You know, so far Gamespot's is the only mediocre review.  Gamerankings has the average at 81%. http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/928324.asp  And that's factoring in the Maxim review...those guys are tough.  :wink:

I am waiting for at least IGN's review, but GS is usually pretty accurate for me.

Or fewer.

Aw, yeah!  I GR^MM^R'D your ass!

Well, I guess that's better than not at all, but, still, lame.

Anyone else finding that Pursuit Force for the PSP refuses to go into sleep mode?  I have to quit the game, then power down.  Very annoying, to say the least.

On the bright side, the game itself is pretty fun, if a little difficult (at least for me).

Mobile games can be a lot of fun, and many of them are far from stupid.  I find myself many places where I can't bring my DS or PSP, but have no problem whipping out the phone for a quick gaming session.  If this game is as good as they seem to be saying, I'll get it, unless it's a plot rehash of the console version.  I'd hate to spoil the big game with the little one (that's something I never understand).

Sounds like a game saddled with an engine that can't quite pull it off.

Wait, is that another Brokeback Mountain reference?

More like Battalion Wars than an RTS, but I wouldn't really compare the two on their own.  There's not much ordering of your troops.  They kind of just follow you around, and there's no switching to other perspectives, although you can get in vehicles you purchase.  

It really reminds me of Battlezone or that other PC strategy action game where you were scooting around building turrets and defenses.  Oversomething?  Does anyone remember?  It's like that mixed with Battlefield.  A little.

I just went and replayed a few races, and I hit a wall almost immediately.  Not a literal wall, I mean like a glass ceiling.  So maybe I should have said something about the floor.  Anyway, point is, I have a bunch of races open to me, but I can't finish first in any of them.  It's a little frustrating that second won't give you something, and then give you the option to come back and rerace with a better car.  I have one of those nitrous assist plants on my grid and it drives me crazy when I see it, but maybe that's the option, until I open more on the grid.

I really don't think it's awful at all.  I enjoy RR6 quite a bit.  If not for the wealth of racing games on the 360 already, it would get a lot more play from me.  There's something appealing in clearing that grid (and, apparently, when you do, a whole new grid opens up).  I will say I enjoy the PSP version more, something just clicks with that one, but RR6 is certainly not awful.

Start button skips the videos.

Aha!  That'll help.  Thanks, coop.

Load times would be fine, except for having to endure the same load time again when hitting Retry.

Yeah, that's really my issue.  I don't mind the initial load at all.  And the quick retry in Crash seems even better than the xbox version, if I remember.

My only other issue is the inability to skip award videos (especially since they're the same for similar awards) and how long it takes to go through the tally at the end of a race.  I already saw that I had an Awesome rating and a Gold Medal, don't make me watch each damn star again, then the gold medal thud in, then the five stars for Perfect count off.  I'm happy to squeeze out a Perfect, but let me move on!

Otherwise, I'm loving it.  Only had it briefly for the xbox, and I never really got hooked on this latest version (loved the previous ones, though), but now, on the 360, it just clicks with me.  I have spent much more time with this than I thought I would.

I see there are some two-player events where you are tied together. That sounds like a blast.

Not really a blast, unfortunately.  It's very underdone.  My wife and I tried it and got bored very quickly (though we stuck it out for a while after that, in case we were missing something).

However, I love Amped 3 a lot.  I think the style is great.  I love that the game is a little more arcadey than A2.

Right now, I'm just wishing there was an easier way to find where people are hiding on the mountain, so I can impress them easier.

Oh well, I buy it for the demo anyway. Wonder how long I'll have to keep doing that once I get a 360...

This month there is nothing for the 360 that hasn't appeared already.

Is anyone finding the load times when trying to replay a level gruelling?  I don't remember the Xbox version taking that long to reload.

Lockdown, I find the arrows distracting, too.  There are moments after you reach an objective when no yellow arrow appears, so you don't know where to go, and you're staring at a dozen green arrows, spinning around, trying to figure out where to go.

I kind of liked it.  It's more strategic in some ways than BF (placement of machine gun nests, when to buy what vehicle, taking over a motor pool), but it's also more run and gun, due to the smaller map.

The lag was really bad in a 3x3 game, though.

Oh god! here we go again.

Yeah, and that teasing subject line doesn't help, Sparhawk.  Really made it seem like it had appeared there already.  Grrrr.

Hey, depward, I'll back you up.  I, too, am enjoying Peach.  A lot of fun, if you like platformers (and I do).  I played through three levels just last night.  It's easier than a lot of platformers, so far, and I don't expect the difficulty to ramp up to insane proportions, but some of the reviews got me thinking this game is for 5 to 8 year old girls.  It's not.  Enjoyment can be had by anyone, as long as they are man enough to admit playing a game like this is fun (or if they're a young girl).

My fear is that this recent forced update is like a PSP update, and is just countering the recent strides in hacking (which would eventually alllow me to move my xbox saves to the 360-frankly, key for me).

Hetz, were you staring at the calendar all last month breathless with anticipation for making this bump? You goober.

If Hetz hadn't done it, I would have, but I would have posted in purple, which would make me goober grape.

I wasn't actually doubting the news, by the way.  Just having fun repeating the verbiage.

24 is okay.  I'm still in some training missions, so maybe it'll get better.  The missions are pretty short, which is nice.

DoomRPG is great, but I hit a wall with it and haven't gone back.

Might & Magic was a great game, too.  But don't go thinking it's a Diablo II clone.  It really isn't.  It's much more of a puzzle/strategy game than that, but don't let that sell it short, either.  It's a really cool mix of action/puzzle that is a load of fun to play.  Control takes some getting used to, though.

Baldur's Gate was fun enough for me to play through, but I really wanted to play Neverwinter Nights and they never released it on my phone (despite begging both Verizon and Jamdat [I think] and both passing the buck on who's holding it back).

The King Kong game was great and beautiful, but really, really short.  Rent it, if you can, 'cause you'll finish quickly.

Lord of the Rings Trilogy is as good as Kong, and a little longer.  One of the better mobile games I've played.  The levels are a little longer than I like for mobile play, though.

Massive Snowboarding was amazing.  Got a lot of play from me.  Almost finished it, too, but just couldn't complete a couple of challenges.

Marc Ecko's Getting Up is a suprisingly good and lengthy platformer.

New York Nights is a very good Sims-lite game.

I'm enjoying Ratchet & Clank a lot.  Quick to play levels, with good platforming.

Vijay Singh 3D is one of the best golf games I've played.  There's an RPG element to it that makes for addictive play, and it looks great.

I was expecting more from Call of Duty 2, though I have only played two levels.

Same story with Alone.

And I'm getting some nostalgia thrills from Dragon's Lair (but it's not for everyone).  

I get the most play from Skipping Stone (great graphics and simple, addictive play), Daily Puzzle, and Downtown Hold 'Em (which may not have the best AI or graphics, but for me is the fastest, no-nonsense hold 'em game.  I get into a rythm with it).

Care to link to the place you read that the XBox 360 version is coming March 10?

[Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Delayed on Xbox 360]

I think the confusion is coming from this news:

Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Delayed on Xbox 360
But not by much, according to a report from Prodigious Gaming. The info came from a release schedule update via Ubisoft UK. Expect GRAW for Xbox and Xbox 360 on March 17.

If I'm reading that right, it's delayed in the UK.

LINK:http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/breaking/ghost-recon-advanced-warfighter-delayed-on-xbox-360-156612.php

[.3]

And the value of crazy has been determined: .3

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/10304/Xbox-360-Transfer-Kit-Revealed/

This looks like it'll solve some of the problems with the 360's save system, but will I be able to move my xbox saves?  That's the $14.99 question.

Any word on when it'll be in stores?

Sweet!

Or do you mean, "WOOOOOO!"

I didn't know about the no online multiplayer.  That really blows.  Would have made the game ideal.  Ah, well, should still be fun.

With a really, REALLY shitty digital pad. And an analog pad that's unsuitable for most fighting games.

Fortunately, I think Power Stone may not be one of those games.

http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/powerstonecollection/news.html?sid=6144541

The Power Stone Collection comes out Fourth Quarter (which I think is late summer/fall?) 2006!   PS 1 & 2.

So, I'm starting to guess that whoever started that rumor about no Backwards Compatibility updates until March were maybe correct (and MS tried to squelch those rumors, if I remember correctly).  Huh.

The optimist in me hopes that this is a major update.  The realist thinks that if they had anything, they'd release it.  The pessimist says, "March?!  You're dreaming..."

Yeah, the underwater boss was something I'd been dreading, and maybe I focused my concentration to get through it, but it didn't seem so tough to me.  

Interestingly, the strategy guide calls it one of the easiest bosses in the game (don't know that I'd go that far, though).

Much as I hate to give Devil more anti-N food...

You know, I meant to slap up a Game Rankings comparison between
PSP http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/simpleratings.asp
and DS http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/simpleratings.asp
and go on about how the DS has so many better games, but I was suprised to find how similar the two are.  Granted, the DS's highest score is higher than the PSP's, but it's lowest is way lower (damn Ping Pals).  They both have exactly 72 titles (I was expecting the DS to have more).  They both have  17 games scoring 80% or higher.  Exactly 17.  The PSP actually has more titles scoring 70% and higher than the DS.  Now, keep in mind I'm looking at the Main Scores here (averages of Main review sites, 10 or more required).  But on cursory exploration, things don't change dramatically with other stats.

I guess it's all about perception.  And I'm not sure if it's that I'm perceiving that the PSP doesn't have the games and so isn't selling (and this would imply that ain't the case) or if it's that the DS is critically favored (which also ain't the case).  Does this mean the PSP is doing better than I thought, or worse?

Looking at the pics, I really like the way the Lite looks closed. It almost makes the original DS look like it isn't put together properly.

To me, it looks like a frog. :wink:

It looks to be pretty much like Mercenaries in WW2.

That's what I wanted Mercenaries to be in the first place!  Not that it was a bad game at all, but I do love that WWII setting (yes, I guess I'm one of the reasons they keep putting games in that period).

The much brighter screen is a big plus, but even the slightly smaller size and weight will make a big difference in stylus + d-pad games like Metroid Prime Hunters and the recently announced Mechassault.

Sony should've just had some sort of official program - like an iTunes - that would convert DVD movies onto a readable file for a memory card.

Sony has that exact feature coming out in March.  Too little, too late, methinks.

From here:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117938320?categoryid=18&cs=1&s=h&p=0

Sony is hoping to combat online piracy starting in March when it begins selling movies online via its Connect digital media store. Users will be able to download a pic and watch it on PSP without a disc.

Rilo Kiley!  That's it.  I have seen that before.   Thanks, TML!

While we're on avatars, I've seen TheMissingLink's wink-chippy somewhere before, I think, but I can't remember where.

You're on the psP. The quote was talking about the ps2.

Aha!  That'd do it.