The Sony Thread

[Peanut]

I've played the same game 3 times before on a big screen with better controls? That might be it.

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I've played the same game 3 times before on a big screen with better controls? That might be it.

If the formula works, it works. And there was absolutely nothing wrong with the LCS controls, Peanut. Perhaps you lack dexterity.

[愛]

When I played Liberty City Stories for a good five minutes, I could tell there was something wrong with the controls. That little control stick is awful. Gotta get some length to the trigger so you can move it with better precision. I just felt the controls on the PSP version were sluggish. I blame the handheld's design, though.

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Ai

When I played Liberty City Stories for a good five minutes, I could tell there was something wrong with the controls. That little control stick is awful. Gotta get some length to the trigger so you can move it with better precision. I just felt the controls on the PSP version were sluggish. I blame the handheld's design, though.

You get used to it, you really do. I've logged a good 15-20 hours on LCS and I've got no complaints control-wise. I rarely use the analog pad for racing/driving games because my hands are fairly large and my thumb would hurt after a while, but that's no big deal.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Ecto Jedi

If the formula works, it works. And there was absolutely nothing wrong with the LCS controls, Peanut. Perhaps you lack dexterity.

I'm afraid you will find that I'm in the majority on this one. The PSP's controls are simply busted when used to control a full 3D PS2-esque game. And I'm not even talking about how bad the control stick is, but just the overall controls in general. MGS: PO is another game that perfectly proves that point.

And there will be no mocking my dexterity. I'm sure if I can bust out Freebird on Expert in Guitar Hero, I can play a sh*tty port of a bad shooting game.

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I'm afraid you will find that I'm in the majority on this one. The PSP's controls are simply busted when used to control a full 3D PS2-esque game. And I'm not even talking about how bad the control stick is, but just the overall controls in general. MGS: PO is another game that perfectly proves that point.

Hmm. So, is there anything you like about the PSP?

Originally Posted by Peanut

And there will be no mocking my dexterity. I'm sure if I can bust out Freebird on Expert in Guitar Hero, I can play a sh*tty port of a bad shooting game.

That's how you classify Grand Theft Auto?

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Ecto Jedi

Hmm. So, is there anything you like about the PSP?
That's how you classify Grand Theft Auto?

Yes, actually. The PSP is great for puzzle games and more simple 3D games. It's not horrific at bringing console experiences to the portable market. Not even by a long shot. However, most complicated games they try to stick on the thing end up being difficult to play. MGS and PoP come to mind immediately. If they out-fitted it with two analog sticks and two triggers from the get go, things would be soooo much better, unfortunately they didn't.

And yes, Grand Theft Auto is a horrific shooting game. All GTA really is is a mash-up of a bunch of different genres, all squished together into what is admittedly a very cohesive package. All together, the game works well, but if you were to segregate each different section of the gameplay, you'd see a bunch of sub-par garbage. The driving portions are solid, but anything on foot to do with GTA is the worst kind of tripe. Something any other game series gets hounded for.

[LogicDonny]

gta lcs is excellent on the psp i know the nub isn't all perfect but the game play well.

peanut, u have said 1 thing right and tht is the umd movie..

it sucks.

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Yes, actually. The PSP is great for puzzle games and more simple 3D games. It's not horrific at bringing console experiences to the portable market. Not even by a long shot. However, most complicated games they try to stick on the thing end up being difficult to play. MGS and PoP come to mind immediately. If they out-fitted it with two analog sticks and two triggers from the get go, things would be soooo much better, unfortunately they didn't.

I just can't wait for Sony to finally release the blasted downloadable PS1 emulator. It'd be great to play great classics like Metal Gear Solid, Driver, perhaps Final Fantasy...

[LogicDonny]

Originally Posted by Ecto Jedi

I just can't wait for Sony to finally release the blasted downloadable PS1 emulator. It'd be great to play great classics like Metal Gear Solid, Driver, perhaps Final Fantasy...

?? you talking about the one on ps3?

The psp ps1 emulation is already good. if you homebrew your psp, you can easily convert your ps1 games to iso and then put them on the psp easy as cake and they even provided a fix on the metal gear solid bug.. Metal geat solid will play disc 1 but you can't proceed to disc 2, apprently I hear you need to have teh same game id as the other discs like ff7 and so on.

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by LogicDonny

?? you talking about the one on ps3?

The psp ps1 emulation is already good. if you homebrew your psp, you can easily convert your ps1 games to iso and then put them on the psp easy as cake and they even provided a fix on the metal gear solid bug.. Metal geat solid will play disc 1 but you can't proceed to disc 2, apprently I hear you need to have teh same game id as the other discs like ff7 and so on.

No, I'm not talking homebrew. I'm talking about the official PS1 emulator Sony plans on releasing for the PSP sometime in the future.

[Peanut]

Isn't...that already out? You can buy PS1 games off of the PS3 online store and play them on the PSP. What else is there for them to do?

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, and that would be jim dandy except you have to buy them on the PS3 before you can transfer them to the PSP, and I have no intention of purchasing a PS3. If they would just make it possible to buy directly to the PSP, I would already have a couple of games bought. Intelligent Cube on PSP would rule.

Are the games you buy digitally signed to your specific PSP? If so, I'll just take my existing PS1 games and rip them to ISO like I did in the old days, then play them on the PSP illegally.

[LogicDonny]

Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

Yeah, and that would be jim dandy except you have to buy them on the PS3 before you can transfer them to the PSP, and I have no intention of purchasing a PS3. If they would just make it possible to buy directly to the PSP, I would already have a couple of games bought. Intelligent Cube on PSP would rule.

Are the games you buy digitally signed to your specific PSP? If so, I'll just take my existing PS1 games and rip them to ISO like I did in the old days, then play them on the PSP illegally.

u can still do that and why should be illegally? You own the ps1 games, u should be able to. With custom firmware u can easily do it.

I would download the ps1 games I don't own. Sony should just release an offical iso program that you can put your ps1 games in the ps3, the program will read the disc and convert to an Image file and send it to the psp.

[LogicDonny]

wow my friend spoke to me about metal slug anthology and apprently if you gain tokens you can unlcok new stuff like music and wall paper, for the psp version, you can copy the music from the game onto your memory stick and listen to the music anytime and I believe he also said the wallpaper as well.

He was disapointed there was no video interview but some lame text interview you had to scroll down.

The one thing I liked about the sega genesis collection for psp is the video interviews they had..

[Ra]

Originally Posted by LogicDonny

Sony should just release an offical iso program that you can put your ps1 games in the ps3, the program will read the disc and convert to an Image file and send it to the psp.

Sony wouldn't really want to do that. They are in there for the money. More than anything, if they ever want original PS1 games on the PSP, they'll put them on a PSP disk instead of the whole hassle of buying a system to convert something you already own into something else. PSP sales are falling, and they want to rake in as much money as possible. They will either have to have a ridiculous sale tag on the PS1-PSP converter, or they will just whack the PS1 games onto the PSP.

Also, they are not really into bringing back the older games. It all must be fresh! New! Catchy! Not old. It's a good idea, but in today's society, I don't think it's gonna to fly.

[LogicDonny]

Psp firmware 3.11 has been released and mere hours later, the hackers have exploited it.

Nice one sony, nothing major in this new firmware cept for a new option reset game and a couple fixes in a couple ps1 games

[Barkworm]

I played very little of Okami yesterday. The game is beyond beautiful but the intro sequence blew hardcore and the giberrish of all the characters is super-annoying. I hope I'll get used to it.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Okay, I must express my utmost gratitude to LogicDonny for directing me to the custom firmware scene. My PSP has been sitting in a drawer for about 5 months since I last touched it. That's over today. I installed the new 3.10 custom hardware hack after three hours of hell trying not to brick my PSP, and now I've got a full library of PSOne games running on my PSP at FULL FREAKING SPEED! I went fishing in my library and ripped a few ISO's, and right now I have loaded up on my PSP: Intelligent Cube, Jet Moto 3, Hydro Thunder, Symphony of the Night, The New Tetris, San Fransisco Rush, Spyro the Dragon, and Crash 3: Warped.

This is fu*king awesome. I'm going to run off FFVII later on. Good thing its winter because my overcoat has enough pockets to carry both my DS and PSP, because these two are traveling together from now on.

[Peanut]

Man...play some actual f*cking games. You've been living in the past for way too damn long. Who still wants to play original Playstation games? That entire generation looks and plays like the asshole of the history of gaming.