| Alphachris said: I own a Vita since December and I really liked my PSP before. Square-Enix truly showed what handhelds can do with Birth by Sleep and Crisis Core (at the Cost of some PS3 Games, maybe?). I bought Katamari, AC3 Liberation and got Uncharted and some small games with PS+. AC3 Liberation showed that you can bring console style games to a handheld... but there were some things with that game that were really awful and they made me think about what the Vita will become. 1) Touchscreen controls... What the **** where they thinking? I could open that damn letter for minutes because the back touchscreen simply didn't work. Why did they alter the pickpocketing. It was perfectly fine with holding the x button, now I have to use the back screen and it just doesn't work sometimes. And what is up with the camery minigame. The game didn't recognise the light source, but it worked when I turned off the light and the room was totally dark? This game really makes me think that motion controls for dedicated games are simply broken beyond repair and I fear that most big games will be hurt by tacked on motion controls that are simply not needed. 2) Online-Multiplayer-Trophies What is the online-Mode in AC3 supposed to be? It is simply a tacked on waste of time if you want to get the platinum Trophy. There is absolutely no strategy involved... I planned on buying Dynasty Warriors next, but again there is no way i will ever get the Platinum Trophy because I will never get 3 friends to buy a Vita and play with me Ad Hoc.? Why is there such a trophy? Ok, I will buy DS7 for the PS3 instead. Michael Jackson... why is there a trophy for Ad hoc? I do not have a friend who has a VITA. Again a Platinum Trophy I will never get... not because I lack skill, but because there are limitations that I personally can't change. Bis Sky Infinity... It has a trophy that nobody in the world has achieved. It seems that you have to play like 150 hours... and the game makes fun for 5 hours or so. I have got so many games from the start, but simply everyone that I have played so far had a major flaw. Why can't I just turn of the touchscreen when I do not want to use them? Why are there so stupid trophies? Whats the sense in a trophy system when people are not able to get them adequately? Why bother? I must say that I would hjave prefered a PSP 2 instead of the VITA. The VITA is a great piece of Hardware, but motion controls and mulitplayer trophies are some things that get me angry somehow. Ok, thats not Sonys fault. But after that dissappointments I started to be more cautious about what games I am buying. |
Well' on your Motion Control comment, I would like to add that it does work perfect for dedicated gaming, for example:
Star Fox 64 3D (3rd person shooter with good story mode & multiplayer)
Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D (slingshot is must more better with Motion Controls, plus it's true Panarama View)
Resident Evil: Revelations (perfect, but might take a short while to get use to)
Mario Kart 7 (perfect but diffulcult, but it could easily be better in 3rd person view if it was an option for motion controls)
Paper Mario sticker Star (JRPG, uses it for the holographic stickers display on the bottom screen for more realism ironically)
Denpa Men (Dungeon Crawler RPG)
and there are plenty more examples.
But yeah, there are bad ones too:
Shinobi (by the time I figured out how to use the motion controls without losing the 3D, I had already beaten that part of the game, LOL)
Super Mario 3D Land (sometimes it wasn't good enough, but might have been fixed by now with the firmware updates since then)
And then there are times when it is perfect but is made for us dedicated gamers:
Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater (MGS 2 & 3)
So its a mix bag, but don't give up on it because of 1 or so bad motion control games.
I just wish I could use Motion in Kid Icarus: Uprising instead of my right thumb and/or stylus on the Touch Screen (depending on how I feel to play at the time, but it's much easier to use your thumb in my experience, but either method works best for a fps game surprisingly).
