Originally Posted by breakfuss Yeah, you're right. I already knew it was timed, but I guess the sense of urgency escaped me because I was only watching it. The final run through where he gets them all had no time left on the clock.

There are few Death Mode levels where you can pause and work on timing. It's basically move non stop and if something gets in your way and kills you or you can't help the shitty timing, then you start over. What lessened the frustration for me when going through these is knowing that it's primarily based on luck and they're not very long at all.

I do appreciate the fact that there was virtually no loading time in between deaths. If there was even a 3 second load between deaths, it looks like it'd be miserable.

I love that Journey goes on sale when i'm broke and goes off sale the day before i'll have money....

bought MGS HD for the Vita at $17.14, hope there's no regrets!

Watched the Sound Shapes review. Looks fantastic! Will probably pick it up once I get my PS+ 30-day trial setup for the discounted price.

Sound Shapes only looks meh to me. The review turned me off to it. If there's a demo though, I'll at least try it.

Originally Posted by tylerh1701 Thanks Frisky. Honestly, that doesn't look all that fun. I'll give it a shot though.

It's not necessarily about being fun, as it's a challenge mode built around being difficult and challenging.

The normal campaign is fun to play.

Breakfuss, you have to take an average of at most two seconds to grab each note within the time limit, so you have to rush to each note. They build the level to play off of that pace so that the obstacles around with the pace you want to have.

I wouldn't advise anybody using that video as a review or anything like that because it's not a representation of the normal game. It's a side thing that only masochists and trophy hunters will endure.

Originally Posted by aaronrodgers Sound Shapes only looks meh to me. The review turned me off to it. If there's a demo though, I'll at least try it.

Well, I watched the Gamespot review, which was pretty positive on it, not sure on other reviews, but I can understand how it wouldn't appeal to many people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhstSF-j3CA

Originally Posted by wilflare bought MGS HD for the Vita at $17.14, hope there's no regrets!

You won't regret it. I just finished MGS1, and MAN is that game cahRAYzee! If 2+3 are even half as insane as the first one, I'm all in. I'm VERY LTTP on this one, I know, but in the time that MGS came out, I was into other things. Such an amazing game, loved every minute of it.

One thing though: How in the hell did people play this originally? I was finding myself using a FAQ, because there were moments where I'd be puzzled(Psycho Mantis). Should I have called Campbell more often for tips?

Originally Posted by Jackovasaurus You won't regret it. I just finished MGS1, and MAN is that game cahRAYzee! If 2+3 are even half as insane as the first one, I'm all in. I'm VERY LTTP on this one, I know, but in the time that MGS came out, I was into other things. Such an amazing game, loved every minute of it. One thing though: How in the hell did people play this originally? I was finding myself using a FAQ, because there were moments where I'd be puzzled(Psycho Mantis). Should I have called Campbell more often for tips?

You had to move your controller to the second port on the ps1!

Originally Posted by wtsutton You had to move your controller to the second port on the ps1!

Kojima is a crazy bastard, but I love him!

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Originally Posted by Jackovasaurus You won't regret it. I just finished MGS1, and MAN is that game cahRAYzee! If 2+3 are even half as insane as the first one, I'm all in. I'm VERY LTTP on this one, I know, but in the time that MGS came out, I was into other things. Such an amazing game, loved every minute of it. One thing though: How in the hell did people play this originally? I was finding myself using a FAQ, because there were moments where I'd be puzzled(Psycho Mantis). Should I have called Campbell more often for tips?

I played that game so long ago that it was before I found out about faqs on the internet. (they may not have even existed yet I don't know...) and that psycho mantis part freaked my shit out! But not nearly as bad as MGS2 did. You'll know what I mean when you get there.

Originally Posted by Woocls I played that game so long ago that it was before I found out about faqs on the internet. (they may not have even existed yet I don't know...) and that psycho mantis part freaked my shit out! But not nearly as bad as MGS2 did. You'll know what I mean when you get there.

I'm playing through MGS2 again right now on the MGS HD collection. It must be my 20th playthrough since the game first came out and I can still never bring myself to skip that sequence.

Man, I'm conflicted about Sound Shapes. It looks like LocoRoco or PixelJunk in that they are all solid titles, though not amazing ones, and they are more there to bolster Sony's indie cred than anything. I just picked up Retro/Grade and Journey and did not enjoy them as much as I thought I would, so that doesn't help either.

Man, that circle flashing in the background constantly to the beat would be so irritating.

Originally Posted by Jackovasaurus You won't regret it. I just finished MGS1, and MAN is that game cahRAYzee! If 2+3 are even half as insane as the first one, I'm all in. I'm VERY LTTP on this one, I know, but in the time that MGS came out, I was into other things. Such an amazing game, loved every minute of it. One thing though: How in the hell did people play this originally? I was finding myself using a FAQ, because there were moments where I'd be puzzled(Psycho Mantis). Should I have called Campbell more often for tips?

Haha I read that as Link to the Past, took me a minute to figure out what you meant by LTTP.

Anyways, I was actually pretty disappointed in MGS2. I really loved 1, 2 was a pretty big step down in my opinion. That's as far as I am in the series, I hear 3 is pretty good.

Originally Posted by Jackovasaurus You won't regret it. I just finished MGS1, and MAN is that game cahRAYzee! If 2+3 are even half as insane as the first one, I'm all in. I'm VERY LTTP on this one, I know, but in the time that MGS came out, I was into other things. Such an amazing game, loved every minute of it. One thing though: How in the hell did people play this originally? I was finding myself using a FAQ, because there were moments where I'd be puzzled(Psycho Mantis). Should I have called Campbell more often for tips?

2 is at least twice as insane, story wise...whether that's a good thing or not is up to you.
I like the gameplay better too, but the environment is not nearly as good as Shadow Moses island.

3 is the calmest game in the series, story-wise. I mean, it has craziness, but it's more about a particular relationship and what the end of it meant for a particular figure in the series. The gameplay is probably the best in the series.

4 is....ugh. MGS4. The first two chapters are some of the best MGS gameplay ever, then the last 3 chapters have about an hour of gameplay total. it does wrap up everything, and I mean everything, in the series. The cutscenes are out of control though...there are way too many of them and they are not so great.

Originally Posted by PublikDefender I'm visiting family so I don't have access to my ps3 or I would check the regular store to see if it is OK or not. Something is seriously wrong because I can't find Final Fantasy V either. I know I got that for free on 2012/01/31: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/...sy-v-and-more/

Final Fantasy V won't transfer at all, whether it's through the store or system. It's not Vita compatible at all, which sucks.

"so you like suikoden! haha so you save alot." that was so awesome when he read your memory card.

also spoilers ahead for mgs2 but crazy col campbell quotes -
http://www.gabe-e.com/campbell/crazyquotes.shtml

"I hear it amazing when the famous purple stuffed worm in flapped jaw space with a tunning fork does a raw blink on hari-kari rock. I need scissors! 61!"

"Actually, I am in really bad shape financially. I pay money to my ex-wife as part of our divorce settlement, among other bills... I just had no choise but to make you pay for lunch the other day. I'm really sorry"

that said im gonna skip the vita bundle. great deal/price, but my backlog is too insane and i already own mgs trilogy on ps3 and id rather have the bigscreen/surroundsound/etc. but still wow great deal/price, but i need to try and control myself in 2013. im hoping just the bestbuy preorder games(which end up net positive for me always) and ps+. (and i guess Anarchy Reigns cuz thats a preorder already for a deal ) i doubt it will work tho... cag destroys my willpower to not buy more stuff...

Transfarring cloud saves between the two versions is pretty sweet. Play on my PS3 at home and now I'm working on 3 while on vacation.

i had a hard copy of the Vita version, but the trade-in value was about $16 after PUR and 50% boost, so I figured that's close enough and got the PSN version. I'll be playing those MGS2 VR missions + Snake Tales until I'm dead, so I may as well!