Any PSP fans looking forward to fall lineup?

*Ecto Jedi* · 09-02-2006, 01:35 PM

Hey guys,

I just recently purchased "The Essential PSP Handbook" from the local 7-Eleven and once I began thumbing through the many pages, I couldn't help but get excited over the great lineup of titles slated for the PSP during the fall and winter months. Granted, the magazine was compiled by the editors of PSM, so it was rife with incredibly asinine typos and the like -- but at least the previews were filled with gorgeous screenshots. In any event, these games speak for themselves! Among the hot titles;

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
Tekken: Dark Ressurection
Killzone Liberation
Loco Roco
Sonic Rivals
EA Replay (Road Rash, baby!)
Ultimate Ghosts n' Goblins
Ace Combat: Skies of Deception
Lumines II
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Metal Slug Anthology
Mortal Kombat: Unchained
Every Extend Extra (the title makes no sense whatsoever, naturally)
Bounty Hounds
Capcom Classic Collection Reloaded
Capcom Puzzle World
Battlezone

...And others, too. Check out this great article on ign.com to check 'em out.

P.S. -- And to be totally honest, if you're planning on posting with the sole intent of bashing Sony and the games, then I'd rather not hear from you. Yeah, you know who you are...

*Kid Icarus* · 09-02-2006, 02:13 PM

I was going to reply with my thoughts on this, but since the all mighty Ecto Jedi has said I'm not allowed to discuss these topics, I won't.

But hey, what the hell. I'm feeling gutsy today.

The majority of these games have equivilents or better for PS2. Why not get those instead? And Sonic? Come on... SEGA can't make a good Sonic game anymore. That stopped with Adventure on Dreamcast.

*Raven* · 09-02-2006, 02:15 PM

I really want to get MGS:OP, the game looks so kick ass plus it has a whole new way of playing MGS.

It will be fun to find out more of the Boss's background....the others....eh I could care less about just give me more MGS!

*Ecto Jedi* · 09-02-2006, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Kid Icarus

The majority of these games have equivilents or better for PS2. Why not get those instead?

The whole 'portable' thing might be one reason. But what would I know?

Seriously though, I don't know what you're talking about. Mortal Kombat: Unchained, for example, is based on Deception but features new characters and environments not in the original, plus will be fully online, and will also include a fun puzzle mode reminiscent of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo.

Tekken: Dark Resurrection, on the other hand, features all the characters and stages usually found in previous installments, and even features the character customization from Tekken 5, only with twice as many items. And two new characters, Lili and Dragunov. Oh, and new mini-games, too.

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops is an exclusive, brand-new MGS game set after Snake Eater, featuring the return of many characters from its predecessor, plus an all-new story, new gameplay mechanics and brilliant graphics, to boot. Similarly, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, KillZone: Liberation, Loco Roco, Ultimate Ghosts n' Goblins, Lumines II, Every Extend Extra, Bounty Hounds, Battlezone, Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded, and Capcom Puzzle World are all exclusive titles.

*Dr. Doom* · 09-02-2006, 02:36 PM

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want Portable Ops, especially because Ocelot is in it. The number of games for PSP that I wanna play is slowly piling up.

Jed · 09-02-2006, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Kid Icarus

Come on... SEGA can't make a good Sonic game anymore. That stopped with Adventure on Dreamcast.

SA is a horrible game, there hasn't been a good Sonic game since Sonic & Knuckles.

*Ecto Jedi* · 09-02-2006, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Kid Icarus

And Sonic? Come on... SEGA can't make a good Sonic game anymore. That stopped with Adventure on Dreamcast.

Granted, the naked blue speedball has had a tough time finding an audience recently, but Sonic Rivals still looks pretty damn sweet. Just check out these screens and tell me the game doesn't bring to mind those glorious 16-bit days!

**ThirdMarioBro** · 09-03-2006, 05:29 AM

I'll tell you it dosen't. I played it.

It looks all "retro and schweet", but that's just graphics, and graphics don't mean jack to a Sonic game where the "fancy graphics" are supposed to fly by so fast you don't see them. The game is slow, muddy, and has the loosest and generally sloppiest control I've ever felt in a Sonic game for any system. If Sonic Rivals is "retro", then get me out of the 90's because something got lost in the translation here.

The game blows. Complete slop job.

Oh, and the only thing that interests me on that list is Ultimate Ghosts and Goblins. Those Capcom compliations can bite me. I'm not paying money for something I've bought a dozen times.

*goes to play arcade perfect import Puzzle Fighter on Sega Saturn with 4-Meg Ram cart*

*Ecto Jedi* · 09-03-2006, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

Oh, and the only thing that interests me on that list is Ultimate Ghosts and Goblins.

It does look pretty awesome, doesn't it? I've never played any of the previous installments, so I don't really know what to expect, but it does look totally kick-ass. I'm a total sucker for old-school gameplay.

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

Those Capcom compliations can bite me. I'm not paying money for something I've bought a dozen times.

Still, they're popular with a lot of gamers who haven't necessarily bought a lot of compilations in the past and who remember playing these games in the arcade. I happen to like them.

**Barkworm** · 09-03-2006, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Kid Icarus

The majority of these games have equivilents or better for PS2. Why not get those instead?

According to this logic the GBA would have had no right of existence.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 09-03-2006, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Barkworm

According to this logic the GBA would have had no right of existence.

HAHAHA

Peanut · 09-03-2006, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ecto Jedi

Loco Roco
Metal Slug Anthology

These are the only ones that intrest me and Loco Roco I got enough of from the demo. Metal Slug I will buy. The only other thing of intrest for me is the new EWJ game and the Sega comp.

I've been playing my PSP a little bit lately, but only because of MMMHX. Sadly, that game sold horribly, just like everything else on the PSP, so I'll never get the chance to see how awesome the rest of the MMMH games could have been. The PSP just offers nothing for the price that it is. I would run out and buying stuff like Lemmings and Pursuit Force in a second...if it didn't cost $50 god damn bucks. I would much rather spend $30 on something completely amazing like Trauma Center or Star Fox Command. Something I can't play, bigger and better, on a home console.

PSP, biggest waste of potential in a portable ever. I'm looking forward to some stuff, but no where near what the DS offers.

*Ecto Jedi* · 09-04-2006, 12:06 AM

Wow, I'm really surprised at the direction this thread has taken.

Peanut · 09-04-2006, 10:34 AM

Hey, I wasn't bashing Sony. I was just saying that the PSP is a pretty big disappointment. For the portable that was supposed to sweep in and steal away Nintendo's monopoly on the handheld market...wellll.

You have to admit, getting games or UMD's for the PSP is much too expensive. They're charging the same, or sometimes more, for a game than what it would cost on a console. I would like for nothing better than to have my PSP library grow and give me a bunch of awesome gameplay experiences, but it probably won't.

I'm a game player. Games and my entertainment come before any brand loyalty. Why do you think I bought the PSP? Just so I could complain about how lackluster it's line-up is? No. I bought it to play some great portable games. Unfortunately it hasn't been offered up, and what has shown up is way too expensive.

*Ecto Jedi* · 09-04-2006, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Peanut

I'm a game player. Games and my entertainment come before any brand loyalty. Why do you think I bought the PSP? Just so I could complain about how lackluster it's line-up is? No. I bought it to play some great portable games. Unfortunately it hasn't been offered up, and what has shown up is way too expensive.

No good games? Hardly. If I weren't so lazy I'd list them all for you in a neat little package (somehow the conversation doesn't seem to merit that sort of effort.) Yeah, I'll admit that the games are pretty pricey...Though I've seen that a lot of the video UMDs have begun to drop in price, often considerably. Also, PSP greatest hits are now coming out, so cheap bastards like you and me won't have to sacrifice good gameplay experiences because of our lack of moolah.

Peanut · 09-04-2006, 06:18 PM

I have no lack of money. I have plenty to throw around. Just go take a look in the "Latest Videogame Purchases" thread and see how many games I buy in a week. I make a very good amount at my job and I still live at home, so it's almost entirely expendable. At present I own 6 PSP games. GTA:LCS, which was pretty good, but once you got over the whole "WOW! They pulled off GTA on a portable!" it gets pretty boring, as all the GTA games do. Hot Shots Golf, which is pretty good. PoP: Revelations, which has some pretty bad audio, graphical and control issues. Lumines, which is pretty cool at first, but gets pretty boring after extended play. Then there's MMMHX, which is easily far and away the best PSP game I've played.

Like I said before, beyond what I own and those couple games I mentioned wanting before, the PSP offers very little to me, or many people for that matter. That's why it's being smoked by the DS in every territory. Even at Video Games Live, I expected to see some people with PSP. I saw one. The entire night. I looked off the balcony and saw dual screens everywhere, though. The DS is just better as a portable system. And I know there's nothing the PSP could do to chance my mind about it. Not even a portable God of War and Kingdom Hearts, which would be totally bad ass. Fact is, I could have the same experience, bigger and better on my home console.

**Barkworm** · 09-05-2006, 01:48 AM

I honestly don't think a game like God of War would work on the PSP. One of the major aspects of it was the mind-blowing presentation. Just imagine you'd watch a midget Ares trashing a mini-Athens. No!

*Duke* · 09-05-2006, 09:36 PM

Personally, I'm still debating on whether or not I'll ever pick up a PSP. But to be honest the longer I keep waiting the less likely it becomes. I usually pick up a console at launch then wait for the line up to come along later. But with the PSP I decided to wait for the line up and base my decision on whether or not to buy it off of that. But I've kept waiting and all I really see are over priced portable versions of games I can already pick up on my PS2. With all that being said I'd love to pick up the new Rachet and Clank.

**Barkworm** · 09-06-2006, 02:34 AM

Yeah, me too but that and maybe Loco Roco are the only games I'd even touch. The PSP's line-up really is horrible.

Peanut · 09-06-2006, 04:18 PM

Meeeeh. Loco Roco is an ok game. I had higher hopes for it, but after playing the demo and going through a couple levels at EB, I decided not to get it. It's neat and all, has some really good music, but the game just doesn't really play all that great, or with much variety.

09-02-2006, 01:35 PM	#1
Ecto Jedi Denki Wo Kitte Kudasai Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,439	Any PSP fans looking forward to fall lineup? Hey guys, I just recently purchased "The Essential PSP Handbook" from the local 7-Eleven and once I began thumbing through the many pages, I couldn't help but get excited over the great lineup of titles slated for the PSP during the fall and winter months. Granted, the magazine was compiled by the editors of PSM, so it was rife with incredibly asinine typos and the like -- but at least the previews were filled with gorgeous screenshots. In any event, these games speak for themselves! Among the hot titles; Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters Tekken: Dark Ressurection Killzone Liberation Loco Roco Sonic Rivals EA Replay (Road Rash, baby!) Ultimate Ghosts n' Goblins Ace Combat: Skies of Deception Lumines II Marvel Ultimate Alliance Metal Slug Anthology Mortal Kombat: Unchained Every Extend Extra (the title makes no sense whatsoever, naturally) Bounty Hounds Capcom Classic Collection Reloaded Capcom Puzzle World Battlezone ...And others, too. Check out this great article on ign.com to check 'em out. P.S. -- And to be totally honest, if you're planning on posting with the sole intent of bashing Sony and the games, then I'd rather not hear from you. Yeah, you know who you are... Last edited by Ecto Jedi; 09-02-2006 at 02:42 PM.

09-02-2006, 02:15 PM	#3
Raven follower of Jesus Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,212	I really want to get MGS:OP, the game looks so kick ass plus it has a whole new way of playing MGS. It will be fun to find out more of the Boss's background....the others....eh I could care less about just give me more MGS! __________________ TMNT Future Despair Deviant Offical Ultimate Ninja Turtles Site!

09-02-2006, 02:36 PM	#5
Dr. Doom Allons-y! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Castle Doom Posts: 4,535	I'd be lying if I said I didn't want Portable Ops, especially because Ocelot is in it. The number of games for PSP that I wanna play is slowly piling up. __________________ I love you, Pickle.

09-03-2006, 05:29 AM	#8
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	I'll tell you it dosen't. I played it. It looks all "retro and schweet", but that's just graphics, and graphics don't mean jack to a Sonic game where the "fancy graphics" are supposed to fly by so fast you don't see them. The game is slow, muddy, and has the loosest and generally sloppiest control I've ever felt in a Sonic game for any system. If Sonic Rivals is "retro", then get me out of the 90's because something got lost in the translation here. The game blows. Complete slop job. Oh, and the only thing that interests me on that list is Ultimate Ghosts and Goblins. Those Capcom compliations can bite me. I'm not paying money for something I've bought a dozen times. goes to play arcade perfect import Puzzle Fighter on Sega Saturn with 4-Meg Ram cart __________________

09-05-2006, 01:48 AM	#17
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,761	I honestly don't think a game like God of War would work on the PSP. One of the major aspects of it was the mind-blowing presentation. Just imagine you'd watch a midget Ares trashing a mini-Athens. No! __________________ Make ****, not kill!

09-02-2006, 02:13 PM	#2
Kid Icarus Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Angel Land Posts: 4,150	I was going to reply with my thoughts on this, but since the all mighty Ecto Jedi has said I'm not allowed to discuss these topics, I won't. But hey, what the hell. I'm feeling gutsy today. The majority of these games have equivilents or better for PS2. Why not get those instead? And Sonic? Come on... SEGA can't make a good Sonic game anymore. That stopped with Adventure on Dreamcast.

09-04-2006, 12:06 AM	#13
Ecto Jedi Denki Wo Kitte Kudasai Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,439	Wow, I'm really surprised at the direction this thread has taken.

09-04-2006, 10:34 AM	#14
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	Hey, I wasn't bashing Sony. I was just saying that the PSP is a pretty big disappointment. For the portable that was supposed to sweep in and steal away Nintendo's monopoly on the handheld market...wellll. You have to admit, getting games or UMD's for the PSP is much too expensive. They're charging the same, or sometimes more, for a game than what it would cost on a console. I would like for nothing better than to have my PSP library grow and give me a bunch of awesome gameplay experiences, but it probably won't. I'm a game player. Games and my entertainment come before any brand loyalty. Why do you think I bought the PSP? Just so I could complain about how lackluster it's line-up is? No. I bought it to play some great portable games. Unfortunately it hasn't been offered up, and what has shown up is way too expensive.

09-04-2006, 06:18 PM	#16
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	I have no lack of money. I have plenty to throw around. Just go take a look in the "Latest Videogame Purchases" thread and see how many games I buy in a week. I make a very good amount at my job and I still live at home, so it's almost entirely expendable. At present I own 6 PSP games. GTA:LCS, which was pretty good, but once you got over the whole "WOW! They pulled off GTA on a portable!" it gets pretty boring, as all the GTA games do. Hot Shots Golf, which is pretty good. PoP: Revelations, which has some pretty bad audio, graphical and control issues. Lumines, which is pretty cool at first, but gets pretty boring after extended play. Then there's MMMHX, which is easily far and away the best PSP game I've played. Like I said before, beyond what I own and those couple games I mentioned wanting before, the PSP offers very little to me, or many people for that matter. That's why it's being smoked by the DS in every territory. Even at Video Games Live, I expected to see some people with PSP. I saw one. The entire night. I looked off the balcony and saw dual screens everywhere, though. The DS is just better as a portable system. And I know there's nothing the PSP could do to chance my mind about it. Not even a portable God of War and Kingdom Hearts, which would be totally bad ass. Fact is, I could have the same experience, bigger and better on my home console.

09-05-2006, 09:36 PM	#18
Duke Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,913	Personally, I'm still debating on whether or not I'll ever pick up a PSP. But to be honest the longer I keep waiting the less likely it becomes. I usually pick up a console at launch then wait for the line up to come along later. But with the PSP I decided to wait for the line up and base my decision on whether or not to buy it off of that. But I've kept waiting and all I really see are over priced portable versions of games I can already pick up on my PS2. With all that being said I'd love to pick up the new Rachet and Clank.

09-06-2006, 02:34 AM	#19
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,761	Yeah, me too but that and maybe Loco Roco are the only games I'd even touch. The PSP's line-up really is horrible. __________________ Make ****, not kill!

09-06-2006, 04:18 PM	#20
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	Meeeeh. Loco Roco is an ok game. I had higher hopes for it, but after playing the demo and going through a couple levels at EB, I decided not to get it. It's neat and all, has some really good music, but the game just doesn't really play all that great, or with much variety.