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Just bought a PS Vita with LBP, Wipeout, Virtue's Last Reward, and some other game I saw that looked kinda neat called Persona 4. I'm hoping it'll be okay, I have never ever heard of this 'Persona' game before and have totally not had someone go on about it ALL FUCKING YEAR to the point that my entire reason of purchasing a Vita is just for that game because that would be very silly. I have only run into one major spoiler for this game which is sad but it could be worse.

Seriously though, P4 better be like the most legit shit ever or someone owes me £200.

I bought Persona 4 because of all the praise people on here gave it. I didn't like it. The story and characters are great, but the gameplay I didn't really like at all.

You strike me as more of an early Persona person, rainjar. Assuming you can put up with the stupid encounter rate, that is. I hope you enjoy 4, though

Huh. I don't actually know anything about them besides seeing bits of 3 and 4. I saw a friend playing 3 years ago and I hated it but my opinions have changed quite drastically since then. I almost watched the anime about 4 but quit a few eps in because I'm a fucking idiot (Although a damn lucky one because now I get to actually play the game). Maybe I'll check out the early ones afterwards then, Ajapam.

I haven't even begun playing 4 yet. Part of me is waiting until the it's later at night and quieter so I can enjoy it more but the other half is terrified that I'll end up really disliking it and die instantly from buyers remorse.

Mostly been playing the engaging game of customizing my PS Vita. The best part about getting a shiny new gadget is always toying around with all the settings and options.

I finished Ratchet & Clank Into the Nexus and fans are really going to enjoy this game. It is shorter than a full game, but longer than Quest for Booty (I didn't time it but 6-7 hours that people have been saying seems about right) and a lot more replay value (challenge mode and a second set of upgrades for weapons with it plus more stuff to collect). Really feels like classic Ratchet with some cool new elements. The Clank levels are neat and don't overstay their welcome and there is a jetpack ability that allows battles to happen in the air plus some gravity stuff. There are a few new weapons, plus twists on old ones. There is this one level where you collect things kind of like Leviathon souls or the older games' equivalent, but you unlock stuff part way through that allow you to explore more of the level. Kind of neat. I really loved this game.

Resogun is kicking my ass on normal.

@Rainjar: Grats on the Vita!

I'd agree with Kay's assessment. It's a game that is admittedly not horribly engaging in the gameplay department but I was very drawn in to.

Played the first level and novel section of Virtue's Last Reward, has no English dub only subs. I can't tell if the writing is just bad or the localisation is just the shittiest thing ever. I'm leaning more towards it being the latter.

Ooooh now I really want Into the Nexus, thanks Trip! Glad that's how it turned out.

I played Buried at Sea, the Bioshock Infinite DLC, last night. Probably took like two hours. I didn't think it would be tied to the main storyline so much. I really need to replay the whole game, because I really have no idea what's going on. Elizabeth is badass now.

I'm very much looking forward to playing Ratchet. If it wasn't for a PS4 I would have definitely got it day 1. Glad to know that it turned out so well. Good villain?

My wife got her first shiny poke'mon earlier today. I still haven't encountered one but I'm not necessarily going for them. It's pretty neat though. I just hope she doesn't go crazy and try and get a shiny for every damn poke'mon. I will not tell her about the computer programs that help. Or show her how to use them. That's just dangerous!

Warframe is cool but a massive timesink like most F2P when you don't pay. A slooooow loot-based grindfest. At least the levels go by quickly and the random loot keeps it interesting. I would probably play it even if I had some actual PS4 games

Burial at Sea strikes me as something that's not great value-for-money wise. True or false?

BretBaber wrote:I'm very much looking forward to playing Ratchet.  If it wasn't for a PS4 I would have definitely got it day 1.  Glad to know that it turned out so well.  Good villain?

I like the villains. I think if anything gets hurt from the shorter runtime it might be the story just because their isn't as much time to develop those new characters, but it is still a fun time and I was happy to see some of the Future characters return for this outing. There is a nice look back at the series in a cool sort of way included here too that I know the R&C fans like you and Mot will get a kick out of.

How long is Bioshock Infinite's main game? I always wonder what people expect when they pay a quarter of the price (or whatever) of the game for a piece of DLC. Is a quarter of the playtime adequate? Does the scale slide as the price lowers? Does it just matter how good it is?

I'd say about 12 hours for it. So for a $15 piece to be 2-3 isn't that bad. Still waiting for it to go on sale though before I jump on that.

I don't know...it is a weird one. Purely psychological trickery. $60 for the game new didn't really phase me because I was REALLY anticipating it and i figured I pay $18 for a movie (here) so $60 for 13 hours wasn't outrageous and I definitely want to play it again. But $15 for 2-3 hours makes me scoff...the mind is a mysterious thing.

Yeah I understand where you are coming from was just kind of curious what your thoughts were.

On a somewhat related note, I started a Gamefly trial. Was kind of curious if there was a game I missed in 2013 that I should give a go? You guys know me so something you think I might enjoy. Figure I might be able to clean up some stuff before my year end award blog for more thoroughness. Was thinking of Bioshock Infinite possibly which is why I ask.

I don't know if you'd love Inifinite, but if you're renting it then I'd say there's no reason for you NOT to try it.

I think you'd like Bioshock Infinite Trip, but not quite love it. It's not the best shooter mechanically, but it's pretty good and the story and world are good enough that they make up for it. Really it's worth playing for the ending. You won't be able to think about anything else for days.

Yeah liking it would certainly suffice. The plan is to get a couple PS4 games first to mess around with, but I don't know how that will go because of newness and availability, so this might be good to fall back on for now. If you guys think of anything else, let me know.

So I'd have to play through it and get a specific ending to see why? =p Sounds like WORK!

You know what's one thing that's been bugging me lately playing The Witcher 2? What happened to RPGs being brief. It seems like RPGs have become synonymous with time sinks. I do a quest where I have to get an item bring it back. In itself, a pain in the ass because you're doing a lot of running through dead areas. No platforming, no real combat just...runnin'. Then I bring back the item and they're liek "Well, this item isn't good enough, go get another one."

Now, I'm no fool I see exactly what they're doing. "LET'S MAKE THE GAME LONGER, YAAAAAY" but it just makes me scream because why the fuck did you waste my time getting that other item in the first place? It's like when you have a stealth section in a game and then the end result of sneaking perfectly through that section is that your character gets caught as part of the story. But if you get caught in the stealth mission, you fail.

That's why Chrono Trigger is one of my favorite RPGs. Playing the whole thing, with all the sidequests to completion takes 30 hours. And it keeps me engaged and focused the whole time instead of being. "SO MAIN STORY...but wait, 10 billion sidequests that involve fetching items/killing things!"

I think fans demand so much content out of RPGs that developers have started padding them by default.

Given the other rant on my last post...this sounds right up my alley.