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Building A Better Handheld Multi-platform Game

Zack at Nintendo Gamer Thoughts says: "Anyone who has owned a handheld game system knows how most multi-platform games work. The handhelds usually get a watered down ugly port. This multi-platform problem still exists today on the 3DS and the Vita. This is the year 2013, we have running water, penicillin, and sliced bread, so why can't we get decent 3DS and Vita versions of games?"

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joeorc3903d ago (Edited 3903d ago )

The Facts:
The 3DS and PS Vita are both powerful platforms when compared with their predecessors, and both have had great games that take advantage of the hardware's capabilities.

wait a min:

When looking at both the PSVita and the 3DS in hardware performance with their Predecessors, there really is no "We" its pretty Much the PSVita is a far larger leap over the 1st PSP than what the 3DS leap over the DS is.

That does not say that the 3DS is not a very good handheld, because it is a great Handheld.

But the 3DS's increase in Hardware over the DS is nothing like the Gap of the PSVita from the 1st PSP. and to imply that it is doing a real disservice to educate the consumer about both platforms hardware. performance vs the previous generation hardware performance.

The Gap in performance is staggering but really that only apply's to the PSVita im not being Bias this is just quite blunt the truth. There is A REASON WHY MULTI-PLAT's cannot be exactly the same because the gap between the PSVita and the 3DS is quite large, its not even close. this once again is not saying the 3DS is not quite the fun system or to imply that just because the PSVita has such a gap that the 3DS is any less of a fun or very viable mobile game system than the PSVita.

No, this is quite frankly to point out that, the 3DS's hardware is not like when talking about the HD Twins of the PS3 and XBOX360 is when developer's make a Multi-platform game. the PSVita and the 3DS while can indeed have multi-platform games made for the platforms, the 3DS is no where near in hardware performance as the PSVita.

that is just the Blunt truth.

Thus what your asking for would in effect cost more to branch off in to multi-teams, which publisher's already do with the xbox360 and the PS3. ASKING THE PUBLISHER TO SPLIT FURTHER MANPOWER RESOURCES for handhelds also would increase cost's. further Many publisher's do not have the manpower currently to do such when there is now 2 more platforms on the way.

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin2624d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905069d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5069d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905069d ago (Edited 5069d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5069d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5069d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5069d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495069d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5068d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5069d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn2659d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One