Bought a Vita, what should I be playing? #TeamOLED

Managed to snag a cheeky OLED bundle from Amazon in more of a strategic impulse buy in fear of not being able to buy one up at all as Sony is slowly but surely phasing them out for good for the newer Slim 2000 model.

Knew two things, the memory cards and that OLED panel are worth their weight in gold so went for the Disney bundle as it had a 16GB card instead of an 8(but had better games). Not worried though I have like 30 games waiting for me on PS+.

Vitaspot, school me in the ways and what should I be playing etc?

Persona 4 Golden.

I think you just stole Charizard's chance to comment there. But cool, noted.

Grab up everything on PS+ . Uncharted, Gravity Rush, and Wipeout are all leaving the IGC next week. As for others games, depends what genres you're into.

It was probably dumb to really worry about the OLED model. Vita screen is nice, but the 2.5 hour battery life is horrible. Unless the new screen was a horrible downgrade, which it doesn't sound like it is, then anybattery improvement seems like it would trump the screen.

Why Gawd Why.

You play games?

Hotline Miami rocks on the Vita,check it out

I personally think Killzone Mercenaries is the finest portable FPS ever made, regardless of your previous association with the series. In particular, I love the repayable challenges... namely the Stealth modes... you can do on subsequent play-through. I didn't care fore AC Liberation, so I'd stay clear of that one. Also, MGS2 and 3 are great, but old. Try the Teraway demo... it's not my thing, but I see why people love it. Makes great use of the hardware.

Everything on PSN+ since it comes with subscription and Persona 4 Golden

This is system wars, we don't talk about actually playing games

What genre are you looking at? I'd like to think of myself as someone who's quote knowledgeable with the Vita and its library.

Spelunky, spelunky, spelunky.

Terraria is free PS+ download as of like, today. Make sure you just go through the PSN store and purchase all the free stuff. You can download them at your leisure.

So far i've like Sonic Racing All Stars Transformed, FFX, Persona 4 and Dragons Crown

A lot of games, particularly smaller titles, have included cross buy for awhile. You might have games you didn't know you had. Sly 4 is a good one to try if you haven't already.

Muramasa! It's gorgeous~

It's also on PS+ this month. Although they don't do cross buy for some games like FFX which seems stupid

dragon crown FTW. Muramasa does look good though that will be my next game

If this actually posts, I'll do replies a bit later, Gamespot is doing that thing again where when you load a page the layout is all fucked for some reason. The main message board is fine but this thread is horrendously borked.

@misterpmedia: It's fine for me

Gravity Rush, I think its free if you have PS+.

Get Tearaway unless you're some sort of soulless demon.

And just for that, you've been modded.

But seriously, Persona 4 Golden. Single handedly justifies the purchase.

But why?

I can't sell you on the game, no one can. You gotta play it yourself, and then you understand.

This sounds like a cult

It is a cult.

buy toukiden! it puts MH to shame.

@lostrib: It's like an interactive, Japanese episode of Scooby Doo, arguably done better with even more charisma. Char's right, no one can truly sell you on it until you play it, but it's an awesome game.

is anyone else experiencing the fucked up layout? lol I've tried gamespot on two different browsers and it looks the same. o.O

I would say persona 4, Dragons Crown and Tearaway.

Also persona 3 and Valkyria Chronicles 2 are well worth a visit abeith technically PSP titles?

The MGS bundle is well worth it.

Bought a Vita then asks if there is anything to play.

Answer: you should be playing Xbox One.

@FoxbatAlpha: But he wants to play something with games.

Not arguably.

Persona 4>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>(repeat infinitely)Scooby Doo.

Anyway, TC, if you haven't played FFX or don't plan to get it on PS3, I couldn't recommend it enough. It probably has the most beautiful aesthetics in a JRPG after Chrono Cross.

@GreySeal9: Eh, nostalgia is a cruel mistress for some.

I'm playing FFX on Vita and picked up the PS3 copy from my library to test out Cross Save. So far, the feature works great; the game has noticeably aged.

@darkspineslayer: he is the dumb muh fukr seeking advice. I'm giving it.

You? I have no idea WTF you are doing. You into indies these days? *rolls eyes*

@FoxbatAlpha: I'm not sure what that was, but it wasn't English. Cohesive statements plz.

I would be pretty beardmad too if my console of choice only had an HD remake to look forward to.

I only agree partially. The voice acting has not aged all that well (and it's a shame that they didn't fix the awkward lip-synching in the HD version), but even replaying it on PS2 last year I felt that the game a whole has aged quite gracefully. I mean, yeah the graphics are kind of rough at certain spots but dat art design. And the gameplay, IMO, aged as well as a turn-based system can be expected to.

im currently playing ys memories of celceta on it. good ol kicking the crap out of enemies and lots of exploring. bit like diablo but with more story and less of a focus on looting and levelling. still a heavy combat focus though.

if you like little big planet then, as far as im concerned, the series is home on the vita.

killzone mercenary is also pretty good.

if you havent played rayman origins or legends yet then they are great on the vita.

tearaway, gravity rush, and wipeout are all great. i have a soft spot for golf games on handhelds also and everybodys golf plays a good game.

WRC4 is also a guilty pleasure of mine.

Don't listen to Charizard. He's just spreading Person 4 Propaganda . :D

finally gamespot loads properly again. Weird...

don't worry those were long snagged. I don't think I have Wipeout though as I'm EU, but I've been flagging all the ones that come into PS+ now for a while so at least they're tied to my account for use when ever I please I bought the PS3 version of All Stars so that's another game I can play off the bat when i hook my vita to my PS3(vita version comes on disc I think).

you're probably right but I've heard such good things about the screen and most seem to prefer the older model just for that and deal with the rest of the other problems. I'm aware that the new model basically improves everything but the screen so I think I just thought I may as well experience the OLED one, and if it breaks accept that I'll probably get an LCD replacement. At least I'd have had some time with the OLED :P

Someone has to

Noted!

planning to get Tearaway and KZ: Merc at retail probably later iin the year, or if I see them on sale at like super markets or something. those are the only ones I really want at retail. Yeah Liberation got released on PS3 anyway so was planning on ignoring it anyway.

If I buy the PS3 version of dragons crown is it cross buy by any chance?

lol <3

Don't agree with this at all.

I would take the better screen over the increased battery life. If I'm playing it while commuting on the bus or something, 2.5 hours is more than enough and if I'm playing it at home, I'd have it plugged in anyway.

@darkspineslayer: I'm only messing wit you fin ginger.

Toukiden

@GreySeal9: the voice acting is legitimately terrible, but the music is delightful in every regard. It's splendid.

Yeah, the music is easily the best thing about the game. It's one of the OSTs that I'll actually listen to alongside non-video game music.

Hotline Miami is amazing on Vita

Also, spring for a 32gb card... with all the games on PSN+, that thing will pay for itself in 2-3 months, and you'll definitely appreciate the increased number of games it can hold.

Eeeeeeewwwwww. That's gross.

god, proprietary memory cards were the worst idea ever. A 32GB Vita memory card is like 70-80 dollars. A 32GB class 10 micro sd is like 20 bucks