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[Türbo Bröther]

I'm currently into the best Elder Scrolls game which is Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. Just like all the other ones it is a gem with many facets that are a little dirty but what ones aren't shine brightly through and though it's filled with characters who look a little stiff they don't have potatoes for heads. It's enjoyable to just move about and your followers are actually useful beyond being walking saddle bags. A marketable improvement and shows much promise for future entries into the franchise.

[s0]

what about soul sacrifice?

it's ok. i pretty much only use my vita to play psp or ps1 games which is very rare these days.

i recently played some gladiator begins on my vita. it had been collecting dust for more than a year before that.

[ｂ∀ ｋｋｕｓａ]

i regret not buying pspvita when soul sacrifice was still new (for multiplayer).
Seems like it was the only legit reason to own a psvita, since other good titles aren't exclusive anymore.

[s0]

soul sacrifice is really not that good tho. get a 3ds with monster hunter instead.

[s0]

the only "good" vita exclusive i've played was the ys 4 remake thingy.

[InfiniteStateMachine]

Vita exclusives aren't its strong point. It's still my most played handheld by far. I have UMvC3 on quick suspend all the time so i can get some quick matches in during breaks etc (the online community is still great, I can find a match in 30 seconds usually). I basically think of it as my fighting, indie and ps1 machine.

Also playing Front Mission 3 right now on vita. I thought it had terrible raycasting or input issue then I realized my fingers were brushing against the backtouch and it maps to the L/R buttons on the ps1/ps2 gamepads.

[InfiniteStateMachine]

Started playing Let it Die. Not sure if I like it yet but it's keeping me engaged. Still waiting to see if it becomes a free 2 play nightmare or not.

Death with rainbow glasses on a skateboard is pretty good though.

[SousaVilla]

Invisible Inc is free on psn this month. If you like srpgs or stealth games you should give it a try, I'm having a blast with it so far.

[s0]

Invisible inc is a masterpiece

[Tanner]

Vita justified its existence with a great Spelunky port. Everything else is secondary, and I don't regret the purchase at all.

[s0]

yeah but

i have a laptop

i can play spelunky on that

(same is true for every other indie game on vita)

[Tanner]

can't fit a laptop in my pocket and i don't need an extra controller just to play it

[JWK5]

Still playing Witcher 3.

I am noticing the mind control spell doesn't actually work, rather than charming the enemies into servitude they just stand there dazed. Other than that there are some fun little setups you can do with the magic and bombs, especially the trap branch of spells.

I really like some of the subject matter the game touches upon that is not often explored in video games. I wish the game invested a bit more into those story lines and Geralt had more of an emotional stake in them but they are at the very least a step in the right direction.

While some of the sex in the game is overblown it is good to see that in the cases I've seen so far (for example, with Keira) they are not treated as cheap collector card gimmicks but as a function of story and a tone-setter. The Mass Effect games could stand to learn a few things from the Witcher 3. Granted, apparently you do end up having sex on a stuffed unicorn, but I kind of like the silly moments that pop up in the grim overtones of the game, they balance things out.

Combat can be really mashy if you prefer, just hammering the fast attack button to victory. I can see how some might find the combat disappointing now. However, if you actually fully utilize the dodging, rolling, etc. you can really flow through combat and get a lot of mileage out of it. I think all the game really needs to fix its combat for the better is to put the fast and power attacks on the stamina gauge so that you are really forced to utilize your options effectively.

Overall the game is great, I am liking it a lot better than Skyrim. Where Skyrim throws a world at you and then gives you flat personalities to populate it and no real incentive to emotionally invest yourself the Witcher 3 really feels alive and knows how to draw you in to the personal conflicts and drama of its inhabitants. You really feel the stakes of being a Witcher and its context in the scheme of things. The actual facial expressions of the characters are amazing, no real uncanny valley, you can connect with them. It's a great gaming experience.

[Landshark RAWR]

i got a ps4 and instead of playing my big expensive games im just https://twitter.com/LandsharkRAWR/status/808526403767517184

[Tanner]

I just remembered my best argument for the vita: the most recent Shiren game is fucking amazing and is only on vita.

[Schoq]

Get me a vita and shiren for xmas

[s0]

really like some of the subject matter the game touches upon that is not often explored in video games. I wish the game invested a bit more into those story lines and Geralt had more of an emotional stake in them but they are at the very least a step in the right direction.

hm? i think tw3 invests far more story into its sidequests than most other games. even the simple boss rush contracts have some kind of narrative content tied to them. tw3 does the whole wrpg "big and small stories" thing better than most.

[JWK5]

really like some of the subject matter the game touches upon that is not often explored in video games. I wish the game invested a bit more into those story lines and Geralt had more of an emotional stake in them but they are at the very least a step in the right direction.

hm? i think tw3 invests far more story into its sidequests than most other games. even the simple boss rush contracts have some kind of narrative content tied to them. tw3 does the whole wrpg "big and small stories" thing better than most.

Right. I didn't say they did them poorly, I said I wished they'd invest more into them. As in, what they do is good so I'd like to see them push it even further.

[InfiniteStateMachine]

Playing more Let it Die. The game is really starting to grow on me. Like a fungus.

[s0]

Quick question: Will I like the Last Guardian? I'm not a "fan" of Team Ico's work (thought SotC was good but got bored with Ico), so I'm not going to automatically enjoy anything they do. Hence why I'm asking.