I entered the dark saide and bought a PSP

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-09-04 07:14am

So they finally convinced me and I bought the machine I was never going to buy. And it's pretty sweet so far.
I want to buy 1 or 2 games for it and because they are on the expensive side I want to make sure they're any good. Which games do you guys recommend? I heared lumines is pretty good. Or if I go for a race game, which one is best? Wipeout ot ridge racer?

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2005-09-04 08:28am

Lumines is supposed to be great and wipeout has a web-browser (although the next firmware update should include a browser).
I've been thinking about getting a psp for my birthday but I'm waiting for the next rumoured nintendo in a year or two, I just love metroid too much

.( dont have DS though).
Also you could get some of the movies out for it or buy a good memory stick and download some roms, you can even play super NES games with an emulator

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2005-09-04 08:33am

Honestly, with few exceptions (Lumines included amongst those), I'd recommend the games you can play via emulator on it over the actual games developed for the console. So far, they've seemed fairly uninspiring.

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2005-09-04 08:55am

So they finally convinced me and I bought the machine I was never going to buy.

You are dead to me now.

Lumines is said to be like a digital version of crack, if I'm to believe the reviews and the people who played it. Not quite as brilliant as Meteos, but close enough.

Wipeout Pure and RR are pretty much tied, Wipeout is more thrilling but RR has more longetivity.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-09-04 09:54am

the .303 bookworm wrote: Also you could get some of the movies out for it or buy a good memory stick and download some roms, you can even play super NES games with an emulator

that was one of the final reasons that sold me

Anyway, there is a shop here offering the 3rd psp game for free if you buy 2 games so I'll be heading there tomorrow

Any chance those memory sticks will go cheaper in the future? Or is Sony simply to evil for that?

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-09-04 12:27pm

Archaic` wrote:Honestly, with few exceptions (Lumines included amongst those), I'd recommend the games you can play via emulator on it over the actual games developed for the console. So far, they've seemed fairly uninspiring.

The PSP 2.0 firmware disables all the emulators and homebrew. Too bad that's what sold ya

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2005-09-04 12:35pm

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2005-03-25

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-09-04 02:00pm

Praxis wrote:
Archaic` wrote:Honestly, with few exceptions (Lumines included amongst those), I'd recommend the games you can play via emulator on it over the actual games developed for the console. So far, they've seemed fairly uninspiring.
The PSP 2.0 firmware disables all the emulators and homebrew. Too bad that's what sold ya

Except that 2.0 will more than likely get cracked eventually anyway...

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-09-04 02:09pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Praxis wrote:
Archaic` wrote:Honestly, with few exceptions (Lumines included amongst those), I'd recommend the games you can play via emulator on it over the actual games developed for the console. So far, they've seemed fairly uninspiring.
The PSP 2.0 firmware disables all the emulators and homebrew. Too bad that's what sold ya
Except that 2.0 will more than likely get cracked eventually anyway...

thats what I assume
The one I bought already had 1.52 so it didnt matter

Post by **RogueIce** » 2005-09-04 02:40pm

They're putting a 3-D GTA game on PSP. Since I am such a fanwhore I will probably go and buy it just for that.

Long live Liberty City!

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-09-05 03:22am

I have decided

I'll buy Wipeout pure + Ridge race and get Lumines for free

In other news, I noticed Advance wars: dual strike (DS) is getting massive positive reviews. On that, its also pretty cheap so I'm afraid I'll have to buy that too.

So to conclude:

my brain wrote:omgwtf gaming overdose!!1

my wallet wrote:Fuck you Nintendo and Sony

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-09-05 03:44am

Advance Wars: Dual Strike is a staggeringly addictive game. And also awesome. I have it. I highly recommend it. But give it a lot of your time.

And there's quite a few computer-related jokes in there. They make a Microsoft related jab with one of the special attacks is "Blue Screen of Death", and one of the characters likes internet slang like "Owned!".

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2005-09-05 03:51am

Advance Wars: Dual Strike is a staggeringly addictive game. And also awesome. I have it. I highly recommend it. But give it a lot of your time.

I'm still playing the first GBA version. That game just never gets old

About Dual Strike - is it better to play it with the D-pad or the stylus ? I've read conflicting reports on this, some say the stylus is a blessing; others that it's too imprecise.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-09-05 04:02am

I find the D-pad to be more intuitive just because I memorize the button functions and can do that fast (with the stylus, you have to hold down on the character to get the options, for example).

I like the D-pad. My friends like the stylus. Both are great. I think the stylus would be better ued for a game like AOE though, designed for just a right and left click, because Advance Wars is designed to use all the buttons. You can't swap screens without reaching for the Y button for example.

There ARE a lot of conflicting reports, because every person has different preferences. I alternate a lot but overall prefer D-pad.

And the new dual screen stuff are great. I love the dual strike. The premise is that you have two CO's instead of one; if you charge up both their superpowers you can use a dual strike, where one CO uses their superpower, then you get a FREE TURN during which the other CO uses their superpower. It's absolutely devastating when you have your army in a good position and get two turns of pounding them.

Another cool thing is where you have a battle raging on each screen and can move units to the top screen on demand. Whoever wins the battle on the top screen gets the second CO and the ability to use a dual strike on the bottom screen, so it gives you a big advantage to win on the second front.

And eight player multiplayer...

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-09-05 04:49am

felineki · Post by **felineki** » 2005-09-05 09:41am

I would have recommended the Darkstalkers compilation if not for the fact that the PSP's controls are horrible for fighting games.

Funny picture, DP.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-09-05 12:46pm

I'm still trying to figure out how you can play FPS on the PSP. There's only one analog stick.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2005-09-05 05:39pm

I'm still trying to figure out how anyone plays non-emulation games on the PSP without the bloody UMD's flying out. Maybe it's just me, I don't know.

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2005-09-05 06:20pm

Praxis wrote:Advance Wars: Dual Strike is a staggeringly addictive game. And also awesome. I have it. I highly recommend it. But give it a lot of your time.

And there's quite a few computer-related jokes in there. They make a Microsoft related jab with one of the special attacks is "Blue Screen of Death", and one of the characters likes internet slang like "Owned!".

I only picked it up on friday night and before I knew it was 3 am saturday morning well playing AW:DS. Stupid lack of abbility to denote time loss!

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-09-05 07:05pm

Laird wrote:
Praxis wrote:Advance Wars: Dual Strike is a staggeringly addictive game. And also awesome. I have it. I highly recommend it. But give it a lot of your time.

And there's quite a few computer-related jokes in there. They make a Microsoft related jab with one of the special attacks is "Blue Screen of Death", and one of the characters likes internet slang like "Owned!".
I only picked it up on friday night and before I knew it was 3 am saturday morning well playing AW:DS. Stupid lack of abbility to denote time loss!

I did the same on the night I bought it.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2005-09-05 10:22pm

PSP just had the "best console" launch ever for the UK.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-09-06 02:30am

Bounty wrote:
So they finally convinced me and I bought the machine I was never going to buy.
Lumines is said to be like a digital version of crack, if I'm to believe the reviews and the people who played it. Not quite as brilliant as Meteos, but close enough.

You know, I dreamt about falling colorfull squares this night. Squares! And that was just after one hour play. Spooky...

About Advance wars: it isnt out here yet. Gotta wait untill the end of the month

Goddammit that game gets insanely good reviews. Must have it now!

Hamel wrote:PSP just had the "best console" launch ever for the UK.

I wonder how it is here in Belgium. Nintendo is advertising for the DS since it was out (and still does) while I've not seen any descent advertising from Sony yet

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2005-09-06 02:42am

I wonder how it is here in Belgium. Nintendo is advertising for the DS since it was out (and still does) while I've not seen any descent advertising from Sony yet

I was a very confusing ad for it last night - a CGI creature made from the music/video/game icons rampaging through a city. Typically Sony.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2005-09-06 06:10am

We get those ads too. They would have taken quite a bit of design work.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-09-06 03:13pm

kewl