/v/ - Video Games

>>15764282

Just to double check, since I've been meaning to hack my Vita myself (reading through the hacks site linked), does PSN spoofing still work so long as the setting is edited to sync with the PSN, or has sony caught onto it? Got a few things I was never able to transfer to mine years back (keeping mine at the OFW that was current then, and waiting for more updates on the hacking end) that would be nice to still get onto there if I can do so, but while sony is indeed shit, I'd rather not risk suddenly having shit I bought years back become inaccessible due to a potential ban. That's assuming you can even use the spoofing to connect to the store in the first place.

>An anon was/is working on a new chart, be sure to contribute if you can!

From the sound of it in the wiki thread, he's given up already.

>>15764323

I'm using PSN still on 3.65 Ensō. Couldn't tell you if activation spoofing with ReNpDRM works though, does anyone here use that?

Also no I haven't given up on that chart, but as it needs other contributions for what I don't play, I need to believe that they will happen before I think it's worth fully commiting to on my end.

Thanks for making the thread famicom

Going through Steins;Gate 0. Already got Maho and Kagari's endings. I still haven't done Kurisu's 2 endings on the original I would not recommend this VN to anybody who hasn't played or watched the first series. Visual Novels are comfy on the handheld unlike on consoles. The main downside is how slow it is to install games from their Freeshop. Direct PC is faster but still needs work.

Maho's arc was okay but Kagari's was kind of a mess. AFTER showing a timeline where Shiima met Mommy everybody inexplicably holds the idiot ball with a wild goose chase to relearn what the audience and Kyouma already knew, what a waste of time. There better be a good explanation how a simple phone can use space magic after Future Gadget #8 was decommissioned.

>>15764491

>Also no I haven't given up on that chart

My bad, I was just going off how you'd worded things there.

>I'm using PSN still on 3.65 Ensō.

Is that able to bypass game-level firmware checks past 3.65 if applied, or is there still an issue of lockout (and if so is there a listing of what is still cutoff)?

>>15764282

Bloodstained is also canceled for the vita.

>>15764513

Yes, but that's old news by now.

>>15764506

No. The way to bypass game firmware checks is to either meet them, or if someone on 3.68 has dumped a compatibility pack for them, which can be installed through pkgj or NPS Browser. Those depend on the rePatch plugin, and speaking of which, that got update and should no longer break DLC. I just tested with Hyperdevotion Noire.

>>15764515

So even a 3.66 cart wouldn't be eligible to run? Is there a document with most/all games listed that includes the minimum firmware each requires? I'd swear I've seen one before but it probably hasn't been linked here in quite a while.

>>15764548

>>15764583

Actually think I found what I was looking for; had to use another browser since the search engine my main uses wasn't pulling it up. Particular game I was thinking of turns out to be sub 3.65 anyhow. I wager that at the time it was released, 3.60 was the max CFWable OFW, thus at the time was ineligible.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CFJ8SxN-2hyCUYapOvfxfkeLtYI9Eyy8foZMgYSKplw/edit#gid=1994011714

>>15764635

Given there's no sourcing as to who made that image he posted, I'd be slightly leery as to the games listed also representing people here, unless someone can indeed sauce it to originating from a thread here. Though, if people do feel like backing up particular recommendations, it might be a go ahead to at least get something started for them. Though, the difference in allotted space for descriptions, ripping them as is might wind up with the tabs at your current sizes looking rather sparse, so maybe also have the people vouching for them elaborate a sentence or two further. Just a thought.

Might also be wise to, once you do start compiling what you have onto an actual background, to include the mention of that document with minimum firmware on there somewhere for increased utility. Though, maybe archive it if possible and use the archive link for brevity.

Seeing two different versions of SD2Vita on sale – 3.0 and 5.0. Which is the one is that isn't a Chinese botnet device?

Does anybody have any good suggestions for a protective grip for my 1000 Vita? Been looking around eBay, and I honestly don't trust those $5 silicon ones. Also, does anybody know of any good joystick grips?

>>15764665

I was sent both by an ebay seller, the 3.0 doesn't fully fit in the game card slot but does work, while the 5.0 fits the game card slot perfectly and works well. Both were just bare circuit boards with tape.

>>15764678

Considering how you'd have to screw with the layout further to fit an extra line, let alone icons, that might not be the best idea. Especially since there's the difference in cases where legit versions might not be playable with CFW, but pirated with a compatibility repack might be (kind of like I remember how, way back when, wasn't there something about tweaking particular dumped games back to their JP firmware requirements and having them playable on 3.60 if they were in range there?). I'm just saying that once you start getting stuff to lay out, save some header space before the start of the tabflow, and put a link there that people can search on their own. Or link to it from the gitgud as a resource for people to check and include a mention to go there for parameters like that.

>>15764678

>I'm attempting for neutrality, don't worry

That's fine and all anon, but you would also be a contributor to this chart as well, as you play vita games and are a regular participant in these threads. Feel free to give your own opinion and description of why you would feel a game deserves to be on a chart and see if anyone challenges you on it or agrees with you about it, and possibly have a discussion/debate with them about it. Relying entirely on other people to do work for something like this is honestly ridiculous, especially as the population of people visiting these threads seems to have thinned out a bit.

Conveniently enough, I do have some old recommendations from multiple anons when i asked for opinions about certain games earlier but those can't sustain such an effort especially since one would have to go on a wild goose chase for them. Stuff like that is made even more frustrating when anons give good information on certain games, and then also recommend others in the same post but barely provide anything on themwhich happens a lot more frequently than you think.

At any rate it would certainly help the chart production go quicker if you did that at least, the chart creator tends to have to do the lion's share of the work anyways, just don't do anything you don't feel you can argue in favor of, and ask people before you do and provide your own reasonings.

For example, I would concur with your recommendations for Muramasa, Odin Sphere, Danganronpa 1, and Dragon's Crown, though your reasons/descriptions for including them aren't listed and I'm curious to see if they'd differ from mine in any way (they likely won't but it can't hurt lel)

my vita caught on fire, I don't think I'm going to buy another one

>>15764750

Storytime? Were you trying to fry ants living inside it?

>>15764750

How the fuck.

>>15764753

Don't remind me about that. That poor, poor Vita-tan. Hardware gore is something utterly horrible.

Don't forget to get rePatch 3.0 which makes AIDS obsolete and fixes compatibility with several games.

>>5764790

>pic

Nice, looking strong far. We just need to get it more populated which should be simple enough, there's at least half a dozen or more games I can pull descriptions from old recommendations/reviews by anons in previous vita threads.

>I listed those because they went without saying, but I can't make a full case for them having only played a bit of each of the 3. Enough to see why they're recommended though.

Fair enough, I can creat new ones or adjust the current writeups for them since the descriptions for them can be vastly improved in my opinion, and I did play through all of Odin Sphere on hard, and the main (not postgame) story for Dragon's Crown. I also completed the main story for Muramasa on hard (not the NG unlocked difficulty though), though I wasn't able to do the DLC so I can't speak to their quality, but other anons have vouched for its quality more than enough.

For Danganronpa I largely agree, minus the comparisons to 2 and V3 since I don't have the perspective to make those comparisons given I never played them. I also believe the characters are more than a bit archetypal, after all they're walking caricatures, but the satirical bent adds to the madness of it in a positive way in my opinion, not it succeeding in spite of it but that's my personal opinion anyways. Good assessment. You should feel free to add it in with your description if you haven't already.

Danganronpa made me feel pretty damn sad at the end of the dsy. They really nailed the strangeness of sadistic, cruelcomedy and how disturbing it can be and feel to the player character, especially as it wears them down over many hours and events, but that's my opinion.

>>15765089

>Also a thought occurred to me. A >3.68 icon could be added if one for indicating PSTV compatibility is, and that could even distinguish between "yes / blacklisted / blacklisted and non-functional".

Possibly. If need be I can try to whip some up icons down the line. But at the same time, you have to question how much is too much information at once. I like the idea of having some basics present at a glance, but stuff like the sub-3.68 stuff and PSTV have a number of internal variables to account for as togglable nodes, as opposed to being able to, say, have urls to a database of sorts with that information already present.

Sub-3.68:

>Legit copies vs games that could be asset swapped and thus only work if pirated.

>Base game vs updates (assuming updates might look for higher system firmware to download; not sure if that's a factor, but that google doc does make not of updates)

>Possible differences in required firmware by region.

Admittedly haven't looked real far into PSTV stuff, but I take it you mean "yes / blacklisted / blacklisted and non-functional" as whitelisted/officially compatible, unofficially compatible, and not compatible at all?

This isn't to say it's not potentially doable, but one has to keep in mind both all the possible parameters that could be applied, as well as possibility for confusion on the reader end.

>>15765123

>>Possible differences in required firmware by region.

Should've occurred to me but it didn't. That's reason enough not to add that I believe. I think just telling people to check NPS in the opening header for the image will be good enough, and since there's no longer a balance, same deal with PSTV compatibility.

>>15765123

>whitelisted/officially compatible, unofficially compatible, and not compatible at all?

Yeah, because the unblacklisting hack makes all games loadable, but due to missing controls and features on PSTV they may not be completable. I won't care if it's some triviality in a game, but progress blockers would be the worst.

>>15765089

No need to worry about tertiary shit like icons for right now, I would more worry about focusing on getting as many descriptions as you can for the time being.

I think the other chart probably didn't allow VNs on it or something like that from what it looks like, but I don't know. The UDG one seems entirely focused on the "game" aspects of it.

Here's my description for Muramasa:

Muramasa is a game sometimes described as 2D cuhrayzee. You travel across a war-torn feudal Japan in 2 characters, a possessed princess and a rogue ninja, whose journeys overlap, slashing through swaths of enemies and bosses in fast-paced action as you seek power in Muramasa-forged demon blades and mastery of styles. In Rebirth it saw an excellent port and retranslation, along with quality DLC introducing new playable characters,additional story chapters, music and bosses.

Description for Odin Sphere Leifthraisir:

Another example of high-octane 2D action from Vanillaware, Odin Sphere is an ARPG with its storytelling done in a form akin to a theatre play. You follow the roles of 5 very different characters fighting in a world grounded in norse mythology, using legendary psypher weapons and abilities to fight their foes and change and fulfill ancient prophesy. Leifthraisir vastly improves and streamlines the parts of the original often considered clunky and adding additional content, while still offering the original mode for those who would like the experience.

Or if that's too long, a slightly shorter version:

Another example of high-octane 2D action from Vanillaware, Odin Sphere is an ARPG with its storytelling done like a theatre play. You follow 5 very different characters fighting in a world grounded in Norse mythology, using legendary Psypher weapons and abilities to fight their foes and change or fulfill ancient prophesy. Leifthraisir vastly improves the parts of the original oft-considered clunky and adds content, while still offering the original mode for those who want to experience it.

>>15768775

>I'm a bit iffy on the "2D cuhrayzee" descriptor though

Fair enough. I didn't want all the chart descriptions to feel like it was just reading what effectively could just be back-of-the-box descriptions to people and felt like something I've seen as a phrase used to describe it was acceptable and helps to connect it more with people from around here, but I can see how it might cause some obvious problems, not least of which being dating or confusion. Plus the first sentence is a bit awkward anyways. Change it as you see fit; its tough for me to think of something attention-grabbing.

As a side note, Dungeon Travelers 2 was and still is a very highly recommended one in the past. I haven't played it yet myself but other anons have put together reasons why they loved it and consistently recommended it before. I can pull one or a few of them up and shorten them down. In the meantime here's the parameters.

Genre: Dungeon Crawler, RPG

Developer(s):Sting Entertainment, Aquaplus

Publisher(s): Atlus

Audio: Japanese

Unfortunately I'm having trouble finding a high res cover for it.

>>15768931

danke anon, I'll keep that in mind

>>15768975

I don't remember anyone ever really commenting on the localization quality on that game when they mention it so I assume it was either good enough or okay to not give people problems or to generally mention it at all

>>15768985

Oh shit, this infographic is quite easy on the eyes, full of style and makes me want to read it all up. The person who made this clearly had some design knowledge or something

>>15768985

>"Special thanks to […] Parakeetman from NeoGAF"

Looking at it more, it actually makes me want to question just how accurate it is if cuckchan had to consult a namefag from neofag for help to make it. Though, with the inclusion of lewd games like Moero, for all I know he might have gotten banned if it was traced back to him, considering neofag's stance on stuff.

>>15768994

There's people around that are good at how to do layout for making something informative. Looking professional doesn't necessarily mean the information within is useful or accurate though. I'm not necessarily saying that one isn't (I'll admit I'm not real experienced with dungeon crawlers myself), but it's something to bear in mind.

Design wise, I personally wouldn't have made the actual "WHICH GAMES" header the same weight as the actual overall image title, but that's just me. But overall the image has a nice sense of contrast and weight to it, aside from the bottom having two images on the left and one on the right (I'd have just done them as a horizontal row).

>>15769014

Try replacing those two with one of the samples from the last thread, where the icons were to the left of the image and the data horizontal underneath. Could pull some of the necessary space out from the height, and then you could see how the weight feels. But either way, it's apt to be feel a bit longer vertically since the screenshot does up more space than just the cover art does. If you can get more tabs for physical games made though, I think overall the digital section might feel less weighty overall, but that is admittedly circumstantial as to what people do submit for.

Also, while I'm at it, for the Nep ones, be accurate as to what the situation is with Vol 2 and 3. NISA as a company wasn't involved (rather a member of their staff was), so with Vol.2, it would probably be better to replace that last line with "Using Re;translation patch is advised due to IFI outsourcing to NISA's Nick Doerr for script editing." Gets the message across more accurately, if more verbosely, but I think it should fit. Likewise, for Volume 3, you can simply replace he mention of "NISA" with "Doerr", as you're already calling back to the Vol.2 tab which explains it already. And that change should hopefully not be long enough to bump the content in the last line off. Point being though, you're less likely to get people calling into question the accuracy of the content, as NISA itself no longer had the rights to the series here by then. Just a thought.

Also make sure to add IFI as the western publisher on all three. Didn't know they got ex Flight-Plan guys working on those remakes.

>>15769060

>side icons

Might work if I split the data into genre/audio and dev/pub and put them side-by-side. For now if the icons are moved you just get a massive void, and don't save a lot of space anyway. That can wait though, especially since digital-only isn't likely to be that common in a curated list.

Also DT2's title definitely doesn't fit verbatim, but now I know & needs to be specified as \& whenever used.

>nep

I'll address those things too, though might have to abbreviate to IFI unless "Idea Factory Intl" fits.

>>1576904

Relax anon, the layout is fine; for right now we should focus on getting it filled up, its a lot easier to get things going when it appears more complete

Any Falcom offerings are pretty much an easy add to it, save for a note on Ys VIII and Tokyo Xanadu's (((localizations))). Mary Skelter is also a worthwhile addition as well.

>>15769168

Meant for

>>15769014

>>15768975

>I also recall the localization being somewhat bad too

While I have not played enough if it to make a proper recommendation, I can tell you that the localization quality is top notch, especially for Atlus.

>>15768985

Yep, can confirm. He actually says he got an arrow to the knee.

>>15769060

>neps vol. 2 + 3

The nice thing about these is that you can put "same as vol. 1, even down to the dungeons" in the description and be done with it, lel.

cancer

>>15769643

I assume you've got easy control of max width? You might want to give it a few more columns in the long run. There is such a thing as max dimensions for posting on the site; think it caps in any direction at 10,000px. You might also adjust the padding between the entries down a tad. Let the background form a grid to separate each via the negative space, but without feeling overbearing. Also, while I think I get how you're doing the layout via an equal space to the side of each tab, it does have a slightly off effect in the effective border between the header, bottom, and sides of the entire image being smaller than the space between the tabs. Some things to consider: How is the actual thing layered (IE: does the light blue start from the bottom of the header, or does it actually start behind it and show through after the header space ends)? You seem to be able to have the tabs push outward an equidistant space; to you also have the ability to do the opposite (say, to the background) and constrain the contents inward? I'm not sure they apply directly to what you're doing, but to use some web terms, css allows one can have padding which pushes outward from an html element's dimensions, and margin, which pushes inward on contents laid over it.

If not able to do so, you might be able to fudge the effect by making the image slightly wider, and then adjusting where the starting point is to be horizontally and vertically over by the same amount as you have as padding between tabs. Just make sure you end the total width at the proper size so the image is still balanced.

>Also, for languages, which version of the game should it apply to?

Language how? You mean the audio, or the little "ENG" icon? Because the latter was made simply to signify that the game has an English option for text at the very least. I suppose it's more useful for games like the Moero ones where they never came west but were still import friendly as they were still English translated. I think though at the time those were originally made, Vita fan-translation patches weren't really a thing just yet. Could either try making a different icon if you can think of something more useful to fill the space, or just make it something you'd have to denote in the description for particular JP/Asia games, whether they're outright English inherent, or might have to be patched to be so.

>Catherine Full Body's western release for the Vita has been canceled

At least it is still being released at all so repatch can do its thing and we get a translation.

>>15772070

Yeah.

>>15769732

>or just make it something you'd have to denote in the description for particular JP/Asia games, whether they're outright English inherent, or might have to be patched to be so

Or just add an entire new section for games with English patches and games that have English options in Asia releases.

>>15769643

I haven't heard great things about Disgaea 3 and 4.

Its looking respectable enough though.

>>15769732

It's bumped to 4 now, with the gaps 16px and that's 1664px wide, so ideally no further because I personally despise (and I doubt I'm the only one) charts or thread screencaps that force me to scroll horizontally, it's bad for the headers, and if it's scaled down the text gets tiny and/or muddied. I'm aiming to keep it at a bit under 1920px wide due to stuff like scrollbars, or opening it in-line with a thread, and most people having at least 1080p screens. I'll continue the additions in a bit.

>>15772185

Easier to mention in the description. Also I intended to make a separate list for game mod links since there's a few out there, but the majority of those are hosted on Reddit. Went over the pros and cons of that last thread.

>>15773161

Sadly yours is one of the few feedbacks game-wise. Asking me to curate the list is, no exaggeration, like asking Maoko Nira, so I need it! Also because this is the thread's chart, not mine.

>>15769732

Forgot to respond to the rest sorry.

>header, bottom, and sides of the entire image being smaller than the space between the tabs.

The header images were done in about a minute just to have something to work with. I will tidy up the text spacing later. As for the image margin being half the width of the gaps between the tiles that's a side-effect of how montage does tiling, but it can be addressed easily.

>Language how?

I mean the voice languages. Do we list what exists for all regions, or just localizations if applicable? Probably the former since indicating dub-only localizations in the description is probably better. Also the ENG icon is supposedly a subjective one that says "will I be able to play this without knowing moon?" Like you can play simple puzzle games that are in Japanese, but not VNs.

>>15773726

Fair enough. I'm only repeating what I've seen when Disgaea pops up in other threads. I've heard better things about 4 than 3, but I've always heard 1 and 2 described as the best by what seems like a majority of people who talk about it. I'll take your word for it since you seem to have played it.

>Stranger of Sword City

I've only heard mediocre things about that game, except for maybe one random person saying it was decent. What makes it worthwhile?

>>15773766

I mentioned the Revisited version since it fixes a lot of balance issues and adds some worthwhile extra content. It's not a game for everyone, so I don't doubt the majority opinion tends to lean more towards mediocrity, but in simple terms I like how it's a shameless Wizardry ripoff that, unlike the majority of its kin, manages to capture part of the spirit of what made the first two Wizardry games special in a way.

For a Japanese DRPG it has a focus on the actual fantasy of roleplaying that you really don't see in the genre. It's still far from perfect, but it tries its hardest to build a cohesive world through both main and sidequests (or well, at least some) before cutely throwing you into a choice between three different factions with the point of no return being in around two thirds of the game. The dungeon design is surprisingly strong, especially when compared to other games from the developer like Demon Gaze, and the systems and limitations you have to juggle through in order to smoothly progress through the game, from the revival mechanics/permadeath to the tight economy and resource management that actually feels meaningful during each adventure, topped by the surprisingly complex and free-form character building mechanics, make for an overall package that's just rewarding to play in its own right. Then again I might be exaggerating in some regards, but at its best it's the kind of game where you feel every decision you take feels like it has both short and long term repercussions on the rest of your playthrough, and to be honest there's no other DRPG on the system that gives you that kind of feeling.

I wouldn't say it's perfect and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone without the rigid boner for archaic dungeon crawlers I have, at least without a few warnings beforehand, but if you're at least a bit interested in the game I'd say it's worth a try.

>>15773766

Each Disgaea game is generally better than the last in terms of mechanics and gameplay. Story and characters are different story though.

>>15774049

massive EDF slut here

>EDF2 Portable, called V2 in Japan due of being the second portable re-release after the PSP, the Vita vastly improving on the framerates (just slugging a lot when there is shitload of spiders shooting their webs at once or when the flamethrower hits multiple targets).

>add an exclusive class for the Vita version, the Air Raider, which has three weapon slots but cannot call for vehicles unlike in 4.1

>a total of 78 missions divided into 6 difficulties (Easy, Normal, Hard, Hardest, Inferno and the locked Impossible)

>online is pretty much dead except on the japanese side with a bit of activity there, due of being considered as a classic (although you cant play with japs due of their own 1.01 patch)

Another thing with the localization I've noticed is that XSeed thought it was a good idea to change the completion percentage (in the JP version) into a different digit that seems to follow the number of weapons my Air Raider has.

>EDF3 Portable (called 2017 Portable in the West)

>prequel of the events in EDF4.1, but both takes place in a different setting than EDF1/2

>portable port of the Xbox360 game

>adds the Pale Wing class exclusive to the Vita port, with new weapons

>a total of 60 missions also divided into several difficulties

>game chugs in framerates more than EDF2 Portable but it' still playable

>japanese physical cartridge has a in-built save slot

I say that difficulty-wise, EDF2 is harder than EDF3 due of the larger amount of enemies types present in EDF2 (Deroys, Bombers and its Mega variant, Centipedes, shield drones, giant nests) although in EDF3 there is no Air Raiders and giant nuclear missiles to assist you either.

>>15773766

>I've heard better things about 4 than 3, but I've always heard 1 and 2 described as the best by what seems like a majority of people who talk about it

They mean the story and characters. In terms of gameplay, each game iterates upon the last. So from a gameplay perspective D1 is the worst and D3 and D4 trump over it. It is also worth mentioning that D3 and D4 are more polishied and have more content on the Vita than their PS3 releases (also won't set your console on fire).

Tonight's been mostly for making my life easier. Finally fixed that broken Nep info too, sorry >>15769060

>>15774182

I was intending to play 2 but haven't yet. Also please submit descriptions as something I can drop in easily. Not greentext.

>>15774472

Never touched Disgaea but I'll keep that in mind.

>>15773849

>Revisited version

Never heard of this particular one until your post.

It sounds intriguing enough from what you've described though. Choices and "actual" roleplaying are very rare to see in general these days, especially out of any Japanese-made games. Sounds like they had an interesting take on it.

>>15774472

>>15773877

Okay, thanks for the information anons. Sounds like kind of a shame for me since the context, story and characters I play in and with matter very much to me when it comes to RPGs, but its good to know this at least.

>>15781123

>>Catherine remake cancelled

I see nothing of that on the jap twitter

>>15781398

The English vita release is probably what he is talking about.

>>15777901

Keep in mind though, that unlike D3, D4's story is generally considered to be good.

>>15784001

California is a hell of a drug.

>>15784001

>webms don't work

Fuck

While I'm at it, capture is something I'd like to properly document. This is what I currently use. It's Linux-specific but there's equivalents to V4L2 and Pulse for other platforms. You can also use OBS instead.

$ ffmpeg -thread_queue_size 5120 -f v4l2 -framerate 60 -video_size 960x544 -i <device> -thread_queue_size 5120 -f pulse -i <pulsesource> -c:v huffyuv -c:a copy -f matroska -r 60 -y rec-`date +'%s'`.mkv

The thread_queue_size thing prevents the video stutter issue. Also it's lossless so it results in huge intermediate files, but my system is pretty weak so real-time encoding is out of the question. I typically cut the file next, and then the encode step is fairly simple at this stage.

$ ffmpeg -i cut.mkv -ss 00:00:01.017 -to 00:00:20.183 -c:v libvpx-vp9 -crf 45 -b:v 0 -c:a libopus -f webm -pass 1 video.webm

Then again with pass 2.

>>15784023

Your browser sucks. Alternatively download them and watch in a real video player because honestly, screw browsers doing everything. It's one of the reasons they're a common jailbreaking entrypoint.

>>15784001

>dying to slimes on normal mode

lamo'ing at your life.

Apparently bullet sponges happen to retards not using the upgrade systems. That stage is a cakewalk after that on hard. At least it resulted in lewd.

>>15784001

>>15784540

Huh, there's no smoke. Is there a decensor mod out there? By any chance would it also work for the PS4?

>>15785383

>Is there a decensor mod out there?

Yes.

>By any chance would it also work for the PS4?

No.

So now that vita is dead forever, how many games did it get in total?

>>15785924

Never seen it get a discount.

>>15785478

For the sake if all weeb games, make it happen! I own the PS4 version as I expected Vita's release to run horribly unoptimized based on the track record of some games that came out cross platform (Estival Versus, Trails of Cold Steel) but if BG:P can only be decensored on the Vita, then I may have to save up for a new purchase.

>>15785924

Just pirate it, sony deserves no money.

>>15785383

You apparently can mod PS4 games, but the system has the same issue as Vita in that games are subject to firmware requirements, and the latest hackable firmware 5.05 was from March 2018 so you can't run BGP on a moddable system. Also the scene looks to be about at the level of the early HENkaku days so I haven't actually done much to mine yet.

>>15786163

You'd be correct. Vita's version has terrible lag issues even with 444/333 mode and it's part of the reason I don't use a helper character. It's disappointing because the older games were Vita exclusive and worked OK. Also there are reasons to pick Vita up as it's a solid handheld, but >>15786208 applies.

Also BG2 doesn't have a decensor mod yet, so I use the black scribbles one.

>>15786851

Yup. After watching Estival Versus and Trails of Cold Steel dip to framerates that may as well be single digits, I decided to avoid any cross platform in the future. I take it that the devs build the game with the console in mind and then work on the handheld port. Although the process to port is easier now than ever, the way hardware works is still different.

>>15787933

mask of deception and mask of truth should probably have just been one game but I suspect all the buildup with his brother and reintroducing characters made the game rather long and they thought they could get away with splitting it due to

>over thousands of hours of gameplay* mostly consists of fetch quests and grinding

mentality that a lot of people have when judging the value of a game vs price.

>>15791662

I know Omega Labyrinth has a fantranslation patch, albeit an unedited one from the sounds of it, so I'm not sure just how good it is at bringing the game into English. They've got the latest version (v0.05) linked on their gbatemp, but having a backup available elsewhere would be good.

>>15791662

Mega should be fine.

Akiba's Trip Undead and Undressed had a decensor mod somewhere.

There's also a fanslation of I Am Setsuna as well

If you can get in contact with AlternativZero somehow he does good shit and has a collection of some nice things that would be good to mirror as they get taken down quite frequently

I forget if there's a resolution mod for the Uta games, or if that's just using that resolution hack application; same for P4G.

The Nep and Senran games also had nude and uncensor mods as well.

This should help with some of the nude mod ones

https://archive.fo/DoLLT

>>15791808

Is AlternativeZero even still around? I know his site's gone, but does he still do stuff in regard to the Vita?

>>15791662

DT2's uncensor patch isn't fully complete. The thumbnails in the CG gallery still display the censored illustrations. I would fix that myself if I knew how to do so.

>>15791944

>So I'm ignorant, who?

Guy who had a site aggregating various fan made patches for Vita games into one location (maybe in lieu of rhdn not having a Vita section). Might have also been some PS3 there, I don't know.

>>15792054

Probably has to do with how they're stored or called. I'm going to guess there's separate images for the thumbnails, rather than there being some code to generate them from the fullsize (since I'd assume that if that were the case, replacing the fullsize would also replace the thumbnail)

>>15792258

Alright, I just calculated the hash and it gives me this:

5DEEC5D9A60694F42C85

504A0D9DF1FCA572A3DE

Definitely not the same.

>>15791808

>I forget if there's a resolution mod for the Uta games, or if that's just using that resolution hack application

The latter. The hack was for the maidump.

>>15791904

I believe so, I think you can contact him on leddit, probably.

>>15792533

You'll just get banned and your posts deleted. Just consider it a necessary evil. It's not like you have to use it anywhere beyond that.

Actually I'm retarded. Of course the encrypted versions of the file will not be identical because the encryption keys will be different between regions. Can that anon with Akiba's Trip 2 get a decrypted version of the file, and confirm its MD5 hash for volume.dat in >>15792258 picture? Refer here for how to get the decrypted file (section 8, use whichever works best for you, FTP is probably best though it'll take a while)

https://github.com/TheRadziu/NoNpDRM-modding/wiki

If you need a GUI tool to do MD5 hashing, this one should work.

https://www.quickhash-gui.org/

>>15792651

Who said anything about contributing? You can just pm people. Though I couldn't find shit on reddit, their shit ass site is impossible to navigate. Maybe use gbatemp instead, here's his profile: https://gbatemp.net/members/alternativezero.419922

>>15791683

I've played a bit of it and it does need editing, but it is by their own admittance a patch that isn't complete yet.

Recently started playing DoA:X3. It's boring as fuck. I can't believe whales pay real money for swimsuits for this piece of shit. I also just started playing Criminal Girls 2. This one is pretty neat. Even if you were to completely remove the fanservice I like it. Really interested in where the story is going. Wish the art was better though.

>>15793306

You'd better not have paid money for criminal girls 2 with how censored that game was.

>>15793313

Of course I fucking didn't.. But what's censored about it? I read that there was suppose to be fog during the motivation mode but there isn't any fog.

>>15793313

>>15793318

nevermind i'll just look it up.

>>15793322

>>15793318

A lot.

https://www.lewdgamer.com/2017/04/22/criminal-girls-2-censored-release (NSFW site)

>>15793337

yeah i was just reading that exact article. Game is still pretty enjoyable imo. I would never give NISA money for anything but my vita is hacked so no one gets my money anyway. I need more titty games that are actually fun. Senran is also incredibly boring to me.

>>15764282

I'm always behind the curve by several months to a year for several reasons. As a result I've just NOW started up P5 (plz no spoil, first playthrough is always blind)

But I just have to ask: Did this song influence the creation of the MC? It's fucking perfect, just lacking that kinda upbeat tune even when it's a sad song Persona OST's have going on.

>>15793345

fair enough, have fun and let us know how it goes anon

if there's a decensor patch out there, use it

>>15793381

He's not bitching about eyecandy being eyecandy, he just doesn't like the anatomy and structure of it

He's probably a drawfag or a drawfag wannabe

>>15793366

I'll look it up tonight.

>>15793369

>my back hurts just looking at her, that is not comfy.

Well yeah, you're not a 15 year old girl. It's also pretty clear her eyes are directed at his crotch.

So I'm playing Stranger of Sword City right now. Does Class Changing at level 30 mean I miss out on a skill token?

>>15793675

>if he has to shut down his brain to enjoy it there may be a problem with the pic

There's more likely a problem with the person in question since its just one person complaining about it so far, or rather, the person is just autistic.

>>15793791

Yes.

>>15792099

I am guessing it has to do with thumbnails being their own separate images instead of the game calling the original cg scene + scaling it down. I don't think it would be difficult to do, it's just finding someone capable of patching in the JPN thumbnails.

>>15793366

I own a physical copy of the game. Still got it sealed since I am reluctant to play the game until a translation patch is out.

>>15791338

>Also what's this grinding you mentioned? Is that something you have to do on hard mode? I'm on dream battle 11 and I didn't have to grind at all yet.

In regards to mask of deception not much of anything other than having a level 50 character to save import to mask of truth gives a couple bonuses if i recall it doesn't save levels though.

I was referring to game companies that release RPGs padded to hell with pointless grinding, fetch quests, etc so they can push the

>over 1000 hours of gameplay

As it is Mask of Deception was probably around 30-40 hours of slow reading interspersed with some tactics battles. there are even catalogs for this retarded type of idea, https://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=43227

That isn't a horrible return rate for some people because they use some sort of retarded equation to determine "value" against cost Mask of Deception comes in at $2.00-$1.50 per "hour of game" assuming a 60$ price tag but I don't remember the release price that heavily weighs time rather than meaty gameplay, an interesting plot, or anything else of substance that makes a game good.

Those are also the sort of people that weigh the "value" of a game vs a movie ticket so they're also just completely fucking retarded.

>>15797562

>realized too late that you don't get EXP when redoing a map

I believe you do get xp for redoing the battles through the menu for it I think it's called dream battles but I'm not positive, I think the game even covered that for leveling underleveled units.

>Don't know what kind of bonus that would have given me but I could keep all my items with my current save import.

I had to look it up and it says the save transfer gives you the following

>One of every scroll and codex you've obtained

>If at least one character has reached the max level, you get a codex that doubles XP earned

>If at least one character has maxed out all of their stats via BP, you get a codex that doubles BP earned

The max BP on a character is probably the biggest "grind" there but the bonuses for grinding appear to just be less grinding later. I don't know if there are any associated achievements for maxing anybody but there probably are, if you're into that.

>I determine the "value" on a game-to-game basis, which depends on what I'm looking to get out of the game vs. what it is offering me.

I can't remember when it started becoming mainstream but the first "major" games I saw showing off their fetch quest times were Western RPGs starting with Skyrim and, I believe Dragon Age 2. Oddly enough both games were shit and full of fetch quests. among other, significant issues with quality

I understand that game quality is frequently subjective but the people who are literally using cost/time=value are causing this bullshit and creating favor simulators.

>>15797825

>I believe you do get xp for redoing the battles through the menu for it

How else would you do battles? Actually, maybe I just got confused. It did show me getting experience while on the actual map. Well, that would certainly take a long time.

>If at least one character has reached the max level, you get a codex that doubles XP earned

>If at least one character has maxed out all of their stats via BP, you get a codex that doubles BP earned

That's honestly basically cheating at that point. Good thing I didn't do either, then.

>achievements

First thing I do when on a new console is turn that shit off and thankfully you can on the Vita.

>Western RPGs starting with Skyrim and, I believe Dragon Age 2

Ah, makes perfect sense. Got to find some way to rationalize to themselves that their time spent on those games wasn't entirely down the drain. It's kind of a similar mindset to people hunting trophies/achievements just for the sake of getting them.

started my drpg adventures with DT2 and since then I haven't managed to find one that's really quite as good

playing mary skelter right now, I like how all the maps are connected and there's extra floors in each area because why not

tried to go straight horror difficulty which makes bosses a bit rough with my aoe builds but I think it'll ease once the quikfarm starts and I can cash in more cp to spend

>>15797903

>maybe I just got confused. It did show me getting experience while on the actual map. Well, that would certainly take a long time.

You only get the bonus xp the first time you do a map but i think the bonus resets for any NG+. I believe the commonly accepted strategy is either farming dream arena battles or fighting the to last second or last stage with the big fire guy.

>>15798550

>Mark Skelter

>tried to go straight horror difficulty which makes bosses a bit rough

I honestly think Mary Skelter is one of few recent games that actually attempted to balance their difficulty levels above normal other than just "everything is stats x2" and, even more importantly, they did it so well that it makes sense within the universe to play on the highest difficulty to allow the wandering nightmares to actually be a rare terrifying encounter when they stalk and catch you in the field.

The only major thing I disliked was that there was no real way to figure out if you needed to make particular floors grow any further other than looking it up without some form of grinding, be it monsters, emotion points, or just "being quiet".

and you could fail to get the "true ending" with that choice very early in the game but the correct choice was rather obvious because the old man literally had MASSIVE LYING FAGGOT written on his forehead

>>15799803

>they did it so well that it makes sense within the universe to play on the highest difficulty to allow the wandering nightmares to actually be a rare terrifying encounter when they stalk and catch you in the field

I can't say I agree with this. Past the 2nd or 3rd chapter the games difficulty evaporates. There is also the issue of the nightmares being limited to a few areas and never appearing at all until you get specific events which almost always happen shortly before the actual boss fight with it.

It's been a while since I last touched my vita for anything so I might have messed something up, but is it normal to have such low DL speeds? <500Kb/s, and can I just download the games on PC and transfer to my vita to bypass this?

>>15800193

Yes and yes.

nopaystation.com

>>15800374

>>15800312

Thanks, I am getting around 300~400KB/s with 500 spikes in the original PSVita model.

>>15802408

I'm really not sure how to feel about this; I personally think the OLED one looks better, though that's a riidiculous color difference.

I wish it had more red in the first one though.

>>15802478

The gradient from black to darker colors show that dark green taint instead, which is a drawback of oled screens. I also prefer the oled screen and better quality build in general although the Slim has that non-proprietary charging slot and seemingly longer battery life (probably more because the oled screen is bright as fuck even at 0% while the slim screen is far dimmer in comparison. I had to push at 40-50% to get a similar brightness with the oled to make the comparison pics)

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-FLASHSALE18PSVG/1

Flash Sale

>>15802791

I remember the times when I just got my Vita and I'd gladly bought a couple of cheap games every flash sale, discovering some good shit. Once the usual Soyny kikeness appeared, I just hacked my console and pirated everything. I'm happy as fuck with my Vita with 128GB SD2Vita, but sometimes I feel nostalgia for the days when as a total newfag I felt like discovering new stuff and "helping the industry" nice blogpost fag

>>15802853

I hope you mainly bought stuff that couldn't be gotten physically, anon

Digital is for fags :^)

What was the good shit you discovered though?

>>15803823

VLC or mpv or get a better browser. I didn't fuck up the audio this time.

>>15802853

>I feel nostalgia for the days when as a total newfag I felt like discovering new stuff and "helping the industry"

Similar case here. Bought a few PS1 Classics years back in a flash sale to show at least a little support since I'd pirated and liked them. All that support did was get the series rebooted for mobile.

>>15803828

Your webms are literally the only ones I have ever seen that never work in browser. You are doing something wrong.

>>15803879

Not that anon, but mine is Waterfox.

>>15804134

That one works fine.

It thumbnails all of them fine but when I played the others it was a green screen with audio.

>>15804134

Works fine on my end too.

>>15804134

Works now, I had a blackscreen with sound on the other.

>>15805377

Got one of those first time with Yukina without maxing both, so what do I care about some dumb grading for showing off how unbearably lewd it gets.

>>15800093

>I can't say I agree with this. Past the 2nd or 3rd chapter the games difficulty evaporates.

I'm pretty bad at video games and I don't do much thinking or party planning so I tend to get stuck with weird shit that makes the game needlessly difficult. which is odd because I like the genre even though I suck

With a setup that had very little cohesion I thought it was decently difficult and fun for a while, though most of the things I died from later in the game wasn't due to difficulty rather than stupidity.

>There is also the issue of the nightmares being limited to a few areas and never appearing at all until you get specific events

I agree with that. I'd have liked some pool of generic "lesser nightmares" or something that functioned similarly for before or after you killed the main nightmare in an area.

It would have made exploration afterwards far more interesting than spamming autobattle because everything is so far beneath you.

>>15807473

Bunny Must Die, or most of those indie ports fit fine, as with anything Vanillaware.

>>15806849

Actually I want to expand on this because it's a common enough problem with games I've played, and I've made similar complaints about Neptunia. I am a casual, but I'll at least try to play them well if I think they're deserving of it. This isn't a particularly good game though.

With the grading system specifically as it applies to stages, having Phantasia difficulty unlock after beating a stage on Hard is a mistake because it's not clear what the intended difficulty curve is for actually getting SSS (same with extra stages which seem to have specific criteria to unlock), and that's because the girls get upgrades, which also means that the actual skill to acquire SSS ranks gets lower over time, WAY lower. Bullet Girls 2 had the same issue, but without a level up system and because Hard is open from the start, you can just force yourself to get SSS ranks before tackling the next stage, again, if they're intended to be possible. With how bullet-spongey some enemies are I'm not actually sure of that.

For the interrogation specifically, there is a disconnect between getting SSS and reducing them to a lusty drooling mess (max good/bad). Perhaps they should've made the combo system slowly make you more damaging or something if they think it's important, a number means nothing when I've seen THAT happen through my play. This also has the issue of tools dramatically increasing in power, so even if you CAN get a technical SSS with the starting ones, are they enough to max out both bars?

Also meant Yurina my bad. She's cute.

>>15807473

>Which series?

Wild Arms.

>>15807473

As >>15807732 suggests, Muramasa Rebirth if you haven't played it. Some levels/rooms are admittedly more vertical than others though, while others don't have much in the way of elevation to platform with.

>PLAYAN

Nothing yet

>WANTAN

SRW X

>BUYAN

Umihara Kawase ++ and Gundemonium, just going to pick up the last few new releases I want in the coming months before the shut down the Vita completely, and the HIDDEN GEMS 2000 COPIES MAED RAER bullshit really starts to kick in.

bump

I'm playing The Caligula Effect. It's a slog, it's like a constant wallhugging dungeon game. The combat and movement are all repetitive. The story is good. They even included a tranny in it. My team so far is Suzuna, Kotone and Kotaro.

>>15813576

>The story is good. They even included a tranny in it.

In what world is that good?

>>15813576

There's supposed to be an "enhanced port" coming to the Switch next year.

I wonder if they actually made the game any better.

>>15813763

If it's based on the PS4 remake, which was even worse on everything (butchered effects, lower quality animation cutscenes, 'meh' new characters), it's not worth it.

>>15806849

>so what do I care about some dumb grading for showing off how unbearably lewd it gets

I'm just fucking with you.

>>15808243

>This isn't a particularly good game though

True, but it's fun enough. A good time waster when you just want to turn your brain off for a bit. I like it for what it is and it's not pretending to be anything else.

>are they enough to max out both bars?

I wouldn't think so. Considering there's certain items that work better on some girls than others.

>She's cute

They're all cute! That's the point. Did you know that if you keep tapping on their head in the changing room they'll tell you their birthday dates and some other stuff they don't say anywhere else?

I'll finally be buying a vita and was wondering if it's possible to go back to a previous update if the seller already has updated to 3.69. Also wondering if there's a advantage to buying a Japanese vita.

>>15819800

>I'll finally be buying a vita and was wondering if it's possible to go back to a previous update if the seller already has updated to 3.69

Not unless you don't mind replacing the motherboard

>also wondering if there's an advantage to buying a Japanese Vita

it should be cheaper to get it new? That's it though, games are region free.

If you have a jap PSN account you can also buy from their region as their digital store requires an account from the region in question, but that's kind of a stupid thing to do that for given that you can hack and pirate region free

>>15819800

Far as I'm aware, there's no means to downgrade as of now. You might want to give the hacks guide listed in OP for specifics, as well as what systems with particular OFW can take (as ones still at lower OFW can allow for more utility when hacked).

>>15819800

>go back to a previous update if the seller already has updated to 3.69

There's nothing you can do at the moment, there will be an exploit coming out for 3.69, "available at end of life of vita" according to TheFlow.

>Also wondering if there's a advantage to buying a Japanese vita

Nothing specifically I can think of, unless you like the idea of having more colors to pick from. I would look into the pros and cons of the first gen vitas versus the later models.

>>15820814

What is Eve? Some kind of visual novel franchise?

>>15822306

>it may be hard to find a 1xxx one that isn't beat to hell

Depends on where you are. People in America tend to treat their property like shit, so you will have a hard time finding one in a good condition. Much easier in Europe (I found mine easily). If you get one from Japan, it's like a 90% chance that it will look like mint.

>the OLED screens have an aging problem

This gets said a lot but it's really exaggerating it. You would have to deliberately try and fuck the OLED up in order for the degradation to show. And even then, replacement screens are not that expensive.

>>15823053

>You would have to deliberately try and fuck the OLED up in order for the degradation to show.

Not the case at all, when my vita screen is pure black it has patches all over it and it had that since I got it near launch.

>>15823053

Dunno. I have 4 systems.

>11xx (3G) main one, pretty good except two spots.

>2xxx (second-gen), not a fan of how flat it is. Fat is better ergonomically, and IPS is plain lame when you see OLED.

>10xx x2, both have very splotchy screens.

Also where do you get screen replacements? That'd actually be very helpful information in case my 3G one breaks.

>>15823065

>splotchy screens

That's from the OLED manufacturing process. It's a thing with all OLED screens, maybe they fixed it for newer ones, I wouldn't know. It's not related to aging.

>Also where do you get screen replacements?

Ebay, aliexpress.

>>15822306

Brand new nip vitas that were made recently could come with >3.65, though production is ending next year. I know that's just around the corner but it does mean there is a chance of getting a high firmware.

>>15822306

>At this stage I cannot condone paying for anything Sony.

Only if it's for piracy/sharing. There is a bunch of DLCs (namely for JPN versions, such as Project Diva 2nd or SK Estival Versus) I'd like to see appearing on the NPS database, as well as the missing jap PSOne Classics (all the Front Mission games, Chrono Trigger, Zutto Issho etc)

>>15823192

You raise a valid point, and I do have a working JP PSN still, but only a couple-hundred yen attached to it. Worth it? I have both Project Diva F games and the browser plugin.

>>15823086

If they actually come out-of-factory blotchy that's REALLY bad. I thought the darker black blobs when it's showing all black was a thing that happened with age.

>>15823180

Well ideally <3.67 but as long as it's <3.69. The other problem with first-gen is they're older.

>>15823219

If you plan to do so, then the song DLCs for Diva 2nd are a priority over the costumes. All the DLCs for Project Diva 1st (JPN) are already present on the NPS database on the other hand. You probably know already, but dont forget you need to boot the game once with the DLCs installed and nonpDRM in order to get the fake licenses for said DLCs.

>>15823192

>as well as the missing jap PSOne Classics

Why would you want those? Just get an iso, same thing.

>>15823219

They do come out the factory like that, not just Vitas but phones and TV's back then too.

>>15823255

Been playing Darius Burst on and off, I suck at these games but they're still fun as fuck.

>>15823297

>Been playing Darius Burst on and off, I suck at these games but they're still fun as fuck.

Good choice.

>>15823269

Roger that. I've already shared a whole bunch of jap PSP/PS1 eboots that I've bought on the PSN store, as well as (specifically first-print and discounted) DLCs from a few games.

>>15823297

>Why would you want those? Just get an iso, same thing.

PCSX-ReArmed on retroarch has that infinite loading bug if you ever temporarily suspend the emulation (by putting the Vita on sleep, etc) and it doesnt swap discs well unlike POPS.

There is also the possibility of converting isos into eboots but I prefer to use that as a last resort thing, only for games that werent re-released on the PSN such as "obscure" shit (Heart of Darkness, Syndrome serie, Mizzurna Falls, etc) and old licensed anime/cartoon games (Bugs Bunny, Digimon, Lupin the 3rd, etc) . TheFlow also didnt include on Adrenaline the possibility to swap the POPS version, which converted eboots may eventually require to work.

So yeah the official PSOne eboots "just work" out of the box.

>>15823340

If it's on PSOne Classics, it will be compatible with adrenaline's POPS. If you're too lazy to convert it to an eboot yourself, just download a premade eboot off emuparadise.

>>15823406

Open up wide and say "ahhh": https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/968sm6/a_script_for_easy_downloading_of_emuparadise_roms/

>>15823433

>implying I wanted to be spoonfed

>linking directly to reddit

Nigger, I have other sites I can download from. You bringing up EP just reminded me of how many places have shut down in the past year.

>>15823406

emuparadise was a pejeet all this time? i never knew, based hindu guy.

I just want to say that the person that put Malicious rebirth in the list of good PSV games is a fucking faggot, the game is absolute trash with no redeemed qualities, there is no tutorial and I don't mean it as in hand holding, no mechanics as explained, there is no story, the FPS dips at every single attack even though the game looks terrible, attacks have no weight to them, etc. I could go on but it's not even worth the keystrokes.

>>15824193

What are you on about? That game isn't even in the 4chan chart, and if you were actually using that for quality, you're doing it very wrong. It's basically a list of what's on there that might happen to appeal to someone.

>>15827404

It is on the cuckchan one in the OP, about halfway down the third column for digital English releases. I'm just saying.

What is the deal with H-encore? When I look up what it does it lists a bunch of things Enso can do by itself. Why install H-encore then?

>>15830234

It's how you get henkaku onto 3.65-3.68

>>15830248

From what I can see, HENkaku and H-Encore are the entrypoints. The actual framework for plugins and disabling signature checks is taiHEN. But I'm not totally clear on that, and with how messy the terminology is I preferred to just document setup and configuration without focusing on that.

>>15828126

My mistake. The point still stands.

>>15833612

It's taihenkaku, or whatever. H-Encore is the entry point, yes. You don't need it if your Vita is already hacked or on 3.60.

I fucking swear if the Switch gets P5 while the Vita languishes and never got it I'll be pissed

I can understand why and Sony would deserve it for their bullshit, but goddamn it still angers me

https://nichegamer.com/2018/12/07/rumor-persona-5-is-getting-a-switch-port-with-new-content/

>>15839853

At least Catherine is on the horizon.

>>15839909

Yeah, but its censored and the translation will take time if people actually bother to hack it in (I assume they will but you never know with the Vita community, it feels like a lot of people have fucked off)

Just started playing Bullet Girls and wew boy.

>>15824193

Yeah. I downloaded that shit too and deleted it after completing the first level I tried. Incredibly boring. I don't see the appeal. Just hold 1 button and float in a circle while everything fails to hit you but it still takes 30 minutes to kill the big bad.

>>15839853

There may have been a chance for a port but with how the new dancing spin-offs did on the vita I don't know if atlus will bother.

>>15823255

Why aren't more people playing STGs?

>>15773726

>>15773877

>>15774472

How's 4's story? Is it on par with the more earlier games? Is it at least better than 3's and is it fun at the least and good overall?

>>15844917

I guess 1 isn't that bad, the timer on missions adds an extra level of challenge I appreciated later on and the core gameplay is competent enough. The way you unlock events and the god-awful font they chose for the text sort of killed my will to play it further, though.

>>15845005

dead genre

I sort of play Gundemoniums and Dariusburst CS from time to time, but there aren't that many STGs native to the Vita in the first place. And IMO the d-pad is great for a lot of things, but STGs aren't one of those.

>>15845427

The story is far better than 3, but that's not hard to do. I actually played 4 the most out of any Disgaea game, there's a lot of things that game did right regarding character progression, post-game content and the overall gameplay loop design, even the dumb geoblocks were polished into a fun mechanic for once. Maybe that's just me, though.

>>15847638

So as far as stories go

1>2>4>3?

>>15847682

I'd actually put 4 over 2. It has slightly better writing and characters.

>>15847693

Well thank you anon, you just helped me decide which Disgaea game to get for my upcoming birthday pre-owned of course, not gonna give NISA any money

>>15847756

I do hope we were talking about PSP/Vita versions of these games, though. Mostly for the extra content, and in 4's case the fact it includes DLC, which makes the post-game actually substantial.

>>15847872

>I do hope we were talking about PSP/Vita versions of these games, though.

Yep.

>DLC

Well, I'll just pirate that then I guess.

Not sure how it works with physical games though, but I'll eventually find out I guess.

How compelling is the post game exactly? Or how is it compelling? Do new monsters, mechanics and characters and other shit get introduced in it? What's so special about it?

>>15847970

From the look of things, the Vita version of 4 includes all the PS3 DLC. Still not sure I'd trust NISA to have not broken shit.

>Not sure how it works with physical games though, but I'll eventually find out I guess.

From what I've heard, pirated DLC is incompatible with legitimate copies of Vita games.

>>15848023

How does that work?

Aren't the copies you download directly from Sony's servers through piracy legitimate? And doesn't the DLC work with those?

Ah well, if that is the case then that's pretty fucking annoying. I'm assuming there's a way to transfer my saves from a physical copy to a digital one, worse comes to worst though.

>>15848023

>From what I've heard, pirated DLC is incompatible with legitimate copies of Vita games

The hell? Have you been living under a rock or something?

>>15848046

Yes, they are. That guy's wrong.

There's also a save manager for CFW, yes.

>>15848118

Maybe. I'm admittedly going off what I used to know of it. Has that since changed as the CFW/piracy scene has continued?

>>15847693

>>15847756

>>15848023

>>15848086

I think 4 is best overall. 5 changed too radically IMO, though it has a few things better than 4. 1 - 3 have issues in various ways. So 4 is the best Disgaea while still looking and feeling like Disgaea.

>>15848142

A lot has changed. Perfect rips, compatibility packs that allow higher firware games to be played on lower FW, complete decryption of said rips allowing for mods, etc.

Took a break from Caligula to try Ar No Surge. Ar No Surge Plus's writing is a bit silly which I should have seen coming. I'm going to download Hatsune Miku F2, Dangit Ronpaul V3 and maybe Sega Hard Girls. That new horror game looks spooky. If I had guts, I'd get that. Chaos;Child is on my mind.

>>15848173

>complete decryption of said rips allowing for mods

Hope there will be RePatch mods for the latest japanese visual novels, to restore the CGs as there were supposed to be, before Sony's new bullshit policies

>>15848168

I know this is off-topic, but I'm curious. What did D5 change, specifically?

>>15848245

AnS's writing is admittedly silly, but I'd say it's still worth playing to the end. It's just a shame Ciel's fan translation won't come out in years.

Instead of Miku, you should try IA/VT Colorful. It does some things better than Miku, at least in my opinion. And I can recommend Chaos;Child, at least if you like other games in the franchise it belongs to, it has its ups and downs but as an overall package it's pretty engrossing.

>>15848288

The games always gradually improve their mechanics. For example, Disgaea 1 has only 1 weapon for monsters that increases INT, despite 3 or 4 being magic-based monsters.

D5 did stuff like let you throw freely, instead of relying on that trick to throw in anything but a straight line. And they also made it so guns can shoot in more than a straight line, better spread of the weapons monsters can magichange into (D4 has a lot of sword monsters), and the character world is a lot faster and more reliable than just being a clone of the Item world. The Revenge + shard system is also cool.

I just didn't like the look of some of the new classes. They felt out of place compared to monsters in Disgaea 2 - 4. Plus some staple monsters were cut. I also didn't like the main characters much. It's dumb little things like how their special attacks have a lot less punch and pizazz compared to D4's main cast. The political and even philosophical tones in D4 also feel better than the pseudo sci-fi style of D5.

All of the above is just personal preference of course. All the games have pros and cons (and even more cons thanks to NISA), and how big a deal they are can come down to your own tastes.

Desco is best daughterfu.

>>15848288

>Instead of Miku, you should try IA/VT Colorful. It does some things better than Miku, at least in my opinion.

I also prefer IA songs overall compared to Miku & cie in Project Diva, and IA/VT has the biggest amount of songs available by default (50 songs in total + 15-20 DLC songs) which made the physical quite worth the money back then. Its real flaw however is that you could complete the songs even by doing absolutely nothing except in the challenge mode.

Taiko no Tatsujin V is an absolute must too although that one has a lot of separate DLCs. Idolmaster Must Songs are two Taiko spin-offs which contain no DLCs on the other hand, Ao-ban is for anime songs and Akai-ban is for game songs.

>>15848402

I'm not really big into rhythm games. I played Guitar Hero, Elite Beat Agents, DDR. Gameplay > Songs for me. When I'm not lazy, I will learn how to apply the translation patch for Uppers on my machine and see how compatibility packs work since I want to play games above 3.65 at some point.

>>15848530

Songs are a detrimental part of rhythm games for me. It's part of why I didnt like Musynx too much because it had a good amount of low-tier chink music shit. Superbeat Xonic was rather good, and Deemo is a nice thing on Vita although that one plays like a mobile game with the touchscreen-only input.

Parappa the Rapper, which got a PSP port, might interest you more as well as Gitaroo Man Lives!

>>15848173

I see. So something like pirated first print DLC that can't be downloaded anymore will now work with an actual physical copy if one so wished?

>>15848929

Should work just fine, provided you do a proper dump.

>>15849001

Of the DLC or the game itself?

>>15849019

Yes.

>>15854225

Thanks for the review anon

Now i'm regretting not picking one up during that sale they had a few months ago

>once you put it on you better leave it on

Ah shit that's annoying

Is anyone playing anything fun right now?

To the chart anon, how did you create your tile generator thing? I want to create a chart of my own for something else and the way you did it seemed so efficient

>>15863639

I really like the covers for the Vocaloid gamesgames, though unfortunately I'm not very into rhythm games. I've barely done any of them period, usually only when they're small parts of other games

>>15863350

I'm playing Taiko on the vita and going through the quest mode. It's pretty import friendly for those who can't use the translation patch, but some knowledge of nip definitely helps with removing some of the guesswork in the menu sections.

>>15863350

Working my way through the final Utawarerumono game. It's an overall improvement over the second game and I am having fun but I'm sure that's not the kind of game you had in mind.

>>15869686

Not him, but the reason he's using code to generate it was to make it easy for people to contribute and update. If you're thinking of making something on your own accord, for something you know well, you might not be needing to go that far. Just saying an image manipulation programs, assuming you know something about proper layout, might serve you better. Especially if it's not apt to need updating further once finalized.

>>15870114

Out of curiosity, how are you playing ps1 games? adrenaline or retroarch? on what settings?

I'm kinda autistic on that, since playing ps1 games on the go with my vita it's beautiful, and i want to see if my setup is the best you can use at the moment.

>>15870319

Using Adrenaline for now, I completely forgot that Retroarch emulates PS1 quite well for 2D games (but still can't run a decent version of SNES9X at full speed) so I didn't even test it. Might give it a whirl whenever I start playing Megaman X5.

>>15869686

>chart generator

The whole framework is public and at least somewhat documented, though you should look elsewhere for good coding practices.

https://gitgud.io/8vitagen/hackpaste/tree/master/gamerec

>Project Diva

You probably won't like the games, but touchscreen crap aside, they're pretty good, and not that easy unlike the K-On! one on PSP, or the Rhythm Tengoku series.

>>15870212

This also, though I'd argue automation makes life a lot easier.

>>15869722

Link?

>>15870390

Generally you need to use the older SNES9x cores, but they have crap audio.

>>15870319

Retroarch's PCSX-ReArmed core has a big bug issue that prevents to continue the game (infinite loading) if you ever let the handheld go to sleep. It also doesnt handle disc swap as well as Adrenaline/POPS. Consider the latter to be the default method, its sole real drawback is that TheFlow didnt implement on Adrenaline the 'POPS version swap' which was present on the PSP CFW in order to have some custom eboots work properly (the official eboots all launch without issues by default)

>>15870390

the SNES 2005 core is what I use in general, and I havent encountered glaring issues. GBA emulation on Retroarch Vita is the one that needs a bit more optimization to make sure the framerate doesnt go at 54-56fps and create sound stuttering.

>>15871903

Well there's no reAddcont stuff so maybe none? Anyway added, thank you.

I got the buttons don't work in games meme. Touch screen and sticks work but not buttons. Help please.

Did they make a better uncensor patch for akiba's trip? I appreciate the work, and didn't expect something big, but the nipples look horrible and rectangular

Speaking of uncensor patches, I might do those for the upcoming VNs on the handheld, by restoring CGs as they should have been before Sony's international policies, as I dont think anybody else will take the lead (the mere fact the VNs themselves are jap-only for instance).

I need to know how creating your own patch works though. I'm clueless as opposed to make dumps from vita game cartridges.

>>15882103

https://github.com/TheRadziu/NoNpDRM-modding/wiki

This covers everything related to obtaining decrypted content and how to do rePatch. For actually modifying the game, I don't actually know much about it unless it's something designed for it like Doom. You may be able to find information on places like gbatemp, but sadly a fair few of the modded Vita games go to Reddit. Vaguely possible the /v/ Neptunia general might have some insight given /nep/ was responsible for the Re;translation stuff.

Additionally, do note that some of the affected games may be already censored on console, in those cases I wouldn't bother unless you can somehow bring everything missing in. Use the PC version. Also I'm not sure whether 3.69 will be enforced by games, if it is, there will be a delay before they can even be played on a jailbroken system.

Oh, and finally, if it's a situation like Akiba's Trip or Dungeon Travelers 2 please for the love of god distribute delta patches. Not the entirety of the game's data files with a few tweaks.

>>15882118

The VN uncensor patches I had in mind were more like the Dungeon Travelers 2. Just replacing the censored CGs present in the Vita version by the CGs from the PC version (downscaled to the native Vita screen res of course). Just pretty basic stuff.

Also thanks for the link, although I'll wait to see if 3.69 games can receive compatibility packs and when someone will obviously share the digital download link/dump for the upcoming VNs

That just reminds me I could practise on previously released VNs, like Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku or Grisaia. Again just swapping the CGs for starters I have no plans to bring over the cut sex scenes however

I've had my vita for less than a year, maybe put 100hours of play in it, and I was very careful, yet it has a ghost-moving joystick problem, where it randomly moves me to the right.

I've had a N3DS XL for years, like 5 years+ and it works perfectly with no issues, probably have 800+ hours of gaming on it.

Explain this SONYFAGS

>>15884660

Was it preowned or new when you got it, and what kind of Vita was it? It sounds like you just got a bad Vita.

I had a O3DS XL and my circlepad broke off completely after playing a fair amount of sm4sh on the thing, and apparently that wasn't an uncommon problem

>>15884682

brand new, orange slim vita

i jailbroke it, but i don't think that makes a diff.

The stick hasn't acted up at all since I cleaned it with some condensed air spray, but still…I never had to clean my 3ds at all

>>15885187

I've heard some weird things about the slim's sticks and ghosting, so I don't know what's going on there.

>Orange

How the fuck. Anyways, it sounds like you had bad luck or it could just be a more common thing with the slim, I don't know.

Jailbreaking shouldn't have made a difference, no.

>I never had to clean my 3DS at all

Well, its not a stick, its a circle pad technically there's a stick underneath but that doesn't really count. A lot more pleasant to move around and the surface is effectively flat, but its ridiculously fragile. I don't know how you would clean such a thing without removing the whole thing

>>15884660

I don't know, bro. I've literally slept on my Vita several times, and I've yet to experience any problem with the sticks.

has anyone played cosmic star heroine?

is it any good?

Fuck I just ran into a problem. Just tried powering on my main 3G system and I can't actually remember the exact details of what went wrong initially but the upshot was that my PSVSD SD card wasn't existing, and currently whenever I try using either usbmc.skprx or gamesd.skprx it just gets stuck in an infinite boot loop (also VERY aggravating to power off when it happens)

I've tried reseating the PSVSD and SD2Vita multiple times with no luck. SD card itself views fine on my computer and doesn't display any errors of dirty unmounting with dmesg. From just bare Ensō with my official memory card I can open up VitaShell but if I try to mount either SD2Vita or the PSVSD it just tells me to "insert micro SD card". The game cartridge slot works for official games at least so that should be unrelated.

I'm about to test the SD2Vita in a different system just in case, just waiting for it to charge. On the upside I found my old 64GB official card. It was in the one beat up system I updated to 3.67. Which from memory was to download from PSN prior to ReNpDrm. I'm currently thinking both my SD2Vita and PSVSD are broken, so might have to order a replacement.

Last oddity I noticed is after taking the thing apart, even though it was powered off the LED on the PSVSD was on.

So I want to buy a used Vita but I'm poor, so I have to be sure it's worth it. What are the games it has over the PSP?

>>15903770

What a strange question. Obviously, it has Vita games which the PSP does not have.

>>15903792

Yeah but are those games worth it?

>>15903853

Only you can answer that question.

>>15783337

From videos it looks like a musou with guns, for some reason I thought Bullet Girls was a rail shooter.

>>15903853

In my opinion they were, but what kind of genres do you like?

>>15903972

Pretty much all of them if the game is good. On the PSP I've enjoyed Sid Meier's Pirates, the Wipeouts, Class of Heroes, Puzzle Quest…

>>15904003

>The Wipeouts

There's a Wipeout for Vita that's supossedly quite good, and runs pretty good on a hacked console using some "overclocking"

>Class of Heroes

So you like Dungeon Crawlers? The Vita has a fuckton of them. There's even a chart of those floating around.

At the very least, you'll enjoy your PSP games on a better screen and better (in my opinion) directional pad.

Damn joystick on my vita is going, can't really play anything on it now.

>>15907097

Of course not. It's exactly the same as using a memory card, except for the medium, and except for needing to disable the relevant plugin if you do that.

I fixed my unresponsive buttons by rebooting the plug-ins. Just finished my first playthrough of Chaos;Child. I recommend it. Now to get the other endings.

Waifu > Autistic Mute > Spic Slut > ilLegal Loli > Discount Kuristina > Boxed Takeout >>>>> Shit > Worst Girl

I like Onoe even if she ruined MC's life. What he did to her was bad even if it's justified. Can't he just use his god powers to unfuck everything? Tulpamancy is insane.

How much would it cost to buy a Vita already hacked?

>>15910520

You will have to learn how everything works from the ground up anyway so it makes no sense to buy a prehacked one.

>>15910529

Yeah, that's true. I'm just kind of a retard so I'm worried about fucking it up.

>>15910531

More likely to fuck it up if you get a hacked machine and don't know what is what.

>>15910531

What >>15910534 says is very true. Plus there is no one-size setup and you need to know what you did in case it improves. The main hacking guide is easy to follow and hopefully mine is too. Ask if something isn't clear though and be absolutely sure to read carefully.

>>15910575

That would be my biggest worry with a pre-hacked console. The person doing it for cash may likely take the easy way out and use shit like autoplugin, and any help he may end up needing in the future is going to be a clusterfuck.

Why did PS Vita prices go way up?

>>15914465

System or games? Because where I am, neither seem especially expensive as of now barring limited print games.

>>15914500

Vita went from around 90$ to 300$.

>>15914465

>>15914626

The actual fuck are you talking about. They've been largely static

>>15914779

Even fucking Gamestop has them used for 140, and many people will sell on Ebay and other sites for even lower than that

Asking 202 for a used vita is fucking ridiculous. Hell LukieGames has them between 105-145 for most of their shit. You found some really gouging sellers.

I'm playing Fantasy Hero, but it's pretty shitty. Best diablo clones on Vita?

>>15914676

On Amazon US the price of the Vita TV has gone from 40$ a year or two ago up to 200$ for new. That could be because no new TVs are produced but even used TVs are up to $160.

The Vita console has gone up about $30 in the same time period.

>>15914779

What are your sources? Which Amazon is that?

>>15915303

You can run the PS1 Diablo in Adrenaline from what I've tried, haven't completed the game. I'd also like to know if there's anything else to scratch that itch.

>>15915905

Damn that's amazing

Diablo on a handheld, though I imagine the game itself being clunky on the PS1 to begin with.

>>15916657

Oh, yeah, It looks like there's more buying choices for 125. Just noticed that. It's "weird" that it immediately tries to get you to buy it for 200$ and then in small text on the very bottom shows that it's actually 120$. Thank you Amazon.

>>15915905

I meant if there was anything on vita outside emulation. The only other title that comes to mind is damascus gear, but i've already played it. Otherwise i'll go back to emulate untold legends and all that.

>>15916657

Do you think living in Wisconsin is worth it for the snow, relative isolation, and lack of bustling city life?

>>15916844

No, we're taxed to hell but the taxes are never actually used on anything decent. You'll be paying high taxation despite living in bad areas. The only good thing is that it's 86% white.

>>15916659

Amazon will generally advertise their own prices first to give themselves priority, and sometimes they won't even directly show you third party vendor prices (which for anything preowned is apt to be cheaper). For example, a few days back they sent an email trying to encourage me to get RAD from them at a listed price of $250, when I know for a fact it's about $75 these days. Which is still rather expensive, but at least not over three times the going value like Amazon themselves want.

There's a hack talk coming up for PS Vita. They're usually fun.

https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2018/Fahrplan/events/9364.html

>>15916094

No way it's on par with the PC game but they made a pretty strong attempt to adapt it to console, and it might work for you with the Warrior or Rogue. Sorceror is the most hurt control-wise.

>>15918703

*didn't feel this way

>>15764282

Can you add a second nude mod variant for Shinovi Versus on the mod list? http://archive.li/XO9Iw Also thanks for having a compiled list of available Vita mods.

to the chartanon, how's the chart coming along?

>>15923309

>One of the keys was just a repeated single byte

They sure are lucky they had more protection otherwise the Vita would have been hacked like the Switch from the start.

>>15929722

Maybe that would've helped it's sales honestly

>>15929759

It would have probably been a PSP situation where the hardware sales are through the roof while the software sales left something to be desired. It might have been a better timeline or it could have been a worse one, what's done is done though.

>>15929722

And not just any byte, the key is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Sony tends to do well with its security design when it comes to exploit mitigation, trust zones, and other things - unlike Nintendo, but they always fail in one part in particular: crypto.

>PSP: Code signing? What's that?

>PS3: ECDSA key reuse fail

>PSClassic: Leaving the private key in the device

>PSV: Good security design in general, longest "survival" so far, but the master F00D key is what you normally end up putting in a highscores list when you mash the confirm button

In any case, things are only going to get better for Vita-tan. Thanks Sony for delivering a solid system but with so little support that the fans and hackers had to keep it floating…

Are there any good videos that take you through the whole process of hacking a vita on 3.68 and getting it ready for emulation?

>>15933243

can't seem to find what I'm after from him, but this guy seems to have a decent video and step by step guide.

https://github.com/TheOfficialFloW/h-encore

>>15933441

I was able to get my 3.68 Vita hacked by following https://vita.hacks.guide/ follow everything carefully! The final steps have optional homebrew stuff to install, but I recommend nonpdrm, repatch redux0, and pngshot.

>>15933441

Are PSTVs easy to hack? and are they useful? or are they still severely gimped even when hacked?

>>15933484

About as easy to hack as any other vita. As long as your firmware is an early enough version it's pretty simple.

I just noticed that repatch had an update in November and I was wondering, is there anything special needed to be done to update homebrew apps? Is replacing the files the only step required?

>>15933628

For taiHEN plugins just overwrite the old one, and for rePatch you do want to update it because it fixed the DLC issue.

>>15933484

Hacks remove the majority of their limitations, but they're only notable for being a dirt-cheap way to access the Vita library. Apparently they're not so cheap these days and even then I'd go with a regular Vita if possible for portability alone.

>>15933474

The optional stuff is pretty well mandatory in my view, and yeah, that's the place to start for the main setup.

how is labyrinth of refrain?

>>15935491

People seem to like it

https://nichegamer.com/reviews/labyrinth-of-refrain-coven-of-dusk-review/

Be aware it gets pretty damn dark though

>>15935502

Im gonna pick it up since its on sale. Its absolutely ridiculous that not only is disgaea 1 complete not on sale but it costs 50$ thats way to overpriced for what it is

>>15935647

>Giving NISA money.

A lot of companies seem prone to leaving their games full price for years on end in general, barring occasional flash sales. Not sure if they're just being too fucking stupid to compete with preowned physical copies, or if it's intentionally to make mark downs more appealing.

>>15936457

NISA is cancer and I generally condone not giving them money but if there's one good thing they do its physical releases and supporting the platforms they release for

Say what you will about their translations and porting quality, they deserve all of it but the fact that they're releasing 3 physical copies of games for the Vita in fucking 2019 isn't something I would forget. If more people had bought Coven maybe they would've done a physical for that game but oh well

>>15936477

>Supporting platforms they release for

Except they dropped the Vita recently and even went out of their way to NOT localize which can be considered a good thing actually Vita versions of the games they are already working on.

>>15936886

When inconsistent things like that happen, I

>>15936947

What the fuck, my post cut off.

Anyways, I would attribute it to some other factor than them not wanting to support the Vita. With what they're doing, they would be the last major publisher to put out physical releases on the Vita (3 titles at once no less). I would assume something else factored into their decision, like if a game wasn't deemed financially feasible for localization a la Marvelous with Uppers! flopping in Japan and whatnot (And even now they're porting and localizing for the PS4 and PC but not the Vita)

Do I really need the official sony memory card to hack a Vita 1004?

>>15938597

Yes, any size is fine though. Just grab the smallest/cheapest you can find and set up the SD card adapter after you hack it. It's nice to have an official MC in case something breaks as a fallback.