***** PlayStation Vita Official Thread *****

Kreeeee said:
Last night.
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Ahh fair play. I had a look this morning and I saw a few of your times. On one I was beating your ghost on every lap but I'm still behind you so it must have downloaded an old ghost or something.


Just need to get 3 more medals and then get my total time down to under 40 minutes and the plat is mine!

EDIT: Also MGS HD has been confirmed for the Summer in the west for the Vita.
 
Mr Men said:
Super car is making my thumb hurt :D
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Yeah it is a bit mental!

If anyone is interested there is now an Everybodys Golf demo on the Vita store. You have to search for it though. Baffling why.

Just downloading that and the few PSP games I own, GT, EchoChrome & Daxter.


****** PSN Names & Games ******

Just a reminder to add your name or games if you have not already! Nearly everyone on the list has added their games now which is great.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApQMiRQNHgUQdEpseDA0RDBsQXNRMWZIZ1VKSTUwMlE&pli=1#gid=0
 
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Kreeeee said:
I'm in the Czech republic on dodgy wifi and the vita seems to not like updating near or motor storm times.
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Well I've just gotten 3 medals on every event in Motorstorm and am the fastest on 2 of the 4 festivals from amongst my friends :D Murray is fastest on the toher two and I'm gunning for him. Looking at the all round leader board however it looks like only me, Syronin and Murray have set a time on every event thus far.

I need to shave a total of 30 seconds off all my times combined to get the platinum.

If I can match Murray in Arctic Edge that leaves me 7 seconds to find.
 
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Murray said:
Time to play Motorstorm again and beat all your times :D
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Only beaten a few of yours. Took a second off a couple though :D

I found that for some of the narrower tracks the arial camera is much better.

I can still improve on several time I know for a fact, what is mildly annoying is the overtaking races don't show a ghost at all. You can think you are doing fine and then get to the final turn and realise you're way off lol.
 
The portable charger isn't out even in Japan yet.

It's just a battery that you charge up and then you plug the USB cable into it rather than the mains adapter.

I got my 32GB card from planetaxel.com as have some others on here. They are trustworthy but they will take the money immediately even if they don't have the item in stock.

And any BT headset should work, they all work to a standard spec.
 
For the Wall Brawl I just picked times from the pit wall and beat them. Unlocked the trophy after 1 and a secret car after 20.

If you are not getting "Challenge Beaten" then it isn't the right thing. Not sure why it might not be working. Had no problems here.
 
Get your credit out of gestation asap if I were you. Its going under with game.

Uncharted is about 10-12 hours to complete, 30-40 to platinum. Excellent game.
 
richb93 said:
Anyone else a bit disappointed with Motorstorm RC? The first half is FANTASTIC but when the stupidly fast cars are bought out that are no fun to play I've just given up unlike the previous races where I'd spend hours perfecting my racing line :( Glad I didn't have to pay for it as I use a US account.
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I love the game, I was one of the many who had to pay to get it and will buy EVERY new festival they release as DLC so long as they are a) the same length as the ones in the game and b) reasonably priced. I'm talking around £2 per festival considering the full game is £4.79.

The two that we know are coming are definitely the same length as the existing ones as they both have a "Complete in under 12:00 minutes" trophy.

They'll be the first DLC I've ever bought. I won't be buying the liveries for cars though, not sure why anyone would.

richb93 said:
I just don't like how the later races are 'cheap' in the fact you have a crappy skiddy car whereas the earlier ones require cornering skill which is much more fun imo :)
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The later cars require more skill because you have to control the slide. The early cars you can pretty much get 3 medals without ever touching the brake whereas the super car and the rally car need careful application of throttle brakes and steering in order not to wipeout when the back steps out and sends you into the wall. On the early cars that just doesn't come close to happening.

What I love about the game is that a lap is between 10-25 seconds and full races are a max of like 1:30. That means if I'm doing a time attack and bork the first corner I've only got to wait a few seconds to try another lap. Compare that to full racing games things like Gran Turismo where if you screw up one corner you have to wait a minute+ to try again only to screw up a different one.

The only thing I'd like to see added are ghosts for the overtake races. Those can be frustrating only in that you'll get to the end of it thinking you had a nice clean lap and find you didn't improve as you aren't told at any point how well you are doing compared to previous attempts. The only races in the entire game which do it.

WatchTower said:
Hey folks I've not only beaten Uncharted: Golden Abyss I've grinded the hell out of it to find every rare black-market drop. Seen has the Near trade thing seems to be broken I at to redo levels over and over until I almost lost my sanity. lol

Just a few seconds ago the Platinum trophy popped up. Yay I can finally play something else......... I've been hammering it since the 22nd.
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I've gotten about 4 things from the black market so far. Still a long way to go but it seems to be working.
Looking forward to playing through on Crushing soon. Just playing something else so I don't get burned out.

Seanoog said:
How are people using there VITA?
I have this nagging feeling i should be getting more time typically between charges?
I always charge to full, an play until the battery dies, never played, when connected to charger.
Typically 4+ hours playing or surfing.
Do members turn off, there vita or leave in stand by?
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4+ is about right. Mine goes into standby on it's own after 5 minutes.

Remember that while your phone might last a day it definitely doesn't when playing games.

chaparral said:
Where it show the price of download vita games on PSN ?? :confused:

Example: I can't see the price anywhere for the Rayman® Origins vita game on this page in this link below..
http://uk.playstation.com/psvita/games/detail/item433602/Rayman®-Origins/
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If you want to check the price of games from the PSN your best place to look is either on the PS Store on the PS3 or Vita or on the PS Blog.



Had a busy weekend doing other bits so didn't get a chance for much Vita. I did start playing Rayman and it looks incredible on the screen. Also did the first 15 levels of Escape Plan.
 
ANN1H1LAT0R said:
@DBT85

If you look at the trophy lists for the dlc you can see they are the same length as one full festival so thats not too bad :)

Does anyone know when theyre actually releasing the new courses?

Also can someone help me out on Motorstorm. I need to reduce my overall time across the board by 57s. Now I have golds for all the races so I figure that doing timetrials to shave off miliseconds is pointless as that won't add up to nearly enough time to get the below 40 minute trophy across all races SO am I right in thinking I need to reduce my times in the overtaking and standard races across all seasons? Or do I really need to think about shaving milliseconds off those time trials?
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Yeah I did mention that trophy ;) No word yet on when they'll be released

To shave your time off look to see where you are REALLY slow compared to others. A chunk of that is going to be on overtake races and full races and possible also on Drift events.

I saw for example that Murray (Muracle on the PSN) was 27 seconds faster than me in the Arctic Edge festival. I went in to each race to see how much better he was and set about improving my times to beat or at least get close. Some races I knocked 5 seconds off my best time.

Remember, the longer the event the more chance you have to save time. So on an event with a 10s lap time there isn't much room for improvement. On a track with a 25s lap however there is plenty.

I also found that a couple of the scrapyard type tracks with the narrow sections were FAR easier with the camera above than set to dynamic which I did almost everything else in.
 
rp2000 said:
Quick question about Motorstorm; Are the trophies separate for the PS3 and Vita versions? I have been playing almost exclusively on Vita (although before the Vita came out I did about 5 tracks on PS3). Would they show up as 2 separate entries on my Trophy list?

My SuperStardust has started updating the high score table again. Some of the high scores are insane. I always die on the final world and lose my multiplier :( But I still don't know how people have got 30mill+ more than my (quite reasonable) 60million score. Only played Arcade mode so far, but I am wondering if there are more weapons (apart from Ice and Fire).


rp2000
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As soon as you boot the PS3 version up it'll start downloading your times and syncing with the server. You'll automatically get all the trophies again as they both have separate trophy lists. As a result I now but a total of 2 Platinums. Both for Motorstorm RC :D

And I've not played much of Stardust but I'm crap at it so far! I think my bet score was 2 million and I can easily average under a million. Need to spent some more time with that one I think!
 
rp2000 said:
Not looked at the trophy list for MS, but I suspect it will take me a while to get. Like someone else mentioned, the change in difficulty on the Buggy/Supercar is quite steep (imo). Last time I checked I was quite low down on my Friends list for most festivals (although I guess that may change once I complete an actual festival as I think the time on the front screen is an average of all events).
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Yeah when you look at the front page for each festival you get a whole time which is way out until you set a time in each event.

The supercar challenges are the toughest and so by default so is getting 3 medals in every event, but everything else is fairly achievable I think.

EDIT:

The following PSP games have a price cut on the PSN. Those marked with a * are officially compatible with the Vita. No word on how long it is for or if it is permanent.

101-in-1 Megamix*
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
Ace Combat Joint Assault*
ARMORED CORE 3 Portable*
ARMORED CORE LAST RAVEN Portable*
ARMORED CORE SILENT LINE Portable*
Army of TWO: The 40th Day
Asphalt : Urban GT 2*
Bakugan: Defenders of The Core*
Ben 10: Protector of Earth*
BEN10 ALIEN FORCE: VILGAX ATTACKS*
BIGS 2*
BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2*
Blazeblue Calamity Trigger Portable*
BLOOD BOWL*
Brothers In Arms D-Day*
Castle Rustle*
Chessmaster: The Art Of Learning*
Corpse Party*
Cover Girl*
Crystal Mines*
Dante’s Inferno
Despicable Me*
Driver 76*
DYNASTY WARRIORS*
DYNASTY WARRIORS VOL.2*
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce*
FIFA 11
Free Running*
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2*
Gladiator Begins*
GODS EATER BURST*
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus*
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony*
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 2K9*
Manhunt 2*
METAL SLUG XX*
Michael Jackson The Experience*
MYST*
MYTRAN WARS*
Need For Speed Most Wanted 5-1-0
NEOGEO HEROES -Ultimate Shooting-*
Prince of Persia Rival Swords*
Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands*
Prince of Persia: Revelations*
Pro Cycling 2009-Tour de France*
Pro Cycling 2010 – Tour de France*
Rugby League Challenge*
Samurai Warriors: State Of War*
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona Full Game*
Splinter Cell Essentials*
Street Riders*
The Red Star
THE WARRIORS*
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10
TOM CLANCY GHOST RECON PREDATOR
TOMB RAIDER: LEGEND*
Warriors Orochi*
Warriors Orochi 2*
Ys I & II Chronicles*
Ys SEVEN*
Ys: The Oath in Felghana*
 
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Mr Men said:
Was looking on you tube and seen some videos about the Vita being hacked and was running PS3 games via remote play and the usual lame homebrew, dunno if fake or not, but if the hackers are doing it then Sony should have it soon?
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In those Videos the Vita isn't hacked, the PS3 is. Every game has a file which tells the PS3 if it can allow remote play or not, hacked PS3s can change that file to allow all games to play. What you rarely see in those videos is the lag which most games suffer from when played like that.

Yes, using that method you CAN play RDR on your Vita but you wouldn't WANT to as it's a crappy way of playing it.

I'm not expecting many existing games to get changed to allow remote play, but hopefully more new games being released will support it much better.

I expect MANY more PS4 games to support it as it will probably be an OS feature that Sony have added rather than something that developers have to allocate resources to which they do on the PS3.
 
I'm already on your friends list :) My times at the moment have me completing all festivals in around 39:45 I think. Enough to get the plat.

Also guys I found out yesterday that one of the known DLC festivals (Carnival) will be longer than the existing ones and one of the trophies is "complete in 17 minutes" unlike the 10 or 12 minute ones in the existing festivals. It's supposed to have 24 events rather than the usual 16.

Played more Rayman last night. Game really does look fantastic on this screen. Go try the demo!



 
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mehuk said:
Rayman is great on the VITA, never thought id bother but it looks superb and is a fun pick up game.

Got my 32Gb card today :D

Now does that mean all my saves and stuff are on the 4Gb... how do I get them to port across?

Also can I put movies/dvds onto the VITA from the PC? What format do they need to be in?
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Plug the vita in to your PC/MAC, open content manager, select the backup option. Leave it for 20 minutes to finish. Pop the new card in and click restore.

Might want to clear off anything that you don't actually want or need to backup/restore (music or video that you have elsewhere) to speed things up.

sunny007 said:
I need to send my vita off, shall I just backup my memory card, de activate from my psn account and then do a reset ?
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Yep that will do. Will Play not send you a replacement until they get the original?


Also for the Motorstorm RC fans, The Pro-AM festival will be out this week for the price of £2.50. here is the trailer.

http://youtu.be/Eu1Y0Yj9rf8?hd=1

16 challenging events, 4 new tracks, 8 new vehicles and 4 PlayStation Trophies to collect!
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