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#1 JNKtastic
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[QUOTE="ston3henge"]

Since you've got a 2D fighter in GG, why not swing to the 3D now - the two different styles require two vastly different approaches, in my opinion. I am partial to "Soul Calibur" because it's weapons-based and is a very different feel to the unarmed diciplines. But buy something which is as different to your eye as possible from GG so that you'll have a fighter for every taste.

eejus

Good point Ston3y. I didn't think of it that way.

Addendum: Being that Dissidia is based off of Square Enix characters, I would say that the fighting is character-based + weapons-based with each character fighting in the manner of his or her own fighting style which means they're mostly stuck with whatever weaponry they start off with and possess their own unique strengths and weaknesses. If you're familiar with various FF characters, you'll find that in a lot of ways, their Dissidia characteristics, qualities, and pros and cons are much the same.
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Dissidia is a more or less fully 3D fighting environment which means you can fall DOWN cliffs (done that!), climb/jump/scale UP cliffs (done that!) and will have to alter your camera angle at times to see what's going on and turn around 360 degrees sometimes to catch up to your opponent. With that said, if you like Final Fantasy, then you will find Dissidia to be quite a beautiful game and the fighting gameplay is fun and different with different attack methods causing different sorts of damage meaning that there are more than one ways to skin the proverbial cat and you have to chase after and sometimes duck, dodge, block and run away from your opponents. You can also pick up bonus items or boost items during your battles (like Super Smash Brothers, sort of) if you ever remember they are there. There are loads of unlockables and plenty of characters to go through with each character having interesting things to unlock about them and some of the unlockables are simply funny. You can set a bonus day where if you play the game on that day, you will earn extra points, which is cool if you have a somewhat set schedule. You can also set the 'pace' of your game depending on your level of playing style which alters the game itself a bit. A peeve of mine with the game though is that the instructions/tutorials/helpful information is difficult to get to while in-game. Dissidia offers a lot of fun and a lot of gameplay and a lot of interesting odds and ends, but it doesn't exactly make getting to the relevant information much easier. My opinion anyways. Maybe I just never figured out the easier way to get to the info. But yeah. Dissidia is a good option that offers both a chance at fight-style gaming and a bit of strategics. It reminds me of Soul Calibur or Tekken combined with Super Smash Brothers in a lot of ways and I like it. :)
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We've all been newbs before (and I'm still a relative newb as I type this) and so I was wondering... For those of you who have been around the proverbial block in regards to owning and using a PSP - for gaming, multimedia, whatever - I was wondering what sorts of practical advice you'd give to a newbie. Are there any bits of advice or tips or hints or 'OMFG Don't Forget About This!' moments that you wish you had known when you were a new owner? Are there things that you see newbies or even non-newbies do that make you go 'Oh no, not AGAIN!'? (And no, posting multiple topic threads on the same topic doesn't count. ;)) Basically, if you have some knowledge you'd like to share that you think would be useful for newbies (and even non-newbies alike), please do. ---------- Even though I'm still pretty new to it all, I'll post something: Please be careful when buying Memory Sticks off of eBay and Amazon! You'll never know when you might be buying a Sony produce only to later realize that it's a knock-off and either won't work properly with your unit or will corrupt your data.
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Sorry for the second post but thank you for realizing that you need to do this before you sell it off. I keep reading how people don't like the Go because they aren't able to use their account on it and complain that Sony won't do anything for them when they sold off their old PSP and didn't take this step. They get their new PSP and have to rebuy everything.

eejus
Sorry if I sound like a total newbie to this (and I actually mostly am :?), but exactly what is this whole process? I know the PSN association with my PSP locks my games to it and locks my account to it, but what exactly is the process for unlocking it from my current PSP and transferring it to another acceptable device (PSPs, PS3) or devices? What happens to the downloadability of the stuff on my PSN account? How many times can I change devices that my PSN account is locked on to? If I suddenly became an owner of a PS3, can I also use my current PSN account on that, too? If I became an owner of a Go in addition to being an owner of a 3000, can I use my current PSN on that? What else in general should I know about this whole thing? Are there particular precautions I should take? Thanks in advance for any and all answers. :)
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I think the 2 psp 2000's that I have are just fine. I bought a couple extra 4 gb memory sticks to dl as many psn store purchases as I like. I also have the option to play my umd's and trade them in if I choose. Also, you can buy a game on umd for a lot less than the psn store is charging on a lot of items.

phoenyx9
That right there, too. Dissidia's UMD can be bought for cheaper for example and used games (which my stores have plenty of) are almost always cheaper than what is available on the PSN. But I also know that some people don't have great access to game stores and/or their game stores have crappy stock in terms of game choices, sooo...
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[QUOTE="Vyylent5"]

There are far too many games that aren't downloadable, so you made a good choice.

ston3henge

For me it's always been about getting the most options from the library available, and the Go will never be what a 3000 already is. Or in my case, a 2000. If you're all about games which come out from this point on, you're probably making a safe purchase with a Go... if you want the full palate of the PSP, a UMD drive is, for the moment, pretty neccesary.

I like the PSN, I like having games onboard the hardware and not muddling with a UMD, but the established library sitting on my shelf says "No" to the Go. I wish it were different because it IS a sexy piece of hardware and the convenience of the PSN IS rockin'... but my love of some older titles - not to mention some GLARING ommisions - make a UMD drive version ring a bit more true to me.

Sod the price, I would own one if the library were there and I wouldn't have to re-purchase (sometimes $5 and $10 more) the same old titles in order to play them. A 16G card, and I've got most (90%) of the functionalities of a Go, a healthy percentage of which I can seriously live without.

I agree. I wanted some older titles that weren't released to the PSN so I knew that I would have to go with UMDs or risk never being able to play the games. Additionally, I already owned a collection of Memory Stick Pro Duos because of other Sony products and they are like the UMDs - made obsolete with the new Go. Not being able to play the non-PSN-available games coupled with my wishy washyness over downloading all of my games rather than having them on a cartridge and then the addition of new proprietary accessories and Stick storage were what made the price point not worth it for me. It's pointless, but if the Go had utilized a UMD slot, I might very well have given much greater consideration for the Go.
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all downloads operate relitivly the same as the disks. only PSN downloads that have there multiplayer inacessable are the PS1 titlesdarkspineslayer
Thanks for letting us know! That's news to me. The bit about the multiplayer being inaccessible on the PS1 titles, I mean.
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I'm not making a personal attack... I just found FF7 to be mediocre at best... even it the time... I wasn't saying you personally were a fanperson... just that there's an absurd following.waflerevolution
Didn't think you were making any sort of personal attack, but I thought I would air my own thoughts on the matter. :) Even for a fan of the game, I think the following and the blind devotion is completely absurd - especially those who have no particular reason for fanning the game besides 'XYZ is SOOOOOO COOOOOOL!!!111'. Ugh. @ Hizang: Sometimes you can snag the Greatest Hits version of the game at a retailer for less than the eBay and Amazon prices. If you own a PSP, you can download the game for 10 bucks USD. Same with FFVIII. I definitely wouldn't pay the ridiculous prices that you normally see. And thanks for the prior welcome and thanks for the commentary about my tag! :) I would suggest VIII, too, especially if you like card games and questing. Triple Triads. I fully admit to being a Triple Triads fan. @ totalgridlock: Duo xie! :)
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I think a lot of misinformation comes from over generalization and I've found myself in a similar situation before, but in reverse. When I bought my PSP 3000, I bought it in a bundle after doing a lot of comparison shopping and when I went in to the store to do the pickup, the guys behind the counter there tried upselling me the Go while another guy working the backroom whom I've usually bought from gave me more factual advice which led me to stay with what I had. One of the guys tried telling me that UMDs were going out of style (okay, I can surely believe that with no problem) and another guy tried telling me that all the PSP games that were released on UMD were also released to the PSN (wrong, though perhaps people can argue that all the CURRENT PSP games released on UMD are available on PSN though I haven't checked). When I asked about the battery in the Go, I was told that it was definitely user-replaceable. What I wasn't told was that there's a lovely sticker of Warranty-Voiding doom over it. After that, they also told me that the Go would use the same sort of storage stick. What they neglected to tell me was that it would be a DIFFERENT sort of Stick. On the other hand, the other guy in the backroom told me this: If you hate carrying around UMDs and Memory Sticks, get a Go as its whole purpose is to be the ultimate in portability. Portable gaming, portable multimedia. Yes, the battery is replaceable, but it voids the warranty. Yes, a lot of games are on the PSN, but not some of the games I was looking at. The Go is smaller and more compact and tucks away into smaller places. The control pad got changed on the Go and some people have found it more comfortable. There's Bluetooth on it which is useful for wireless headphones or in the car media playing. The Go requires a different type of proprietary media storage - the Micro as opposed to Pro Duo - and it also doesn't use the same USB cable as the older models do which use the standard mini jack. He said a few other things, but the end result was, the guys at the counter generalized on some things (and neglected to tell me about some other things which I actually already knew about as I had researched beforehand) while the other guy was simply matter-of-fact without putting one device down over the other. I very much liked the idea of the Go, but in the end, I obviously went with the 3000 because it simply fit my lifestyle and my current equipment setup better. What led me to make my decision were these main factors: - I dislike buying new proprietary media storage and accessories for a new device (Go) especially when a lot of my own older stuff could be compatible with a different model (like the 3000). The idea of buying Go-specific USB cables, chargers, and new Stick media storage was too much because I already owned plenty of the 1/2/3000-compatible USB cables, Memory Sticks, and AC adapters. - I dislike the idea of the battery not being fully user-replaceable. - I don't mind carrying around a bunch of UMDs or Memory Sticks and I actually prefer to part out my collection. If the onboard storage on the Go failed, there goes whatever was on it (and yes, I realize the same could be said for Memory Sticks failing). Yes, PSN games can be re-downloaded and game saves can be backed up and so can multimedia, but man if that doesn't take a while - especially redownloading huge PSN games? UMDs are one less 'big thing' I would have to re-download. - Several PSP games I wanted weren't out on the PSN yet and I had no idea when they might be released. That sort of defeated my own purpose for having a portable gaming machine. - The Bluetooth functionality - where awesome in many ways - is a literal headache for me. I can't wear wireless headsets/headphones/earphones that use Bluetooth because I literally get headaches from it. That's just weirdness on my own part, but if I took advantage of the Bluetooth that would have been what I would have wanted to do. - The price point, in the end, I didn't feel was worth it to someone like me. Different setups work for different people. Plain and simple. The best option is always to do your own homework and do pros and cons and then go and check the products in question out and make an in-personal comparison. In relation to that, I dislike how some people immediately diss the Go's control setup. Someone else said it right - you HAVE to check it out yourself before drawing any personal conclusions. I have small hands for a guy with somewhat slim fingers. One would think I would fit the Go better, but nope. Oddly, I found the Go's controls to be a bit cramped and liked the more spread-out control layout of the 3000. On the other hand, a big guy friend of mine has much larger hands and he loves the Go's smaller layout. Go figure! Literally! Some things about all the PSP models are plain fact. Other things are personal opinion and generalization. Oh. And about the number of game downloads that will fit onto 16 Gigs of space or however many Gigs of space? Sign up for the PSN and use Media Go and search for games you might want to download and see for yourself how much space they'll take. All of my games so far are taking up anywhere between nearly 1 Gig to nearly 2 Gigs, but I know for sure that there are many games that take up less space. When telling someone how much Memory Stick space they're going to want, I choose to overestimate because having extra space is a bonus where not having enough space is a bummer - plain and simple.
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#10 JNKtastic
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To be honest, I'm more a Fallout3, Half Life, or DMC fan or even FFVIII fan than a FFVII fan. :? Heck, I'm probably Cookie Monster's number one fan. Yes, Cookie Monster from Sesame Street! But back to FFVII, I love the game for being what it was during the time of its first release and I love how it pushed the capabilities of the console at the time and it probably helps that I'm a graphics and animation junkie to boot, but I certainly don't pledge any sort of allegiance to it and I have many other games that have gotten the same - or greater - amounts of gameplay. Sephiroth is badass, but he isn't everything.