Monday, March 31, 2014

PS4 Indies

I felt like I needed to rant a bit about this. Whenever there are any articles about new indie titles coming to the PS4 there are always a ton of people commenting about how the games are garbage and they want more AAA titles. I know that people really want crazy new games to show off their new hardware but might I say that it's just the beginning of a new console lifecycle and in case people forgot, launches have generally been really awful as far as games go. Do people not remember the PS2 launch and only having Tekken Tag Tournament or Fantavision to play and that was it for forever. I have enjoyed having Need for Speed Rivals, Killzone, and now inFAMOUS Second Son finally out to play but having the other little titles to play has been great for picking up and playing for a bit here or there. Resogun has been a fantastic title to play when I have some spare time, and Don't Starve is so good playing on the Vita via remote play. Now with TowerFall Ascension out, and Fez and the countless other indies coming this month, there's never a time when I don't have something to play. Whether it's something that will take me 80 hours to beat, 8 hours, or just a couple hours, a great game is a great game and people really shouldn't look down on indies so much on the PS4. Be thankful that Sony has gone after these developers and there is something to play when you get tired of another CoD match.

Friday, March 7, 2014

More Love For The Vita

So I have had a bit of quality hands on time with my Vita the last couple weeks since getting it and I really quite like it. I like the feel of it for the most part but I can see why someone would invest in getting trigger grips for it if you are playing for more than say an hour at at time. But I love the screen and love the game selection for it. I still have yet to really get a "new" Vita game for the system, but have been enjoying playing indies such as Thomas Was Alone, Limbo and Spelunky and playing old ps One classics on it like Final Fantasy IX and lastly, PSP games like Final Fantasy Tactics. I spent $20 dollars over a month or so when there were deals on and I have 6 quality games for the Vita.

Now I need to figure out what should be my first full-on purchase for the system, titles like Persona 4 Golden, Tearaway, Toukiden and Batman Arkham Origins are definitely at the top of my list for the system. However, Final Fantasy X HD comes out in less than 2 weeks, so maybe that? Curse having too much to play and not enough time. All in all though, I hope Sony gives the system more of a push with it's connectivity with the PS4 as the system deserves it.

Side note, remote play with the PS4 is as awesome as I had hoped that it would be. Great little system.