't sure if I was right, particularly since I wasn't sure how it handled getting them and what it did to AA/B/whatever beyond that they were apparently renamed to have actual names?

 

[Grim Patron]

I've not tried 3 myself, but I have 2 Vita's working perfectly fine with the same account.

I have 2 x Vita and 1 x PSTV on the same account at present, if that helps?

I think Vita and Playstation TV count as 2 different systems?

I think you can have 2 PSV and 2 PSTV using the same account but don't take my words for granted.

They both count as Vita, you can have 3 Vita-type systems total.

Used to just be 2 Vitas allowed before they released the PSTV.

the US/EU pages mention 2 devices for games across PSP,PSV,PSVTV. JP one says 3 for games. I guess ill try doing it and see what happens lol. Worst case ill use the EU account on the 3rd active vita.

 

[Shizuka]

Happy Chaos;Child release day, Europe! And happy Bad Apple Wars release day, North America!

 

[BTA]

Happy Chaos;Child release day, Europe! And happy Bad Apple Wars release day, North America!

Uh, Shizuka, I don't know how to tell you this, but...

It's the 10th today, not the 13th.

 

[Saphirax]

Happy Chaos;Child release day, Europe! And happy Bad Apple Wars release day, North America!

*cough* You’re a few days early.

 

[purseowner]

Uh, Shizuka, I don't know how to tell you this, but...

It's the 10th today, not the 13th.

I'm sure in another worldline it releases today.

 

[autoduelist]

sony doesn't need to do anything. they chose to release an unfinished version of their original plans for move and vr ahead of schedule if that is the case. they chose to react instead of wait longer. it's their fault for poor planning, lack of vision, bad game design or overall strategy. that's my point. they didn't have to make a handheld, but they did. and when they did, they didn't respect the division enough to give it the support it actually needed. vr is still something relatively new, but judging on what's happened in the past, i feel like we know the end of the story already.

Nobody predicted the Wii, let alone the Wii's success [yet Sony was already on top of R&D years earlier]. Nobody predicted some nobody tech geek would kickstart VR a few years early [yet Sony was already on top of R&D years earlier].

I'm deleting the rest of what I just wrote because it's pretty clear we're at an impasse. What you call 'poor planning', I call quickly reacting to shifting markets. Strategy is easy with 20/20 hindsight, isn't it? Especially when it's not your money on the line.

 

[Shizuka]

Uh, Shizuka, I don't know how to tell you this, but...

It's the 10th today, not the 13th.

*cough* You're a few days early.

I'm sure in another worldline it releases today.

Pfft, it'll be a holiday here soon, it's practically friday already.

 

[Chesskid1]

i regret getting Ys Origins CE from LRG instead of Ys Lacrimosa CE so much.

 

[oldmario]

looking on amazon.co.uk to see if the vita version popped back on the site

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it hasn't

and i noticed the date jumped to the 26 of january now

 

[Kresnik258]

I finished a review of Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars for PSP (played on Vita). It's very enjoyable still and a steal for the price you can get it at:

https://kresnik258gaming.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/psp-crazy-taxi-fare-wars-review/

looking on amazon.co.uk to see if the vita version popped back on the site

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it hasn't

and i noticed the date jumped to the 26 of january now

What game?

 

[Shadowman16]

I finished a review of Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars for PSP (played on Vita). It's very enjoyable still and a steal for the price you can get it at:

https://kresnik258gaming.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/psp-crazy-taxi-fare-wars-review/



What game?

Crazy Taxi's PSP port was ace. Not as good as my personal favourite version (Dreamcast) but still an awesome port and it was portable. I actually put quite a bit of time into the GBA version back in the day... it really wasn't good!

Also thankfully (at least on the PSP hardware) I believe you could do a custom soundtrack, so you could put Bad Religion back in, just wouldn't feel like a CT game without them and The Offspring.

 

[theSlacker]

I finished a review of Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars for PSP (played on Vita). It's very enjoyable still and a steal for the price you can get it at:

Crazy Taxi is one of my favorite games, so much so that I'm actively looking to buy an arcade cabinet of it, and I never knew that that version existed. Thanks.

 

[Kresnik258]

Crazy Taxi's PSP port was ace. Not as good as my personal favourite version (Dreamcast) but still an awesome port and it was portable. I actually put quite a bit of time into the GBA version back in the day... it really wasn't good!

Also thankfully (at least on the PSP hardware) I believe you could do a custom soundtrack, so you could put Bad Religion back in, just wouldn't feel like a CT game without them and The Offspring.

It's a shame the port of Crazy Taxi 2 isn't quite as good, but yeah, having a handheld version that's so competent is really really awesome. Haven't fiddled with the custom soundtrack myself actually - I quite liked the new songs!

Crazy Taxi is one of my favorite games, so much so that I'm actively looking to buy an arcade cabinet of it, and I never knew that that version existed. Thanks.

You're welcome! I quite like raising awareness of less commonly-known releases like this. And if you're a big Crazy Taxi fan, it's definitely worth checking out.

 

[oldmario]

I finished a review of Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars for PSP (played on Vita). It's very enjoyable still and a steal for the price you can get it at:

https://kresnik258gaming.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/psp-crazy-taxi-fare-wars-review/



What game?

oh oops i forgot to type the name of the game, it was Axiom Verge

 

[Kresnik258]

https://www.reddit.com/r/vita/comments/75pl8v/creator_of_meditative_parallel_puzzler/

Creator of Semispheres is doing an AMA on r/vita if anyone has any questions for him.

 

[grounded_dreams]

Has anyone played Son of Scoregasm yet? Game looks interesting and can't find any reviews of it only early impressions.

 

[Kresnik258]

Last review of the week finished (I'm on fire this month!) - Jak 3 for Vita:

https://kresnik258gaming.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/vita-jak-3-review/

It's the least technically stable of all the Jak ports on Vita. 1 was constantly low but you got used to it after a while; 2 was pretty good with drops on certain missions. 3 is always up and down and was the first time I was bothered by it.

Aside from that, the game is just weaker than the other two in general. But it's still very enjoyable and worth checking out. Also on sale in Europe atm!

 

[Phoenix944]

Last review of the week finished (I'm on fire this month!) - Jak 3 for Vita:

https://kresnik258gaming.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/vita-jak-3-review/

It's the least technically stable of all the Jak ports on Vita. 1 was constantly low but you got used to it after a while; 2 was pretty good with drops on certain missions. 3 is always up and down and was the first time I was bothered by it.

Aside from that, the game is just weaker than the other two in general. But it's still very enjoyable and worth checking out. Also on sale in Europe atm!

Hmm I felt that 2 was horrible in term of performance on Vita. From what I can remember 3 was slightly better (still shit though)

 

[Kresnik258]

Hmm I felt that 2 was horrible in term of performance on Vita. From what I can remember 3 was slightly better (still shit though)

That was the rhetoric I read online before I played them but my experience couldn't have been more different. 3 is hands down the worst of the bunch by a long, long way. I actually didn't have many issues with 2 aside from a few specific missions (that one where you're shooting the metal head eggs near the end being one of them), and 2 always got better whenever you got outside of Haven City (i.e. in Mountain Temple or Haven Forest).

Where I can list hundreds of occasions that caused 3's framerate to tank. Firing the level 3 upgrade to the red gun. Firing the level 1 purple gun. Firing the level 3 purple gun. Firing too many of the ricocheting yellow bullets at once (this caused my game to crash altogether more than once). Killing multiple enemies at once. Going into that infested mine in the wasteland. Using the turret in Spargus City. etc. etc.

It's honestly miles worse. I think it's pretty clear that Mass Media ran out of time with it whereas they at least had a little bit of time on 1 & 2 to work on getting things more stable (framerates are still low, but at least they don't drop constantly).

I would say that 2 is fine on Vita - as long as you know what you're getting into, it's playable. There were points in 3 where I'd say even with my high tolerance for framerates, it became a bit unplayable.

 

[Prelude.]

- What happened to 999 Vita for EU? Any new info?
- Any place to buy Danganronpa v3 for a reasonable price? It's surprisingly hard to find on the usual UK shops.
- Does the voice pack improve the voices a lot? Does it affect the music too? I just played the demo and it was pretty awful.

 

[oldmario]

- What happened to 999 Vita for EU? Any new info?
- Any place to buy Danganronpa v3 for a reasonable price? It's surprisingly hard to find on the usual UK shops.
- Does the voice pack improve the voices a lot? Does it affect the music too? I just played the demo and it was pretty awful.

there's radio silence

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as usual from aksys

on the EU release of Nonary Games but i saw someone mention somewhere that RSG still have the rights to VLR so they can't really do anything and those expire at the end of next month so we may hear about it then or it'll slowly disolve into thin air like the EU LE for Tokyo Xanadu

i'd say the audio quality is close to psp level and there were scenes that would randomly play HQ audio so you could tell the difference, i think the game is probably getting another reprint but no word on it yet

 

[Grim Patron]

the US/EU pages mention 2 devices for games across PSP,PSV,PSVTV. JP one says 3 for games. I guess ill try doing it and see what happens lol. Worst case ill use the EU account on the 3rd active vita.

update. 3 vitas work now lol.

 

[Dandy Crocodile]

Apparently VGP has reprints of Odin Sphere and Dungeon Travelers 2?

 

[Kresnik258]

I was wrong, I did have one more review in me this week. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz for Vita:

https://kresnik258gaming.wordpress.com/2017/10/15/vita-super-monkey-ball-banana-splitz-review/

It's on sale on US PSN atm and very much worth it for the price it's going for.

- Any place to buy Danganronpa v3 for a reasonable price? It's surprisingly hard to find on the usual UK shops.

It's oos completely on UK retailers. Base.come have said they're getting more stock but haven't given any timeframe for that.

 

[Prelude.]

there's radio silence

Spoiler

as usual from aksys

on the EU release of Nonary Games but i saw someone mention somewhere that RSG still have the rights to VLR so they can't really do anything and those expire at the end of next month so we may hear about it then or it'll slowly disolve into thin air like the EU LE for Tokyo Xanadu

i'd say the audio quality is close to psp level and there were scenes that would randomly play HQ audio so you could tell the difference, i think the game is probably getting another reprint but no word on it yet

It's oos completely on UK retailers. Base.come have said they're getting more stock but haven't given any timeframe for that.

Thanks. PSP level is better than the demo's so that's fine. It's on Amazon but it's full price so I guess I'll wait.

 

[nampad]

update. 3 vitas work now lol.

I have told you that months ago.

 

[i-Jest]

Apparently VGP has reprints of Odin Sphere and Dungeon Travelers 2?

Yup! Shizuka, you've been wanting this right?

 

[Shizuka]

Yup! Shizuka, you've been wanting this right?

I’ve got help with Dungeon Travelers 2, but I’ve missed Odin Sphere. Might pick it up soon!

 

[Joe Molotov]

https://www.play-asia.com/school-gi...-girls-phantasia’-to-release-on-ps4-/5f/74alb

Play-Asia is getting an exclusive edition of Bullet Girls Phantasia for Vita and PS4. Contents not confirmed yet, but it says that if you already preordered, you'll get an option to upgrade your order to the Special Edition.

 

[Kresnik258]

I've just read somewhere that the Arc System Works Asian-English release of Ys Origin has the 2GB patch on the cart and the LRG release doesn't. Does anyone know if this is true?

 

[foobarry81]

I've just read somewhere that the Arc System Works Asian-English release of Ys Origin has the 2GB patch on the cart and the LRG release doesn't. Does anyone know if this is true?

Oh brother. What a joke if true.

 

[Nachtfalke]

No patch needed for the Asian-English release. So it seems like it's already on the cartridge. The LRG release didn't arrive yet.

 

[Kresnik258]

My source for it is a few responses in a reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/vita/comments/76ft9q/is_there_any_difference_between_the_asian_version/

My LRG order containing Ys Origins has been shipped but hasn't gotten to me yet. If it's true, I'm tempted to leave it sealed and sell it and use the money to buy the ASW version. Because no way I have 2GB of storage space free lol.

 

[Olengie]

My source for it is a few responses in a reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/vita/comments/76ft9q/is_there_any_difference_between_the_asian_version/

My LRG order containing Ys Origins has been shipped but hasn't gotten to me yet. If it's true, I'm tempted to leave it sealed and sell it and use the money to buy the ASW version. Because no way I have 2GB of storage space free lol.

So I guess the Asia Build actually got a rebuild and what not?

 

[Kresnik258]

https://kresnik258gaming.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/an-interview-with-eastasiasoft-rainbow-skies/

I recently had chance to interview eastasiasoft, asked them lots of Vita-related questions. They seem like really big fans of the console. Shame they admit they couldn't get Lost Sea working on it from a technical standpoint though.

 

[Chuy]

So uhm:

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/914520852003041280

Assault Android Cactus rated for Vita on PEGI.

Developers said in August that development was stalled:

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2017/08/14/assault-android-cactus-development-ps-vita-stalled/

I don't know what's going on.

Anything come of this? Kinda been looking forward to this.

I've just read somewhere that the Arc System Works Asian-English release of Ys Origin has the 2GB patch on the cart and the LRG release doesn't. Does anyone know if this is true?

Got my LRG copy a while back and i had prompt to download a 1.4 GB patch for it.

 

[Shizuka]

My source for it is a few responses in a reddit thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/vita/comments/76ft9q/is_there_any_difference_between_the_asian_version/

My LRG order containing Ys Origins has been shipped but hasn't gotten to me yet. If it's true, I'm tempted to leave it sealed and sell it and use the money to buy the ASW version. Because no way I have 2GB of storage space free lol.

Do we know if the asian print came with the improvements from the patch?

 

[mollipen]

Exciting day for me, as I've now broken one-hundred physical games in my collection (now at 101). The games that did it + my current library with two conveniently near-empty shelves just waiting to be filled. *heh*

 

[oldmario]

i look at the UK Vita charts pretty much every week and notice that if a game has been on clearance or sale somewhere it usually pops up

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maybe vita software sales are that miniscule

anyways i noticed odin sphere popped up and looked around seeing that it was on clearance at GAME and i've tried looking everywhere else and it also seems to be out of stock new so i guess it actually fell out of print, i've asked NISA EU if they plan to do any small reprints in the future but they said not at the minute

 

[Kresnik258]

Do we know if the asian print came with the improvements from the patch?

That's... a fair point. Maybe they just didn't get it at all lol. Can anyone confirm?

 

[Shizuka]

Chaos;Child is out on US PSN Store (one week ahead of the release date).

 

[dallow_bg]

Exciting day for me, as I've now broken one-hundred physical games in my collection (now at 101). The games that did it + my current library with two conveniently near-empty shelves just waiting to be filled. *heh*

Congrats!

 

[Shadowman16]

Exciting day for me, as I've now broken one-hundred physical games in my collection (now at 101). The games that did it + my current library with two conveniently near-empty shelves just waiting to be filled. *heh*

Nicely done! Now buy a load more I can't even remember how many Vita games I own anymore. I think it was just about 360 when I last counted... probably will end up crossing over to 400 end of this year/next year depending if I end up doing any more 3am Japanese import purchases!

I've got Undertale just waiting to be started, but I'm still playing Tokyo Xanadu. Finally reached the post game chapter on Nightmare difficulty, just gotta beat one loooooooooong boss fight before I'm done, then I'll knock the difficulty down to grab the last S rank I'm short and I'll be done with the game finally (at least until I get the PS4 port at some point).

 

[Saphirax]

"Continue your journey to Edo in Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms, available for the PS Vita in Spring 2018 for NA and EU! http://ideafintl.com/hakuoki-edo/"

Thought they'd save it for their press conference. Guess it's just Compile Heart games and PC ports in December then.

 

[Shizuka]

"Continue your journey to Edo in Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms, available for the PS Vita in Spring 2018 for NA and EU! http://ideafintl.com/hakuoki-edo/"

Thought they'd save it for their press conference. Guess it's just Compile Heart games and PC ports in December then.

Another 2018 Vita title.

 

[Olengie]

yay. another otome game. :|