Vita’s fight for life: After almost a year, has Sony’s handheld managed to distinguish itself?

[JoeTheBro]

fillet said:

JoeTheBro said:

Thank you for proving my point: you don't know what you are talking about.

 

Uncharted Golden Abyss is not as grand as Uncharted 3 but it never tries to be. If we compared Uncharted GA to Uncharted 1 the Vita version (in my opinion as an Uncharted fan) is better in almost every way. Uncharted 2 and 3 continued the series by becoming more epic and large scale while Uncharted GA expanded other aspects. It's a different beast.

 

Wipeout 2048 IS the console games HD and Fury (if you have them on PS3) plus its own campaign and extras. Not a stripped down console game.

 

LBP Vita has everything from LBP 1 and 2 except their levels. The Vita version expands on this with even more content and tools as well as a highly improved create mode. Again I have no idea how you could consider this a stripped down console game.

 

I do Understand people calling Uncharted stripped down since it is different (even though I disagree), but how can you say Wipeout 2048 and LBP Vita are?

You've totally misinterpreted what I'm saying.

I'm agreeing with you, "a stripped down console game", is exactly what Uncharted on the Vita is. It's basically Uncharted - but portable. This is not what people want in a portable imo. If people wanted to play Uncharted, they'd play it on a PS3. This is the same trap the PSP fell into, I just don't think people want the same exeperience a PS3 provides, only on a more cut down level. Just like with the PSP I don't think people wanted a cut down PS2 experience.

Most people actually play portables at home anyway when it comes down to it and want to play something a little different without dragging out the PS3 or Xbox or whatever and play something quirky and unique that you don't get on a console.

Maybe I'm talking too much from what I personally want, but I saw it was a running theme on the PSP, you with games near the end like Resistance....who the hell wants to play Resistance on a PSP?

I very much enjoyed the RPGs on the PSP, they were a bit different to anything available on the PS2 at the time, have character too.

Stuff like Patapon was good, but that novelty factor is wearing a bit thin and there's only so much of that "new" type of game people can take in the vein of Echochrome and stardust hd and whatnot. The Vita needs new IPs that aren't on a console, no silly spin offs, you games that are actually FOR the Vita, but who's going to risk making them?

Ok now I understand you better with Uncharted.

But what about Wipeout 2048 and LBP Vita? 2048 is a longer game than on PS3 while LBP VIta is a better game than on PS3. Sitting on my couch infront of my turned on PS3 with LBP already loaded I'd prefer to play the Vita version instead. Think of it as if Locoroco first came out on PS3 and then a sequal was made on the PSP. That's kinda how I feel LBP is, it belongs on a portable.

I fully agree with everything else you are saying. Games like Escape Plan and Gravity Rush are exactly those kind of games but of course we need more. Tearaway is coming next year which should be great plus a sequal to gravity rush has been announced. I believe it is healthy to have a mix of these "Patapon" type games as well as console games. The problem with PSP console games was they were inferior ports. Sony has outright said it doesn't want direct ports on Vita but instead exclusive games within a console IP. Uncharted and Assassin's Creed (and sadly BLOPs declassified) are prime examples.

*But right now I'm up at college without my PS3 so I'm very happy games like PSASBR are multiplat.