US PSN Update 10/9

[Gorvi]

Quite a bit for download this week, though a lot of it is just DLC. There are 2 full games and a..... well, I don't know what LiS is, but you get that too. Here's the full list from the PlayStation Blog (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/10/09/playstation-store-update-55/):

PS3:

Qore Episode 5 ($2.99 for episode)
Linger in Shadows ($2.99)
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords ($14.99) [WotPL Expansion Included]
Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle Cars ($14.99)
Warhawk Demo
Hot Shots Golf Fall Fashion Line ($2.99)
Dead Space Obsidian Suit (Free)
Dead Space Scorpion Suit ($2.49)
Mega Man 9 Endless Attack Mode ($2.99)
Mega Man 9 Protoman Mode ($1.99)
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution Single Player Map Pack: Brave New Worlds (Free)
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution Scenario Pack: The Victory Pack ($1.25)
Super Stardust HD Game Bundle with Solo & Team modes ($14.99)
Super Stardust HD Add-on Bundle (Solo & Team) ($7.99)
Weekly Rock Band Songs
FIFA 09 All Leagues Pack ($19.99)
FIFA 09 Barclays Premier League English Pack ($6.99)
FIFA 09 Bundesliga German Pack ($6.99)
FIFA 09 Liga BBVA Spanish Pack ($6.99)
FIFA 09 Ligue 1 French Pack ($6.99)
FIFA 09 Primera Division De Mexico Pack ($6.99)
FIFA 09 Serie A Italian Pack ($6.99)


PSP:

Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow (UMD Legacy) ($24.99)
Guilty Gear Judgement (UMD Legacy) ($5.99)
echochrome level pack add-on ($4.99)

That's kinda odd timing on the Warhawk demo, given the game came over a year ago. I'm pretty curious about Linger In Shadows, it's an odd thing. For $3, it's tempting.

Guilty Gear on the PSP is a steal for $6 though, that's definitely one to consider.

[Dukefrukem]

Linger in Shadows!@!!!!!!

[inmostlight]

Wow, those premium themes on there are ridiculous. $1.50 - $2.00 for pictures of puppies or college logos. Talk about a racket. On the plus side, there are some free Fallout 3 themes that look quite nice.

Anybody tried Linger in Shadows? Is it worth picking up?

[Tayaya]

From what I understand about Linger in Shadows, it's just a real-time tech demo that a bunch of guys in Europe were working on. That said, it still intrigues me and if I've supported weird "games as art that are actually as dumbounding to understand as actual art" projects like Worldimagespundplay in the past, why stop now? I'll grab it for sure.

Saw a trailer for the rocket cars game and that really does look like a blast.

[Dukefrukem]

I bought it and played it. It's crazy freaky and I can tell these guys have some ideas for the future. Is it worth the $2? I suppose if you're a trophy whore like me.

[DoctorFinger]

Moved to news.

[JayVe]

Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle Cars is damn fun. The Mrs. and I played the demo for a few hours. Fun, but not $15 fun IMHO. That price point is reserved for special events like Braid and Castle Crashers.

The big update was nice, but the PSN store clearly wasn't meant to handle this much in a single update. A lot of those items should be grouped together.

[Dukefrukem]

The big update was nice, but the PSN store clearly wasn't meant to handle this much in a single update. A lot of those items should be grouped together.

I knew it.... I knew you sounded familiar Kamalot. Back to posting negative PS3 items eh?

[inmostlight]

The big update was nice, but the PSN store clearly wasn't meant to handle this much in a single update. A lot of those items should be grouped together.

I just wish there was a text view. I hate having to hover over every single icon in an unsorted list to see what it is.

[Dukefrukem]

I just wish there was a text view. I hate having to hover over every single icon in an unsorted list to see what it is.

That would be nice. E-mail Sony.

[JayVe]

I just wish there was a text view. I hate having to hover over every single icon in an unsorted list to see what it is.

That would be nice! Or maybe some way to sort them.

Personally, the system should be smart enough to NOT show me add-ons for games I don't have. Maybe it can check to see that I have never, ever ever played any kind of sports game on my PS3, and never show me the FIFA add-ons? Hey, power of the cell and all...

[JayVe]

I knew it.... I knew you sounded familiar Kamalot.

Never any doubt of it. Had "Kamalot" in my sig for a few days. Also helps that JayVe, my Gamertag, was in my signature back at the old place for a few years.

[araczynski]

I just wish there was a text view. I hate having to hover over every single icon in an unsorted list to see what it is.

the square button helps by changing the display mode, each item takes up one line, has text descriptions.

[inmostlight]

the square button helps by changing the display mode, each item takes up one line, has text descriptions.

I'll be damned, thanks!

And fwiw, I picked up Linger in Shadows on a whim. It's interesting, though some of the motion controls feel tacked on and are more frustrating than, say, just letting me use the thumbstick to control the camera. Unfortunately there's probably only about 15 minutes worth of entertainment in there, and I'm somewhat insulted that it includes a big manifesto about how awesome and noncommercial the demoscene is in something that I had to just pay for. (Don't get me wrong, the artists clearly deserve money, I just don't like getting an anti-corporate creed from a commercial item.)

[Dukefrukem]

Never any doubt of it. Had "Kamalot" in my sig for a few days. Also helps that JayVe, my Gamertag, was in my signature back at the old place for a few years.

I knew your name sounded familiar but had to do some digging.

[Mike Kelehan]

So, who bought Linger in Shadows and can tell us what the eff it is?

[Dukefrukem]

So, who bought Linger in Shadows and can tell us what the eff it is?

Its a 5 min movie... that you can sorta interact with... there's hidden signs through the 5 minutes and you use the SixAxiS and joystick buttons to unlock certain scenes. Its kinda cool to try to figure them out.

[violent]

So, who bought Linger in Shadows and can tell us what the eff it is?

You ever had bad acid? Like that.

[Xerxes]

echochrome level pack add-on ($4.99)? What are these? The PS3 puzzles.

[Mike Kelehan]

Its a 5 min movie... that you can sorta interact with... there's hidden signs through the 5 minutes and you use the SixAxiS and joystick buttons to unlock certain scenes. Its kinda cool to try to figure them out.

So a 5 minute movie that I can kinda-sorta interact with for $3. I mean... that's not a lot of money, but...

[Dukefrukem]

So a 5 minute movie that I can kinda-sorta interact with for $3. I mean... that's not a lot of money, but...

Imagine being able to turn the camera in a Metal gear Solid 4 cut scene using the SixAxiS and then finding something off screen where if you press O it will take you to another scene.

[JayVe]

So a 5 minute movie that I can kinda-sorta interact with for $3. I mean... that's not a lot of money, but...

That's $36 an hour.

[BLeeP]

That's $36 an hour.

In this day and age, I believe we need to know how that correlates to MPG.

[JayVe]

In this day and age, I believe we need to know how that correlates to MPG.

Depends on how fast you can spin the analog sticks...

[Spigot]

Yay! Linger In Shadows!

I remember reading about this in a copy of Game Informer back just after I got my PS3 and I don't think I ever saw anything more about it.

I mean, $3? Sign me up.

[Spigot]

What's up with the Dead Space suits? Is that essentially the free PS3 suit and the 360 suit (for $3)?

[KidCactus]

Linger In Shadows is neither a game nor a movie; it's a demo by the group Plastic from Poland. Yes, you can interact with it if you choose to, and you'll get trophies, but it's not a game per se.

Their winning demo, Final Audition, from the Evoke 2005 demo competition:

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[MagGnome]

Those FIFA packs look like a bit of a racket.

I'm also surprised by the late release of the Warhawk demo.

[JayVe]

I'm also surprised by the late release of the Warhawk demo.

Isn't Warhawk more than a year old now? Could you imagine just now getting a demo for Blue Dragon, a game that was released alongside Warhawk last August 2007? Other games that were released include Metroid Prime 3 and Bioshock... both of which I can't imagine getting promo material for more than a year after their release and both of which I enjoyed a LOT more than Warhawk.

Better late than never

[KidCactus]

I'm amazed how you always find things to be negative. Is it a bad thing that people that haven't bought Warhawk, now can try it out?

[Spigot]

Warhawk at least has a) the recent price drop and b) the fact that it's still being played by lots of people going for it. It's like how they release those demo discs of MMO's a while after they come out so that they can stir up interest in people who weren't early adopters.

That said, I wish devs would release a demo BEFORE the game hits retail instead of afterwards.

[JayVe]

That said, I wish devs would release a demo BEFORE the game hits retail instead of afterwards.

Agree and agree.

[Dukefrukem]

I'm amazed how you always find things to be negative. Is it a bad thing that people that haven't bought Warhawk, now can try it out?

Yay I'm not the only one who sees it.

[Gorvi]

Yay I'm not the only one who sees it.
You're not, most of us have just come to ignore it for the most part, though. It's usually not worth the time.

[Wackman3000]

Since I have yet to play Warhawk and my interest gaining with the addons, updates and pricedrop, I will definitely check out this demo, even if it came to us way past it's release date.

[Maskatron]

Nice to see you doing these update posts here, Gorvi.

[JayVe]

I'm amazed how you always find things to be negative. Is it a bad thing that people that haven't bought Warhawk, now can try it out?

Oh right. Like this (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=915)?

Seriously though. Imagine Bioshock on the 360 just now getting a demo. Yeah, Bioshock is a great game... but more than a year after release you'd think there'd be newer things to get demos for.

At least we get a demo. Like I said, better late than never. The other heavy hitter from Warhawk's release time frame was Metroid Prime 3 for Wii, which STILL hasn't seen a demo. :D

[Dukefrukem]

Oh right. Like this (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=915)?


No like this (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=868). And you made that thread an hour after KidCactus posted.

[KidCactus]

Oh right. Like this (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=915)?
Awww.

Seriously though. Imagine Bioshock on the 360 just now getting a demo. Yeah, Bioshock is a great game... but more than a year after release you'd think there'd be newer things to get demos for.
If Bioshock was a multi-player only game available on XBLM, with big game-play altering updates still coming out, I think a lot of people would appreciate it.

[JayVe]

No like this (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=868). And you made that thread an hour after KidCactus posted.

Oh dear! I posted word for word another article where PS3 sales are suffering in Japan. In fact, they are. They are at their lowest point yet. But you already made it clear you prefer your head in the sand instead of being aware what is going on in other countries.

Pardon me for not reading the posts in order... or for having hour long phone conferences. I'm obviously not as good at this game as you are.

[KidCactus]

Btw, have you played Warhawk?

[JayVe]

Btw, have you played Warhawk?

I GameFly'd it more than a year ago.

[Johan]

You're not, most of us have just come to ignore it for the most part, though. It's usually not worth the time.

Your own preferences have been quite clear as well...glass houses and all. There is no unbiased person anywhere. Everyone has preferences, blind spots, and some degree of pettiness. Except for Mother Theresa, but she's dead.

[KidCactus]

Your own preferences have been quite clear as well...glass houses and all.
The big difference as I see it though, is that Gorvi doesn't turn everything he's not interested in into something negative all the time.

[Dukefrukem]

The big difference as I see it though, is that Gorvi doesn't turn everything he's not interested in into something negative all the time.

This is 100% correct. There's a big difference between posing positive insightful and interesting things for something and then the exact opposite. I always used this logic to determine who really is a fanboy and who really is a fan of something.

[Thrak]

To post something related to the topic, (although it might be fun to jump into the fight, as well) I think it's interesting that the PSN has the Dead Space suits already, yet XBL doesn't, when the Xbox generally gets things a few days early. Also, these premium themes seem pretty shitty. I've gotten much better themes for free, which update almost every single one of the icons, as opposed to these ones for sale that seem to update only the top level icons, if that.

[Gorvi]

I GameFly'd it more than a year ago.
You never actually took it online, though, did you? That always sounded odd to me, writing off an online only multiplayer game without ever playing any online multiplayer.

[OldJadedGamer]

I got Warhawk in gamefly the same day the demo came out! So I'm just going to download the demo and play that and if I like it re-gamefly the full version but after downloading the Hot Shots Golf 5 demo, I want to send Warhawk back as soon as I can to get the full version of HSG.

[JayVe]

You never actually took it online, though, did you? That always sounded odd to me, writing off an online only multiplayer game without ever playing any online multiplayer.

At the time, my PS3 wasn't online. I've got an original 20 gigger with no WiFi. That said, I hated the controls and interface. If something as fundamental as the controls aren't enjoyable to me... why bother taking it online to have my ass kicked? That'll make me enjoy it more?

That's like telling someone who does not like Chinese food that they really need to try the all-you-can-eat Chinese food buffet.

[Gorvi]

At the time, my PS3 wasn't online. I've got an original 20 gigger with no WiFi. That said, I hated the controls and interface. If something as fundamental as the controls aren't enjoyable to me... why bother taking it online to have my ass kicked? That'll make me enjoy it more?

That's like telling someone who does not like Chinese food that they really need to try the all-you-can-eat Chinese food buffet.
I guess if you hated the interface that much, that makes sense. What did you hate about the controls and interface, exactly? I don't think I've ever seen that complained about w/Warhawk before.

[Dukefrukem]

I guess if you hated the interface that much, that makes sense. What did you hate about the controls and interface, exactly? I don't think I've ever seen that complained about w/Warhawk before.

It's not complicated at all. He's grasping at straws.

[JayVe]

It's not complicated at all. He's grasping at straws.

Didn't you just say that you didn't like Ratchet & Clank on the PS3 (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showpost.php?p=23774&postcount=9)? Boy, people sure are entitled to their opinions about what games they like, aren't they? :rolleyes:

[Dukefrukem]

Didn't you just say that you didn't like Ratchet & Clank on the PS3 (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showpost.php?p=23774&postcount=9)? Boy, people sure are entitled to their opinions about what games they like, aren't they? :rolleyes:

At least I played the whole game and beat it. I said I didn't like it as much, opposed to a AAA title. It's an alright game, just not for me. Hence I didn't like it as much.

[JayVe]

At least I played the whole game and beat it. I said I didn't like it as much, opposed to a AAA title. It's an alright game, just not for me. Hence I didn't like it as much.

I'm glad you have the time to beat games you don't like. Personally, I find other things to do when I don't like something. I typically do something I enjoy instead.

[Dukefrukem]

I'm glad you have the time to beat games you don't like. Personally, I find other things to do when I don't like something. I typically do something I enjoy instead.

I always feel like I should finish what I started. Much like watching a movie. Then, and only then, should anyone have an opinion on something. In games like STALKER, if you were to quit in the first 5 minutes, you would never get to see how well the game actually plays out.