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think ill be copping the ps4 on release date !!
The Official PlayStation 3 | ViTA Thread Vol. Plenty of Life Left
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I've been hearing nothing but good things about this game. Doesn't release here until the 28th though
I also just beat Zico in Wipeout 2048. Took me about 3 hours
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Check out Catherine as well. Atlus makes phenomenal games
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Guys check out platinum games also (plenty of great games):
Vanquish
Bayonetta
Anarchy Reigns
Madworld
Vanquish
Bayonetta
Anarchy Reigns
Madworld
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Finished Journey and bravo
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^ Dirt 3, Motorstorm one and pacific rift.
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Guys check out gamestop for $50 used PSP Go's which are great if you already have a Vita and buying those digital download games. Picked up one myself and probably getting the white one as well. Anyone know a good site for PSP emulation and a guide?
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Who else has their fingers crossed for a PS4 Motorstorm that matches the original CGI trailer
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My 2nd PS3 broke last night. Got the red blinking lights. Console won't turn on and when it does turn on, it only stays on for about 5-10 minutes. I tried cleaning it, replaced the HDD, but not luck. I'm not trying to drop $300 for another PS3 when it's possible that the PS4 will be out sooner than later. I called Sony and they said their turn around time to fix a console was a month to a little longer, which is a no go with me. I was thinking about getting it fixed at a local repair shop. Anyone have any experiences or stories getting their console fixed?
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they could do it easily if they stuck with 720p at 30fps but theyre most likely going to go 1080p at 60fps so we have no idea how much theyll be able to improve the graphics at that resolution and framerate
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i hope the new PS comes out before the new xbox so game devs can make games for it and port them to xbox... all these ps3 games run so choppy compared to 360 games..
edit: also pretty jealous of party chat
edit: also pretty jealous of party chat
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Don’t send it to Sony. I had the PS3 from the release date and sent it in to them a couple of times. I liked the backward capability so I didn’t buy a new one just kept getting it fixed. Like 3 or 4 that they fixed ended up getting those lights smh. I just took the L and ended up buying a new one.
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Ugh, this sucks. Just tried to turn the ps3 on to watch netflix and got the RLOD. I have the Metal Gear Solid bundle that came with the fat 80gig ps3. I loved it because it was backwards compatible.
Two questions :
1.) I have PS+ ... does this mean if all of my game saves are saved on a cloud that I would be able to access and download to a new ps3?
2.) Anyone know if there are any good deals with trading in an old ps3 to get the new, white 500 gig ps3? I'm only looking to spend $150 at most to trade this current one in.
Two questions :
1.) I have PS+ ... does this mean if all of my game saves are saved on a cloud that I would be able to access and download to a new ps3?
2.) Anyone know if there are any good deals with trading in an old ps3 to get the new, white 500 gig ps3? I'm only looking to spend $150 at most to trade this current one in.
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1. Did you have your saves set to save to the cloud¿ It doesn't automatically do it unless you change that in your settings.
2. Don't give up hope. There's a bunch of vids on YouTube that show you how to repair it yourself.
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They will fix the old one for 150 or send you a refurbished OG one for 150. I Have done it before but it's never lasted me more than a year. Think Sony is scaming people.
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Thanks for the input. I actually just dropped it off to this local spot that said they would fix it for $60.00 and give me a year warranty. Hopefully it will last long enough until Orbis/PS4 comes out.
Damn bro, sorry to hear this! I'm in the same boat as you. I like the BC on older PS3s so I decided to just get mine fixed. The dude told me to pick up at 5 tonight, so I'll post my thoughts after I get home and scope it out for a minute.
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Repped for putting me on Toys R Us 2 years ago. or was that 3 years ago?
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Well, I just checked around and Gamestop is offering a $75 bonus for trading in a PS3 for the PS3 super slim white bundle, so that woul allow me to get it probably for around $150. I think I'm just gonna go ahead and trade it in. Hopefully it'll boot up when they give it a whirl. I really wish I could just sell it on Craigslist for $200, but I don't wanna screw anyone over. I know that 80gb BC is a major selling point for some people, so I could probably get more for it on CL.
I mainly use it as a blu ray player/netflix player. I don't feel like playing games with it for too long if I could even fix it myself with the blow dryer trick.
I mainly use it as a blu ray player/netflix player. I don't feel like playing games with it for too long if I could even fix it myself with the blow dryer trick.
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[h1]The Last of Us: The Sights and Sounds[/h1][h2]Naughty Dog’s latest focuses on wrapping you in the experience like never before.[/h2]
After actually playing The Last of Us, it’s not the beautiful graphics, the brutal violence, or the approachable crafting system that stands out to me. It’s the sound. The Last of Us isn’t Uncharted, with its happy score wafting over every moment of gameplay. It’s a slow, suspenseful crawl through a world that can kill you at any moment. As such, it’s quiet – eerily quiet. You have time to listen to the rain pitter patter on windows and each breath of the infected you’re creeping up on to shiv in the neck.
But that's just part of the 20 minutes I played through. If you're the visual sort, my quick fire impressions are available in a PlayStation Conversation below -- as well as in the interview with developer Naughty Dog Creative Director Neil Druckmann -- but if you like these here written words, let's hit the highlights.
I don't know if I've had a demo where sound was as crucial to the experience as this go with The Last of Us. Like I said at the start, this is a game about survival. You creep into rooms and listen for trouble -- it's how you survive and progress. The little music found here is for mood. Naughty Dog clearly thinks it’s more important to use sound effects -- or the lack of them -- to set players on edge, to keep them engrossed.
It works. Every time Ellie, Tess (Joel's smuggling partner) and I entered a new area, I stopped and listened. Part of this is "Listen Mode," an amplified ability of Joel's. Holding down a shoulder button puts the world in this black and white state and outlines enemies that are making noise through walls. It’s an at a glance way to get the lay of the land, to see what you’re up against.
It’s key to fighting off the infected – two types of which I’m now very familiar with.
There were two types of infected in my demo. If you’re just joining us, a fungal virus is infecting humans. It grows through their eye sockets, takes over their minds, and makes them into distorted monsters.
Type one is an early stage of infection – the Runner. This monster still has a sense of its humanity. It knows that what it’s doing is wrong, but it can’t stop. Just like the ants in the original teaser video for The Last of Us, the Runners body language almost shows an internal struggle between the virus and the person – one of them pulling back while the other pushes forward. The Runner travels in packs and (not surprisingly) runs.
The second stage of the infection is the one we saw in the debut trailer. These guys are called Clickers. The virus has taken over, and it’s grown into massive structures through the eye sockets. This blinds the Clicker, but that disability gives them hyper-sensitive hearing. As such, the Clickers make a clicking noise with their mouths and see via echolocation. The sound bounces off objects, comes back to the Clicker, and creates an image.
These two types made for an intense play session. For starters, and I’m sure I sound like a broken record, there’s sound. When I’d enter an area with these guys, they’d let me know they were there. The Runners – losing their human selves by the second – wander around moaning these guttural cries. Meanwhile, there’s constant clicking as the Clickers try and figure out what’s going on.
It’s screwed up to be on one side of a table, hiding for your life, and have a Clicker on the other side spinning about trying to find you. Meanwhile, sneaking up on a wiggling, moaning Runner is just as messed up – to the point that shiving them in the neck or choking them out seems humane rather than necessary.
But it was never a choice in my demo. I needed to take these things down to keep the group safe. My favorite part came when Joel went to scout ahead and dropped into a room with three or four Runners and one Clicker. I loved it because I kept dying. I kept making a bit of progress and then getting hung up on the next part. I’d choke out the Runner, but the Clicker would see me. I’d time my shiving of the first Runner to miss the Clicker, but then get seen by this other Runner wandering from room to room.
Sure, I could try and shoot the monsters rushing me, but I only had a few bullets and nailing headshots on the bobbing and weaving animals isn’t easy. The Last of Us rewards planning and patience – and that’s what I love about it.
In fact, later in the game, I came into a room filled with creatures and was given a shotgun. I threw a bottle at the floor, the baddies rushed me, but the shotgun gave me a big ol’ radius for the headshot. I killed the three coming at me, picked up ammo off their corpses, and then killed the next batch that came my way. It was nowhere near as fun as the strategizing and scrounging from before.
I talked to Naughty Dog developers about this, and they said my first experience was more what they were going for – that the shotgun and ample ammo drops I found toward the end were just for this demo, to give the press an idea of later in the game.
I certainly hope that’s the case.
Naughty Dog’s been talking about this crafting system for quite a while now, and I haven’t known what to make of it. How complicated will it be? How plentiful are resources? Turns out: 1) It’s not complicated. 2) They’re all over the place, but they’re not all equal.
So, typically, Tess will get out in front of you and go toward the objective you guys are looking for – a door, some stairs, etc. This is your cue to go anywhere but there. See, staying off the beaten path will lead you to drawers with scissors in them, duct tape at a dead end, and so on. When you pick these items up, you’ll see that item’s icon with a pie chart. That shows you how much the item is worth in that item category. Fill in one of the pies, and you have a whole item. Then, you need to look at the recipes you’ve collected thus far – stuff like a med kit, moltov, or board with scissors in it. If you have the needed pieces, a button tap makes it for you.
It’s a breeze – a lot like Dead Rising 2’s crafting with a bit of ZombiU tossed in. (When you craft, you’re digging through your backpack and vulnerable to attack.)
Miscellaneous The Last of Us Facts You Should Know:
- You start in a Quarantine Zone in Boston, then move into the unprotected city, which was bombed in an effort to stop the infection. (It didn’t work.)
- Joel and Tess are trying to take Ellie to a group known as Firefly.
- Notes found in the game are three-dimension objects that feature handwriting. They’re not text that pops on your screen.
- Collectables listed in this demo include: Notes, Comics, Firefly Logs, and Training Manuals. Your menu shows you how many are in a level and how many you’ve collected thus far.
- Crafting materials listed in this demo include: battery, blade, binding, rag, alcohol, explosive, sugar, and melee weapon.
Can't wait.
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^Did they ever say how long the game is?
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I have a feeling my slim is about to crap out soon, it just won't read discs sometimes and even makes the eject noise. Looks like a common issue with the slims, looks like I will be picking up super slim in the future. Oh btw, the psp go is crack, just put an emulator on that thing and its worth the $50 I paid to play old nes and snes games. Going to put some ps1 and n64 games if I can. Plus it serves a great bridge if you have downloaded psp games for the vita, plus it looks sexy
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Ugh I cant wait for Last of Us. All these articles and videos have me rock hard.
Until then, Dead Space 3 comes out tomorrow!
That'll hold me over for a little bit.
Until then, Dead Space 3 comes out tomorrow!
That'll hold me over for a little bit.
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the last of us looks too dope!
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I'm really thinking about getting that white ps3..
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My OG 60GB went belly up.
Took to a local shop, they brought it back to life, gave me a 3 month warranty and it cost me $90. It died again (I think exactly 3 months later). That was like 3 years ago I believe.
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