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@get2sammyb That's what I'm saying, It'll be awhile!

This is good to hear, I still plan on picking the game up at some point when I have some free time this summer( A.K.A. probably never)

@Jaz007 Uncharted Golden Abyss is great. The extra features like touch combat are annoying, but overall I've enjoyed the game much more than Drake's Fortune. It's not at the same level as Uncharted 2+3, but It is a great game and a sequel made by Sony Bend has the potential to rival or surpass the PS3 games.

Sony could have huge titles like Uncharted band god of war on ps3 and have the rest of their studios working on vita games, because someone has to support the thing

That was a close one! I didn't support the kickstarter now, though I'll definitely be picking up the collection whenever it is released. I'm really glad this was funded, you can never have too much couch multiplayer

@ohhaime It does support cross-save, it's automatic. When you play either version and you're signed in, your progression and unlocks are carried over to both versions.

I'm finally ready for the next gen. I'm just curious to see whether it will be Sony or Microsoft that impresses me the most to buy their next console first. At this point I'm more likely to go for the PS4 because I'm so heavily invested into the PSN and Sony games, though the price and features will of the next consoles will be interesting. I expect Sony to go for the standard gaming market with a standard controller(I hope!) and I'm guessing that Microsoft will push Kinect 2.0 and Media integration.
It's completely possible that Sony could be the only console manufacturer to focus on the core gaming market (I'm not ready to count the Wii U in on that just yet).

It's a pretty good song by The Pillows!

@Nintendonaut I'm not sure if you've played the game, but It doesn't really play anything like smash bros. Its a faster paced game, and the super system for kills is more fair than smash bros stage falls(though it's arguable whether it's more fun).
I'd say comparing smash bros to all stars is like comparing Monster hunter to Ragnarok Odyssey. Monster hunter is slow and all about timing, while Ragnarok is fast paced and heavily based on combos.

I had no idea these hadn't been released yet in Europe. The Spyro games are some of my favorite games(Spyro 3 especially). They have a great cartoon world and the music brings the setting together. I like the way that it addressed moving in a 3D world with Spyro charging forward on his own(while running) and all you had to do was steer like a racing game. Great fun.

Just to keep gushing over the games, I'd like to point out that Several friends and I played through the entire trilogy to 100% completion in under 24 hours passing the controller around after each level

Is the full screen view for the flamingo's? I don't get it...

edit - It can't be for the moss grown rocks or waterfall, Uncharted Golden Abyss already did them and they looked better in that game. I am truly Stumped.

@sammy I think you're crazy! I loved the Death Levels(for the most part). Great challenge, which you don't see enough these days, and they only took 10-20 minutes to beat.(sometimes less if you were lucky)

I think it's fair to take the "may" out of the title at this point.

I had forgotten how pleasant the beat school levels were, I'm having a great time with them. Though I really want some more death mode levels, and new albums would be nice too. I guess I'm saying that I'll always want more of this game.

For a good marble madness style game, look no further than stunt mode in hamsterball.

@rastamadeus The story mode is quite bland, though once you get into some multiplayer (local especially) its one of the funnest games on a sony console. It really nails the intensity of playing with friends with the super system keeping you on your toes. You should have invited your friends daughter to play so you could have had some real fun

When I played the beginning sequences of brotherhood, while traveling with Lucy, I thought to myself "I've already done this before". The interactions between characters and linear climbing through obstacles literally was Uncharted(It even had Nolan North's voice). I would like to see Assassin's Creed move to the present day, or close to it, with an open world and Uncharted-like gunplay.

Now maybe Sony will realize that there is demand for the vita, but not at its current price point. $200 with a game and memory card, and $170 for the system itself is literally all Sony needs to do at this point to increase Vita sales to safe levels that will entice third party publishers. That's the price that the psp set years ago and it was successful.

I'm with Rjejr, I'd appreciate if the headline specified whether it's EU or US, though I've come to expect that If the deal is too good to be true, then it's a EU deal .

I think that for the ps4 to succeed Sony just needs 3 things.

• A standard controller, that is a slight variation on the dualshock 3, because microsoft will focus on kinect, Nintendo is focusing on the gamepad, but I'd assume most gamers just want a quality controller that they are comfortable with. Give me the same controller with indented thumbsticks and triggers like the ps move's and I'll be very happy.
• Price. If the PS4 releases next year at $400, it would put in position to own the holidays and allow most any gamer the chance to buy one without too much of an afterthought.
• Games and simplicity. Sony needs to come out swinging with the PS4 with games that appeal to the core gamer. Along with full third party support, they must make it easy for consumers to get the most out of those games. Keep accessories simple to use and cheap(headsets) and make psn work for all games without the consumer having to think twice; This is what it will take for PSN to take over xbox live any time soon.

edit: tl;dr - Sony can appeal to the core gamer by keeping the console simple, intuitive, and cheap. This is what made the ps1 and ps2 so popular.

I'm not interested in the games here, but I did download all-stars today, and I plan to pick up the walking dead episode 5 later in the week, so It looks like i'm gonna get $10 back!

This is a great start! Now here's hoping for a discount on the Gravity Rush dlc.

I've been enjoying it quite a bit thus far(i'm at the end of chapter 3).
@tomboy25 in the defense of the ign editor who reviewed this game, he didn't say it was awful, just that it was mediocre. He criticized the game on many of the same issues as they did on ign, he was just more generous(and accurate IMO) with the scoring. It goes to show that the information and tone of a review are much more important the the score itself.

I'm really looking forward to what games they offer. I'm expecting the smaller download only games to be the focus early on, though there could be some major 1st party releases thrown in there. The other question is how many games will be offered in an instant game collection; the vita doesn't exactly have the same caliber of library as the ps3.

@XCWarrior The 10 year cycle is intended for software support, not being the main console.

Also, I hope they can release a version of the console with descent memory(or continue to use easily exchangeable drives) for $400. I'd bet that Sammy is probably right with them releasing tiers of the console at 400 and 500 dollars, though I wouldn't be surprised if the low-end model would be $450.

Getting really excited for this game and AC3. Now I just wonder why they both have to release on the same day, AND on the same day as ragnarok Odyssey and need for speed most wanted!

I hope that the smaller games don't just offer high quality and easy trophies just for sales to trophy whores like me. I enjoy collecting trophies to compare and challenge friends, but some more games that offer unbalanced trophies could further ruin the challenge of getting a higher trophy score, as silly as that sounds.
Though on that note, I would definitely be more interested in buying ps mobile games if they offered trophy support.

@ohhaime @sammy It seems to me that the search will work like netflix's, which is pretty much what you described. I do hope that it isn't just one vertical column with all the letters and numbers as scrolling through that could be a pain. I would hope that they would break it up into several different columns. Also, if there is any delay after selecting a letter, then it will be a much worse system than the current keyboard.

October really is stacked with releases, and so many of them are ones that I want. I think it's pretty strange that, off the top of my head, the only games that I'm looking forward to in November are Persona 4 and All-stars. Though after December rolls by, it will pick up again as the first three months of 2013 are loaded with TONS of great games that avoided the holiday rush.

@mandoble
Saying a 6 out of 10 is trash is just silly, though it does say something about the state of game reviews. There is something to be said about the implied review scale of 7-10 that is given to many sites and major game releases.
Good thing I haven't noticed such a thing on the nlife network sites(though the scores are generally a tad too high still).

edit - now that I'm reading over this, have fun trying to make sense of what I said...I'm not completely sure myself

I just picked the game up. The add-on characters are amazing! I'm having a tough time deciding between the fat cat, toro, and kulche. I'm torn because I love fat animals, funny cartoon characters, and I do enjoy some locoroco(which should come to vita!).

^^ Kinect?
I don't really like the Kinect as a games platform, though you have to admit that its a risk that is paying out for Microsoft. Even if it is only an upgraded eye toy

This is good to hear after they announced the day 1 program. I'll be able to pick up some games that I planned on buying anyway, and save $20 from the cost of All-stars.

This makes it sound like the software(or hardware) needed to easily port games between ps3 and vita is expensive. If it is worth it for them to develop this game for 9 months, rather than spending the money to (I assume) exponentially shorted the time required, then It must be terribly expensive for indie devs to get it.
Also, This is great news! I will never complain about more RPG's on the vita.

I was hoping that Hell Yeah! would be free, but I am very interested in tokyo jungle. though I'll need to look into it more before I'm ready to put down $12.
(That sounds like a pretty ridiculous first world problem now that I think about it.)

Apparently if you've bought the game you can download the multiplayer for free. That just makes it even more convenient for me to play this great game! Since I started up at school, I've had a good internet connection and I've finally been getting back into playing Starhawk, which has been a lot of fun, though It still hasn't surpassed warhawk in my heart <3.

This is great to hear. If it weren't for the cross-buy program, I was planning on picking up the vita version over the ps3. Now I can't wait to test out local multiplayer with me on the vita and others on ps3 (it saves me from having to buy another controller!)

I was really interested until I read $30. Now i'm only slightly interested.
Also marble madness FTW! I played it on NES back in the day, and I was pleasantly surprised by the mode in hamsterball that is more or less the same game with new maps.

I'm still unsure if I actually like the look of the console. If I saw it in person It might be different, but I'm not a fan of the segmented middle.
Also, even if it's bundled with uncharted, they actually raised the price by $20 in the US for the baseline ps3

Jolly Good Fun!

edit @dirtyplastic I can't say for sure, but I haven't been able to connect. I would assume no but it could be an issue on my side.

dat tagline <3

@get2sammyb
For me, the monster hunter experience relies greatly on whether you are playing in a group or not. for me, online just doesn't cut it which is why I never got into monster hunter tri.

I'm gonna need to get some money loaded onto my account. There are some games that I have really been looking forward to. . .but WHY did they have to release so many at once!?!

it'll be a slow burn to buy these games.

I really hope that crash makes it into the game, but even as a huge spyro game fan, I don't see how he could translate into a fighting game.

What I want out of an Uncharted movie would be for Naughty Dog to motion capture performances and film the movie in the same vein as the Uncharted cut scenes. Take what they have been doing with the games and effectively remove the game portion. This would allow all the original actors as well as keep whoever has written the scripts for all the uncharted games thus far.
Though that's all just a pipe dream.

I achieved the platinum on this game a couple days ago, but I'm still addicted. I need to get into the online modes and download some user made levels more. I have been taking a crack at creating my own level recently, though its still VERY rough around the edges

I feel like All-Stars is absolutely a rip-off of Smash Bros. but that isn't a bad thing. this game is something that all of us thought of once smash bros was released. having sony's best fight it out like crash, cloud, and croc(it was a different time).
My argument for All-Stars is that it may be copying the fighting style of smash bros. but how do you not criticize the fact that every 2d fighter looks and plays virtually the exact same, with different fighting styles thrown in. Somebody originated the side by side fighters with two health bars overhead, but everybody "copied" and uses it.

I'm guessing this is more about how in GOW3 Kratos carries the girl that he rescues around and throws her where he needs her, than needlessly kills her when in becomes convenient. I thought that was pretty messed up.

@JavierYHL His comments are more a jab at microsoft than nintendo, though it is true that Sony can't claim that they didn't mismanage their time and focus during their press conference. Although they only focused on games for one console instead of two, so it's forgivable.

I had a hot Queen jam stuck in my head after reading that tagline, thank you.