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Post by kobushi on Dec 12, 2010 12:50:39 GMT -5
Who, me? I bought the PS3 Wizardry game (Torawareshi Tamashii no Meikyuu) on launch day last winter, almost exactly one year ago. It's published by Acquire, but it's not by Zerodiv, and there were no source code shenanigans that I know of.
The PS3 Wizardry is pretty good, very much classic Wizardry for good and ill. The game engine is smooth, the music is decent, and the character portraits look great. Bishops level up crazy fast. Spell damage felt overly randomized (to the point where casting a 1st level fire spell on a fire-based enemy would often do more damage than a higher-level water spell). There's also some nasty, nasty enemies about halfway through. I drifted away from it to play FFXIII (god help me).
I think feynman got the impression that I'm some Don Quixote crusading against Class of Heroes. But my position can be explained in purely selfish terms: I want to play good dungeon crawlers.
Team Muramasa makes good dungeon crawlers. I mean, really good. The Xth series is incredibly addictive, and extremely well-balanced. Everyone needs to check out Students of Round when the enhanced 360 version comes out next year. They've thrown out all the archaic gameplay elements from Wizardry and created a lean, beautiful, accessible dungeon crawler. It's their best game yet.
On the other hand, I don't trust Zerodiv to know what makes a good dungeon crawler. The first Class of Heroes was poorly optimized for the PSP, missing a bunch of explanatory text, and contained bugs that didn't exist in Wizardry Xth 2. For instance, I hear it's impossible to get 100% item completion in Class of Heroes, because they mucked around with some quest rewards. Class of Heroes 2 was rife with additional bugs, and was panned as kusoge.
So even after removing all ethical considerations, Team Muramasa is still clearly the better choice. They just need to release their games in English.
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OK, I've polluted this thread long enough. On topic: the PSP is great. Jeanne d'Arc. Final Fantasy Tactics. Brave Story. Exit. Falcom stuff. Classic Dungeon. Gradius Portable. Disgaea. Patapon. Loco Roco. Half-Minute Hero. Valkyria 2, with 3 on the way.
Terrific system.
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Post by acidonia on Dec 12, 2010 13:29:20 GMT -5
Hot Pixel
A Urban Themed Wario Ware clone got loads of slack just for that begin a clone but it can be fun probally under $10 now as well.
Invisimals
Needs the Psp Go camera to be played that it comes with but it is the best monster trainer game on the System even with online Trading and VS modes the Direct Sequel Invizimals Shadow Zone is only available in Europe at the moment.
Yugioh Tag Force series.
Tons of Options and Cards to unlock (The lastest one has just over 4740 cards in it). I would start playing the game to learn the rules againist a low level Deck though they can get really tough when your using the Starter Deck. I would recomend Tag Force 3 the most due to it having the Most characters and Endings but it was never brought out in America though the rest of the series was.
Gulity Gear Judgement is not to bad if you can get it cheap. Yopu also get Guilty Gear XX2 Reload on the disc or Slash if it is the Japanese version.
Sega Mega Drive Collection has some good games on it though Shadow Dancer is not in the European Version of it or Ps2 version either no idea why.
Some great games for PSP shame the PSN store for both PSP and PS3 is such a trainwreck.
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Post by Super Orbus on Dec 12, 2010 15:20:54 GMT -5
I can endorse many of the recommendations here. I'd also add in Patchwork Heroes, which is sadly PSN only. I haven't actually sprung for the game yet, so my recommendation is based on the strength of the demo, which is super fun.
I don't regret buying my PSP one bit. It may not have as big a library as the DS (also a fine system), but it's got some real gems in it.
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Post by Dingo on Dec 12, 2010 15:38:38 GMT -5
Most of the games I would recommend have already been mentioned, but I highly suggest looking in to Crimson Gem Saga. I picked it up on a whim and ended up loving the game. Its a standard RPG, but I had a lot of fun with the battle system, characters, and skills in the game.
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Post by wyrdwad on Dec 12, 2010 15:49:41 GMT -5
As someone who works in an even SMALLER game studio, I'd just like to point out that these seem like misconceptions to me. Mounting a legal offensive with such a small game studio is actually VERY MUCH in the studio's interest, and I guarantee they have the resources for it. The copyrights would be untangled by lawyers, not by developers... and the people in charge of making games would still be making games, even during a court case -- if you're a developer or a writer, you're not going to touch ANYTHING legal during the course of your job.
I don't think any of the four points you made would actually impede Team Muramasa's ability to sue in any way. I'm with Feynman: There was probably some sort of settlement or deal made.
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva is not an RPG in any way. I'd also argue that Gurumin is a 3D platformer, not an RPG -- Falcom may claim it's an RPG, but it's so NOT. And Tokobot certainly isn't an RPG either -- it's a puzzle platformer.
Hell, even the Ys games aren't RPGs in the traditional sense. They're "action RPGs," sure... but they're a hell of a lot more action than RPG. (:
Another great 3D platformer I forgot to mention, BTW, is Daxter. I got it as a pack-in game with my PSP-2001, and was surprised as how EXTREMELY GOOD it is. Definitely recommended for platformer fans.
So yeah... I do play mostly RPGs, but a very good chunk of my recommendations -- and a good chunk of the games I own -- are non-RPGs.
Nice thing about the PSP is that you can easily access the Japanese PSN store, which is *amazing*. If you like import gaming at all, Japanese PSN is definitely the way to go -- its selection is mindblowing.
-Tom
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Post by Atma on Dec 12, 2010 19:14:54 GMT -5
Unfortunately, Students of the Round is coming out for a system I have no intentions of owning. Which is really bad because after reading this I want to buy it to offset my CoH karma. It looks like a really good, beautiful dungeon crawl from what little I have seen but I just don't have enough interested vested in a 360, be it even a Japanese one to play imports on, to get it. My only hope is they port it to PS3 too or I get a computer good enough to play the PC version, even if it's going to have less content.
Any other games coming out by them I may want to look into instead for now?
Oh well, at least I can have the fond memory of CoH giving me my hidden door fetish. That will always be funny.
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Post by Weasel on Dec 12, 2010 19:24:48 GMT -5
For some reason, reading over this thread only gives me the inclination to go out and buy a copy of Class of Heroes just because it pisses Kobushi off. =P
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Post by kobushi on Dec 12, 2010 20:00:16 GMT -5
Atma,
The PC version of SoR has very light system requirements - you can grab the demo here (http://www.exp-inc.jp/sor/) and see how well it runs. Otherwise, you could try the Generation Xth trilogy. It's basically Wizardry Xth in a near-future Tokyo, reminiscent of Shin Megami Tensei. If you liked Class of Heroes, you'll love Gen Xth.
Weasel, You must be one of those Cool Internet People I've heard so much about.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2010 20:06:45 GMT -5
The first suggestion I would make for a new PSP owner would be to purchase some component cables. I've found myself putting a lot more time into my PSP after I was able to play it on my television.
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Post by Weasel on Dec 12, 2010 20:29:28 GMT -5
Weasel, You must be one of those Cool Internet People I've heard so much about. Note the "=P" face which indicates that I am not being entirely serious.
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Post by kobushi on Dec 12, 2010 20:35:00 GMT -5
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Post by wyrdwad on Dec 12, 2010 21:12:20 GMT -5
The first suggestion I would make for a new PSP owner would be to purchase some component cables. I've found myself putting a lot more time into my PSP after I was able to play it on my television. Oh, hey, yeah... this. For sure. Very good call. -Tom
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Post by kobushi on Dec 12, 2010 21:29:46 GMT -5
Another thing about the PSP that hasn't been mentioned: the OP bought a PSP-1000, which means that custom firmware (CFW) is definitely possible.
Once you have CFW installed, you can use a program like ISOTool to rip your own UMDs and store them as iso files on a memory stick. This allows you to carry multiple games on a single stick, and play games without using the UMD drive at all. UMD drive noise is eliminated, data seek and load times shorten significantly, and battery life is extended.
It doesn't matter where you sit on the issue of piracy and hardware hacking - enabling ISO support on the PSP provides a dramatically better user experience.
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Post by Weasel on Dec 12, 2010 21:37:57 GMT -5
The first suggestion I would make for a new PSP owner would be to purchase some component cables. I've found myself putting a lot more time into my PSP after I was able to play it on my television. Oh, hey, yeah... this. For sure. Very good call. -Tom I feel the need to point out that component (and video cables in general) do not work on PSP-1000, only 2000 and later.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2010 21:38:43 GMT -5
Aw crap, that's right. I forgot that he'd mentioned that in the first post. Component cables wouldn't be an option, then. Sorry.
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