Seibei4211 wrote:

New PS3 update is live. PSN is coming back up very, very soon. Time for things to get back to the status quo.

Edit: Or at least, you know, some of it is back. The Store isn't back yet, which kinda sucks cause Honest Hearts for Fallout is coming out on Tuesday. Also, my LA Noire DLC needs the Store.

Yes! Time for some Portal!

anongos wrote:

Yes! Time for some Portal!

PSN's already up for me, sooo...

Waiting ~2 weeks for sycning my PSN with Steam was worth the weight wait.

I wonder when Australia will get PSN back up and running... all I've seen is a firmware update that hasn't done anything yet

Knowing our track record though, we'll be after every other region.

America's turned on. Europe's next. Austrailia's third followed by New Zealand, then the Middle East. Every country should be connected by the end of the month apparently.

Yay, it's down again! Thanks, Sony.

What are you talking about? It looks pretty online to me. The only ones who got the PSN turned off again temporarily were Europe and the Middle East and such.

Seibei4211 wrote:

What are you talking about? It looks pretty online to me. The only ones who got the PSN turned off again temporarily were Europe and the Middle East and such.

The U.S. got shut down for a while last night.

Well shit, if you haven't played inFamous or LBP before, now's probably a pretty good time.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/ ... h-america/

Wow I can get Wipeout for free? That basically counterbalances the outage for me XD

I guess inFAMOUS is good too.

Oh~ Look whats back in action~ :3

Hmm, of the five free games, I own 2 and was only interested in one other, so:

Dead Nation, or Super Stardust HD? I'll have to find out what either of those are, but Dead Nation sure sounds like a zombie game.

I hear Super Stardust HD is an asteroids-type game.

Not sure what I'm going to get yet, but I am sure I'm not going to get LBP. Though I do have a few accounts on my ps3 so maybe I can just get the other four.

I'll probably just get Dead Nation and Super Stardust HD. No point in letting a giveaway go to waste. If I were more into racing, I might get Wipeout HD.

Anyway, I just picked up LA Noire and they have this reeeally neat thing. There's this Badge Pursuit challenge that came with my copy. There's this envelope in the game box that has these 7 photograph negative film strip thingies that basically show you where each badge is in the game. That's such a neat way of doing a scavenger hunt.

I'll just wait until Media Go is back online in Australia. If it goes back online.

PSN store please, I want some more RB songs

awp wrote:

PSN store please, I want some more RB songs

It's scheduled for next Tuesday. At least in North America.

Just learned the hard way that LA Noire doesn't autosave (the only way to save) as often as I would like. Just spent hours last night trying to find some really annoying and elusive cars just to have my progress not fucking save.

So I beat LA Noire yesterday. That's probably one of the best games I've ever played. Totally worth the $60.

Anyway, I thought the Store would be back today, but apparently that's not gonna happen. Should be up before June though.

Yeah.

I wish I had more to say in this thread. But that store needs to go up.

There's a wizardry game coming out over PSN that I've been craving for a few weeks and its been held up in all this bullshit.

Ivalset wrote:

There's a wizardry game coming out over PSN that I've been craving for a few weeks and its been held up in all this bullshit.

Is there any info on the price that it's going be?

adam2046 wrote:

Is there any info on the price that it's going be?

Haven't heard one. I assumed it's going to be cheap, but I could be in for a huge surprise, now that I think about it.

In other news, finally got back on track with my Persona 3 Portable solo Maniac run. It's slowly getting to the point where I think the bosses are getting easier to deal with now that I have more options to deal with them.

Also, I've never been so reliant on attack spell gems before.

Ivalset wrote:

Yeah.

I wish I had more to say in this thread. But that store needs to go up.

There's a wizardry game coming out over PSN that I've been craving for a few weeks and its been held up in all this bullshit.

The crappy thing about that is even when the PS Store goes back up, you'll still probably have to wait until they eventually release the game. Cause they're not gonna just release everything we've missed all at once.

Yeah, apparently they're releasing twice a week or some shit until they get caught up.

Oh well, EU version of White Knight Chronicles 2 is coming soon as well, and I'll probably end up importing that.

Just gotta be patient...

White Knight Chronicles good? I've seen it in Microplay for 20 used, which is a small price to pay for something if it's good

Uhh, the first one is questionable. It has some good elements but some serious flaws. The sequel looks to be significantly better in every way, and it will also include the entire first game on the disc (with all the gameplay improvements of the sequel).

Honestly, just from the gameplay improvements they've made in the sequel, I could confidently say that WKC2 will be an absolutely amazing game for online multiplayer (which is the meat of the game).

I wouldn't recommend playing WKC1 now unless you just want to get your feet wet, and I certainly wouldn't advise spending any money to do that. Either wait for the NA release which is slated for August, or import the EU release sometime in early June. Since it's very focused on multiplayer, it's one of those games that's much better to get into near release. That said, there was still a decent online community in WKC1 a year after its release, and you don't even need that many people to be able to fully experience WKC.

I'll also note that the singleplayer campaign is pretty unremarkable. It's really just a springboard to get you ready for online play. The singleplayer campaign is something like 20-30 hours of play. Finishing everything on online could easily take you 300-500 hours depending on your efficiency (it's a huge grind, but a huge fun multiplayer grind).

It scratches a similar itch that PSO does, except that instead of hunting for red boxes you're hunting for crafting materials to upgrade your shit. Though apparently in WKC2 you can find weapon drops as well, so...

Whatever, fuck. Just wait for WKC2 if anything.

Edit: I forgot, there's also a psp game coming out in early june I think, that might also be a decent way of figuring out if you might be interested in WKC2. I haven't played it yet though so I can't really attest to that. It might be awful.

Speaking of Persona...

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/05/ ... ng-to-psp/

Edit: Also, Disgaea 4 - http://www.viddler.com/explore/sceablog ... 21/387.987

Damnit I want a PS3 to get Disgaea 4.

I already have Disgaea 3. But I'll skip that for 4.

Oh shit! New DeathSpank! The Baconing. I didn't think they'd make a third one.

http://www.ps3trophies.org/news/news-36 ... ning-.html

Ivalset wrote:

I could confidently say that WKC2 will be an absolutely amazing game for online multiplayer (which is the meat of the game).

See, this is plenty good information for me: I don't like playing games online.

God dammit that Disgaea 4 trailer makes the game look amazing. Disgaea 3 looked like Disgaea, which was always good enough for me. I just like Disgaea games. But Disgaea 4 seems to have added a lot more polish to the visuals and then they shoveled in a fucktonne of additional content to an already obscenely bloated game.

Kind of sad they haven't added another digit to the level cap though. Base stats better not still cap at 10 million (or was it 20? I forget). I mean, 10M is a fair stretch higher than FF's 255ish (okay, so 13 let you go to around 4000, there was no "cap" there) but I just felt so disappointed when my high-powered equipment, in combination with aptitudes and resident multipliers, was being cut short. It'd be nice to have an indistinguishable cap, like FF13. But not a puny one, like FF13.

Rolled, I finally officially have RB3. Now sign on more often, you motherfucker.

Edit: Oh, and it's probably worth mentioning that I'm playing RB3 on my Chiaki4211 account. This game is kind of a bitch though. I'm still trying to get the calibration just right. I don't think I ever needed to do that with Guitar Hero.

Edit2: I was THIIIS fucking close to just saying "Fuck this game" and giving up. I finally got the calibration to acceptable levels though.

fuckin' love rock band

in the ~2.5 years I've had it, I've probably clocked like 400 hours on it

I've gotten so...so...bad at this guitar shit. Also, my arm is not what it used to be. I can only make it through maybe six songs before my arm's shot for the day. But that's because I fucking suck at up/down strumming unless it's at shredding speed.

warwolf - warwolf696

I just got DJ Hero 2 cheap and I'm surprised how good it is. I really want to buy Rock Band 2 + 3 as well but I can't find a good (and cheap) guitar.

My brother picked up L.A. Noire and Nier today.
I haven't even started on Red Dead Redemption...

Looking forward to playing Nier at some point in the next...year.

Yeah, I'll probably be picking up Nier and RDR at some point this summer as well. Lately I've been spending all my time with Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World though. It's not as good as the original, but it's good enough. It's also a bit harder than the original ever was. Some of the most random enemies are able to drain my health in less than 2 seconds sometimes. It kinda sucks that there's only two actual party members, and one of them suuuuucks.

I've only heard absolutely terrible things about Dawn of the New World.

Also wow, about time there's a quick reply. Or maybe it's always been there and it's the first time I've misclicked.

Seibei4211 wrote:

Lately I've been spending all my time with Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World though. It's not as good as the original, but it's good enough. It's also a bit harder than the original ever was. Some of the most random enemies are able to drain my health in less than 2 seconds sometimes. It kinda sucks that there's only two actual party members, and one of them suuuuucks.

I never really had trouble with getting killed by enemies like that, however one of the late bosses did that. Also, I played with my brother so I was stuck as Marta, I don't find her too bad though, and her Mystic Arte is great for random enemies.

Ivalset wrote:

I've only heard absolutely terrible things about Dawn of the New World.

Also wow, about time there's a quick reply. Or maybe it's always been there and it's the first time I've misclicked.

Quick Reply has been around for several months, but not always.

atm I think I'm only looking forward to getting Disgaea 4. But I have 2 games in progress and 4 I haven't even opened, and that's on the PS3 alone. So many games, so little time.

Ivalset wrote:

I've only heard absolutely terrible things about Dawn of the New World.

Yeah, it's not my favorite by any means, and I wouldn't recommend anyone to rush out and buy it, but it's a decent enough fix for someone who hasn't played a Tales game in ages like me. The game gets a lot better the more you play it, cause you start out with shit moves and stuff. The good thing is that this game isn't nearly as long as the first one, so I should be able to get through it soon enough so I can start the real run with 10x EXP and all that GRADE stuff.

rust45 wrote:

I never really had trouble with getting killed by enemies like that, however one of the late bosses did that. Also, I played with my brother so I was stuck as Marta, I don't find her too bad though, and her Mystic Arte is great for random enemies.

I died in my very first non-tutorial battle. The bats in the cave could somehow kill me almost instantly. It took me a while to realize that I should get surrounded by enemies, which would always drain my health fast, and that I should just play Semi-Auto instead of Manual because I can't block/dodge for shit in this game. I could in ToS, but not here. Once I realized that juggling was pretty much the easiest way to not get hit, I stopped getting hurt so much. Also, I forgot about Quests until chapter 4, so I wasn't getting a lot of EXP.

adam2046 wrote:

Ivalset wrote:

There's a wizardry game coming out over PSN that I've been craving for a few weeks and its been held up in all this bullshit.

Is there any info on the price that it's going be?

Actually, now there's a rumor going around that it might be $14.99, which sounds incredibly cheap so I'm a bit weary still.

http://gamingbolt.com/hacking-group-its ... hacks-soon

Between this and the apparent breaking of the promise to get the store back up at the end of the month (And saying literally nothing in the way of updates), Yeah, I'd say the Playstation brand is in serious danger now.

Yes, and the apocalypse is occurring in October.

Behonkiss wrote:

http://gamingbolt.com/hacking-group-its-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-sony-promises-more-hacks-soon

Between this and the apparent breaking of the promise to get the store back up at the end of the month (And saying literally nothing in the way of updates), Yeah, I'd say the Playstation brand is in serious danger now.

They hacked a single website? Holy shit, yeah, these guys mean serious business. The entire fabric of Sony's network will be unraveled with the hacking of a few of their websites. Unless these guys permanently take down the PSN or something, they won't even bruise Sony's wallet.

Also, I wouldn't have expected the PSN to be turned back on until a Friday or Tuesday, so unless it doesn't get turned on by 7pm on 5/31, then they haven't broken their promise in my book. But even if they DO delay it again, it shouldn't be any surprise at all if you've been paying attention during the past month. I do wish they would've given some updates about when we should expect the store back though. I hate being told on the deadline date that shit's been delayed.

Recently read that Sony will get PSN Store services back up by the end of the week. Hope this stays through. After all, PSN is already back up.

Yeah, I just woke up and saw that news myself. We'll just see about that. At least now I don't have to keep checking the store today.

Or do you?!?!?!?!

Maybe they'll surprise us.

Seibei4211 wrote:

Unless these guys permanently take down the PSN or something, they won't even bruise Sony's wallet.

The PSN attack scored a crit of at least $180 million

that's fairly sizeable. More-so when you factor in the reputation and goodwill damages

awp wrote:

Seibei4211 wrote:

Unless these guys permanently take down the PSN or something, they won't even bruise Sony's wallet.

The PSN attack scored a crit of at least $180 million

that's fairly sizeable. More-so when you factor in the reputation and goodwill damages

I'm not talking about those guys at all. I'm talking about the people who hacked that Japanese Sony site and are planning on doing another "Sony operation". I really don't think those guys are the same ones who fucked with the PSN, and as such, they aren't a big concern. The PSN attack was somewhat damaging to profits and reputation, but in a few months the internet will move on and these profits/reputations will return to the status quo.

Anyway, just finished up (my first playthrough of) Symphonia 2. Such a convoluted story. I can definitely see how this was a low-budget game, but whatever, man. It still feels awesome to beat some tough fight.

Seibei4211 wrote:

I'm not talking about those guys at all. I'm talking about the people who hacked that Japanese Sony site and are planning on doing another "Sony operation"

iirc that lulsecs or whatever group we're talking about claimed they did the PSN attack

I'm not saying they did, but they're saying they did

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/06/ ... dated-now/

!!!

Someone questioned Super Stardust HD earlier. One of the first PSN games i bought, pretty kickass. Can only really enjoy it with a really large tv, 32" for example feels way too cramped. It is very pretty and the coop is cool, tho it gets a little annoying ala old school side scroller coop. Anyway, it's certainly recommendable. I already have Wipeout HD and LBP as well, so infamous and dead nation for me. All these 5 games are apparently really good so you can't go wrong with whatever you pick.

Wow, I can live with one day late. I totally didn't expect it up today. Fucking finally. LA Noire DLC time.

I was in the store for about 15 minutes with constant minute-long loads and error messages before the system just plain froze on an error message and now gets an error every time it tries to log in. Thanks, Sony!

Shit sucks. Everything was fine for me.

Clearly, the store sensed your rage and anger over the past month and has set out to fuck with you.

I had a bunch of error messages at first, but then I figured out how to get around them. I'm not gonna fault Sony for millions of people trying to use the store at the same time though. Anyway, that Red Faction demo was pretty friggin' fun. I did not know that game was decent. I'll have to pick up Guerilla soon.

"Password is no longer valid, you must reset your password [OK]"




FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

DawnII wrote:

Someone questioned Super Stardust HD earlier. One of the first PSN games i bought, pretty kickass. Can only really enjoy it with a really large tv, 32" for example feels way too cramped. It is very pretty and the coop is cool, tho it gets a little annoying ala old school side scroller coop. Anyway, it's certainly recommendable. I already have Wipeout HD and LBP as well, so infamous and dead nation for me. All these 5 games are apparently really good so you can't go wrong with whatever you pick.

I checked it out as well as Dead Nation (the two I'm making a choice over). Both look pretty interesting, though for different reasons. This doesn't seem the kind of game I'd go co-op for, but Dead Nation looks a bit like a run and gun/roguelike combination, which I would actually play with a friend.

Also, 32" TV.

I'd consider getting a bigger TV if I had room for one, but I don't.

Welcome back package now available:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/06/03/welcome-back/

And by available I mean unavailable as thousands scramble to try and get their shit.

Yeah, I just screwed myself out of a free game since this shit isn't working right. I getting the first free game, but it wouldn't let me, so I eventually backed out back to the Welcome Back page and the first free game disappeared without letting me download anything. Luckily, I have a second account, so it doesn't matter. That also means I can probably get all three of the games I don't have if I just wait until this stuff starts working.

Seibei4211 wrote:

Yeah, I just screwed myself out of a free game since this shit isn't working right. I getting the first free game, but it wouldn't let me, so I eventually backed out back to the Welcome Back page and the first free game disappeared without letting me download anything. Luckily, I have a second account, so it doesn't matter. That also means I can probably get all three of the games I don't have if I just wait until this stuff starts working.

They listed the way to access the download in the comments of the blog entry even if it "disappears", btw.

I'll probably get the free games later this week.

Oh god, I'm so bad at Super Stardust HD.

And everytime I fail I get to look at Mr. Pro Asshole DawnII.

Nekoroll wrote:

Seibei4211 wrote:

Yeah, I just screwed myself out of a free game since this shit isn't working right. I getting the first free game, but it wouldn't let me, so I eventually backed out back to the Welcome Back page and the first free game disappeared without letting me download anything. Luckily, I have a second account, so it doesn't matter. That also means I can probably get all three of the games I don't have if I just wait until this stuff starts working.

They listed the way to access the download in the comments of the blog entry even if it "disappears", btw.

I'll probably get the free games later this week.

Oh shit, thanks for that info, dude. Never woulda figured that out myself.

Ivalset wrote:

Oh god, I'm so bad at Super Stardust HD.

And everytime I fail I get to look at Mr. Pro Asshole DawnII.

Thank goodness it was free then. I'd be more pissed if I paid for a game that was way too hard for me and/or fucking bullshit.

I still think 10~15 rock band songs would have been better than free games I wouldn't otherwise have gotten

oh well, sooner it starts accepting my money again the better

Seibei4211 wrote:

Ivalset wrote:

Oh god, I'm so bad at Super Stardust HD.

And everytime I fail I get to look at Mr. Pro Asshole DawnII.

Thank goodness it was free then. I'd be more pissed if I paid for a game that was way too hard for me and/or fucking bullshit.

I don't think it's really that hard.

I'm just bad right now.

Then again, I did buy Wizardry the other day, so paying for bullshit hard games is right up my alley. It's quite exhilarating when your frontliner meatshield gets hit for over 3 times their health from an enemies' normal attack. Not to mention all the instant kills being thrown around.

I just realized some people are complaining that the PSN store is down and they don't know that it's because millions of people are all trying to download multi-gigabyte files at the same time

it makes me only the slightest bit uncomfortable that I'm sharing a service planet with people who are that stupid

This is the most hype shit ever. How have I gone so long without this game. I could listen to this all day.

Ival, you's gots some snap-tastic taste in music, man. That's a pretty sick song. I can't wait to play the game with that as the background.

All the music in Super Stardust HD is just really good.
The Orchestrated and Retro soundtracks are pretty awesome.

LMAO Ival you know you like my highscores. Music for that game really is amazing.

By the by, MGS HD collection oh shit. If only because I can transfer my already pwning psp save to the ps3 version and have some decent online support.

Speaking of all these HD remasters, MHP3rd better have decent online matchmaking and right analog stick that isn't swinging shit and I will be satisfied.

Didn't they say they're using AHP for multiplayer? Gonna be ass, I'm sure.

Also, I'm going to beat the shit out of your score and force you to play more SSHD.

If anyone was waiting for the store to stop sucking before getting on there, it seems to be doing a hell of a lot better now.

Indeed. I've now been able to get online and load the games I'd already downloaded (but couldn't authenticate).

Has anyone else been unable to connect to PSN with their PSP?

I assumed the problem was because of the overload of users but it's slowed down now and still hiccuping...

I don't think there's ever been a problem with too many people playing the PSP.

I got Super Stardust, had to update it but it was well worth it, the game's soundtrack is amazing and I almost beat the first boss.

Also currently downloading Dead Nation as I already had LPB and my bro downloaded Infamous and Wipeout.

Speaking of, if anyone in here has Super Stardust HD or just got it, you should add me to your friends list so I have motivation to beat some scores.
(PSN: Ivalsetto)

edit: Fucking goddamnit, I had 69 million and the connection to the server timed out while submitting.

;_;

I finally completed Dawn of the New World to satisfactory levels. Best items, max levels, 100% monsters caught. Every title except 1, because the lake unfroze and I don't fucking feel like playing the game again just to fish 100 times.

Anyway, Super Stardust HD time, Ival. And probably some Dead Nation. My friend's gonna get that for some co-op soon.

Ivalset wrote:

Speaking of, if anyone in here has Super Stardust HD or just got it, you should add me to your friends list so I have motivation to beat some scores.
(PSN: Ivalsetto)

I will if I remember.

Man though, this Welcome Back thing is really sweet, all the games offered are awesome and I'm probably going to be giving my PS3 a lot more time over the summer.

Holy shit, this game is more unforgiving than it looks. Dying and losing your multiplier and shit is a buzzkill.

Edit: Yeah, I don't think I'm cut out for this game.

Rantai wrote:

Has anyone else been unable to connect to PSN with their PSP?

I assumed the problem was because of the overload of users but it's slowed down now and still hiccuping...

Yeah; it has a few issues here and there on my end, too. I guess we just have to wait until they iron out all the kinks.

Seibei4211 wrote:

Holy shit, this game is more unforgiving than it looks. Dying and losing your multiplier and shit is a buzzkill.

Edit: Yeah, I don't think I'm cut out for this game.

It just takes a bit of practice, man. Just remember to use your boost when you get in a tight spot.

I feel super good right now because I finally owned the shit out of DawnII's score. Ridiculous that I spent 1:11:36 just getting it. I can't even fathom playing this game for that long in one sitting, but apparently it happened.

FUCK. YES. Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time! 2012!

New Insomniac IP, Overstrike. Looks fucking awesome. Also, Ival's in that game, apparently, and he's already my favorite character.

Also, Resistance 3 and Dead Island are coming out on the same day, and that's stupid. I'll either have to postpone the purchase of Dead Island or buy both on the same day.

Apparently I am the best character in every game.

Yeah, you were one of the only bearable characters in FFXIII.

Anyway, I did Super Stardust again. I played Easy cause I thought I'd see what the difference was, and I ended up playing the whole thing and getting 66 million. I probably didn't need to be on Easy anyway, but whatever. Also, why is it that I can last forever without getting hit while I have a shield, but once I lose it I get hit fifty times in a row?

Probably don't play well under pressure. When you lose that shield and then eventually a ship, it's like the beginning of the end. You get sloppy, you make mistakes. You forget to boost, you see death coming but you get slow on your bomb trigger.

It's all in your head, man.

Also it might have something to do the time you spent dead is time spent not shooting, therefore rocks hit each other and spread into a billion tinier rocks which become near impossible to dodge (especially when it loops around to Hard mode)

Yeah, I'm still pretty bad at boosting/bombing. I went for that 20 bomb trophy, then continued to stock up bombs for no reason. So I had almost 20 bombs when I beat the last level. And I'm afraid to boost usually cause I don't know where I'll end up. But in any case, I'm pretty much done and satisfied now.

You have to play on normal, you puss.

Also, you're invincible while boosting, so I usually just dash a good bit ahead and u-turn back at the end. I dunno, it gets easier to sense when to use it as you use it.

Just a quick question: I'm kind of on the fence about what to get from the Welcome Back Package. It's either inFamous or Super Stardust HD. What do you guys recommend?

You could get both?

That's the problem, I already spent the first one on Wipeout HD. So I have to make a choice between the two.

inFamous is probably a better deal since it's like a full retail game.

Super Stardust is still fun as hell, though.

Cracka what? What did you end up scoring?

106,518,170

BETTER DUST OFF THAT PS3 NIGGA

I've got someone on my friends list with 132 mil.

Well, if they're not from here then I don't particularly care.


...but I'll beat it sometime later.

inFamous it is then.

Seibei4211 wrote:

And probably some Dead Nation.

Grabbed that and did the first level on gr1m difficulty with a friend. That game's somewhat unforgiving for someone who is not very good at videogames, though I'll probably be able to get by. If you want to run co-op I'd be down for that.

Ivalset wrote:

Ridiculous that I spent 1:11:36 just getting it. I can't even fathom playing this game for that long in one sitting, but apparently it happened.

I just spent 40 minutes fighting that one super secret super badass hidden side boss in Persona 4 (not the reaper, the good one) and now I feel like a boss.

btw inFamous is a fairly decent third person shooter. Strictly speaking money-wise, you're best off going for inFamous ($30) and buying Super Stardust HD ($15) if you're that torn

Crap every time I try to update Super Stardust my ps3 just restarts. Wtfffffff.