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Retr0gamer · 26-12-2013 12:56pm

Getting custom firmware on your psp couldn't be simpler. All it takes is putting a file on the mem card and running it to swap from custom firmware to regular firmware.

F1ngers · 28-12-2013 12:32pm

I see Tales of Graces f - Knight Edition is on sale on PSN for E15.

If you've played it, what are you're opinions?

Worth it or not?

Xenji · 28-12-2013 3:19pm

F1ngers wrote: »

I see Tales of Graces f - Knight Edition is on sale on PSN for E15.

If you've played it, what are you're opinions?

Worth it or not?

It is not the best Tales game, takes ages to get going, has pretty bad voice acting which goes out of sync and the graphics are in no great shapes either, but you can't go wrong with price even if you end up not liking it.

Sephiroth_dude · 29-12-2013 2:22am

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/12/28/report-square-enix-open-to-a-final-fantasy-x-3.aspx

snausages · 29-12-2013 8:40pm

Played the Lightning Returns demo on chinese PSN. Combat seems a little more involved but it still feels very boring and the game just looks low-budget. Not at all interested in catching up on this world. Bring on FFXV.

K.O.Kiki · 05-01-2014 6:48am

Xenji wrote: »

It is not the best Tales game, takes ages to get going, has pretty bad voice acting which goes out of sync and the graphics are in no great shapes either, but you can't go wrong with price even if you end up not liking it.

Bought it there 2 days ago.

Have put over 17hrs into it already.

Make of that what you will.

snausages · 18-01-2014 5:13pm

Some screenshots of the new FFVI re-release.

http://toucharcade.com/2014/01/16/final-fantasy-vi-android-first-impressions/

I know retro will probably hate it but I personally prefer the new look. Although it's a little too bright and colourful and the sprites look very odd.

I hope there's some sort of new soundtrack option and a way to play with the old soundtrack as well.

Xenji · 18-01-2014 5:25pm

Is anyone thinking of picking up The Witch and the Hundred Knight, have it pre ordered, but it seems to have got pretty mixed reception since its JP release.

Retr0gamer · 19-01-2014 7:32pm

snausages wrote: »

Some screenshots of the new FFVI re-release.

http://toucharcade.com/2014/01/16/final-fantasy-vi-android-first-impressions/

I know retro will probably hate it but I personally prefer the new look. Although it's a little too bright and colourful and the sprites look very odd.

I hope there's some sort of new soundtrack option and a way to play with the old soundtrack as well.

Looks pretty disgusting. The high res sprites against the lo res backgrounds is very jarring and makes it look so cheap.

snausages · 20-01-2014 1:16pm

Ok, this looks great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ENVk0AHGpk

megaten · 20-01-2014 2:41pm

http://www.ricedigital.co.uk/rune-factory-4-cancelled-europe/

I was hoping to get into the rune factory games with this release. Oh well.

_Godot_ · 21-01-2014 12:17am

Awwww I wanted Rune Factory 4.

Sephiroth_dude · 23-01-2014 12:11am

snausages wrote: »

Ok, this looks great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ENVk0AHGpk

Is that lightning returns?

Is Bravely Default any good?

Retr0gamer · 29-01-2014 2:21pm

RPGAMER best of the year:

http://www.rpgamer.com/awards/2013/

Seems like a very good list. One thing though is SMTIV on the most disappointing list. I agree with somethings they say (it does get too easy later on and the overworld map is awful) about it but saying AI companions can cause a party wipe due to silly decisions is just blame false. As a follow up to Nocturne well yeah it doesn't really live up to that game so was a disappointment although not to Ni No Kuni levels. I still think it deserves a best soundtrack nod.

Retr0gamer · 29-01-2014 3:41pm

FFXIII series recap:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQrBSO74DzA

snausages · 29-01-2014 5:51pm

I wish SMT would return to consoles. 3DS puts me right off bothering with SMTIV. Nocturne quickly became one of the most involved RPGs I've ever put time into and was one of my biggest gaming surprises considering I basically only picked it up because Dante was on the cover. I've never enjoyed handheld gaming.

Retr0gamer · 29-01-2014 5:55pm

Can't agree with that opinion myself. I much prefer my RPGs on handhelds, it's the perfect platform for them. SMTIV works really well on it and I've enjoyed lots of other RPG's on them.

If you like JRPGs and don't have a 3DS or Vita, really you're doing it wrong because outside of niche titles and FF the genre is pretty much dead on home consoles.

snausages · 29-01-2014 6:00pm

I don't see what advantage handhelds bring to RPGs. On-the-go gaming to me is the gaming equivalent of watching a film on your phone or listening to an audiobook as you cook dinner. It's a technically inferior way to deliver a game experience in just about every respect unless you're into touch screen functionality and frankly I haven't seen any really good implementations of that yet for an RPG. Anyway, there's always the Wii-U control pad.

Not that I'm asking for big budget FFXV style productions either.

Retr0gamer · 29-01-2014 6:10pm

It just suits the format a whole lot better. Sitting down to play a RPG on a console is a big time investment whereas on a handheld console you can play it in shorter chunks and concessions are made for playing in shorter chunks. Also because of the low barrier of entry in terms of budget with handheld gaming you get a lot more experimental or interesting RPGs like back in the PS1/2 era.

penev10 · 30-01-2014 8:33pm

snausages wrote: »

touch screen functionality and frankly I haven't seen any really good implementations of that yet for an RPG. .

The World Ends with You is an innovative RPG(-Lite) with brilliant touchscreen controls.

So many excellent RPGs on handhelds from Trails in the Sky to Radiant Historia. And if you want experimental genre breaking stuff there's the likes of Rondo of Swords or Knights in the Nightmare.

If you're not a fan of pixel graphics I could understand, as most of these games are aesthetically 16-bit on steroids, but you really should give them a go.

Xenji · 31-01-2014 4:42pm

The next few months are looking good for the Vita with 7 games coming out, will probably pick up all of them, except for Mind Zero.

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - 14/02 EU
Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster - 18/03 US
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars - 15/04 US
Demon Gaze - 25/04 EU
Sorcery Saga: The Curse of the Great Curry God 21/02 EU
Ys: Memories of Celceta - 21/02 EU ( already out in the US )
Mind Zero - 27/05 US

megaten · 31-01-2014 11:51pm

I've heard mind zero is woeful. I might get demon gaze if I can beat etrian oddessy before it comes out.

Xenji · 01-02-2014 12:34am

megaten wrote: »

I've heard mind zero is woeful. I might get demon gaze if I can beat etrian oddessy before it comes out.

Yeah I have not heard anything good about it, Demon Gaze is meant to be quite similar to Etrian Odyssey from reading up on importers impressions of it.

seraphimvc · 04-02-2014 5:31am

snausages wrote: »

Some screenshots of the new FFVI re-release.

http://toucharcade.com/2014/01/16/final-fantasy-vi-android-first-impressions/

I know retro will probably hate it but I personally prefer the new look. Although it's a little too bright and colourful and the sprites look very odd.

I hope there's some sort of new soundtrack option and a way to play with the old soundtrack as well.

I puked a little in my mouth there. Argggg.

And Bravery default so good.

Retr0gamer · 04-02-2014 11:43am

Started Ys: Memories of Celceta yesterday. My god is it a lot of fun. It's not the best looking vita game but as usual it has the same blisteringly fast Ys combat.

Newaglish · 10-02-2014 2:58pm

Who else is playing Bravely Default? It keeps harassing me for friend related stuff so a few friend codes would be handy!

Incidentally, I'm finding it really enjoyable.

Xenji · 10-02-2014 3:07pm

Newaglish wrote: »

Who else is playing Bravely Default? It keeps harassing me for friend related stuff so a few friend codes would be handy!

Incidentally, I'm finding it really enjoyable.

If it is for upgrading your town, friend requests do not work, if you go to the save screen and hit update, you will get about 3-4 workers for it per day. It is a great game, but gets very tedious for about 2 chapters, but the payoff at the end is well worth it.

Retr0gamer · 11-02-2014 3:30pm

So FFXIII-3 actually sounds great, a real B-tier experimental RPG that you would get during the PS1 era:

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/lightning-returns-ps3-review-the-future-of-final-fantasy-no-but-definitely-an-intriguingly-weird-present

Sephiroth_dude · 12-02-2014 10:02pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

So FFXIII-3 actually sounds great, a real B-tier experimental RPG that you would get during the PS1 era:

http://www.usgamer.net/articles/lightning-returns-ps3-review-the-future-of-final-fantasy-no-but-definitely-an-intriguingly-weird-present

Didn't realise it was out friday,was gonna get it but I havent finished the other two so no point really.

snausages · 12-02-2014 10:05pm

Reviews for it are mixed, although most of the funnily enough say it's a lot better than the last two. Yet it has a lower metascore.

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